Has any band gotten heavier over the years?

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01/27/2025 01:15:06 PM

01/27/2025

01:15 PM

A lot of bands have gotten softer, with a huge swath of 70's bands going from guitar rock to ballads in the early 80's.'
Styx
REO
Foreigner
Journey
Chicago (sorta)
Heart

But have any bands gotten harder over the years?

Even Green Day and Metallica have gotten softer.

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Nota214

01/27/2025 01:18:47 PM

01/27/2025

01:18 PM

Sum 41. Compare Order in Decline to Does This Look Infected or Chuck?

They have always had heavy elements but it seemed like they went heavier on Order in Decline.

ReturnOfDevsman

01/27/2025 01:20:07 PM

01/27/2025

01:20 PM

Starsailor's fifth and sixth albums are hard af.

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archizzy

01/27/2025 01:21:33 PM

01/27/2025

01:21 PM

Pantera. Most people forget they were a glam band/hair metal band in the 80s until Phil Anselmo took over vocals on Power Metal in 1988. Then in 1990 they completely shifted over and became what we knew modern Pantera with Cowboys from Hell which was their 5th album. That album and 1992 Vulgar Display of Power were so good. Hell even Far Beyond Driven was awesome. Those 3 albums were a big part of my high school years from 1990 to 1994.

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reincarnator07

01/27/2025 01:22:02 PM

01/27/2025

01:22 PM

Meshuggah.

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ItsNotA2Mer

01/27/2025 01:22:35 PM

01/27/2025

01:22 PM

Pantera started as a hair-metal band and eventually turned very heavy.

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archizzy

01/27/2025 01:23:16 PM

01/27/2025

01:23 PM

ItsNotA2Mer posted...

Pantera started as a hair-metal band and eventually turned very heavy.

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masterpug53

01/27/2025 01:23:27 PM

01/27/2025

01:23 PM

The Beatles went from "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" to "Helter Skelter." And one of the heaviest tracks on their last album was literally (sub)titled "She's So Heavy."

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ItsNotA2Mer

01/27/2025 01:23:46 PM

01/27/2025

01:23 PM

archizzy posted...

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Sephirothe

01/27/2025 01:26:06 PM

01/27/2025

01:26 PM

#10

Riverside - started prog-rock, moved more to prog-metal by their album Anno Domini High Definition. Though they have gone back to more prog-rock now

Hexvessel - started as psychedelic rock, thier most recent album is black metal without the harsh vocals

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NO2_Fiend

01/27/2025 01:26:11 PM

01/27/2025

01:26 PM

#11

GWAR

Started out Punk Rock but by Battle Maximus they were straight up Metal... then Brockie died. :(

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bruplex

01/27/2025 01:26:21 PM

01/27/2025

01:26 PM

#12

Rush went from 80s synth rock to heavier stuff from Counterparts and beyond. Headlong Flight in 2012 is still pretty solid -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSWn9qbaFu8

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Shamino

01/27/2025 01:30:39 PM

01/27/2025

01:30 PM

#13

masterpug53 posted...

The Beatles went from "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" to "Helter Skelter." And one of the heaviest tracks on their last album was literally (sub)titled "She's So Heavy."

I thought about that, but that doesn't really count to me since it was more of an experiment and less of a musical shift. They recorded Hey Jude and Let it Be around the same time, thus staying softer.

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McSame_as_Bush

01/27/2025 01:33:15 PM

01/27/2025

01:33 PM

#14

Obscurish 60s band, but...

https://youtu.be/-AyQfIXXVws?si=u5yvlmCZOTSHsaux

to

https://youtu.be/6j0duVTHFA4?si=qJKSXibyq-vksKNS

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myusernameislame

01/27/2025 01:41:10 PM

01/27/2025

01:41 PM

#15

Judas Priest. Compare their average heaviness from Painkiller onwards to everything before.

PeteyParker

01/27/2025 01:46:03 PM

01/27/2025

01:46 PM

#16

Nota214 posted...

Sum 41. Compare Order in Decline to Does This Look Infected or Chuck?

They have always had heavy elements but it seemed like they went heavier on Order in Decline.

Was going to say this one.

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InTheEyesOfFire

01/27/2025 01:51:16 PM

01/27/2025

01:51 PM

#17

reincarnator07 posted...

Meshuggah.

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Garlands_Soul

01/27/2025 01:51:48 PM

01/27/2025

01:51 PM

#18

Ministry.

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TentacleDemon

01/27/2025 01:55:12 PM

01/27/2025

01:55 PM

#19

Many of them have put on a few pounds over the years. But I don't think any of them got noticeably heavier. They have all stayed in fairly decent shape.

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mustachedmystic

01/27/2025 03:00:07 PM

01/27/2025

03:00 PM

#20

TentacleDemon posted...

Many of them have put on a few pounds over the years. But I don't think any of them got noticeably heavier. They have all stayed in fairly decent shape.

Well in that sense, The Cure, The Smiths.

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Hayame_Zero

01/27/2025 03:02:37 PM

01/27/2025

03:02 PM

#21

Garlands_Soul posted...

Ministry.

Yeah, I thought they were two completely different bands that coincidentally had the same name for years.

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snae99

01/27/2025 03:03:51 PM

01/27/2025

03:03 PM

#22

Porcupine Tree

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Southernfatman

01/27/2025 03:05:26 PM

01/27/2025

03:05 PM

#23

Garlands_Soul posted...

Ministry.

Came in to say this. New wave to industrial metal is a pretty big jump.

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LoZguy709

01/27/2025 03:06:27 PM

01/27/2025

03:06 PM

#24

snae99 posted...

Porcupine Tree

Beat me to it. Pink Floyd too, depending on how you define heavy.

hitokoriX

01/27/2025 03:07:53 PM

01/27/2025

03:07 PM

#25

Sleep token has. Their most recent album is def the heaviest thing they've done to date.

Also technically Ice Nine Kills.

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Godshammer666

01/27/2025 04:22:52 PM

01/27/2025

04:22 PM

#26

Garlands_Soul posted...

Ministry.

Came in to say this

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Trumpo

01/27/2025 04:28:56 PM

01/27/2025

04:28 PM

#27

Nickelback

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Delirious_Beard

01/27/2025 05:00:12 PM

01/27/2025

05:00 PM

#28

the osees

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thronedfire2

01/27/2025 05:00:40 PM

01/27/2025

05:00 PM

#29

Porcupine Tree

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Samm

01/27/2025 05:10:18 PM

01/27/2025

05:10 PM

#30

Axl Rose got a bit fat

Notti

01/30/2025 06:07:37 AM

01/30/2025

06:07 AM

#31

Cradle of filth

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01/30/2025 06:47:44 AM

01/30/2025

06:47 AM

#32

Hmm, was gonna say Living Colour, but now that I listen to Shade again, maybe not.

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01/30/2025 06:54:22 AM

01/30/2025

06:54 AM

#33