Heaviest band ever?

[abandonist]

Oxbow

 

[SoItGoesRVA]

 

[Shimme]

I don't think that heaviness is directly related to "brutality" but I have no idea on how to start defining those things. Anaal Nathrakh, Cattle Decapitation and Nails are certainly extreme, but I don't get the same "heavy" feeling from them than I do from say, Sleep's "Dopesmoker", Wolves in the Throne Room's "Celestial Lineage" or anything by Om.

I've noticed that my perception of time and my ability to focus on things get screwed up when I listen to "heavy" music. I once made the mistake of listening to Dopesmoker while driving - I had to pull over, stop the music and give myself a few minutes to get my head screwed back on right.

 

[RGM8]

XIBALBA

 

[Rise]

Heavy is such a subjective term. These come to mind though, a long with everything YOB has ever done.

 

[MrPepperoniNipples]

Depends on how you define heavy
My two:


that riff 20 seconds in is the heaviest thing ever

 

[vilk]

Nile

 

[jay moth]

It goes like: "Oh, that guitar is quite heavy" and then out of sudden bass comes in. I heard concrete mixers sounding more delicate than bass in Godflesh.

 

[Kwert]

Electric Wizard. Listen to Dopethrone and tell me that isn't the heaviest shit ever.

 

[TheKindred]

these threads always just turn into a laundry list of bands that the poster likes....

OP asks for your single heaviest band reccomendation. That means single band, not 14 youtube videos of "like this band is, and @2:13 of this track it's pretty brutal, oh and this one other band that my brother plays in - they f'king slay!"
/rant

That said, the answer is:

 

[RagtimeDandy]

Neurosis - Through Silver and Blood. They are physically heavy to listen to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWT-7_EZ3Wo

 

[GiveUpGuitar]

I will forever say this band is as heavy as it gets.

 

[Thorerges]

That is really heavy ^

 

[inhuman666]

Black Sabbath

 

[AlejoV]

Attack Attack!

 

[wat]

Elvis

 

[TIBrent]

These are the only valid answers to this question in my opinion

 

[Eliguy666]

The only answer is MULK.


If you have different criteria, though, you could go with some of these:

Doom: INDIAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO5yFYdRoJY&channel=UCHG5qrBV9V_rrF3w3divJVA

Grindcore: Nails. Already linked.

Atmospheric: Locrian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgMqjGa3X98&channel=undergroundmagnetic

Lyrical: Katatonia, especially on Viva Emptiness and Night is the New Day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvcINxjNvrY&channel=KRAJO11MPR

Death: Some options here. Cryptopsy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYv269-HcqU&channel=totalmayhem666)
Berzerker (maybe more cybergrind) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_VPR02f0Y&channel=cloakofshadow1

Black metal: Anaal Nathrakh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzQpiJjdprQ&channel=anaalnathrakhtv

Deathcore (not talking the emo bs that calls itself deathcore): Infant Annihlator (moreso the instrumental) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtLy0xiGlQ&channel=ChaosBornX
Shadow of the Colossus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKgmHPAVqYI&channel=alesanaruto

 

[axxessdenied]

Seriously there is no question about this.


GOJIRA

 

[Forkface]

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