If you're looking for the scale that ranks the hardness of ''actual'' rocks and metals, TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness has you covered.]] This one is about music.

Basically, a scale for ranking the "hardness" of music, "hardness" being the quality that separates rock from pop, HardRock from soft rock, Music/HeavyMetal from HardRock, DeathMetal from classic metal, noise from {{industrial}}, and so on and so on.

Unfortunately, it's kind of a difficult concept to pin down, but trying as hard as possible:
* More guitar distortion is the easiest measure of this. This is also the defining factor that separates metal from rock: guitars in metal sound metallic due to the amount of distortion. It's a bit difficult to classify those rare offshoots from rock that don't use guitars.
* Production quality can play a role. Generally, albums with a [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth raw, unrefined sound]] lend themselves to sounding hard, and tend to fall towards that end of the scale. Some genres such as {{grindcore}} take this to extremes and deliberately aim for a difficult listening experience as part of their aesthetic. However, as with all of these rules, exceptions can be found, and some of the very hardest bands can have an extremely polished, technical sound, where hardness is distinguishable mainly by other factors.
* Louder and faster are good, but not definitive measures for this. Generally slow, quiet songs are softer than loud, fast songs, but there are definitely exceptions, though as a rule most hard songs are either loud or fast if they're not both. [[DoomMetal Funeral Doom]] and Drone Metal, for example, are both ''extremely'' slow but make up for this with ''extreme'' loudness, while other extreme genres break up loud sections of songs with quiet sections that nevertheless maintain speeds much greater than most pop music. Additionally, there's an important difference between "loud" and "hard", as a consequence of the LoudnessWar and variable production techniques - a lot of hard rock and good old fashioned heavy metal has gotten ''louder'' over time as re-released albums tend to be remastered with increased loudness, but this does not make them harder, while a death metal cover of a classic metal or rock song probably ''would'' be harder[[hottip:*:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBax7oePHfo Witness]].
* How [[DarkerAndEdgier dark and edgy]] the lyrics are, sometimes taking RefugeInAudacity. This is really only tangentially related to how hard the song actually is, but it's really the best measure if you can't figure out exactly how much distortion is on the guitar. A song titled [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0YifXhm-Zc "She Loves You"]] is going to be a lot softer than a song titled [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuV-Aq1PwqU "Blunt Force Castration"]]. Of course, many examples at the LyricalDissonance page exist to subvert this phenomenon. See the sister trope, MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness, for details.
* Certain instrumental techniques are more commonly found in heavier rock or metal than in softer varieties: double-bass drumming (where the drummer uses two bass drums, or two bass pedals) is practically ubiquitous in extreme metal, but rarely heard in rock. Similarly, many metal guitarists make heavy use of techniques such as palm muting, tremolo picking and tapping, which tend to be used sparingly, if at all, in rock.
* A sometimes-useful measure is how conventional the rhythms and melodies are. Most rock, pop, blues, dance music etc., is based around a simple 4/4 or 2/4 backbeat, (occasionally 6/8 or 3/4), and use either a blues scale or a diatonic scale. By contrast, prog-metal or experimental bands make heavy use of unusual rhythms and time-signatures, and extreme metal bands tend to ignore melody for the most part (with exceptions like [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic Death]] or BlackMetal, and sometimes [[TechnicalDeathMetal Progressive Death Metal]][[note]]where melody is usually quite complex, but is mostly deployed as a musical device rather than as a central element of composition[[/note]]). However, both unusual melodies and rhythms are very common in some forms of softer music, especially jazz: Dave Brubeck's "Take Five", for example, could easily fit into #1 on this scale, but is written in the very unusual 5/4 time signature with an unusual key signature.
* As noted below, vocal style (singing, belting, shouting, screaming, or growling) is a good measure of hardness, not merely in the style used but in how frequently a particular style is used. It's not especially uncommon, for example, for modern alternative rock artists to use singing predominantly and screamed vocals on occasion, while more mid-range hard styles like metalcore may make extensive use of shouting, while deploying death growls infrequently to add a darker tone to some passages. If, on the other hand, screams or growls are used ''constantly'', or as the main vocal style with softer, clean vocals used only to ''lighten'' some parts of a song, you're probably looking at at a substantially harder band. Also, female vocals usually have a much lower hardness than male vocals. So a song that would be a 4 or 5 when sung in a traditionally masculine style may drop to a 3 if sung in a traditionally feminine style (even if the backing music is no different). There are exceptions to this, like some of InThisMoment and {{Otep}}'s bodies of work.

Rough outline of the levels:
# As soft as rock gets. May be an otherwise 2 song without any guitar to distort, or a song which is generally slow and light.
# Soft rock. A lot of early rock is here; if you're not really sure if they're using an acoustic or an electric guitar, this is probably where you want to put it.
# Rock sans intensifier. A bit faster/louder/darker than 2, but still pretty soft. The heaviest soft rock and the softest hard rock can both be found here.
# Relatively harder rock. This is where distortion-driven rock starts to become the norm, though mostly clean/acoustic guitar songs are also common. This is about where you can start finding punk, as well; lighter than this and you can't usually muster the kind of anger you need for punk. Lighter {{post-grunge}} also begins to show up here. This is pretty much as heavy as Rock n' Roll got.
# Hard rock that is definitely still rock. The love songs start thinning out here, but lyrics at this stage can be about just about anything. This is also where mid-range {{post-grunge}} can generally be found.
# Difficult to tell if it's rock or metal. This is pretty much as far as you can get on just an acoustic guitar. This is also about as hard as you can get while remaining in pop territory and about as light as you can get while remaining in metal territory. GlamMetal and classic {{grunge}} can often be found here. Most AlternativeMetal starts showing up here. The lightest ProgressiveMetal shows up here.
# Classic metal and most PowerMetal. This is also (mostly) the point after which Punk transitions into Hardcore Punk. The music is pretty fast and noisy at this point. The lyrics start to become darker, though vocalists still use clean, melodic styles most of the time. The heavier sides of Glam and post-grunge can be found here as well as most NuMetal. Viking and FolkMetal start showing up around here. The lightest GrooveMetal can be found here. AlternativeMetal with more emphasis on the 'metal' part starts showing up here as well as most ProgressiveMetal.
# Most ThrashMetal, and heavier forms of PowerMetal along with some classic metal. Music/XJapan used to be here, before dropping to 7. Lyrics are usually very dark at this point. Vocal style is usually a snarl, but clean singing is also common. Occasionally [[HarshVocals growls]] and [[MetalScream screams]] will be employed. Most hardcore punk is here, as well as the lighter end of {{metalcore}} (fusion of thrash metal and hardcore punk). Whether purists want to hear it or not, the lighter and more atmospheric side of BlackMetal also starts here as does very light MelodicDeathMetal. Grunge and post grunge occasionally creep into this level as well. You'll also find yet more viking/folk metal populating this region. Most GrooveMetal is here, as well as IndustrialMetal. This is probably as hard as you can get while remaining in "rock" territory, though it is very rare. In general, this is also pretty much as hard as you can get with significant radio or MTV play. AlternativeMetal at this level usually has a lot of influence from more aggressive metal genres. The heavier sides of ProgressiveMetal can be found here.
# Lighter DeathMetal (especially MelodicDeathMetal) or harder ThrashMetal. Most experimental metal groups are around this level. You'll also find a lot of the less abrasive 'true' BlackMetal here. Here is about where you start to get singers [[HarshVocals growling]] or [[MetalScream screaming]] for most of the song; this is also probably the highest level that can be attained with only clean singing. Lyrics may be very violent or just generally extremely dark. This is the last zone where you are likely to find hardcore punk that doesn't have a substantial metal or noise infusion. {{Metalcore}} continues to be found here, as well as the lighter end of {{deathcore}}. Most viking/folk metal that has a significant infusion of BlackMetal or DeathMetal falls here. A lot of the heavier side of GrooveMetal is found here. ProgressiveMetal at this level often incorporates extreme metal elements. Early Music/InFlames, Music/AtTheGates, Music/AmonAmarth, The Black Dahlia Murder and Music/DirEnGrey can be found here.
# Most DeathMetal and BlackMetal. Lyrics start to get positively [[NightmareFuel disturbing]] and/or {{gorn}}y and the singer will always be growling or screaming. The hardest variants of ThrashMetal, MelodicDeathMetal, and viking/folk metal can hit this point, but that is quite uncommon. At this point hardcore bands become indistinguishable from metal to anyone who's not a loyal fan of both genres. Grindcore starts here. While it is possible for a metalcore band to get this high, it's very rare. GrooveMetal at this level usually has a lot of DeathMetal influence.
# UpToEleven: AnalCunt is here, along with the harder side of {{grindcore}} especially the subgenres of pornogrind, noisegrind and goregrind. The most extreme DeathMetal (a good portion of the brutal death metal and slam death metal subgenres end up up here) and BlackMetal also lies here. The very heaviest mathcore (technical, chaotic hardcore) can also reach this level. Most recently, DoomMetal has also managed to climb to this level. Growling or screaming will start sounding almost inhuman, and often pitch-shifting or other computer-aided effects are used to drive the vocal range beyond what could normally be sustained during singing[[note]](astoundingly though, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ObHhRnvCqk not always]])[[/note]]. Drums are so fast that it sounds like a ''solid wall of black noise'', or are so slow that a snare hits at the first second and the next beat ''never comes.'' Guitars and bass are heavier than a black hole, the heaviest known object in reality. In other words, the music is heavier than you can possibly comprehend as feeble human being. Significant elements of this class are [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible experimental]] in nature, although [[StealthParody stealth parodists]] commonly make their way up here as well.

Notes:
* A [[http://m-ex.deviantart.com/art/Devio-Evolution-of-Metal-Fans-234264835 very well exemplified illustration]] of different levels of metal heads and the most stereotyped opinions.
* ''Lower hardnesses are not bad''. Remember, Music/TheBeatles come in at 2-3, and 10 (or above) can be difficult to listen to, especially for people with sensitive ears. Likewise, ''higher hardnesses are not bad''. Remember that even though it may sound like impenetrable noise to you, that doesn't mean in principle it isn't enjoyable, nor that it doesn't contain real musical sophistication and talent.
* As time goes on, those metal bands at the top of this chart go to increasingly insane lengths to top one another or themselves, which causes the chart to compress itself to accommodate the new hardness. So a 6 now could be a 4 or 5 ten years from now.
* Level 11 exists in general for the placement of any music that is [[UpToEleven definitely harder or crazier than what is common at 10]]. While this may seem obvious, the important distinction to make is that anything at 11 should still exist within an easily identifiable genre, such that a familiar listener should easily be able to place it as {{grindcore}}, DeathMetal, BlackMetal, or whatever genre it may draw from. What stops it from being a 10 is merely that it takes an [[UpToEleven additional step beyond]] what is popular in any given year within the 10 range of albums, either in terms of an increasingly raw, chaotic sound or in terms of sheer speed, or progressive technical brutality. In fact, one of the key and most helpful descriptors of level 11 is the word "crazier", which is often the way it sounds to most listeners until the style gains a bit of popularity and moves down into 10.
* Corollarily, anything beyond 11 starts to become Noise. Noise is a category for unsortable experimental music that is extreme in ways other than being "heavy" in a traditional fashion. Anything by Merzbow, and most other Noise artists belongs here. There really are no identifiable guitars, basses, drums, or even vocals, and the music tends to become overwhelmed with extended techniques including computer sound manipulation. Here artists (and listeners) are mainly interested in exploring the limits of what can be interpreted musically, whereas at 11 listeners and musicians are merely interested in pushing the boundaries of existing genres. However, the genre-fucking mutability of things like Level 11 {{grindcore}} tends to create ambiguity in this respect.
* In general, a band will have songs that are higher or lower on the scale than their usual level, hence why websites like Wikipedia put some bands and/or albums as both rock and metal. (Compare [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlVdPl-oEmg "Tourette's"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSYplu_3fA "Polly"]], both by {{Nirvana}}.) It's easier to just judge each song by itself. You also have bands that [[NewSoundAlbum change their style]], often becoming [[DarkerAndEdgier heavier]], [[LighterAndSofter softer]], or becoming a genre that's much harder to classify altogether.
* The reason some of the metal FanDumb hates power metal is that it is a rare exception to the above rule that metal bands tend to get harder over time.
* Interestingly enough, a live performance, remix, or reissue of a song can actually be a different level than the original studio version, especially if an extended solo(s) or guest musicians are involved. [[LoudnessWar Volume compression]] (which is frequent on recent remasters of old material) may arguably contribute to different hardnesses between releases as well.
* [[ChristianRock Christian Metal]] is usually as heavy as its mainstream counterpart; however, in most cases, Christian metal '''lyrics''' aren't as dark as secular metal. So, a song could be a 10 or 11 in musical heaviness, while the lyrics could be about the power of God's love for the world. Obviously not all Christian metal songs are like this, but it's a common part of the genre, and the point still stands. As mentioned above, the lyrics are only indicators and don't play a direct part in the song's hardness, so you don't need to place Christian metal songs at a lower hardness just because of the lyrics.
** Similarly, many of the more [[TechnicalDeathMetal progressive, technical artists]] who reside at the hard end of the scale (Augury, Death, Neuraxis, and Cephalic Carnage, to name a few) generally write lyrics which, while certainly quite [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynical]], and [[DarkerAndEdgier darker]] than most at the soft end of the scale, [[LyricalDissonance aren't especially graphic or disturbing]]. Their lyrics are often highly philosophical, reflective, introspective, or merely less visceral as opposed to the outright {{Gorn}} written by many of the other bands residing at the top of the scale. Such exceptions also apply to bands such as NapalmDeath and TheAgonist which write politically or socially conscious lyrics.
* Sometimes, songs with symphonic elements can be at a lower level of hardness than they would be without the symphonic elements. It depends on how the elements are implemented in the song, however; some more extreme artists use symphonic elements to provide a contrast between blast beats and the like, and manage to be just as heavy as other conventional death/black metal bands. Similarly folk elements work much the same way. Sorting these songs out on a case-by-case basis is the best solution.
* Melodic tendencies can play a part in the song's hardness. Similar to the above note regarding symphonic elements, melody can decrease the hardness of a song, but it depends on how it's used, and as such the songs will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
* What's extreme to you may sound accessible, even ''catchy'' to the next person, so level assignments are highly subjective. For example, many tropers place metal ballads in level 6. On the other hand, seeing as how metal ballads typically interconnect softer acoustic/piano passages with harder electric guitar/percussion driven passages (that may otherwise reach into 8 to 9 range), one could just as easily assign them to level 7 or 8, depending on how far one felt certain passages removed the music from a level one felt was enjoyable. This is especially true in the case of [[TechnicalDeathMetal progressive death metal]], where extended [[SymphonicMetal symphonic]], [[{{Jazz}} jazzy]], [[ProgressiveRock proggish]], or [[FolkRock folkish]] passages are commonly interlaced with full-on level 10 blasting. Consider [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DlWQr8wYvY "The Lair of Purity" by Augury]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvVf1C8tGlc&hd=1 "The Lotus Eater" by Opeth]] by way of example: are these songs brutalising extreme metal, or are they lighter and gentler progressive metal?
* Even within each level, there are varying degrees of heaviness. For example, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMCLXZJc8Uk "Voices of the Dead"]] is ''definitely'' a heavier and more aggressive song than [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94bGzWyHbu0 "Nightmare"]]. But "Nightmare," thanks in no small part to lines like [[PrecisionFStrike "Your fucking NIGHTMARE!"]] and brief moments of {{Metalcore}} screaming, is ultimately heavy enough to be an 8, while "Voices of the Dead" is ultimately too melodic for a 9.
* Songs by progressive, experimental, and avant-garde groups tend to be more difficult (or impossible) to classify. Some bands make a point of changing tempos, dynamics, and style to portray a wider range of emotions and ideas, as well as using sharp contrasts to make heavy moments seem heavier and vice versa. This naturally becomes more common with longer songs (see Rush's 2112 in level 6 examples), as twenty nonstop minutes of either blasting or light swing could easily be boring to the point of unlistenable. Classical examples include Yes and King Crimson, while more recent projects such as The Fall of Troy and maudlin of the Well mix [[SopranoAndGravel clean vocals with growls or screams]]. Bands such as Iwrestledabearonce, Music/{{Sigh}} and Music/DirEnGrey would take NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly to extreme levels, even going as far as [[GenreRoulette switching from one genre to another]] or [[GenreBusting playing an outright weird form of music]], sometimes resulting in songs that span nearly the entire scale.

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!!Examples:

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[[folder:Level 1]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b7qaSxuZUg Imagine]] (Music/JohnLennon)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc Wonderwall]] (Music/{{Oasis}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6tV11acSRk Here Comes the Sun]] (Music/TheBeatles)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-K2tXWK4w Fifteen]] (Music/TaylorSwift)
* [[http://youtu.be/hXhQ3t-qsoM Endless Rain]] Music/XJapan
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4 Turn Turn Turn]] (Music/TheByrds)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXOUFwVZ2m0 Imperfect]] (Stone Sour)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8 The Man Who Sold The World]] (Music/{{Nirvana}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW0Vuh3PKUU Living in the Sunlight]] (Music/TinyTim)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc Good Riddance]] (Music/GreenDay)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cps--FiJiI0 I Want Love]] (Music/EltonJohn)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtAPC3gwG_0 My Heart Will Go On]] (Music/CelineDion)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMQtEVv0Zxo]] (Music/TheUsed)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmzzu3HqL4c The Day The]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7fsHtkNU7w World Went Away]] (Music/NineInchNails) [[note]] Quiet and Still version respectively; the original ''Fragile'' version is much higher.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv85y08aA2w Happy Together]] (The Turtles)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BblV6AQsd2s Swing Life Away]] (Music/RiseAgainst)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WziEmcW_jqY Sky Chord]] (Tsuji Shion)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODykMOkJKZM Richland Woman Blues]] (Mississippi John Hurt)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1gFXVANCt8 The Silent Man]] (Music/DreamTheater)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62rfWxs6a8 Samson]] (Music/ReginaSpektor)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXbLlxJO5Uc That's the Way]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lnltl3YoqQ No Surprises]] (Music/{{Radiohead}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUmdR69nbM Song to the Siren]] (Music/ThisMortalCoil)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSnL4_IhPHQ Home At Last]] (Music/SteelyDan)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQOlwMKpmvQ Better be Home Soon]] (Music/CrowdedHouse)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiiID1PFrR0 Thick As A Brick Edit 1]] (Music/JethroTull)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pS9J-UM1HY Lipan Conjuring]] (Music/{{Tool}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T23D193nCys Darkness]] (Music/{{Disturbed}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmZ5slUHKh4 Patterns In The Ivy]] (Music/{{Opeth}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jmk1Mlmnck You Look So Fine]] (Music/{{Garbage}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIIzxeBUqug Such Small Hands]] (La Dispute)
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csfidcd_4FQ Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)]] (Simple Plan)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjCoBTzrN9E Just The Way You Are]] (Music/BillyJoel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtO2i73L08 Dance Macabre]] (Music/{{Decapitated}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoeBkr1DfBc Inception]] (Spawn Of Possession)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrc5vcpwIos Love will be born again (English ver.)]] (Music/{{Versailles}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG2W8_tQI4s You're now a hero]] ([[VideoGame/YouHaveToBurnTheRope Reachground]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkv13UC0nHo Be Still]] (Music/TheKillers)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVxDZDBVIEQ Deep Water]] (Music/{{Jewel}})
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[[folder:Level 2]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfWEPu0w-7w Nowhere Man]] (Music/TheBeatles)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if-UzXIQ5vw Losing My Religion]] (Music/{{REM}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 Never Gonna Give You Up]] (Music/RickAstley)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLTxA-1JI3M Travel is Dangerous]] (Mogwai)[[note]]Although it's an 11 live.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL6tB_0ZJtw No Rain]] (Blind Melon
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8 Closing Time]] (Semisonic)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DboMAghWcA Hero of War]] (Music/RiseAgainst) [[note]] The war theme keeps it from being a 1[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkeVkYq8Es Optimistic]] (Music/{{Radiohead}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MwjX4dG72s Yellow]] (Music/{{Coldplay}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k1w9DEqgGY Character Zero]] (Music/{{Phish}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f--4iDTr_k All That I've Got]] {Music/TheUsed))
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdNnw99-Ic Wish You Were Here]] (Music/PinkFloyd)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOAd7tDM8f8 Something In The Way]] (Music/{{Nirvana}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg7E9wEQVOA Blue Skies]] (Music/{{Jamiroquai}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEUrw3b85r4 Torn]] (Natalie Imbruglia)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySEPjEzCpTo Breathless]] (Music/TheCorrs)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x23l6BGu3w Under The Bridge]] (Music/RedHotChiliPeppers)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82JZh3VyE2M Fall At Your Feet]] (Music/CrowdedHouse)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjDojEOiMcE Everything]] (Music/{{Lifehouse}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEwmtLXSUBI Ain't Afraid to Die]] (Music/DirEnGrey)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_GPxe91hWE Nutshell]] (Music/AliceInChains)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI5KafCO_Wg History]] (Music/FuneralForAFriend)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ljHOSqc4A Crucify]] (Music/ToriAmos)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFKUnfwBPTU I Can't Decide]] {Music/ScissorSisters)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVyl402W5s Going to a Town]] (Music/RufusWainwright)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr7zVwX4fsU Mushaboom]] (Music/{{Feist}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0DAnu5Sq6k All My Love]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rY2mOXnti0 Vermillion Part 2.]] (Music/{{Slipknot}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye24cqG8j3M Nothing Else Matters]] (Music/{{Metallica}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWChhdIgT6Q Planet Caravan]] (Music/{{Pantera}})[[note]]The Music/BlackSabbath original is a 1.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCxEWPLDg5c Two-Headed Boy]] (Music/NeutralMilkHotel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98P-gu_vMRc Mr Blue Sky]] (Music/ElectricLightOrchestra)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIzDsGyxsQM Through Glass]] (Stone Sour)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXY69rg22xo Amanda]] (Music/{{Boston}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvsX03LOMhI The Sound of Silence]] (Music/SimonAndGarfunkel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlPmPi2qAiQ Babe]] (Music/{{Styx}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ry4cx6HfY So Far Away]] (Music/AvengedSevenfold)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-R0iqiCahA Sanctuary]] (Music/UtadaHikaru)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=modXbqbsAvs Dance Dance Dance]] (Lykke Li)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGo-_u7dfBQ I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)]] (Music/TheMoodyBlues)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vABrMYe-BAM Sleep]] (Copeland)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3G3oImGXR0 Can't Fight This Feeling]] (Music/REOSpeedwagon)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB3pxBDZvf4 Anthem of the Angels]] (Music/BreakingBenjamin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eAQa4MOGkE&ob=av2e It's Still Rock And Roll To Me]] (Music/BillyJoel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zunRVKtrcZQ Remember Everything]] (Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxMa7jijgR4 Go Ahead]] (The Rosebuds)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc6vNdQo0N8 Snow White]] (Music/{{D}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVYOS_nYTQ Maybe Tonight]] (Nicole Atkins)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1jYllE0T-k Change]] (Music/TaylorSwift)
** Also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBwpMelH6Gg State Of Grace]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPDrYu-fcgs Love will be born again (Japanese ver.)]] (Music/{{Versailles}})[[note]][[RearrangeTheSong Now with]] [[TranslatedCoverVersion 95% less]] GratuitousEnglish![[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9t8sHpUc Ironic]] (Music/AlanisMorissette)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgnDM3u0Uwg Haunted]] (Music/KellyClarkson)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYwUrEreThM Allies]] (Music/{{Mutemath}}
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zzUE6jSfjo Suicide Note, Part 1]] (Music/{{Pantera}})[[note]]Part 2 abruptly transitions to an instant 10.[[/note]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Level 3]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOUqRZkR8dE Pinball Wizard]] (Music/TheWho)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ap4s6pyoNw One Headlight]] (Music/TheWallflowers)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc9k3-fwwYM Everywhere]] (Michelle Branch)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3nPiBai66M Just Like Heaven]] (Music/TheCure)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSYiSqx--7o Drive]] (Music/{{Incubus}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1KRZOK4VE Sympathy for the Devil]] (Music/TheRollingStones)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvCiyGz4mO8 The Royal We]] (Music/SilversunPickups)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTRXzkRis-s All Apologies]] (Music/{{Nirvana}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKftiJS30Cs Starship Trooper]] (Music/{{Yes}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAbZzdalZh4 Birdhouse in Your Soul]] (Music/TheyMightBeGiants)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBszC40uvdQ Black Hole Sun]] (Music/{{Soundgarden}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuP8VBroyyg B.I.T.C.H.]] (Meredith Brooks)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL4UGSbeFg Man! I Feel Like A Woman!]] (Music/ShaniaTwain)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi8XTvhwF1U Stirb nicht vor Mir]] (Music/{{Rammstein}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btEpF334Rtc Combine Harvester]] (The Wurzels)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veZXjVtAIC8 My Love is a Stapler]] (Afterschool Tea Time; ''Manga/KOn''). [[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/keion/stapler.htm Lyrics here]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxaFANthouM Harvest]] (Music/{{Opeth}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYiahoYfPGk Time]] (Music/PinkFloyd)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY1l8T2Lcl0 Light My Fire]] (Music/TheDoors)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=706W4iV-Nmk Paralyzed]] (Music/TheUsed)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmoagjB-S_k Trains]] (Music/PorcupineTree)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCyGtFq8xk Mean To Me]] (Music/CrowdedHouse)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXwshfzG5zI In The Fade]] (Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge) [[note]]The guitar distortion during the song's chorus brings this song above a 2[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSUWGng9YBI Slippin Away]] (Hypocrisy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXEerT4TCk Snuff]] (Music/{{Slipknot}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBPVlTibs0o Stairway to Heaven]] (Music/LedZeppelin) [[note]]Balances out to a 3, as most of the song is a 1, and the guitar solo is a 6.[[/note]]
* [[http://youtu.be/lmxfuXcP-4M Django!!]] Music/Buck-Tick
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs8y3kneqrs Yellow Ledbetter]] (Music/PearlJam)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_eXoRt2MmM Action & Action]] (The Get Up Kids)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYMCLz5PQVw Space Oddity]] (Music/DavidBowie)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbTW928sMU Hotel California]] (The Eagles)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itv6Kt8M-v4 Turn To Stone]] (Music/ElectricLightOrchestra)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm4Y-ltM154 Ears Ring]] (Rainer Maria)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaMrivLS8bU Sorry Again]] (Velocity Girl)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYuf-ag3LXE Some Natures Catch No Plagues]] (Saetia)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm_-sW4Vktw More Than A Feeling]] (Music/{{Boston}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfSKoocUfqw Only Happy When It Rains]] (Music/{{Garbage}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9Ycq64Gy4 Subdivisions]] (Music/{{Rush}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6lgIUzY2Q One Lonely Visitor]] (Music/{{Chevelle}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg06B46VVys Rock Me]] (Great White)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud_JZcC0tHI Rock Around the Clock Tonight]] (BillHaley and the Comets)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sil76t2X_DE Do It Again]] (Music/SteelyDan) [[note]] This song can't be any softer due to its extreme LyricalDissonance. See MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness for details and this song's entry at Level 8 there. [[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0AgmZySDsI Angel]] (Luscious Jackson)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlo9MN1ZQs Keep on Loving You]] (Music/REOSpeedwagon)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcVEOc7ZYgk Hold the Line]] (Music/{{Toto}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CABCIseO8Zo Goodnight Saigon]] (Music/BillyJoel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dJowNtsps Gekka no Yasoukyoku]] (Music/MaliceMizer)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjsJcXLD1mE Metaphor]] (Music/InFlames)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4tj31L_Bag Break the Walls]] (Music/FitzAndTheTantrums)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-enjcgV1o Baby Come Back]] (Player)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubvV498pyIM It's My Life]] (Music/NoDoubt)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irsh44PlL9w Meds]] (Music/{{Placebo}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHw3MscfflY Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?]] (Music/TheOffspring) [[note]]Although the lyrics are about a rape victim, the tune is cheery and upbeat[[/note]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Level 4]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMePM9Q-bYk What I've Done]] (Music/LinkinPark)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prDoGmY5kj8 Hurt]] (Music/NineInchNails) [[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]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R_I2G_mWsc Discipline]] would be a more straightforward example of NIN at this level.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjNJmwwf7QA Wake Me Up When September Ends]] (Music/GreenDay)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a7cHPy04s8 Satisfaction ]] or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Egt1Hq4wpE Paint it, Black]] (Music/TheRollingStones)
** Also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9XKVTNs1g4 Jumping Jack Flash]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOqY18Nzr1A Beat It]](Music/MichaelJackson) [[note]] The guitar solo in the middle brings this song above a 3. [[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsQSb9RFo0 Hound Dog]] (Music/ElvisPresley)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCtC-LoOvqs You May Be Right]] (Music/BillyJoel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98W9QuMq-2k Vertigo]] (Music/{{U2}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IUeVq9nm9Q Everlong]] (Music/FooFighters)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp3_a-PMTw Supermassive Black Hole]] (Music/{{Muse}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3MzqSoqzlM Rock the Casbah]] (Music/TheClash)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPIwsAW2Q0w Alive]] (Music/PearlJam)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQh1ccqu8M How You Remind Me]] (Music/{{Nickelback}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kefaT6cGmtE Let's Fighting Love]] (DVDA)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onw91-WEGSQ Sk8er Boi]] (Music/AvrilLavigne)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhsTmiK7Q2M Push it to the Limit]] (Paul Engemann)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL6tDLCM2TI My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama]] (Music/FrankZappa)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAzSzo Another One Bites The Dust ]] (Music/{{Queen}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMwhrMA-jYo We Know Where You Sleep]] (Music/ThePaperChase)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5aq5HcS1A Dani California]] (Music/RedHotChiliPeppers)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21XIvkXjTnU Escapism]] (An Cafe)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7UrFYvl5TE Since U Been Gone]] (Music/KellyClarkson)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STxXS5lLunE This is Love]] (Music/PJHarvey)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYcEZy4OAgQ Extraordinary]] (Music/LizPhair)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOWR_-BXJU Declare Independence]] (Music/{{Bjork}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Zdq9Lj3yU Over the Hills and Far Away]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoMdkyeZOqE Cut Your Hair]] (Music/{{Pavement}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGXYiIDTPDI Suite Madame Blue]] (Music/{{Styx}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sMuVPMkkk Tiger Feet]] (Mud)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wdpSFQTulo Say It Ain't So]] (Music/{{Weezer}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm5DYEr3cwc In My Command]] (Music/CrowdedHouse)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE Mr Brightside]] (Music/TheKillers)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlMfV7A3V00 Chelsea Dagger]] (Music/TheFratellis)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEn-nTkbEM0 Say You'll Haunt Me]] (Stone Sour)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaR2JeqxQDY Peace of Mind]] (Music/{{Boston}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nv5XOi5KZs Last Chance]] (Shooting Star)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKENMt_77EQ Shameful Metaphors]] (Music/{{Chevelle}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okC4hw8IPYg Over and Over]] (Music/ThreeDaysGrace)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CBBtorFg2I Superman's Dead]] (Music/OurLadyPeace)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYsRbQpT1uY Miss America]] (Saving Abel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIHZZXrMsuI Auctioned]] (Music/DarkTranquillity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srffAv9Rves Swanheart]] (Music/{{Nightwish}})
* [[http://tu.tv/videos/the-firm-midnight-moonliht Midnight Moonlight]] (The Firm)[[note]]not a Website/YouTube video[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ztwENiiS98 Ready, Willing, and Able]] (Music/{{Petra}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHxqhlgxvGw Get Thru This]] (Music/ArtOfDying)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOTg-7pV64 Roundabout]] (Music/{{Yes}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwzaifhSw2c Venus in Furs]] (Music/VelvetUnderground)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg Don't Fear The Reaper]] (Music/BlueOysterCult)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B5FZk_vvBM Under Your Skin]] (Luscious Jackson)[[note]]Despite the lack of an electric guitar, the song's dark and biting/cynical tone brings it above a 3.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OR6HkGS11c American Woman]] (The Guess Who)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G84P5K-W1c&ob=av2n The House Is Rockin']] (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBl95Qa9S10 De Sangre Hermosa]] (Music/IllNino)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUb0TmXuECM The Unforgiven, Part 1]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcWtsthvZH4 and 2]] (Music/{{Metallica}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sagqE18KJrI Skeleton Song]] (Music/{{Sevendust}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk_gIOSHviA Écailles De Lune Pt. 1]] (Alcest)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgV0_IRokqU The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret]] (Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6i38RH-FJI Gone Away]] (Music/TheOffspring))
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnB-dnJVlcs Born To Be Wild]] (Music/{{Steppenwolf}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_PrT25o8Vs Next Girl]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLSpj7q6_mM Howlin' For You]] (Music/TheBlackKeys)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJv8hLblt_M Love Surreal]] (Nicole Atkins)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFuUaCe8eY Boris The Spider]] (TheWho) [[note]]would arguably have been lower if not for the growls[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZukYCIcQy0 Some Might Say]] (Music/{{Oasis}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui8LfIr3bKI Forgotten Years]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui8LfIr3bKI Bullroarer]] by Midnight Oil.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rsk7OZQ94w 100% Hero]] from ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure''. [[http://prettycure.wikia.com/wiki/100%25_Hero Lyrics here]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OblL026SvD4 Still Into You]] (Music/{{Paramore}})
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Level 5]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K56soYl0U1w Blitzkrieg Bop]] (Music/TheRamones)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDhTumGxB2w Now I'm Here ]] (Music/{{Queen}})
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-SMOsXCc0c&feature=related Ogre Battle]] is halfway between a 5 and a 6.
*** As is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0 Fat Bottomed Girls]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arpZ3fCwDEw Smoke On The Water ]] (Music/DeepPurple)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkkL_aDrIyU Back in Black]] (Music/{{ACDC}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmEZs_Kcms American Idiot]] (Music/GreenDay)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW8S58CYQqs Cat Scratch Fever]] (Music/TedNugent)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_B0uXwLCTg Society]] (Pennywise)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CccfNaGy_vo Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart]] (Music/StoneTemplePilots)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j7huh5Egew Seven Nation Army]] (Music/TheWhiteStripes)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J16lInLZRms Higher]] (Music/{{Creed}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTN6Du3MCgI Gay Bar]] (Music/ElectricSix)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI17PD2Z6OA Pretend We're Dead]] (Music/{{L7}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0dmPKYJiB8 Purple Haze]] (Music/JimiHendrix)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBmueYJ0VhA Immigrant Song]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGmAmJFUvzM The End]] (Music/TheDoors)[[note]]Pretty hardcore for 1967.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNOZegkVXo Rock of Ages]] (Music/DefLeppard)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmWs6Jf5dc Anarchy in the UK]] (Music/SexPistols)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehzSNfu29v0 Victory]] (Music/BadReligion)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJdWPSwSOLw Same Old Song And Dance]] (Music/{{Aerosmith}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmShHSuUf8M One Last Goodbye]] (Music/{{Anathema}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iva_Y9W3hJ0 100%]] (Music/SonicYouth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-49noOAFsG8 Princess of The Night]] (Saxon)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9iu-vza2g Masturbating Smile]] (Kuroyume)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6-wG5LLqE Won't Get Fooled Again]] (Music/TheWho)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQPHsONF_tE La Villa Strangiato]] (Music/{{Rush}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Vf9HTgSEg In the Dark]] (Music/TheBirthdayMassacre)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rEVVAw3-0 Talk To You Later]] (The Tubes)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq645z7qfp8 Locked Out]] (Music/CrowdedHouse)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsdjlPVaJU Here's Your Future]] (The Thermals)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rRIMY3nHRg Hyper Enough]] (Music/{{Superchunk}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge8ucvLYLRc For Want Of]] (Rites of Spring)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsArcMMqbhw Because It's Midnite]] ([[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Limozeen]])
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXq5VvYAI1Q Ziggy Stardust]] (Music/DavidBowie)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta3EQxSsCFQ Cherry Bomb]] (Music/TheRunaways)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHoPYLQvnQM Run Run Away]] (Slade)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1j-neXQQeE Hell Raiser]] (Music/TheSweet)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd4q0Xx-u1Y Voice of the Soul]] (Music/{{Death}}) [[note]]...Bet you didn't expect a death metal band to go down this low on the scale.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BML6LJM-lwA The Family Disease]] (Oceana)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSIRAF75sa0 Bodhisattva]] (Music/SteelyDan)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCcwNoVSt2E Locomotive Breath]] (Music/JethroTull)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwdwc0sxWsI Konya Wa Hurricane]] (''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'')
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6EQAOmJrbw Teenagers]] (Music/MyChemicalRomance)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uncJVQxTD0 Help Save The Youth of America From Exploding]] (Less Than Jake)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAm0Xe2bTS4 Opheliac]] (Music/EmilieAutumn)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9A6tn_P6g&ob=av2e Ignorance]] (Music/{{Paramore}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cues2i1fv58 Working For The Weekend]] (Music/{{Loverboy}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RNIZ_0qkpk Rockin' The Suburbs]] (Music/BenFolds)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4VCpTZye10 Break]] (Music/ThreeDaysGrace)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nQCxwneUwA Satellite]] (Music/RiseAgainst)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCzdecygpmg Tonight]] (Music/{{Seether}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55CH_8YOBQc Jerry Was A Race Car Driver]] (Music/{{Primus}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2wst219hU Black Lodge]] (Music/{{Anthrax}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Qc1hmP_NI Snail]] (Do As Infinity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-9DiUL9HA8 Supervixen]] (Music/{{Garbage}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZUiVb594Vo 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]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiomcuNlVjk&hd=1 Only Shallow]] (Music/MyBloodyValentine)[[note]]My Bloody Valentine's entire SignatureStyle is that they essentially wrote pop songs that were brute-forced to this level of hardness by Kevin Shields' wall of guitar noise. This becomes more obvious when you hear Japancakes' acoustic ''Loveless'' CoverAlbum, which is entirely a 1.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT6UCvR7kgU Power Of Equality]] (Music/RedHotChiliPeppers)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhiwRhPS1O0 Beast of Blood]] (Music/MaliceMizer)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzPwXefCR1w Captive]] (Ume)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jPekN1VezQ Numb]] (Music/IllNino)[[note]]The guitars keep it from getting a 4.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dte-u_lsmdc Vampyre Erotica]] (Music/InkubusSukkubus)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcrWM1pHuJE Halo]] (Music/PorcupineTree)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69e8oa85F3g In My Head]] (Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLJrHaL4q9U Bring Your Adz]] (Jake Shimabukuro) [[note]]Jake shows us you CAN get this heavy with an ukulele[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVTlH3NOdaM Amazed]] (Music/TheOffspring)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sOULmKUhFM Fight for the Future]] from ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' [[note]] I bet you would have never thought that a song from a MagicalGirl show would ever get this high on the scale. [[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrCMc80ZnJg The Day The World Went Away]] (Music/NineInchNails)[[note]]The Original/Album version[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk Song 2]] (Music/{{Blur}}) [[note]]Most of Blur's songs are in levels 1, 2, and 3. Song 2 is an unusual and a notable exception for them[[/note]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMLyY1efTMI Movin' On]] is also this level. [[note]]The video is a live version of the song, since the studio version is not on Youtube.[[/note]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Level 6]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3szPRF3gaM The Hitman]] (Music/{{Queen}})
** Also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmt2mgmrSUw Stone Cold Crazy]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgmsTJhjWII Dead on Time]][[note]]Nudged in here thanks to their breakneck-fast tempos. "Stone Cold Crazy" was crazy fast for 1974, and it's considered one of the first ThrashMetal or SpeedMetal songs. ("Dead on Time" is no slouch for 1978 either.) {{Metallica}}'s cover, besides showing its influence on metal, arguably pushes the song up to a 7 by virtue of being louder and changing its lyrics from humorous to psychotic.[[/note]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9PCXVZto18 Hammer To Fall]] is also this. [[note]]Though live versions sometimes went up to a 7, thanks to Brian May's extended guitar solo.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUkoL9RE72o Seize The Day]] (Music/AvengedSevenfold)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqds0B_meys Animal I Have Become]] (Music/ThreeDaysGrace)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTiGlNDnOtE So Cold]] (Music/BreakingBenjamin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyNi-wjAs6w Let Me Drown]] (Music/{{Soundgarden}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_D9wlqFxo Eraser]] (Music/NineInchNails)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8krdLDuEx3U Brain Stew/Jaded]] (Music/GreenDay)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWLxT5OFcWg 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx]] (Music/{{Rush}}) [[note]]These are the first two parts of the song; the rest moves around. 'The Discovery' would be around 1, while 'The Presentation' is basically a back-and-forth between the styles of parts 2 and 3.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg Welcome to the Jungle ]] (Music/GunsNRoses)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQnzs8wl6E Fade To Black]] (Music/{{Metallica}})
** Also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqLn0vavOo Motorbreath (Unplugged Version)]]. [[note]]This live song nicely demonstrates how hard you can get with just an acoustic guitar. The electrified version, meanwhile, is a pretty solid 8.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uefzAvfpuuw Rooster]] (Music/AliceInChains)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in8_-Mk5pnQ Arena of Pleasure]] (Music/{{WASP}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkLhAxbUecw Killing Me, Killing You]] (Sentenced)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsigDKE14uI Vermillion Part 1.]] (Music/{{Slipknot}}) [[note]]Would be a 7 if it were just a little faster[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmPsZRgvXP4 No Way]] (Music/{{Korn}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbB-mICjkQM Plug In Baby]] (Music/{{Muse}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Ske2eKX2g Demon Cleaner]] (Music/{{Kyuss}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQPJYnr48yU Coma White]] (Music/MarilynManson)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZq3i94mSsQ Detroit Rock City]] (Music/{{Kiss}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsO08sUq6vI Taxicab Messiah]] (Kidneythieves)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgkBWZXVLyk My Girlfriend's Girlfriend]] (Music/TypeONegative)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvknOXGPzCQ Be Quiet and Drive]] (Music/{{Deftones}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ifpji6QUz8 Hell's Kitchen]] (Music/DreamTheater)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg Smells Like Teen Spirit]] (Music/{{Nirvana}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r-V0uK4u0 Bullet With Butterfly Wings]] (Music/TheSmashingPumpkins)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCUD52feOmg Getchoo]] (Music/{{Weezer}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-czDG-LoeCo Black and White Boy]] (Music/CrowdedHouse)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6W7jMURpGU Stargazer]] (Music/{{Rainbow}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDlo5c99XJA Addicted To Chaos]] (Music/{{Megadeth}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBLbrJxGtro Stone the Crow]] (Down)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTRAXYafSyM A National Acrobat]] (Music/BlackSabbath)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuO3hHwQ-Sc Eagle Fly Free]] (Music/{{Helloween}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHpxk8zwv6Y No One Knows]] (Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6z-nxAYhGw On Fire]] (Music/VanHalen)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka12hnyeo9Y Go]] (Music/PearlJam)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esZ15n6_5JY Nobody's Fault But Mine]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwrHMd-H_aQ Cemetery Gates]] (Music/{{Pantera}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RukUetw0hAM Thunderstruck]] (Music/{{ACDC}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqS5Fo9j7BA Bang Yer Head]] (Portraits of Past)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6-ZccfRrIo My Cat]] (Jack Off Jill)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXN9acC9edU Stockholm Syndrome]] (Music/{{Muse}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alINjklNwLo Super Buu's Theme]] (Bruce Faulconer)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRDi67G0Siw Fell In Love with a Girl]] (Music/TheWhiteStripes)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiPFttKbSiI Mutter]] (Music/{{Rammstein}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPbYEeCLB-Q Consequences]] / [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ6hG7XX6zI The Melancholy]] (Music/IcedEarth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1IReGYKsyM God Save The Queen]] (Music/SexPistols)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsONzEqrr6w I Wanna Be A Drug Sniffing Dog]] (Lard)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbaXDgrWSGo Cold December]] (Presence)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhZvDJ2opsM Pardon Me]] (Music/{{Incubus}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK3B7vMzNUg Die Trying]] (Music/ArtofDying)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbO3puOAaes Not Again]] (Staind)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWuXmfgXVxY Helter Skelter]] (Music/TheBeatles)[[note]]Would've been a 10 back in 1968.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKMINJlhCxw No, Thank You!!]] (''Manga/KOn'')
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lZgHdOU-ko Wicked Garden]] (Music/StoneTemplePilots)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-NLa1K7Dj8 Rapture]] (Music/{{Hurt}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyFgDYoEMMA Misery Business]] (Music/{{Paramore}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFBIr3Vx16w To Holmgard and Beyond]] (Music/{{Turisas}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb7fLA5ccWg Vow]] (Music/{{Garbage}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0dsWjgCFes All I Ask For]] (Music/IllNino)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ihpnwOaJy8 Crazy Train]] (Music/OzzyOsbourne)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smF3Cv0Vlds Deadwing]] (Music/PorcupineTree)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV1Fe9de0dA Face of Melinda]] (Music/{{Opeth}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBtWvXVCw5w Pieces]] (Hoobastank)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkDbBkJweTg Curse of Rose]] (Music/{{Kaya}} feat. Selia and [[Music/{{Versailles}} Hizaki]])[[note]]This song is what happens when a {{synthpop}} performer asks a PowerMetal guitarist to compose a song for him.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMHU9pga9NY Parallel Universe]] (Music/RedHotChiliPeppers)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1DOcke51iM The Kids Aren't Alright]] (Music/TheOffspring)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OORJ-lMaSs Sinister Rouge]] (Music/BadReligion) [[note]]The melodic chorus keeps this from being a 7[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce0LtolCsLc One Armed Scissors]] (At the Drive-In)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ge5BoOOhCo What Do You Want Me to Say?]] (The Dismemberment Plan)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQRE_DFk6o8 Only]] (Music/{{Anthrax}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrBLCOpHxvo Firestarter]] (Music/TheProdigy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KypGr9G637Y Lethean Tears]] (Solution .45) [[note]]This would be a 4 or 5 if not for the double bass drumming in the final chorus.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfwy0BRBc5g Red]] (KingCrimson)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY14M3ufW10 Vena Cava]] (Angelspit)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B69PABUyovs Age Of Innocence]] (Music/IronMaiden)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSuyAq0OMgs Toys in the Attic]] (Music/{{Aerosmith}}) [[note]]One of their heaviest songs, chiefly because of its relentless tempo.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8i3g9DlDl0 Cosmic Slop]] (Funkadelic)
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?fmt=18&gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=oVHrvx-Ua68 Super Stupid]] is even heavier, heavy enough to basically invent FunkMetal.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvJGQ_piwI0 Kick out the Jams]] (Music/{{MC5}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Yihs6S0Ac F**k Authority]] (Pennywise)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXZxjDdjeLY Dozing Green]] (Dir En Grey)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BazaezLjzTg Whyyawannabringmedown]] (Music/KellyClarkson) [[note]]Bet you never expected to see her get this high on the list.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nNiJQ9vcCM You Come To Me]] (Nicole Atkins) [[note]]The video is a live version. However, both the live and the studio versions of the song are at this level.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgvXRpum_Tw Departure Plan]] (Soilwork)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlCC1GOwFw One Step Closer]] (Music/LinkinPark)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6oNE2lT8R4 Fly]] (Music/BlindGuardian)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHNVK9NY4JE Edge Of Thorns]] (Music/{{Savatage}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81LseY89j9A What is Left]] (Demon Hunter) [[note]] Despite the heavy instruments in the song and the guitar solo at the bridge, the accessible melodies and somewhat sad tone keeps it below a 7.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmmM_qwG4k Whole Lotta Love]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0GOZ9zgLec The Way Out Is Through]] (Music/NineInchNails) [[note]]This would be a 7 if it wasn't for the quiet introduction.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUTnZhlDmrM Wheels Of Fire]] (Music/JudasPriest)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bukD0KQDwIY Hiding]] (Pianos Become The Teeth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRie0YDZjP0 Suicide]] (Disciple) [[note]] Even though the lyrics regard suicide and the song's instruments are quite metallic, the radio-friendly tone and bright melodies keep it from reaching 7.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Level 7]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhkXxmnYHc Reptile]] (Music/NineInchNails)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqHwlR1GNO Take Back]] (Music/GreenDay)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCKtzpIh4Ww Jurahevin Kuninkaat]] (Hevisaurus)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOE3OSujWH0 Ocean Scorn]] (Sorrowseed)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s Through the Fire and Flames]] (Music/{{Dragonforce}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mHe6FMs46o Number of the Beast]] (Music/IronMaiden)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swUeHhBVjko Omeano Tettuini Kugimo Ute]] (Music/JAMProject)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5QUSmnUzo Warfare]] (Music/JagPanzer)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CChMgYHaOTs Eat My Diarrhea]] (Music/GGAllin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNGzltK_tlc Unleashed]] (Music/{{Epica}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzAQlIZd5Kc Sleep Now In the Fire]] (Music/RageAgainstTheMachine)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuoFiIFkdAA Wish]] (Music/NineInchNails)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JZ9djZa180 Bodies]] (Music/DrowningPool)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO2DYwvseiY Exciter]] (Music/JudasPriest)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhduQhDqtb4 New Born]] (Music/{{Muse}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjm4BrNAf6s Energize Me]] (Music/AfterForever)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUn4jXZko5E Set the World on Fire]] (Music/SymphonyX)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=semzRrVqiMg The Czar]] (Music/{{Mastodon}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhci-MG4DNE Dead Star]] (Music/{{Muse}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPULEde8Tw8 Last Before The Storm]] (Music/GammaRay)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBm_fuIeQL0 Zero]] or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoUVCMx7RWM Fuck You (An Ode to No One)]](Music/TheSmashingPumpkins)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lg2AAXaWCU The Curse Of Feanor]] (Music/BlindGuardian)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cs8zk0jxeU Highlander]] (Lost Horizon)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3R4zkblHZk Parabola]] (Music/{{Tool}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjITD9LnwRY I Against I]] (Music/BadBrains)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho65DMAuqz8 Travel in Stygian]] / [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0E1rSS5Bkw Stand Alone]] (Music/IcedEarth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RnRDizzBM0 Born Too Late]] (Saint Vitus)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpCM5X9ugCo Venus Blue]] (Music/AcidBath)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKhfkfnbAMQ Pull Me Under]] (Music/DreamTheater)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUJQ5Kngw8g Guardian]] (Fates Warning)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32GsPfUnsRk I Don't Believe in Love]] (Music/{{Queensryche}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4h1wciz45o Our Solemn Hour]] (Music/WithinTemptation)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zb1Wghne1w The End of Heartache]] (Music/KillswitchEngage)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBEE-t-uyI0 Somebody Someone]] (Music/{{Korn}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooB9Ez5P_s4 Millenium]] (Music/{{Stratovarius}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsJEVbJwCEU Pump the Brakes]] (Refused)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5bZTwaGTXk Leaving All Behind]] (Cellador)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ylCeG101A Lorelei]] (Music/TheatreOfTragedy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5N4fgyfApg Leaves]] (Music/TheGathering)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80kOBeMEm2I Nemo]] (Music/{{Nightwish}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkMxA6bxNLI Gaia]] (Music/{{Tiamat}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pfZoVuKsQo Holy Tears]] (Music/{{Isis}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htKY2oD85rs Hearts on Fire]] (Music/HammerFall)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A_-x5ISD0k Wild One]] ([[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]])
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4d1RjLeqb8 Sakkyun Light]] (Sekken-ya; ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' FanVid)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V_XVWdzXRE It's About Time]] (Music/VanHalen)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGpbd6BUO0I Welcome Home]] (Music/CoheedAndCambria)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybBB4a0c4Vw Psalm 9]] (Trouble)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in1TBIekq00 Mirror of Sorrow]] (Solitude Aeturnus)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUhwNWzdIAc Art]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq3nr-njPow Of]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoSOteq6Vsw Life]] (Music/XJapan)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltSIBcqOJD0 Cause Disarray]] (Music/{{Galneryus}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ZkUROJ86Y Renegade]] (Music/HedPE)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc-7FXzbeA0 Green Machine]] (Music/{{Kyuss}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQMDSw3Aqo This is the New Shit]] (Music/MarilynManson)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBqHDGr2_qs Wearing and Tearing]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHDaKtx6bGY Sick, Sick, Sick]] (Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5y9m0XEtIE Breakfast of Champions]] (Comadre)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rltcohCUwY Hole in the Sky]] (Music/AxelRudiPell)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEzXFuYN89k Open Your Heart]] (Music/{{Crush40}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCbvDPSBBD4 Prepare For Oblivion]] (''UniverseAtWar'' soundtrack)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTlhUfBLKlM Riding the Storm]] (Music/RunningWild)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibYWVbdphQA Paper Moshay]] (Antioch Arrow)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZMPqU-eqA Hold Me Down]] (Hardline)
* [[http://www.archive.org/details/PlonkMoist-ArmiBeter Armi Beter]] (Plonk Moist)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMYDuPWHFAo One Little Victory]] (Music/{{Rush}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNfEOwMZMmU Memento Mori]] (Music/{{Kamelot}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NQ8OCcQ3LA Home]] (Music/ThreeDaysGrace)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yHuuBZgif0 Blow Me Away]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uo24zuEbKQ Natural Life]] (Music/BreakingBenjamin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuFXsWT8J6Q Hammerhead]] (Music/TheOffspring)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLN9qUXvb_8 Prince Charming]] (Music/{{Metallica}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onmRpKKyvSs Moving Very Slowly]] ([[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Taranchula]])
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMt6CZJQXPI Pain for Pleasure]] (Sum 41)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq3QmtV8vT0 Down With the Sickness]] (Music/{{Disturbed}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYTzcubws7Y Assistant to the Regional Manager]] (Music/TheDevilWearsPrada)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vAtLMyba5 Treason]] (Kutless) [[note]]If the instruments were any lighter, it would border on a 5 or 6.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kTBbTSjZpI I Am (All of Me)]] (Music/{{Crush 40}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdmhFhxJIXQ&feature=related Ultra]] (Music/{{KMFDM}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ien0GEn2Bio Criminal]] (Attack Attack!)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN0SNk3P3a4 Ride]] (Presence) [[note]]Ignore that bit at the beginning, obviously[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW8UIW8eXCk California Uber Alles]][[note]]LP version[[/note]] (Music/DeadKennedys)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYpWjaCdsPs Yours]] (Toby Mac)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_UwEap5TDA Carry On, Wayward Son (Kansas Cover)]] (The Showdown)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e5cqe_JE0Q Ace of Spades]] (Music/{{Motorhead}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh9osYZNilU Blackest Eyes]] (Music/PorcupineTree) [[note]]Despite the songs very soft vocals, verses, and refrain, the song's really heavy main riff keeps it at this level.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s6Jp1ld2n4 Meaningless]] (Mnemic)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tymWpEU8wpM This Love]] (Music/{{Pantera}})[[note]]A good example of a metal ballad whose "heavy parts" are heavy enough to bring the song above a 6[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQVLC3Optow Resuscitation of a Dead Man]] (Music/{{Thursday}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLqHQnzcN-E Kokou no Sousei]] (Music/YouseiTeikoku)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdWVjXvFgU0 Family System]] (Music/{{Chevelle}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSaBveD7zvA&ob=av3e Unholy Confessions]] (Music/AvengedSevenfold)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUb0TmXuECM Écailles De Lune Pt. 2]] (Alcest)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-S9ErhqPSo Not The American Average]] (Asking Alexandria)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D64fzY-Vz-I How Can I Live]] (Music/IllNino)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vSzAV3MqA4 Bread of Shame]] (Music/{{Creed}})[[note]]Bet you didn't expect to see them here.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8g-lugXGBQ Countdown To Extinction]] (Music/{{Megadeth}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT3vUOTPgMw Angry Chair]] (Music/AliceInChains)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_bR9EXA1r4 The Set Up]] (Music/ZebraHead)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTC3zoXMrIg TRUE]] (Music/ExistTrace)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-I8ALlYxdY Metalingus]] (Music/AlterBridge)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT_oPFNJwEM Believe In Nothing]] (Music/{{Nevermore}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKrhlPEdgYE&feature=plcp Interceptor]] (Music/SumoCyco)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJvbyY1YeLI A Tower Of Ashes]] (Music/{{Theocracy}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-etVJC58O0 Nightly Knights]] (Music/{{D}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AqHLYhyCMk Samurai]] (Danger Gang)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5aIZv-Auxk The King For A Thousand Years]] (Music/{{Helloween}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzp7roRkRA8 Anchor]] (Lifetime)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9PL4Xy4wrk The Quiet Place]] (Music/InFlames)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjTXeJZM8wg Stargazer]] (Blood Stain Child)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhldbymXK-8 Give It All]] (Music/RiseAgainst)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNYgNpAX__M Breed]] (Music/{{Nirvana}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2F_hGwD26g The Pot]] (Music/{{Tool}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xyxtzD54rM Given Up]] (Music/LinkinPark)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hij1b1kG0Mw Hit the Floor]] (Music/BulletForMyValentine)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2dCsMbrrpc This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed]] ({{The Mars Volta}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rihpED_obk Children Of The Grave]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXgU2cGqlLM Symptom Of The Universe]] [[note]] The first part anyway, up to 4:15, is even arguably a borderline 8. The last part is around a 1 or 2, though.[[/note]] (Music/BlackSabbath)
* [[http://youtu.be/b5Ce2xFIcpo Orgasm]] Music/XJapan rides the line between 7 and 9. Some versions (especially from the early days as X) are 8 verging on 9, but anything after 1993 is between 7 and 8 due to the lack of Taiji's faster bass.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmSeWqmlqYs Hollow]] (Music/AliceInChains)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sz-zeNPdGg The Paris Hilton Sex Tape]] (Maybeshewill)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Level 8]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3tcQI5EEiA Do You Want a Taco?]] (Music/{{Psychostick}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmtbsFW0tCw Endless, Nameless]] (Music/{{Nirvana}})[[note]]The quiet parts keep it from earning a 9 or 10[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbONRHjtKb8 Vices]] (Music/BrandNew) [[note]] The opera intro keeps it from a 9 or 10[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYTOZU9rRj8 BU2B]] (Music/{{Rush}}) [[note]]Really heavy main riff, fast bass lines during the bridge, and dark lyrics put this song here. Rush's heaviest song.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksutNW3HFT8 The Donkey-Headed Adversary of Humanity Opens the Discussion]] (Music/SleepytimeGorillaMuseum)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ7Aif5aXlQ Battery]] (Music/{{Metallica}}) [[note]]Live versions often creep up to 9[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYlUe-SDqA0 Holy Wars... The Punishment Due]] or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiT7WoVGt5k Head Crusher]] (Music/{{Megadeth}})
* [[http://youtu.be/OH0XqfVUDis Stab Me In The Back]] Music/XJapan (from their days as X)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHvTWwnw9xs Bullets]] (Music/{{Creed}}) [[note]]...or here[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcXSj8QeL70 Among the Living]] (Music/{{Anthrax}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULXT9xgSsDs Striker]] (Annihilator)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2r1MiD5m38 Legless]] (Sorrowseed)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc_vIQBgH1k Starfuckers,Inc]] (Music/NineInchNails) [[note]] The bridge keeps it from a 9[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGthXdVWaNQ Firestorm]] (Earth Crisis)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGywo81G6lk Trollhammaren]] (Finntroll)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8XOCwVXlS4 Clouds over California]] (Devildriver)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndfqN1VKhY Prison Song]] (Music/SystemOfADown)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ3kVtd2CCA Mein Teil]] (Music/{{Rammstein}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbcz9M_LNc The Downward Spiral]] (Music/NineInchNails) [[note]] The quieter part in the beginning keeps it from a 9[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW2cktOi-Kk The Flood]] (The Haunted)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc4WFzl-6Xs Starchild]] (Wintersun)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR6cD64e7X8 Victimized]] (Music/LinkinPark)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGjxZ6Y8uLY The Saints]] (Music/{{Helloween}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g5EO633vEE Not Unlike the Waves]] (Agalloch)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0tzZ__Z5Qw Guilty of Being White]] (Music/MinorThreat)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff_V0hHCTCw Take the Night Off]] (Sick of it All)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQuihD0hoI Dragula]] (Music/RobZombie)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcXVnyiQjBE Nerve]] (Soilwork)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9fSgUvT5iw Evenfall]] (Tristania)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJE6CSPkgT0 At the Gallows End]] (Music/{{Candlemass}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Zo3FmtVJ4 Forests in Fire and Gold]] (Drudkh)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cliTbuXF26g Depth Charge]] (Music/DevinTownsend)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lDcp_vD6HI Land of the Dead]] (Music/{{Summoning}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1xdcgtsHNM Leave Me Here]] (Cult of Luna)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7suDE2TxhU Nightmare]] (Music/{{Venom}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2ho99lK1a0 King of a Stellar War]] (Rotting Christ)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytceTtZng48 Beat it Upright]] (Music/{{Korn}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHvuXdhnieA Empire Falls]] (Primordial)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPFPRSZDXp0 Imperium]] (Music/MachineHead)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epDFHOVbhWk Burning Inside]] (Music/{{Ministry}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtVuL2mPC0E Souls of Black]] (Music/{{Testament}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89h-X-tZa_w Rumors of War]] (High on Fire)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjEx292Ph8M E1M1: At Doom's Gate]] (Robert Prince; ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' 3DO soundtrack)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDmNkvE050I Starfire Burning Upon the Ice Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule]] (Music/{{Bal-Sagoth}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nCdgYWYXpM A Looking in View]] (Music/AliceInChains)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkF4JD2rO3Q The Dark Eternal Night]] (Music/DreamTheater)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph5efJOqghQ Hammer of Damnation]] (Demoniac)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU8OoM8sKg8 Epic Questions]] (Pagan's Mind)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtHxWeOXNgM The Devil Incarnate]] (Death Angel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sABrBAVICcw Dead]] (Norther)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk Walk]] (Music/{{Pantera}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Xj6pj7n7s Woodlawn]] (Ampere)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94bGzWyHbu0&ob=av2e Nightmare]] or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zlh-xYA_k God Hates Us]] (Music/AvengedSevenfold) [[note]]While the latter song is definitely the heaviest thing A7x has done in years, it's still ultimately too melodic and "catchy" to be a 9. Meanwhile, the occasional bouts of metalcore screaming bring the former song above a 7.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjdSBuZlTGk Pisleen]] (Tendril)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a02fYwXQqUk Who Wants A Dose Of The Clap?]] (The Locust)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4XVbfDb-NI Chelsea Smile]] (Music/BringMeTheHorizon)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RQzomsa1IY Forgive and Forget]] (Miss May I)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj6RGBj9DaU Tales of a Scorched Earth]] (Music/TheSmashingPumpkins)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krz11xrRcaE Don't]] (Music/DinosaurJr)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqvHaQPVec Not So Posi After All]] (Punch)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97t4QXPvKGo Young God]] (Music/{{Swans}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZz74yFLkvg Nikopol]] (''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' soundtrack)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvtvzMHGtm4 Nothijngrad]] (Novembre)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pxw5qZXAdQ Dust Devils And Cosmic Storms]] (myGRAIN)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNbq0GWnGWs Chester]] (Disarmonia Mundi)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKjzDU7V7es Misery's Crown]] (Music/DarkTranquillity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHOb0nbjBtE Hybrid Cult]] (Music/ScarSymmetry)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A7UjrZnOuo A Plot to Bomb the Panhandle]] (Music/ADayToRemember)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NNPEr0FRHc Farewell to Shady Glade]] (Of Mice and Men)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG11Y5DaALA Seven]] (Music/SymphonyX)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG7aDAPBCwY Birdo]] (Horse The Band)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoxXnEdZA6o Acidhead]] (Tourniquet)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vnf0McFrgg Into The Storm]] (Music/BlindGuardian)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJtDD9UMDBo Remnants/Asylum]] (Music/{{Disturbed}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tA2n-o7jms Live at the Sandopolis]] (Braincells)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny3GH4MmASM Flesh]] (Music/{{KMFDM}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUId5f1-KbE Carol of the Bells]] (August Burns Red)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBqXPz_gLts Breath Of the Swamp]] (The Showdown)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVrMRTw29G0 Snowdrifts]] (Dark Lunacy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N-nvKduogc Ignite]] (Living Sacrifice)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W9g3XWv4a4 Dystopia]] (Music/IcedEarth)
* [[http://youtu.be/sVPooKsLxII Desperate Times, Desperate Measures]] (Music/{{Underoath}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-ipUGylvmo Dirge for November]] (Music/{{Opeth}})[[note]]The softer acoustic bits are what keep it below a 9.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oj6EqWiEu8 Moon of My Nights]] (Kalmah)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSELEgAYc84 The Last Stand of Frej]] (Music/AmonAmarth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRV1Zgjmiks Behind The Crooked Cross]] (Music/{{Slayer}})
* [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5n647_rin-toshite-shigure-telecastic-fake_music Telecastic Fake Show]] (Ling Tosite Sigure)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U35tSx6XXDo Through the Eyes of the Devil]] (Mercenary)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJH0eBtnbcs Welcome Home]] (Music/KingDiamond)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUsLgJKVq7Q The Red Carpet Day]] (Music/{{Versailles}})[[note]]Link goes to the original version, although [[RearrangeTheSong the remake]] is the same hardness.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eISiR_-FfOY Rusty Nails]] (God Dethroned)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CffJeVSAJk8 Moonshield]] (Music/InFlames)[[note]]If not for its heavy use of acoustic guitars, this would ''definitely'' be a 9.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMCLXZJc8Uk Voices of the Dead]] (Kreator)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdd9do6e3e4 Blondevil]] (Onesidezero)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ4_u4lRYUU We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan]] (Music/{{Lostprophets}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS6-vI70oc0 Pain Killer]] (Music/JudasPriest)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cl1f_6FYQo China Town]] (Music/VanHalen)[[note]]The pure speed and agressivness keepts it from being a 7.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSA-0lBv3zM My Acid Words]] (Music/{{Nevermore}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVG_bBJU94A Second]] (Dazzle Vision)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLzBo-RoZVY Demanufacture]] (Music/FearFactory)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IJX-LNWTEQ Gattai Nante Kuso Kurae]] (''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' soundtrack)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-BFNAk_oyE Tapestry of the Starless Abstract]] (Ne Obliviscaris)[[note]]Starts at level 10, level 8 during passages with clean vocals, and level 1 during quiet interludes.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOGf9J2wWB0 CMND CTRL]] (Deftones)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jUs45f5p50 L Dopa]] (Music/BigBlack)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ8uTxWO7Yw Millionaire]] (Music/{{Queens of the Stone Age}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoqAUwxM4ZU Alpha]] (Music/{{Sevendust}}) [[note]]If not for the clean vocals in the chorus, this would ''easily'' be a 9.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Zrn-eEnGg Black Death]] (The Defiled)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLFFznO_eTs Happiness In Slavery]] (Music/NineInchNails)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Br1IAH4x8 Tom Waits]] (The Fall of Troy)[[note]]Middle section dips to about a 5, although the contrast makes the shrieking vocals and aggressive music seem even heavier.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wUr4Lut4A In League with Satan]] (Music/{{Venom}}) [[note]]The dark lyrics and rough production keep it from getting a 7.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjpjOeMwhVk March of Mephisto]] (Music/{{Kamelot}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WkrE3EJFCs Nomad]] (Music/{{Sepultura}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UconifZFZvk Come On! Negatone]] from ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' [[note]] This would have been at level 7 without that klaxon alarm blaring throughout the opening and ending of the song. It's very outlandish that a song from a {{Magical Girl}} show to make it to level 5 (see ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'''s example there), but level 8? *[[YourHeadAsplode head explodes]]*.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5aQZhGeaGo White Widow]] (Six Feet Under) [[note]] Would be 6 or 7 if not for the vocals.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrWM-_F2nBM To the Core]] or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur3xu43Fols Dead Ringer]] by (Music/RiseAgainst) [[note]] The softer parts keep it from getting a 9 or 10[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spOabIgcxlE Terminal Show]] (Music/{{Motorhead}})
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Level 9]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_zsJ8KPP0 Angel of Death]] (Music/{{Slayer}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZyZAGyFbI State of the Union]] (Music/RiseAgainst)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTrevt0rP74 Beneath The Remains]] (Music/{{Sepultura}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRyl_p1z9Nw Spirit Crusher]] (Music/{{Death}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c27WAhchHDI Heartwork]] (Music/{{Carcass}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqRfBnauLE0 Jotun]] (Music/InFlames)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSwKpbGZe5Y Big Man With A Gun]] (Music/NineInchNails)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjlgUx7_aN0 Fight Fire with Fire]] (Music/{{Metallica}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1H-3DI6w84 Facing Failure]] (Funeral)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG5YJvcbEl4 Awake]] (Trash Talk)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJme5uubkyQ Slaughter of the Soul]] (Music/AtTheGates)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHC9w7pCIMQ The Face of My Innocence]] (Arsis)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrSqeS8Ya-E Enemy Within]] (Arch Enemy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njGppxBBb7E Now you've Got Something to Die For]] (Music/LambOfGod)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdT7M4f2L9A Panophobia]] (Music/TheAgonist)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmvUdSBFOuo Your True Enemy]] (Nachtmystium)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP9vgP6KqJI Cake and Sodomy]] (Music/MarilynManson)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5em0R6mmI Slaughtered]] (Music/{{Pantera}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYnz0U2RCDs Zombie Autopilot]] (Unearth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwOk0tZWTfQ New Abortion]] (Music/{{Slipknot}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaVcA_DhUU0 Destination - Blood!]] (Orchid)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az5RnXb9wKA Bodies on Bodies]] (Vio-Lence)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUi72JO7bfQ Slave]] (Amebix)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=774GvRN2yKk Footprints]] (Warning)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWHplp10kQM Dopethrone]] (Music/ElectricWizard)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW9Rjx6C-98 Death Metal]] (Possessed)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3WJX1cIuY4 Twilight of the Thunder God]] (Music/AmonAmarth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES9IzkdNTo0 Master Killer]] (Merauder)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0Dd6391Xc Insect Whore]] (Dwarves)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-w7JF6Bv-s Our Saviour]] (Music/ParadiseLost)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo_1ceBa2FQ Chant for Eschaton 2000]] (Music/{{Behemoth}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PyvU9iSq50 Pleasure to Kill]] (Kreator)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ6b4DrMz2g Piece of Time]] (Music/{{Atheist}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_09IAg12q8 Veil of Maya]] (Music/{{Cynic}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IetyQQgJOFM The Air that I Breathe]] (Music/AllThatRemains)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn9ezlUZgsQ Feed the Gods]] ([[Music/RobZombie White Zombie]])
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJiOFu5nZ5o This Darkened Heart Steeped In the Abyssal Void]] (He Who Bathes In The Black Sun)[[note]]The soft guitar tone prevents this from scoring an 11[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFtQ90H6O4 Apocalyptic Havoc]] (Goatwhore)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v05kn-UfrWs Fire in the Sky]] (Hypocrisy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNi7w3cvvmI One by One]] (Music/{{Immortal}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM2-iPAY2p4 Existence is Punishment]] (Music/{{Crowbar}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojhbPqTg6dM Take as Needed for Pain]] (Music/{{Eyehategod}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRk9YVzg2Ug Body Parts]] (Sodom)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uShqlufsq5w March of the Fire Ants]] (Music/{{Mastodon}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB3tmC2f3t0 I Will Be Heard]] (Hatebreed)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb45sbc9kfA Circle of the Tyrants]] (Music/CelticFrost)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEWLbgqCkUk Darkness Descends]] (Dark Angel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SHOvWhti98 Boss Theme: Face to Face]] (Tom Mauritzon; ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'' soundtrack)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM5_0WnKPKE Burned At The Stake]] (Morbid Saint)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKvS6gF12mE Punish My Heaven]] (Music/DarkTranquillity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAmMcBQavKE The Serpentine Offering]] (Dimmu Borgir)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-506_jiYkA Deeper Down]] (Music/MyDyingBride)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBXBnpiMuqA Drawn to Black]] (Insomnium)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBWC4JU8szU Wreath]] (Music/{{Opeth}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWEvDS0UNsk Axiom]] (Akercocke)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrAHhZuSeSY Skyless]] (Augury)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6aXUjy7JgE Where Dead Angels Lie]] (Dissection)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y55I0Bnd5ys Through Her Silvery Body]] (Swallow The Sun)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YjWOpQ1QvM Embrace]] (Angelcorpse)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4Lhe6E7YY Twilight]] (Edge of Sanity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXbNkgw9Kb8 Satan's Hammer]] (Destroyer 666)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXJm7YNiFnA Serpent Angel]] (Moonspell)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM49VKWegiI Towards The Crown Of Nights]] ([[Music/TheKovenant Covenant]])
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEmbNQUZozs Serenity In Fire]] (Kataklysm)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lsiLuAOT3w I Used To Hate Cell Phones But Now I Hate Car Accidents]] (Norma Jean)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVZKCwv25Wo You're Better Off Dead]] (Music/ChildrenOfBodom)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t92nn_iAP2o Capital Distracts And Imprisons]] (Bucket Full of Teeth)
* [[http://www.myspace.com/omniscientspine/music/songs/White-Silhouette-79665589 White Silhouette]] (Omniscient Spine)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kMCGz1EKzU This Is Exile]] (Whitechapel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLp-5FLvTbI Monkeys Disarm Their Kremlings]] (Neko Frog)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r01bmQnvMRs Miasma]] (The Black Dahlia Murder)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djZYGGJ1IKM My Tourniquet]] (Soul Embraced)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnfcsV7q4pc Conservatory Resonance]] (Novembre)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDxYIWAT7Y Otherworld]] (NobuoUematsu, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' soundtrack)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX6-Yo1tt7A Funeral In Carpathia]] (Music/CradleOfFilth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7BoKOscMrY Bland Street Bloom]] (Music/SikTh)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udnrj-2QdOU Pitch Black Progress]] (Music/ScarSymmetry)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VJF43EPQaU Motherland]] (Dark Lunacy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f--EOcAvBv8 Snüffel]] (Equilibrium)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rqn_otVoNU Relentless]] ([[Music/DevinTownsend Strapping Young Lad]])
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR0ud8uY5Yw Heavy Lies the Crown]] (The Showdown)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny9Y0IpwpPE Marianas Trench]] (August Burns Red)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bse4HAMC1Js Perfect Night For a Hanging]] (Tourniquet)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i00CaGazV-I Subserviant]] (Nazi Dust)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNKWQZ6B_c Anodyne Sea]] (As I Lay Dying)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK2TVIOo_fY The World Is a Thorn]] (Demon Hunter)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1xxHQBIITA All Hope Is Gone]] (Slipknot)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4e2O73gjU&feature=fvst Mannequin]] (CradleOfFilth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBnrPUPKe6M Vagrant Idol]] (Demiricous)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt_s6LJFh3o Nihilism]] (God Dethroned)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cser7imjf9w A Lesson Once Learned]] (Man Must Die)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_-zZas7yvI Web of Fire]] (Mortification)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmAI7xtCVXQ From Your Grave]] (The Absence)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujnw5ss8NnA Victorious Dawn Rising]] (Centinex)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdxQifiBIn0 Arise From Decay]] (Dew-Scented)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OX_LqhVRtQ Romulus]] (Ex Deo)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8C9GLToPRg Holidays]] (Cult Ritual)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxMrfk7srU0 Act of War]] (Lich King)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAc7j3zMnnc Bleed the Meek]] (Paths Of Possession)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToEvE_F5J7M The Angels Venom]] (Monstrosity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EbkKnkMnmA Killing You, Killing Me]] (Music/IllNino)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLk75fFXqH4 Under and Over It]] (Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfvRzJY6a7E Eyes of a Criminal]] (Chimaira) [[note]]The clean vocals before the bridge keep it from getting a 10.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEvMWirqRQ0 Evil in You]] (Kalmah)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y693S_DI-PY D.O.A.]] (The Haunted)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17PpQD2ed3w doxa incarnate]] (Mutyumu)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFR_eBXK3p0 Stay Here]] (Music/{{Swans}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVebdu0QpVM Buried Dreams]] (Music/{{Carcass}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW2KAfTVa-g DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)]] (Music/{{Testament}})
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlO_smO4gaM Legions Of The Dead]] is somewhere between a 9 and a 10.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g51CuRl-8I0 Discharge]] (Music/{{Anthrax}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yLiSLr9G3k Extreme Hatred]] (Hypnosia)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBuNvMd9BBI Powershifter]] (FearFactory)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUFIJVbo6MQ Real Recognizes Real]] (Icepick)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQlJVCZERiM Burnt Tongues]] (Your Demise)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbUSVXrWhy0 People = Shit]] (Slipknot)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bva59hDke_E Xeroxed]] (Mushroomhead)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayy7H9UAfPI JUDEA]] (Music/ExistTrace)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyw5wI58Ylw Explosia]] (Gojira)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwrel&v=M_OV1RQ9fyE&NR=1 Bloodlines]] ([[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]])
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-6ZDxBkt0g Death Is Imminent]] (The Arcane Order) [[note]]Despite the brutality in the music, the atmospheric elements and thrashy guitar tone keeps it from a 10.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAQHFOk-e4E ...To Live For My Death...]] (Shape Of Despair) [[note]]Would be a 10 if not for the quieter passages.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN6SgXjlQGY La Epidemia]] (Ill Nino) [[note]]Would be a soft 10 if not for the more melodic parts and relatively clean guitar tone.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt2lFpO4ZFw Killing of I]] (Darkane)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wa4zqBwPVE Xenoflux]] (Ne Obliviscaris)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXsYoHb8V5w 99]] (The Haunted)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g36-FqGTYXM Lights, Camera, Action]] (Nonpoint) [[note]]Despite the melodic vocal harmonies in the chorus, the song's throaty, ultra-aggressive vocal delivery keeps it above an 8.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya9MsR8qrBY Storm the Gates of Hell]] (Demon Hunter)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8LAw9xU2J4 Cheer Up]] (Failures)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP4dFHSd-iw Hexagram]] (Deftones)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Hsoi8OVDU Solace of the Grave ]] (Oathean)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtHcchIpfLg Blood For Blood]] (Music/MachineHead)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNz6_93fvXE& The Submerged Tenth]] (Ampere)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra66C-vMs34 Anatomy of the Unknown]] (Red Harvest)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvu3UhXeLg8 Sound Guardians]] (Lightning Bolt)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Level 10]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOh89QFKJ8s In My Own Greed]] (Spawn Of Possession)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktps-BGhKw0 Rape Song]] (Strapping Young Lad)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r97e1ooniyI Becoming God]] (Augury)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNhN6lT-y5U Hammer Smashed Face]] (Music/CannibalCorpse)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roMO6SRudQA Junky]] (The Amenta)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfCHwsp9bSc Deathcrush]] (Music/{{Mayhem}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_bCk_3frYEc Murder]] (Extreme Noise Terror)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPyOhP1GTRQ Dunkelheit]] (Music/{{Burzum}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvKyZtwfn-A Faceless One]] (Music/HateEternal)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPdMvjodofM Skin Her Alive]] (Dismember)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXkhl52B9Dc Thru Our Scars]] (Fleshgod Apocalypse)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0OYZujVu_k Endless Cycle of Violence]] (Cephalic Carnage)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A_tSyJBsRQ New Millenium Cyanide Christ]] (Music/{{Meshuggah}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5o3JBkakgo Death With Dishonor]] (Music/{{Sigh}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKewgdo36k Blooddawn]] (Music/{{Marduk}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNb-YT5ECA Panasonic Youth]] (TheDillingerEscapePlan)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-E1w7hB9_g Happy Valentine's Day]] (Psyopus)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp1jx0IEx0 Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who is in the Water]] ({{Nile}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeWN7KSOqxQ Raping A Slave]] ({{Swans}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCfYm-aENww Fuck You]] ({{Toxic Narcotic}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVzyT-gWQjc Knee Deep]] (Job for a Cowboy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep_9S9WH8TI Silence Calls the Storm]] (Quo Vadis)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QVpUxbCi2o Earthly Love]] (Gorguts)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GX-tji_Xw Godeye]] (Kalmah)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRDJ-j_ZIDE Spheres of Madness]] (Music/{{Decapitated}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVVTOHVXQQA Slowly We Rot]] (Obituary)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrMlQTuxPC0 Ocean Gateways]] (Obscura)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9RJXWxth5g Stabwound]] (Necrophagist)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24_BYwfqV4A Charred Remains]] (Autopsy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH6Re2fazVc Báthory Erzsébet]] (Music/SunnO)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G44uqtNE9N8 Darkness Prevails]] (Neuraxis)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imzqjkdXg28 Epoch of the Gods]] (Psycroptic)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9tdqYmaLOk Out of the Body]] (Pestilence)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDfqG3f4zjM Bleed The Fifth]] (Divine Heresy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JFosCClvNQ One Shot, One Kill]] (Dying Fetus)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eXnIhkayKU Synthetically Revived]] (Suffocation)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxU0C8XoLns No Guts No Glory]] (Bolt Thrower)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sq8ZlyvH6E No Heroes]] ({{Music/Converge}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFUCPBCcbBU Slutstation Babylon]] (Skitsystem)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSrJ7WvszZk Sworn]] ({{Emperor}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swU2o6d6iKk Coldly Calculated Design]] (The Faceless)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuiPsRAz7wc Whispering Breeze]] (Ildjarn)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bni39jeYxE Phobophile]] (Cryptopsy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3s39bkHIA Scum]] (Vile Gash)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpQK4bFmGSQ Subconscious Terror]] (Benediction)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGHIsalgYRA Killing Art]] (Hypocrisy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1YH7PFy3no For the Masses]] (Gorefest)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEcX_xVpwaM Suck My Blood]] (Beherit)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_tiA1xRjdQ Dark Transmission]] (Vader)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdhPivrg2E Revelation of Doom]] (Gorgoroth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pks2f0fXIeY Towering Flesh]] (Pig Destroyer)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WptignJ_qs The Descent]] (Today is the Day)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq2OcF9YBC8 Demoralizer]] (The Red Chord)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoUbeKKlo8k Backbone]] (Gojira)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJkMrl4AG8w Homage for Satan]] (Deicide)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3L0O7xlZj4 Everlasting]] (Thergothon)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrCs_X4DUeE Dagon Undone: The Reckoning]] (The Showdown)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLspGr_ukbo Arsonry]] (Cobalt)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxDOkxXRWFk The Ancient Ones]] (Morbid Angel)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg4yi26cr5M Mouth of Empty Praise]] (Bloodbath)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oITFnx2TUZ0 Your Prophetic Throne of Ivory]] (diSEMBOWELMENT)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2sJ0DdgS0w Soda In the Water Cup]] (Atilla)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e47AI83sdo0 Enjoy the Violence]] (Massacra)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oey85FGHOHc Slaves Shall Serve]] (Behemoth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6e0Nrlr_jg Ritual]] (Blasphemy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn0iY1RbXnA Plague Rages]] (Music/NapalmDeath)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57pPK9LIa34 Of Wolf and Fear]] (Music/{{Ulver}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYWGiNLbmhs Norge]] (Thorr's Hammer)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBz695MQcH0 The Awakener]] (Kataklysm)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRb0C2imsT0 Reciprocal ]] (Origin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPsCs9whrQE In Die Nacht]] (Dornenreich)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHAmgLKphoI King Of All Kings]] (Hate Eternal)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCbK3lWb1Eg Stabat Mater Dolorosa]] (Anorexia Nervosa)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPeuGdHt8bA Big Smile]] (Hatred Surge)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWSmK5SwTWg Incinerated]] (Broken Hope)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrNNqZAlA_U Parasignosis]] (Mitochondrion)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBo2NJb6fyc Yippie-Kay-Yay Mother!@#$%^]] (The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gTCgYurcVs Dechristianize]] (Vital Remains)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTYw-rfAZXA My Spine! My Spine! My Spine!]] (Combat Wounded Veteran)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GguM0OJRUtI Bite Me]] (Music/WeirdAlYankovic) [[note]]... bet you didn't expect to see him here.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4lxSLWeDsw Ode]] (Drunkdriver)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYcty_sheaE Lurch]] (TheDillingerEscapePlan)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWNtuM1rK_M Tastes Like Kevin Bacon]] (iwrestledabearonce)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6do7wkqG25g Beauty]] (Hellshock)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsRhxnpxqJM Into Darkness]] (Soul Embraced)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhY9bEj2H2g Carving a Giant]] (Gorgoroth)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb68WxGRIaQ My Nemesis]] (Impending Doom)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbyw_mOcMe0 Eye of the Tiger]] (Ten Masked Men)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua9vDbgHxzE War Ensemble]] (Music/AsILayDying)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjKyzwqIT7s The Violation]] (Fleshgod Apocalypse)[[note]]An example of a song where the symphonic elements make it heavier[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cebB8vJJT0o Portrait of Souls]] (Annotations Of An Autopsy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkkTEMTwH3A Tides of Vengeance]] (Iniquity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UDw2WK8cI The Black Uncharted]] (Keep Of Kalessin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhQZGJTgmq0 Scrolls of the Megilloth]] (Mortification)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DpsrR15s1g The Lean Black Cruisers]] (Panzerchrist)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z79-Zp6A7o Lash By Lash]] (Spawn Of Possession)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAwMewgJjEU Waters of Space]] (Deeds Of Flesh)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JkYLQumvH8 Dreamdecipher]] (Miseration)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTiVbp0_oc Imperial Doom]] (Monstrosity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tb4mmYacig Distorted]] (Devolved)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGo5MBAiwaE Agitated Screams of Maggots]] (Music/DirEnGrey)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McJnf8J85EU Climactic Degradation]] (The Black Dahlia Murder)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm3sroX2I2M Comatose]] (Chimaira) [[note]]An example of a {{Metalcore}} song that reaches 10.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PdBpuF-IjE Self-Pity Human]] (In Thy Dreams) [[note]]Here because of the sheer aggression of the music, in contrast to most of the Melodic Death Metal out there.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksx_n43TipM Terminal Liberation]] (Mors Principium Est) [[note]]Similar to the case above.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-3-MJKPrD8 Dynamic]] (Sybreed) [[note]]Despite the clean vocals at the end, the song's ultra aggressive pace still keeps it at this level.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWe5blyjtIs Medical Deviance]] (Aborted)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG7QoVsCuJ0 The Lair of the White Worm]] (God Dethroned)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uANc7mKyHQg Suicide The End]] (Detrimental)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q5YhszkXkA Inflicted]] (Obliteration)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8roxM1k02g Fuck Your God]] (Deicide)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVC2tBCbQHU Blessed Vulva]] (Archgoat)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z1pOBnaTNw Powerful Sickness]] (Fetal Decay)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1W2A4ICPk Crushed]] (Brutality)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YqGCs1BR9I Suicide Note, Part 2]] (Music/{{Pantera}})[[note]]Bet you didn't expect to see Pantera get this high on the list. Part 1 is not nearly this high, and the transition from part 1 to part 2 is extremely jarring.[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7yokSgx2YA Burn]] (Grave)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1y0NssfcvA Throat Shovers]] (Archagathus)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdRWJxOzC0k Brandish the Sceptre]] (Sodom)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES3VduAuGJ4 Dead Forever]] (Ribspreader)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6LXlV1bWNo Higher Coward]] (Immolation)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaUiuhI_OpE Alpha Breed]] (Psycroptic)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF5XOgWM5Os Black Onslaught]] (''VideoGame/BlazBlue'')
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbfSa0m1pSQ Frozen at the Moment of Death]] (Music/{{Six Feet Under}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-CH6flf2sM The Ambassador of Pain]] (Kataklysm)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXzIeI0mkFI And their Eulogies Sang Me to Sleep]] (TheAgonist) [[note]]Despite the clean vocals 3 thirds into to song, it's otherwise too heavy to be a 9[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmAT0UmC3mg Reiketsu Nariseba]] (Dir en grey) [[note]]Would actually be an 11 if it weren't for the ambient section in the middle of the song[[/note]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jem2jnK1RAs Pyroclastic Annihilation]] (Demolition Hammer) [[note]]Rare instance of a thrash song reaching level 10[[/note]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Level 11]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXo745gwwGw Amongst Phantom Worlds]] (Katalepsy)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STFGLIK6Zy0 Effigy of the Forgotten]] (Music/{{Suffocation}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx5aaDbKi6I Skinned]] (Mortician)
* [[http://youtu.be/fy9xNLlOfzs?t=11s Ionosphere]] (Cytotoxin)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG_A3K_NqO0 Chased Through The Woods By a Rapist]] (Music/WakingTheCadaver)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8yjFSjcCb0 You're Pregnant, So I Kicked You in the Stomach]] (Music/AnalCunt)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AHk2b6jgus Sadistic Abductive]] (Brain Drill)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcejSUBrdbc Ulcerated Offal]] (Last Days of Humanity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpgM4QswpYg Mr. Game and Watch is a Mass Murderer]] (Hello Kitty Suicide Club)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrcj1V3ANEM Festerday]] ({{Carcass}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM3EEsMifmc Bloated Slabs]] (Enmity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EPefc9ohp8 Dark Lady]] (Magwi)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Den-CQ6jk Pandemonic Hyperblast ]] (Anaal Nathrakh)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUjrk1WNUW4 Ylem]] (Wormed)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGSMecrFaNQ Degredation Paradox]] (Human Mincer)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onCmkrIZHLg Anal Destruction]] (Abörted Hitler Cöck)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXgFRT_1zw8 No One Wins ]] (The Berzerker)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcp2CqSpMnE Teeth of Emulation]] (Disfiguring The Goddess)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1OsomqlAg Transcending A Mere Multiverse]] (Portal)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpvg7WawKfw The Shrine of Mad Laughter]] (Deathspell Omega)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPCG9KDAwIA Hyungga is a tangled story]] (Pyha)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNXh8_gDyhU Built to Grind]] (Agoraphobic Nosebleed)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvU8j_Zsef0 Razorized Ball Gag]] (Gutteral Secrete)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yu_B2pnOJE Consume the Forsaken]] (Disgorge (USA))
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aTn3yK-wbY Jaundice of Hookworm]] (Disgorge (Mexico))
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GrDGOCbfHE Dagons Rising]] (Internal Suffering)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32t4e77YcVI Consumed by Repugnance]] (Defeated Sanity)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovo5-Lh9mFc Self Disembowelment]] (Music/{{Devourment}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO5TXkkJD3g Rectum Grinder ]] (Intestinal Disgorge)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-eipPcqtjs On the Supreme Legions(Against Failing Humanity)]] (Mindly Rotten)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2UtL_EAt_Y Toilet Cleaning]] (Corpse Penis Eaten By Rectum)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4K3YTygpCg Puddle of Sewage Rot]] (Demonic Dismemberment)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHzn7eABcUc&feature=related Right Angel Triangle]] (Brazen Bull)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECWa3CCAWWY Testicles Dance]] (Jig Ai)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQZ5AJ0mvKE Raped By Elephants]] (Torsofuck)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaW_MG0stso Colon Commando]] (Fuck... I'm Dead)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1IBAGJPWbI Asuka]] (Gridlink)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8pvMgQwJxg Substantial Guilt VS. The Irony of Enjoying]] (Ion Dissonance)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaExs_fYfLc In Reverence Of]] (Impending Doom)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APd1mTxRVL0 Die]] (Death Dust Extractor)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtEk_cIjavo Casket Krusher]] (Exhumed)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crOpwrl43_M Your Blood Is Mine]] (Severe Torture)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X99eBLldgWg Rewards of Cruelty]] (Severed Savior)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xyu1cBUNlA Stitched Oral Asphyxia]] (Gorgasm)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE8B4axHmOc In For The Kill]] (Inhume)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73qFYeajDvQ Cleansing Siege (Take Them Down)]] (Revenge)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxGPPDbclKg Pieces of Quiet]] (Khanate)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89STRv9_0Ys Phoenix in Flames]] ({{Music/Converge}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0vlQQLPV0o The Sculpture]] ([[SCPFoundation SCP-173]]) (Blister Germinal)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=293nXB2HtCI Healing Open Wounds With Salt]] (Gnaw Their Tongues)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXcgg7WC7LI Bonehead]] (Naked City)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hysCqjnHHZ4 Tsumi to Kisei/Tsumi To Batsu 2011]] (Music/DirEnGrey) [[note]]Very difficult to determine whether this is a hard 10 or a straight-up 11, due to it not being as noisy as other Level 11 songs, but too heavy for it to be a 10. Taking its extreme intensity and outright weirdness into account, however, would allow it to qualify[[/note]]
** The remastered versions of "-Zan-" and "Rasetsukoku" would also qualify due to extreme craziness, despite their pretty straightforward structures. Additionally, some of their new songs drift back and forth between 10 and 11.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtKH5KvtPfM Kyoukotsu no Nari]] (Dir en grey) [[note]] A rare example of a song that is both a 1 and an 11[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M76sPtoWefk Prototypes Of Values Incarnation]] (Vomit The Soul)
[[/folder]]
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