Heaviest moments in Heavy Metal

[zoopertrip]

Killer topic !

Here're some of my favourite "heavy" moments in metal :

1. The breakdown on Pantera's "Domination" off Cowboys from Hell. If ever a piece of music could make you want to stomp people's faces in, this would be it.

2. The intro to Lamb of God's "Black Label".

3. The ultra-heavy, rhino-on-the-rampage grind of Morbid Angel's "God of Emptiness"

4. Tom Araya's blood-curdling scream on "Angel of Death"

5. Machine Head. Davidian. 'Nuff said. "Let freedom ring with a shotgun blaaaaaaaasssst !"

6. Go listen to "1000 eyes" on Death's Symbolic album. Pay close attention to the duration of the song. At exactly 2:14, listen closely. Pick your jaws off the floor.

respect. *bows*

7. Bruce Dickinson's vocal performance on the title track of his debut with Iron Maiden. Surreal.

8. Fredrik Thordendal's 8-string carnage on "New Millennium Cyanide Christ".

9. Dave Mustaine's bile-spewing, clenched teeth vocal laceration on Rust in Peace.

10. The gentle chiming intro to "Battery" off Master of Puppets before the main riff strikes you square between the eyes like a battering ram.

More as I think of them !

 

[remy]

eeeew Slipknot isnt even heavy metal...pls dont dirty the thread with such names

kiss my ass if they aint heavy metal

 

[remy]

maybe tis will help

#57: “Wait and Bleed” by Slipknot
Slipknot (1999)
When this one came out, it made waves in the world of HEAVY METAL and beyond. All nine members of the band can be heard here, from the dual guitars and single bass to the DJ, drummer, and two custom percussionists. This factor makes it madness, yet it’s an amazingly coherent madness. The song also showcases all of Corey Taylor’s vocal moves (rapping like some kind of evil gangsta, singing like an angel, and screaming like a demon). Rick Anderson had this to say: "You thought Limp Bizkit was hard? They're the Osmonds. These guys are something else entirely. And it's pretty impressive. . . . An auspicious debut."

 

[billthegeek]

'Freezing Moon' by Mayhem, from their classic album
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas'. Euronymous's solo at 4:21 onwards will make your hair stand.

YouTube - Mayhem - Freezing Moon

Pardon for the unsightly photo of Dead, dead, in the video clip

 

[Deedy]

For a ballad, Skid Row's I'll remember you, IMO, is quite heavy for mainstream radio. It's not your typical metal kinda heavy but the distortion there is wicked for a ballad. And damn, Seb Bach sure can scream.

 

[Destructos]

Killer topic !

Here're some of my favourite "heavy" moments in metal :

1. The breakdown on Pantera's "Domination" off Cowboys from Hell. If ever a piece of music could make you want to stomp people's faces in, this would be it.

Nice choice for #1.

For me, it's Nile's Papyrus Containing the Spell to Protect Its Possessor from He Who is in the Water.
YouTube - Nile - Papyrus Containing the Spell.........Demonstration
Particularly at 1:28min.

Full vid: YouTube - Nile-Papyrus Containing The Spell......

Ooh, and not to forget the many other tracks from the Ithyphallic album too.
Especially the beginning of What May Safely Be Written.
YouTube - Nile - What May Be Safely Written

Also... As He Creates, So He Destroys
YouTube - NILE - As He Creates , So He Destroys
I think the whole song kicks ass, right to the lovelovelovelovelovelovelove end.
And betcha can't play this... I sure can't.
YouTube - Nile - As He Creates So He Destroys

Ooh and Even the Gods Must Die... Epic song.

 

[loathed]

eeeew Slipknot isnt even heavy metal...pls dont dirty the thread with such names

f**k me, dont start another one of these.

 

[EugeneSmasher]

A whole list of mine :mrgreen:

Krisiun - Vicious Wrath
Krisiun - Bloodcraft
Krisiun - Murderer
Nile - Churning the maelstrom
Nile - Execration text
Nile - The blessed dead
Downthesun - Medicated
Cannibal Corpse - Make them suffer
Machine head - Davidian
Slayer - South of heaven
Testament - Eyes of wrath
Testament - Demonic refusal
Testament - The burning times
Testament - Low
Metallica - Saint Anger
Metallica - Frantic
Dew-scented - That's why I despise you
Alice in Chains - Them bones
Ozzy Osborne - Hellraiser
Motorhead - Evolution is a mystery
Obituary - Insane

 

[vernplum]

Clarification As To This Thread's Purpose

Hello all

Please don't take this as any kind of scolding, but I don't think I made it very clear as to the purpose of this thread. ))

I was trying to share heavy 'moments', i.e. a few seconds in a song that were truly those parts which made your head snap backwards and then forwards and down due to its crushing weight. Merely listing out 20 heavy tracks that you like (while I appreciate any and all contribution) is not useful in this context and there are dozens of similar threads with content such as these. Some contributors have taken the time to track down YouTube videos and state times in the videos when heavy moments occur; these *are* useful - thanks for those. To add even more value, if you can describe how it is played with tab this will benefit everyone reading this forum into metal.

Additionally, as stated, this is the 'how to' forum, so the intention is that we discuss 'how to' play those parts which is why I have supplied links to my own transcriptions and tablatures of some of those heavy moments, and why I invite other people to do the same.

Please let's try to keep this on topic and not let it become a 'my favourite tracks' thread, or worse, a "my favorite metal band is better/heavier than your favourite metal band" thread..

 

[Dime]

nile is the craziest shit there.but pantera is the best doodes!