DarkSideOfLucca
04.20.23 | I don't know
Probably every Pantera riff from Vulgar - Great Southern Trendkill wins
This is like the hardest question ever |
pizzamachine
04.20.23 | Michael Jackson - Thriller |
DarkSideOfLucca
04.20.23 | Thriller makes me want to crush skulls, agreed |
YoYoMancuso
04.20.23 | michael jackson - thriller [2] |
MillionDead
04.20.23 | List is missing Castagation and Betrayal by Anaal Nathrakh |
AsleepInTheBack
04.20.23 | what yo yo said dammit i literally came in here to make that joke and he already done did it [3] |
Tundra
04.20.23 | Infant Annihilator, Rendered Helpless |
Hyperion1001
04.20.23 | it’s kind of objectively the outro riff in suspended in tribulation. |
AsleepInTheBack
04.20.23 | actually: Admiral Angry |
mkmusic1995
04.20.23 | The end riff on Forced to Stay by Knocked Loose might be the most angry riff I've ever heard |
AlexKzillion
04.20.23 | black sabbath by black sabbath from black sabbath |
SomeCallMeTim
04.20.23 | none so vile
like an ever flowing stream
both full albums |
TheSonomaDude
04.20.23 | 1 is wrong. 6 should have 1's description
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JvHLTIUdfA&ab_channel=Crowbar-Topic
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anode
04.20.23 | Nails - unsilent death |
AlexKzillion
04.20.23 | i always thought the riff at the end of tdep's "room full of eyes" was bone crushingly heavy |
BitterJalapenoJr
04.20.23 | Conjurer riffs are oppressively heavy - list would not be complete without those guys. "Behold the Swine" is a great one from their first EP. |
DType
04.20.23 | I was digging this until i saw the first spot |
SIMBOLIC
04.20.23 | The riff at like 1:30 from a virulent strain of retaliation has some newtons on it! |
Emim
04.20.23 | It's a bit of a meme now, but the riff in The Only Thing They Fear is You by Mick Gordan goes so hard |
CygnusX1
04.20.23 | Car bomb or frontierer sound like I'm inside of a perpetual car crash, is that heavy? Been needing more of that angry heavy lately yeah |
cylinder
04.20.23 | Every Ulcerate riff |
Epilogue
04.20.23 | the riff at 8:15 in Wanderer Above The Sea of Fog, of course |
Pon
04.20.23 | https://youtu.be/BJhF0L7pfo8 |
Ebola
04.20.23 | The Dillinger Escape Plan - Prancer |
BMDrummer
04.20.23 | towering flesh |
JohnnyoftheWell
04.20.23 | towering flesh will do it |
0GuyMan0
04.20.23 | I always felt like the chug riff of For Whom the Bell Tolls is just fucking monstrous, and nigh-unmatched. What 'heavy' even is, though, is very much subjective. |
ffs
04.20.23 | blind willie johnson - the soul of a man |
zakalwe
04.20.23 | Electric Wizard - Dopethrone |
Trundle
04.20.23 | Phobophile is fucking evil man. m/ |
FrozenFirebug
04.20.23 | if heavy means downtuned: some shit by black sheep wall or admiral angry
if heavy means fuckin sick: limp bizkit - autotunage |
wojodta
04.20.23 | Demon of the Fall |
Cimnele
04.20.23 | magma "de futura"
sorry for progposting but it's truee |
Coast
04.20.23 | Nice picks.
Dragged into Sunlight - Volcanic Birth |
Apathya
04.20.23 | Immolation - father. |
EyesWideShut
04.20.23 | Besides Thriller I would probably go with Angel of Death.. Left Hand Path and The Doorway got some sexy riffs too |
InfernalDeity
04.21.23 | Conan - Hawk as weapon |
JohnnyoftheWell
04.21.23 | Dopethrone is probably the correct answer tbh |
ffs
04.21.23 | dopethrone isnt even the heaviest electric wiz smh |
evilford
04.21.23 | "That part in Lethargica" yea |
Muzz79
04.21.23 | Metallica - The Thing That Should Not Be
Pantera - A New Level
Idolatrous - The Harrowing Reprisal
Omnium Gatherum - Nightwalkers
Black Sabbath - Iron Man |
DType
04.21.23 | That part on Dehumanization |
Jasdevi087
04.21.23 | Absolutego |
Storm In A Teacup
04.21.23 | It is kind of curious how bands dont seem to be able to riff as heavy as Dimebag. |
syco722
04.21.23 | Gotta go with that riff in Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion by Meshuggah right at the 2:20 mark. Absolutely fuckin slaps |
syco722
04.21.23 | Ah shit, Dehumanization might be a contender too actually, good point |
RogueNine
04.21.23 | Heaviest moment yeah but it might not be the heaviest riff. |
tectactoe
04.21.23 | Something by either Hell or Electric Wizard |
chemicalmarriage
04.21.23 | Official live 101 proof is heaviest pantera imo, Dime taking souls on that one. Phil sounds surprisingly awesome too |
syco722
04.21.23 | Is Funeralopolis not universally considered the heaviest Electric Wizard riff? |
rockarollacola
04.21.23 | Night Stalker - Anthem |
evilford
04.21.23 | High On Fire - 10,000 Years is a good 1 |
Storm In A Teacup
04.21.23 | I see some real narrow ears in this thread. Senses Fail has heavier songs than some mentioned here. |
Flashmobba
04.21.23 | damn no Isis? never been able to accurately describe the quintessential definition of heavy, but the last minute of In Fiction comes really close |
el_newg
04.21.23 | no idea how you were even able to post this list without mentioning Iommi |
neekafat
04.21.23 | black sabbath |
Sharenge
04.21.23 | Avalanche Master Song |
kkarron
04.21.23 | No Helmet? :( |
Madbutcher3
04.21.23 | gorguts - das martyrium des (1:28)
bloodbath - beyond cremation (also 1:28...)
leeway - unexpected (would you believe it... 1:28)
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twlight
04.21.23 | Demiurge from Meshuggah for me |
Middle18
04.21.23 | Korn-somebody someone
Black Sabbath-black Sabbath
Strapping young lad-Love?
Carcass-coporal jigsore quandary
Pantera- 5 minutes alone |
Demon of the Fall
04.21.23 | probably something by AC/DC |
BenThatsMyJamin
04.21.23 | Objectively the correct answer is The Lasting Dose by Crowbar |
Demon of the Fall
04.21.23 | ^ that would be my actual answer, but idk there's probably an objective way of measuring this |
BenThatsMyJamin
04.21.23 | Nice one demon
The Demiurge breakdown would be my other pick but Lasting Dose wins it for being emotionally crushing as well as sonically crushing |
Egarran
04.21.23 | Was just listening to Solitude Aeturnus - Pain. Probably their best riff. |
botb
04.21.23 | Lmao @ Amon amarth on a heaviest song ever list |
robertsona
04.21.23 | Eyehategod - Dixie whiskey
First song on 2013 gorguts album
Idk |
botb
04.21.23 | Neurosis - the doorway
KEN mode - never was
Gaza - gristle
All in the running for me |
DType
04.21.23 | Carcass' Forensic Clinicism/The Sanguine Article at 4:48
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AlexKzillion
04.21.23 | the riff at the end of down's "bury me in smoke" |
Egarran
04.21.23 | ^Yeah I considered that. Seen a few live shows on youtube and when that outro starts, OH MY FUCK it's good. |
insomniac15
04.21.23 | Always felt doom/sludge stuff was heavier than the most extreme black/death/hardcore type of riffs. For me low end is heavier, but yes, it's subjective. |
MillionDead
04.21.23 | Primitive Man - Rags
Full of Hell - Thrum in the Deep
Gorguts - Clouded
Cursed - Friends in the Music Business
Gaza - Calf
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IsisScript80
04.21.23 | Yeah, Gaza are responsible for some really heavy shit.
Hmm... Black Sabbath are mentioned a couple of times here; specifically I'd say 'N.I.B.' would get my vote. Kurt Ballou has done some wonderfully nasty stuff for Converge... 'Plagues' and the title track of 'You Fail Me' qualify for me. |
SomeCallMeTim
04.21.23 | Sad to see no Godflesh mentions, intro to Meltdown is one of the heaviest guitar sounds known to man
Also Weakflesh around the 2:25 mark when drum beat switches up might be the heaviest moment in music |
Sharenge
04.21.23 | /bonk |
SomeCallMeTim
04.21.23 | rip lol I see it now |
Chippe
04.21.23 | Accept-Balls to the wall, no contest |
Egarran
04.21.23 | By an earlier vote it was decided that the best Black Sabbath riff appears in Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. |
DarkSideOfLucca
04.21.23 | All this hate for 1 when it's clearly in the exact correct spot is making me a sad Lucca |
NastyCrab
04.21.23 | A Life Once Lost was going to release this before they pivoted on their last album. Absolutely rips. https://youtu.be/n13OzllzyfE |
Egarran
04.21.23 | Surely Far Beyond Driven has better riffs. |
DType
04.21.23 | "Always felt doom/sludge stuff was heavier than the most extreme black/death/hardcore type of riffs. For me low end is heavier, but yes, it's subjective."
I actually agree with this take, sludgy riffs feels heavier to me for some reason, specially with a nasty rumbling bass, they bring the stankiest faces |
zakalwe
04.21.23 | Night Child |
Muzz79
04.21.23 | “Surely Far Beyond Driven has better riffs”. I’m Broken is an exercise in heavy af riffs |
Madbutcher3
04.22.23 | to build a mountain by crowbar is probably up there |
Egarran
04.22.23 | My Dying Bride - The Raven And The Rose |
evilford
04.22.23 | Madbutcher knowz |
IntoTheFire
04.22.23 | ion dissonance - this is the last time I repeat myself |
GhandhiLion
04.22.23 | Avalanche Master Song [2] |
Heppasodge
04.23.23 | Commerce - Primitive Man
Sleep - Dopesmoker is pretty fuckin punishing
Under the Surface - Neurosis
Sacred Predictions - Burning Witch
Mind’s Mirrors - Meshuggah |
Anthracks
04.23.23 | the end of psalms of the moribund by defeated sanity
cannibal corpse - scourge of iron |
Dedes
04.23.23 | David De La Hoz by The Chariot
End riff is mothafuckin sludgy |
outliers
04.23.23 | any emmure riff |
MoM
04.23.23 | In-a-gadda-da-vida |
Heppasodge
04.23.23 | Also yeah doom/sludge is ballistically heavier than death metal and anything core. Open out tha fuckin BOTTOM END |
DarkSideOfLucca
09.10.23 | Bumping because I'm now making this list into a workout playlist on Spotify
Goddamn, I'm such a fucking genius |
botb
09.10.23 | Slit ur guts |
DType
09.10.23 | The entirety of Heliogabalus by Rorcal
Heaviest album known to man |
jrlikestodance
09.10.23 | Cold As Life - All Alone gotta be up there |
Frost15
09.10.23 | Heaviest as in Heavy Metal music:
+1 Electric Wizard's Dopethrone mentions.
Heaviest as in witnessing a gigantic huge object/thing falling/moving in slowmo:
Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
Heaviest as in so dense you feel your brain struggling to process the notes:
Devourment - Obscene Majesty (whole album).
Heaviest as in ominous/hellish atmosphere:
Immolation - Close to a World Below |
evilford
09.10.23 | Christ's Cage outro |
Lichtbringer
09.10.23 | hail of bullets - nachthexen (ending)
nile - annihilation of the wicked (that one riff there)
the red chord - dreaming in dog years (obv the ending)
a bunch of good ones that immediately came to mind have already been mentioned ofc |
Deez
09.10.23 | Hell - Mourn about 8 mins in
Thread/ |
DarkSideOfLucca
09.10.23 | "The entirety of Heliogabalus by Rorcal" - Not gonna lie, I have absolutely no dea what that is
"Cold As Life - All Alone gotta be up there" - I also have no idea what this is
"hail of bullets - nachthexen" - Or this
"Hell - Mourn" Annnndd I don't know this
Guess I have some stuff to jam |
SomeCallMeTim
09.11.23 | ok i was WRONG the heaviest wRIFFS might be in Captain Caveman by Lightning Boltstarting at 1:53ish to the end of the song: https://youtu.be/ygBww2ozQIA?si=9BYKoSGuctMXT9qM&t=109 |
FREETHEGUYS
09.11.23 | the test pain of truth |
combustion07
09.11.23 | The slow down crushing riff towards the end of Heresiarch- Carnivore deserves a mention imo. Can't honestly give any particular riff the crown though because I love too many heavy riffs. Take it back a decade or so ago I probably would have said Funeropolis tho |
Minortimbo12
09.14.23 | You have this list but where tf is crazy train |
battleinthenorth
09.14.23 | 14 is trvth |
Egarran
09.14.23 | Eh Suffo is too fast to be heavy |
battleinthenorth
09.14.23 | Title track's outrageously heavy tho |
ISuckedOffTomDeLonge
09.14.23 | The sound of me molesting my dog is pretty heavy |