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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I'd mention Darkness from VdGG.

Heavy in a rather different way than I think you mean would be Comus' Drip Drip.

Message's Dreams and Nightmares (Dreams) is a fave with heavy riffing.

All of Univers Zero's Heresie is heavy in its way...

So many could be listed.
I love that Comus album and I agree 100% about 'Drip Drip' - it always gives me chills!
I think I would add any of the songs on 'Zeit' by Tangerine Dream to this category, as well. Very abstractly heavy. Some Tull could qualify, too.
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If you consider Pink Floyd classic prog, then "The Nile Song" (also covered by Voivod) fits the bill quite nicely. Regarding King Crimson, besides "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "Red", I believe "Level Five" deserves a mention.
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"Red" is an obvious contender, but a lot of King Crimson's songs from the 90s and early 2000s qualify as well. Part 4 of "Larks' Tongues In Aspic" comes to mind:

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I'd mention Darkness from VdGG.

Heavy in a rather different way than I think you mean would be Comus' Drip Drip.

Message's Dreams and Nightmares (Dreams) is a fave with heavy riffing.

All of Univers Zero's Heresie is heavy in its way...

So many could be listed.

Edited by Logan - May 27 2021 at 13:55
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What are the heaviest songs recorded by classic prog bands?
Off the top of my head, I would start off with 'Red' by King Crimson and 'White Hammer' by VdGG; put 'The Knife' by Genesis in there, too.
What else?
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