heaviest album in yr collection

[kexodusc]

Hmm, Opeth, Napalm Death, Fear Factory, Hatebreed, Pantera, Slayer?

I dunno - I find myself listening a lot less to this kind of stuff these days - though I love listening to it during workouts or while running to keep the intensity up. Pantera and Slayer will always have a place - Opeth impresses me with their musical scope, but Fear Factory, Napalm Death, etc, - these guys were fun for awhile, but I can't help but think the gimmick is getting old for me...I need a bit more than heavy for the sake of heavy I guess unless I'm specifically in that sort of mood.

You should see the looks my co-workers shoot me when Reign In Blood or Blackwater Park starts blaring when I start my car up...I take a fair amount of abuse from the older guys and gals...

[SlumpBuster]

I just don't get that heavy. Sure I have lots of Tool and A Perfect Circle, some Anthrax, and tons of British Invasion metal (Maiden, Priest, Motorhead). But even my favorite Marilyn Manson record is his lightest: Mechanical Animals. Any "heavy metal" I have is generally from artist that get at least some airplay. On the other hand I have lots of speedy punk rock records that would be at least as fast as the fastest speed metal, if not as crunchy and heavy.

Certainly no contemporary "speed metal", "death metal", "black metal", "doom metal", or, my favorite "viking metal" and its sub-genre "troll metal" (found viking and troll on the wikipedia entry for heavy metal ).

Although I did discovery a heavy band recently, just by virtue of them being on a generally punk rock label, Hopeless Records. They won an MTV video award for best new artist last year, which I thought was rather surpriseing. "And the moonman goes to... Avenged Sevenfold!" A collective "Who?" from the audience.

Nope, this is as heavy has I get these days:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMrKxnsaUMg They never believe you when you tell them, "You will regret that tattoo when your 35 years old."

[Mr MidFi]

I don't really have that much heavy stuff in my collection. I guess it depends on what "heavy" means, really. Is Led Zeppelin's first album heavier than Stone Temple Pilot's second album? Is Jane's Addiction heavier than either of those?

Aaaaaand just as I type that, the iPod shuffle gods dredged up a little nugget from Jane's Addiction's Nothing Shocking. "Sex! Is! Violent!...Sex! Is! Violent!!!!" OK, thanks Perry. I'll take that under advisement.

Happy Monday to you.