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MarkTBSc:
I mentioned on another thread that my favourite type of music is the sort you could fight a war/battle/mano a alieno while listening to it.

Music's been an inextricable part of warfare for a long time. Scottish and British forces marching to battle with bagpipers at the head, Zulu war chants, Maori Hakkas and of course, with the invention of personal audio players, you've got many images of US Servicemen rolling in the desert with iPods blasting. There's even the famous story of the first troops heading into Baghdad playing "The roof is on fire" by the Bloodhound Gang.

So what music is good for fighting to? Not just fighting people, I mean even Abigail Whistler had her tunes.
"Shes making playlists. She likes to listen to mp3s when she hunts. Its like her own internal Soundtrack, you know? Dark core, trip-hop, whatever kids are listening to these days. Me, I'm more of a David Hasselhoff fan, you know?"

I say you can't go wrong with a little metal. Man O War (they also do some good stuff for funerals), Dragonforce (Who, ironically, I found because some Jazz fan Hipster students I knew were laughing at it), Blue Oyster Cult...

Then you've got the Goth stuff like Cruxshadows and Within Temptation, the more Folk-y stuff like Heather Alexander, some of the Grunge/Pop stuff like Breaking Benjamin and Rise Against.

Finally, you couldn't mention music of this type without mentioning some of the instrumental stuff. Ride of the Valkyries, Battle without Honor or Humanity, several of the songs from the Iron Man soundtrack...

So, what's your playlist to fight/image fighting to?

evilbobthebob:
I find a lot of hardcore is good fighting music. Simply because it's often very, very angry. Shai Hulud are a pretty good example, although they're more metal-influenced. Anything really chaotic can be fun, so grindcore or mathcore (so many -cores... :cry: ) are both pretty good for this. I'm currently listening to Between the Buried and Me's Colors album, and I think that'd be pretty awesome for fighting.

Admittedly I can't remember the last time I was in a proper fight :-P

Thrillho:
I always thought 'Creature' by Mad Capsule Markets was a great theme for somebody getting beaten down by a gang, but as for just fighting, I dunno.

MarkTBSc:
There is a lot of metal and very angry music that I wouldn't fight to. Just because it's angry doesn't mean it grips you in that way that makes it feel like you really could take on the world and win. Also, I think it helps if the music has a certain rhythm or pulse. Too fast or two slow and it just doesn't synchronize with the violence at all well.

As for the Bloodhound gang, that was more because they were rolling through a burning city and the lines "We don't need no water let the Mo****Fu***r burn. Burn Mo****Fu***r, burn." (Which is what they got in some trouble for) just fitted the mood.

So far I've only really found one Coheed and Cambria tune I'd like to rumble to. Interestingly it's the soundtrack to the new "9" trailer.

Thanks for the names of a few more groups for me to peruse guys. I always welcome new taste sensations!

evilbobthebob:
Ah yes, Welcome Home...their other stuff isn't really fighting music as such; No World for Tomorrow is pretty good though, it has some martial drumming in parts.

If you want some more specific band recommendations: on the hardcore front, The Hope Conspiracy and Black Flag are great for this kind of thing. Pretty much any hardcore or metal music with a breakdown is good as well. Unearth are a good band for that (especially the song Endless)

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