Whats the heaviest band in the world

MooseJam

just wondering

Doctor J

Do you mean on average per head or collectively?

gucci

The magic numbers? didnt they refuse to play on bbc after some fat jokes?

Malice

When you say heaviest do you mean by weight or by sound?

Mr. Presentable

Earth Wind and Fire? There was about 14 of them.

MooseJam

lol I mean by sound, although who's the fatest is also quite interesting

Rustar

nipplenuts wrote:

Earth Wind and Fire? There was about 14 of them.

I think Yes Union had them beat by about 279 people.

Mr. CooL ICE

Byron Stroud and Gene Hoglan are probably the heaviest rhythm section ever



The Berzerker are sometimes touted by music journos as the most extreme band ever, but IMO some people will find some types of music heavier than others, so there really isn't a single correct answer

professorpete

MooseJam wrote: »

just wondering

Meshuggah? Impossi-metal!!

peter1892

Rustar wrote: »

I think Yes Union had them beat by about 279 people.

For sheer bulk I think Poison Idea would have been a contender

Undergod

Cryptopsy and Nile have some insanely heavy moments.

Doctor J

OP, define "heaviness" - is it fastest, lowest tuned, slowest, biggest riffs, etc etc etc

MoominPapa

There was a band in the late 80s maybe early 90s whose gimmick was being fat, thought they were called Mammoth but thats not it. Kinda looked like ZZ Top but fatter. Anyway they were crap. Hope that helps:pac:

BJC

LordChessington wrote: »

Byron Stroud and Gene Hoglan are probably the heaviest rhythm section ever



The Berzerker are sometimes touted by music journos as the most extreme band ever, but IMO some people will find some types of music heavier than others, so there really isn't a single correct answer

I totally agree. If you take Berzerker as an example thats a broad enough range of genre's they've got going. Maybe define the question to heaviest (purely)metal band?

ZakAttak

You're only going to be heavy if everyone else is soft.

I nominate Celtic Frost- They were the first to use the extra heavy distortion and growly vocals; or at least they were the first to do it and achieve some success.

Rustar

I'll proffer the Rage Against the Machine rhythm section.
Monster groove riffs, many times doubled on bass & guitar.

Mr. CooL ICE

It would take a lot of music level readings and statistical analysis to rule out any subjectiveness to define who is the 'heaviest' band out there. Once all readings (decibels, average bpm, total overtones per sample) are taken and processed (possibly weeks of number crunching), the results would look something like this

GhostInTheRuins

Manowar were the loudest band in the world for a while there if that counts lol

JC 2K3

Do they have to be traditional rock/metal bands or does Noisecore/Terrorcore/Speedcore count?

smackbunnybaby

napalm death

Pugsley

For raw 'heavyness' a good palce to find is some of the goregrind type bands, they can get pretty rediculously heavy, to the point you cant pick out one as being notably heavier, favourites include:
Arsebreed
Prostitute Disfigurement
Aborted

I'll also mention:
Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis

Their awful but have a rather cool name, longest 1 word band name in the world if memory serves, some of their songs names are pretty nuts too, including:
Uruporfironogenodescarboxilandome Y Pustulandome Con Tu Anorgasmia Exaclorobencenosisticarial Sexo Traumatizante

gucci

Pugsley wrote: »

Their awful but have a rather cool name, longest 1 word band name in the world if memory serves, some of their songs names are pretty nuts too, including:
Uruporfironogenodescarboxilandome Y Pustulandome Con Tu Anorgasmia Exaclorobencenosisticarial Sexo Traumatizante

Are you sure you spelled that correctly? I bet the reason they are the heaviest band is because the thickness of their inlay book containing the lyrics to songs with names longer than most actual songs!:pac::pac:

Pugsley

gucci wrote: »

Are you sure you spelled that correctly?

Its copy pasted from my winamp playlist, as is the name, I cant pronounce either let alone spell them off hand


But their pretty damn heavy too, just awful.

gucci

Pugsley wrote: »

Its copy pasted from my winamp playlist, as is the name, I cant pronounce either let alone spell them off hand


But their pretty damn heavy too, just awful.

I would look it up only for we have a stoopid head phone ban in work............man my motivation for this place is at an all time low.

Max_Damage

Napalm Death
Cattle Decapitation
Cock & Ball Torutre....

Arucard

Pugsley wrote: »

I'll also mention:
Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis

Their awful but have a rather cool name, longest 1 word band name in the world if memory serves, some of their songs names are pretty nuts too, including:
Uruporfironogenodescarboxilandome Y Pustulandome Con Tu Anorgasmia Exaclorobencenosisticarial Sexo Traumatizante

theres also a band called Ungl'Unl'Rrlh'Chchch. free cookies if you get the reference

Rustar

The Carpenters.
Originally the heaviest band in the world, later the lightest, after the anorexia kicked in.

Grim_Wreeper

Perhaps the likes of the old Mastodon stuff.

Froot

Snub comes to mind.

They had an album called memories in richter. Such a great album, cant find it anywhere though

0ubliette

Bolt thrower

chin_grin

Manowar (jokin'!! )

I'd have to say Crowbar. Or Sunn O))) Depends on what you mean by "heavy"!