Mohs Rock Metal / Level 7

Genres: Heavier Grunge, NWOBHM, Speed Metal, harder Traditional Heavy Metal, heavier Hair Metal, the hardest Hard Rock, harder Punk Rock, Hardcore Punk, Power Metal, Alternative Metal, Noise Rock, heavier Noise Pop, Doom Metal, Industrial Metal, Post-Metal, Nu Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, No Wave, Dubstep, softer EBM, Deconstructed Club, Hyperpop, harder Experimental Rock, Neoclassical Metal, most Progressive Metal, Post-Hardcore, Industrial Hip-Hop, most Rap Metal, Digital Hardcore and Metalcore's softer end, Folk Metal, softer Thrash Metal, softer Blackgaze, softer Russian Hard Bass, harder Emocore

Matching mineral: Quartz

• What Happened Here ^note  The Tauntin' Devils Mix is a 10 mainly due to the bass. (32Crash)
• Elevate the Pressure and Assuming Life's Mysteries (Abbey Nex)
• Howling (abingdon boys school)
• Ashes to Ashes (Absurd)
• Fast as a Shark and Balls to the Wall (Accept)
• The Razor's Edge (AC/DC) ^note Definitely one of their heaviest songs.
• You Will Know Our Names (ACE+) ^note  While it is a symphonic thrash metal song, the guitars being less distorted than is normal for the genre keeps it from being an 8.
• Venus Blue (Acid Bath) ^note Would be a soft 6 without the harsh vocals during the bridge
• Steel Shredder (Adam X)
• The Rebel Path (P.T. Adamczyk, Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack)
• Round and Round (Aerosmith) ^note  Possibly their heaviest song, it sounds like an early Black Sabbath song.
• Dancing Through Sunday (AFI) ^note  Possibly the most danceable level 7 example.
• Energize Me (After Forever)
• INTERNET YAMERO (Aiobahn ft. Kotoko, NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD soundtrack) ^note  The song starts at level 9 before moving to a 2-3. Then it becomes a 6, and briefly reaches levels 11 and 1 in that order before going back to level 9. The ending briefly reaches 11 again.
• The Breaking Point (Aivi & Surasshu, Steven Universe soundtrack) ^note  Starts at level 2, but gets heavier in between passages until it becomes a soft 11 in the climax. Yes, this comes from a children's cartoon known for its melodic musical sequences.
• Winter (Akazi)
• Écailles De Lune Pt. 2 ^note  The soaring atmosphere keeps it from being a 9. and Kodama (Alcest)
• Keelhauled (Alestorm)
• Angry Chair ^note  A hard 7 during the verses, 6 during the chorus., So Close, Nothin' Song, Lesson Learned, Hollow ^note  The song would be an 8 if it were just a little more aggressive, but it's still very heavy for a 7., and Acid Bubble (Alice in Chains)
• Lo-Fi Epic (The Techno Madness Mix) (Jesse James Allen, Mass Effect 2 soundtrack)
• Eat My Diarrhea (GG Allin)
• Two Weeks (All That Remains) ^note Borderline 8 thanks to the fast paced melody.
• Metalingus, Ties That Bind, and Addicted to Pain^note Borderline 8. (Alter Bridge)
• The Nexus (Amaranthe)
• Grateful (Anacrusis)
• Gilda's Rage (William Anderson, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic soundtrack) ^note  Yes, you did read that right.
• Fuck Fashion, 100%, Kill Kitty and Satanic Aesthetic (Angelspit)
• Paper Moshay (Antioch Arrow)
• At the Heart of It All (for Further Down the Spiral by Nine Inch Nails) ^note  A hard 7 for the loud, grating screeching heard throughout. Even though the song was composed by Aphex Twin, it is usually credited under Nine Inch Nails. and Vordhosbn (Aphex Twin)
• Madness 8 (API, Madness Combat soundtrack)
• FUCK!!! (Arcrux)
• Not The American Average (Asking Alexandria)^note Borderline 8, although live versions rank at that level altogether.
• Decades ^note  Borderline 8 for the heavier parts. and I Am the Rain (Assemblage 23)
• Collapse of History ^note  Borderline 8 for a few sections that are heavier. (Atari Teenage Riot)
• Criminal and Stick Stickly (Attack Attack!)
• Blue (Au5 & Fractal)
• Ipacial Section and Netlon Sentintel (Autechre)
• Beast And The Harlot and Unholy Confessions (Avenged Sevenfold) ^note  The melodic parts keep them from being 8's.
• Hole in the Sky (Axel Rudi Pell)
• Analog Trash and The Gun Song (Ayria)
• Gimme chocolate!!, Ijime, Dame, Zettai, and Megitsune ^note  Borderline 8.(BABYMETAL)
• I Against I (Bad Brains)
• Sinister Rouge ^note  While the chorus is melodic, the relentless tempo and metal influenced instrumentation keep it at a solid 7. and The Positive Aspect of Negative Thinking ^note  The fast paced hardcore end of the song keeps it from merely being a very hard 6. (Bad Religion)
• Hard Technology Rock ^note  A hard 7 for the heavy guitars combined with the harsh beats. (Kelly Bailey, Half-Life soundtrack)
• Real Existence (Band-Maid)
• The Battle of Lil' Slugger, Devil N' Bass and Metalmancy (Danny Baranowsky, Super Meat Boy and Crypt Of The Necrodancer soundtracks)
• Wompum ^note  Borderline 8 for one heavier section near the end. (Barely Alive)
• Empathy (Bassnectar)
• Fever Dream (Tyler Bates, 300 soundtrack)
• Double Dare (Bauhaus)
• Marx (bbpanzu, VS Sunday soundtrack)
• Sabotage ^note  The shouted vocals bump it up a bit. and Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun (Beastie Boys)
• Aeropolis (Beataucue)
• The Lines and Beaten In Lips (Beartooth)
• DNA and Air Atlantic (Being)
• Kill Bella Donna (Belladonnakillz)
• Thema - Omaggio a Joyce (Luciano Berio)
• Jordan, Minnesota (Big Black) ^note  Borderline 8. The lyrics are a 9 on the Mohs Scale of Violence Hardness though, being about child molestation.
• Red Stars (The Birthday Massacre)
• Bad Motherfucker (Biting Elbows)
• Weight of the World (Black Fate)
• Rise Above, My War, Three Nights ^note  Hard 7, one of the progenitors of Doom Metal. and Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag)
• Fighting Back (Black Gryph0n & Baasik)
• Black Sabbath, ^note  Doom Metal before the term existed. Would have been an 11 when it came out in 1970. Arguably still a borderline 8 even by today's standards, due to the combination of dark atmosphere and minimalism. Children Of The Grave, Symptom Of The Universe ^note  Thrash metal before the term existed. The first part, up to 4:15, is even a borderline 8 (and most covers by later bands bring it to this level at minimum). The last part is a 1, though. Again, this would have been an 11 when it came out. and Neon Knights (Black Sabbath)
• White Trash Millionaire (Black Stone Cherry)
• The Curse Of Fëanor (Blind Guardian)
• Stargazer (Blood Stain Child) ^note Despite being a Melodic Death Metal song, the trance music elements and ex-vocalist Sophia's vocals make it much softer.
• Elgar's Nightmare (BLOODSET)
• The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria (Blue Öyster Cult) ^note  The heaviest track on their heaviest album, with the guest vocals adding extra edge.
• 666MPH ^note  Starts at 3; then, heavy metal guitars come in, with that part being a 7 or 8. Then the breakcore section, which is at 8, comes in, and it stays at that level until the end. (Bong-Ra)
• Saturday Night ^note  The first drop is a 10, the second is a 6 bordering on 7 at points, and coupled with the softer parts in between, it can be averaged out here. (Borgore)
  • Sunsets ^note  Peaks at a 9, but there are way too many softer parts for it to be at that level or even level 8. (Borgore ft. Diplo)
• Blow Me Away, Natural Life, and Sugarcoat ^note  While the Chorus is pretty much an 8, the much lighter other sections of the song keep it here (Breaking Benjamin)
• Sleepwalking, Drown, True Friends and Wonderful Life ^note  Perhaps their heaviest non-metalcore song, this would be an 8 if not for the quieter and more relaxed verses. (Bring Me the Horizon)
• Secrets ^note  After the level 1 intro, the song becomes a borderline 10, which is mitigated by the soft part from the beginning still being heard in the background. (Brunatny)
• Heroin (BUCK-TICK)
• Hit the Floor (Bullet for My Valentine)
• Williams Mix (John Cage)
• Flamewall (Camellia) ^note  Borderline 8 for the heavier sections.
• Jesus Hands , Anger Rising and Pig Charmer (Jerry Cantrell)
• Wish Upon a Star (Vasco Speedy Mix) (Caramella Girls) ^note  Caramella Girls goes Happy Hardcore. The original is a 3.
• Leather Teeth (Carpenter Brut)
• Leaving All Behind (Cellador)
• Frozen, The Best It’s Gonna Get and New Elysium (Celldweller)
• Dig Your Own Hole and Setting Sun (The Chemical Brothers)
• Family System and Face to the Floor (Chevelle)
• Gabberdam (Chosen Few)
• Tempest and Thunder (Cirque du Soleil)
• Pain Everyday (clipping.)
• Get To The Choppa! (Elia Cmíral, Spec Ops: The Line soundtrack)
• Welcome Home and The Camper Velourium III: Al the Killer ^note  The background screams bump this up from a 6 to a 7. (Coheed and Cambria)
• God Warrior and Maggots at the Party (Combichrist)
• Endless Hallway ^note  Starts at a 2, then builds up to an 8 with the banging and goes back to 2. Then, the banging comes back in full force, reaching level 11 for the remainder of the track. (Alias Conrad Coldwood, OFF soundtrack)
• Breakfast of Champions (Comadre)
• Jellyfish VIP (Confusion)
• Thousands of Miles Between Us (Converge) ^note  Would have been a 6 without the noisy production Converge are known for. None the less, this is a very soft song by their standards. It's even more jarring by the fact that the song right before this ("Cannibals") is a solid 11.
• Albatross ^note  Soft 7. (Corrosion Of Confirmity)
• Subterfugue for Three Absynths, Replicant and Last Dance (Covenant)
• Behave (Cradle of Thorns)
• Do They Owe Us A Living? ^note  Hardcore Punk before the term existed. (Crass)
• Bread of Shame (Creed)
• Dimension and Gravitate (Creo)
• Open Your Heart (Sonic Adventure soundtrack) ^note While the clean vocals keep it accessible, the heavy guitars, tremolo picking, double bass drumming and relentless tempo keep it at a low 7. and I Am (All of Me) (Shadow the Hedgehog soundtrack)^note The heavier guitars bring this song to a borderline 8.(Crush 40)
• Over It (The Crystal Method ft. Dia Frampton)^note Undoubtedly TCM's heaviest song yet.
• The Wreck of S.S Needle (Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas)
• Give Me It (The Cure) ^note  A very rare example of The Cure reaching a 7. The song's noisiness brings it to this level.
• Carnivore ^note  Starts at 6 and eventually becomes a soft 8. (Cursor Miner)
• RUN and Viral Chaos (cybervortex, Find the Chomiks soundtrack)
• Nightly Knights (D)
• The Prime Time of Your Life (Daft Punk) ^note The ending builds up to a soft 8.
• savage magic (ᴅᴀɪᴋᴜ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴇs)
• War (Dance With the Dead)
• Samurai (Danger Gang)
• Infinite (Dangerkids, Sonic Forces soundtrack) ^note  Borderline 8 due to the heavy guitar riffs and Dubstep-style electronic distortion; the clean vocals and relatively subdued instruments during the vocal sections keep it from going all the way to 8.
• Beyond the Fire (Dark Moor)
• Iridium (Dark Tranquillity) ^note Borderline 8 due to the harsh vocals and heavy guitar sound in the chorus.
• Aerius Light (DATA)
• Quintet (Hugh Davies)
• There and Back Again (Daughtry) ^note Probably the hardest thing to come out of American Idol.
• Paranoia (A Day to Remember)
• Second (Dazzle Vision)
• Rubbish (De Gabbers)
• California Uber Alles (Dead Kennedys) ^note  LP version.
• Professional Griefers (ft. Gerard Way) ^note  The softer, more melodic chorus keeps it from being an 8., A City in Florida and Try Again (deadmau5)
• I've Seen Footage (Death Grips)
• No, No, No, (Def Leppard) ^note  Yes, THAT Def Leppard.
• Diamond Eyes (Deftones) ^note  Borderline 8 thanks to the very heavy, Meshuggah-like guitar riffs. The finale is a 9-10.
• We Are Deja Voodoo (Deja Voodoo)
• Two Hurt (DELUHI)
• Witch Doctor (De Staat)
• Assistant to the Regional Manager (The Devil Wears Prada)
• Helpless (Diamond Head)
• Crossfire (Die Krupps)
• Envy Battle (Sascha Dikiciyan, Dead Rising 3 soundtrack)
• Wild One and Better in the Dark (Dio)
• Rinkaku ^note  This is the Shot in One Take version. The original is a hard 6., Ryoujoku no Ame (Dir en grey)
• God in Fire (Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy soundtrack)
• Loss of Faith (Distorted Memory)
• Down With the Sickness and Stricken (Disturbed)
• Never Surrender and The World's on Fire (Divinefire)
• Where the Hood At ^note  A hip-hop song making it to this level, believe it or not, solely due to X's delivery. (DMX)
• Big Riddim Martian (Dodge, Fuski & 12th Planet)
• Symptomless Coma (Donny)
• Finger High ^note  The song starts pretty soft, but soon the drum patterns get more chaotic, being around the 4-5 range. Midway through, the song becomes a 6-7 before becoming an 8 and eventually an 11. It's been averaged out here. (Doormouse)
• Labyrinth (Double Dealer)
• Through the Fire and Flames ^note  The shredding sections can go up to as high as 9 or 10. Borderline 8.(Dragonforce)
• Pull Me Under and The Root Of All Evil ^note  Would be an 8 if not for the song's slightly poppy tone. (Dream Theater)
• Bodies (Drowning Pool)
• Elegance (Edge Of Dawn)
• Feurio! and Ich Bin's ^note  Borderline 8. and Yü-Gung (Fütter mein Ego) (Einstürzende Neubauten)
• Verrückt (Eisbrecher)
• Pong (Eisenfunk)
• Gemini (Elder) ^note  Very heavy and dense, but it retains groovy/psychedelic sensibilities and doesn't get very dark. Most of Dead Roots Stirring clocks in around a 7, though Elder's earlier material was harder and didn't use clean vocals.
• Slania's Song (Eluveitie) ^note  Still slightly too melodic for an 8 despite the harsh vocals.
• Bed Head (Emray)
• Lai Lai Hei (Ensiferum)
• Unleashed (Epica)
• Mana (Equilibrium) ^note  A 16-minute neo-classical folk metal instrumental that ranges from level 1 flute interludes and level 10 full-force double bass blasting. Overall it averages at somewhere near 7 though.
• Twist the Knife ^note  Emily's Metal Scream about two minutes in keeps it from a 6. (Evil Nine ft. Emily Breeze)
• Yin Yang (Excision ft. DZ)
  • Existence VIP ^note  Borderline 8 due to the faster part. (Excision & Downlink)
  • Bring The Madness ^note  The intro is a 6, but the main part is an 8, thus it averages out here. (Excision & Pegboard Nerds ft. Mayor Apeshit)
• TRUE (exist†trace)
• Space Battle and Sonic Blaster (F-777)
• Gray's theme and Natsu's theme from Fairy Tail ^note  The former's sound is traditional for this level. However, the latter's case is special because of its blend of Adventurous Irish Violins and Heavy Mithril giving it the "feeling" of Level 5 while being here.
• Shoujo Shinka (Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA Soundtrack) ^note  Bet you didn't expect the Magical Girl version to be harder than the original. The heavy symphonic arrangements keep it from becoming a 6.
• Guardian (Fates Warning)
• Trapdoor (Feed Me ft. Hadouken!)
• Snake Eyes (Feint) ^note  The verses are a 2, but the chorus is a hard 8 despite the clean vocals.
• Animal ^note  Despite the screamed vocals and heavy instrumentation, the synth-heavy bridge, clean chorus and Alex Westaway's backing falsetto keep this from being higher. and Paint Your Target (Fightstar)
• Swim and Sunless Saturday (Fishbone)
• Passage D (The Flashbulb)
• That's Enough For Me (Fleetwood Mac)
• Blow The Roof and I Can't Stop (Flux Pavilion)
• I'm So Sick and Beautiful Bride (Flyleaf)
• Boss (Tim Follin, Plok soundtrack)
• White Limo, Weenie Beenie and Enough Space (Foo Fighters) ^note  The screamed vocals brings the latter two songs above a 6, while White Limo is a borderline 8.
• Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy Go for a Leisurely Glide ^note  One of his lightest songs, but the overdriven hardcore kick drum keeps it from registering lower., A Typical Magic Show and Rarity Makes 400 Dresses (Foozogz) ^note  The latter two are borderline 8.
• Facing Extinction (Current Value Remix) ^note  Borderline 8. (Forbidden Society)
• Woofenstein ^note  Gets here due to the song increasing in intensity, as well as the unsettling feel. (Toby Fox, Undertale soundtrack)
• The French Passion of Animality Opera (Foxy Shazam!) ^note  The absolutely nutso vocals make it straddle the line between 7 and 8, but ultimately it has too many light elements to breach to an 8. One of the hardest songs to make liberal use of an accordion.
• Modern Angel ^note  There are harsh and distorted vocals in some places, but there are too many softer parts in between for the track to be any higher. (Front 242)
• Cause Disarray (Galneryus)
• Last Before The Storm (Gamma Ray)
• Leaves (The Gathering)
• Filth in the Beauty ^note  The acoustic sections and the cleans keep it from going up to 8., Remember The Urge (The Gazette)
• Street Sweeper (GEIN)
• We Must Bleed (The Germs)
• Mummy Dust (Ghost)
• Check Your Pulse (The Ghost of 3.13)
• Tip Your Bartender (Glassjaw)
• Animus Vox ^note  The intro keeps it from entering higher levels of hardness. and We Can Make the World Stop ^note  Softer interludes prevent it from reaching higher up on the scale. (The Glitch Mob)
• Cultist Base, Nekravol (Ambient) ^note  Both are borderline 8. and Final Sin (Mick Gordon, Doom Eternal soundtrack)
• i don't give you new shoes (goreshit)
• Betrayal of Fear (Goukisan)
• Platypus (I Hate You) ^note  Due to the very fast instrumentation and quick, grungy singing., Bang Bang ^note  One of Green Day's heaviest and fastest-paced songs yet. Its unrelenting, punkish aggression puts it above a 6. and Christian's Inferno ^note  The heavy Post-Hardcore influence and the overall dark, fiery tone makes this a 7. (Green Day)
• Open Your Eyes (Guano Apes)
• Garden of Eden and Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N' Roses)
• Trucks in Place (Ludwig Göransson, Tenet soundtrack)
• Love Bites (So Do I) and Mayhem (Halestorm)
• Angel Halo (Rio Hamamoto, Ridge Racer 3D soundtrack)
• Hearts on Fire (HammerFall)
• Hold Me Down, Way It Is, Way It Goes (Hardline)
• Aftermath and Weak (Harmony)
• Yoshiki Hayashi's drum solos after his neck injuries (the break in '95, the split disc soon after, the surgery in 2009). The speed is slower and he pauses more to recover, but they still qualify here. This is probably the slowest solo ever from him from soon after the injury in 95 where he's playing with a barely healed neck, and here is a shorter one getting very close to the 8 range ones below from 2010 after he recovered from the surgery.
• Joy Upon the Lord and Supermies (HB)
• Crimewave ^note  The much more popular remix by Crystal Castles is a 3. and Stonefist and Slaves of Fear ^note  If it weren't for the cleaner, softer verses, this would easily sit at Level 8. (HEALTH)
• Renegade, Wake Up and Raise Hell ((həd) p.e.)
• The King For A Thousand Years and Eagle Fly Free (Helloween)
• Unsung and Milquetoast (Helmet)
• Jurahevin Kuninkaat (Hevisaurus)
• Bacteria (hide)
• Ultrasonic Sound (Hive)
• Race Wish (Hizaki Grace Project)
• Fly Routine (Hostile Groove)
• Heli (Billy Howerdel & Dean Menta, Jak X soundtrack)
• Shady Hayden (Andrew Hulshult, Doom Eternal soundtrack)
• Something I Learned Today, New Day Rising (Hüsker Dü)
• Be Here Now (Koven Remix) ^note  Despite the second drop - which ranks at a hard 10 - the (much more atmospheric and melodic) first drop keeps it as a borderline 8. and Tunnel Vision (Xcalibr Remix) ^note  The heavier drum 'n' bass sections, which are a hard 8, are broken up by the softer sections. The original is a borderline 5.(Hybrid, Driveclub soundtrack)
• No Rockstars (Hyper)
• Ten Thousand Strong, Travel in Stygian, and Stand Alone (Iced Earth)
• Sagittarius A ^note  A soft 7; gets up here due to the high-pitched tone. Vortex Reaper’s remix is an 11. (ij9j9j9j99j9)
• How Can I Live (ill niño)
• Sound of Where'd U Go ^note  The song's first drop is a 6, but the rest of the song is heavier, with it reaching around level 9 later on. (ILLENIUM, Said The Sky & 1788-L ft. Kerli)
• Neon (iMovie Music) ^note  Borderline 8; the accessible dance rhythm brings it lower down the scale.
• Surface (Imperative Reaction)
• C.C.C.P.C.C.T.V. (Implant)
• Light Grenades and Megalomaniac ^note  The song's crushing main riff skyrockets it to level 7. (Incubus)
• The Quiet Place, Deliver Us ^note  The live version is an 8, as Anders would throw occasional growling here and there. and Only for the Weak ^note Perhaps their earliest alternative metal-influenced song, and includes plenty of clean vocals. That said, some screaming is still present, making this a solid 7. (In Flames)
• Heavyweight (Infected Mushroom)
• The Prize (Information Society)
• Needles in My Mind (Inner Wish)
• Aces High (Iron Maiden) ^note  Despite the poppy chorus, the speed, aggression, and solos make it a solid 7.
• Atlantis Falling (Iron Savior)
• Rebellion (Ragna's Theme) and Stand Unrivaled (Jubei's Theme) (Daisuke Ishiwatari, BlazBlue soundtrack)
• So Did We, Holy Tears, Hall of the Dead and Way Through Woven Branches (Isis)
• Stingray Affliction (Issues)^note Probably would've been an 8 or 9 had it not been for the Justin Bieber-sounding bridge
• Warfare (Jag Panzer)
• Omeano Tettuini Kugimo Ute and THE HERO!! (One-Punch Man opening theme) (JAM Project)
• Silver (Jesu)
• Dark Ages (Jethro Tull)
• Fetish (Joan Jett) ^note  Probably the heaviest song Jett has recorded up to this point, its the only time she's done something that was outright metal and not floating somewhere in the 5-6 zone
• Smack (Jim Johnston) ^note  The shortened TV version for SmackDown, "Everybody On The Ground", is a 6.
• Exciter (Judas Priest)
• This Machine (Julien-K, Sonic Heroes soundtrack)
• Blessing of the Future (Jupiter)
• Waters of Nazareth ^note  A hard 7 for the very heavy and distorted bass. (Justice)
• Memento Mori (Kamelot)
• Giga Skullmageddon (Jake Kaufman, Double Dragon Neon soundtrack)
• Flyway and You Know How It Is (Kero Kero Bonito)
• Zerospace (Kidneythieves)
• Bawitdaba (Kid Rock)
• Shake the Ground (Kill the Noise & Snails ft. Sullivan King & Jonah Kay)
• Blumenkranz and Before My Body Is Dry (Kill la Kill soundtrack)
• The End of Heartache (Killswitch Engage)
• Multi U (Kindzadza)
• Creatures of the Night, I've Had Enough (Into The Fire) and Parasite ^note  A precursor to Thrash Metal, it would have been an 11 back when it came out in 1974. Fittingly, thrash metal band Anthrax would later cover the song; their version would sit at a solid 8. (KISS)
• See a Pink Thin Cellophane (Kiyoharu & SADS)
• Prepare For Oblivion (Frank Klepacki, Universe at War soundtrack)
• Ultra, Brute, Megalomaniac ^note  Not to be confused with Incubus's song at this level. and Free Your Hate ^note  A hard 7. (KMFDM)
• Big Bad Baby Bowser (Koji Kondo, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island soundtrack) ^note  Yes, you did read this correctly. This is also notable for being one of the heaviest musical pieces within the Super Nintendo Entertainment System's entire library.
• Somebody Someone, Coming Undone, Twist, Freak on a Leash, Blind and Right Now (Korn)
• Vodka (Korpiklaani)
• Termination (Yuzo Koshiro, Ys I and II Chronicles soundtrack)
• Fooly Cooly ^note  Borderline 8. (Kotori)
• Merkabah II (Ryota Kozuka, Shin Megami Tensei IV soundtrack)
• Heavy Metal Kids (Kraftwerk)
• Treason (Kutless) ^note  If the instruments were any lighter, it would border on a 5 or 6.
• Kvelertak (Kvelertak) ^note  This showcases the more hard rock side of the band. Though, it retains the black metal vocals, making this song that would otherwise be a hard 5 or a light 6, a solid 7.
• Green Machine (Kyuss)
• Shitlist (L7)
• Robot Jungle (Johann Langlie, Descent II soundtrack)
• Night Traffic (Paul Lansky)
• Lunar Abyss (Lchavasse)
• Wearing and Tearing, When The Levee Breaks, Dazed And Confused and The Immigrant Song (live) ^note  The How the West was Won live version is much, much heavier than the studio version.(Led Zeppelin)
• Shchedryk (better known to the English-speaking audiences as Carol of the Bells) (Mykola Leontovych)
• Sparking (Tom Leonard & Jeff Pescetto, Tekken 5 soundtrack) ^note  Hard to pin down, since the intro is a 3, while the screaming parts reach a soft 8. Meanwhile, the chorus is a 6. Overall, it probably balances out at a soft 7.
• Battleground Arasaka (Paul Leonard-Morgan, Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack)
• Turn the Tables on Plankton! (James S. Levine, The SpongeBob Movie Game soundtrack) ^note  The heavy guitars, tremolo picking, relentless tempo, guitar solos and breakdown make this a 7.
• Break Stuff (Limp Bizkit)
• One Step Closer ^note  The screaming parts can go up to 8., and Rebellion (Linkin Park)
• Destroy Him My Robots (Liquid Stranger)
• Passenger ^note  The drops are at level 8, but there are a lot of softer parts. (Loadstar)
• Two-Way Mirror (Loathe)
• Bored Again (Lockjaw)
• Yikes! (London Elektricity)
• Devil is a loser (Lordi)
• Highlander (The One) (Lost Horizon) ^note  Though not as heavy as other metal songs, it makes up for it with epicness that screams.
• To Hell We Ride (Lostprophets)
• Katana Zero (Ost-Version) (LudoWig, Katana ZERO soundtrack)
• Arachnophobia (Jami Lynne, OMORI soundtrack)
• Ginger Claps (Machine Girl)
• The Bearzerker (Madix, Battle Bears soundtrack)
• Against Time (The Malen Est)
• Mausoleum and Archives of Pain (Manic Street Preachers)
• Phyllis (Maria Cross) ^note  It could have easily been a decent Level 4 Oshare Kei song, if it weren't for Maria's nigh-unlistenable singing worthy of a Level 10-11 song. This is arguably Maria's softest song to date; they are more well-known for making impossibly heavy noise metal.
• This Is the New Shit, (s)AINT and Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Marilyn Manson)
• Move, Shake, Hide (Marmozets)
• This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed (The Mars Volta)
• Wanna Fight and Get Her Out of Me (Cliff Martinez, Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon soundtracks)
• I Like It Loud (Marshall Masters)
• Curl of the Burl and The Czar (Mastodon)
• Dennou Paranoia (Matenrou Opera)
• Rebellion ^note  Borderline 8. (Max Rena)
• The Paris Hilton Sex Tape (Maybeshewill)
• Witch Hunt (MDFMK)
• Washington Is Next! and The Killing Road (Megadeth)
• The Cyber Grind (meganeko, ULTRAKILL soundtrack)
• Cynthia (Megaromania)
• Zero (Melt-Banana) ^note  The song itself is a 4-6, but the neoclassical intro and the overall loudness keeps it from going down a few levels.
• Electric Flower (Melvins)
• Prince Charming, Fuel ^note  Despite being on the Lighter and Softer, more alt-rock-esque album Reload, it is one of the harder Level 7 examples as it has strong Thrash Metal influences., For Whom The Bell Tolls, Sweet Amber, The Thing That Should Not Be, Seek and Destroy ^note  A hard 7, due to the Careful with That Axe moments and a rawer production compared to later Metallica material. Would be an 8 if the song was a bit faster., Enter Sandman and Now That We're Dead (Metallica)
• Men Stand Alone (Millennial Reign)
• Machine Run ^note  While the start is an 8, the rest of the song becomes softer around midway through. (mind.in.a.box)
• Shut Me Up (Mindless Self Indulgence)
• Arc ^note  Borderline 8. (Mind Vortex)
• Khyber Pass (Ministry)
• Die Die My Darling (The Misfits)
• Printer Jam (Mistabishi)
• Meaningless (Mnemic)
• Machines (Modestep)
• The Seventh Veil (Moi dix Mois) ^note  Borders on an 8, but the (relatively) soft and melodic chorus and verses soften the gothic/industrial backdrop a bit.
• Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Monster Magnet)
• I Saw a Deer Today, Reconstructing More Science and The Part Where He Kills You (Mike Morasky, Portal 2 soundtrack)
• Untitled 1, Untitled 2, Desert Wind and City of the Dead (Mark Morgan, Descent II and Fallout soundtracks)
• The Glass Womb (Mors Principium Est)
• Growing Faces (Mortal Constraint)
• If It's Dead, We'll Kill It (Motionless In White)
• Dr. Feelgood (Mötley Crüe)
• Ace of Spades (Motörhead)
• Super Duper Masochism (Ryouna's theme) (AkiHee Motoyama, Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus soundtrack)
• Aspiration (Mr. Kindhoover)
• Analog Worms Attack (Mr. Oizo)
• Dead Star, New Born, and Follow Me (Muse) ^note  The latter goes up to a 7 because of the brostep influences (hell, the song itself was produced by Nero).
• Feed Me With Your Kiss (My Bloody Valentine)
• Too Fast (Hideki Naganuma) ^note  Due largely in part to the speed and distortion used on the instruments.
• 2nd Layer Cyberia Club (Reichi Nakaido, Serial Experiments Lain soundtrack) ^note  Balanced out at a soft 7; the main part of the song is an 8, but the other parts are more subdued, being around level 4.
• Metallia (Takayuki Nakamura, Meteos soundtrack)
• Deep Red Bee ^note  Takayuki Aihara's arrangement is also here., Darkened ^note  The Extra version and Jake Kaufman's arrangement are both borderline 8., No Remorse ^note  The Extra version is an 8. Jake Kaufman’s arrangement is a 10. and Chop U! ^note  Borderline 8.(Manabu Namiki, DoDonPachi DaiOuJou, Ketsui and Armed Police Batrider soundtracks)
• The Stars and the Scars ^note  Would be at level 2 if not for the screamed vocals in the second half (which reach 11). (Navicon Torture Technologies)
• Razamanaz (Nazareth)
• STRANGE AEONS (Necronomidol)
• Me and You ^note  The melodic bass riffs keep it from becoming an 8. The distorted guitars, however, keep it from becoming a 6., Promises ^note  Borderline 8. (Nero)
• Sprawling Idiot Effigy (Nero's Day at Disneyland)
• Flat On the Floor, Because of You and This Means War (Nickelback)
• Evil (NIGHTkilla) ^note  Borderline 8. The softer parts keep it here.
• Nemo and Storytime (Nightwish)
• Running in the 90's (Niko)
• Head Like a Hole ^note  A soft 7 since the rest of the song isn't as heavy as the chorus., Reptile, Wish and Mr. Self Destruct ^note  Would easily be an 8 without the intermission halfway through that goes down to a 1. (Nine Inch Nails)
• Breed and Territorial Pissings (Nirvana)
• She's Gone (NOFX)
• Rhythm Age (Help Me Out) ^note  Hard 7. (Noisex)
• Stigma ^note  Borderline 8. (Noisia)
• Who You Talkin' To Man? (Nostalghia, John Wick soundtrack)
• Bleeder (Nothingface) ^note  Borderline 8, though the cleans keep it here.
• Just Breathe, In Memories Past, and Miasma (Novembers Doom) ^note  These tracks are, aside from the occasional ballad, lighter than the band's usual material due to containing exclusively clean vocals.
• Watashi ga Motenai no wa dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!)
• Fuckin' In The Bushes (Oasis) ^note  An unusual example of Oasis being at this level, but the song's speed, and heavy noise rock influence makes it a 7. It's probably their heaviest song.
• Hammerhead (The Offspring)
• Would You Still Be There (Of Mice and Men) ^note  Lighter than their usual material due to the exclusive use of cleans apart from minor backing vocals.
• Crisis City ^note  Borderline 6/7. and Big Swell (Tomoya Ohtani, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) and Sonic Rush Adventure soundtracks)
• New World Order (Onesidezero)
• Titan ^note  Borderline 8. (Osiriz)
• Ghostflowers (Otep)
• Giygas Means Business (Christian Pacaud)
• Judgment of the Dead and March of the Dead (Pagan Altar)
• Shut Your Mouth (PAIN)
• Eulogy (Panopticon)
• This Love (Pantera) ^note  A good example of a metal ballad whose "heavy parts" are heavy enough to bring the song above a 6.
• Dundun-dun (Para One)
• Infiltration (ParagonX9)
• Emergency (Crab Mix) (Paramore) ^note  The original version is a 6. The background screams brings this up to a 7. Paramore's heaviest song.
• 변명 (Excuse) (파란노을 (Parannoul))
• Blood (Pearl Jam)
• Granite ^note  If it was a little slower and the intro less eerie, it would've been a 6. and Driver ^note  Borderline 8. (Pendulum)
• Marigold (Periphery)
• Wake Up (Original Mix) ^note  Borderline 8. (Les Petits Pilous)
• Jekyll and Hyde (Petra) ^note  Probably their heaviest song. If you were used to their music off of releases like Not of this World, you're in for a surprise.
• My Mind is Modular (Phace)
• Revive ^note  The first drop starts at the upper end of level 5 before becoming a borderline 7, while the second drop is more aggressive. (PhaseOne & Oolacile)
• Streets of Rage (Flux Pavilion Remix) (Picto)
• Simple Sight (Necromancer Theme) (Piercing Lazer ^note  An alias of RealFaction/ThatJohnnyGuy., Castle Crashers soundtrack)
• Careful With That Axe, Eugene… (Pink Floyd)
• Microwaved and W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. (Pitch Shifter)
• Volcano (Pixeljam, Dino Run soundtrack)
• Ride (Presence) ^note  Ignore that bit at the start, obviously.
• Going to Hell (The Pretty Reckless)
• I Am the Night, Colour Me Black (Priestess)
• My Name Is Mud (Live bootleg) ^note  Easily the very softest level 7 song. However, it is quite hard for Primus's standards. The original is a standard 6., Shake Hands With Beef ^note  The loud, heavily-clipped drums keep it from a 6. (Primus)
• Fuel My Fire, Serial Thrilla, Spitfire, Warrior's Dance, Invaders Must Die and Light Up the Sky (The Prodigy)
• Collide & Spark (Project Aegis)
• Timekiller (Project Pitchfork)
• Wushu Dolls (Marcin Przybyłowicz, Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack)
• Tyranny ^note  Borderline 8. (Psyclon Nine)
• Old Domain ^note  Borderline 8. (Public Domain)
• She Watch Channel Zero!? (Public Enemy) ^note  Rap Metal and Industrial Hip-Hop before either existed. This particular song is built around a sample from "Angel of Death" by Slayer (which is a borderline 10).
• Dark Star (Homemade Weapons Remix) (Quadrant & Iris)
• Dem Na Like Me (The Qemists ft. Wiley) ^note Pretty soft for being a song by the Qemists, who often reside at levels 8 and 9.
• Stone Cold Crazy Modern Times Rock N Roll and Son and Daughter (Queen)
• Sick, Sick, Sick (Queens of the Stone Age)
• Queen of the Reich (Queensrÿche)
• Trans-Atlantic Drawl ^note  A unusual example of Radiohead reaching this level. The song ends at Level 1. and Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors ^note  A borderline 8 for the loud and crackly texture of the beats. (Radiohead)
• Bombtrack, Killing In The Name, Wake Up, Fistful Of Steel, Sleep Now In the Fire and Guerrilla Radio (Rage Against the Machine)
• Battlefield 4 "Warsaw" Theme (Rami, Battlefield 4 soundtrack)
• Ich Tu Dir Weh ^note  It ranks at a borderline 11 in the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness, being a very graphic Obligatory Bondage Song. The song's bottom-heavy main riff puts it above a 6. and Zick Zack (Rammstein)
• Breathe Into Me (Red)
• Blood Like Cream (Red Fang) ^note Red Fang has two lead vocalists, Bryan Giles (who also plays bass) and Aaron Beam. (Guitar) Songs that feature Giles more prominently are generally 7-8, while those with Beam in the lead are usually 8 or higher.
• Warped (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Pump the Brakes and Elektra (Refused)
• Takin' a Ride, Kids Don't Follow (The Replacements)
• Smash Yer Face In ^note  Borderline 8 for some of the heavier parts. (Reso)
• Power of the Dragonflame and Dawn of Victory (Rhapsody of Fire)
• Smack A Bitch (Rico Nasty)
• Hell Toupé (Ridiculon, Super Meat Boy soundtrack)
• Fire Down Under (Riot)
• Give It All (Rise Against)
• Superbeast (Rob Zombie)
• I Cry (Rotersand)
• Hellclown (Rozebud, The Tricky Mod soundtrack)
• Spleen ^note  Averaged out here; the intro starts at a 4 (A 2/3 brought up by flashes of volume), the first two breakcore sections are 7, and the third is a 9. (Ruby My Dear)
• One Little Victory and BU2B (Rush)
• Woo Boost (Rusko)
• White Death, Primo Victoria, The Attack of the Dead Men and The Red Baron (Sabaton)
• Independent (Sacred Reich)
• In the Distant Travels (Sewerslvt Remix) ^note  The first breakcore section is an 8, the second is a 9, and the two are separated by an extended ambient portion at level 1. It's been averaged out to this level. (Sadness)
• Born Too Late (Saint Vitus)
• This Moment (Saints Never Surrender)
• Natural Killer Cyborg (Shogo Sakai, Mother 3 soundtrack)
• King of the Stereo (Saliva)
• Pulp Country and The Rock (San Francisco Rush: The Rock soundtrack)
• America (Santana ft. P.O.D.) ^note  Santana doing Heavy Metal? Yes, it has been done. Undoubtedly his hardest song to date.
• Trial by Fire (Satan) ^note  Borderline 8 for the raw production, but it's too melodic otherwise.
• Fortress Stage (Go Sato, Raiden Fighters soundtrack)
• Collision (Saves the Day)
• Hypertension and Overdose (Scattle, Super Meat Boy soundtrack)
• Alien Nation, Dynamite and Now! (Scorpions)
• Remedy (Seether)
• The Fanged Fastener (Yoshito Sekigawa, Shoh Murakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Morishita & Fumihiro Isobe, Paper Mario: The Origami King soundtrack) ^note  Yes, you did read that right.
• Sakkyun Light (Sekken-ya; Touhou Project Fan Vid)
• Marble Smiling Face (Septicflesh) ^note Too chill and melodic for an 8, despite the Harsh Vocals and heavily downtuned guitars.
• No Escape (Seremedy)
• Hazardous Highway (Yoko Shimomura, Kingdom Hearts II.5 ReMIX soundtrack) ^note  A tad harder than the original, nudging the song to level 7. The original is a very hard 6.
• Adrenaline ^note  Borderline 8, due to the speed and aggression. Ultimately has too much alt rock influences to be a clear 8., Cry For Help (Shinedown)
• Carry On, Wayward Son (Kansas Cover) (The Showdown)
• Living Well (Signum Regis)
• Your Catastrophes (Procession) and It Means Everything. ^note  A hard 7; the distorted noises in the background would probably reach a borderline/soft 8, but are offset by the more melodic elements. (Pedro Silva, OMORI soundtrack)
• Valhöll (Skálmöld)
• Slave to the Grind (Skid Row)
• Ninja (Skindred)
• Assimilate (Skinny Puppy)
• Breakn' a Sweat (Skrillex & The Doors)
  • Ragga Bomb ^note  The drop is an 8, while the rest is a 4. (Skrillex ft. Ragga Twins)
  • The Devil's Den ^note  The intro is an 11, but the rest of the song is too soft to be at that level, with the drops mainly being 7. (Skrillex ft. Wolfgang Gartner)
  • Bangarang (Skrillex ft. Sirah) ^note Borderline 8 for the aggressive synths, though the softer parts balance it out here.
• Battlefield 3 Main Theme (Johan Skugge & Jukka Rintamäki, Battlefield 3 soundtrack)
• It's Terror Time Again ^note  Yes, this is a full-blown Horror/Hardcore Punk song in Scooby-Doo of all places. (Skycycle, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island soundtrack)
• Gemini ^note  Possibly their softest song., Die By The Sword ^note  Would score higher if it was as heavy as it is fast. (Slayer)
• The Fox ^note  Due to the deliberately overly-loud production. and Call The Doctor ^note  The harsh and out-of nowhere black metal-esque scream puts it here instead of a 6. (Sleater-Kinney)
• Fire & Ice (Sleeping Romance)
• Kick Me (Sleeping with Sirens)
• Tell 'Em (Sleigh Bells)
• Wait and Bleed ^note  Gets to an 8 towards the end. Still, it is the softest song from their self-titled album, which consists mostly of songs in the 8-9 range., Before I Forget and The Devil in I (Slipknot)
• Zero and Fuck You (An Ode to No One) (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• Summon Akanbe and Powered Up Akanbee! (Smile Pretty Cure! soundtrack) ^note  "What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?" indeed. The latter song's interlude section makes it a borderline 8.
• Flag Carrier (SMOR3S)
• Heartbeat (SnoodDood)
• Ballistic (Remaster) (sock.clip, VS Whitty soundtrack) ^note  Borderline 8. The original is a 6.
• Mirror of Sorrow (Solitude Aeturnus)
• Descent into Cerberon, Quad Machine, and Big Gun (Sonic Mayhem, Quake II soundtrack)
• Kool Thing (Sonic Youth)
• Ocean Scorn (Sorrowseed)
• Regalia - Algol's Theme (Soulcalibur V soundtrack) ^note  Easily the most metal song to come from the series, compared to most other songs that are usually orchestrated.
• Face Pollution (Soundgarden)
• New Disease (Spineshank)
• Rooftop Rampage and Ant Agony (Spiralmouth, Crash Twinsanity soundtrack)
• Dreadnought (Spor)
• Come On My Selector ^note  The breakdown is a 9. and Dark Steering ^note  The second half, which is more chaotic, makes this border on 8. (Squarepusher)
• Open Your Eyes (Staind) ^note The clean vocals keep this song from getting up to 8 in spite of the heavily distorted guitars.
• El Jinete Del Caballo Blanco (Steel Power)
• Brinstar (Super Metroid Version) (Stemage) ^note  The softer parts keep this progressive metal track from reaching an 8
• Aufwärts (Karlheinz Stockhausen)
• Piece of Pie, Sex Type Thing and Naked Sunday ^note This one is just melodic enough to keep it below an 8, but is probably Stone Temple Pilots' heaviest. (Stone Temple Pilots)
• Millenium (Stratovarius)
• Glorification of the Chosen One (Igor Stravinsky, the Rite of Spring) ^note Arguably a borderline 8 even by today's standards (despite the main instruments being strings and horns!) due to the "proto-prog/thrash" composition and structure. Back in 1913, this part alone would have obliterated the scale!
• Stand Up (Stromkern)
• Calling (Strung Out) ^note  This song would fit comfortably at an 8, but ultimately the intro keeps it at a 7.
• Nine Thou (Grant Mohrman Superstars Remix) (Styles of Beyond, Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2005 soundtrack)
• Trespasser (Subtronics)
• Institutionalized (Suicidal Tendencies)
• Song of No Tomorrow (Controlled Collapse Remix), Cut, Bleed, Eviscerate, Last Decision, Critical Stage ^note  Borderline 8 for some of the harsher beats. The vocal reprise, Where Do We Go From Here, is a 5, as it gets steadily heavier over time, ending at a soft 7. and Traumatize ^note  Put up here due to the loud ringing noises; would be softer otherwise. (Suicide Commando)
• Pain for Pleasure, Goddamn I'm Dead Again and We're All to Blame ^note Some parts reach an 8 (especially the bridge), but the softer sections drag it down a bit. (Sum 41)
• Mirdautas Vras (Summoning)
• Interceptor (Sumo Cyco)
• Heaven's Creepin' In (Supernova Syndicate, Dead Rising soundtrack)
• We Are (Svidden) ^note  Despite heavy basslines and Indecipherable Lyrics, the strong use of synths keeps this from being a borderline 8.
• Like a Drug (Swans)
• Bullet Train (ft. Joni Fatora) (Stephen Swartz)
• Set the World on Fire (Symphony X)
• B.Y.O.B. ^note  While the chorus is pretty soft, the rest is too hard for a 6. and Sugar (System of a Down)
• Cease To Exist ^note  The intro keeps it from 8. And yes, this is from a Nintendo game. and Giygas is Wounded (Hirokazu Tanaka & Keiichi Suzuki, EarthBound (1994) soundtrack)
• Fame or Shame (Tangerine Dream, Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack)
• Moving Very Slowly (Taranchula)
• Wither (TechN9ne ft. Corey Taylor) ^note  Despite the soft intro, the song following it is much heavier and even becomes a borderline 8 at the end.
• Corset Theme (TeddyLoid, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt soundtrack)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) theme song (Season 8-10) (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) soundtrack) ^note Much heavier than the theme used for Season 1-7, to go along with the darker tone for the so-called "Red Sky seasons."
• Are You Ready, Get Down and Stormbringer ^note  The latter two could potentially approach 8 if not for the contrast with the bright keyboard melodies. (Teminite)
• Losing Control (Terravita & Datsik)
• Of Mind: Nocturne (Tesseract)
• Electric Crown (Testament)
• Lorelei (Theatre of Tragedy)
• Angel of Death, Cold Sweat and Thunder and Lightning (Thin Lizzy)
• A Tower of Ashes and Paper Tiger (Theocracy)
• Conquistador (Thirty Seconds to Mars) ^note  The double-bass drumming kicks this up a level.
• Home (Three Days Grace)
• Resuscitation of a Dead Man (Thursday)
• Gaia (Tiamat)
• Shakin' Love (T.M.Revolution ft. The Gazette) ^note  This is the UNDER COVER version. The original is a 3.
• Streaker and Motorlicker (Tobacco)
• Yours (Toby Mac)
• It's a Small World (Ducking Hardcore Mix) (Tomosuke & U1-Asami, DanceDanceRevolution Disney Mix soundtrack) ^note  Borderline 8. Yes, really.
• The Pot and Parabola (tool)
• Dare to Tame Me (Triddana)
• Strife (Trivium) ^note  The lack of screaming through most of the song keeps it below level 8, where most of Trivium's output resides.
• Psalm 9 (Trouble)
• Battle Metal (Turisas) ^note One of the harder 7 examples due to the harsh vocals.
• One Hand Killing (Twelve Foot Ninja) ^note  The softer, folk-influenced passages keep the song away from level 8.
• Torsteins Kvæði ^note  Translation: "The Lay of Torstein". and Sinklars Visa (Týr)
• China Town, As Is and Loss of Control (Van Halen)^note The pure speed and aggressiveness keeps all these above a 6.
• The Valkyrie Trilogy (ft. Laura Brehm & Cassandra Kay) (Varien) ^note  Valkyrie I: Bloodshed" is an 8, Valkyrie II: Lacuna is a 7 and Valkyrie III: Atonement is a 4.
• Not the Son of Desert Storm, but the Child of Chechnya (Vatican Shadow)
• Donut (Venetian Snares)
• I'm Taking Europe With Me (Veruca Salt) ^note  The random ear-piercing shrieks give it that extra boost. Would otherwise be a 5 or 6.
• Pray for Riddim (Virtual Riot)
• Control ^note  Starts at a 6, but turns into a hard 8 around 2 minutes in., Strata ^note  The song is as heavy as level 8, but only for a part before the middle. and Aeroscope ^note  An Out-of-Genre Experience for them, with its strong brostep vibe. (VNV Nation)
• Generator Room (VV Audio Team, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy soundtrack)
• Wormhole To The Forever Forest (Weeatpixelsforbreakfast)
• Sketches of Winkle, Stroker Ace, and It's Gonna Be a Long Night (Ween)
• Everyone (Weezer) ^note  A very soft 7. Still, it is perhaps Weezer's hardest song, besides their cover of Metallica's "Enter Sandman," which is also at this level.
• On Sight ^note  A rare example of standard hip hop (ie. not gangsta rap or horrorcore) reaching this level. (Kanye West)
• Duality but It's The Space Jam Theme Song and Psychosocial but It's Sexyback by Justin Timberlake ^note  Songs originally by Slipknot. Both are good demonstrations of how vocals can impact a song's hardness, as the originals are an 8-9. (William Maranci Mashups)
• Caffeine (Jeff Williams) ^note Borderline 8 for the speed.
• Land of Snow and Sorrow (Wintersun)
• Punch Bowl ^note  The speed, guitar distortion, and fast solos bring it up here. and Volcano Dome (David Wise, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze soundtrack)
• Road to the Paradise (Within Silence)
• Our Solemn Hour and Faster (Within Temptation)
• Yuk Foo (Wolf Alice)
• A Looming Resonance (Wolves in the Throne Room)
• Rolling Girl (wowaka ft. Hatsune Miku)
• Bunkertor 7 and Bloodbathing Tub ^note  The vocals bring it up from a 6. (:wumpscut:)
• Standing Sex ^note  This is Heath on bass. Taiji on bass is even harder, though likely not enough to be an 8., Jade ^note  Live versions can range anywhere from here to an 8 depending on Toshi's voice and how many times he indulges in the Metal Scream, and the album mix is heavy enough to be an 8., Orgasm ^note  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. and Art Of Life ^note  Borderline 8 due to its sheer length, blistering speed and sharply contrasting song dynamics (the song alternates between atonal piano passages and full-on drum blasting). Live versions would probably be a hard 8/borderline 9. (X Japan)
• Supernova (Xtrullor) ^note The first drop is at 6, but the harder second and third drops average out the song to a 7.
• Silent Heaven, Flower Crown of Poppy ^note  Kept below 8 due to the soothing atmosphere., Heads No. 2 and Kill God (Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 soundtracks)
• Kokou no Sousei (Yousei Teikoku)
• Release of the Far West Ocean and Ernst (Ys: The Ark of Napishtim soundtrack)
• Tell Me About Your Childhood (You and I)
• Seven Doors (Zaq, Trinity Seven soundtrack)
• REVOLUTION (Zardonic)
• The Set Up and His World (edit) ^note  While composed by the same band as the original version from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) (which is a 4), this heavier version wasn't in-game and is featured on the Several Wills vocal OST. (Zebrahead)
• Why So Serious? ^note  A soft 7; the more intense parts are brought down by the quieter parts. (Hans Zimmer, The Dark Knight soundtrack)
• Loveless World and After School Navigators (μ's) ^note Loveless World is a straighter example, but After School Navigator bounces between a hard 7 for its metal instrumentals and potentially as low as a 3 or 4 for its intense Lyrical Dissonance and lighter-sounding vocals.

---