Since I constantly publicize my obsessive love for music, I often get emails from people asking for recommendations of some good stuff to train to.
Music is one of the most important components of a good workout, so in no particular order here are a few of my favorites that are always in high rotation at the gym.
We’ll stick with rock and metal today and focus on hip hop later in the week.
- Wake Up Call- The Prodigy
- Disposable Teens- Marily Manson
- Millionaires- Queens of the Stone Age
- Bullet with Butterfly Wings- Smashing Pumpkins
- The Fight Song- Marilyn Manson
- Zero- Smashing Pumpkins
- Personal Jesus- Marilyn Manson
- Irresponsible Hate Anthem- Marilyn Manson
- BYOB- System of a Down
- Toxicity- System of a Down
- Rise Above- Chuck D. & Henry Rollins
- Raining Blood- Slayer
- South of Heaven- Slayer
- Just Another Victim- Helmet & House of Pain
- NIB- Black Sabbath
- Balls to the Wall- Accept
- Caught in a Mosh- Anthrax
- Leash- Pearl Jam
- Last Exit- Pearl Jam
- Lukin- Pearl Jam
- Brain of J- Pearl Jam
- The Mob Rules- Black Sabbath
- I Disappear- Metallica
- Little Horn- Marilyn Manson
- Go Motherfucker, Go- Nashville Pussy
- Beat Me Senseless- Nashville Pussy
- Crash Course in Brain Surgery- Metallica
- At Dawn They Sleep- Slayer
- Push It- Static X
- Mob Scene- Marilyn Manson
- The Shortest Straw- Metallica
- Rock is Dead- Marilyn Manson
- Creeping Death- Metallica
- Blood- Pearl Jam
- Harvester of Sorrow- Metallica
- The Prince- Metallica
- Cowboys From Hell- Pantera
- Phantom Lord- Anthrax
- Rape Me- Nirvana
- The Horror- Superjoint Ritual
- Blind- Korn
- My Last Serenade- Killswitch Engage
- Angel Below- Underoath
- Am I Evil- Metallica
- Guerilla Radio- Rage Against The Machine
- Heresy- Nine Inch Nails
- Get Loose- Primer 55
- Bombtrack- Rage Against The Machine
- Fuck Your Enemy- Superjoint Ritual
- Angel of Death- Slayer
- Death Threat- Superjoint Ritual
- Highway To Hell- Marilyn Manson
- How I Could Just Kill A Man- Rage Against The Machine
- Everlasting- Smashing Pumpkins
- Killing Time- Metallica
- Stone Cold Crazy- Metallica
- Wisconsin Death Trip- Static X
- Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath- Black Sabbath
- Fast As A Shark- Accept
- The Better of Two Evils- Marilyn Manson
- Testify- Rage Against The Machine
- Wish- Nine Inch Nails
- Sleep Now in the Fire- Rage Against The Machine
- First I Look At The Purse- Nashville Pussy
- Animal- Pearl Jam
- Know Your Enemy- Rage Against The Machine
- I’m With Stupid- Static X
- Killing In the Name- Rage Against The Machine
- The Beautiful People- Marilyn Manson
- People of the Sun- Rage Against The Machine
- Breadfan- Metallica
- Why Go- Pearl Jam
- Bulls on Parade- Rage Against The Machine
- Blitzkrieg- Metallica
- Kneon Knights- Black Sabbath
- Spin the Black Circle- Pearl Jam
If your workouts have been lacking intensity, maybe some new music could be just what you need to get you out of your rut. It always works for me. Download some of these today and put them on your training mixes. Feel free to send some recommendations my way as I am always looking for some good new stuff to listen to.
Train hard.