Most Hard-Driving Music?

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The discussion revolves around identifying the most hard-driving music ever recorded, with various interpretations of "hard driving" as intense, fast, aggressive, and chaotic. Participants express differing opinions on genres, particularly focusing on death metal and its intersection with other styles. Some find certain tracks noisy rather than musical, while others appreciate the rhythmic drive in classical compositions, citing pieces like Hekla by Jón Leifs and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. The conversation touches on the subjective nature of music perception, particularly regarding chaos versus noise, and includes references to various artists and genres, including grindcore and psytrance. The intensity of music is highlighted, with mentions of specific songs and performances that evoke strong emotions, showcasing the diversity of interpretations within the hard-driving music theme.
  • #51
robphy said:
I don't understand the words... but I like the song and the intensity.
Here's another one from Japan

(2019) おとぼけビ~バ~Otoboke Beaver - Don't Light My Fire ハートに火をつけたならばちゃんと消して帰って [Official Music Video]


https://www.otobokebeaver.com/
 
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  • #52
The type of music being described in the OP has not much to do with "hard driving".
Septic Death was an attempt to out do bands like early Napalm Death, but while I enjoy it I would not drive hard to it.
For hard driving music I would turn to White Zombie or even Deep Purple.
If you want chaotic but melodic then the genius of Clown Core is a good place to look. However for true chaos you need to turn to performance art type nonsense such as Yoko Ono or Torturing Nurse. Neither of these would I consider to be "hard driving", just self-absorbed randomness for the sake of gaining attention.
In which case I put this forward as premium crazyfest insanity mixed by Andy Rehfeldt (which actually makes both tracks more listenable).
 
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  • #53
Dr-Flay said:
The type of music being described in the OP has not much to do with "hard driving". [...]

I'm afraid I subjectively agree. OTOH it is the OP's thread, hence my apologies for "derailing" it. :sorry:

EDIT: ... and as to your example of "hard driving".... My mileage does vary a bit! :woot:
 
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  • #54
sbrothy said:
Not sure if this link will work. OK, there *was* audio. Turn down the volume before playing it.


Man these DJs just keep getting younger.
 
  • #55
sbrothy said:
And something as rare as a self-proclaimed Christian heavy metal band (Devildriver - End of the Line):



and of course Meshuggah - Rational Gaze:



Or maybe rather Millenium Cyanide Christ:


Christian metal?? That's a new one to me. Rock and roll is all about music and other stuff not particularly Christian.
With the exception of love, you see a 6 old trying to dance head bang when you are playing, that's just great. (Family rock festival)
 
  • #56
This was a roll out for a new number possibly.

 
  • #57
Which became this. Before you raise this, yes this a Scandinavian nights video with a Made in Japan audio.

 
  • #58
Post #56, I had to read about Highway Star in Wikipedia.
 
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  • #59
symbolipoint said:
Post #56, I had to read about Highway Star in Wikipedia.
More at #1,815 Highway Star in the Covers thread.
 
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pinball1970 said:
Man these DJs just keep getting younger.

I'm no springbean but I have my own setup:

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Ah these sweet ballads:

 
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  • #63
robphy said:
Here's another one from Japan

(2019) おとぼけビ~バ~Otoboke Beaver - Don't Light My Fire ハートに火をつけたならばちゃんと消して帰って [Official Music Video]


OTOBOKE BEAVER - "I Checked Your Cellphone" Live 16,06,2023 at a SOLD-OUT Kanayama Brazil Coffee.

(see also
&t=15m40s I Checked Your Cellphone - Otoboke Beaver: Tiny Desk Concert (NPR Music) ;
&t=2m20s Don't Light My Fire - Otoboke Beaver: Tiny Desk Concert (NPR Music)
)
https://www.youtube.com/@otobokebeaver22/videos
 
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  • #64
Look for other versions if you want, but the meaning of the subject title fits for "hard driving".

"Wipe-Out", The Surfaris

 
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  • #65
Here's some classier intermittently hard driving music.



Imagine you're riding in a carriage trying to escape a gang of highwaymen. In such situations it could be prudent to equip the footman with a blunderbuss.

By the way I think it is silly to have the chorus sit there silently for three movements. Western classical music is full of such weird traditions. Even kabuki theater is more flexible.

On second thought it makes more sense than having them sit backstage for those three movements. So maybe it isn't silly.
 
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Tried to find one specific live performance with "In Flames" where they have a giant Swedish flag in the background but I can't remember the track name even though I've had the video on my HDD for years. It's maybe not full hardcore but it has the quality that the vocals are decipherable. :smile:


 
  • #67
jtbell said:
From "classical" music, the first thing that comes to my mind is Hekla by the Icelandic composer Jón Leifs, which is intended to depict an eruption of the volcano with that name.


Well, I'm not sure about hard-driving but intense? Absolutely.
 
  • #68
And since I'm talking classical I'm surprised noone mentioned Peer Gynt's In the Hall of the Mountain King:



The reason I picked this version is (aside from it being pretty short) because the soundtrack from this somewhat weird movie is a nervy (but strangely good) collection of eerie horror-esque classical pieces.
 
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  • #69
Bartok wrote some hard-driving classical music


 
  • #70
But here is probably the least hard driving great piece of classical music

 
  • #71
BWV said:
But here is probably the least hard driving great piece of classical music


I like how we managed to completely corrupt the OPs intentions with this thread! :wink:
 
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European classical seldom has such a heavy beat. Well, a minuet IS dance music.
 
  • #73
haven't seen any blues here yet.
 
  • #74
old punk was pretty drivin'
 
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  • #76
well, this is what happens when you take a day off from what you are supposed to be doing, and listen to music online. This thread has me thinking, and here's 2 very popular, hard drivin' songs from the late '60s, when rock and blues music were both starting to really flourish, when big record companies began to sign and record a lot of their music. First time for blues artists in U.S. then.



 
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  • #77
or, how about blues' first-cousin, gospel, for hard driving:
 
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  • #78
Santana's early albums had lots of hard driving songs. "Soul Sacrifice" from the 1st album, or this one from the second album. They were the hottest band for some time, driving music, rock with Latin beat and bongo and conga along with drums.

 
  • #79
Some more blues

 
  • #80
slow, hard drivin', had never heard R.L. Burnside, good one. Here's rock again, one that sounds pretty hard driving to me, like a miner in a hard rock mine advancing a drift.

 
  • #81
Black metal





 

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