Heaviest album Ever?

Avantgardehead wrote: Jesu's or Godlfesh's old stuff.

i think people may need to adjust their definition of "Heavy" or at least explain their own definition of the word. I mean, i love disco volante but heavy is not one of the words i would use to describe that album. 

Heaviest album ever? Hard to say. Anything by Meshuggah is an instant candidate. There's a relatively unknown (but very influential) group called Discharge that did an album in 1982 called Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing that was really heavy. Dethklok's album, even though it was kind of a parody, was also pretty heavy. I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of them now.

Man Erg wrote: Merzbow - Merzbox (50 cd box set)

Beat me to it

Mithrandir's already suggested Burning Witch, a recommendation I'd like to second. Crushing stuff.

I'm the first to suggest Wormphlegm, I think. Also Thergothon and Esoteric.

These threads are always funny. Some folks mention some really earthshaking stuff, but many with a pretty mellow definition of "heavy" will chime in something completely ridiculous. 

Therefore I will just choose Olias of Sunhillow.

I like heavy, but its become somewhat cliche'.  Heavy is the new light.

npjnpj wrote: If I could make a compilation of the heaviest tracks by Nickelback, I think that could qualify.

Oh really?

Finnforest wrote: Gojira Some comments from my reviews.... Beyond heavy. This will burst your spleen.  and “Gojira have chunks of bands like Riverside in their stool.”

rogerthat wrote: chopper wrote: I can't listen to much of this kind of music - gives me a headache - but you have to love these bands and their bands. I mean, you just know what sort of music a band called "Disembowelment" is going to play. Eh, Disembowelment is actually very depressive, expansive, beautiful - yes, I insist  - death-doom. They have grind influences but if you're thinking Cannibal Corpse - who are not grind anyway - then Disembowelment sound nothing like them.

indeed, funny how the guy completely writes off a band due to their name, Disembowelment is one of a kind a very experimental band that so many bands that followed in their wake owe a lot to, probably the first band to ever use blastbeats over a super slow doomy riff,

I just listened to it again last night and I have to say that, although they're not extreme and even arguably not metal, The Sword - Age of Winters is REALLY heavy. Great stuff.

Gojira

Some comments from my reviews....

Beyond heavy. This will burst your spleen. 

and

“Gojira have chunks of bands like Riverside in their stool.”