Are Dropped Tunings Necessary For Heavy Riffs ?, Can standard tuning also sound heavy ?? Options

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Once in a concert Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth (in a joking tone) said "Dropped tuning is a cheap trick for metal players to sound heavy." I think there is some truth in it.. Can you guys think of songs that you like that sound very heavy yet are played with standard tuning ?? Check this one out



One idea is to create contrast of low notes with high ones in a riff. Played in combination with high notes in a phrase I think even the standard E sounds very low..

I see nowadays some trend with players to have crazy dropped tunings. I don't personally think that a dropped Z tuning is necessary for sounding very heavy and tight with lots of balls What do you think ?

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