100 Greatest Songs for Moshing: The Mosh pit unleashed

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Moshing is the act of slamming each other while in an aggressive dancing motion. Aside from the list of the greatest mosh anthems, this article offers an in-depth perspective on moshing history, and the mosh pit.

Moshing is typically done in what you call a pit or mosh pit where fans of extreme metal genres push each other and slam each other to the groove of music. Moshing happens at music concerts when bands from various heavy metal genres perform live. Moshing in its earlier days was also known as slamdancing. While moshing is done by fans as a release of expression and for pure thrill, the risk of injuries in a mosh pit is exceedingly high especially in the ‘Wall of Death’ a variant, where the crowds of fans gather in the center close to the stage and unleash mayhem by slamming each other.

Pogoing or Pogo dance is an popular variant of moshing where fans jump up and down in the same location, the movement resembles use of a pogo stick, and hence the name Pogo. Moshing is a high adrenalin activity that sends fans of hardcore metal, extreme metal, black metal, thrash metal, speed metal, moshcore, groove metal, metal core, doom metal, and other extreme sub genres of heavy metal in frenzy. Nose bleeds and injuries are a common sight at mosh pits.

At many concerts the world over security at the venue does not permit moshing.

However, a large number of enthusiasts ignore pleas and requests by security and form their mosh pits at concerts. Moshers may get difficult to handle for security and many a times clashes erupt between moshers and security. Moshing and mosh pits are misunderstood in commercial circles. Many are of the opinion moshing is done to cause bodily injury. The truth however is moshing a form of adrenalin release and it’s done for pure thrill.

History of Moshing

While how moshing started and came into being in unclear, the roots of moshing and mosh pits can be traced in the early 80s. The band Bad Brains is regarded as the early pioneers that got this form of slam swaying going. H.R. (Paul D. Hudson) the vocalist of Bad Brains at a concert said “mash it up” asking the fans to go wild in frenzy. This was heard by a large number of fans as “Mosh it up” due to H.Rs pronunciation in Jamaican accent. Fans at Bad Brains concerts in the early 80s paved the road for mosh and mosh pits in the future. Also, some theories suggest moshing first took place at Woodstock 69 where some groups started mud sliding and dancing the pogo dance when it rained. By the mid 80s moshing had emerged. Many fans of thrash metal bands and speed metal bands of the 80s took to the mosh pit at concerts. From then on moshing became hugely popular and has gone onto be a prominent part of heavy metal sub genres.

The songs in the list below are in every sense mosh pit anthems. Of course, for each his own! Feel free to have your say. If you feel a mosh favorite is missing on not mentioned on this list, go ahead and mention it. Mosh Rules! Keep Moshing!

100 Greatest mosh pit songs

Sepultura- Roots Bloody Roots
Slayer- War Ensemble
Slipknot- Wait and Bleed
Cannibal Corpse- Time to Kill is Now
Anthrax- Caught in a Mosh
Slayer- Raining Blood
Metallica- Seek and Destroy
Pantera-Cowboys from Hell
Rage against the Machine- Killing in the Name Of
Hatebreed- I Will be Heard
The Black Dahlia Murder- What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse
Metallica- Whiplash
Mastodon- March of the Fire Ants
Anthrax-Anti Social
Megadeth- Holy Wars…The Punishment Due
In Flames- Take This Life
Lamb Of God- Redneck
Corrosion of Conformity- Vote with a Bullet
Machine Head- Imperium
Cannibal Corpse- Five Nails Through the Neck
The Black Dahlia Murder- Moonlight Equilibrium
Children of Bodom- Bodom Beach Terror
Trivium- Pull Harder on the Strings of your Martyr
Lamb of God- Black Label
Sacred Reich- Surf Nicaragua
Killswitch Engage- Rose of Sharyn
Crowbar- All I Have
Parkway Drive- Romance is Dead
Bullet For My Valentine- 4 words (To Choke Upon)
Pantera-Domination
Testament- Over the Wall
Neurosis- Burn
Dillinger Escape Plan- Milk Lizard
Bloodbath- Trail of Insects
Exodus- The Toxic Waltz
Anthrax- Antisocial
Rage against The Machine- Bulls on Parade
Every Time I Die- The New Black
Behemoth- Slaves Shall Serve
Sepultura- Territory
Kreator- Flag of Hate
Bullet For My Valentine- Walking the Demon
A Day To Remember- Speak of the Devil
Pantera- Walk
Death Angel- Mistress of Pain
Flogging Molly- The Seven Deadly Sins
Bolt Thrower- Anti Tank (Dead Armour)
Death- Symbolic
Morbid Angel- Dominate
Testament- Into the Pit
Slipknot-Spit it Out
DevilDriver- Meet the Wretched
Soulfly- Master of Savegery
As I lay Dying- Nothing Left
Machine Head- Aesthetics of Hate
Meshuggah- Combustion
Kataklysm- Kill the Elite
Bring Me the Horizon- Pray for Plagues
Slipknot- Pulse of the Maggots
Anthrax- Indians
Amon Amarth- Destroyer of the Universe
Deicide- Dead By Dawn
Soulfly- Bloodshed
Cannibal Corpse- Hammer Smashed Face
Fleshgod Apocalypse- The Violation
Destruction- The Butcher Strikes Back
Aggression- Moshpirit
Chimaira- Resurrection
Napalm Death- Breed to Breathe
Hatebreed- Destroy Everything
Sepultura- Arise
Arch Enemy- Nemesis
Evile- Thrasher
Dying Fetus- Your Treachery Will Die with You
Trivium- A Gunshot To The Head of Trepidation
Gojira- To Sirius
Soulfly- Eye for an Eye
Chimaria- Nothing Remains
Bad Brains- I don’t Need It
Sodom- Nuclear Winter
Muncipal Waste- The Art of Partying
Bolt Thrower- Cenotaph
Divine Heresy- This Threat is Real
Carnifex- Lie To My Face
Overkill- Elimination
Nuclear Assault- Critical Mass
Soil- Halo
Killswitch Engage- In Due Time
Graveworm- Hateful Design
Bad Brains- I Against I
Exodus- A Lesson in Violence
Nile- Cast Down the Heretic
Kreator- Pleasure to Kill
The Black Dahlia Murder- A Shrine to Madness
Pantera- 5 Minutes Alone
Slayer- Angel of Death
A Different Breed of Killer- I, Colossus
Heaven Shall Burn- The Weapon they Fear
Bullet for My Valentine- Scream Aim Fire
Sodom- City OF God

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