Your favorite top 5 heaviest slow groove tunes of all time?

[Killjingle]

Mine have to be; in this order...

1) Skullcrusher - Overkill (this is a mammoth of a tune; production + great song= #1)

2) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (I love Sabbath and this was hard to choose; but if I had to pick one tune to represent them this would still be the one)

3) The Last Judgement - Trouble (hard to find song; these guys had sabbath down to a science.... they cant be higher than Sabbath because B.S. was the first to have this sound)

4) Bridge of Sighs - Robin Trower (I think the best guitar and bass tone ever recorded)

5) War is Coming - Six Feet Under (It just oozes death metal heavy but has a beat that just about anyone can appreciate)

3 honorable mentions:
Slaves and Bulldozers - Soundgarden (Kim Thayil is from another universe)
Walk - Pantera (I always disliked Pantera but this song is HUGE)
U Shook Me - Led Zep

[HurricaneBob]

Metal Church - Metal Church

[CCdrums]

Kashmir

[YankeeRose]

"When The Levee Breaks" Led Zeppelin


"Stranglehold" Ted Nugent


"Too Rolling Stoned" Robin Trower


"Waitin' For The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" ZZ Top




Edit: I didn't list 5 on purpose, for there are so many which had to be left out. Examples: Several SRV Tunes, a couple of Godsmack's, some Porcupine Tree, Blackfield and a LOT of old Blues.

[Plastered Bastards]

Broken Man- C.O.C.

Dragonaut- Sleep

Lysol- Melvins

Weight- Isis

Solitude or Planet Caravan- Black Sabbath

[GoneForever]

Mine have to be; in this order...

1) Skullcrusher - Overkill (this is a mammoth of a tune; production + great song= #1)

2) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (I love Sabbath and this was hard to choose; but if I had to pick one tune to represent them this would still be the one)

Can't argue with those two.

[moxham123]

Some good choices listed. Here is one that many musicians think started the distorted slow groove tunes.

Rumble - Link Wray

[Baceman Spiff]

Cornucopia - SABBATH

Heaven and Hell - SABBATH

Hail the Leaf- DOWN

Angry Chair- ALICE IN CHAINS

Procreation of the Wicked - CELTIC FROST

Hard to pick just five!

[Bloodsong]

wow!!! you guys nailed them!!!

i'll at least try to add some different ones:

1. Cathedral- Night of Seagulls

2. Sabbath- Spiral Architect

3. Cream- Tales of Brave Uylsees (spelling?)

4. Clutch- pick one...

5. Kyuss- pick one...

[bassist_25]

3. Cream- Tales of Brave Uylsees (spelling?)

Most underrated Cream song, ever.

My pics...

1. Pyretta Blaze - Type O Negative

2. Freedom Run - Kyuss

3. Second Skin - Skinlab

4. Maintain - Seemless

5. Highway - Tree

[Bag]

Mine have to be; in this order...

1) Skullcrusher - Overkill (this is a mammoth of a tune; production + great song= #1

I like your choice for no.1!

Horrorscope is also a great heavy groove song.

[Ron]

Alice in Chains - "Dirt".

"I want you to scrape me... from the walls.... and go crazy.... like you made me".

[Killjingle]

Some good choices listed. Here is one that many musicians think started the distorted slow groove tunes.

Rumble - Link Wray

I think this would be the neatest song ever to cover. Its BADASS!

[Killjingle]

Procreation of the Wicked - CELTIC FROST

Definitely worthy of mention.

[metalchurch]

Sabbath - Lord of this World

Six Feet Under - Torture Killer well anything by them slow death grind is their forte'.

Sepultura - Procreation of the wicked. (like it better than Celtic's version)

Solitude Aeturnus - anything by them because all of their stuff is slow, it's Doom Metal for christ's sake!

King Diamond - Eye of the Witch

[Banned]

Mr. Crowley

[moxham123]

Some good choices listed. Here is one that many musicians think started the distorted slow groove tunes.

Rumble - Link Wray

I think this would be the neatest song ever to cover. Its BADASS!

Next time you come to see The Conniptions, we will play Rumble for you.

Here is another tune to add to the slow grooves list.

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
(Peter Frampton's instrumental version is cool too)

[Banned]

Robin Trower "Hannah"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVJn7HHL ... re=related

Volga Boat Men--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ4KHzbg ... re=related

Humble Pie--"The Fixer"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjjSg-o ... re=related

[Gallowglass]

I don't know if I could nail down a "top 5", but when the terms "heavy" and "slow groove" are brought up, these came easily to mind;

Sabbath - "Into the Void"

McKinley Morganfield - "Catfish Blues/Rollin' Stone". This song is the basis for much that followed, including both "Voodoo Chile" by Hendrix and "Bridge of Sighs" by Trower - either of which would also be right at home on this list.

Rush - "Witch Hunt". Often overlooked, but one of my faves from them.

Metallica - "The Thing That Should Not Be". Some songs are slower, and some might be "groovier" but this is pure raw heaviness in a way that was fresh for its time.

Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Eternity's Breath pt.1", Johnny Mac & the boys deliver one of the heaviest riffs of all time without ever resorting to excessive sludge.

Other notables: anything by R.L Burnside; anything by Celtic Frost;
anything slower by Pantera, who are arguably the "power groove" masters of our time.

[ZappasXWife]

James Brown - The Payback
Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized
Robin Trower - Spellbound
Steppenwolf - The Pusher
Traffic - Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
Beatles - I've Got a Feeling
Sly & Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay (great bass line)
Led Zep - Kashmir
Nightcrawlers - African Echo
Paul Simon - Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes
Perpetual Groove - Teakwood Betz
Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knockin', Monkey Man, and Midnight Rambler (say what you will about these over-played dinosaurs but they did a slow groove well)
Tragically Hip - Grace Too

[Griff]

The Rooster Alice in Chains
Children of the damm Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
Bridge of sighs Robin Trower
The pusher Steppin wolf

[DirtySanchez]

#1 Sistinas-DANZIG

Then Just throw in some Down,Kyuss,Monster Magnet,Celtic Frost, Hellhammer,Boris,Soilent Green,EyeHateGod,High on Fire,Electric Wizard,Torche,And Neurosis to find just four more.

I have Dave (Charltor) to thank for re-opening my ears to stoner/sludge.

I love this shit.

[Plastered Bastards]

I was going to mention Neurosis,but I always mention Neurosis.
So.............. NEUROSIS

[MY_TURNING_POINT]

Ron, you stole my answer with AIC's "Dirt" so how about "The Grind" from Alice in Chains.

"In a darkest hole, you'd be well advised, not to plan my funeral 'for the body dies!"

[bassist_25]

so how about "The Grind" from Alice in Chains.

"In a darkest hole, you'd be well advised, not to plan my funeral 'for the body dies!"

Man, what a bad assed tune - I still have this faint recollection of the video for it.