are we doing this by weight of gear?

or weight of band?

Loud on a good stereo:

Blasphemy
Order From Chaos
Swans
early Grave
Godflesh
early Carcass

Iron Monkey.

The first time I heard the song Arsonaut I listened to it 3 times in a row, even though it's 10+ minutes long.

Kristof Pendereski

or

ALAN SILVA AND HIS CELESTRIAL COMMUNICATION ORCHESTRA

After all the drooling over Electric Wizard I finally listened to Come My Fanatics from start to finish.

Nope. Not the heaviest. Lots of bottom end and fuzz but a bit too light of a touch on the drumming. Dale Crover would use this guy's sticks as toothpicks after a fine chicken dinner. Maybe it's a different story with the live show.

Perhaps we ought to be considering only live performances when judging heaviness. My old band had 6 guitarists and 2 bassists but listening to our records you would never know it.

I saw Torche play last night and they were pretty fucking heavy. Their drummer plays like he's a psycho trying to beat somebody to a pulp.

Crowbar- they are fat and furious.

El Protoolio wrote:I saw Torche play last night and they were pretty fucking heavy. Their drummer plays like he's a psycho trying to beat somebody to a pulp.

And he wears Blasphemy tshirts. He bows down to the satanic skins.

I think Harvey Milk probably wins. The vocals alone make them heavier than almost anyone. Eyehategod is pretty heavy too.

Iron Monkey's a great nomination. Criminally overlooked band.


Torche are devastating live. One of my favorite live acts, as a matter of fact. But their records aren't uniformly and unrelentingly heavy enough for them to keep up with the likes of High On Fire and Bongzilla in this thread.