i think last days of humanity is pretty brutal
or fukkin slayer

'fukkin Slayer'

Somehow that reads really well. Great band.

hatebeak...hahahaha.

if you don't know why i am laughing, you really need to look this one up. seriously, funniest thing ever. EVER!

Fuck I'm Dead
myspace site
Label site
No songs over 2 mins: short, sharp, brutal.

(Warning for those who worry about such things: it does involve a drum machine.)

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Originally posted by krugulitis:
hatebeak...hahahaha.

if you don't know why i am laughing, you really need to look this one up. seriously, funniest thing ever. EVER!

...they put out a split with... wait for it... caninus. A band with two dogs... as members.

Good stuff.

I don't know if they'd be considered brutal per se, but I've just "discovered" Weakling Dead as Dreams. Man, that's some mind blowing stuff. Burzum-like black metal mixed with elements of doom and thrash thrown in here and there. Beautiful - but at the same time really heavy. I'm so proud that they are from my hometown of SF.

It's Grind-core but taking in consideration Volume, Speed, Lyrics (samples) and Vocals, I submit The Berzerker early stuff. Song "forever" is a good example. To me this is brutal, so brutal, it takes a few listens to understand what's going on, but i really dig them. Be sure to check the lyrics, they're rather tame but i think the samples set the tone.

http://www.myspace.com/theberzerker

http://www.theberzerker.com/

Most Deff. The Berzerker.


And they're Deathgrindish/Death Metal. Grindcore is shit.

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First and foremost, Dethklok rules this title.

With that out of the way, I'd have to honestly say that in regards to sheer energy and intensity - both on albums and at live shows - I have to go ahead and commit treason by giving runner-up to...

Slipknot.

Yes, Slipknot. Crucify me all you want, I have yet to experience the same level of intensity at a concert than when I saw Slipknot at the Pledge of Allegiance tour in 2001. Since then, I've seen Slayer, Hatebreed, Arch Enemy, Machine Head, Throwdown, God Forbid, and a dozen other bands - nothing has come close to the energy Slipknot - and their fans (even the the stupid wannabe jocks) - output during a show. And yes, while there are bands that are heavier/darker/faster/gorier/and etc., a whole album of speed and double-bass/blastbeats/solo wankery (I'm looking at you, Dragonforce)/ridiculously-over-the-top-gory-lyrics gets boring quickly. Plus, I find non-stop speed/everything-else-I-just-mentioned is kind of hard to headbang/mosh to. Slipknot's more about rythm - they find a groove, make it evil, and then sledgehammer it into your skull. I'd be far more concerned about one of their members burning my face off. than any of the members of the more extreme bands. I'd expect those people to rip my face off, then feast on my innards while drinking my blood from the cup they've made out my skull.

So, yeah...Slipknot. I don't care what anyone else thinks of them, that's how I feel. Like 'em or not, they're pretty brutal. And I do say that with some bias, but whatever.

Honorable mentions:

-Bloodbath (Nightmares Made Flesh is awesome)
-The Project Hate MCMXCIX

-Amon Amarth

-Napalm Death

-Behemoth

-Dry Kill Logic

-DevilDriver

-Finntroll (they win the "Most Brutal Pagan Folk Metal" title)

-Tortured Conscience (If you haven't heard of them, go find the album A Brutal Christmas - The Season in Chaos...you will never look at "The Little Drummer Boy" the same way ever again)

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Originally posted by Meex Eech:
Most Deff. The Berzerker.


And they're Deathgrindish/Death Metal. Grindcore is shit.

A lot of Grind-core is shit, but Berzerker are the "Masters of Grind" by their own classification. They put out shits and press releases with that slogan. But I definitely hear the death metal there too.

Gorgoroth
Bloodbath
Mayhem
Belphegor
Carcass
Abigor
Tsjuder
Deicide
Vomitory
Dark Funeral
haha pick any one of those, they all could be considered the brutallest

Job for a cowboy
white chapel
elysia
emmure
winds of plague
carnifex
Sucidie silence

there is my vote

This thread is kind of old but I want to add my opinion anyway.

Time for me to be a hater:
The Devil Wears Prada? Job For A Cowboy? Suicide Silence? This thread is about brutal metal, not stuff my grandparents could listen to.
Arch Enemy? Man, the reason you think Slipknot is intense is because you've never listened to real metal.
Bishop, your list was lame but not TOO lame so I'll give you that.

Now my list:
Cryptopsy (pre sell out)
Pig Destroyer
Ion Dissonance
Gorguts
Disgorge
Cattle Decapitation
Nile
Plasmarifle
Suffocation
Cephalic Carnage
...and mother fukkin' SLAYER!!!!!

in my opinion, i think Job For A Cowboy, Waking the Cadaver, Heavy Heavy Low Low, Slayer, old Slipknot, Lamb Of God, and regretfully, some Mudvayne...i know i know...

Cemetery Rapist
Deicide
Cattle Decapitation
Inhuman Dissiliency
GUT
Gorevent
Devourment
Amputated
Putrid Pile
Severe Torture
and i dont know who else..too many to list

My votes for Meshuggah. The complexity gives it a different edge