What are the hardest hitting, aggressive songs you know about?
What are the hardest hitting, aggressive songs you know about?
Dear community, often, when people mention they listen to "hard music", I just don't feel the energy in what they show me. Many times I get to hear just monotonous, noisy, wannabe-hard sounds, but they fail to "transport energy" to me. I am looking for absolute bangers, no matter the genre. Pretty much the pinnacle of how much raw power one can convey through music. I know that this is highly subjective, but with enough suggestions, there might be some good stuff to be discovered. So far, I have only found a hand full of songs that I perceive as "hitting hard". Andrew Hulshult has some great songs in the DUSK soundtrack (example above), and Noisia makes some bangers, their "Imperial EP" was the first time I can remember feeling what I am looking for. Please only post serious suggestions.
Edit: Thanks for all the answers! I'll need some time to "work through" these. ;)
My friend, have you heard of Snot?
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lz8eu8AHKh1p_INeCV-HGTCJgDyW9E0ok&feature=shareMaybe Igorrr Or Electric Callboy Or Black Tongue Or maybe even Disavowed
Blood Eagle by Periphery is pretty damn heavy, but it may sound like noise on the first listen. The mix is dense, so it can take a minute to really digest what you're hearing.
If you like Noisia, we should be on the same page here...
The Hole Where Your House Was - Spor
Nothing Matters (Noisia Remix) - Mark Knight feat. Skin
Scarif - Black Sun Empire and Pythius
I Saw You - Black Sun Empire feat. Sarah Hezen
Life & Death - Rezz and Deathpact
Some of those last few are hard in a different way, but anyway, should be at least one you like in there.
Here's a few of my favorites, across a few genres. Each of these goes very hard in their own right. Some in unexpected ways, but they all have a really strong energy behind them.
Carpenter Brut - The Widow Maker
Carpenter Brut - Turbo Killer
GosT - Maleficarum
Perturbator - She Moves Like A Knife (NSFW thumbnail)
Heilung - Norupo
Nightwish - Noise
Abbath - Winterbane
Rotting Christ - Χ Ξ Σ (666)
Gojira - Stranded
BLVCK CEILING - WVFFLIFE
Machinae Supremacy - Player One
KMFDM - A Drug Against War
Mindless Self Indulgence - WitnessThen, if you have the time, these two are both some personal favorites of mine, but they're pretty long. But definitely worth the time, as they are not only absolutely beautiful songs on their own, but they also go very hard.
20:58: Nightwish - The Greatest Show On Earth (This is a live version of the song, and tells a story about the Big Bang and the birth of our universe, and has a special appearance by Richard Dawkins.)
14:07: Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence (This song is heavily inspired by The Iliad, the classic Greek poem by Homer.)RIOT - Overkill
Sullivan King & Ray Volpe - The Dead March
Virtual Riot - Wallmonger
Crankdat - Ding Dong
shwirl, -Alow, & faux ivvy - kocham cię
Have you considered Mick Gordon’s Doom soundtrack?
Off the top of my head there’s also “Hell Patrol” (Judas Priest):
Maybe the opening of “New Drugs” (Dead When I Found Her):
Or maybe “The Serpents of Eden” (Dawn of Ashes):
If it's energy you're looking for, I don't think I've ever seen much more of a "banger" than French band Shaka Ponk's "Palabra Mi Amor"
You Will Never Be One Of Us - by Nails
Death Walking Terror - by Cannibal Corpse
All The Devils Are Here - by Dyscarnate
Flying Whales by Gojira
Holy Roller by Spiritbox
Death To The Holy by Zeal & Ardor
Watch It Crash by Streetlight Manifesto
There is an interesting division when it comes to music that is perceived as "hard", and that is groove. Some just want music to sound evil and have harsh sounds, others require groove to feel the power. So, here are my recommendations with some groove:
Everything by Devildriver
Everything by DethklokPortrayal of Guilt is a heavy as fuck metal band that I really enjoy.
https://open.spotify.com/track/6orPCwBWW9Li0CBseEcDHJ?si=RXTWTXHwSRS90439VcMhUg
Children of Bodom are you dead yet
Showbiz - Muse
Ænina - Tool
I Get It - Chevelle
I'm definitely saving this thread for later, personally I love the new Doom games soundtrack, or anything else from Mick Gordon. In a similar vibe I loved the soundtrack for a game called Cube, the guy that composed it (Marc A. Pullman) has an album that's great called Odious (other things by him are great also, but Odious is my favourite).
Arsonists get all the girls
City of angels cakewalk https://piped.video/watch?v=Jcl1zZoZ4jk&t=28
Scobra vs cupcake https://piped.video/watch?v=7aNn4vZFnU4
Save the castle screw the princess https://piped.video/watch?v=H93kG1ZU1zY&t=2
The Greatest Show On Earth, especially from the 5:46 mark (epilepsy warning - EXTREME flashing lights)
Great question, and I have two to suggest:
Cattle Battle - Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor. Builds with a punching industrial sound that's rife with Reznor's flavour, and climaxes hard with a moment of quiet before the impact.
Straight for the Sun/Desolation - Lamb of God. Intro is a quick breath and pure fury through Sun, then a seamless transition to Desolation which is a machine gun metal blast to the face.
I've always really liked Du Hast, by Rammstein.
origin - expulsion of fury, venetian snares - ibantchivapulk
Shining. Specifically, the album Halmstad. Specifically, the first and last songs (the last is one of my favorite songs ever). A brutally heavy album about depression and suicide. Their whole thing (specifically their vocalist, Niklas Kvarforth) is trying to get people to harm themselves and commit suicide. Part gimmick, part truth.
Listen to Halmstad late at night when you're feeling down on life and it's just an insane experience.
Stop by !dsbm@lemmy.world if you want some more - I have a post with some starting bands.
Some other favorites of the genre are Make a Change... Kill Yourself (my favorite), Leviathan, and Xasthur.
Pixies - Rock music: https://piped.video/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A
Deftones - 7 Words
Really good suggestions already (Meshuggah, Spiritbox etc). But this list is not complete without: Rage against the machine - Bullet in the head, wake up, testify, sleep now in the fire. All great!
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Pumped up kicks is quite „hard“, at least text wise: https://open.spotify.com/track/7w87IxuO7BDcJ3YUqCyMTT?si=Tbx96MsYTRiOrTdMsRmSiQ
And so is bullet: https://open.spotify.com/track/7MB22jLCA12Ev7Jjp3e1aU?si=af0w80NnTAC7sZCWRNqq1w
Beat wise few tracks hit harder than „hit me hard“: https://open.spotify.com/track/4xvOZdRvnhaK2XbdHzIelj?si=eCXbqOILQFm8-7h1ALNiMA
War by IDLES.
It sounds like a fucking air raid
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
The Album Samurai ,the song Reiter Maniacs
Second the album Der rote reiter, the same named song.
Frontierer is one that hit me hard recently: Frontierer - Glacial Plasma
well i found out about noisia recently, so I hear what you are saying, but its not really fair to just describe techno and drum/bass as "hard", there's plenty of mumble rap that goes hard, reaggeton, etc. rock n roll. I hope you find more songs that transport the energy to you, because I feel it with a wide variety of music. Just gotta get into it without analyzing too much.
Lydia by Highly Suspect
https://piped.video/watch?v=ev-bR9ii7Gs
DVP by PUP
https://piped.video/watch?v=iVuB1ZASrGw
Throwin' Down by Psychostick
https://piped.video/watch?v=GPTuiH2X0E4
I can post some more agressive ones if you'd like.
Discovered Four Fists during the 2020 protests. It was timely.
I didn't see an official video link for the second one...
Starset!!! Specifically, Trials, Carnivore, Annihilated Love, and Something Wicked.
This song has actually been stuck in my head lately so I'm glad I got a chance to share it. I've seen them in concert 2 or 3 times, they're awesome
Author & Punisher
Get to the Gone, Static-X
Paroxysm Unit slaps pretty hard. I would also reccomend the latest album from Cattle Decapitation.
Idk what you like, here's some of my guy's workout songs
Dreadnoughts // folk rock
Lil Darkie // shitty rap
Andrew Jackson Jihad // folk punk
1-800-pain // bro idk
Recently discovered Lorna Shore, they definitely scratch that itch for me. Especially the latest releases with Will Ramos
Stage - Live Tears you a new one!
I'm pretty sure you may find some here: https://www.mixcloud.com/DJNim/dj-nim-metal-trap-mix/
Unfortunatly I lack of the unmixed tracks links