Comments on: Pure Testosterone #1: Austrian Death Machine, Demonical, Exaltation (Ger)

By: These Seans

These Seans — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:12:52 +0000

oh come on now! there's some good tunes on demonical! i thought so anyway.

(i meant to leave this a while ago, obviously.)

By: Matt Vogt

Matt Vogt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:38 +0000

Until recently, I had never heard either Austrian Death Machine or Dethklok, and I had mentally grouped them under 'comedy metal'. This defect has now been remedied (via this blog?), and I find Dethklok were far superior to the Schwarzenegger effort...

OTOH, Demonical sounded great; I could listen to that quite happily. Not so much with Exaltation.

On my rather infrequent running episodes, I always look for music that has enough happening to distract me from the actual running - but tech-death doesn't work because I can't capture everything when it happens too rapidly. I have found Enslaved and Opeth to be close to the sweet spot.

By: The WZAd

The WZAd — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:41:35 +0000

Also, the new Burnt by the Sun record is stellar to work out to.

By: Helm

Helm — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:39 +0000

I don't work out regularly, it's very interesting, all the music you've listed so far is stuff I've tried to keep very clear of. Perhaps I'm neglecting some part of my psyche by not engaging in metal calisthenics.

About the snare: any snare that is mixed 6 db above the music (basically four times as loud as everything else) and is sitting alone with the vocals, regardless of whether the snares are on or not, will get you this exact same result.

By: Chris West

Chris West — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:46:04 +0000

Crowbar. Especially Sonic Excess. It's the perfect pace for slow reps.

By: The WZAd

The WZAd — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:26:16 +0000

Grindcore! I just put my ipod on Genre->grindcore and click shuffle. A little Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Magrudergrind, Nasum, etc, can really get the blood pumping.

By: Invisible Oranges

Invisible Oranges — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:19:01 +0000

Painkiller and Far Beyond Driven are my all-time favorite workout records. Alice in Chains does make good workout music, though I worked out recently to their first record and found it frustratingly uneven.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:31:50 +0000

I would think that Man In The Box would be a good pumping iron song. Maybe I'm wrong.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:27:19 +0000

I do the same thing – I have specific music reserved for working out. I generally like my workout music to be evenly paced, aggressive, well-produced and containing breakdowns or all varieties. Lately, I have been using As I Lay Crying, Cavelera Conspiracy, Hatebreed, Revocation etc. Occasionally I will go w/ Killswitch's 1st album (Life to Lifeless gets me going), or God Forbid (Crucify My Beliefs worx) Nothing beats Vulgar Display of Power for workouts.

I think it also depends on what type of workouts your are doing. Lately I have been running. And for runs I like fast and soaring. My main track lately is Painkiller. I am not normally into Judas Priest, but the track makes me move faster than I otherwise would/could.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:36 +0000

Dude, Austrian Death Machine is thrash…