Heaviest Albums of the 90's??

burnin-candle
burnin-candle Posts: 158
edited October 2006 in Other Music
Hey folks.

I was just wandering what you think are the heaviest albums of the 90's are. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE METAL, but I'm looking for more underground stuff, if you know what I mean. Stuff like Sleep, Melvins, Godflesh etc, etc....

I'm just trying to get into some unrecognized/overlooked classics. Thanks.
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    not even a question

    Strapping Young Lad's City
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  • Bleakest Harvest
    Bleakest Harvest Posts: 127
    Cryptopsy - None So Vile is a classic death metal record, and also one of the heaviest, speed wise and vocally.
    Neurosis released some of the most crushing stuff of the nineties, check out 'Through Silver in Blood' and 'Times of Grace'. Both absolute gems.
    If you're looking for Sleep-esque stuff, then maybe you should try Electric Wizard. Fantastic brand, try Dopethrone by them.
    Another fantastic doom band would be Esoteric.

    There have been so many unbelievably heavy albums in the last decade it's hard to know where to start!
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    ohhh good call on Cyptopsy, that's a great record. Brutal as hell. I stand by City, though
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  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    Echoes wrote:
    not even a question

    Strapping Young Lad's City

    ooo... other SYL fans exist!

    The Avenger by Amon Amarth is pretty heavy... bit too much for my liking! Can't really think of heavy stuff that's not metal... :(
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  • intodeep
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    you mention the melvins so i'll throw out gruntruck's album Push.

    They are not metal, but have some nice riffs and are considered heavy. I never understood why they did not get more attention when "grunge" was so popular.

    Here is a review from Allmusic. (fyi i can see soundgarden similarities especially coming from Seattle and all, but i never thought it was too similar)

    On Push, Gruntruck's second album, the band discards some of its excessive Soundgarden influences and finds its own musical identity. Because of their vicious, sometimes atonal guitar riffage and sparing use of melody, the album only starts sinking in after numerous plays, but as is often the case in such situations, the listeners are ultimately rewarded for their patience. The excellent "Machine Action," "Body Farm," and "Racked" provide the best examples of the band's complex aural blend, and despite a more conventional metal attack, "Tribe" and "Break" also feature surprisingly memorable hooks. On numbers such as "Above Me" and "Slow Scorch" the band reverts to some of its Soundgarden clichés, but this is still a consistent and interesting album.

    Also i see Sleep how about the other gods of stoner rock Kyuss?

    I have always been partial to their album Welcome To Sky Valley. Agian not metal but cool riffs that rock.
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  • Bleakest Harvest
    Bleakest Harvest Posts: 127
    Welcome to Sky Valley is a definite must-have alright.
  • Klumpie
    Klumpie Posts: 2,649
    Unida - Coping with the Urban Coyote

    A band of John Garcia, who was the former singer of Kyuss. Great album.
  • Bleakest Harvest
    Bleakest Harvest Posts: 127
    Here's a brilliant album to check out:
    The Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
    Brilliant, slow, crushing doom album in the vein of Sabbath etc. a true heavy classic.
  • brhf9
    brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    bricks are heavy - L7...
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    Azwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    Pantera - Far Beyond Driven

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  • FreshTendrils
    FreshTendrils Posts: 267
    Bleakest Harvest wrote:
    Welcome to Sky Valley is a definite must-have alright.

    I'll second this.
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  • "Imagen" my thoughts
    "Imagen" my thoughts Posts: 27
    alice in chains- dirt

    heavy atomsphere & theme & the music
  • ThumbingMyWay310
    ThumbingMyWay310 Posts: 94
    Fear Factory - Demanufacture
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    Imagen wrote:
    alice in chains- dirt

    heavy atomsphere & theme & the music


    hehe good one lol
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  • Bleakest Harvest
    Bleakest Harvest Posts: 127
    Alice in Chains? Fear Factory!? L7!?!
    Come on people, surely you've heard albums a bit heavier than these?

    *Disclaimer - In no way am I denouncing the above bands, i just don't think they should be mentioned in a thread titled 'heaviest bands of the 90s' :)
  • Klumpie
    Klumpie Posts: 2,649
    But if you really want dark shit, try some Sunn O))) or try Warhorse - As Heaven Turns to Ash... this is really heavy shit.
  • Bleakest Harvest
    Bleakest Harvest Posts: 127
    Heh, Sunn0))) are indeed possibly the heaviest band of all time, but are they 90s? Black One certainly isn't anyway, and that's their darkest release.
    Fantastic band though, you should check them out live if you get a chance. Just be sure to smoke some skunk or something beforehand, as you're basically going to be swaying to the drone of feedback for an hour. They started life as an Earth tribute band, and took their sound to new extremes.
  • Klumpie
    Klumpie Posts: 2,649
    Bleakest Harvest wrote:
    Heh, Sunn0))) are indeed possibly the heaviest band of all time, but are they 90s? Black One certainly isn't anyway, and that's their darkest release.
    Fantastic band though, you should check them out live if you get a chance. Just be sure to smoke some skunk or something beforehand, as you're basically going to be swaying to the drone of feedback for an hour. They started life as an Earth tribute band, and took their sound to new extremes.

    They made only 1 album in the 90s, i forgot about the timeline. But in this new millenium Sunn 0))) is the heaviest there is. I don't think I'm going to watch them, they are a little to dark for me. :D
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    NIN - The Downward Spiral
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