Ok seriously though, I did go through a phase where I just continually searched for the most oppressive, evil music possible. I never got into straight up death metal, tech death, grind, etc though. I did spend some time into deathcore like Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, JFAC before I started moving towards less conventional stuff. That road took me first to Meshuggah, then to Dillinger, then to The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, then Gaza (maybe the darkest here) and Car Bomb.
I’m mostly out of that part of my life and I usually listen to light funky stuff for enjoyment these days, but I still love all of the above and I’m really listening a lot to newer hardcore like Gulch, Drain, Jesus Piece, Mindforce, etc lately.
edit: officially tagging bellumromanum whenever I get my deadlift to two plates LOL. Give it a few more weeks.