On "Brick Wall" Songs, Part 1

Former Pantera lead vocalist and most angry mean-mugger in the world Phil Anselmo is back in the news again for potentially, maybe, possibly spouting some white power nonsense at a concert. He's played it off as a joke, which it easily could have been, but listen man, at some point, if it looks like a racist, walks like a racist, and talks like a racist, it's probably Phil Anselmo.

With that said, Pantera is still at the top of my "bands that make me want to run through a brick wall (in a good way)" list, and it's not because I did any particularly close parsing of Phil's lyrics or anything. It's because Dimebag Darrell's guitar is an actual buzzsaw, and because if I ever get into a bar fight, I want something by Dime, Rex Brown and Vinnie Paul playing in the background.

With that said, I'm going to start compiling a list of songs that would make me want to run through a brick wall (and you're damn right I've been doing this on my own way before Drew Magary was). It's a pretty simple concept - if it amps you up for some lizard-brain, primal, physical activity (such as, for example, running through a brick wall), it goes on this list. That's the only qualification. They'll mostly be fast, they'll mostly be heavy, and they'll (again, mostly) be good.

This is in no particular order, aside from "the order in which I thought of them":

-"Mouth for War" - Pantera
-"Walk" - Pantera
-"I'm Broken" - Pantera
-"F***ing Hostile" - Pantera
-"A New Level" - Pantera
-"Bad Habit" - The Offspring
-"All the Rage" - Funeral for a Friend
-"Addicted to Pain" - Alter Bridge
-"The Hellion/Electric Eye" - Judas Priest
-"Breaking the Law" - Judas Priest
-"Shoot to Thrill" - AC/DC
-"Blood and Thunder" - Mastodon
-"The Wolf is Loose" - Mastodon
-"Welcome Home" - Coheed and Cambria
-"Seek & Destroy" - Metallica
-"Master of Puppets" - Metallica
-"M.A.A.D City" - Kendrick Lamar
-"It's Time to Party" - Andrew W.K.
-"Party Hard" - Andrew W.K.
-Okay Fine, Everything by Andrew W.K.
-"Needles" - System of a Down
-"Chapter Four" - Avenged Sevenfold
-"Critical Acclaim" - Avenged Sevenfold
-"Pulse of the Maggots" - Slipknot
-"Under a Killing Moon" - Thrice
-"Gonna Fly Now" - Bill Conti
-"Caught in a Mosh" - Anthrax
-"Hit the Floor" - Linkin Park
-"Solidarity" - Enter Shikari
-"Gandhi Mate, Gandhi" - Enter Shikari
-"The Paddington Frisk" - Enter Shikari
-"No Sssweat" - Ener Shikari
-"Freedom" - Rage Against the Machine
-"Surprise! You're Dead!" - Faith No More
-"Superhero" - Faith No More
-"White Limo" - Foo Fighters
-"Siberian Kiss" - Glassjaw
-"In the Meantime" - Helmet
-"Sick Sick Sick" - Queens of the Stone Age