I’m not talking about the FASTEST, the LOWEST, or the MOST CHAOTIC song, but what’s the HEAVIEST song you know?
I’ve been thinking about this for awhile because I’ve been trying to figure out why my choice feels so damn heavy to me. I know faster songs, I know more chaotic songs, I know more doomy downtempo atmospheric songs, but for some reason the way these elements come together in this song just feels so massive and crushing to me.
So with that being said, my pick for heaviest song is:
Tsukuyomi (feat. Travis Worland of Enterprise Earth) from Tsukuyomi: The Origin by Distant
Like I said, I know there are songs that are more way extreme in individual ways, but the way these elements come together in this song just feels so goddamn heavy to me - genuinely heavier than a lot of stuff people refer to as heavier.
Anyway, what’s the heaviest song you know, or at least the heaviest song that readily comes to mind?
A candidate that comes to my mind right now: Laibach - Smrt za smrt (Death for death)
However, IMO much of the heaviness is based on the fact that the “singer” is reading a description of some sort of war crimes, in Slovenian D:
It’s hard to pick just one. Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis is absolutely a contender. Here are a few more that stand out for me:
Primitive Man - Victim (NSFW)
Katharsis - Wytchdance (the riff starting at 3:57, relentless and hypnotic. This band always made me think of Destruction but much darker)
Necrophagia - Dead Skin Slave (a little cheesy but the rhythm changes in the second half go hard)
Spawn of Possession - A Presence Inexplicable (the slowdown in the breakdown then gradual tempo increase, chef’s kiss)
Serpentine Path - Crotalus Horridus Horridus is another good one!
personally for me, https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=53ulHedroTk
I have and do still occasionally listen to much heavier music but… Nirvana - You Know You’re Right, maybe with SlipKnot - Left Behind as an honorable mention
Both are EMOTIONALLY heavy for me. I don’t know about heavy musically, but defo soul-crushing songs.
Baby Shark makes every parent/ teacher/ care taker’s heart sink to the depths death metal could only dream of
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Yikes. West palm beach douchiness is next level
The FBI and ATF used pop music, Christmas carols, and some rock blasted into the Branch Davidian compound (David Korech’s cult in Waco, TX) back in the 90s.
Metal is frequently used in Guantanomo Bay, to my knowledge.
The most psychologically/philosophically heavy song I know is probably the downright comically morose Kummer by Trio
