History MohsRockMetal / Levels4And5

%% Please make sure that within each level, each song is organized in alphabetical order by band name or by the artist's surname, whenever applicable.

Things start to get a bit heavy here, but the songs are still very accessible. A vast majority of the most influential and respected artists in ClassicRock, progressive rock and modern rock can be found here.

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[[folder:Level 4]]
'''Genres''': '''Softer HardRock, AlternativeRock, PostGrunge, PowerPop, {{Hyperpop}}, Futurepop, Experimental Rock, RapRock, [[{{Industrial}} Post-Industrial]], {{Techno}}, Dance Punk, Harder {{Pop}}, harder PostRock, Jazz Fusion, PopPunk, harder Boom Bap and Old-School HipHop, {{Shoegazing}}, most ProgressiveRock, AOR, harder PostPunk, harder Trap, harder early ElectronicMusic, traditional {{Dubstep}}, Big Room, harder {{New Wave|Music}}'''

'''Matching mineral''': '''Fluorite'''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vuIDZzDxyk Yadnus (Still Going to the Roadhouse Mix)]] (!!!)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hLJeGl9wi8 Money Machine]] [[note]] Borderline 5 for the heavier sections in the main part, and the ending, which is level 11.[[/note]] (Music/HundredGecs)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPOmFUid3vA Get Ready for This]] (2 Unlimited) [[note]] A soft 4; the instrumental sections bump it up a bit.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPU8OAjjS4k Kryptonite]] (Music/ThreeDoorsDown)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjfT2joaJxs Beautiful Disaster]] (Music/ThreeEleven)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX5mg1Zyu2I I Remember]] (32Crash)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0STZN54xDc Drowning in Her]] (4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6I7NGdNdfY Rigor Mortis]] (A Split Second)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4EgU66W2uc ageing fortress]] (acolyte)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm9drIwmmU4 Antmusic]] (Music/AdamAndTheAnts)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKbChvqADd0 4U]] (Aero Chord)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0J-ljNuROo POMEGRANATE]] (AERO GROS M)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZfZ8uWaOFI Dream On]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c8O2n1Gfto Walk This Way]] (Music/{{Aerosmith}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEUVTMkq_7s Come Back to Reality]] (Ajna)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAE1XTvKLXA The Raven]] [[note]] The soft verses keep it from a 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8OX5ckqO38 Snake Eyes]] (Music/TheAlanParsonsProject)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk_gIOSHviA Écailles De Lune Pt. 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCj4URYQJw8 Untouched]] (Music/{{Alcest}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqwiOhrRb4 Hidden Sun of Serenity]] (Alex M.O.R.P.H. ft. Cheryl Barnes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODTv9Lt5WYs I Stay Away]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ6BgTitt1E No Excuses]] (Music/AliceInChains)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFRenwIyEto Carbon Kid]] (Alpinestars ft. [[Music/{{Placebo}} Brian Molko]]) [[note]] Continuously goes up and down on the scale, the first part is a solid 4, then to a 6 at 2 minutes, going back to 4 at 2 and a half minutes, the breakdown is a 3, and the finale starts with a 5, then dips down to 2, and finally 1.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65rjAAusPM In My Heart There's a Star Named After You]] [[note]]Hilariously, this would sit comfortably at a 1 with the other songs from ''Picnic of Love''.....if not for the screamed vocals you would expect to hear in a level 10 or 11 song that occur halfway through the song, bumping this up a few levels.[[/note]](Music/AnalCunt)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENrcDCmCMC4 Escapism]] (Music/AnCafe)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ziggF0f27o Military Fashion Show]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Music/AndOne)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nK2zgSWtU0 Hill Valley]] (Ankor) [[note]] Most of the song falls into a 3, but the heavy breakdown, leveling at an 8, brings it to a 4 overall.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_reElm4cPOY Matrix]] (Apache)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBS4Gi1y_nc Windowlicker]] (Music/AphexTwin) [[note]] Most of the song is a soft 4, but some sections go up to 6 or 7, namely the bass section towards the end.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfAoFIQnyl8 Eclipse]] (Apoptygma Berzerk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLk8AMNCo24 O Fortuna]] (APOTHEOSIS)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waO4ggUVMLo Bomber (VIP Hardsteppers Special)]] (Aphrodite)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW1HXD-CLE0 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor]] (Music/ArcticMonkeys) [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf3sM4jcUD4 Cloud Type Four]] (Armoured Rabbit)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHxqhlgxvGw Get Thru This]] (Music/ArtOfDying)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErIDNX9IeVY Disappoint (2021 Mix)]] (Assemblage 23)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJv8hLblt_M Love Surreal]] (Music/NicoleAtkins)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Jj017-2pQ Closer]] ([=Au5=] ft. Danyka Nadeau)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=9HtLury91nk Cfern]] [[note]] Borderline 5 for the heaviness of the beats.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ7Mu8YJbSU Rae]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6E97myoAV8 Second Scepe]] (Music/{{Autechre}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuCW8dg7Sz0 Requiem]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DelhLppPSxY Hail to the King]] (Music/AvengedSevenfold)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4MzF53je5M Kill Your Heroes]] (Music/{{AWOLNATION}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRdNI4XAxRw Kimi ni Furete]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Riko Azuna, ''Manga/BloomIntoYou'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEuKkcX1uKA Feel Like Making Love]] (Music/BadCompany)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIGXGkzjAoc The Nine]] (Bad Company UK)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAX_RHxncMo 21st Century Digital Boy]] (Music/BadReligion)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIj20iC45CQ What Kind of Hospital is This?]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZRNd6osQrk Vortal Combat]] (Kelly Bailey, ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode One'' and ''Episode Two'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXTQNpRgQHo Asleep at the Wheel]] (Band of Skulls)[[note]]Borderline 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4fgbdFb344 Fast Track to Browntown]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IW-K4qJm7Y It Ends 2: End Harder]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kf7ycHajX4 Betus Blues]] (Danny Baranowsky, ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_q9KPczAg One Week]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm8yG8sBrIE It's All Been Done]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnG8UMOPMNo The Old Apartment]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx1FqoxZvi8 Alternative Girlfriend]] (Music/BarenakedLadies)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XliYET6fbyg Mile High Club]] (Stephen Barton, ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omwXLXeTR4w Where's Your Head At]] (Basement Jaxx)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEYlt_hfAcE Speakerbox (ft. Lafa Taylor)]] (Bassnectar, ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU Atlas]] (Battles)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cYpo7FpYuc Jungle Warriors]] (Bay B Kane)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bH9RLSVbQc Hail to the Freaks]] (Beatsteaks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQm67FJG3Ug Laughin' Jokin' Numbnuts]] (Sam Beddoes, ''VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-KqDVNowKU Cinema]] (Benny Benassi) [[note]] The Music/{{Skrillex}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua0KpfJsxKo remix]] is a borderline 9.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOjHFeckZik 26 Basslines]] (Benga)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUk1t7SHpR0 Ghost Station - The Grinding Chase]] (David Bergeaud, ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA September Gurls]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iXukwny37U In the Street]] (Music/BigStar)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9SpINL6Hg The Bog (Shot Mix)]] [[note]] Soft 4.[[/note]] (Bigod 20)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtVJdPfm0F8 The Bill Nye Theme]] (''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axfsk9wALV8 twisted grunge]] (Music/BiS)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ce1aAvpqj8 Going Steady]] (Bitch)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-8ev3PCjPE Revolution (Radio Edit)]] (BK)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZrdeMWWpAQ EQUALITY]] (Music/BlackGryph0n ft. Creator/MichelleCreber)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_PrT25o8Vs Next Girl]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLSpj7q6_mM Howlin' For You]] (Music/TheBlackKeys)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhMlNWn10p4 Stormy High]] (Black Mountain)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v746JhugWWY Data River]] [[note]] Soft 4.[[/note]] (Black Rain)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Bdsr7CwBI Children Of The Sea]] (Music/BlackSabbath)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gfItwH3LKQ Who Goes There]] (bladee)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AmEp88mwAA Jungle Jungle]] (Bladerunner)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ht5RZpzPqw All the Small Things]] (Music/Blink182)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3Q_CZy968 Call Me]] and [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=_zBwRDEFMRY One Way Or Another]] (Music/{{Blondie|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c Don't Fear the Reaper]] (Music/BlueOysterCult)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPDbIT3OxR8 Shiny]] (Music/BlueStahli, ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clqg0JQKho Mask Chase]] [[note]] A soft 4. [[/note]] (Andy Blythe & Marten Joustra, ''VideoGame/FindingNemo'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=A2zKARkpDW4 Dayvan Cowboy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjw4VuF_Yf8 Sixtyten]] and [[https://youtu.be/aFNq9bxm_-Q You Could Feel the Sky]] (Music/BoardsOfCanada)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93p3c82MaY0 Pulsing]] (The Body Electric)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkbqxr4Ht7k Horsepower (Original Mix)]] (CJ Bolland)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBdyc1WDlBQ Livin' On A Prayer]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE It's My Life]] (Music/BonJovi)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Oe63tZj1I Tornado Rex]] (Bootsy Spankins, ''WebVideo/BoardJames'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5w8SJ3yVsc Milky Ways]], [[https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/485978 Partyt Är Igång!]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57c94il3Eng The Maze Of Mayonnaise]] (Bossfight)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaR2JeqxQDY Peace of Mind]] (Music/{{Boston}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DizopdPMBw Believe in Myself]] (Karen Brake, ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' soundtrack) [[note]] The ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfjKXqDDhxs version]] by Kaz Silver is a 3.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3PITulZVSY Vertigo]] (Alan Braxe)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB3pxBDZvf4 Anthem of the Angels]] (Music/BreakingBenjamin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0VgF7I8kM Bangs]] (Brick + Mortar)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MocF43ncu8I Medicine]] (Music/BringMeTheHorizon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4FF6MpcsRw Piece Of Me]] (Music/BritneySpears)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42_7C807Beo Cream Soda]] (Music/BuckTick)
* [[https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/284253 Blippblipp]] (Bunnymajs)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kML16hsZawM Let Me Swim]] (Cactus)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbQphZxfaw0 Massive]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Capone)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Kq79fc1cD0 Hello]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GYo6aLUmAU Starry Sky]] [[note]] The heaviness of the synths makes it a borderline 5.[[/note]] (Capsule)
* [[https://soundcloud.com/caramellagirls-music/tokyo-radio-mix Tokyo]] ([[Music/{{Caramell}} Caramella Girls]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr_dpiRYKDs Nightfall (over E.C.)]] (The Cassandra Complex)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7fASwdpw5Y Against the Tide]] (Music/{{Celldweller}}) [[note]] Starts at a 1.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaU5qkQJ1e4 Block Rockin' Beats]] [[note]]Starts at a solid 3, but turns to a 4 later on.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7Hbt_3EhI Go]] (ft. [[Music/ATribeCalledQuest Q-Tip]]) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s3ufTanUMo It Doesn't Matter]] (Music/TheChemicalBrothers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rW4hZNSVr4 Shameful Metaphors]] (Music/{{Chevelle}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-MLIzXtdPw Bonfire]] (Music/ChildishGambino)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxvhprV3-Sc We Sink]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTOuVP0iYQs Under the Tide]] [[note]] Both - especially the former - are borderline 5's.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eo84jDIMKI Leave a Trace]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyyiJc0Wk2M He Said She Said]] (Music/{{Chvrches}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2ub15HYCu0 Back on a Mission]] (Cirrus)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7UrFYvl5TE Since U Been Gone]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JbjSeSHIlA Hole]] (Music/KellyClarkson)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ Rock the Casbah]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUzBgeI5dpc Train in Vain]] [[note]] The background noises juxtaposed over the riffs keep it from a 3.[[/note]] (Music/TheClash)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhLBAX1UjEs Headfuck]] (Click Click)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLAP2X16GP4 Minuit à Fond la Caisse]] [[note]] For the most part is a 3, but suddenly spikes to a 5-6 towards the end before delving into a soft 4, and then finally a 1.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BEPbqqkwdg Magic Pipe]] [[note]] Starts at a 2/3, but reaches 5 in the ending.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K_xO8JltXc Not Safe]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jLFue_hHRI Some Rudiments of Property]] (Alias Conrad Coldwood, ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m0bI82Rz_k Shine]] (Music/CollectiveSoul)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGR9CKJUzF4 Jealousy]] (Concrete Castles)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPsLeeInqzQ Sexual Deviants (club music 2)]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Craig Conner, ''VideoGame/Manhunt2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Y1_qQwByA Pharmacreep]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUrMWTR0-X0 Sacrificial Mission]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbftKtVQcTE Meatoids]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTQpq_QazxM Entrapment]] [[note]] Brought up from a light 2 due to the growls.[[/note]] ([=ConsumerSoftproducts=], ''VideoGame/CrueltySquad'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBeWvjqtkE Oldschool '84]] [[note]] The shouted vocals bump it up from a 3.[[/note]] (Container 90)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4i-cvK8s90 Fireworks Factory]] (Stewart Copeland, ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTPx7tT6Tuo Rock Your Body Rock]] (Music/FerryCorsten)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7rzCpaJRuI Cotton Crop Blues]] (James Cotton) [[note]] A pretty soft 4 by modern standards, but at the time it would have been an 11 simply for featuring guitar distortion.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wy7gRGgeA Code Monkey]] (Music/JonathanCoulton)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKeZeQnvC40 Wir sind die Nacht]] [[note]] The song is mainly a 4, but the middle reaches a 5 or 6.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzVb7mQIvCQ Cryotank Expansion]] [[note]] Gets steadily heavier as it goes on, eventually reaching a soft 8 in the end.[[/note]] (Music/{{Covenant}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ5gKH-V-LM Such Horrible Things]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVwqkBG0ulE The Greatest Show Unearthed]] (Music/CreatureFeature)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUlZ6D5fxBg Green River]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcTQCNntGEs Born on the Bayou]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcJ5WQSamQ Travelin' Band]] (Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kl6YFBLP_A I Tune In]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Cryo)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vStjmYxetY0 Baptism]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32udqal_lyQ Not in Love]] (Music/{{Crystal Castles|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4fgGZEggxE Name of the Game]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp1gfSyiDV0 The Winner]] (The Crystal Method)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w3-G891410 Crossing Over]] (Music/CultOfLuna)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BLwPWvTi9w Free Your Mind]] (Music/CutCopy) [[note]] The background noise and the loud beats keep it from a 3.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBV9e6sM8cI Overlord]] [[note]] The heaviest parts reach a soft 5, making the overall track a hard 4.[[/note]] (Cyberoptics)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjokyHDb2Xk Landfall]] and [[https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/112527 Vain Star]] [[note]] Link to the version used in the game [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo9rdocLAAo here]].[[/note]] (Cycerin, ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjpu0-o9iek Aerodynamic]] [[note]] Starts at level 3/borderline 4, but the electric guitar solo is a 6, and it goes full circle with the ending being a 1. It's been averaged out to level 4.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXYeARRyDWk Human After All]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBGfS7S9BYg Superheroes]] (Music/DaftPunk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Xd4RONqJw Out of Body]] (Dance With the Dead)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg-3gL3iE2M 11:30 (datA Remix)]] (Danger)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4IIaVFuZ7Q Auctioned]] (Music/DarkTranquillity)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps3FFsY79TY Any Way You Want It]] (The Dave Clark Five)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj7EO2uVfDQ Dred Bass]] (Dead Dred)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpDQuN7jZB8 Drama Free]] (ft. Music/{{Lights}}) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghl48Y2nF4s GH]] (Music/Deadmau5)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUXdE1odVWg Lotus Eater]] (Death & Rebirth)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIrKSqb4H4A Get Got]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX5wk-6Mn5s Birds]] (Music/DeathGrips)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4eH033TGOo Hush]] (Music/DeepPurple)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUR-wWhmsS8 The Curse]] (The Diary of Dreams)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xymjDyGIvQ4 Blitz]] (Digitalism)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fSeUhYLDRo Geronimo (The Disco Boys Remix)]] [[note]] Most of it is in the 3-4 range, though there is one part that reaches a 5.[[/note]] (Aura Dione)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-FKM3eZTO8 One of Us Is the Killer]] (Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan) [[note]] Considering the fact that When I Lost My Bet (a solid 11) comes right before it in the album track, it's quite a contrast. Still, it's a borderline 5, and would be on that level if not for the level 1 intro.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2UA0VG-wms Silver Blade]] (Dillinja)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vMh9f41pqE Tremor]] (Dimitri Vegas, Martin Garrix and Like Mike)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67bIRyqCcrM Solid Rock]] (Music/DireStraits)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISy0Hl0SBfg Bonkers]] (Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZUkuoB_1Wg Rollidge]] (DJ-SS)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itydeox9oUI The Dark Crystl]] (DJ Crystl)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-dwpWpscU Louder]] (DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBUFdGTVc6E Weird Energy (Hells Bells Mix)]] (DJ Hype)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9PF3YNH9ng Lucky Boy (Surkin Remix)]] (DJ Mehdi)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPwdm04_MQ Mutant Revisited]] (DJ Trace)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Wff9xaqjc Clubstep]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeQGcCtk4bc Electrodynamix]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrhNNBsUd58 Theory of Everything]] (Dj-Nate, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLnF-QnR1Zw Can't Let Go]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnXabH2q2A0 Dry Out]] [[note]]The dubstep influences keep it higher than a 3.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSvYfVGyQfw xStep]] (DJVI, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLqy0ZTnQLQ The Professional]] (Music/{{DMX}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZkzcm7ubQg Sweet Shop]] (Doctor P)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHxfOZH8cew Hurdy Gurdy Man]] (Music/{{Donovan}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFeUko-lQHg Break On Through (To the Other Side)]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxizIrbcSuU Soul Kitchen]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lnoM25D-js Peace Frog]] (Music/TheDoors) [[note]] All of them were around a 9 back in their release days.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2DI0k9NOIc Dawn Over a New World]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsXcb-XeYaI Trail of Broken Hearts]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qnq4TsIP8U Silence]] (Music/DragonForce) [[note]] All are [[SurprisinglyGentleSong Surprisingly Gentle Songs]] for a band otherwise known for blisteringly fast PowerMetal.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvduAQTGdBU Yeah Man (Original Mix)]] (The Dream Team)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wEVPDN--bM Money]] (Dupont)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kefaT6cGmtE Let's Fighting Love]] ([[Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone DVDA]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwOfCgkyEj0 Like a Rolling Stone]] (Music/BobDylan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Ki7Na21QI Don't Speak (I Came to Make a Bang!)]] (Music/EaglesOfDeathMetal)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebb5AinKxWI COPYCAT]] [[note]] Save for the bridge, which is a 1.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GJWxDKyk3A Happier Than Ever]] [[note]] Starts at level 1 before moving up to a 5 in the second half.[[/note]] (Music/BillieEilish)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTSed3Ybzhg Klangstudie II]] (Herbert Eimert)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aj7YCgtPZI Abstieg & Zerfall]] (Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExYnV1OyH6o Sweet Victory]] (David Glen Eisley)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=055htazqv4M Head in the Dirt]] (Hanni El Khatib)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfpkG73ckm4 10538 Overture]] (Music/ElectricLightOrchestra)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzrEXCHaUYI‎ Altitude (Serobliss Remix)]] (Embrace One ft. Shaz Sparks) [[note]] Despite the use of UncommonTime and crunchy brostep basslines, the generally light feel of the song keeps it from becoming a 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=359na4NeaVA Berzerk]] (Music/{{Eminem}})
* [[https://theworstlabel.bandcamp.com/track/disorder-in-the-classroom Disorder In The Classroom]] (Emray)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhsTmiK7Q2M Push It to the Limit]] (Paul Engemann)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg0Tmydj29M Main Theme]] (Joel Eriksson, ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw The Final Countdown]] (Music/{{Europe}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW6E_TNgCsY Santa Monica]] (Music/{{Everclear}}) [[note]] A 4 mostly for the second half of the song; the first half is softer.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU73mx6shy0 No Life]] (Evils Toy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNm5drtAQXs This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race]] (Music/FallOutBoy)
* [[https://fanu.bandcamp.com/track/dreamers-union Dreamers' Union]] (Fanu)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYaygLi1Qd0 Like A G6]] (Far East Movement)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkOu30V23zQ The Rockafeller Skank]] (Music/FatboySlim)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzpL0LBXzL4 Edwrecker]] [[note]] The jumbled vocals make it a bit too hard for level 3.[[/note]] (Feadz)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clqbNyt6mfw Slave]] (Female)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se-PK5eIz_A Midnight Moonlight]] (The Firm)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meJP410N9Gg Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)]] (The First Edition)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G8QItjTSDA Remember Everything]] (Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIcmk8WA10A Shake Some Action]] (The Flamin' Groovies)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeaIvjoH1FY Crave You (Adventure Club Remix)]] (Flight Facilities) [[note]] The dubstep parts are borderline 5, with the one at the end being a solid 5, but the softer parts keep it down.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nppTcea5B0 Highway]] (F.O.O.L)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IUeVq9nm9Q Everlong]] (Music/FooFighters)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=MMf4yweC6qU Down Bad]] (Foodieti, ''VideoGame/FridayNightFever'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpbZpQdsBq0 Missing]] (For King and Country) [[note]] The guitar cranks up a bit towards the end of the song, keeping it above a 3.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWjavxcGfqM Finale]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWBtpBwzzdM Battle Against a True Hero]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL_LLpyM2sE In My Way/Anticipation (Genocide)]] [[note]] On one hand, it’s absolutely terrifying. On the other hand, it isn’t heavy enough for later levels; same applies to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e18anERknc Soulless/Post-Genocide version]].[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFsTQCSYY4Q Chaos King]] (Creator/TobyFox, ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijk4j-r7qPA Take Me Out]] (Music/FranzFerdinand)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlMfV7A3V00 Chelsea Dagger]] (Music/TheFratellis)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIyFrb0ZSnE Borderline]] (Freeland) [[note]] Featuring [[Music/MotleyCrue Tommy Lee]], [[Music/MarilynManson Twiggy Ramirez]], [[Music/ThePixies Joey Santiago]] and Tony Bevilacqua.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-sCLN93fSA Felines]] [[note]] Ultimately gets up here due to some of the heavier beats.[[/note]] (Music/Front242)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFdrFQI32EA Bio-Vital]] (The Frozen Autumn) [[note]] Much softer than the Decoded Feedback original, which is an 8.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej3-23tqvfA Badlands]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shwrxKyfSTQ Thermosphere]] [[note]] A soft 4; the techno sections are mainly 3-4 and can border on 5, but the softer section near the end is a 2.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVAJOjA0kok Shudder]] (Kenichiro Fukui, ''VideoGame/{{Einhander}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtnzRVapWqo Subspace]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Music/FunkerVogt)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCYcHz2k5x0 Animals]] (Martin Garrix)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSeTiYspNGk Saved by the Bell]] opening theme (Scott Gale)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37dGDZ0hlB4 Cassis]] (Music/TheGazette)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7nIQ1yoCCc Zavodila]] [[note]] The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na8y2Va1GTs FamilyJules cover]] is a borderline 9.[[/note]] (Mike Geno, ''VideoGame/MidFightMasses'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAtLjp0DqE See the Light]] (Music/{{Ghost|Band}})
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=PMUE96EvF1o Dreamer]] (Ghost Town)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a6LrFPW5-k Here We Go]] (Giants of Industry)
* [[https://ghy3310.bandcamp.com/track/monochrome-narrow-chamber Monochrome narrow chamber]] and [[https://ghy3310.bandcamp.com/track/les Les]] (Glitched Hero Y)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0RVdnBc1JE Black Gloves]] (Goose) [[note]] Borderline 5. The heavy guitars and [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth raw production]] keep it from a 3.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tThlQmGBR_Y Cultist Base (Ambient)]] [[note]] Starts at 1 but gets heavier later on.[[/note]] (Music/MickGordon, ''VideoGame/DOOMEternal'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdwJ0lUtN8M Amarillo]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMt_YXr90AM O Green World]] [[note]] The instrumental sections before the chorus are closer to 3.[[/note]] (Music/{{Gorillaz}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AReO2zfR4 Roaring Forties]] (The Go Set)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r00ikilDxW4 21 Guns]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTGr5t3MoY Basket Case]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soa3gO7tL-c Boulevard of Broken Dreams]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulRXvH8VOl8 Wake Me Up When September Ends]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8dh9gDzmz8 When I Come Around]] (Music/GreenDay)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2EJMd7ZN7w Kill V. Maim]] (Music/{{Grimes}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aidVPGE95s Elevation]] (GTO)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r_qd2yxIsM American Woman]] (The Guess Who)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5H5GADcoiY Two to Tango]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEDlrXt59ig Flame Fu]] (Ashif Hakik, ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMGntwJobNc Suburban Knights]] (Hard-Fi)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJs1iJOXFN8 It Doesn't Matter]] (Tony Harnell, ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' soundtrack) [[note]] The guitars place this at a borderline 5. The ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohm5CVdutrw version]] is more of a straightforward 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf-2KhvW_qU Area 51 (Base Exterior)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENDtZycWos4 Area 51 (Base Interior)]] (Matthew E. Harwood, ''VideoGame/AlienHominid'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Efg_CZaMww Underground Theme (Super Mario Land)]] (Koji Hayama, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgD-NwCtvrA Never Been Any Reason]] (Head East)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWZxThGh5wQ Die Slow]] (Music/{{Health}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW-2IOnb9A0 Lsd Solution]] (Heavy Drop)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7HPTrgxBqQ Eyes Love You]] [[note]] This one varies - the Death Hollywood version and some other mixes can ride the line between 4 and 5 - especially if hide goes for the MetalScream despite this being a poppier song, but the lighthearted poppy sound in most mixes keeps it here.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY3AYiRMzLI Beauty and Stupid]] ([[Music/HidetoMatsumoto hide]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7qQzM_Vs9Y Break Free (Lead the Way)]] (Creator/KateHiggins, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1CDK_JnMa4 Rawk Hawk Battle]] (Yoshito Hirano & Yuka Tsujiyoko, ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CET8jG7_1I Loaded]] (HMLTD)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hRaTSS23vE Final Wily Battle]] (Toshihiko Horiyama, ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5G8AJf4Xzw Dearg Doom]] (Music/{{Horslips}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwHrx0r0t2s Oh, Boy!]] (Music/BuddyHolly)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw5vAd5icAg Battle Without Honor Or Humanity]] (Tomoyasu Hotei, ''Film/KillBill'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtu.be/8y1TROOQcGY Your Deep Rest]] [[note]] The last minute or so is a soft 5, but the lyrics are a solid 9.[[/note]] (The Hotelier)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbF1g3k2mtw Hip To Be Square]] (Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dohzrXT09w Dominator]] (Human Resource)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrmzWcT7u5Q Relic Ruins Bad Future US]] [[note]] Soft 4.[[/note]] ([=HyperSonic=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnvJTGYsPeQ The House is Mine]] [[note]] Is at level 3 in the beginning and part of the end.[[/note]] (The Hypnotist)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjCb4CB-hdw Daydream]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (I Hate Models)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r25QZWmH94 I'll Be Found]] ([=IC3PEAK=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPbYEeCLB-Q Consequences]] [[note]] As low as Iced Earth gets, barring a few instrumentals/interludes.[[/note]] (Music/IcedEarth)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZQaYKZMTI White Wedding Pt. 1]] (Music/BillyIdol)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYZ-n8L0AaI Lust for Life]] (Music/IggyPop)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBl95Qa9S10 De Sangre Hermosa]] (Music/IllNino)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU Radioactive]] (Music/ImagineDragons) [[note]] The brostep influences keep it from a 3.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn8KlZF5Jc8 Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)]] (The Immortals, ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnIhRpIT7nc Lagtrain]] (inabakumori)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJV0_RnTvw Guitarmass]] (Infected Mushroom)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyXX2wFVX2o Flesh Menagerie]] (Informatik)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNWSDvDqm9g Ozar Midrashim]] (from the ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver'' soundtrack) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDE_XHo8ZBM Are Friends Electric?]] [[note]] The original Music/GaryNuman version is a 3.[[/note]] (Music/InformationSociety)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UroPqMsr3UU Slow Hands]] (Music/{{Interpol}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mruQ1wckM2s The Strongest Foe]] (Mieko Ishikawa, ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} III Wanderers From Ys'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCIMHn5FEYQ Factory Inspection]] [[note]] A soft 4; gets here mainly due to the industrial influences.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBOOKF8HvXE Boss]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bWtoiOeW0w Miracle Matter]] [[note]] A somewhat heavier remix of the regular boss theme, which borders on 5 thanks to the more intense breakdowns. This ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot''-style [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni3IDCE9EfU remix]] is also here.[[/note]] (Jun Ishikawa & Hirokazu Ando, ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39JYengjS6E Home Sweet Grave]] (Daisuke Ishiwatari, Tetsuya Ohuchi, and Yoshihiro Kusano, ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear Isuka'' soundtrack) [[note]] The softer sections bring this down from a 5. Also more commonly known as the theme of the first stage in ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMdJTGtwCVo Butsutekkai]] (Hiroshi Iuchi, ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrTbLXHKu8 Mind]] (ft. Kai), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9slkeFXogU Take Ü There]] (ft. Music/{{Kiesza}}) [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nntGTK2Fhb0 Where Are Ü Now]] (ft. Music/JustinBieber) (Jack Ü)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0 Beat It]] [[note]] The guitar solo in the middle brings this song above a 3.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_G5DLYRz6M Morphine]] [[note]] Would reach 5 or 6 due to the somewhat harsh industrial influence and Slash's guitar work, but drops down to a 1 in the bridge.[[/note]] (Music/MichaelJackson)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvKbc_pJprk Stiefelblitz]] (Jäger 90)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfpRm-p7qlY Town Called Malice]] (Music/TheJam)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqirlVmgqPA Blood and Bone]] (Music/{{Jandek}})
* [[https://youtu.be/TNH57uvOcU8 Been Caught Stealing]] (Music/JanesAddiction)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ufuH4vZ77w Cross-Eyed Mary]] (Music/JethroTull)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rubpIfLPzvU The Middle]] (Music/JimmyEatWorld)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCtC-LoOvqs You May Be Right]] (Music/BillyJoel)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StMawdId4SE Set It All Free]] (Creator/ScarlettJohansson, ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DivYGqvVvc Johnny]] (Johnny Jungle)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRH7O726jwc Piper]] (Jonny L)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9aA Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)]] [[note]] Borderline 5; the heavy use of synths prevents this song from reaching that level, though it still comes very close.[[/note]] (Music/{{Journey|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOsNtHw5k8 Destruction]] (Music/{{Joywave}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLOtl3nLR7Q DVNO]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qXmxVySMzw Stress]] [[note]] Borderline 5 for its suspenseful mood and the buzzsaw-like noises heard in the middle.[[/note]] (Music/{{Justice|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJcHuqcps4 Polluted Blood]] (k?d)
* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20141013190532/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q2l08jltac Lacrimosa]] (Music/{{Kalafina}}) [[note]] This is the live version. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kgJBzCXr4Y The original studio recording]] is a 3, due to the softer mix.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gssFg4IOPSE Temples of Gold]] (Music/{{Kamelot}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p6OmuzLcLA God Badorrer]] (Naoki Kaneda, ''VideoGame/{{Brandish}} 2 : The Planet Buster'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASx5scTbKLI It's All About You]] (Daiki Kasho, ''VideoGame/GranTurismo 4'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnua0NO0McM Kaerimichi]] (Creator/EmiriKatou, ''{{Literature/Bakemonogatari}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCkoI4PGZNk Caught Red Handed]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anw6cFmR9hM Whoa I'm In Space Cuba]] (Jake Kaufman, ''VideoGame/MightySwitchForce'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pLDBCkvyUg Ugh]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5lp8aAoT1g Guns]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBD2B9bDD5I Stress]] [[note]] The heaviest parts are a hard 5.[[/note]] ([=KawaiSprite=], ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' soundtrack) [[note]] The latter two are borderline 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIZNDOEZPNY Konspiracy]] (Kemal & Rob Data)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE Mr. Brightside]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fBdpreJiU Somebody Told Me]] (Music/TheKillers)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=0uLI6BnVh6w Ex's & Oh's]] (Elle King)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG8k4IYIgvo Stray Bullet]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dzs4TS_rKc Naïve]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33qEsKtp828 We Must Awaken]] (Music/{{KMFDM}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR2JtsVumFA My Sharona]] (Music/TheKnack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aEBlLMyN_0 LRAD]] (Music/KnifeParty)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J5y8A2mobY Skinheads Fuck Off!]] [[note]] Mainly here due to the vocals.[[/note]] (Kommando XY)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hxh2h3P70Q Metal Mario]] (Creator/KojiKondo, ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfIrPZ6Ci_k Agony]] (Kotoko, ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'' soundtrack) [[note]] [[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/kannazuki/knmagony.htm Lyrics here]][[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhCd1W2V0Q Are You Gonna Go My Way]] (Music/LennyKravitz)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H940SxGbog Digital Dimension]] (Fumie Kumatani, ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3DKRcXF0kQ Automatismes Sonores]] (Leo Kupper)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIXqmt0zw3Y James Brown Is Dead]] (L.A. Style)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E-Fhcqr2hQ Destroy Everything You Touch]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4m-TpUhOHg Ghosts]] (Music/{{Ladytron}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq4E9XTueY She Bop]] (Music/CyndiLauper)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIy3n2b7V9k Sk8er Boi]] (Music/AvrilLavigne)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7kqfeRb0KY Daft Punk Is Playing At My House]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmm14g4cAFc North American Scum]] (Music/LCDSoundsystem)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-tT62bpYlU Over the Hills and Far Away]],[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrqMdja4eYs What Is And What Should Never Be]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc Kashmir]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGpkjVSYX8 Vendetta Townies]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytwpmy4jwkA Vendetta Jocks]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQW9s_cSfDg Dishonorable Fight]] (Shawn Lee, ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwMWBrxhWd0 12.01]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8U0i7qBnjg I Can't Stop]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Lemon D)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdU0fQzt0h8 It's A Shame About Ray]] (The Lemonheads)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvuetnVoxIs Every Word Means No]] (Let's Active)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b17CyTGG5jg DREAMERS]] (Brandon Liew ft. Music/{{Tofie}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDeThz30JtQ Gone Guru]] (Lifeseeker)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgycukafqQ What I've Done]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVYr9sKPF8s Cure for the Itch]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvs68OKOquM Talking to Myself]] [[note]] Easily the hardest song on ''One More Light'', which mostly resides at around a 2.[[/note]] (Music/LinkinPark)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucTg6rZJCu4 Rumble]] [[note]] This was beyond an 11 for 1958, to the point it was banned in places for supposedly causing street brawls, and was one of the first songs to ever use electric distortion.[[/note]] (Link Wray)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QWOc0HnItM Re-Arranged]] (Music/LimpBizkit) [[note]]Most of the song is a 3, but jumps into a 6 towards the end, balancing out here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye1zznItiS4 Inspector Gadget]] (Music/LiquidStranger)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc5iTNVEOAg My Own Worst Enemy]] (Music/{{Lit}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrrShWp2tz0 Breathe Again (ft. Rachael Roberts)]] (Little People)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l18A5BOTlzE Five Nights at Freddy's 1 Song]] (Music/TheLivingTombstone)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEOCbFJjRw0 Butterfly]] (Music/{{Loona}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sn-tbAH5XY Ruby Illusions]] (Tee Lopes, ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kGvlESGvbs Love Don’t Cost A Thing]] (Music/JenniferLopez) [[note]] A soft 4. The heavy bass and loud timpani interpolated throughout the beat takes it above a 3.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aZ2sNU-pYc Let's Get High]] (Music/LordsOfAcid)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKoppkVsNGM Under Your Skin]] (Music/LusciousJackson) [[note]] Despite the lack of an electric guitar, the song's dark and biting/cynical tone brings it above a 3.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyHXvJdyMUo You Were Wrong. Go Back.]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eZgtFTAe60 An Archaeic Resonance]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqQC_gl5k0w GOLDENVENGEANCE]] (Jami Lynne, ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz6IkeUSh_A Those Awful Ravenous Rainbows]] (Harry Mack, ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZdRRMjIBQ Electric]] (Maddix)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0h2u87JwyA Finale]] (Music/{{Madeon}}) [[note]] One of the harder EDM songs at this level. Borderline 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mlP_coQ9ew Get Off of My Way]] (Music/ManWithAMission)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqOYAUexdig Boulders]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB1I3PV7Ml8 Toxic Waste]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pLRiZKjIiw Slippery Climb]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thr1xb9bv8g Tiny Tiger]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z9_A9vG2dE Dr. N. Gin]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQCDsWwV9-U Haven City Battle]] (Josh Mancell,''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' and ''VideoGame/Jak3'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjlBVCTaTQg Southern Hospitality]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npgEiltx49c The Beginning of the End]] (Clint Mansell, ''Film/RequiemForADream'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV6hZKuKUqg Armed Forces]] (Manufacture)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpOXRkwre0I Wario's Adventure]] (Masanobu Matsunaga & Kenichi Nishimaki, ''VideoGame/WarioWareIncMegaPartyGames'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8EdrcGDzow Laugh & Peace]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiZVOTB7f8A Polaroid]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhYgXwpy4c Roll Along]] [[note]] Pushed up here for the speeding up sections and distortion; a 3 otherwise.[[/note]] (Masaya Matsuura & Laugh and Peace, ''VideoGame/VibRibbon'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwlvJ9vsGsU Death Match]] (Tsukasa Masuko, ''VideoGame/MegamiTenseiII'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZaK37dheCM Jamie All Over]] (Mayday Parade)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCi8x4HQDEg Monster]] [[note]] The ending is a 6, making the song a borderline 5.[[/note]] (Meg And Dia)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRXdBPNlSqY Breadline]] (Music/{{Megadeth}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvAmMdePqos Light Up]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Megalodon & 12th Planet ft. Elan Atias)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dOwJP66tGQ Erwartungen]] (Melotron)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uKpqnJXGSs Crash]] (MESH)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPtSmU194U4 Terminator]] (Metalheads)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckom3gf57Yw The Unforgiven, Part I]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcWtsthvZH4 and II]] [[note]] Part III is a 5.[[/note]] (Music/{{Metallica}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P4NpaihIVg Satellite]] (Microchip League)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTWTN_uxNcQ The Moon]] (The Microphones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9eap_cKLP4 Forgotten Years]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IRwIXAjD_w Bullroarer]] (Midnight Oil)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn8-fdj7_sg Amnesia]] (Music/MindInABox)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPRgBFndypw Oblivion]] (Darren Mitchell, ''[[VideoGame/{{Turok}} Turok 2: Seeds of Evil]]'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsuTC1yGqng River Twygz Bed]] [[note]] Placed above a potential 1 due to the distorted, inhuman vocals.[[/note]] (Naoko Mitome & Chika Sekigawa, ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2bfHGb_HEk Florida]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPhnOKmhbBw Ocean Breathes Salty]] (Music/ModestMouse)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UlL5Op9q4 WWW]] (Moe Shop)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCM7qcRyfKo (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone]] (Music/TheMonkees) [[note]] This sounds closer to a '60s garage rock band than most of their other work.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dscfeQOMuGw Space Lord]] (Music/MonsterMagnet)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBvft8J5xxs FALLING]] (MONXX)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPcyTyilmYY You Oughta Know]] (Music/AlanisMorissette)[[note]] Instrumentals are on the high end of 3, but Alanis' raw vocals push this to a 4. Even the Unplugged version of this song reaches a 2.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LvAiJYKoSM Hayloft]] (Music/MotherMother) [[note]] The shouted vocals and the final minute of the song bring it up quite a bit.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5mvyqGoGfw Parapsychology]] [[note]] Brought up from lower levels due to the industrial hits in the background.[[/note]] (Atsuhiro Motoyama, ''Battle Bakraid'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sMuVPMkkk Tiger Feet]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQTvsM9_Vck Dynamite]] (Mud)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp3_a-PMTw Supermassive Black Hole]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5sJhSNUkwQ Dead Inside]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0SgwWmF9w Madness]] [[note]] Difficult to tell if it's a 3 or 4, but the guitars towards the end put it here.[[/note]] (Music/{{Muse}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygdsA4u-ll4 No More Sorry]] (Music/MyBloodyValentine)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdPupUIncgc Paralyzed]] (Music/MysterySkulls)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4L4TSrDB4M Death Egg Zone (Part 2)]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Masato Nakamura, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXJYEJN8w9c Subversive Awareness]] [[note]] The Rev. 2016 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3eZam7WcWI version]] is a soft 4. Shinji Hosoe's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEjURVXbEJg arrangement]] is also here.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_JhcCtytRE Drag-Ster]] (Manabu Namiki, ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' and ''VideoGame/ArmedPoliceBatrider'' soundtracks)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=6k_QqFl6IYQ Håll om mig]] (Nanne)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkh_U3dRGzw Here Come the Drumz]] (Nasty Habits)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=XLaFLztnL84 Holland, 1945]] (Music/NeutralMilkHotel) [[note]] Reaches this level at the very least due to the distortion; would be lower if it wasn't as noisy, and probably a borderline 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQh1ccqu8M How You Remind Me]] (Music/{{Nickelback}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEnSPv7IoMg Swanheart]] (Music/{{Nightwish|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prDoGmY5kj8 Hurt]] [[note]] If the sudden crashing and distorted ending wasn't there it would be a 1 - which it is in Music/JohnnyCash's cover.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R_I2G_mWsc Discipline]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTFwQP86BRs Closer]] (Music/NineInchNails)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k96sAezF-VE Drain You]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o Come As You Are]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkcJEvMcnEg Lithium]] (Music/{{Nirvana}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UI-aF_GO6I Let Your Body Learn]] [[note]] The shouted vocals make it a borderline 5 overall.[[/note]] (Nitzer Ebb)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKRRWQq5f5E Barracuda]] (Music/{{Noisestorm}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Qxxx2SQoo Trip Switch]] (Nothing but Thieves)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJKpUH2kJQg Supersonic]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxOjIj18I9E Some Might Say]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-5uv4wryI Champagne Supernova]] (Music/{{Oasis}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzDMwFUe02w Don't Pick It Up]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BepGmpLT9HA Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)]] [[note]] Would be higher if not for the "Give It To Me, Baby!" lines - definitely among the hardest level 4 examples[[/note]] (Music/TheOffspring)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0eIndDM3PU Wacky Workbench "B" mix (JP)]] [[note]] Soft 4.[[/note]] (Masafumi Ogata, ''VideoGame/SonicCD'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWi9ILehtZE Weird Science]] (Music/OingoBoingo)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuqpkLibgas Rolling Glider]] (Keiichi Okabe, ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer [=3D=]'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sDAhVDzNlM Adam (Crazy Clown)]] (Hideki Okugawa, ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4UayvQerHE Slip Thru]] (Optical)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4 O Fortuna - Carmina Burana]] (Carl Orff) [[note]] A prime example of bombastic classical music hitting this level, though a low 4 overall because of the calmer parts.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CBBtorFg2I Superman's Dead]] (Music/OurLadyPeace)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE Addicted to Love]] (Robert Palmer)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AZxUtZ2ZgI Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qFF2v8VsaA Emperor's New Clothes]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc6vs-l5dkc I Write Sins Not Tragedies]] (Music/PanicAtTheDisco)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoY2h6BW2j4 To Make an Idol of Our Fear and Call It God]] ({{Music/Panopticon}}) [[note]] A SurprisinglyGentleSong with still some elements of the higher levels. The [[LastNoteNightmare screeching guitar]] at the end keeps this out of the first 3 levels.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHbNU9WuVgw Scars]] (Music/PapaRoach)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kz6hNDlEEg That's What You Get]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OblL026SvD4 Still into You]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8vsuOXZBXc Fake Happy]] (Music/{{Paramore}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dh-RL__uN4 Bitch Lasagna]] (Party In Backyard and LetsPlay/PewDiePie) [[note]] Soft 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0RvPYRRRbE Sleepyhead]] (Music/PassionPit)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY0ffEwTK8U Catalyst]] (Patient 0)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9vHb2WRlwI Locking Up the Sun]] (Music/PoetsOfTheFall)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ Ghostbusters]] (Ray Parker, Jr., ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTgpTeb0Z8 Cut Your Hair]] (Music/{{Pavement}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPIwsAW2Q0w Alive]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0lXz5jmWdc Lightning Bolt]] (Music/PearlJam)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt8xEceNnZM A Black Minute]] (Music/{{Periphery}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joRZn6qiDg0 Piracy is no Party!]] (Joey Perleoni, ''WebVideo/MarioPartyDSAntiPiracy'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ztwENiiS98 Ready, Willing, and Able]] (Music/{{Petra}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYcEZy4OAgQ Extraordinary]] (Music/LizPhair)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJfFZqTlWrQ So What]] (Music/{{Pink}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpbbuaIA3Ds Money]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vr07uuBjg4 When you're In]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c05aOG5p0P4 Another Brick In The Wall (Part 3)]] (Music/PinkFloyd)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STxXS5lLunE This Is Love]] (Music/PJHarvey)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCAURNnKqFo Strangers]] (Music/{{Portishead}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaxdiTjjYXA Schöne Neue Welt]] [[note]] Borderline 5 for the faster parts.[[/note]] (Prager Handgriff)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5Z_2ertYg Rocket]] (El Pres!dente)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eHJ12Vhpyc Hound Dog]] [[note]] A 10 when it came out in 1956![[/note]] (Music/ElvisPresley)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itwZJH0sKcQ Android]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuZTEsvgQko Climbatize]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F82nyLAAUrk Diesel Power]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lEB7V-KIb0 Mindfields]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJvT6ruolA No Good (Start the Dance)]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsV9wbTFvDE Omen]] [[note]] Borderline 5 at times. There is enough respite to prevent it from being a full-fledged 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih2gxLqR7HM Voodoo People]] (Music/TheProdigy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBCDiYFMD8s Spybreak!]] (Propellerheads)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj4iQItsJSY What's Wrong]] (Music/{{Pvris}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ Bohemian Rhapsody]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9PCXVZto18 Hammer to Fall]] [[note]] Borderline 5, live versions rank there.[[/note]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE Another One Bites the Dust]] ({{Music/Queen}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgV0_IRokqU The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret]] (Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Dekd24kMM Radio Free Europe]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2taJLBGoMi8 So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6vCjtaV1k Fall On Me]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7oQEPfe-O8 The One I Love]] (Music/{{REM}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkcVbc93fvc Escuela de Calor]] (Radio Futura) [[note]] Translation: "Heat School"[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHiGbolFFGw Paranoid Android]] [[note]] Most of the song is a 2, but there are moments where it becomes a 6, bumping it up to a 4 overall.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk Creep]] [[note]] In a similar case to Paranoid Android, the song simultaneously switches between levels 2 and 6, averaging it out to a 4.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX4EpkR-Sp4 Climbing Up the Walls]] [[note]] Kept above lower levels of hardness due to the unsettling atmosphere and the ending, which is mainly a 5 (though Thom's MetalScream could make it even heavier).[[/note]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_BjhwtX_8Y Black Star]] (Music/{{Radiohead}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpODWnzgGJ4 Why Won't You Talk About It?]] (The Radio Dept.) [[note]] A good example of how heavy DreamPop can get. It's almost a 5 due to the distorted and noisy guitar work, but the overall atmosphere keeps it at a hard 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwkzDNU5B2Q Titan]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Ram Trilogy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDvtkIp8UU4 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm51ihfi1p4 I Wanna Be Sedated]] (Music/TheRamones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APUfkpHKmdo Bob That Head]] (Music/RascalFlatts)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5u25XGGo-E Go All the Way]] (Raspberries)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5aq5HcS1A Dani California]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DyziWtkfBw Can't Stop]] (Music/RedHotChiliPeppers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nz5w4tf9tY The Black Freighter]] (Regis)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugqRAX7xQE It's Gonna Rain]] [[note]] Borderline 5 overall due to the second half.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0WVh1D0N50 Come Out]] (Steve Reich)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHE_Y1IsRqs Gang Leader Battle Pt. 1]] (Brian Reitzell, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3XMC_Sk3QE I'll Be You]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cjVMOvJywk I Will Dare]] (Music/TheReplacements)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oIAQSUt9mo Edge]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PT-i2n9mY Relax]] [[note]] Brought up from a 3 due to the glitchy sounds.[[/note]] (Music/{{REZZ}})
* [[https://soundcloud.com/porter-robinson/musician Musician]] (Music/PorterRobinson)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJG8i5vYpqk The Arid and Gloomy Flats]] and [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=44K5bx3tQvM Fundamentum]] (Ridiculon, ''VideoGame/TheEndIsNigh'' and ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac: Afterbirth'' soundtracks)
* [[https://youtu.be/OGUy2UmRxJ0 Brutal]] (Music/OliviaRodrigo)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrIPxlFzDi0 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3dFpQzu54w Jumpin' Jack Flash]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg Paint It Black]] (Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND8EF-GXm1M Waiting to Be Born]] (Rotersand)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XERFyUsnlro Couldn't I Just Tell You]] (Music/ToddRundgren)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lns6H8oFH8 Catch Me If You Can]] (Rundlebee, ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' soundtrack) [[note]] A light 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5xa0CmeQp8 Ghosts of my Life]] (Rufige Kru)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk Tom Sawyer]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sodthxK1z44 Entre Nous]] (Music/{{Rush|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIC1aK6CleE Close to Me]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Sabrepulse)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L4NjsuQoHM Battle Against The Masked Man]] (Shogo Sakai, ''VideoGame/Mother3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFzEWc2q588 Hello IVY!]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS190K_H69Q My Graduation Toss]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbId5Fkq-eI Verishuvi]] (Music/SakuraGakuin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVHZc8HLlPA No One to Depend On]] (Music/{{Santana}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUGDp39srk0 Battle 2]] (Ryuji Sasai, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHleBA4XVq4 Boss Area]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Go Sato, ''VideoGame/RaidenFighters 2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYsRbQpT1uY Miss America]] (Saving Abel)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm1Tnpb6iV4 Lady Starlight]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCnUYeyeiA When The Smoke Is Going Down]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssqHxLcsVOY Always Somewhere]] (Music/{{Scorpions|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRlOhZgk6Zk Poisonous Friend]] (Seabound)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPC2Fp7IT7o Broken]] (Music/{{Seether}} & [[Music/{{Evanescence}} Amy Lee]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sagqE18KJrI Skeleton Song]] (Music/{{Sevendust}})
* [[https://severedheads.bandcamp.com/track/dead-eyes-opened Dead Eyes Opened]] [[note]] Mainly a 3, but one part reaches 5.[[/note]] (Severed Heads)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAAnOQxL5HI 13th Struggle]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckxy-i7Dc5U In the Final]] (Music/YokoShimomura, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' and ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sZHTdRUtXo Pursuit]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Shirobon, ''VideoGame/JustShapesAndBeats'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5BqpvcWuyo Last Chance]] (Shooting Star)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvERHiTfx9w E.G.G.M.A.N.]] (Paul Shortino, ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hww-EBjdKvg Swirly 1000x]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q-nIrhdsGY Numbers]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iV5ys9JmBs Grimey]] (Pedro Silva, ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCt835t-3c4 Gateway]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Sinthetix)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srrwvgaPZWw Heaven]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]] (Skanna)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDmWJbN8bDo Shot Yourself In The Foot Again]] (Skream & Example)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR_u9rvFKzE Make It Bun Dem]] (Music/{{Skrillex}} & Damian "Jr Gong" Marley)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCy1VIy8Hj0 You're No Rock N Roll Fun]] (Music/SleaterKinney)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8zamUoteG4 Adderall]] (Music/{{Slipknot}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jWHffIx5E All Star]] (Music/SmashMouth)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rsk7OZQ94w 100% Hero]] ([[http://prettycure.wikia.com/wiki/100%25_Hero Lyrics here]]), Yayoi Kise/Cure Peace's ImageSong featuring Creator/HisakoKanemoto, from ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLK6oFpQEOY The Best Smile]] ([[http://prettycure.wikia.com/wiki/Saikou_no_sumairu Lyrics here]]) from the same album featuring Creator/MisatoFukuen, Creator/AsamiTano, Creator/HisakoKanemoto, Creator/MarinaInoue, and Creator/ChinamiNishimura. [[note]] This song demonstrates how weighty lighthearted songs can get without relying on electric guitars. Borderline 5 due to the [[HotBlooded constant, in-unison enthusiasm]] among the 5 ladies. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJRP3LRcUFg This Charming Man]] (Music/TheSmiths)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HanBb8FonWs Frogbass]] (Snails)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nlSDxvt6JU Pixel Galaxy]] (Snail's House)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFp7VwyQLFU Metal: Brute Justice Mode]] (Masayoshi Soken, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmqrXtvTdyQ Melt]] (The Someloves) [[note]] Could be a 3, though the energetic nature gives it a notch.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FAffWEmB3I Last Boss]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyoMQg3d5cs Final Eggman]] (''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8fwWZD159k HARD]] [[note]] Borderline 5.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv3yIv9nwf8 Immaterial]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyX-PRqzV78 MSMSMSM]] [[note]] Here due to the ambient interlude. The rest is a 5.[[/note]] (Music/{{Sophie}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZnwA54yY5c Director Battle]] (Jeremy & Julian Soule, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_tbEMT0mFI Any Minute Now]] (Music/{{Soulwax}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySzrJ4GRF7s&list=RDGMEMSEvw8hQsBZkGYx3gT2QBwg&index=38 Fell on Black Days]] [[note]] Borderline 5 but the song is too mellow otherwise aside from a few sections.[[/note]] (Music/{{Soundgarden}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWz0qVvBZ0 Diggy Diggy Hole]] (Sparkles*)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpY5Ic82H04 Evader]] (Spetsnaz)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf5KrwBa2Lw Spellbound]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzuJXqgsiSM History Never Repeats]] (Split Enz)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ieRIzIKKRg Dirty Water]] (The Standells) [[note]]The raw vocals and lyrics leans this song towards a 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrsGpPA5TBA King Henry]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oY22iicy-k Wee Wee Man]] (Music/SteeleyeSpan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXrdYwG17PE Catgroove]] (Parov Stelar)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnB-dnJVlcs Born to Be Wild]] (Music/{{Steppenwolf}}) [[note]] The very light guitar tone keeps it from being a 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OQtxJpzSAg Kontakte (Teil 1)]] (Karlheinz Stockhausen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEn-nTkbEM0 Say You'll Haunt Me]] (Stone Sour)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqxA80WI-yA Die Zombiejäger]] (Sturm Cafe)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGXYiIDTPDI Suite Madame Blue]] (Music/{{Styx}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwG_R2AJoLM So Young]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PdKGDMhau4 Trash]] (Music/{{Suede}})
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kGSajAGg9h4 Freak Like Me]] (Music/{{Sugababes}}) [[note]] Prominently samples Gary Numan’s Are ‘Friends’ Electric?, which is a 3; the added distortion is enough for this cover to reach a 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emGri7i8Y2Y In Too Deep]] (Music/Sum41)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEbOPaMyM_s Chelsea]] (The Summer Set)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh8sV6RFin8 Prowler]] [[note]] Soft 4.[[/note]] (Surgeon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuJ6UR_pD5s World is Mine]] (ft. Music/HatsuneMiku) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDE514XIJfU Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari]] (from the ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' soundtrack) (Music/{{supercell}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jar6gxlbFs The Ballroom Blitz]] (Music/{{Sweet}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I243oO55MA Giygas Disintegrates]] (Hirokazu Tanaka & Keiichi Suzuki, ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvKpnfe1x5A Na Na Na]] (Tandava)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LCdcXxBaX8 Electroheart (EBM Radio Granaten Mix)]] (T.A.N.K.)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN6VR92V70M The Story of Us]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS2WLrRShO8 Better Than Revenge]] (Music/TaylorSwift) [[note]] The latter is a borderline 5, and it is easily the hardest and angriest song Taylor's ever recorded. In fact, the song would be an easy 5 if her singing was just a little rougher.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O52jAYa4Pm8 Psycho Killer]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqQGWhge5yo Psycho Killer (2005 Remaster)]] (Music/TalkingHeads)
* [[https://patriciataxxon.bandcamp.com/track/you You]] [[note]] The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l1uj913EXo sampled song]] is a 2.[[/note]] (WebVideo/PatriciaTaxxon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZRzVIhBBQg Fly Away (Now)]] ([=TeddyLoid=], ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Z5RFBAX2M Ten wo Tsuke]] (''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' soundtrack) [[note]] The fast, pounding bass lines and the prominently heavy orchestral production keep it from being lower than this. This is an excellent example of a bombastic, ClassicalMusic-inspired song for this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5kmSgCPpXw Bliss]] (Th'Dudes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8X9_MgEdCg Unity]] ([=TheFatRat=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beINamVRGy4 Semi-Charmed Life]] (Music/ThirdEyeBlind) [[note]] Could also comfortably sit at a 3, but the louder portions give it that extra edge.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okC4hw8IPYg Over and Over]] (Music/ThreeDaysGrace)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikPRg9lq-Ho War Zone]] [[note]] Soft 4.[[/note]] (Timebase)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOpFXulS2EE Feel Alive]] (Tiny Moving Parts) [[note]] Borderline 3. The harder guitar breaks and some of the vocals make it too hard for that though.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3E4xtbV9AM Eruption (Gonna Get My Hair Cut at the End of the Summer)]] (Tobacco)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFnOfpIJL0M Refugee]] (Music/TomPetty and the Heartbreakers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8IwGUR8S54 Acid Phase]] (Emmanuel Top)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXlJNzS0Kx4 Afraid of Love]] (Music/{{Toto}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xTGRRiY98 Stonehenge (Chaos)]] [[note]] Borderline 5 for some of the harsher sounds.[[/note]] (Tri-State)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLqfLCVY1T8 (I'm My Best) Enemy]] ([[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Trocadero]])
* [[https://soundcloud.com/troyboi/troyboi-og O.G.]] ([=TroyBoi=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrO3hfyfBds The King of the Koopas]] (Yuka Tsujiyoko, ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXwYJyrKK5A What You Know]] (Music/TwoDoorCinemaClub)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98W9QuMq-2k Vertigo]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF0rKW1DEMo The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSawXa0DWZ4 Beautiful Day]] (Music/{{U2}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS8DWlbaRZM Novistadors]] (Shusaku Uchiyama & Misao Senbongi, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' soundtrack)
* [[https://uchunekoko.bandcamp.com/track/im-waiting-for-the-sun (I'm) Waiting For The Sun]] (uchu nekoko)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbSeKdJrlRg Battle with the Four Fiends]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiBBHihXbQ4 Opening - Bombing Mission]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_GUWdkJQgw Fight On!]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYdf0yqK_Fc One-Winged Angel]] [[note]] Soft 4.[[/note]](Creator/NobuoUematsu, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey7a8Km6Aw8 Born Slippy]] [[note]] Borderline 5. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiMrrleH_hI Born Slippy .NUXX]], the more famous version of the song, is a 6.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsE9iXoXB6s Two Months Off]] (Music/{{Underworld|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM Jump]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ9pYwCKopE Dance the Night Away]] (Music/VanHalen)[[note]]Unusually for Van Halen, the latter doesn't even feature a guitar solo.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G84P5K-W1c The House Is Rockin']] (Music/StevieRayVaughan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8s_q3IaglQ You're a God]] (Vertical Horizon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwzaifhSw2c Venus in Furs]] (Music/VelvetUnderground)
* [[https://venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/track/banana-seat-girl Banana Seat Girl]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PBeKzVhWHY Szamár Madár]] [[note]] Averaged out here; the orchestral sections are mostly 1 (with some in the beginning reaching up to a light 4), while the breakcore section is a 6, ultimately kept below 7 due to the classical instrumentation.[[/note]] (Music/VenetianSnares)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=jC9AUR-iTo0 Seether]] (Music/VerucaSalt)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5RufkDHsdM Blast Processing]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb6KyewC_Vg Electroman Adventures]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ1L9JD6l0g Time Machine]] (Waterflame, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfGqYudkZsY Knockout]] (Music/LilWayne ft. Music/NickiMinaj) [[note]]A more RapRock track by Lil Wayne, as opposed to his usual SouthernRap, coming from his infamous ''Rebirth'' album.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo-x4PU8S6g Say It Ain't So]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGuUAtJ8yMM Weekend Woman]] (Music/{{Weezer}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFuUaCe8eY Boris the Spider]] (Music/TheWho) [[note]]Would have been lower if not for the growls, which, alone, make it a borderline 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjIwmJMqrco T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)]] (Music/WillIAm ft. Music/MickJagger and Music/JenniferLopez)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGc5cQ6ePbw Trust Love]] ([[Webanimation/{{RWBY}} Jeff Williams]])[[note]] A heavier and faster 4, only the calm and uplifting mood keeps it from 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5aeisPAzM4 Gang-Plank Galleon]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9_RnUZf9n4 Crocodile Cacophony]] (David Wise, ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'' and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzJO34SCoc Memories]] (Music/WithinTemptation)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjt7AdLYT2w Senses Working Overtime]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6FObPezIAk Mayor of Simpleton]] (Music/{{XTC}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNVCNe1cAL4 Critical Moment of Contra]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_1lU638EOs Terror in the Depths of the Fog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpErZg7Z3A Clockwork Little Happiness]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muHQ9OIivUs I Want Love (Studio Mix)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-dv06NhGn8 Your Rain]] (Music/AkiraYamaoka, ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier'', ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'', ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auGKgDVz784 Blood in Face (Original Version)]] (yelworC)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPCLFtxpadE Roundabout]] (Music/{{Yes}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpULWBT1WEg Volk]] [[note]] Would probably be around level 2 (though the song starts at 1) if not for the unnerving background strings.[[/note]] ([[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]], ''Film/Suspiria2018'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F64yFFnZfkI Say It.]] (Yorushika)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9teCJVTr_s Licking an Orchid (ft. James K)]] (Yves Tumor)[[note]]Even though the instrumentation would make this sit at level 2, the sudden bout of HarshNoise in the latter half of the song knocks it up a few levels.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Oj-eZqpHE My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama]] (Music/FrankZappa)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWWfjK0v8eM His World]] (Music/ZebraheadBand, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsuVMdnF8A0 Spectrum]] (Music/{{Zedd}} ft. Matthew Koma) [[note]] Some of the glitcher portions are a 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUmxxhzfWoA Gloomy Flash]] (Zekk & poplavor ft. mami)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAx1eAngWgw Dreams]] (ZHU & Music/{{Nero}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FgHkfi-9Cs Supermarine]] [[note]] Steadily gets heavier until it reaches around a 5 in the climax.[[/note]] (Music/HansZimmer, ''Film/{{Dunkirk}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6tQmMwcTw Dead End]] (ZYNIC)
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%% Please make sure that within each level, each song is organized in alphabetical order by band name or by the artist's surname, whenever applicable.

[[folder:Level 5]]
'''Genres''': '''Most HardRock, harder ProgressiveRock, Early PunkRock, [[{{Industrial}} Post-Industrial]], Experimental Rock, Rap Rock, soft HairMetal [[note]] As well as the very softest metal in general.[[/note]], softer {{Industrial}}, softer PostHardcore, harder AlternativeRock, PowerPop, harder Futurepop, {{Hyperpop}}, harder Jazz Fusion, the softest Industrial Hip-Hop and Trap Metal, traditional {{Dubstep}}, harder {{Shoegazing}}, PostGrunge, NoisePop, softer {{Grunge}}'''

'''Matching mineral''': '''Apatite'''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifWsOBr4Y9U Silly Love]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foT1ITubs1A Wall Street Shuffle]] ([[Music/TenCC 10cc]])
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=5XGaqjTKe20 bloodstains]] [[note]] Most of the song is a 2 or 3, but the [[LastNoteNightmare ending]] is an 11.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PWMiy4RysI Doritos & Fritos]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Music/HundredGecs)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwo0EEKUCMI Cyclone]] ([[Music/IchiNiZeroIchiNi 12012]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvs-z-0tTOo Mourning Soul]] [[note]]Borderline 6[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPU6sT3EQPQ Gates of Heaven]] (Music/{{Absurd|Band}}) [[note]] And if you want to see what terrible production can do to a song's hardness, check out the older versions of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTINrvTIY8c&t=780s Mourning Soul]] and '''especially''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTINrvTIY8c&t=178s Gates of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1B81NEoJ Heaven]] [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3lqLlGYNk0 Crawl]] (Absynthesis)[[note]]Here because of being too loud for level 4. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFFVfObwss Highway to Hell]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2qQmj0_h4 You Shook Me All Night Long]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhsK5WExrnE T.N.T.]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIE4UjBtx-o Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]] (Music/{{ACDC}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJdWPSwSOLw Same Old Song and Dance]] (Music/{{Aerosmith}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOoIKLk_PS8 The New Black]] [[note]] Borderline 6 overall.[[/note]] (Aesthetic Perfection)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMxU2ToSunY Miss Murder]] [[note]] The bridge goes up to a light 7, and keeps this from a 4.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCwEBz3ego8 Medicate]] (Music/{{AFI}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJt_lHulp4 The Tell-Tale Heart]] (Music/TheAlanParsonsProject) [[note]] This is APP's hardest song. The instruments are at a solid 4, but Arthur Brown's LargeHam vocals make it a somewhat low 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v67LpSz6Ck Down in a Hole]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRx7QdT8EZA Got Me Wrong]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAXr4RZPE0 Private Hell]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJGIhpsN5Y Choke]] (Music/AliceInChains)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKV6-H6YixE Beyond The Lights (Extended Mix)]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Aly & Fila)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5znnV1XLLEM One Last Goodbye]] (Music/{{Anathema|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0feXHlbK1qk Summer Dive]] (Music/AnCafe)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi0q0O4V5Qs 4 Degress]] (ANOHNI)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2wst219hU Black Lodge]] (Music/{{Anthrax}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0OPz4fcfKM Girl/Boy Song]] (Music/AphexTwin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_ah6juMvY Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape]] (Music/Apollo440)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH3SnHOrNvQ S.H.O.D.A.N.]] (Apoplexy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlcY_enzwmI I Like to Rock]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usWQOPTORn8 Roller]] (April Wine)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVLsH3HmuKE Normal Person]] (Music/ArcadeFire)
* [[https://music.teamdistort.com/track/hollow-crown Hollow Crown]] (Architects) [[note]] First part of the song is 2-3, second part is a 7-8. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn6-TItCazo Arabella]] (Music/ArcticMonkeys)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0LhDiMj8Q La La]] (Music/AshleeSimpson)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRLhTePib9A The Ace, The Only]] (Atlas Plug)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7dCgtwX2c Guren No Yumiya]] (''Manga/AttackOnTitan'')
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMIV6JddzVE Dael]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWGUnrIiOoI Dropp]] [[note]] Not a 6 due to the intro.[[/note]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NySz4SR-0Q nodezsh]] (Music/{{Autechre}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpJkCti8IL0 Opheliac]] (Music/EmilieAutumn) [[note]] The instrumentation is soft enough for a 3 or 4, but the {{Industrial}} influences and Emilie's HarshVocals puts this song above those levels.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlPToAsLm7o This Means War]] (Music/AvengedSevenfold)[[note]]Probably the hardest level 5 song.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcClvRt9g2Q Burn It Down]] [[note]] One of the harder Level 5 examples thanks to the scratchy synths, [[LargeHam Aaron Bruno's very hammy vocals]] and the overall fast pace.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRIx1CP0Lrk THISKIDSNOTALRIGHT]] [[note]] A noticeably softer song than Burn It Down, but still ranks at a solid 5 due to its {{grunge}}-y musicianship.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgIqecROs5M Sail]] (Music/{{AWOLNATION}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw7Z2TTJqn8 Lunatic Tears]], theme for ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes'' (Ayane)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxxr5d8GOZ8 Red Shift]] (Music/{{Ayria}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hewvaxaoCu8 Spaceman]] (Babylon Zoo) [[note]] The intro and ending are a 2.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XwKk_LmwTI Can't Get Enough]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZCzl6qhZ70 Movin' On]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7yMgJSOksc Good Lovin' Gone Bad]] (Music/BadCompany)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehzSNfu29v0 Victory]] (Music/BadReligion)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OQL6Trg1PU Disrupted Original]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2vnJhva0MQ Last Legs]] (Kelly Bailey, ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode One'' and ''Episode Two'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s87s5CWfRus It Ends]] (Danny Baranowsky, VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmHX_ykrRkw Bart Goes Downtown]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FIp6Hixy_0 Halloween Havoc]] (Marc Baril, ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZGJCsCOkd4 dlp 4]] (William Basinski)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6i8x1TUGZg Crawling After You]] (Bass Drum of Death) [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRftXCiqfQ8 Bass Head]] [[note]] A soft 5 due to the amount of softer sections.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-jOZRe0-8 Timestretch]] (Bassnectar)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuWwD6AU4Os Belgrade]] ([[Webanimation/GenLock Battle Tapes]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBShN8qT4lk (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b9-S5EB0mw No Sleep Till Brooklyn]] (Music/BeastieBoys)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0zaebtU-CA Taxman]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6DVE305g0s Hey Bulldog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEQQ-1rd4A0 Yer Blues]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MbqzDm1uCo Revolution]] [[note]] The aggressively distorted guitars puts this closer to a 6.[[/note]] (Music/TheBeatles)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2kIbkAMWs E-Pro]] (Music/{{Beck|Musician}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzCFMqJiuYs Shaar - Landstalker Stalkin']] (David Bergeaud, ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MDWtSf_AI4 In My Eyes]] (Best Coast)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX7CYIbR_ig Don't Lie to Me]] (Music/BigStar)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbxCYywkcSo In the Dark]] (Music/TheBirthdayMassacre)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqfQXJSvbo4 Army of Me]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewLnV3NeWMw Declare Independence]] [[note]] The more intense later section of the song move this up from a 4.[[/note]] (Music/{{Bjork}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3W4dRyBfo Another End]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFYSYGLx-RM Quest (This Can't Be All)]] (Music/BlackGryph0n & Baasik)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKjpGP6P5Y Young Men Dead]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZ2I28Chk0 The First Vietnamese War]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jV6TnBC2nk Bad Vibrations]] (The Black Angels)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhl60-y-nxM Remedy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0J4hxqiiho Jealous Again]] (Music/TheBlackCrowes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY0bR7R2Guw Stormy High]] (Black Mountain)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VadDNtWYrpY Endourban]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz1W5Zok0IA Xibalba Road Metamorph]] [[note]] Borderline 6 for the later parts of the song at that level.[[/note]] (Black Rain)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZNfwm7_Bgk Berlin]] (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HVogejKx_c No Depression In New Zealand]] (Blam Blam Blam)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfQPr6GChC8 Mr. Sandman]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Music/BlindGuardian)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0g16_LQaQ Dammit]] (Music/Blink182)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk Song 2]] [[note]] Most of Blur's early and middle songs are in levels 1 and 2, and from their self-titled 5th album onward they moved frequently between the first four levels with more songs in levels 3 and 4, but Song 2 is an unusual and a notable level 5 for them[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohyqek7fj6Y Crazy Beat]] [[note]]A borderline 6.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsaJ7KsH90Y Movin' On]] (Music/{{Blur}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gqkK1UD4Kk Droid Void]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7g5WomcaDo Mask Search]] (Andy Blythe & Marten Joustra, ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'' and ''VideoGame/FindingNemo'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbFgxucxVcM Gyroscope]] (Music/BoardsOfCanada)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ You Give Love a Bad Name]] (Music/BonJovi) [[note]] The song's catchiness prevents it from being a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR4iFDXmpAw Flirt Flirt Oh It Hurts]] and [[https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/383154 The Empire Of Toads]] (Bossfight)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnwqUEelQjE Foreplay/Long Time]] (Music/{{Boston}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXq5VvYAI1Q Ziggy Stardust]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLnPd7lzT4g Suffragette City]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQGobt4ub6U Watch that Man]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lWAcY9IXE Diamond Dogs]] (Music/DavidBowie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQmoesRw9o Industrial Accident]] (Allister Brimble, ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'', Macintosh version soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-d65oe8s1E Ain't It Funny]] (Music/DannyBrown)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zWw0Ru28w Smokin' in the Boys Room]] (Brownsville Station)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwdwc0sxWsI Konya Wa Hurricane]] (''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTM7x1O1LM Jonathan Jet-Coaster]] (Music/BuckTick) [[note]] Places here on a musical level, though the chorus being a ClusterFBomb and the implications of death by sex would place it around a 6 or 7 on the MediaNotes/MohsScaleofLyricalHardness. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bgb-60LeK8 Rainbow Man]] (Busy P)
* [[https://soundcloud.com/caramellagirls-music/boogie-bam-dance?in=caramellagirls-music/sets/sweet-decade Boogie Bam Dance]] ([[Music/{{Caramell}} Caramella Girls]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4joh_k8BMkc Lycanthropy]] (Cardi)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8wMWInVFs Sullivan]] (Caroline's Spine) [[note]] Would be a solid 6 if not for the quiet interludes.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5-rdr0qhWk Just What I Needed]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Kv6vxZwL8 Magic]] (Music/TheCars)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbDNP9R23h4 Beach Life-In-Death (2018)]] [[note]] Most of the song is a 6, but it dips to a 3 around the middle before coming right back up to a 6 at the end, bumping it up to a 5 overall.[[/note]] (Music/CarSeatHeadrest)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpHuG2hHmEo Reach for the Stars]] (Music/CashCash, ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' soundtrack) [[note]] Would've been a 4 if it weren't for the repetitive drums in the background.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2dygXfmFIc The Terminator]] (Caspa)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMGXfLhmhNs_-IhEQnS Hemlock Drone Attack]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JctW2W9NUA Sloth Battle]] (Music/{{Celldweller}}, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5hhy9OAmlE Blind Faith]] (Chase & Status ft. Liam Bailey)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9xUfu6S-Mk Big Eyes]] (Music/CheapTrick)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f2wg1pqQDs Believe]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M59NqwDQeW0 Horse Power]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agb-oFZjuGM Saturate]] (Music/TheChemicalBrothers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MujrB9TMT4s Ted]] (Clark)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNxvdAvJs7Q Story 2]] (Music/{{clipping}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhiBcVILo5o The Elephant Riders]] (Music/{{Clutch}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUfvJFXwwJY Riggs]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFMWk6URdCM Welcome to Hell]] (Elia Cmíral, ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCrlyX6XbTU With A Little Help From My Friends]] (Music/{{Joe Cocker}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRWjLLpwnOM A Favor House Atlantic]] (Music/CoheedAndCambria)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgzg50JtQNo Chinese Sleep Chant]] (Music/{{Coldplay}}) [[note]]Coldplay doing shoegaze. Also a rare example of them reaching this level, as they usually don't go higher than a 3.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCj5VV1rUYs Shepherd's Hymn]] (Comrades) [[note]]A rare example of HarshVocals this low. Despite this and that much of the song near the middle is at least a 7, the first half of the song and outro bring it down to this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJO27VQxnmM Tender Sugar]] (Alias Conrad Coldwood, ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLgO9EMumKM Dollhouse]] (Concrete Castles)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuOH8MPmKqM Cancer City Megamall]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zka4gPJztb4 Wheel of Fortune]] [[note]] Soft 5.[[/note]] ([=ConsumerSoftproducts=], ''VideoGame/CrueltySquad'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sV0JKVz2yA Exploration of Space]] (Cosmic Gate)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts Zombie]] (Music/TheCranberries) [[note]]The guitars in the chorus, beginning, and end are a 6, while the rest of the song is a 2.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_u1eu6Lpds Sunshine of Your Love]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqNg8ui2sE8 Tales of Brave Ulysses]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9HvSdcaL4 Crossroads]] (Music/{{Cream}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM Fortunate Son]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uijpFKPvhMI Commotion]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmjNIJ4YIFI Ramble Tamble]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mxaA-bJ35s Suzie Q]] (Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J16lInLZRms Higher]] (Music/{{Creed|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpEkXk6u_b4 lost]] ([=CRIM3S=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1PrUU2S_iw Ohio]] (Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPXjt1MWOCA His World]] (''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' soundtrack, remix) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvl-8nCKI3A Watch Me Fly]] (Music/Crush40)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUSyoJcbxU Trip Like I Do]] [[note]] A soft 5 overall due to the level 2 intro. The version with Music/{{Filter}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeQRO4fXOKk (Can't You) Trip Like I Do]], is a 6 due to the added heavy metal guitars.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YLCoq8tII Weapons of Mass Distortion]] (The Crystal Method)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGCCRNwBLBg Night in Motion]] (Cubic 22)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g6h1vI4Xv0 Fire Woman]] (Music/TheCult)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI5noh4OyXc Contact]] [[note]] Would be a 4, but the track rises in hardness near the end of the song, jumping to a 7 and finally a hard 9.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwILkY9gRrc Da Funk]] [[note]] Initially starts at 2 with just the beats, then becomes a 4 when the main melody comes in and a 5 when the synths pick up just before the 2:30 mark. Overall, a soft 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnWypQz6X2U Technologic]] (Music/DaftPunk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThcXEqxI_IQ New Rose]] (Music/{{The Damned|Band}})
* [[https://youtu.be/rPKLAVKOfNI Blooting Hornets]], [[https://youtu.be/nWhYTa-Uj2Y Nothing But Rust]] and [[https://youtu.be/COIvvzfwAX0 Now Or Never]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Danger, ''VideoGame/Haven2020'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z5Pk4aTl8A Long Live the New Fresh]] (Danimal Cannon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8qtmD_QTYw Tri Poloski]] (Davay)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv13gl0a-FA Deja Vu]] (Dave Rodgers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hLIXrlpRe8 Misirlou]] (Music/DickDale) [[note]] This may be the earliest rock song at this level to gain widespread recognition.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd1OQt6lnRM Repetition]] (DD Smash)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ArUgxtlJs Ghosts 'n' Stuff]] (feat [[Music/{{Pendulum|Band}} Rob Swire]]) (Music/Deadmau5)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3OPOYG6XIQ Voice of the Soul]] (Music/{{Death}}) [[note]] A very rare example of a death metal band dropping to this level![[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZYjXNnT44 Black History Month]] (Music/DeathFromAbove1979)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8egtsFtbhDQ Eh]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxa91EwFco Beware]] (Music/DeathGrips)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuSDVm4C9zs Can You Seen Straight?]] (The Death Set)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arpZ3fCwDEw Smoke on the Water]] (Music/DeepPurple)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSdljm909Y Rock of Ages]] (Music/DefLeppard)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkjlQW6RpRc Hole in the Earth]] [[note]] Borderline 6. [[/note]] (Music/{{Deftones}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdSQA3SgWqk Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo]] (Rick Derringer)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16mRLjdSvQk Empire]] (Dictate)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szGwpgqkcOA Red Battle]] (Sascha Dikiciyan, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqXVBeEuwLU Black Bubblegum]] (Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eO6up9Gpv0 Freak Scene]] (Music/DinosaurJr) [[note]] The aggressively distorted guitars in the solo makes this a borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcWKZTI9OC4 Rainbow In The Dark]] ([[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCdSXPlMlE4 THE FINAL]] (Music/DirEnGrey) [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oik6qbPDi88 Expresso Love]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0 Money For Nothing]] (Music/DireStraits)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03VXr4me1X0 Overburdened]] (Music/{{Disturbed}}) [[note]] Their softest metal song.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLXvfqten3M It's a Dream (DJ Analyzer Mix)]] (DJ Dean & DJ Analyzer)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OjfVDzmMgU Wax Trip (Roofie Side)]] (DJ Inx)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn98711CEoI Theory of Everything 2]] (Dj-Nate, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB2_MmtMoIc Who We Be]] [[note]] Rare example of a straight-up hip hop song at this level, due to DMX's extremely guttural vocal delivery.[[/note]] (Music/{{DMX}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdvFp-NyTQY Snail]] (Do As Infinity)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOHg-2ZtGl8 We Are Rockstars]] (Music/DoesItOffendYouYeah)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsNvqqKBldw Homicide]] (Dom & Roland)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX7iHsAIw9o China Grove]] (Music/DoobieBrothers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeMlQEWEg2Q The End]] [[note]] Pretty hardcore for 1967.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0kypyGSKsE Waiting for the Sun]] (Music/TheDoors)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJL-lCzEXgI Hungry Like The Wolf]] (Music/DuranDuran)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po6QU0z1rSs Life in the Fast Lane]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFdomKzAPTY Victim of Love]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-2BMyZXK5o Those Shoes]] (Music/{{Eagles}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVQIMLbVdYM Funktion]] (Ed Rush & Optical)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFyvePcR_o Free Ride]] (Edgar Winter Group) [[note]] While it's a low 5, it's still a good example of how hard folk rock can get.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8Ki4CCXgg you should see me in a crown]] (Music/BillieEilish) [[note]] A soft 5 due to the harder chorus being balanced out by gentler parts. This and "Happier Than Ever" are two of Billie's hardest songs to date.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhtIBdIeJWc Die Interimsliebenden]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPaPp_y6GNo Let's Do It a Dada]] [[note]] One of Neubauten's harder and noisier 2000s songs.[[/note]] (Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl2dfBMIfjw Staggered]] (Ekstrak, ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedCarbon'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__X6cYJDXOg Gay Bar]] (Music/ElectricSix)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFAHVJKjkk The Little Things]] (Music/DannyElfman, ''Film/{{Wanted}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLgA4jUkuw SugarCrash!]] ([=ElyOtto=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SeVN2u5Axc Kim]] (Music/{{Eminem}}) [[note]] The instrumentals are a 3, but the screamed vocals drag it up. The lyrics, on the other hands, are a solid 11 on the MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYjmE-mtB6g Heaven Rd. 2]] (from ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleGame'') and [[https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/516336 Pneumatic Tokyo]] ([=EnV=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqP76XWHQI0 Get the Funk Out]] (Music/{{Extreme}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSQp7YOPdJ8 Stay With Me]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf8D2lAeJGE Miss Judy's Farm]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzVSOnilYm0 Borstal Boys]] (Music/{{Faces}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ73JZKVShw Star 69]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7Eu05OUH8 Ya Mama]] (Music/FatboySlim)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02nAH_oAjeg Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)]] (Don Felder)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJk6gZuPKRE Paralyzer]] (Finger Eleven)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sehRBjVCujQ Freefall]] (Fixmer/[=McCarthy=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_gE_FXTd3M Mellann]] (Music/TheFlashbulb)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TLkd8CAGyk The Day We'll Be Gone]] (Music/FleshgodApocalypse) [[note]] The opening instrumentation is a 2-3. The metal sections play with the rather slow, soaring orchestration, blunting the hardness from an 8 to a 5-6. This is probably the softest song on this scale that's still clearly recognizable as DeathMetal. The 2020 acoustic version of this song is a 1.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD_fmaw1CNY Fool For the City]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0 Slow Ride]] (Foghat) [[note]] The long version of "Slow Ride" goes up to a very high 6 at the end.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RNIZ_0qkpk Rockin' the Suburbs]] (Music/BenFolds)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXWzWmtqP7o Boss]] [[note]] Solid 5.[[/note]] (Tim Follin, ''[[VideoGame/SolsticeTheQuestForTheStaffOfDemnos Equinox]]'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_L4Rixya64 Best of You]] (Music/FooFighters)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDPjNM6AYl0 Pinkie Pie Loves Sugar]] (Foozogz) [[note]] Borderline 6 for how it sounds metallic in brief moments, but most of it is clean enough to be here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug1qRiLUwac Hot Blooded]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUDMy-GplkQ Dirty White Boy]] (Music/{{Foreigner|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pumVu-WWhKM Burn in Despair!]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P8V4mP5RLg Last Goodbye]] [[note]] Would be closer to 6 if not for the middle/end parts and the slightly softer intro.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBHgJzYNR6s Vs. Susie]] (Creator/TobyFox, ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE7MR0elUNk Fear]] (Adam Freeland, ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' soundtrack) [[note]] Not a 4 and a borderline 6 due to the heavy texture of the beats in some places.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwQfdDqq-0 Headhunter V1.0]] [[note]] The yelled vocals and some of the heavier moments later on push it up from 4. Apoptygma Berzerk - Kajamoto's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Lx2VuJV4I remix]] is a 6.[[/note]] (Music/Front242)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSIK-sisl0o Humanity (World War Three)]] [[note]] Would probably be a 4 if not for the more distorted parts.[[/note]] (Music/FrontLineAssembly)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y91vy_hkNlA Maschine Zeit]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9CA8uZHdEc The Race Is On]] (Music/FunkerVogt)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd9JzERkHNY Itooshii Hito no Tame ni]] [[labelnote: Translation]] For the Sake of My Beloved [[/labelnote]] ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'''s opening ([[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/fushigi/fytameni.htm Lyrics here]]) [[note]] The first stanza is level 2 for its vocal distortion, but the hard rock orchestra begins immediately afterwards and it doesn't let go, thus putting the song here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOeRyZ9W7-g Supervixen]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcrv9nhH9iY Why Do You Love Me]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgGRbPbzow Subhuman]] (Music/{{Garbage}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlcKqzEPTjE 11:11]] and [[https://open.spotify.com/track/4jc724TiZNi6CPmwt4vqls Train]] [[note]] Starts at 4 and ends at 7.[[/note]] (Gearwhore)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRSijEW_cDM Pursuit]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM9rRMJ3Ayc Obsession]] [[note]] Starts at level 4.[[/note]] (Gesaffelstein)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gr63DiEUxw Dance Macabre]] (Music/{{Ghost|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wehVzQt4Czg Serotonin]] (Music/GirlInRed) [[note]]Despite the softer chorus, the noise-influenced verses and dark themes put it at this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sa1_Qo5bhY Get It Together]] (The Go! Team)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BAPP7pyWHo Doom Hunter Base (Ambient)]] [[note]] The more intense sections bring it up from 4.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7bMYXdOEY Voices of Urdak]] [[note]] Starts out at 1 and builds up to an 8 before dropping to 1 again.[[/note]] (Music/MickGordon, ''VideoGame/DOOMEternal'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU4e_MbGS8A Punk]] (Music/{{Gorillaz}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_uujKuJMI American Idiot]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1OqtIqzScI Holiday]] (Music/GreenDay)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PkJ8LePdrc Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars)]] (Grinderman)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkgc54cDwJg Strawberry Trapper]] ([[Anime/LoveLiveSunshine Guilty Kiss]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4 Sweet Child o' Mine]] (Music/GunsNRoses) [[note]]A softer level 5 example, Slash's guitar riff and solo push it above a 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gscutH_cpng Theatre of Redemption]] (Harmony)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVt1Dy_LblQ Flagpole Sitta]] (Music/HarveyDanger)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oACOYGPWgeA War Machine]] (Matthew E. Harwood, ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1kOtssAnJI Boss Area]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0YvV9vtXOo Simulation Level 35/50]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRpDJtpzqRk Real Battle Final]] (Yasuhiro Hashimoto, ''VideoGame/RaidenFighters Jet'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QskcyXuFbA Cannonball]] (Headless Horseman)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sOULmKUhFM Fight for the Future]] (''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoDaYjdfSg Purple Haze]] (Music/JimiHendrix)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwgJgTL5JmE Dirty Laundry]] (Don Henley) [[note]] With the guitar solos, it's a pretty hard 5, leaning toward 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_BlUY2eF4 Hex Girls and Earth, Wind, Fire and Air]] ([[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Hex Girls]]) [[note]] Yes, this is a fictional band from Scooby-Doo. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvYrg2JGwSQ Yell Dead Cell]] (Norihiko Hibino, ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8cnAGMXH7M Genkai Haretsu]] ([[Music/HidetoMatsumoto hide]]) [[note]] Could have been a 4 but the slightly heavier guitar puts it here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5-gja10qkw My Name Is Human]] (Highly Suspect)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lBjcaMokvo Free Tibet (Vini Vici Remix)]] (Hilight Tribe)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Gp56jnaIs Tick Tick Boom]] (Music/TheHives) [[note]] Would have been a 6 if the guitars were more downtuned.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv9d27d1Byg Celebrity Skin]] (Music/{{Hole}}) [[note]] Mostly a 6, but there are some sections that are at level 2 that average it out here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyaJCg0T-cY Fist Bump]] (Music/{{Hoobastank}}, ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBNn4rPjGfg Slide]] (Billy Howerdel & Dean Menta, ''VideoGame/JakX'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtu.be/gMEB4HNNZ2I Stars]] (Music/{{Hum}}) [[note]] Most of the song is a 6, the mellow parts lower it a bit.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdXjm8pZMws 30 Days in the Hole]] (Humble Pie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOk7y26Tvw Makes No Sense At All]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEVi0IxC0yM Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely]] (Music/HuskerDu)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtwiFSrwWhs Consumer]] (Icon of Coil)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY I Love It]] (Music/IconaPop) [[note]] A rare example of electro-pop reaching a 5. The noise pop influences and shouted vocals (by not only by both Icona Pop members, but also Music/CharliXCX simultaneously) brings it here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I Rebel Yell]] (Music/BillyIdol) [[note]] This would sit comfortably at a 6, but the soft interludes keep it here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jPekN1VezQ Numb]] (Music/IllNino) [[note]] The guitars keep it from getting a 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nqRkAsZumc Stellar]] (Music/{{Incubus}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dte-u_lsmdc Vampyre Erotica]] (Music/InkubusSukkubus)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhiMBWbQlYU Digging In Your Soul (Insekt Remix)]] (Insekt)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze4pmepXn4o Who Do You Think]] (Music/{{Interpol}})
* [[https://cddr.bandcamp.com/track/silence Silence]] (Intoxication Advice)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvqr366Op3k Can I Play With Madness?]] (Music/IronMaiden) [[note]] Pretty good example of what pure metal sounds like at this level [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPvF-l1g994 Mountains in an Angry Sky]] (Jun Ishikawa & Hirokazu Ando, ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSFHfXqhL6w The Realest]] (Music/{{Issues}}) [[note]] Hard to pin down. Most of the song is influenced by teen band-like pop and funk, but their usual metalcore influence, complete with some screams, still shows up a bit, bumping it up some. We'll settle with a hard 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9llYgSlnti8 Febreze]] (ft. Music/TwoChainz) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NwZdxiLvGo To Ü]] (ft. [=AlunaGeorge=]) [[note]]One part in the middle reaches level 6.[[/note]] (Jack Ü)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K7sOplsJJY The Causeway]] [[note]] Builds up to an 8 at the end.[[/note]] (Henry Jackman, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtu.be/1kAIMlISHhU Mountain Song]] (Music/JanesAddiction) [[note]] Borderline 6. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i19d1QnstsA Locomotive Breath]] (Music/JethroTull)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHg0uRAyVs I Love Rock n' Roll]] (Music/JoanJett)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CopYqp0HZkY Shades of Grey]] (Music/BillyJoel)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kan_6pjynaU (Going to Get Myself) A Meal Ticket]] (Music/EltonJohn)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjTLOaD6fr4 Living After Midnight]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKuuHfMx3CQ Head Out to the Highway]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJMgveYdO-M You've Got Another Thing Coming]] (Music/JudasPriest)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYpAtS7EO-A Waking Up]] (Music/JulienK, ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKzWLUQizz8 Genesis]] (Music/{{Justice|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kjOruO_1MI Limewash (Barrelled)]] (Karenn)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkF5Ch7hMg You Gotta Love Me]], ''Literature/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'''s ending theme (Kato*Fuku)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgbizekyKWc Launch Hearts]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHh85g7MwG4 Yummy]] [[note]] Some parts reach 6.[[/note]] (Jake Kaufman, ''VideoGame/MightySwitchForce'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2tXk-2UEg Blammed]] [[note]] Hard 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOPrN6aJ7TI M.I.L.F]] [[note]] It's mostly a 4, with some parts reaching 5, but the beat drop reaches a 6, elevating the overall level to a 5.[[/note]] ([=KawaiSprite=], ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=sZwytO-hDak Rest Stop]] (Music/KeroKeroBonito) [[note]]A 1 at first. Then, it suddenly turns into a 6, and stays like that for the rest of the way until the end. Even though some sections are of lower harshness than the first part that is a 6, the disturbing mood is enough to keep it up.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glb2U6y-GdU Cowboy]] [[note]] Balances out here, as the first half of the song is a 4, and the second half is a 6.[[/note]] (Music/KidRock)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlOqXcPkUis Jenny Was a Friend of Mine]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZTpLvsYYHw All These Things That I've Done]] [[note]]The intro is a 1. Also noticeably heavier than "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine", due to a lesser use of electronics, but still not quite hard enough to reach a 6.[[/note]] (Music/TheKillers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSQOVlkaJT4 You Really Got Me]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOGMRnKl5co All Day And All Of The Night]] (Music/TheKinks) [[note]] Both songs were pretty hardcore for 1964. The Music/VanHalen cover of "You Really Got Me" is a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf8hdBplzls Rock And Roll All Nite (Alive version)]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83f_oVMPv4E Deuce]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhO_jnKl4pk Love Gun]] (Music/{{KISS}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZkQLbbFTPg Achtung!]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0huiCzG_Q What Do You Know?]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF_KW7AwB0 What A Race]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItcmZyOJ0Yo Witness]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKxgIC3ToDs Professional Killer]] (Music/{{KMFDM}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQPK4q488c0 Begin Again]] (Music/KnifeParty)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq_jS6o3OoY Bowser’s Theme]] [[note]] Borderline 6, would be an actual 6 if the soundfont was heavier. And yes, this is from a ''Mario'' game.[[/note]](Creator/KojiKondo, ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ip1irYWXck I'm Only Joking]] (Music/{{Kongos}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEhGZNk-nE Re-sublimity]] (Kotoko, ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'' soundtrack) [[note]] Despite the futurepop influences, its intro and accessible sound keep it at a soft 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_alyIxP_ou0 Masturbating Smile]] (Kuroyume)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-UOTOqtU0M Pretend We're Dead]] (Music/{{L7}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1lsUImD3N0 Closer]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaN_nEVKWCI I Like It]] (Music/LacunaCoil) [[note]] The overall more poppy tone brings them to a 5. Both are rare examples of gothic metal being this low.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_BTCxhDwdE How Is the Air Up There]] (The La De Da's)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQboZNoMd0c Vs. Sayu (ft. Nikki Simmons)]] (James Landino, ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'' soundtrack) [[note]] Not a 4 due to some parts being a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tlSx0jkuLM Black Dog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lncr2g9XJHU Rock And Roll]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmmM_qwG4k Whole Lotta Love]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flr8V-CeXM0 Russell in the Hole]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3eXEQbDUf4 Vendetta Bullies]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Shawn Lee, ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uncJVQxTD0 Help Save the Youth of America from Exploding]] (Less Than Jake)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqhntKPh2EY TKO]] (Le Tigre) [[note]] A good example of dance-punk reaching a 5. The slightly ear-splitting chorus plays a big part in that.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrzcB9shpUo 11PM]] [[note]] Borderline 6 for the buzzy synths.[[/note]] (LICK & CUBED)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUvXt_Ha0_8 Mental Central Dialog]] (Music/{{Lifelover}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsArcMMqbhw Because It's Midnite]]([[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Limozeen]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve1LNJEIKUE Pushing Me Away]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h67yT0PiY8 In My Remains]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H4l9RpkwM Breaking The Habit]] [[note]] The fast-paced drum and bass beats and Chester's screaming get it up to a hard 5 despite the lack of distorted guitars. On the MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness this is easily a [[DrivenToSuicide hard 9.]] [[/note]] (Music/LinkinPark)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AspXSjRKyis Nintendo]] (Music/LiquidStranger ft. Robotti)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0qO01Hvfc COSMiCA]] (Livetune)
* [[https://thelizardtones.bandcamp.com/track/bloodhaus Bloodhaus]] and [[https://thelizardtones.bandcamp.com/track/in-a-bar-in-a-fight In a Bar/In a Fight]] (The Lizardtones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwpn14IE7E Danger Zone]] (Music/KennyLoggins)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li8oTUdzd9c Rooftops]] (Music/{{Lostprophets}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUii9c4GGRs Seven and Seven Is]] (Music/{{Love|Band}}) [[note]] The instrumental features some fairly noisy psychedelic guitar, but it's the shouted vocals that really bring this up to this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWrM-eDxTas Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow]] (Creator/ElsieLovelock, ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' soundtrack) [[note]] The pop rock melody is definitely too fast for 4, but not metallic enough for 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cues2i1fv58 Working for the Weekend]] (Music/{{Loverboy|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6zsdENy2Bw Mascot]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B6T80ZpU3Q Wrath Battle]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtdx5mGuod4 Greed Battle]] (Oleksa Lozowchuk, ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' and ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20_T456rcJM Infinite Domain]] [[note]] Starts at 1 and gets increasingly heavier over time.[[/note]] (Lustmord)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz7_3n7xyDg United States of Whatever]] (Liam Lynch)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hqWe-Fr4ko THE VENGEANCE OF THOSE FORGOTTEN IN DARKNESS]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4JRowX8dcQ Those Who Forget History]] (Jami Lynne, ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxSSUX3MEJM Workin' for MCA]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9wBpmZn9nA Call Me the Breeze]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXQc7MJBg4o Saturday Night Special]] (Music/LynyrdSkynyrd)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJGiz_OAFDI Latin Industries]] (Music/KevinMacLeod)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzWcameJDow Database]] (theme of ''Literature/LogHorizon'') (Music/ManWithAMission)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZKOxEFA7d0 Boss 1]] (Manami Matsumae, ''VideoGame/CarrierAirWing'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFZ1bww2Ou4 Crash Dash]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMDa4CfQBqQ Skull Rock]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si5hIRME26Y War Factory]] (Josh Mancell, ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'', ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' and ''VideoGame/Jak3'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdHtbQth474 Putting Holes in Happiness]] [[note]] Additionally, the rest of the album it's from, ''Eat Me, Drink Me''.[[/note]] (Music/MarilynManson)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a4Rx7T_lwc Rage of Sparta]] (Gerard Marino, ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JphZtpafdKY L'Via L'Viaquez]] (Music/TheMarsVolta) [[note]] The song goes down to a high 2 and up to a low 7, but most of the song is at this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkD2czKTjE Battle! Legendary Pokémon]] (Junichi Masuda, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RbMHylx2M Helios]] (Matenrou Opera)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4vx0WkzTH4 Overflowing Emotions]] [[note]] Borderline 6 for the speeding up sections.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B65n78YLtA Universal Dance]] (Masaya Matsuura and Laugh and Peace, ''VideoGame/VibRibbon'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BigolJfoANw All Along The Watchtower (With Cylon Intro)]] (Music/BearMcCreary, ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuPmq7yjDnI Fingerbang]] [[note]]The dubstep sections are a 6; the rest of the song is a 4[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoLouT7TqZY Press Start]] (MDK, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' and ''Geometry Dash [=SubZero=]'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xI8mCKLiRM Prime Audio Soup]] (Meat Beat Manifesto)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hLcRU5wE4 Bat Out of Hell]] (Music/MeatLoaf)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU-dKoFZT0A A Tout le Monde]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLa51XI5SF4 I'll Get Even]] (Music/{{Megadeth}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPoS0EOjDSU An Die Freude]] (Shoji Meguro, ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJey2dkiAI The Hero of the Day]] [[note]] There's brief moments where the song becomes a 7, moving it here from a 4.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB-vwdj5NYA Ronnie]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEBCf2xqsmo Where the Wild Things Are]] (Music/{{Metallica}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBQf2GSNC0 New York]] [[note]] A soft 5.[[/note]] (Microchip League)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KPzoRaqaNM Identity]] [[note]] The bit towards the end pushes it up from a borderline 5.[[/note]] (Music/MindInABox)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujwpKB6C33A Ordinary]] (MIGGS)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN1NnCp0TVE Flirtin' With Disaster]] (Molly Hatchet)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtDO3qBo72M Rock Candy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2XJsKUtjQ Bad Motor Scooter]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxsSw-bp--c Rock the Nation]] (Montrose)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5DgrFXPI2Y You Will Be Perfect]] [[note]] Reaches borderline 6 at certain points.[[/note]] (Mike Morasky, ''VideoGame/Portal2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZqPq1-1Tw San Francisco]] (The Mowgli's)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC2-etZC190 Iron God: Sakupen Hell Yes RMX]] (mr-jazzman)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3_zb2u7fE Rooftops]] (Sean Murray, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzcIoc_HJ3c Teenagers]] (Music/MyChemicalRomance)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwE2k0HMDfo Funky Dealer]] (Hideki Naganuma, ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio Future'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd6-jWE6ZKk Burning Body]] [[note]] Ayako Saso's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXbgs8PPPjw arrangement]] is a borderline 7, as the main part is around level 6, but some parts are borderline 8.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYaiF_UUevQ Thrust and Thrash!]] [[note]] The Rev. 2016 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7hocN6UXI version]] is a 6 for the heavier arrangement in some parts. Ayako Saso's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH1N7WP2XmY arrangement]] is a borderline 7 for a few parts that reach that level.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5ORlgOfkc Scaffold]] [[note]] The Extra [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sceDgWk6CJY version]] and Jake Kaufman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44jdsnu5rkU arrangement]] are both 6.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Hehl0PlCE Nimbus]] (Manabu Namiki, ''VideoGame/DoDonPachi [=DaiOuJou=]'', ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'', ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' and ''VideoGame/ArmedPoliceBatrider'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TbIjxiNDAg White Acropolis (The Base)]] [[note]] The calmer bits at the beginning and end keeps it from a 6. [[/note]] (Mariko Nanba, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBf7otLstw Nuvole E Lenzuola]] (Negramaro) [[note]] Translation: "Clouds and Sheets".[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAxPaVS9xY0 Fluchtreflex]] (Neuroticfish)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1I4A5yazr4 Personality Crisis]] (Music/NewYorkDolls)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTqodIIVdCY Lost]] (Music/ThomasNewman, ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwhBRJStz7w The Hand That Feeds]] (Music/NineInchNails)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIjAqgJFfMM Tabuu]] (Takahiro Nishi, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGh5DV0D3wk Final Boss]] (Nitro Fun)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0HsjYtdAKM Join in the Chant]] [[note]] Gets up here due to the shouted vocals; the instrumentals are 3.[[/note]] (Nitzer Ebb)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDU_Txk06tM Crab Rave]] (Music/{{Noisestorm}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2zcG3bcuMI Amsterdam]] (Nothing but Thieves)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47floRRAFs Cat Scratch Fever]] (Music/TedNugent)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaeLKhRnkhQ Cigarettes & Alcohol]] (Music/{{Oasis}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BML6LJM-lwA The Family Disease]] (Oceana)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PabvpdMDC_M Unfortunate Discovery]] [[note]] The original version, What Once was Lost, is much softer.[[/note]] (Martin O'Donnell, ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved: Anniversary'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVTlH3NOdaM Amazed]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHUql3OC_uU Come Out and Play]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWjzBHUdsI Self Esteem]] (Music/TheOffspring)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvq_l1TiJwU Radical Train (The Chase)]] (Tomoya Ohtani, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfFadmou0TA Orbital Rock]] (Hiroshi Okubo, ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer 7'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liZWJg7cWJ8 Let's Take This Outside]] (The One and Only PPL MVR)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ZnSTglHn4 Demerol]] [[note]] Starts at 1, but gets more chaotic and disorienting in the second half.[[/note]] (Music/OneohtrixPointNever)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB9i8arHtrA Breathe]] (Music/{{Oomph}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZtbBZuqb0 Crazy Train]] (Music/OzzyOsbourne)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7jsdj7sqGQ Chaoz Airflow]] ([=ParagonX9=]) [[note]] The soft break in the middle prevents it from becoming a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9A6tn_P6g Ignorance]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCyGvGEtOwc Misery Business]] (Music/{{Paramore}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cV6pnvCVM4 Fuck the Pain Away]] (Music/{{Peaches}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkbgtVFlyCQ Even Flow]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLsnJAj5cms Rearviewmirror]] (Music/PearlJam)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNtIA2fgHfg High (ft. Nicole Millar)]] (Peking Duk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zSZ3ov_wvU Tell Me Why]] (Penpals, ''Anime/Berserk1997'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZDLqSjpCLg Society]] (Pennywise)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO3l733WRN0 The Outsider]] [[note]] The ending and aggressive delivery make this a very hard 5.[[/note]] (Music/APerfectCircle)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khACKq23bC8 Erised]] (Music/{{Periphery}}) [[note]] You can definitely hear the {{djent}} metal grooves, and the guitar solo is probably worthy of about a 7, but much of the song is too subdued to justify any level higher (it also lacks any {{MetalScream}}s that might increase the level and the song is generally fairly slow.)[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A8Oi7D0oT0 This Means War!]] (Petra)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXYl5NrHPb4 Runnin' Down a Dream]] (Music/TomPetty)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7aO-atLC-4 Open Your Eyes]] (Phace)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_ANz_hTzE polyriddim]] (phonon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLxjKIDXL6M Titan]] (Photek, ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} 2097'' soundtrack) [[note]] The beats make this a borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZVYOriINwc Caraphernalia]] (Music/PierceTheVeil) [[note]] Borderline 6 due to [[Music/ADayToRemember Jeremy McKinnon]]'s guest vocals.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7A5ESognOE One of These Days]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5pVBQ-21mk What Shall We Do Now]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySO-gryuO-c Run Like Hell]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thBohH1dJrg Young Lust]] (Music/PinkFloyd)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XycBLF6kWuY Monkey Gone to Heaven]] (Music/ThePixies)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln31raI2ezY Ça Plane Pour Moi]] (Plastic Bertrand)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmVagnlM-Ys Escape from the City]] (Ted Poley and Tony Harnell, ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc32z7OF50I Next to You]] (Music/ThePolice)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcrWM1pHuJE Halo]] (Music/PorcupineTree) [[note]]Borderline 6 due to the metal part in the middle.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anfao_kMVGs Machine Gun]] (Music/{{Portishead}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQ2305fLeA Jerry Was a Race Car Driver]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDfwUJzYQg Wynona's Big Brown Beaver]] (Music/{{Primus}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHvMRyRSKGU Break and Enter]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRhnaZI3e5o Colours]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzVjZu4fl4o Narayan]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mej5wS7viw Poison]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-dEawPn5a4 Scienide]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW17jtkjvvg Smack My Bitch Up]] (Music/TheProdigy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujREMWjiY4w Tormented With Fire]] [[note]] Starts at level 1. The beats that come it make it a soft 4. Then it builds up to around a soft 7 due to the volume of background noise before becoming 1 again.[[/note]] (Prurient)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYMzLWH58Ro They're Still Out There]] [[note]] Starts at 1 before becoming a 4 and eventually building up to a 6 or 7.[[/note]] (Mac Quayle, ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDhTumGxB2w Now I'm Here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkHF_JMnB8o Sheer Heart Attack]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p-5CgWP7Iw Ogre Battle]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0 Fat Bottomed Girls]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvB2MnIIdMw Tie Your Mother Down]] (Music/{{Queen}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69e8oa85F3g In My Head]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU2rUiQmJKM Regular John]] (Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkMhCLkVOg What's the Frequency, Kenneth?]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=559eWB93jW4 Finest Worksong]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rePNg6MmdEQ Begin the Begin]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycvJHQUqU1M Crush With Eyeliner]] (Music/{{REM}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFLtNYI3Ls Just]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB6bVhwaqMw Idioteque]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bGPPBoh9E8 The National Anthem]](Music/{{Radiohead}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9nfVrusSMg Man on the Silver Mountain]] (Music/{{Rainbow}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW8tgjPqixY Tinfoil]] (Rainer Maria) [[note]] Borderline 4. Ultimately the screaming vocals push it over to this.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFu8o98nnU4 Engel]] (Music/{{Rammstein}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iymtpePP8I8 Blitzkrieg Bop]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfIfzVf8t6E Poison Heart]] (Music/TheRamones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT6UCvR7kgU Power of Equality]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCgrygTZMfE Especially in Michigan]] (Music/RedHotChiliPeppers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAZV8h3H6nA Gang Leader Battle Pt. 2]] (Brian Reitzell, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbbIAwAqBTk Bastards of Young]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSJYZyouek Alex Chilton]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGz2DTEpj1o Left of the Dial]] (Music/TheReplacements)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgffRW1fKDk Ready to Go]] (Republica)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyD4cOlSs4M Starvation]] (Music/{{REPULSIVE}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvSpFVXqrKQ Rainbow's End]] (Resurrection Band)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT2No1vusjg Hypnocurrency]] (Music/{{REZZ}} & Music/Deadmau5) [[note]] Some parts may go up to 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8 Flight of the Bumblebee]] (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) [[note]] Borderline 6 due to its blistering speed and disorienting dynamics. At its time, however, it would have easily been a VERY HARD 11.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nQCxwneUwA Satellite]] (Music/RiseAgainst)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge8ucvLYLRc For Want Of]] (Music/RitesOfSpring)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S91wQbYYX3Q The Time Warp]] (''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2BnbpjpRdo All-American Bitch]] (Music/OliviaRodrigo)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3tDf8hHeKc Calm Before The Storm (BiXX Remix)]] (Ronski Speed ft. Lucy Saunders)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZmoHrq0mEY Madness]] (Rozebud, ''VideoGame/TheTrickyMod'' soundtrack)
** Music/JunoSongs' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nVGrlD5qLI vocal cover]] is a borderline 7.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta3EQxSsCFQ Cherry Bomb]] (Music/TheRunaways)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQPHsONF_tE La Villa Strangiato]] (Music/{{Rush|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEQCQLYfBus Skyfire Ace]] (Sabrepulse)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxm25v_M7MQ Greedy Game]] (Tomoko Sasaki, ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfNZ5jU6t5k Last Boss]] [[note]] Starts at a 3/borderline 4 and ends at level 6.[[/note]] (Go Sato, ''VideoGame/RaidenFighters 2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-49noOAFsG8 Princess of the Night]] (Saxon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDKYOqwesHU Amputation]] (Scattle, ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQSLY Wind of Change]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvhVWQRRrfQ Still Loving You]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lyZA9Pzr4U Holiday]](Music/{{Scorpions|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMwbHf_S9jY Ross Ross Ross]] ([=SebastiAn=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCzdecygpmg Tonight]] (Music/{{Seether}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQranv-j4w Regenerator]] [[note]] A soft 5; the electronic drone and the tense atmosphere put it higher than 4.[[/note]] (Misao Senbongi & Shusaku Uchiyama, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmWs6Jf5dc Anarchy in the U.K.]] (Music/SexPistols)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS5iiwa2Chw Mask Walk]] (Kevin Sherwood, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLJrHaL4q9U Bring Your Adz]] (Jake Shimabukuro) [[note]] Jake shows us you CAN get this heavy with a ukulele.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHr3g1c11yw Naraku no Hana]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMHmqf2PDYQ Super Scription of Data]] (Eiko Shimamiya, ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t7LEEd4dpU Thwomp Caverns]] (Music/YokoShimomura, ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRHYuG1KBdA Monochrome No Kiss]] (main theme for ''Manga/BlackButler'') (SID)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5_r_ld4vyY Sinking]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xl5kRE19y4 Underwater Prom Queens]] (Pedro Silva, ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqZHIQp0ok0 There's No Secrets This Year]] (Music/SilversunPickups)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fpyaCQhIBI Love in a Void]] (Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPglNjxVHiM Weak]] [[note]] Goes up from a 4 due to the soaring final minute. [[/note]] (Music/SkunkAnansie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHoPYLQvnQM Run Run Away]] (Slade)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZA_7FtttRY Jumpers]] [[note]] This is easily a 9 lyrically, though [[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbxRu7fwR24 Entertain]] (Music/SleaterKinney)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UwWYtLWEZg If You Can't Hang]] (Music/SleepingWithSirens) [[note]] The guitars are fairly loud, but the lack of a crunchy, metallic tone keeps it from going higher.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu3-3Yr5PPE Bone Church]] (Music/{{Slipknot}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6jXKySaeuo Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AtABCcALI8 Song of a Baker]] (Music/TheSmallFaces)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fppjBzJlRAU FROGKIND]] (SNAILS)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daCkqmg50yc Vầng Trăng Sầu]] (Sói đen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKJkDlgByns Delight]] (Solitary Experiments)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_HiQomh_Zo The Witch]] (The Sonics) [[note]] As with Music/TheKinks above, pretty hardcore for 1964.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3gN9Up6hmc 100%]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VycLUNYPjVo Kissability]] (Music/SonicYouth)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdLvp630plc LEMONADE]] (Music/{{Sophie}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkML3i8tV_Y Murder]] (Soulji)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA9vLHZFrcs Head Down]] (Music/{{Soundgarden}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmN5GKJ6_dE Mecha Bandicoot]] (Spiralmouth, ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y99JZugos9w Babylon (Original Mix)]] (Splash)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLa7grUhZLA Necronomicon]] (Splatter Squall)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S26-UZbxPqM Give It a Whirl]] (Split Enz)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=rYS8edMRgBg Do You Know Squarepusher]] [[note]] The glitched drums and sound effects put it above a 3, and it gets heavier towards the end, peaking at a 6. Overall, it's at this level.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5crdJgQcR3Q Planetarium]] (Music/{{Squarepusher}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KOUEX_oG9k The Stroke]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5TaeDhPUQQ Lonely is the Night]] (Music/BillySquier)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfZJSrT8Ijo Decoy]] (Stakka & Skynet)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imp0BqHBxyQ Sun King]] (State of Mind)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zzwbYyvWiU All Around My Hat]] (Music/SteeleyeSpan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGdyVnW86SY Bodhisattva]] (Music/SteelyDan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpSO3UHKy_g Gesang der Junglinge]] (Karlheinz Stockhausen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CccfNaGy_vo Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsdYCOJk7bw Meatplow]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht672-wYelc Vasoline]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5UOC0C0x8Q Plush]] (Music/StoneTemplePilots)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP42C-4zL3w The Rite of Spring]] (Music/IgorStravinsky)[[note]]Probably a soft 5 overall due to many soft, slow passages barely worth a 1. On the other hand, it can go up as high as 7 or 8, which is really impressive for any classical piece, and back in the day, [[Theatre/TheRiteOfSpring the whole work]] was a ''definite'' 11, riot or not (with the hardest parts being completely off the scale back then).[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNZ0Dpvx3CA Oppression]] (Creator/StudioPixel, ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGgSE2ZtCzk Animal Nitrate]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32fPNb2WHzM Metal Mickey]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXaTOJt4g4c The Drowners]] [[note]]Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Music/{{Suede}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlyVD6YnQ-I Bio Wars]] (Kōichi Sugiyama, ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rRIMY3nHRg Hyper Enough]] (Music/{{Superchunk}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh8sV6RFin8 Prowler]] (Surgeon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsnR6sHiqgc Radio Fireworks (Original Mix)]] [[note]] Starts at a 3/borderline 4 but eventually turns into a 6.[[/note]] (Surkin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=984eEm5apoI Dark Side Of The Moon (Ferry Tayle Remix)]] [[note]] A soft 5 overall due to its melodic tones and the initial beats not being as heavy as the climax.[[/note]] (Susana)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yYifj6IsUQ Hell Raiser]] (Music/{{Sweet}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6WZu8IAZg 20th Century Boy]] ([[Music/MarcBolan T. Rex]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWXUG-4hm5o Make Damn Sure]] (Music/TakingBackSunday)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLrdSC9MVb4 Turn the Lights Off]] (Music/TallyHall)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7q9W2PNhJ4 Elephant]] (Music/TameImpala)
* [[https://patriciataxxon.bandcamp.com/track/where-do-i-go-now Where do I go now?]] (WebVideo/PatriciaTaxxon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3xXbLDsvvk Cocotte (Album Version)]] [[note]] The first part is a 5, the second is a 2, and the third is a 7.[[/note]] (Teenage Bad Girl)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bojx9BDpJks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)]] theme song (Season 1-7) (WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43P6JlaOBNI Scumbag Blues]] (Music/ThemCrookedVultures)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsdjlPVaJU Here's Your Future]] (The Thermals)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FyQNx8oyU Bad to the Bone]] (George Thorogood & The Destroyers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4VCpTZye10 Break]] (Music/ThreeDaysGrace)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYPeUGkN8d0 I Come from the Mountain]] (Thee Oh Sees)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQo1HIcSVtg The Boys Are Back in Town]] (Music/ThinLizzy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlFsXoZkamw Born to Lose]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiWjpjRl1Q Chinese Rocks]] (Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gge-I62AEK8 Human Om]] [[note]] The heavier parts bring it above 2.[[/note]] (Tobacco)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR8AsFBC0LI You Are Smart]] (Akitaka Tohyama, ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXiQGXhHLOM Don't Chain My Heart]] (Music/{{Toto}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiaV61CLMfQ Control (Juno Reactor Instrumental)]] (Traci Lords, ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rEVVAw3-0 Talk to You Later]] (The Tubes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2iC1aCPbKA Heart of Courage]] (Music/TwoStepsFromHell)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ69OVe9zrE Evening Star]] (Týr) [[note]] While some elements of FolkMetal and ProgressiveMetal are present in this song, it's still very clearly a PowerBallad.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8kQrpIbbzc El Gigante]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Shusaku Uchiyama & Misao Senbongi, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTE4NNqmnbw Rock Bottom]] (Music/{{UFO|Band}}) [[note]] Borderline 6. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzPwXefCR1w Captive]] (Ume)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcq9Dx3j3uo Maquinas de Guerra]] (U.M.M.)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbei3IAnUEs Gun]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKo_1rVClOk Graveyard Shift]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2H3hbJzfI Factory Belt]] (Music/UncleTupelo)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg Teenage Kicks]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77eSTOTupw Jimmy Jimmy]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgqa3cVOxUc My Perfect Cousin]] (The Undertones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoKF3E-RPwQ Incantation for Tape]] [[note]] Up here due to its chaotic and somewhat unsettling sound.[[/note]] (Vladimir Ussachevsky)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4dEAtxo0M Runnin' With the Devil]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im31A5yqKw8 Panama]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtwBFz6lfrY Ain't Talkin' Bout Love]] (Music/VanHalen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbJ63spk48s Hajnal]] [[note]]The orchestral sections range from 1-2, the jazz section is a 1, and the breakcore section is a 7, sometimes bordering on 8.[[/note]] and [[https://venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/track/xiiis-dub XIII's Dub]] (Music/VenetianSnares)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaAFygpq7fY DESTINY -The Lovers-]] (Music/{{Versailles}})[[note]]Depending on your view, either the guitar solos keep this from being a 4 or the ballad sections keep this from being a 6 or 7.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15sjD2kdEw Highly Evolved]] (Music/TheVines)[[note]]Shifts between a hard 4 and a 6 with the screamed background vocals.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTAWH0SdaCQ Blue Butterfly]] (Music/VioletUK) [[note]]The TripHop nature of the song places it here, but keep an eye out for future versions - reorchestration for live could ''easily'' put this one up higher [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WccfbPQNMbg Party Hard]] (Music/AndrewWK)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt75y38J00s Rocky Mountain Way]] (Joe Walsh)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ7vI7cdYJY Geometrical Denominator]] (Waterflame, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQzMHhRCTYw Buddy Holly]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9BGLtqqkVI Hash Pipe]] [[note]]a borderline 6[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMeu0ZubufU California Kids]] (Music/{{Weezer}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGEjz12YLiM To Lose My Life]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSSskvNbKAY E.S.T.]] (White Lies) [[note]] The liberal use of distortion keeps both of these above a 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY Seven Nation Army]] (Music/TheWhiteStripes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF8RHM1OCg Here I Go Again]] (Music/{{Whitesnake}}) [[note]] A soft 5; despite the hard rock guitars, the synths and the intro bring it down a little bit.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q Won't Get Fooled Again]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN5zw04WxCc My Generation]] [[note]] Very light 5 for most of the song. The chaotic drumming and feedback at the end of the song would have been off the scale for 1965. [[/note]] (Music/TheWho)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v81vhGTzXKE Random Name Generator]] (Music/{{Wilco}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB401RfGMlM The Wondrous Boat Ride]] (Creator/GeneWilder, ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' soundtrack)[[note]]The mounting tension and the scream at the end places this incredibly high for a family musical number![[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdgdmqnGIxQ On Your Knees]] ([[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Jeff Williams]]) [[note]]Reaches 6 in the faster parts, including the rap.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldfc68bxlB8 Higher State of Consciousness]] (Josh Wink) [[note]] Starts at 2 and initially builds up to a 3 or 4. By the climax, it's an 8 due to the high-pitched beeps.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je84VupqD58 Joker and the Thief]] (Music/{{Wolfmother}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M7e05QsNxs You're Not Salinger. Get Over It.]] (The Wonder Years)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JiA-vurIeY Silent Melody]] (Working for a Nuclear Free City, ''VideoGame/{{Infamous}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzqevAnX3Ac Week End]] (Music/XJapan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkoMJ4MGrGs Masterpiece]] (X Marks the Pedwalk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYMObdOqcRg Oh Bondage Up Yours!]] (X-Ray Spex)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7k3SmzNS6o This Sacred Line]] (Music/AkiraYamaoka ft. Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn, ''VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc17DqcA6Qc Shapes of Things]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZHnZrUoQ0 Happenings Ten Years Time Ago]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd1gRHk28IE The Train Kept a' Rollin]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4DdAs0PddQ Over Under Sideways Down]] (Music/TheYardbirds)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcZDVp3flT8 Stronger Together]] (Daniel Yates, WebAnimation/DeathBattle S3 soundtrack) [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqlIM2FiMGw Lava Scarves and Red-Hot Blargss]] (VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld soundtrack) [[note]] Yes, you ''did'' read that right.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREf47BPe5w Cinnamon Girl]] [[note]] This one tends to sound heavier in concert.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvxxdZpMFHg Rockin' in the Free World]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5FCcDEA6mY Southern Man]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVG7U9UDi2E Alabama]] (Music/NeilYoung)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJzo0lWyq5c Chum Bucket Lab]] (Yummysoise, ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfWiAuJVKqM Heavy Is the Head]] (Music/ZacBrownBand ft. Music/ChrisCornell)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smnJ-qM1RWk Extraction Point]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6niQHXvbFk Onwards]] (Music/HansZimmer, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmXdpv3pCGU Foxy Foxy]] (Music/RobZombie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUDcTLaWJuo Legs]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRHBLwpASw Sharp Dressed Man]] (Music/ZZTop)
[[/folder]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k96sAezF-VE Drain You]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o Come As You Are]] (Music/{{Nirvana}})

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTM7x1O1LM Jonathan Jet-Coaster]] (Music/BuckTick) [[note]] Places here on a musical level, though the chorus being a ClusterFBomb and the implications of death by sex would place it around a 6 or 7 on the SlidingScale/MohsScaleofLyricalHardness. [[/note]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SeVN2u5Axc Kim]] (Music/{{Eminem}}) [[note]] The instrumentals are a 3, but the screamed vocals drag it up. The lyrics, on the other hands, are a solid 11 on the SlidingScale/MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness.[[/note]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve1LNJEIKUE Pushing Me Away]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h67yT0PiY8 In My Remains]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H4l9RpkwM Breaking The Habit]] [[note]] The fast-paced drum and bass beats and Chester's screaming get it up to a hard 5 despite the lack of distorted guitars. On the SlidingScale/MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness this is easily a [[DrivenToSuicide hard 9.]] [[/note]] (Music/LinkinPark)

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itwZJH0sKcQ Android]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuZTEsvgQko Climbatize]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJvT6ruolA No Good (Start the Dance)]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsV9wbTFvDE Omen]] [[note]] Borderline 5 at times. There is enough respite to prevent it from being a full-fledged 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih2gxLqR7HM Voodoo People]] (Music/TheProdigy)

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHvMRyRSKGU Break and Enter]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRhnaZI3e5o Colours]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mej5wS7viw Poison]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-dEawPn5a4 Scienide]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW17jtkjvvg Smack My Bitch Up]] (Music/TheProdigy)

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuPmq7yjDnI Fingerbang]] [[note]]The dubstep sections are a 6; the rest of the song is a 4[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoLouT7TqZY Press Start]] (MDK, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' and ''Geometry Dash World'' soundtracks)

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOeRyZ9W7-g Supervixen]] (Music/{{Garbage}})

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPXjt1MWOCA His World]] (''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 soundtrack, remix) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvl-8nCKI3A Watch Me Fly]] (Music/Crush40)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91CgneMIe_A Crimewave]] (Music/{{Crystal Castles|Band}}) [[note]] The original by {{Music/HEALTH}} is a 7.[[/note]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk Tom Sawyer]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sodthxK1z44 Entre Nous]] (Music/{{Rush}})

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQPHsONF_tE La Villa Strangiato]] (Music/{{Rush}})

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWrM-eDxTas Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow]] (Creator/ElsieLovelock, ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' soundtrack) [[note]] The pop rock melody is definitely too fast for 4, but not metallic enough for 6.[[/note]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k8craCGpgs Don't Stop Believin']] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9aA Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)]] [[note]] Borderline 5; the heavy use of synths prevents this song from reaching that level, though it still comes very close.[[/note]] (Music/{{Journey|Band}})

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAtLjp0DqE See the Light]] (Music/GhostBand)

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sehRBjVCujQ Freefall]] (Fixmer/[=McCarthy=])

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gr63DiEUxw Dance Macabre]] (Music/GhostBand)

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGc5cQ6ePbw Trust Love]] ([[Webanimation/{{RWBY}} Jeff Williams]])[[note]]A heavier and faster 4, only the calm and uplifting mood keeps it from 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5aeisPAzM4 Gang-Plank Galleon]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9_RnUZf9n4 Crocodile Cacophony]] (David Wise, ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'' and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' soundtracks)

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNVCNe1cAL4 Critical Moment of Contra]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_1lU638EOs Terror in the Depths of the Fog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpErZg7Z3A Clockwork Little Happiness]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muHQ9OIivUs I Want Love (Studio Mix)]] (Music/AkiraYamaoka, ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier'', ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' and ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' soundtracks)