Unexpectedly good slow songs from heavy bands

[Mr Pantomime]

The other day I came across "Snuff" by Slipknot. I was surprised at how good it was. I wouldnt have thought a band like Slipknot could write and play a song like that. So then I started thinking about other slow songs from heavy bands that I liked eg Carry Me Down by Devil Driver, and Butterfly Coma by Machinemade God.

So escapists, what slow songs do you like from heavy bands
(Note, by "Heavy", I mean whatever bands you feel are heavy)

Spoiler

 

[BonsaiK]

In before someone else does...


Brilliant. I love everything this band does, especially the entire "Picnic Of Love" album.

 

[Julianking93]

First off, I gotta commend you OP for liking Machinemade God. Just recently found out about them and I fucking love 'em.

OT, the slower songs from Devin Townsend, especially off his Ki album.

Spoiler: In particular, these two

 

[MrNickster]

Nothing Else Matters, Metallica
Soothsayer, Buckethead (sort of)
Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
Through Glass, Stone Sour (sort of)

 

[Wardnath]

Germinate the Reaper Seed by Circle of Dead Children. Good stuff. =D

I'm assuming the video works? 'Cause I can't see them. >_<

 

[dragonslayer32]

Rise Against have a few slow songs, like 'Swing Life Away' and Hero of War'. Ozzy has 'Dreamer' and 'Mama I'm Comin' Home' and Stone Sour have 'Through Glass' and 'Bother'.

 

[Zakarath]

Metallica- Unforgiven
Eluvietie- Isara and The Liminal Passage
Elvenking- Skywards
Kamelot- A Sailorman's Hymn
Apocalyptica- Faraway
Wintersun- Death and the Healing

 

[Furious Styles]

Well, Stairway. When it starts of it sounds like a medieval madrigal, but it gets gradually better and better until it's possibly the best song ever.

 

[Samwise137]

Never Too Late by Three Days Grace

Rain by Breaking Benjamin

 

[Jack_Uzi]

Well, from a band that usually does this: I found this a nice opposite in pace.

 

[instantbenz]

metallica - nothing else matters ... apacolyptica ripped it up further with their set of strings ... good stuff.

 

[kjhasdfjkhk]

You said slow, you didn't say soft.

 

[Relgaro]

Metallica - nothing else matters

also a personal favourite

Architects - Hollow Crown

its completely different to their other stuff, which is heavy screamo shite which personally i have lost love for nowadays!

 

[Quid Plura]

Dream Theater - Hollow Years

 

[Trotgar]

Opeth - Harvest and almost the whole "Damnation"-album comes to mind.

Spoiler: In My Time Of Need' and 'Closure

EDIT: Fix'd the vids.

 

[Outright Villainy]

First off, I gotta commend you OP for liking Machinemade God. Just recently found out about them and I fucking love 'em.

OT, the slower songs from Devin Townsend, especially off his Ki album.

Spoiler: In particular, these two

I think mentioning Devin townsend is cheating, he's way too diverse!

For me:

 

[Superior Mind]

Pacifier by Shihad.
Album version's better produced than the video version. Video version has cool Clockwork Oranginess though.

 

[ThePantomimeThief]

Queen Adreena are great for bringing out the quiet tracks. You'll listen to an album of stuff like this:



and then they'll hit you with this: