What makes metal heavy?
 

Speed? Atmosphere? Groove?

I find bands like Nile, Brain Drill, Incantation, Suffocation...etc... almost comical. They make me laugh, yeah they're fast but there is just no impact in any of the music.

What metal bands will make me want to go and kill loads of people?

Dissonance, chromaticism, heavy staccatto accents, low register.

the weight

Strapping Young Lad.

spec has seriously never made a post that made any sense

I keep reading thread title as: what makes metal happy

answer: your shed blood!!!

electronic drums

density

[quote]What makes metal heavy?[/quote]
The gods of metal infuse it with their Satanic semen ov hate.

Truly heavy means a slow to mod-paced tempo and deliberate, powerful riffing to me.

[QUOTE=Stevie;18903669]density[/QUOTE]

High atomic mass combined with closely packed metallic bonds?

[QUOTE=Silenius;18903815]Truly heavy means a slow to mod-paced tempo and deliberate, powerful riffing to me.[/QUOTE]

I agree. The faster stuff is more "intense," "brutal," etc, but for "heavy" I think more doomy, crushing stuff.

FUCKING THOU

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Satan's fat ass

but there is also heavy hardcore

i think that songs to fan the flames of discontent is one of the most heavy hardcore albums

along with stuff like dystopia

It's an awful term and I never use it.

heavy brah

Low valence?

[QUOTE=T1000;18903605]I find [bands] [B]almost comical[/B]. [B]They make me laugh[/B]...[/QUOTE]

:smash:

[QUOTE=T1000;18903605][B]what makes metal heavy[/B][/QUOTE]

valence electrons

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I find bands like Nile, Brain Drill, [b]Incantation[/b], Suffocation...etc... almost comical. They make me laugh, yeah they're fast but there is just no impact in any of the music.
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incantation, known for being super fast

gravity.

[QUOTE=rasputin;18904762]incantation, known for being super fast[/QUOTE]

haha

I don't think metal music has any kind of monopoly on heaviness, i think the term can apply to a lot of genres

Higgs Boson.