Even the hardest headbanger sometimes needs a break from the sonic excess. Our ears and our necks can only take so much. That said, “heavy” is not always about volume and aggression — sometimes the quietest songs are actually the most devastating. (Give Johnny Cash’s cover of “Hurt” another spin if you don’t know what we mean.) With that in mind, we asked you to pick the “best acoustic song by a heavy band” and you offered up some truly stellar choices that exemplify the wide expanse of what “heaviness” really means. Below are the top five vote-getters.
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