who is the "The Heaviest Metal band Ever"

ok, here are the following bands that have been nominated so far. For the record I am only listing bands that either:

a) Were specifically stated by the poster to being the heaviest band that they have heard, or

b) was the first band listed in the post i.e. :

Originally posted by wcssar
i know i'm just an old guy but i still like deep purple and sabbath.

This post goes to Deep Purple rather than Sabbath. Why? Cause I refuse to count multiple votes. I only aske for THE (singular) heaviest band.

So her they are:
Accept x1
Black Sabbath x3
Cannibal Corpse x1
Deep Purple x2
Dying Fetus x2
Fist x1
Gwar x1
Halford x1
Judas Priest x1
Krisiun x1
Lair of the Minotaur x1
Mercyful Fate x1
Meshuggah x1
Motorhead x2
Napalm Death x2
Nile x2
Nootgrush x1
Slayer x2
Venom x1

Originally posted by PAranormal
I'm gonna give it to Nile for now...unless I can think of anything else.

I was just thinking of Nile. I love them!

I'd have to give heaviest metal band to...
THE BERZERKER.

Typical gore-grind actually, inhumanly fast drummer (which I suspect is digital), deep growls and high screeches. Every song is like you're in a different world of complete awesomeness. AND THEY'RE AUSSIES.

They are sooo good.

Edit//

Out of the above bands, I'd say Cannibal Corpse is the heaviest.

[edit on 2-3-2007 by Paresthesia]

My vote would probably have to go to Meshuggah because of their low guitar tuning.

What's the classification of heaviest? So many decibels your ears ring for a week? So driven you don't feel your ribs break and your jawbone crack while bashing and trashing in the mosh? So much energy you forgot you drank a dozen hefe wiesens, stage dove into the security pit and woke up with a red tint to your vision on top of a stretcher?

Perhaps it's just a matter of memories and mood?

I would say Metallica is my choice for heaviest in my life, where I was rather insane and pissed while baking away in the Kuwaiti desert during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Metallica was raw power and good therapy then.



The shortest straw was pulled for me...

This is the heaviest ever!


Faith No More - Jizzlobber

The only heavy bands i've seen on this thread (in order) are: Nile, The Bezerker, Napalm Death and Cannibal Corpse... That's about it. All the rest like Metallica and Black Sabbath are legends no doubt, but their stuff is far from heavy and it sounds sarcastic when people say it is.

The heaviest band ever in my opinion is Vomitorial Corpulence. The lyrics are so extreme they will make you cry...

Lyrics

Stream it

They are a Christian Goregrind band from Austrailia.

I'm familiar with V.C., pretty good actually. Christian gore grind, now that's a sub-genre of a sub-genre of a sub-genre! If you like them, you'll probably also like

demonic dismemberment
www.myspace.com...

Horsemen of the apocalypse
www.myspace.com...

I believe that D.D is supposed to be second, or tied first with V.C. For heaviest band in the world. D.D does sound a bit more messed up though but still heavy as hell.

I have to try to revive this thread because it is the only one that I started that went any where....

METAL HEADS UNITE: who is the HEAVIEST metal band?

my girlfriend says: Nile, Mushuggah, Morbid Angel, and Old Bloodduster.


But of course she isn't on ATS, so it doesn't count

Besides, I need more opinions before I go through the trouble of re-tallying the vote!

reply to post by Hellmutt


Here's a better version of Into The Fire.


Deep Purple - Into The Fire (1970)

Motorhead has always been a favourite of mine.

And yes I like Venom, At war with satan is a classic!

Mercyful fate/King Diamond

Megadeth

And also a bunch of others mentioned here I like too, you folks have good taste in music!

It's a toss up for me. I say motorhead for the music and Pantera for the vocals...but I can only go for one so I say motorhead.

I'm sorry but as far as many of these bands, I refuse to identify a lot of these unidentifiable guitar chords and cookie monster vocals as music. That is why I would much rather vote for legends like Motorhead because they can be heavy w/out resorting to the things I mentioned above.

[edit on 20-11-2007 by snowflake_obsidian]

Well lets see, becasue you said Rock and Roll and not Deathmetal, or black metal..

My vote is going to have to be Ironmaiden son!!!

!st place= Ironmaiden
2nd place= Megadeth
3rd = MotorHead!
4th= Pantera

This song does rock tho here..
Holywar by Megadeth


[edit on 20-11-2007 by zysin5]

[edit on 20-11-2007 by zysin5]

Originally posted by MetalSphere
Ok what I would like to do is see who ATS thinks is the "Heaviest Metal Band Ever" by way of vote. There are many attributions that qualify a band for being heavy, be it tone, speed, vocal style, etc. which should all be taken in to consideration when pondering this question.

Only one I can think of that fit all the criteria is Motorhead:



70's ROCK

Whoops, seems like I already said this months ago.

[edit on 20-11-2007 by intrepid]

Originally posted by xeroxed88
All your votes will beg for mercy! Allow me to introduce the mighty MESHUGGAH:

Meshuggah - New Millenium Cyanide Christ (Live)

(Below - Studio Version)

Long live European metal!!!

(Edit - They use 8 string guitars for God's sake!

)

YES That was my VOTE........U cant beat Meshuggah (from Sweden of course) for all out METAL heaviness......ARRRGGGGHHHHH

[edit on 25-2-2007 by xeroxed88]

:w::w:

Originally posted by xeroxed88
All your votes will beg for mercy! Allow me to introduce the mighty MESHUGGAH:

Meshuggah - New Millenium Cyanide Christ (Live)

(Below - Studio Version)

Long live European metal!!!

(Edit - They use 8 string guitars for God's sake!

)

Y
[edit on 25-2-2007 by xeroxed88]

:w::w:


ES That was my VOTE........U cant beat Meshuggah (from Sweden of course) for all out METAL heaviness......ARRRGGGGHHHHH
:w:

Checked out Meshugah, not bad, I wouldn't change the radio channel BUT you can still have metal AND melody, vocals, speed and power ALL AT THE SAME TIME:



I actually put this one on the tapes for the music for our wedding reception(1989). Got danced too and no one had ever heard Motorhead at a wedding before.

Haha Motorhead at a wedding! That is Awesome!

My buddy just got married and he put an Opeth track on his CD. Unfortunately it was "Harvest", a very good song, but not there most "metal" per se.

[edit on 20-11-2007 by MetalSphere]

What no Ministry? Some pretty tame stuff mentioned in this thread but also some good bands too:

No W


Burning Inside


Stigmata


brill


[edit on 20-11-2007 by brill]