Heaviest Vai Instrumental ever??

[Jemfever]

What about Tender surrender?
I consider that piece really heavy!it's played pretty fast and Steve shows all of his skills.Just note how many different scales he uses!
The use of the vol.pot is just incredible! And of course tapping,sweep&speed picking,legato runs,bendings etc.But:it's not only about playing fast!To me this(and Whispering a prayer) is Steves most emotional piece!Just try playing it and you'll see what I mean!

[Psychlone]

Heavier than "Bad Horsie"??

By "heavy", I mean emotionally weighty. The industrial sounds, screams of pain, and crucifixion evocation could be termed "heavy". Bad Horsie is more of a "Yee-haw!" kind of heavy.

[hush]

Other than what's already been mentioned:
Kill The Guy with the Ball
Bad Horsie

what about:
San-San-Nana-Byoushi

And of course most of Sex & Religion.

[Matthew]

Heavy in my opinion is a grinding beat and chugging guitars that sound "heavy"

Heavy metal Vai:

Bad Horsie

Heavy emotions Vai:

Tender Surrender

[guyzif]

The Bad Horsie from the astoris DVD is probably the heavyest thing he's done.

[FireComa]

Overall, his "heavy" pieces include:

Bad Horsie
Kill the Guy With the Ball
Speeding
There's a Fire in the House
The Mysterious Murder of Christian Tiera's Lover (Filler, but nonetheless..)
The Murder
Giant Balls of Gold
Building the Church (The main riff)
Midway Creatures


The heaviest out of those is either Speeding or Bad Horsie. Speeding feels like metal; Bad Horsie is a mix of blues and metal.

[anuj]

for 'heavy' used like it normally is, i'd say Bad Horsie.

~A

[resha]

I'd add

Burning Rain and Just Cartilage

[Big Bad Bill]

One becomes sort of ''immune' to 'heaviness' after a while, I seem to remember I thought 'Taurus Bulba' was pretty heavy when I first heard it.

[NOT!!!]

pig isn´t that hard to play!

Steve said Kill the guy with the ball was his heaviest one

[VAI05]

Overall, his "heavy" pieces include:

Bad Horsie
Kill the Guy With the Ball
Speeding
There's a Fire in the House
The Mysterious Murder of Christian Tiera's Lover (Filler, but nonetheless..)
The Murder
Giant Balls of Gold
Building the Church (The main riff)
Midway Creatures

The heaviest out of those is either Speeding or Bad Horsie. Speeding feels like metal; Bad Horsie is a mix of blues and metal.

I agree alot with this list. Also, what about Opposites Attract pt 2 [The Indulgent Version]

[call_of_ktulu]

Bad Horsie
Midway Creatures
Building The Church

[sunai]

for me

By sound:-

Bad horsie
Midway creatures
Recue me or bury me alive
Kill the guy with the ball

By emotion:-

Whispering a prayer
FTLOG
Kill the guy with the ball(yeah for me it stands in both)
Lotus feet

and if ive forgotten something please punch me!!!

[Jem22]

When I think of heavy I think raw, crunchy and bassy guitar distortion. So I definitely think The Mysterious Murder of Christian Tiera's Lover takes the cake there. Midway Creatures is up there too.

[theollieb]

I'm gonna say Speeding.

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