Voting is now open for The Faction’s Hardest 100 countdown

Get ready to get heavy, music lovers, because The Faction’s Hardest 100 is back for another year.

Back in February of 2018, Australia’s heavy metal streaming radio station The Faction revealed they were going to debut a brand new music poll, solely for heavy music.

Yes, if you thought that triple j’s Hottest 100 was lacking in brutality, or that the re-voted Hottest 100 of 1998 still didn’t have enough Marilyn Manson, then the Hardest 100 is right up your alley.

Counting down its inaugural poll in March of 2018, Architects’ ‘Doomsday’ topped the list, while classic tracks from Metallica, Parkway Drive, and Rage Against The Machine followed closely behind.

Now, the polls are open once again, however this time around will see votes limited to tracks released within the 2018 calendar year.

“This is the year that I think that fans of heavy music are going to draw a line in the sand and let everyone know that they are a community that isn’t to be ignored and cannot be denied,” The Faction’s Tim Price explained to The Music.

“Fans in the heavy music community know great music and I can’t wait to see what comes out on top this year.”

“Last year’s countdown was incredible and it showed that there are thousands of heavy music fans out there who want more representation and recognition for their favourite artists and we are bringing that to them!”

If you’re keen on having your say, head over to The Music and cast your vote now. There’s a bunch of prizes to be won just for voting, which will undoubtedly make the deal even sweeter when you listen to the countdown from midday on Saturday, March 2nd.

Need a bit of a refresher as to what made the list last year? Check out the full list below…

Check out Architects’ ‘Doomsday’:

The Faction’s ‘Hardest 100’ for 2018

#100: ‘Redneck’ – Lamb Of God
#99: ‘The Devil In I’ – Slipknot
#98: ‘New Noise’ – Refused
#97: ‘Blackwater Park’ – Opeth
#96: ‘Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)’ – Deftones
#95: ‘Oblivion’ – Mastodon
#94: ‘Crushed’ – Parkway Drive
#93: ‘Got The Life’ – Korn
#92: ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’ – Iron Maiden
#91: ‘Painkiller’ – Judas Priest

#90: ‘Demanufacture’ – Fear Factory
#89: ‘Final Episode’ – Asking Alexandria
#88: ‘Blackbird’ – Alter Bridge
#87: ‘Lucid’ – Polaris
#86: ‘Creeping Death’ – Metallica
#85: ‘I’m Broken’ – Pantera
#84: ‘Roquefort’ – Karnivool
#83: ‘Toxicity’ – System Of A Down
#82: ‘Drown’ – Bring Me The Horizon
#81: ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ – Metallica

#80: ‘Poison’ – Alice Cooper
#79: ‘Sober’ – Tool
#78: ‘Break Stuff’ – Limp Bizkit
#77: ‘Black Sabbath’ – Black Sabbath
#76: ‘Roots Bloody Roots’ – Sepultura
#75: ‘Horizons’ – Parkway Drive
#74: ‘Iron Man’ – Black Sabbath
#73: ‘The Number Of The Beast’ – Iron Maiden
#72: ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ – Nirvana
#71: ‘One Step Closer’ – Linkin Park

#70: ‘Sleepwalker’ – Parkway Drive
#69: ‘Run To The Hills’ – Iron Maiden
#68: ‘Epic’ – Faith No More
#67: ‘The Pot’ – Tool
#66: ‘Laid To Rest’ – Lamb Of God
#65: ‘Du Hast’ – Rammstein
#64: ‘Thresher’ – Hellions
#63: ‘Fade To Black’ – Metallica
#62: ‘Replica’ – Fear Factory
#61: ‘Holy Diver’ – Dio

#60: ‘All Signs Point To Lauderdale’ – A Day To Remember
#59: ‘Ace Of Spades’ – Motorhead
#58: ‘Spit It Out’ – Slipknot
#57: ‘Bottom Feeder’ – Parkway Drive
#56: ‘Open Letter’ – The Amity Affliction
#55: ‘Youngbloods’ – The Amity Affliction
#54: ‘(sic)’ – Slipknot
#53: ‘Blind’ – Korn
#52: ‘The End Of Heartache’ – Killswitch Engage
#51: ‘Enter Sandman’ – Metallica

#50: ‘The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies’ – Faith No More
#49: ‘Freak On A Leash’ – Korn
#48: ‘Domination’ – Pantera
#47: ‘The Beautiful People’ – Marilyn Manson
#46: ‘Smoke ‘Em If Ya Got ‘Em’ – Parkway Drive
#45: ‘Battery’ – Metallica
#44: ‘Dispossession’ – Northlane
#43: ‘Holy Wars… The Punishment Due’ – Megadeth
#42: ‘Gravity’ – Architects
#41: ‘Down With The Sickness’ – Disturbed

#40: ‘Psychosocial’ – Slipknot
#39: ‘Bulls On Parade’ – Rage Against The Machine
#38: ‘Would?’ – Alice In Chains
#37: ‘Pittsburgh’ – The Amity Affliction
#36: ‘The Kill’ – 30 Seconds To Mars
#35: ‘Back In Black’ – AC/DC
#34: ‘Earthwalker (feat. Joel Birch from The Amity Affliction)’ – In Hearts Wake
#33: ‘Quantum Flux’ – Northlane
#32: ‘Davidian’ – Machine Head
#31: ‘Highway To Hell’ – AC/DC

#30: ‘All I Want’ – A Day To Remember
#29: ‘Lateralus’ – Tool
#28: ‘Sleepwalking’ – Bring Me The Horizon
#27: ‘Walk’ – Pantera
#26: ‘Shadow Moses’ – Bring Me The Horizon
#25: ‘Reign Of Darkness’ – Thy Art Is Murder
#24: ‘Judith’ – A Perfect Circle
#23: ‘Bleed’ – Meshuggah
#22: ‘Romance Is Dead’ – Parkway Drive
#21: ‘Angel Of Death’ – Slayer

#20: ‘Themata’ – Karnivool
#19: ‘Tears Don’t Fall’ – Bullet For My Valentine
#18: ‘Paranoid’ – Black Sabbath
#17: ‘This Could Be Anywhere In The World’ – Alexisonfire
#16: ‘Raining Blood’ – Slayer
#15: ‘Stinkfist’ – Tool
#14: ‘My Own Summer (Shove It)’ – Deftones
#13: ‘Wait And Bleed’ – Slipknot
#12: ‘Nihilist’ – Architects
#11: ‘War Pigs’ – Black Sabbath

#10: ‘Duality’ – Slipknot
#9: ‘Forty Six & 2’ – Tool
#8: ‘Chop Suey!’ – System Of A Down
#7: ‘The Downfall Of Us All’ – A Day To Remember
#6: ‘The Remedy’ – Polaris
#5: ‘Killing In The Name’ – Rage Against The Machine
#4: ‘One’ – Metallica
#3: ‘Carrion’ – Parkway Drive
#2: ‘Master Of Puppets’ – Metallica
#1: ‘Doomsday’ – Architects

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