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All doom and boom: what’s the heaviest music ever made?

From Swans to Sunn O))), heavy music isn’t just about volume – it’s about atmosphere, intent and bowel-rupturing physicality Modern Toss on heavy music
Heavy duty … Sunn O))) at David Byrne’s Meltdown festival in 2015. Photograph: Maria Jefferis/Redferns

In the Guide’s weekly Solved! column, we look into a crucial pop-culture question you’ve been burning to know the answer to – and settle it, once and for all

There will always be pseuds who’ll claim that, if you really think about it, silence is the heaviest sound of all. But it definitely isn’t, as you

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