What's on your playlist to get you pumped for a heavy lift? I'm 41 so I enjoy the music from the late 90's and early 2000's and have no idea what is currently good.

Current playlist has Mudvayne, Killswitch Engage, Pantera, Metallica, Slipknot, Disturbed, etc.

Who do y'all listen to from that era as well as now?

My deadlift PR (a paltry 315 years ago) was done to Pantera's "Cowboys from Hell".

Don't listen to music at the gym currently since my son started going with me. But I have two play lists for that.

Metal: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Testament, Anthrax, Metal Church, Exodus, Overkill, Sepultura, Manowar, Motörhead, Prong, White Zombie, etc

Punk: Bad Religion, Avail, Dillinger Four, Dropkick Murphy's, the Distillers, Pennywise, Minor Threat, Rancid

In addition to the above, I added Static-X recently
Older albums of Ghost do well for me too

Honestly I'll bet there's a nice selection of newer metal on the Entertainment page

August Burns Red, Demon Hunter, Light The Torch (Killswitch lead singer), Chevelle, Audioslave, RATM

Metallica, the Blacklist (Metallica cover album), Rob zombie, Ram jam, pantera, monster magnet, power man 5000, union underground, static X, buckcherry, ac/dc, GnR, Godsmack.

I have some rap mixed in, too

Unearth

Hatebreed, Pantera, Trivium, Children of Bodom, and Wage War are my top 5 metal workout bands currently!

Supplemented by a heavy dose of Freddie Gibbs, 50 Cent, Meek Mill, Boosie and Rick Ross

OP, are you looking for new thrash metal bands like you listed, or are you open to any type of new hard rock/metal?

Kinda looking for both, what am I missing from the 90s era as well as what's out recently.

Gary P Nunn, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Robert Earl Keen. Just hits different

I don't listen to music when lifting or running. Prefer to just be alone in my thoughts.

But 90's/2000's music is my kinda music in general.

I also had a psychiatrist tell me once that classical music is actually good music to lift to. Can't remember his reasoning, but he mentioned some study that indirectly supported his hypothesis.

JeremiahJohnson said:

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Gary P Nunn, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Robert Earl Keen. Just hits different

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My man! This is actually my usual soundtrack. This week has been all Charlie

Slaughter to Prevail, Shadow of Intent, and Lorna Shore have been my go tos in the gym as of late.

Older discography of All That Remains is solid too. Trivium and Unearth when I need a slower pace.

https://spotify.link/inVh5ekcgDb

This is a Spotify playlist that was created based on a similar thread in the past. It's public and collaborative so that anyone can listen and add to it.

Same for me!

As much as my opinion wavers on how much I actually like their music, Korn and Limp Biskit typically have good bass and drums to get into rhythm on.

Also rage against the machine, linkin park. I really like the linkin park and jay-z mashup session. Soundgarden / audio slave.

Queens of the Stone Age

Bilmuri

Check him out. It's a bit of a mix of genres but some songs hit hard with a fast pace.

Not heavy, but this is what I put on when squeezing out one last set of squats.

Eliminatus said:

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Slaughter to Prevail, Shadow of Intent, and Lorna Shore have been my go tos in the gym as of late.

Older discography of All That Remains is solid too. Trivium and Unearth when I need a slower pace.

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I second the older All That Remains albums

Others to add for lifting heavier:
Lamb of God
In Flames
Rammstein
Nine Inch Nails
Deftones
System of a Down
Mastodon
Meshuggah
The Black Dahlia Murder
Sepultura
Shadows Fall
Municipal Waste
3 Inches of Blood
The Haunted
Gojira
Dimmu Borgir
3TEETH
HEALTH
Nails
Zeal & Ardor

The Replacements
Joy Division

Guess that's why I haven't any stellar maxes on my lifts.

Deftones
Gojira
Helmet
Machinehead
The Sword
Spiritbox
Upon a Burning Body

In before that one guy in every discussion where Metallica comes up, tries to show how cool he is by telling everyone how they "sold out" after the Fillintheblank album or after so-and-so left the band/died etc, and how he no longer listens to them......

Gawd that gets old.

O.G. said:

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In before that one guy in every discussion where Metallica comes up, tries to show how cool he is by telling everyone how they "sold out" after the Fillintheblank album or after so-and-so left the band/died etc, and how he no longer listens to them......

Gawd that gets old.

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As Jason Newstead said years ago (while still with the band), of course Metallica sells out...every building they play in.

Claude! said:

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O.G. said:

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In before that one guy in every discussion where Metallica comes up, tries to show how cool he is by telling everyone how they "sold out" after the Fillintheblank album or after so-and-so left the band/died etc, and how he no longer listens to them......

Gawd that gets old.

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As Jason Newstead said years ago (while still with the band), of course Metallica sells out...every building they play in.

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Yup! I'm like, dude, you DO realize that Bands evolve over time, don't you? The Rolling Stones don't make every song sound like, Satisfaction and if the Beatles had still been together in the 80s they would have done at least one synth pop album. Guaranteed.

O.G. said:

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In before that one guy in every discussion where Metallica comes up, tries to show how cool he is by telling everyone how they "sold out" after the Fillintheblank album or after so-and-so left the band/died etc, and how he no longer listens to them......

Gawd that gets old.

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They were just never the same after Ron left

Some great bands listed already. Here's some more.

Machine head
Gardenian
Ministry
Slayer
Amon amarth
Obituary
Kittie

2girlsdad said:

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What's on your playlist to get you pumped for a heavy lift? I'm 41 so I enjoy the music from the late 90's and early 2000's and have no idea what is currently good.

Current playlist has Mudvayne, Killswitch Engage, Pantera, Metallica, Slipknot, Disturbed, etc.

Who do y'all listen to from that era as well as now?

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What is good is what YOU like.

If you're looking for recommendations during that era, you should be able to get on TIDAL and playlists from that time or from those bands/ones similar to them. I'm sure other services have similar things but I'm not as familiar with them. I'm also not sure what TIDAL offers for free, but I think a decent amount.

DragonForce

LOL! When I was training up to a competition and during the competition... No music.

My head was filled with everything I could think of to hate. Such as:
F U and your stupid azz music
F this stupid azz weightlifting spit
F U hoose you worthlesss lazy fat fug
F this dayum hot azz gym
Guys would be giving me keys that we worked on - F U I know I need to start off the squat by sitting back hard - we've been working on it for 3 GD months.

Of course I wouldn't say anything to anyone. Except on the stage. I'd start mumbling and cussing myself as I was getting under the bar... F U hoose.. u p***y azz beach. Worthless mother effer. Etc.

Didn't need music.

FWIW... if you lift with someone, leave your earbuds off when you hit your working sets/max reps, etc. You can't hear keys if you got earbuds in. That's one of my biggest pet peeves in the gym with these kids powerlifting these days. They have all the programming in the world, can't lift for crap. Every set they have their dang earbuds in and can't here cues.

You're kind of addressing a general lack of anger in sports today. Old guy here who can't understand how listening to slow moving r&b gets athletes ready for anything besides getting trucked.

The only answer is Rage Against the Machines self titled album. If that doesn't get you pissed off, nothing will.