What is the heaviest music you know of?

[vegas532]

Heavy for me means slow.
Neurosis comes to mind.
Ministry's Filthpig.
And check out the song GUN by Soundgarden.

Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood" is the soundtrack for the apocalypse!

Ministry's Filth Pig and Dark Side of the Spoon are both masterpieces...despite what "Al groupies" say!!

A lot of the Soundgarden stuff from that era is fantastic!

 

[Hutzbordello]

Early Swans

Rorcal put out this hour long doom song that just reminds me of ancient nero era rome

and dopesmoker!

 

[b4nny]

The "heaviest" music that comes to mind is Eyehategod. It really hits you in the gut. Listen to this song: My Name is God (I Hate You)

And something completely different: Soft Machine - Fletcher's Blemish which I consider "heavy" due to its unrelenting chaotic barrage of sound, despite its jazz-influenced instrumentation.

 

[Zombierockstar]

I'm a big time Meshuggah daddy myself! Nothing is better than head-crushing poly-rhythmic metal!

 

[icecycle66]

Man, Crowbar isn't getting much love here.

 

[Freight Train]

If you don't mind an old-guy perspective. Before anything was called hard rock or heavy metal there was 'heavy music'. Even though it began being called heavy metal by some after "Born to be Wild", you most often heard it referred to as heavy music in underground radio and rags from early 68, possibly Blue Cheer's "Sumertime Blues" being the first, thru early 70's. Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, Vanilla Fudge, Deep Purple, Cream, Led Zeppelin was all referred to as heavy music. But I think the first Black Sabbath album pretty much nailed it down. That was no mistake heavy music. But the point I'm trying to get to is, heavy music wasn't frantic and fast with every hole filled with something (holes in the music, not the... uh... anyway), but normally was medium or slow paced, with a lot of space, which make things sound bigger, contrary to how some go about it.
Anywho, enough history. For a truly heavy song check on The Move's "Brontosaurus, and for a bass-oriented heavy album, The Move's "Message from the Country".

 

[bassfran]

Though I am pretty sure the OP was asking about bands in the metal genre, there are some others (besides the fine classical music pieces others here have listed) that should be checked out.

Not at all, Lucas- 'heavy' comes in a LOT of different flava.

"Mars: The Bringer of War" by Gustav Holst is another one of mine.

NIN's "Broken" ep got cranked a lot BITD. And plenty of Ministry, too.

Thanks for all of your ideas, folks.

 

[NoiseNinja]

Man, Crowbar isn't getting much love here.

+1, I was just about to mention them, when I saw your post. Literally heavy.

Crowbar - Existence is Punishment - YouTube

 

[lucas vigor]

Not at all, Lucas- 'heavy' comes in a LOT of different flava.

"Mars: The Bringer of War" by Gustav Holst is another one of mine.

NIN's "Broken" ep got cranked a lot BITD. And plenty of Ministry, too.

Thanks for all of your ideas, folks.

Well, in that case...i have to go with classical music then.

Xenaxis, lygeti, carter, bartok, prokofiev, stravinsky, ives, shoenberg...etc.

 

[mattbass6945]

saint vitus, dying inside
sleep, dopesmoker
electric wizard, dopethrone
high on fire, rumors of war
black sabbath, anything!

 

[hypmatt]

man there's some heavy stuff in there, but my top heavy band at moment has to be first blood

 

[Barkless Dog]

Bongripper
Meshuggah
Mnemic
Maximum The Hormone
King Crimson

 

[xray]

BongRipper from here is heavy.

 

[Lowactnsatsfctn]

The Last Days of Humanity... Its like gurgles and explosions. Super Heavy and sucks hardcore

 

[Road Bull]

Melvins / album: Houdini or Lysol // song: Honey Bucket
"Honeybucket" - TheMelvins - YouTube

Fantomas / album: Director's cut // song: DerGolem
Fantomas Der Golem - YouTube

Black Sabbath / album: Masters of Reality // song: Into the Void
keep one foot in the gutter and one fist in the gold... lol

 

[Braddock]

Not my thing at all, but this is the heaviest I have ever heard.

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[Dubista]

Lanthanides.

 

[CptRevell]

Conan - Horseback Battle Hammer.

I like their newer stuff in terms of song structure and tone, but that EP is SUPER heavy.

 

[rupture]

My Dying Bride. Any of it, but "Like Gods Of the Sun "does it for me

That and Sarchouogus by Nile, just super heavy .

 

[Spectrum]

If we're going to include other music besides hard rock, I'll have to pass this along:



Johann Johannsson is a musician from Iceland who creates something that is sort of classical and ambient, usually with some concept in mind. I saw him perform this live in Philly a couple of years ago in a church with a string section.

No, it's not the heaviest thing I've heard, but it's heavy in terms of emotion.