heaviest songs
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Topic: heaviest songs
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Subject: heaviest songs
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 00:22
and I do NOT mean metal  I nominate Vuh by Popol Vuh
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Posted By: BlindGuard
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 07:51
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any VDGG track... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Shelef/?chartstyle=lastfmplain" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 08:11
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i find the Musical Box to be quite heavy in parts (spessially the heavy metalish guitar triplets or tuplets) gets quite heavy dear I say, also midle part of Dancing with the Moonlit Knight have also a heavy section, Apocalypse in 9/8 is also heavy -------------  
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 08:57
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The Great Deciever. I used to use it as a wake up call. I’ts impossible to sleep to that intro.
------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 13:00
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Perhaps I should clarify, what I mean is heavy as in "weighty." The kind of music that just crushes you with its density |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 13:12
| Hum... Magma? Weather Report for some of their rhythmic parts? |
Posted By: JonteJH
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 01:05
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The last riff in Level Five by King Crimson, damn -------------  
http://www.lastfm.se/user/JonteJH http://soundcloud.com/jontejh |
Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 01:15
| Obviously something like Isis or Kayo Dot... but less obviously so I find a lot of ambient to be crushing. |
Posted By: kostasxrysogelos
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 06:07
| "Ogre Battle" by Queen. And the solo in Steve Hackett's "Everyday". |
Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 09:42
| Larks Tongue in Aspic Part II |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 18:40
yeah same |
Posted By: bartosso
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 18:45
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Manifold Curiosity? Fairly dense final. ------------- https://soundcloud.com/las-birnam" rel="nofollow - LAS BIRNAM (soundcloud) <<= my music =>> http://lasbirnam.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - LAS BIRNAM (bandcamp) |
Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 18:47
| Pyramids S/T debut album is one of the most dense albums I've heard. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 19:23
My favourite Kayo Dot song |
Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 19:25
That track is good for teaching people that amps do indeed go beyond 10. |
Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 22:52
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"Rated X" by Miles Davis. Absolutely brutal droning keyboard wails. Also, Tocatta by ELP. -------------  |
Posted By: jjotoole1
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 07:25
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Posted By: XTChuck
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 10:03
I'll second that
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 11:56
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Gojira's Backbone, massively dense and heavy. And the ending to VdGG White Hammer. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: The Wrinkler
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 14:25
| Eye Shaking King by Amon Duul II. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 15:36
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Not really a song but
Aphrodites Child - All The Seats Were Occupied
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Posted By: mEP
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 17:16
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 19:33
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Hi,
Depends on your definition of "heavy".
If all we're thinking of is loudness ... it's not worth my time and place to answer. If all we're thinking is some kind of metal ... it's not worth my time and place to answer.
If we're talking pure spiritual depth in the work, Popol Vuh is by far one of the most authentic experimenting groups in that area, and they did something that New Age folks didn't like a whole lot ... they added other dimentions of ritual and prayer to the music later.
If we're talking outright weirdness and possible bizarre'ness, it's really hard to argue with the long cut in White Noise's "Electric Storm in Hell", because when it comes down to it, and if you try to make up a story along with the effects and music that you hear, you would have something really scary, and weird.
It we're talking outright PURE depth of work and meditational value, it's really hard to not appreciate Frank Perry's two massive meditation albums "Deep Peace" and "New Atlantis", both of which are meant for meditations, and the depth and detail in them is massive, and not something that many of us are not capable of even sitting through for one minute, let alone 20.
Of all the albums, and all the music, there are two pieces that are pure heavyness for me ... and the visuals are endless and the depth of those visuals has no end ... and sometimes I do not think that this is "music" ... it is something else ... and they are Amon Duul 2's Yeti (the long piece) and then Klaus Schulze's "Sebastian in Traum".
There are other things that are quite heavy and very deep and intense ... and they are not necessarily in one area or another. I think Eberhard Schoenner's "Trance Formation" is massive, and it was the first one to put together a screaming guitar with Gregorian Chants and Electronics ... and some of the more meditative pieces in that album are just way out there ... but I am not sure that most people in this board can sit through it and not get ... bent out of shape, because it is a very weird and odd mix.
The other one I love dearly and talk about it all the time, is Terje Rypdal/David Darling's Eos album (skipt he first cut - you have been warned!) because it is the most beautiful thing ever done with an electric guitar, but we're not (in general) very good listeners of different things ... and this is chamber music at its best ... but I am not sure that "prog" fans know what that means, or that most "progressive" fans are willing to sit through it ... because they will not be able to classify it in some area or another.
Aphrodite's Child's album 666 deserves a mention here, but it is rarely mentioned as a progressively important album and it deserves to be there, but it is way too strange and weird and too much classical and greek mythology for it to be appreciated by a rock audience, and specially one that is into hits. It is a fabulous album all around.
Heavy? ... is just another word for ... you can't handle it, I usually say. Has nothing to do with anything else, and specially the loudness and anything else! Or as Guy Guden used to say ... sometimes things are so heavy that they are weightless ... but I get scared when talking philosophy here and people come back with Ayn Rand! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: January 26 2011 at 00:27
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Out of curiosity I listened to "Vuh" yesterday, and came to think of a song by Jarre, I think it was the chord sequence that reminded me of a particular piece. Jean Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor.
Anyway... many people seem to associate the word heavy with "heavy rock n roll", in other words hard rock or metal.
I know a song which I thought was very heavy when I was little. Sisters of Mercy - [untitled]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sINOUDbg9HY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sINOUDbg9HY
It's the drumgroove and theme of "Dominion" played slower, with a big reverb .
That' always been how I think about something "heavy" - something that typically involves powerful drums and a big sound (big ambiance/reverb)....and preferrably dark. Steve hackett likes a massive sound and often uses reverb. "In the Heart Of the City " is a good example of that.
"Gates Of Darkness" by Art Zoyd has three individual parts, the last one I think is incredibly powerful and heavy. I think it should be played loud on a good stereo system with speakers that have a good frequency range in the bass register
It's linked to the third part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6-hGWaSfA&#t=4m5s" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6-hGWaSfA&#t=4m5s
This is quite heavy I think: Sisters of Mercy - Emma http://tinysong.com/lCsA" rel="nofollow - http://tinysong.com/lCsA
How about Wail Of Sumer by Fields of the Nephilim? http://tinysong.com/uMoI" rel="nofollow - http://tinysong.com/uMoI ------------- http://www.lastfm.se/user/wilmon91" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: January 26 2011 at 00:40
Nothing else to add, really. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 29 2011 at 12:18
Agreed. There is no heavier song in any genre.
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: January 29 2011 at 12:52
+1
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: January 29 2011 at 12:57
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The New Black by Strapping Young Lad Easy. ------------- |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 30 2011 at 04:45
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Posted By: JakeMM626
Date Posted: January 30 2011 at 09:07
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Bleed - Meshuggah, ...and for that matter most Meshuggah songs after Destroy Erase Improve ------------- 
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: January 30 2011 at 23:43
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So you mean 'heaviest' as in densest right? ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: January 31 2011 at 01:00
It doesn't necessarily have to be "dense" to feel like it carries a lot of weight, but sort of, yes. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: January 31 2011 at 01:04
The most packed into the shortest amount of time? ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: January 31 2011 at 01:07
| No, the most packed into the smallest volume, gosh |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: January 31 2011 at 01:10
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It was to do with music, gosh ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |