When it’s time to throw down, it’s time to throw down. No backing out. No fucking around. In metal and hardcore, the mosh-call has become an art form in its own right: the uncompromising rallying cry at the heart of a song guaranteed to trigger absolute carnage in the pit.
Some land like a gut-punch, some with unintentional hilarity, but either way there’re few moments more satisfying than when your favourite vocalist works their way to that climactic sweet-spot only to drop that iconic one-liner and send things into overdrive. To celebrate their off-the-hook brilliance, we’ve ranked 16 of the absolute best.
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