OK what is the song that you think is the heaviest to "your ears"?
For me its this, fist time I heard it, it was a case of wft? The impact has softened a bit over the years but fuck me that opening riff?
Yeah I can assume that there's all kind of Death Metal that will piss all over it but for me its my go to when I need to really need
to turn things up a notch.
I can think of heavy breakdowns from slam dm bands but none are as effective as this snaking bastard riff.
Going to be biased towards some all time favourites here, and going for whole song rather than just one riff or initial impact or anything:
There's tons really. Also honourable mention because every time I hear both of these they make me start laughing they are so heavy:
And always:
Quote from: Maggot Colony on Today at 12:39:18 PMI can think of heavy breakdowns from slam dm bands but none are as effective as this snaking bastard riff.
Ah jaysus yeah sure where would you be without it
I was a longtime fan of metal in general, thrash and more recently (a few years) death metal in particular and then this came along. It just pushed the boundaries out in terms of brutality and speed for me. There might have been heavier and more extreme acts out there at the time but I hadn't heard them.
I was so excited about this at the time (whenever it debuted on Headbangers' Ball, they a big deal of it if memory serves) that I hopped on the train to Dubbelin town the following weekend to pick it up in Sound Cellar. Of course he didn't have it but I ordered it and got it posted out. Played it on a loop for ages, wrote to the band (and got a reply!), was obsessed with it and still love it, their finest hour by far.
The point being that it was a gamechanger for me back then, and I'd still hold it up as a benchmark in heaviness in regard to metal.
It's Judas Priest - Dissident Aggressor.
Breakdowns, slams, death metal, black metal, whatever. In the context of where music was at the time, the jump up in "heaviness", nastiness and influence on the direction of metal is rivalled by few other songs.
And even taking that away, when the main riff hits along with Halford's scream, that is fucking heavy.
Quote from: Maggot Colony on Today at 12:39:18 PMI can think of heavy breakdowns from slam dm bands but none are as effective as this snaking bastard riff.
This 100%
The only thing that's on par with it for me since is Iron Monkey's "Fink Dial"
Quote from: Carnage on Today at 01:02:50 PM
I was a longtime fan of metal in general, thrash and more recently (a few years) death metal in particular and then this came along. It just pushed the boundaries out in terms of brutality and speed for me. There might have been heavier and more extreme acts out there at the time but I hadn't heard them.
I was so excited about this at the time (whenever it debuted on Headbangers' Ball, they a big deal of it if memory serves) that I hopped on the train to Dubbelin town the following weekend to pick it up in Sound Cellar. Of course he didn't have it but I ordered it and got it posted out. Played it on a loop for ages, wrote to the band (and got a reply!), was obsessed with it and still love it, their finest hour by far.
The point being that it was a gamechanger for me back then, and I'd still hold it up as a benchmark in heaviness in regard to metal.
Godplayer was the one that got me. What a song... and I was, what, 12 or 13? Need To Control was promptly secured in Sound Cellar and immediately became one of those important, defining albums for me. It remains unmatched. I subsequently picked up Extreme Conditions... and loved it too, but Need To Control remains the pinnacle for me.
An obvious choice for this topic must be Black Sabbath, the song. First time I heard it was while recording the first WOTH demo in Galway. Rodge stuck it on and said nothing. At first I thought, is this Prolix- one of our own songs! He then enlightened me and I couldn't believe the similarities, and also couldn't believe Black Sabbath could get so dark. All I knew by them back then were the bigger hits, the closest to that song being War Pigs, but even that didn't quite match up for the brooding sense of evil. Year dot!
When the guitars kick in on Wolfmoon and Everything Dies.
Yeah I'm in agreement with Celtic Frost. I'd also add Today Is the Day, first time hearing Temple of the Morning Star, 'The Man Who Loves to Hurt Himself' and 'Pinnacle' being particularly abrasive. Seeing them live during In The Eyes of God just blew me away with their power.
Quote from: The Heretic on Today at 12:28:23 PMOK what is the song that you think is the heaviest to "your ears"?
For me its this, fist time I heard it, it was a case of wft? The impact has softened a bit over the years but fuck me that opening riff?
Yeah I can assume that there's all kind of Death Metal that will piss all over it but for me its my go to when I need to really need
to turn things up a notch.
Ya, this got me hooked too. Then, after a two year metal diet (was also listening to lots of grunge, RATM, etc.) consisting of almost only Metallica, someone loaned me this on cassette and the heaviness absolutely freaked the fuck out of me listening to it on headphones in bed at night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-RKXl3IRhY
Other tracks that had a similar "Fuck, this must be the heaviest thing
ever!" impression on me were Rapture and Walking Corpse.
It's a strange one. Some of my friends/ work colleagues are into what I would call "tantrum metal", and they'll send me a link for an absolute dud from Lorna Shore or something and I just don't hear anything of what I would consider heavy. There's no danger, or malice or magic to it. Just the sonic equivalent of Tom and Jerry violence.
This is an example of what I would consider to be proper heavy. But in some circles it's old fashioned and twee.
https://youtu.be/bZwvEEYrM78?si=Rd4uFo5PjZcVuB35
That absolutely inhuman scream Scott Kelly does on Enclosure in Flame.
Quote from: Anton Arcane on Today at 02:52:53 PMIt's a strange one. Some of my friends/ work colleagues are into what I would call "tantrum metal", and they'll send me a link for an absolute dud from Lorna Shore or something and I just don't hear anything of what I would consider heavy. There's no danger, or malice or magic to it. Just the sonic equivalent of Tom and Jerry violence.
This is an example of what I would consider to be proper heavy. But in some circles it's old fashioned and twee.
https://youtu.be/bZwvEEYrM78?si=Rd4uFo5PjZcVuB35
That excoriate album is sweet, haven't heard it in a good while.
I was away in Romania for work last year and some of the other researchers were into, as you put it, tantrum metal. We had a few nice evenings just sitting around sharing tunes and chatting shit, despite little common ground on what we'd consider heavy. Anyway, surprisingly, they all could not stomach Subterraen by Moss. I was on a doom buzz at the time so alot of that sorta thing was put on. Two of them specifically told me stuff that slow and heavy makes them feel like they're going to have a panic attack, and that moss tune was the worst offender for inducing anxiety :laugh:
So I'll throw that one in here because of the anecdote:
https://mossdoom.bandcamp.com/track/subterraen
As for my own selection, I think Id have to hand it to Malthusian, the opening to Hallicinogen is what comes to mind. Some rabid magic there, really grabs you by the balls immediately.
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All the way back to March 1984 for me, and it's all about the Riff.... Ooooooh!
Trouble - The Tempter
The opening riff to World Eater... or the 94 version if you prefer
Color Trip - Ground Level Sex Type
Coroner - Gin
Meshuggah - Abnegating Cecity