Heavy Music (That Isn't Rock/Metal)

**Frownland** · 06-26-2015, 12:08 PM

What are some heavy artists you know of that don't fall in the genres we typically think of as heavy (rock/metal)? Additionally, what do you think it is that makes a track heavy? Post em up.

This is some of the heaviest **** I've ever heard, it's also one of the best free jazz albums out there.

EPOCH6 · 06-26-2015, 12:20 PM

I've always thought of heaviness in music in terms tonal thickness, mood, and atmosphere. Heaviest album I've ever heard in my life is Conan's Blood Eagle, it's crushingly slow and when you crank it the air literally feels thicker, the progressions build and come crashing down like controlled demolitions, but it is purely metal. I don't think it has much to do with tempo, but the heaviest music I've heard is typically low - mid tempo. However for this example I've chosen a fast one, a drum & bass tune. The bass design here is absolutely top notch, it's feels like your washing out your ears, pretty bizarre texture.

I highly recommend headphones or a good stereo, listen loud, and listen to the entire build up for maximum impact.

grindy · 06-26-2015, 12:24 PM

Since we're on the subject of electronic music, I'd like to throw in Xanopticon.
I like how it's much more chaotic than breakcore and all that stuff usually is, which makes it much heavier in my opinion. Although the sounds in the background also give it a kind of dreamy quality. Pretty unique stuff.

Trollheart · 06-26-2015, 12:29 PM

Classical can be heavy too, and this is one of the heaviest I know.

Plankton · 06-26-2015, 12:35 PM

^yup^

**Frownland** · 06-26-2015, 12:49 PM

Classical can definitely be heavy. I think the heaviest that I've heard is from good ole Ligeti. Some of these passages are incredibly intense.

EPOCH6 · 06-26-2015, 12:53 PM

Misanthrop's heaviest track, hits like a ton of bricks. Again, incredible sound design, and a super infectious groove.

Trollheart · 06-26-2015, 01:18 PM

Some more heavy music made before the phrase was even used for music...

Chula Vista · 06-26-2015, 01:36 PM

Tons of great heavy classical. Mar's being a great example. No wonder Page used part of that in his violin bow solo during Zep's prime.

DwnWthVwls · 06-26-2015, 02:05 PM

Does this fit what you're looking for:

Goran Dragas - Infiltration

Phantom Power Music - Overpowered

06-26-2015, 12:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Heavy Music (That Isn't Rock/Metal) What are some heavy artists you know of that don't fall in the genres we typically think of as heavy (rock/metal)? Additionally, what do you think it is that makes a track heavy? Post em up. This is some of the heaviest **** I've ever heard, it's also one of the best free jazz albums out there. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x Last edited by Frownland; 06-26-2015 at 01:22 PM.

06-26-2015, 12:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Since we're on the subject of electronic music, I'd like to throw in Xanopticon. I like how it's much more chaotic than breakcore and all that stuff usually is, which makes it much heavier in my opinion. Although the sounds in the background also give it a kind of dreamy quality. Pretty unique stuff. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

06-26-2015, 12:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Classical can be heavy too, and this is one of the heaviest I know. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-26-2015, 12:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	^yup^ __________________ See location...

06-26-2015, 12:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Classical can definitely be heavy. I think the heaviest that I've heard is from good ole Ligeti. Some of these passages are incredibly intense. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-26-2015, 01:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Some more heavy music made before the phrase was even used for music... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-26-2015, 01:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Tons of great heavy classical. Mar's being a great example. No wonder Page used part of that in his violin bow solo during Zep's prime. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”