hahaha
I'm glad I got to witness At the Gates live in '96. What a killer band, but agreed that they spawned way too much garbage. I used to write for a metal webzine, my apartment was FILLED with promos of bad At the Gates ripoff bands back then.
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heaviest band ever
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I'm glad I got to witness At the Gates live in '96. What a killer band, but agreed that they spawned way too much garbage. I used to write for a metal webzine, my apartment was FILLED with promos of bad At the Gates ripoff bands back then.
and the winner for heaviest ever goes to meshuggah... but really everyone's a winner and thus its time for popsicles.
The Melvins to me are in their own way the heaviest band. Just so slow and strong, with odd phrasing, it just screws with your head.
As said before:
Sunn0))))-Amazing live band nothing can describe them live
Khanate-Also amazing live, there bass player had a 3000amp and destroyed someones eyes!!
Boris-Aweeesssommme
Neurosis-Amazing
Mastodon-Brilliant live band and really nice guys!
The Melvins-Would love to see them
Isis-awesome live boring on record but still very good
Pelican-brilliant live crushing
Sleep-Before they formed high on fire
RIP Iron Monkey
Less of the Grind/Death metal bands heavy is not fast lol
Sunn0))))-Amazing live band nothing can describe them live
Khanate-Also amazing live, there bass player had a 3000amp and destroyed someones eyes!!
Boris-Aweeesssommme
Neurosis-Amazing
Mastodon-Brilliant live band and really nice guys!
The Melvins-Would love to see them
Isis-awesome live boring on record but still very good
Pelican-brilliant live crushing
Sleep-Before they formed high on fire
RIP Iron Monkey
Less of the Grind/Death metal bands heavy is not fast lol
Try headbanging to boris.
They owe A LOT including their name to The Melvins.
I like them a lot though.
What about Grand Belial's Key? They're a Black Metal band but they have a much thicker guitar tone, and the bass is pretty audible. By no means the "heaviest band" but I think they're leagues ahead of most of the stoner bands.
Me too. But I am most likely not gonna stick around for Down. Although hearing Phils stage banter might be funny, I have whole cd of just his stage banter and its very funny.
LOL, sabbath is the reason anyone even has a horse. and their horse is still bigger better and badder than anyone elses. just cause they werent in drop Z tuning doesnt mean other bands are heavier. most bands that are considered heavy in that style today are just huge sabbath rip off bands. electric wizard rules, but 95% of their riffs are just sabbath clone riffs.
i never got see sabbath in the 70s because im 26, but theres no way that anyone riffs harder than they do. they are the pinnacle of heavy, and no matter how many guitar tracks, drop tuned instruments, or how many sunn cabs you can play at once, no one will ever top sabbath.
sweet leaf > anything else
I always think this one comes down to difference of opinion as to what is meant by "heavy." If you mean the brutal, chaotic, screamy type stuff, old Dillinger Escape Plan is pretty freakin' heavy. (They were a crazy live band to see with Dmitri as their singer.) If you mean sludgy, doomy type stuff I always think of Sabbath or a couple of Alice in Chains "Grind". Not that AIC can outslugde bands like Kyuss and Sunn on the whole, but that's a sludgy riff.
people have different types of bands they find heavier then others...
Heres the heaviest band that I can actually listen to.
(growling and screaming nonsense like Cannibal Corpse is annoying)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAyasxPYTHM
enjoy
(since this is a bass forum, listen to the bass in this song, pretty decent)
Heres the heaviest band that I can actually listen to.
(growling and screaming nonsense like Cannibal Corpse is annoying)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAyasxPYTHM
enjoy
(since this is a bass forum, listen to the bass in this song, pretty decent)
EXTREMLY jealous, Seen down like 6 times and there amazing, really tight live and just brilliant. Phils stage banter is funny have you seen this??
Some guy throws some beer at the band and Phil bursts his bubble.
Phil has got to be the biggest loser, douchebag, idiot, and pile of crap I've seen in Metal. His annoying "I'm a tough mofo" attitude is so immature, and it makes him look like a bloody fool. I can't see how anyone could like him.
