Slow And Heavy

Discussion
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Inspired by recent discussions…

Post your favourite ‘Slow And Heavy’ albums and if possible explain whhat it is that makes them so damn special.

My faves:

Khanate - Things Viral
Sunn O))) - White 2
Sunn O))) - OO Void
Melvins - LYSOL
Moss - Sub Templum
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Swans - Cop
Scott Walker - The Drift
Earth - Earth 2

I’d recommend anything from that list.

Am happy to answer any questions you have about any particular release if you are looking to check out some of that material.

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First one to come to mind at this hour and in my state is

Sleep - Holy Mountain

Ozzy even said they were the closest to sounding like Sabbath than even Sabbath years ago.

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Dopethrone rules.

I’d add

Thrones - Sperm Whale
Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet
Tad - God’s Balls

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Godflesh/Jesu/Ice/Techno Animal

Swans

Melvins

Rhythm & Sound

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HEAVY! SLOW!! YES PLEASE!!! VERY MUCH!!!

Boris - Feedbacker
Corrupted - Paso Inferior
Slomo - The Creep
Earth - Earth 2 (the greatest slow album ever)
Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine - Rampton
Hateful Abandon - Famine
Melvins - Lysol
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Neurosis - Given To The Rising
Godflesh - Pure

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Celtic Frost’s Monotheist.

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Charmicarmicat by the Melvins is the greatest slow/heavy track ever released. End of thread.

Side 2 of Black Flag’s ‘My War’ album is very much an influence on alot of these slow/heavy bands. It’s definitely worth a listen - and surprisingly different if you think you have Black Flag pigeonholed. Same goes for Slayer’s ‘South Of Heaven’.

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Khanate - ‘Capture and Release’
Sunn 0))) - ‘Black 1’

Then again I’m not an expert on this stuff. When I’m in the right mood it’s great.

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Too many to list. But Dopethrone and Holy Mountain are absolute classics.

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Nadja - Corrasion (esp the LP release w/ Numb 20mins D-side of slo-mo)

and I 2nd any Swans/Godflesh/Neurosis & Earth listings.

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Halo: “Body of Light”
Christdriver: “Everything Burns”
And of course… the almighty DSOTS.

It’s music that makes me want to break things and set buildings on fire… in a very deliberate, monotonous, and forceful fashion.

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Slow and heavy?

I’d have to say :

** Tides - resurface (imagine isis without the annoying screaming and better riffs)
** Anything Jesu/Godflesh
** Type O - World Coming Down and before
** Anything Pelican
** Godspeed! You Black Emperor (screw you… heavy is a state of mind, not a sound)
** Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue raincout (and several other songs - see above note)
** My Dying Bride (except for the 1st and 2nd album…)
** Swans

I could make this go a long time. I love slower and heavy music. The older I get the more it hits me.

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Oh, yeah…I forgot about Nadja!!

Love me some Nadja BIG time.

And My Dying Bride. Most of their back catalogue gets a regular spin on my stereo these days (although I’m not sure they’re heavy/slow enough for this topic). ‘Songs Of Darkness…’ was killer - don’t understand the disrespect for that album.

(Early) Paradise Lost
Trouble

plus any number number of doom/black metal bands

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How the fuck did I leave out Paradise Lost? Everything from “Lost Paradise” to “Draconian Times” is fucking GOLD.