In the meantime, here\u2019s ten of the heaviest Christian metal tracks<\/em> I\u2019ve come across yet. It\u2019s not a definitive top 10, but it\u2019s definitely ten of the biggest musical bruisers you\u2019ll ever come across in Christian metal that will give your current playlist a real boost in brutality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abated Mass of Flesh – \u201cGravecharmer\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For my money, 2015\u2019s \u201cGravecharmer\u201d has to be one of the most ludicrously heavy tracks I\u2019ve ever heard. Opening with a more deathcore-ish opening, it descends into an absurdly brutal sonic pulverizing that is alarming on every level, like a rabid gorilla pile-driving you into concrete on repeat. The vocal work on here is downright terrifying, even by Abated Mass of Flesh standards. \u201cGravecharmer\u201d makes most deathcore sound like pop, and most slam sound trite in comparison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Broken Flesh – \u201cAcrid Stench\u201d (Beheaded in Vain<\/em> live version)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyone who\u2019s heard Broken Flesh, even in passing, knows that they are an extremely intense band. Pick any of their albums at random, and you\u2019ll be in for a sonic battering of apocalyptic proportions. But their latest, and sadly last, release – a live album entitled Beheaded in Vain<\/em> – featured a take on their already exceedingly hostile-sounding \u201cAcrid Stench\u201d and upped the ante even more. It\u2019s the sound of a spin on a rather infamous Sarcofago riff blended with a jet turbine and a bear fight, all played at inhuman speeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Vomitorial Corpulence – \u201cHammer Inflicted Brain Seizure and Hemorrhaging Cranial Cestation\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I mean, with a title like that by a band with a name like that, there\u2019s no surprise that the Christian metal scene\u2019s finest purveyors of gruesome grindcore this side of Carcass are on this one. Seventeen seconds long and beginning with a classic soundbite of Ash (Bruce Campbell) from Evil Dead 2<\/em>, it\u2019s a microcosm of grinding carnage full of layered gurgles and shrieks that manages to absolutely terrify (or perhaps bewilder?) the listener before its swift exit. Memorable stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Living Sacrifice – \u201cIn the Shadow\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Though I remain a staunch defender of Living Sacrifice\u2019s second release, the divisive Nonexistent<\/em>, it\u2019s impossible to deny the pure power and force of their third record and its iconic opening track, \u201cIn the Shadow.\u201d Boasting a booming roar after the first few verses that\u2019s strong enough to send several legions of hell fleeing for their lives, \u201cIn the Shadow\u201d completely batters the listener with concrete-thick guitars, chaotic soloing, and pummelling drum work with enough energy to level a small city. Please, PLEASE guys – if you\u2019re reading this, bring DJ back into the fold and give us just one more death metal album! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Aceldama – \u201cArtefactos de Purulencia\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Beginning with what could be one of the most grotesque guttural vocals of all time, Costa Rica\u2019s Aceldama absolutely obliterate on this one. Thick guitars, punishing grooves and some of the deepest growls I\u2019ve ever heard in Christian death metal courtesy of Dixon Badilla, \u201cArtefactos de Purulencia\u201d is monolithic in its singular-minded approach to sound as impenetrably heavy as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Crimson Thorn – \u201cWithered\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nobody does death metal vocals like Luke Renno, and though Purification <\/em>is my least favourite of Crimson Thorn\u2019s releases (not that it’s a weak album, I talking relatively here!), \u201cWithered\u201d not only crushes in classic fashion (even more so thanks to some improved production) but boasts what could be the longest death growl I\u2019ve ever heard- a full 14-second long guttural that undoubtedly mimics the sound of being swallowed whole by a sandworm. The band seems to have always made a habit of mentioning that the vocals are entirely unaided by any effects or studio tinkering, making this insanely long bowel-shaker of a growl even more unreal. Brutal doesn\u2019t cover it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Metanoia – \u201cEternal Destruction\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Not often (if ever?) does one hear a death metal track begin with a didgeridoo. And to be honest, there\u2019s something really heavy-sounding about that instrument to begin with. Add to that some really earthquake-inducing, cavernous death metal and a bridge featuring some of the strangest sounding distorted vocals ever, and you\u2019ve got a winner. Overlooked in the extreme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Impending Doom – \u201cIn Reverence Of\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The obvious pick from Impending Doom\u2019s ultra-brutal deathcore classic Nailed. Dead. Risen.<\/em> would have been the title track. But for sheer force, nothing hits like the third track, \u201cIn Reverence Of.\u201d No warning, no lead up, no nothing; \u201cIn Reverence Of\u201d starts at full throttle, only letting up for a severe beating of a breakdown that remains unrivalled in anything they\u2019ve done since. Brook Reeves\u2019 vocal work here is ludicrously heavy, sounding nothing like the more Whitechapel-esque roars he would come to use on later albums. Deathcore never sounded more extreme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mortification – \u201cTerminate Damnation\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone knows Scrolls of the Megilloth<\/em> and its attendant title trackbut it\u2019s hard to ignore how monolithically frightening Mortification sound on the second track of that album. Kicking in hard with blastbeats and uber-thick guitars, it halts for a brief haunting moment before unleashing vocalist Steve Rowe at his absolute finest. His roars on here are on another level entirely, backed by sickening rasped backing vocals and the pummelling rhythm work of Mick Carlisle and Jayson Sherlock. Mortification never again sounded as heavy or as compelling as this; frankly, I love to think about the looks on people\u2019s faces when they were told afterwards that this was a Christian band. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ascending King – \u201cEternal Extinction of Apollyon\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Black metal is normally not so much heavy<\/em> as it is raw<\/em>. But with blackened death\/doom band Ascending King, we get both. I remember when I first heard \u201cEternal Extinction of Apollyon\u201d and was stunned by how dark and intimidating it all sounded. This was like the doomy black metal of Nortt, but with its despair replaced with righteous fury instead. 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