Heavy guitar sounds in standard tuning?

[Chryst Krispies]

I think this is pretty much one of the heaviest tracks ever.

I agree.

 

[Metaltastic]

I always found it quite boring and monotonous, personally...one of the heaviest tracks ever, well the one is this thread has certainly had my head a'bangin, and when 1:26 comes in, I just lose it...

 

[Metaltastic]

Oh right, this thread is about heaviness in standard tuning - well then, Master's Apprentices > EVERYTHING

 

[cobhc]

I always found it quite boring and monotonous, personally...one of the heaviest tracks ever, well the one is this thread has certainly had my head a'bangin, and when 1:26 comes in, I just lose it...

Yeah, but your opinion doesn't count .

 

[Chryst Krispies]

What If I tuned to E, but an OCTAVE lower?

That would be heavy as balls, but still be E standard.....

 

[cobhc]

What If I tuned to E, but an OCTAVE lower?

That would be heavy as balls, but still be E standard.....

That would be cheeky as fuck, but also very cool............DO EEET!

 

[ahjteam]

I think the early Metallica records (esp AJFA and MoP) are quality examples of being heavy as shit in standard tuning. Or tuning to drop D, and being heavier than a fucking tyrannosaurus-having-eaten-a-ton-of-bricks shit. (The Thing That Should Not Be)

Sad But True > you

Rammstein also has a massive tone and they tune to standard E or drop D

Herzeleid is drop D / standard E
Sensucht is entirely drop D (except standard E on Sehnsucht)
Mutter is entirely in drop D
Reise Reise is in drop C / standard E
Rosenrot is entirely in drop C


But instead of 4 layers of guitars that we usually use (quadtracking), Ramsmtein uses like 16 layers of guitars on some songs, so no wonder they sound huge...

 

[Metaltastic]

What If I tuned to E, but an OCTAVE lower?

That would be heavy as balls, but still be E standard.....

Sadly, I don't think you'd be the first! I know I've heard of a few nutcases playing in drop-E

 

[everybody's x]

tuning does not make shit heavy, heavy makes shit heavy.

and as far as the old metallica, peace sells, burn my eyes being sharp, it's because at the time it was typical to vari-speed the songs up a hair in mastering to make the singer sound "better"
back then the fad was having a higher pitched singer, that made shit "heavy" then

 

[ATLA]

yeah i agree, riffs are heavy not tunings or tone.. you can have thin stupid fuzzy tone and still have the riff be heavy and make you want to punch your grandpa in his balls and watch them turn to dust!

 

[Pablo333]

yeh its true - heavy doesnt mean low tunings - that means nothing in itself -
the "music" is the heavy part - the playing - the gear -

I go drop D sometimes as i like sliding power chords around and its gives it a smoother sound than trying to do it in standard tuning - but it messes me up coming up with single note riffs in drop D.

Listen to a UK band called Stamping Ground for some seriously heavy Eb!!!