Artist	Song
Neurosis	Given to the Rising
from Given to the Rising (2007)
Mastodon	Blood and Thunder
from Leviathan (2004)
High On Fire	Devilution
from Blessed Black Wings (2005)
Baroness	Wanderlust
from Red Album (2007)
Wolves In the Throne Room	Cleansing
from Two Hunters (2009)
Pelican	Last Day of Winter
from Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw (2009)
Torche	Healer
from Meanderthal (2009)
The Dillinger Escape Plan	Baby's First Coffin
from Miss Machine (2004)
Pig Destroyer	Loathsome
from Phantom Limb (2007)

Comment:

Four decades on, metal is as vicious — and vital — as ever. So pick your poison: whether it's the heady hooks of Mastodon, the Southern-fried scorchers of Baroness, or the dizzying time changes of the Dillinger Escape Plan, we've got the power chords covered.

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