Is there any good heavy music I haven't heard?

Beleg Cúthalion on 25/3/2014 at 12:04

Quote Posted by faetal

My band supported Oceansize way back. I'd have called them prog more than heavy.

Lucky you. I saw them shortly before their split-up when they were still carrying their equipment from the stage before PT played. Made them even more likable to me. Sadly, making music would fit nowhere in my schedule nowadays. For me Oceansize touched the atmospheric aspects of Post Rock without being dragged away by its own complacency. And when I can have complicated time signatures or polyrhythm that still sounds elegant, I'm sold.

I was recently pointed to (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNPrUyKltL0) O.S.I. who sound a bit like darker PT stuff or straightened Tool. No artistic peaks if you ask me, but nice to listen.

icemann on 25/3/2014 at 12:32

Quote Posted by demagogue

The best songs from A Perfect Circle aren't really that hard but I put them in the same category because they're bleak like that (IMO). They're not exactly an obscure band though.

And by the same extension Tool (same lead singer and similar sound).

SubJeff on 25/3/2014 at 13:14

Although Tool do have one heavy song per album.

Undertow - Intolerance (or arguably Flood)
Aenima - Hooker With a Penis
Lateralus - Ticks & Leeches
10,000 days - Rosetta Stoned

itllrun10s on 25/3/2014 at 22:38

(http://www.firecodecore.com/less/listen/Less%20-%202002%20-%20Painstripper/Less%20-%20Need%20OST%20-%2001%20-%20Painstripper.mp3) http://www.firecodecore.com/less/listen/Less%20-%202002%20-%20Painstripper/Less%20-%20Need%20OST%20-%2001%20-%20Painstripper.mp3

(http://www.firecodecore.com/less/listen/Less%20-%202001%20-%20Piano%20Wire%20Smile/Less%20-%20Piano%20Wire%20Smile%20-%2001%20-%20It%27s%20Over.mp3) http://www.firecodecore.com/less/listen/Less%20-%202001%20-%20Piano%20Wire%20Smile/Less%20-%20Piano%20Wire%20Smile%20-%2001%20-%20It%27s%20Over.mp3

(http://www.firecodecore.com/less/listen/Less%20-%202001%20-%20Piano%20Wire%20Smile/Less%20-%20Piano%20Wire%20Smile%20-%2007%20-%20Lie%20Still.mp3) http://www.firecodecore.com/less/listen/Less%20-%202001%20-%20Piano%20Wire%20Smile/Less%20-%20Piano%20Wire%20Smile%20-%2007%20-%20Lie%20Still.mp3

sp4f on 26/3/2014 at 19:20

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0PYwPMnUCM) Jesu is a particular favourite of mine, the later stuff is a bit less industrial and much more droney. I saw them a few years back at the local rock club and it was one of the best live gigs I've been to.

I'd second the recommendations for Karma to Burn and Isis and also recommend (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERNxkZeQIEA) Godflesh, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAleQ79UlT8) Mono, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ROpTpVoqRA) Kreator, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wRTxBhqNuY) Bolt Thrower, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jYsu5-TJQ8) ChthoniC and (a friends band) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTNYPTNMj0k) NekroDrako.

scumble on 27/3/2014 at 15:05

How about a (http://youtu.be/-ST85Sui43Q) Twelve Foot Ninja

Jason Moyer on 27/3/2014 at 17:00

Hm. Heavy, not-metal, odd time signatures:

[video=youtube;1RbnshwWL-A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RbnshwWL-A[/video]

Neb on 28/3/2014 at 03:31

That was awesome. Thanks.

scumble on 28/3/2014 at 12:39

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS1ExSwL_wk) Blotted Science is instrumental metal that's throwing together a lot of the bits I enjoy from various bands. We've got blast beats, shredding, changing time signatures, excursions into something a bit "progressive" - not for too long but enough to give one a break from the intensity.

retractingblinds on 28/3/2014 at 16:05

I hope you can handle screaming. Between the Buried and Me are fantastic, and this song sold me on them. Especially once it hits 6:35.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwm0mIaqVRU)

Give it a try, and don't let the screaming kill it for you if that's a turn-off.