Moods: Aggressive

Loud and in your face, these dubstep artists embrace the heavier side of the genre to get audiences onto the dance floor.

At just 24, Sonny Moore, or Skrillex, to his legions of fans, is the biggest name in the festival-circuit, dubstep scene. Here are some of "Skrill's" favorite tracks, as well as the best from his own catalog and those of his closest contemporaries.

From Sabbath to Isis, a mix of heavy bands with influences and appreciation beyond the insular metal scene.

The first wave of punk bands in Britain produced some of the fastest, hardest, and grittiest rock music the world had ever heard. Hold on and get ready for "anarchy in the U.K."

Fierce tracks from the thrash/speed-metal heyday of the 1980s and early '90s.

New York City is the birthplace of punk rock, and like the city that birthed it, the punk rock scene in the late 70s was diverse, contentious, noisy and unlike any other in the world. This is the sound of CBGB's and Max's Kansas City.

Not for the faint of heart, these songs are fast paced, with growled vocals and distorted instrumentation.

An introduction to all things metal: the loudest, fastest, most brutal genre of rock music.

Punk rock was born in New York City, but by the late '70s the genre's infectious primitivism had reached cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, where bands began playing a tougher, thrashier style of punk.

Hair metal (or glam metal) was born on LA's Sunset Strip in the 1980s. Synonymous with heavy riffs, anthemic choruses, blown-out hair, and spandex, hair metal is some of the best party music ever made.

Here's some hard rock motivation to maintain that rock-hard body.

In 1996 Lollapalooza refused to let Ozzy join the tour. BIG MISTAKE. Ozzy started his own festival tour and it rocked really, really hard. These are the bands who've played Ozzfest through the years.

During the 1980s and '90s, D.C. was the place to be for hardcore. Enjoy the finest bands from that time and place, as well as their latter-day incarnations that branched out in different sonic directions.

This playlist of doom, sludge, and drone metal features heavy guitar riffs, slowed down tempos, and thick chords that create an impenetrable wall of sound.

Listen to essential songs by Iggy & The Stooges as well as their greatest influences, contemporaries, and followers.

Spastic, experimental emo with a touch of metal thrown in for good measure. Careful not to shred your vocal chords.

Born of the '90s DIY scene in the Pacific Northwest, the riot grrrl movement features bands that combine aggressive vocals and lyrics with thrashing punk instrumentals.

From Black Sabbath to his solo career to Ozzfest, Ozzy Osbourne has always been an innovative pioneer of hard rock. This playlist includes songs by his closest contemporaries, his indebted followers, and the Prince of Darkness himself.

The heavier side of the alternative boom of the late 1980s and early '90s.

You don't need words to rock! Instrumental metal from the 1970s to today, including classic rock, thrash, post-metal and much more.

The mighty Metallica has never been shy about acknowledging its influences and favorite contemporaries. This playlist explores the band's metal, punk and hard rock roots, as well as some of their favored contemporaries.

Industrial metal is a harsh, metal-machine music combining the anger and fury of metal with industrial music's blistering speed and pounding beats. Bang your head, factory-style.

Metal's fastest subgenre features sonic experimentation as foreboding as its nihilistic imagery. Release yourself to the grind.