Name some brutal Metal bands.

Rakie · #1 03-22-2007, 07:35 AM

I've been getting into heavier and heavier stuff, been listening to lots of the following.

Trivium
Meshuggah
Amon Amarth
The Sword
Chimera
Gojira
Dimmu Borgir
The Faceless
Mastodon

and the standard, Killswitch and In Flames

Add anything heavy to the list, im a big fan of Prog as well, bands like The Faceless are amazing, Necroplhagist and all that are alright.

#2 03-22-2007, 08:40 AM

Encyclopaedia Metallum has quite a bit to prowl through.

JMX · #3 03-22-2007, 08:48 AM

Opeth - heavy AND proggy.

TheApostlePaul · #4 03-22-2007, 09:03 AM

Check out Death too.

Matt Till · #5 03-22-2007, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Rakie

I've been getting into heavier and heavier stuff, been listening to lots of the following.

Trivium
Meshuggah
Amon Amarth
The Sword
Chimera
Gojira
Dimmu Borgir
The Faceless
Mastodon

and the standard, Killswitch and In Flames

Add anything heavy to the list, im a big fan of Prog as well, bands like The Faceless are amazing, Necroplhagist and all that are alright.

*metal snob mode* None of those metal bands are really brutal. In fact, in most metal circles I've run with (not a part of, I'm not obsessed with metal culture/name dropping/etc) calling Trivium and/or Killswitch "brutal" would get you lynched. But then again, I know some extremists.

Look into grindcore: Doesn't get any more "brutal" (aka non melodic

) than Pig Destroyer or Discordance Axis. And my favorite grind band, the grandaddies: Napalm Death.

Death metal stuff, gotta love Crytopsy for amazingly heavy stuff. From the looks of your list though, look into any metal called, "Melodic metal." That's bands like "In Flames." Don't know much about that genre. If In Flames ditched their singer and his goth moaning, they would be an amazing band.

Also, go back to the roots of this stuff and check out stuff like Celtic Frost, Venom, Voivod.... Slayer? ha.

Anyways, wait for Masked Jackal to show up, he'll school us all.

Echoing the "Death" and "Opeth" comments too. Two of the best prog death metal bands ever. Opeth probably moreso, but Death started it. "Individual Thought Patterns" is a must have Death album, and features some KILLER bass work.

**Adam Barkley** · #6 03-22-2007, 09:20 AM

I don't know if they are "brewtal" enough for you, but Converge, Tusk, and Unearthly Trance are all extremely heavy to my ears.

Rakie · #7 03-22-2007, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by JMX

Opeth - heavy AND proggy.

Yeah, i have that forgot to put it on the list ;p

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheApostlePaul

Check out Death too.

Same, have but not on the list >.<

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Originally Posted by Matt Till

*metal snob mode* None of those metal bands are really brutal. In fact, in most metal circles I've run with (not a part of, I'm not obsessed with metal culture/name dropping/etc) calling Trivium and/or Killswitch "brutal" would get you lynched. But then again, I know some extremists.

Look into grindcore: Doesn't get any more "brutal" (aka non melodic

) than Pig Destroyer or Discordance Axis. And my favorite grind band, the grandaddies: Napalm Death.

Death metal stuff, gotta love Crytopsy for amazingly heavy stuff. From the looks of your list though, look into any metal called, "Melodic metal." That's bands like "In Flames." Don't know much about that genre. If In Flames ditched their singer and his goth moaning, they would be an amazing band.

Also, go back to the roots of this stuff and check out stuff like Celtic Frost, Venom, Voivod.... Slayer? ha.

Anyways, wait for Masked Jackal to show up, he'll school us all.

Echoing the "Death" and "Opeth" comments too. Two of the best prog death metal bands ever. Opeth probably moreso, but Death started it. "Individual Thought Patterns" is a must have Death album, and features some KILLER bass work.

Yeah, i wouldn't call them brutal, im saying thats what i listen to and i WANT brutal ;p

But probably the harder things on there would be The Faceless and probably meshuggah.

I like heavy stuff, but not at the expense of ability.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...iendID=3533294
one of my favorites at the moment, The faceless is amazing.

EDIT: yeah i listen to a lot of melodic stuff, but just finding a band like The Faceless make's me want to hear more bands like them, cuz like you said bands like Trivium and Killswitch, Mastodon... not really brutal, just along the line's of what i like. I should have written this out better hehe.

Matt Till · #8 03-22-2007, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by abark000

I don't know if they are "brewtal" enough for you, but Converge, Tusk, and Unearthly Trance are all extremely heavy to my ears.

Haven't listened to Converge or Tusk yet... but if you want mindblowingly heavy, listen to Unearthly Trance.

Phantopeth · #9 03-22-2007, 09:27 AM

Pantera

Rakie · #10 03-22-2007, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt Till

Haven't listened to Converge or Tusk yet... but if you want mindblowingly heavy, listen to Unearthly Trance.

Look up The Faceless real quick on myspace or just click that link I put up, like Progressive - Death metal.

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Originally Posted by Phantopeth

Pantera

yup, got all that. Pantera is more like, classic metal at this point, nobody can not have at least one Pantera album \m/

Kronos · #11 03-22-2007, 09:36 AM

Neurosis.

Not everyone's cup of tea, but I love 'em. Nothing gets me angrier. If you can, pick up their "Times of Grace" album.

jsamans · #12 03-22-2007, 09:45 AM

Check out Electric Wizard.

TeeMartin · #13 03-22-2007, 09:48 AM

You can't get more br00tal than Meshuggah which you have already.

Try: Necrophagist and Nile.

Matt Till · #14 03-22-2007, 09:57 AM

I can get behind the faceless, sounds pretty killer to me. I actually like about half the stuff you listed. I'm just not always on the prowl for new metal, since in reality, I'm a big hippy who listens to hippy. Music died after 1974...

... not really, I just mostly listen to older stuff, I was born in the wrong musical era.

JoeVictim · #15 03-22-2007, 10:00 AM

I'm not really into Metal or heavey, but Cattle Decapitation is pretty ruthless.

#16 03-22-2007, 10:08 AM

Check out too the kings of Blackened Death, Emperor and Behemoth.

bassbully43 · #17 03-22-2007, 10:14 AM

I like OTEP

JoeVictim · #18 03-22-2007, 10:29 AM

What about Judgement or Machinemade God? Are these "Metal" and "Brootal" enough?

Ethereal Thorn · #19 03-22-2007, 10:33 AM

How about All Shall Perish, Skinless, The berzerker, Black Dahlia Murder, Behemoth, Cardiac Arest, Morbid Angel, Marduk, Gorgoroth, Encryptor, Grave Defyer, Angelcorpse, Dim Mak, Krisiun, Hate Eternal, Nile, Malevolent Creation, Council of the Fallen, Aurora Borealis, Bathory, and Origin for a few good bands

Metal Mitch · #20 03-22-2007, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt Till

None of those metal bands are really brutal.

Thank you! You guys really need to be looking at metal sites instead of asking on talkbass. Here's a few to get you started...

GUT, Mortician, Immolation, Goreaphobia, Suffocation, Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal, Incantation, Deicide, Demolition Hammer, Cannibal Corpse, Embalmer, Hemdale, Sepsism, Deranged, Brodequin, Gorgasm, Mortal Decay

and you may want to go to the MD Deathfest, they pretty much cater to the brutal death / goregrind genres

http://www.supremebrutality.com