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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_3HOF-f1z8 Yellow Bream]] [[note]] The guitar portions are 6, but the rest of the song is softer than that.[[/note]] (F-Fields, ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' soundtrack)
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8czESQHZOIY Magical Girl]] (Guitar Vader)
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW7luN6pwdI Gruesome]] (The Surfdusters) [[note]] It's a borderline 5 at first, then goes up to a 5 bordering on 6 due to the added distortion on the riffs. The guitar solos starting after 1:20 are 6, and the breakdown is a borderline 7/hard 6 due to the more intense percussion and faster guitar playing. The remainder of the song is a borderline 6 again, and overall, it's a hard 5/borderline 6.[[/note]]
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2zpR5qA18A Power Off! Power On!]] (Masaya Matsuura, Shigeyoshi Kawago and Everett Bradley, ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy'' soundtrack) [[note]] Edges the line between 4 and 5; ultimately gets up here due to the guitar work provided by Lammy in-game.[[/note]]
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfhy1ulJla4 Birthday Cake]] (Music/CiboMatto) [[note]] Would probably be around 4 if not for the screamed vocals.[[/note]]
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuSjiQwrKYo Rape Me]] (Music/{{Nirvana}})
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UINhE8L1yXg Fasten Your Seatbelt]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QpInkz9so Propane Nightmares]] (Music/{{Pendulum|Band}})
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89L9Y_5m5uo Blame Myself (Artimaze Bootleg)]] (Illenium & Tori Kelly)
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'''Genres''': '''Most HardRock, harder ProgressiveRock, Early PunkRock, [[{{Industrial}} Post-Industrial]], Experimental Rock, Rap Rock, soft HairMetal [[note]] As well as the very softest metal in general.[[/note]], softer {{Industrial}}, softer PostHardcore, harder AlternativeRock, PowerPop, harder Futurepop, {{Hyperpop}}, harder Jazz Fusion, the softest Industrial Hip-Hop and Trap Metal, traditional {{Dubstep}}, harder {{Shoegazing}}, PostGrunge, NoisePop, softer {{Grunge}}'''
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'''Matching mineral''': '''Apatite'''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifWsOBr4Y9U Silly Love]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foT1ITubs1A Wall Street Shuffle]] ([[Music/TenCC 10cc]])
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=5XGaqjTKe20 bloodstains]] [[note]] Most of the song is a 2 or 3, but the [[LastNoteNightmare ending]] is an 11.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PWMiy4RysI Doritos & Fritos]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Music/HundredGecs)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwo0EEKUCMI Cyclone]] ([[Music/IchiNiZeroIchiNi 12012]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvs-z-0tTOo Mourning Soul]] [[note]]Borderline 6[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPU6sT3EQPQ Gates of Heaven]] (Music/{{Absurd|Band}}) [[note]] And if you want to see what terrible production can do to a song's hardness, check out the older versions of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTINrvTIY8c&t=780s Mourning Soul]] and '''especially''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTINrvTIY8c&t=178s Gates of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1B81NEoJ Heaven]] [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3lqLlGYNk0 Crawl]] (Absynthesis)[[note]]Here because of being too loud for level 4. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFFVfObwss Highway to Hell]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2qQmj0_h4 You Shook Me All Night Long]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhsK5WExrnE T.N.T.]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIE4UjBtx-o Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]] (Music/{{ACDC}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJdWPSwSOLw Same Old Song and Dance]] (Music/{{Aerosmith}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOoIKLk_PS8 The New Black]] [[note]] Borderline 6 overall.[[/note]] (Aesthetic Perfection)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMxU2ToSunY Miss Murder]] [[note]] The bridge goes up to a light 7, and keeps this from a 4.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCwEBz3ego8 Medicate]] (Music/{{AFI}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJt_lHulp4 The Tell-Tale Heart]] (Music/TheAlanParsonsProject) [[note]] This is APP's hardest song. The instruments are at a solid 4, but Arthur Brown's LargeHam vocals make it a somewhat low 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v67LpSz6Ck Down in a Hole]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRx7QdT8EZA Got Me Wrong]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAXr4RZPE0 Private Hell]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJGIhpsN5Y Choke]] (Music/AliceInChains)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKV6-H6YixE Beyond The Lights (Extended Mix)]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Aly & Fila)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5znnV1XLLEM One Last Goodbye]] (Music/{{Anathema|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0feXHlbK1qk Summer Dive]] (Music/AnCafe)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi0q0O4V5Qs 4 Degress]] (ANOHNI)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2wst219hU Black Lodge]] (Music/{{Anthrax}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0OPz4fcfKM Girl/Boy Song]] (Music/AphexTwin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_ah6juMvY Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape]] (Music/Apollo440)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH3SnHOrNvQ S.H.O.D.A.N.]] (Apoplexy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlcY_enzwmI I Like to Rock]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usWQOPTORn8 Roller]] (April Wine)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVLsH3HmuKE Normal Person]] (Music/ArcadeFire)
* [[https://music.teamdistort.com/track/hollow-crown Hollow Crown]] (Architects) [[note]] First part of the song is 2-3, second part is a 7-8. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn6-TItCazo Arabella]] (Music/ArcticMonkeys)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0LhDiMj8Q La La]] (Music/AshleeSimpson)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRLhTePib9A The Ace, The Only]] (Atlas Plug)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7dCgtwX2c Guren No Yumiya]] (''Manga/AttackOnTitan'')
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMIV6JddzVE Dael]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWGUnrIiOoI Dropp]] [[note]] Not a 6 due to the intro.[[/note]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NySz4SR-0Q nodezsh]] (Music/{{Autechre}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpJkCti8IL0 Opheliac]] (Music/EmilieAutumn) [[note]] The instrumentation is soft enough for a 3 or 4, but the {{Industrial}} influences and Emilie's HarshVocals puts this song above those levels.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlPToAsLm7o This Means War]] (Music/AvengedSevenfold)[[note]]Probably the hardest level 5 song.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcClvRt9g2Q Burn It Down]] [[note]] One of the harder Level 5 examples thanks to the scratchy synths, [[LargeHam Aaron Bruno's very hammy vocals]] and the overall fast pace.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRIx1CP0Lrk THISKIDSNOTALRIGHT]] [[note]] A noticeably softer song than Burn It Down, but still ranks at a solid 5 due to its {{grunge}}-y musicianship.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgIqecROs5M Sail]] (Music/{{AWOLNATION}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw7Z2TTJqn8 Lunatic Tears]], theme for ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes'' (Ayane)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxxr5d8GOZ8 Red Shift]] (Music/{{Ayria}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hewvaxaoCu8 Spaceman]] (Babylon Zoo) [[note]] The intro and ending are a 2.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XwKk_LmwTI Can't Get Enough]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZCzl6qhZ70 Movin' On]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7yMgJSOksc Good Lovin' Gone Bad]] (Music/BadCompany)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehzSNfu29v0 Victory]] (Music/BadReligion)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OQL6Trg1PU Disrupted Original]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2vnJhva0MQ Last Legs]] (Kelly Bailey, ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode One'' and ''Episode Two'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s87s5CWfRus It Ends]] (Danny Baranowsky, VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmHX_ykrRkw Bart Goes Downtown]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FIp6Hixy_0 Halloween Havoc]] (Marc Baril, ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZGJCsCOkd4 dlp 4]] (William Basinski)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6i8x1TUGZg Crawling After You]] (Bass Drum of Death) [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRftXCiqfQ8 Bass Head]] [[note]] A soft 5 due to the amount of softer sections.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-jOZRe0-8 Timestretch]] (Bassnectar)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuWwD6AU4Os Belgrade]] ([[Webanimation/GenLock Battle Tapes]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBShN8qT4lk (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b9-S5EB0mw No Sleep Till Brooklyn]] (Music/BeastieBoys)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0zaebtU-CA Taxman]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6DVE305g0s Hey Bulldog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEQQ-1rd4A0 Yer Blues]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MbqzDm1uCo Revolution]] [[note]] The aggressively distorted guitars puts this closer to a 6.[[/note]] (Music/TheBeatles)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2kIbkAMWs E-Pro]] (Music/{{Beck|Musician}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzCFMqJiuYs Shaar - Landstalker Stalkin']] (David Bergeaud, ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MDWtSf_AI4 In My Eyes]] (Best Coast)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX7CYIbR_ig Don't Lie to Me]] (Music/BigStar)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbxCYywkcSo In the Dark]] (Music/TheBirthdayMassacre)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqfQXJSvbo4 Army of Me]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewLnV3NeWMw Declare Independence]] [[note]] The more intense later section of the song move this up from a 4.[[/note]] (Music/{{Bjork}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3W4dRyBfo Another End]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFYSYGLx-RM Quest (This Can't Be All)]] (Music/BlackGryph0n & Baasik)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKjpGP6P5Y Young Men Dead]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZ2I28Chk0 The First Vietnamese War]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jV6TnBC2nk Bad Vibrations]] (The Black Angels)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhl60-y-nxM Remedy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0J4hxqiiho Jealous Again]] (Music/TheBlackCrowes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY0bR7R2Guw Stormy High]] (Black Mountain)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VadDNtWYrpY Endourban]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz1W5Zok0IA Xibalba Road Metamorph]] [[note]] Borderline 6 for the later parts of the song at that level.[[/note]] (Black Rain)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZNfwm7_Bgk Berlin]] (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HVogejKx_c No Depression In New Zealand]] (Blam Blam Blam)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfQPr6GChC8 Mr. Sandman]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Music/BlindGuardian)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0g16_LQaQ Dammit]] (Music/Blink182)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk Song 2]] [[note]] Most of Blur's early and middle songs are in levels 1 and 2, and from their self-titled 5th album onward they moved frequently between the first four levels with more songs in levels 3 and 4, but Song 2 is an unusual and a notable level 5 for them[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohyqek7fj6Y Crazy Beat]] [[note]]A borderline 6.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsaJ7KsH90Y Movin' On]] (Music/{{Blur}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gqkK1UD4Kk Droid Void]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7g5WomcaDo Mask Search]] (Andy Blythe & Marten Joustra, ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'' and ''VideoGame/FindingNemo'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbFgxucxVcM Gyroscope]] (Music/BoardsOfCanada)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ You Give Love a Bad Name]] (Music/BonJovi) [[note]] The song's catchiness prevents it from being a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR4iFDXmpAw Flirt Flirt Oh It Hurts]] and [[https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/383154 The Empire Of Toads]] (Bossfight)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnwqUEelQjE Foreplay/Long Time]] (Music/{{Boston}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXq5VvYAI1Q Ziggy Stardust]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLnPd7lzT4g Suffragette City]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQGobt4ub6U Watch that Man]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lWAcY9IXE Diamond Dogs]] (Music/DavidBowie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQmoesRw9o Industrial Accident]] (Allister Brimble, ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'', Macintosh version soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-d65oe8s1E Ain't It Funny]] (Music/DannyBrown)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zWw0Ru28w Smokin' in the Boys Room]] (Brownsville Station)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwdwc0sxWsI Konya Wa Hurricane]] (''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTM7x1O1LM Jonathan Jet-Coaster]] (Music/BuckTick) [[note]] Places here on a musical level, though the chorus being a ClusterFBomb and the implications of death by sex would place it around a 6 or 7 on the MediaNotes/MohsScaleofLyricalHardness. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bgb-60LeK8 Rainbow Man]] (Busy P)
* [[https://soundcloud.com/caramellagirls-music/boogie-bam-dance?in=caramellagirls-music/sets/sweet-decade Boogie Bam Dance]] ([[Music/{{Caramell}} Caramella Girls]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4joh_k8BMkc Lycanthropy]] (Cardi)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8wMWInVFs Sullivan]] (Caroline's Spine) [[note]] Would be a solid 6 if not for the quiet interludes.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5-rdr0qhWk Just What I Needed]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Kv6vxZwL8 Magic]] (Music/TheCars)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbDNP9R23h4 Beach Life-In-Death (2018)]] [[note]] Most of the song is a 6, but it dips to a 3 around the middle before coming right back up to a 6 at the end, bumping it up to a 5 overall.[[/note]] (Music/CarSeatHeadrest)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpHuG2hHmEo Reach for the Stars]] (Music/CashCash, ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' soundtrack) [[note]] Would've been a 4 if it weren't for the repetitive drums in the background.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2dygXfmFIc The Terminator]] (Caspa)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMGXfLhmhNs_-IhEQnS Hemlock Drone Attack]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JctW2W9NUA Sloth Battle]] (Music/{{Celldweller}}, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5hhy9OAmlE Blind Faith]] (Chase & Status ft. Liam Bailey)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9xUfu6S-Mk Big Eyes]] (Music/CheapTrick)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f2wg1pqQDs Believe]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M59NqwDQeW0 Horse Power]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agb-oFZjuGM Saturate]] (Music/TheChemicalBrothers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MujrB9TMT4s Ted]] (Clark)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNxvdAvJs7Q Story 2]] (Music/{{clipping}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhiBcVILo5o The Elephant Riders]] (Music/{{Clutch}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUfvJFXwwJY Riggs]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFMWk6URdCM Welcome to Hell]] (Elia Cmíral, ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCrlyX6XbTU With A Little Help From My Friends]] (Music/{{Joe Cocker}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRWjLLpwnOM A Favor House Atlantic]] (Music/CoheedAndCambria)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgzg50JtQNo Chinese Sleep Chant]] (Music/{{Coldplay}}) [[note]]Coldplay doing shoegaze. Also a rare example of them reaching this level, as they usually don't go higher than a 3.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCj5VV1rUYs Shepherd's Hymn]] (Comrades) [[note]]A rare example of HarshVocals this low. Despite this and that much of the song near the middle is at least a 7, the first half of the song and outro bring it down to this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJO27VQxnmM Tender Sugar]] (Alias Conrad Coldwood, ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLgO9EMumKM Dollhouse]] (Concrete Castles)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuOH8MPmKqM Cancer City Megamall]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zka4gPJztb4 Wheel of Fortune]] [[note]] Soft 5.[[/note]] ([=ConsumerSoftproducts=], ''VideoGame/CrueltySquad'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sV0JKVz2yA Exploration of Space]] (Cosmic Gate)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts Zombie]] (Music/TheCranberries) [[note]]The guitars in the chorus, beginning, and end are a 6, while the rest of the song is a 2.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_u1eu6Lpds Sunshine of Your Love]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqNg8ui2sE8 Tales of Brave Ulysses]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9HvSdcaL4 Crossroads]] (Music/{{Cream}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM Fortunate Son]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uijpFKPvhMI Commotion]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmjNIJ4YIFI Ramble Tamble]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mxaA-bJ35s Suzie Q]] (Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J16lInLZRms Higher]] (Music/{{Creed|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpEkXk6u_b4 lost]] ([=CRIM3S=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1PrUU2S_iw Ohio]] (Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPXjt1MWOCA His World]] (''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' soundtrack, remix) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvl-8nCKI3A Watch Me Fly]] (Music/Crush40)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUSyoJcbxU Trip Like I Do]] [[note]] A soft 5 overall due to the level 2 intro. The version with Music/{{Filter}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeQRO4fXOKk (Can't You) Trip Like I Do]], is a 6 due to the added heavy metal guitars.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YLCoq8tII Weapons of Mass Distortion]] (The Crystal Method)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGCCRNwBLBg Night in Motion]] (Cubic 22)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g6h1vI4Xv0 Fire Woman]] (Music/TheCult)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI5noh4OyXc Contact]] [[note]] Would be a 4, but the track rises in hardness near the end of the song, jumping to a 7 and finally a hard 9.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwILkY9gRrc Da Funk]] [[note]] Initially starts at 2 with just the beats, then becomes a 4 when the main melody comes in and a 5 when the synths pick up just before the 2:30 mark. Overall, a soft 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnWypQz6X2U Technologic]] (Music/DaftPunk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThcXEqxI_IQ New Rose]] (Music/{{The Damned|Band}})
* [[https://youtu.be/rPKLAVKOfNI Blooting Hornets]], [[https://youtu.be/nWhYTa-Uj2Y Nothing But Rust]] and [[https://youtu.be/COIvvzfwAX0 Now Or Never]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Danger, ''VideoGame/Haven2020'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z5Pk4aTl8A Long Live the New Fresh]] (Danimal Cannon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8qtmD_QTYw Tri Poloski]] (Davay)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv13gl0a-FA Deja Vu]] (Dave Rodgers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hLIXrlpRe8 Misirlou]] (Music/DickDale) [[note]] This may be the earliest rock song at this level to gain widespread recognition.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd1OQt6lnRM Repetition]] (DD Smash)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ArUgxtlJs Ghosts 'n' Stuff]] (feat [[Music/{{Pendulum|Band}} Rob Swire]]) (Music/Deadmau5)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3OPOYG6XIQ Voice of the Soul]] (Music/{{Death}}) [[note]] A very rare example of a death metal band dropping to this level![[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZYjXNnT44 Black History Month]] (Music/DeathFromAbove1979)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8egtsFtbhDQ Eh]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxa91EwFco Beware]] (Music/DeathGrips)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuSDVm4C9zs Can You Seen Straight?]] (The Death Set)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arpZ3fCwDEw Smoke on the Water]] (Music/DeepPurple)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSdljm909Y Rock of Ages]] (Music/DefLeppard)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkjlQW6RpRc Hole in the Earth]] [[note]] Borderline 6. [[/note]] (Music/{{Deftones}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdSQA3SgWqk Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo]] (Rick Derringer)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16mRLjdSvQk Empire]] (Dictate)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szGwpgqkcOA Red Battle]] (Sascha Dikiciyan, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqXVBeEuwLU Black Bubblegum]] (Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eO6up9Gpv0 Freak Scene]] (Music/DinosaurJr) [[note]] The aggressively distorted guitars in the solo makes this a borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcWKZTI9OC4 Rainbow In The Dark]] ([[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCdSXPlMlE4 THE FINAL]] (Music/DirEnGrey) [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oik6qbPDi88 Expresso Love]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0 Money For Nothing]] (Music/DireStraits)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03VXr4me1X0 Overburdened]] (Music/{{Disturbed}}) [[note]] Their softest metal song.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLXvfqten3M It's a Dream (DJ Analyzer Mix)]] (DJ Dean & DJ Analyzer)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OjfVDzmMgU Wax Trip (Roofie Side)]] (DJ Inx)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn98711CEoI Theory of Everything 2]] (Dj-Nate, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB2_MmtMoIc Who We Be]] [[note]] Rare example of a straight-up hip hop song at this level, due to DMX's extremely guttural vocal delivery.[[/note]] (Music/{{DMX}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdvFp-NyTQY Snail]] (Do As Infinity)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOHg-2ZtGl8 We Are Rockstars]] (Music/DoesItOffendYouYeah)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsNvqqKBldw Homicide]] (Dom & Roland)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX7iHsAIw9o China Grove]] (Music/DoobieBrothers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeMlQEWEg2Q The End]] [[note]] Pretty hardcore for 1967.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0kypyGSKsE Waiting for the Sun]] (Music/TheDoors)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJL-lCzEXgI Hungry Like The Wolf]] (Music/DuranDuran)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po6QU0z1rSs Life in the Fast Lane]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFdomKzAPTY Victim of Love]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-2BMyZXK5o Those Shoes]] (Music/{{Eagles}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVQIMLbVdYM Funktion]] (Ed Rush & Optical)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFyvePcR_o Free Ride]] (Edgar Winter Group) [[note]] While it's a low 5, it's still a good example of how hard folk rock can get.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8Ki4CCXgg you should see me in a crown]] (Music/BillieEilish) [[note]] A soft 5 due to the harder chorus being balanced out by gentler parts. This and "Happier Than Ever" are two of Billie's hardest songs to date.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhtIBdIeJWc Die Interimsliebenden]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPaPp_y6GNo Let's Do It a Dada]] [[note]] One of Neubauten's harder and noisier 2000s songs.[[/note]] (Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl2dfBMIfjw Staggered]] (Ekstrak, ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedCarbon'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__X6cYJDXOg Gay Bar]] (Music/ElectricSix)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFAHVJKjkk The Little Things]] (Music/DannyElfman, ''Film/{{Wanted}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLgA4jUkuw SugarCrash!]] ([=ElyOtto=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SeVN2u5Axc Kim]] (Music/{{Eminem}}) [[note]] The instrumentals are a 3, but the screamed vocals drag it up. The lyrics, on the other hands, are a solid 11 on the MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYjmE-mtB6g Heaven Rd. 2]] (from ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleGame'') and [[https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/516336 Pneumatic Tokyo]] ([=EnV=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqP76XWHQI0 Get the Funk Out]] (Music/{{Extreme}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSQp7YOPdJ8 Stay With Me]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf8D2lAeJGE Miss Judy's Farm]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzVSOnilYm0 Borstal Boys]] (Music/{{Faces}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ73JZKVShw Star 69]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7Eu05OUH8 Ya Mama]] (Music/FatboySlim)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02nAH_oAjeg Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)]] (Don Felder)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJk6gZuPKRE Paralyzer]] (Finger Eleven)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sehRBjVCujQ Freefall]] (Fixmer/[=McCarthy=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_gE_FXTd3M Mellann]] (Music/TheFlashbulb)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TLkd8CAGyk The Day We'll Be Gone]] (Music/FleshgodApocalypse) [[note]] The opening instrumentation is a 2-3. The metal sections play with the rather slow, soaring orchestration, blunting the hardness from an 8 to a 5-6. This is probably the softest song on this scale that's still clearly recognizable as DeathMetal. The 2020 acoustic version of this song is a 1.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD_fmaw1CNY Fool For the City]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0 Slow Ride]] (Foghat) [[note]] The long version of "Slow Ride" goes up to a very high 6 at the end.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RNIZ_0qkpk Rockin' the Suburbs]] (Music/BenFolds)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXWzWmtqP7o Boss]] [[note]] Solid 5.[[/note]] (Tim Follin, ''[[VideoGame/SolsticeTheQuestForTheStaffOfDemnos Equinox]]'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_L4Rixya64 Best of You]] (Music/FooFighters)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDPjNM6AYl0 Pinkie Pie Loves Sugar]] (Foozogz) [[note]] Borderline 6 for how it sounds metallic in brief moments, but most of it is clean enough to be here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug1qRiLUwac Hot Blooded]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUDMy-GplkQ Dirty White Boy]] (Music/{{Foreigner|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pumVu-WWhKM Burn in Despair!]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P8V4mP5RLg Last Goodbye]] [[note]] Would be closer to 6 if not for the middle/end parts and the slightly softer intro.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBHgJzYNR6s Vs. Susie]] (Creator/TobyFox, ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE7MR0elUNk Fear]] (Adam Freeland, ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' soundtrack) [[note]] Not a 4 and a borderline 6 due to the heavy texture of the beats in some places.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwQfdDqq-0 Headhunter V1.0]] [[note]] The yelled vocals and some of the heavier moments later on push it up from 4. Apoptygma Berzerk - Kajamoto's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Lx2VuJV4I remix]] is a 6.[[/note]] (Music/Front242)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSIK-sisl0o Humanity (World War Three)]] [[note]] Would probably be a 4 if not for the more distorted parts.[[/note]] (Music/FrontLineAssembly)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y91vy_hkNlA Maschine Zeit]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9CA8uZHdEc The Race Is On]] (Music/FunkerVogt)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd9JzERkHNY Itooshii Hito no Tame ni]] [[labelnote: Translation]] For the Sake of My Beloved [[/labelnote]] ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'''s opening ([[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/fushigi/fytameni.htm Lyrics here]]) [[note]] The first stanza is level 2 for its vocal distortion, but the hard rock orchestra begins immediately afterwards and it doesn't let go, thus putting the song here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOeRyZ9W7-g Supervixen]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcrv9nhH9iY Why Do You Love Me]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgGRbPbzow Subhuman]] (Music/{{Garbage}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlcKqzEPTjE 11:11]] and [[https://open.spotify.com/track/4jc724TiZNi6CPmwt4vqls Train]] [[note]] Starts at 4 and ends at 7.[[/note]] (Gearwhore)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRSijEW_cDM Pursuit]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM9rRMJ3Ayc Obsession]] [[note]] Starts at level 4.[[/note]] (Gesaffelstein)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gr63DiEUxw Dance Macabre]] (Music/{{Ghost|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wehVzQt4Czg Serotonin]] (Music/GirlInRed) [[note]]Despite the softer chorus, the noise-influenced verses and dark themes put it at this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sa1_Qo5bhY Get It Together]] (The Go! Team)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BAPP7pyWHo Doom Hunter Base (Ambient)]] [[note]] The more intense sections bring it up from 4.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7bMYXdOEY Voices of Urdak]] [[note]] Starts out at 1 and builds up to an 8 before dropping to 1 again.[[/note]] (Music/MickGordon, ''VideoGame/DOOMEternal'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU4e_MbGS8A Punk]] (Music/{{Gorillaz}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_uujKuJMI American Idiot]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1OqtIqzScI Holiday]] (Music/GreenDay)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PkJ8LePdrc Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars)]] (Grinderman)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkgc54cDwJg Strawberry Trapper]] ([[Anime/LoveLiveSunshine Guilty Kiss]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4 Sweet Child o' Mine]] (Music/GunsNRoses) [[note]]A softer level 5 example, Slash's guitar riff and solo push it above a 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gscutH_cpng Theatre of Redemption]] (Harmony)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVt1Dy_LblQ Flagpole Sitta]] (Music/HarveyDanger)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oACOYGPWgeA War Machine]] (Matthew E. Harwood, ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1kOtssAnJI Boss Area]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0YvV9vtXOo Simulation Level 35/50]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRpDJtpzqRk Real Battle Final]] (Yasuhiro Hashimoto, ''VideoGame/RaidenFighters Jet'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QskcyXuFbA Cannonball]] (Headless Horseman)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sOULmKUhFM Fight for the Future]] (''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoDaYjdfSg Purple Haze]] (Music/JimiHendrix)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwgJgTL5JmE Dirty Laundry]] (Don Henley) [[note]] With the guitar solos, it's a pretty hard 5, leaning toward 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_BlUY2eF4 Hex Girls and Earth, Wind, Fire and Air]] ([[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Hex Girls]]) [[note]] Yes, this is a fictional band from Scooby-Doo. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvYrg2JGwSQ Yell Dead Cell]] (Norihiko Hibino, ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8cnAGMXH7M Genkai Haretsu]] ([[Music/HidetoMatsumoto hide]]) [[note]] Could have been a 4 but the slightly heavier guitar puts it here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5-gja10qkw My Name Is Human]] (Highly Suspect)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lBjcaMokvo Free Tibet (Vini Vici Remix)]] (Hilight Tribe)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Gp56jnaIs Tick Tick Boom]] (Music/TheHives) [[note]] Would have been a 6 if the guitars were more downtuned.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv9d27d1Byg Celebrity Skin]] (Music/{{Hole}}) [[note]] Mostly a 6, but there are some sections that are at level 2 that average it out here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyaJCg0T-cY Fist Bump]] (Music/{{Hoobastank}}, ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBNn4rPjGfg Slide]] (Billy Howerdel & Dean Menta, ''VideoGame/JakX'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtu.be/gMEB4HNNZ2I Stars]] (Music/{{Hum}}) [[note]] Most of the song is a 6, the mellow parts lower it a bit.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdXjm8pZMws 30 Days in the Hole]] (Humble Pie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOk7y26Tvw Makes No Sense At All]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEVi0IxC0yM Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely]] (Music/HuskerDu)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtwiFSrwWhs Consumer]] (Icon of Coil)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY I Love It]] (Music/IconaPop) [[note]] A rare example of electro-pop reaching a 5. The noise pop influences and shouted vocals (by not only by both Icona Pop members, but also Music/CharliXCX simultaneously) brings it here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I Rebel Yell]] (Music/BillyIdol) [[note]] This would sit comfortably at a 6, but the soft interludes keep it here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jPekN1VezQ Numb]] (Music/IllNino) [[note]] The guitars keep it from getting a 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nqRkAsZumc Stellar]] (Music/{{Incubus}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dte-u_lsmdc Vampyre Erotica]] (Music/InkubusSukkubus)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhiMBWbQlYU Digging In Your Soul (Insekt Remix)]] (Insekt)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze4pmepXn4o Who Do You Think]] (Music/{{Interpol}})
* [[https://cddr.bandcamp.com/track/silence Silence]] (Intoxication Advice)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvqr366Op3k Can I Play With Madness?]] (Music/IronMaiden) [[note]] Pretty good example of what pure metal sounds like at this level [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPvF-l1g994 Mountains in an Angry Sky]] (Jun Ishikawa & Hirokazu Ando, ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSFHfXqhL6w The Realest]] (Music/{{Issues}}) [[note]] Hard to pin down. Most of the song is influenced by teen band-like pop and funk, but their usual metalcore influence, complete with some screams, still shows up a bit, bumping it up some. We'll settle with a hard 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9llYgSlnti8 Febreze]] (ft. Music/TwoChainz) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NwZdxiLvGo To Ü]] (ft. [=AlunaGeorge=]) [[note]]One part in the middle reaches level 6.[[/note]] (Jack Ü)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K7sOplsJJY The Causeway]] [[note]] Builds up to an 8 at the end.[[/note]] (Henry Jackman, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtu.be/1kAIMlISHhU Mountain Song]] (Music/JanesAddiction) [[note]] Borderline 6. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i19d1QnstsA Locomotive Breath]] (Music/JethroTull)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHg0uRAyVs I Love Rock n' Roll]] (Music/JoanJett)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CopYqp0HZkY Shades of Grey]] (Music/BillyJoel)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kan_6pjynaU (Going to Get Myself) A Meal Ticket]] (Music/EltonJohn)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjTLOaD6fr4 Living After Midnight]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKuuHfMx3CQ Head Out to the Highway]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJMgveYdO-M You've Got Another Thing Coming]] (Music/JudasPriest)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYpAtS7EO-A Waking Up]] (Music/JulienK, ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKzWLUQizz8 Genesis]] (Music/{{Justice|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kjOruO_1MI Limewash (Barrelled)]] (Karenn)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkF5Ch7hMg You Gotta Love Me]], ''Literature/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'''s ending theme (Kato*Fuku)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgbizekyKWc Launch Hearts]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHh85g7MwG4 Yummy]] [[note]] Some parts reach 6.[[/note]] (Jake Kaufman, ''VideoGame/MightySwitchForce'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2tXk-2UEg Blammed]] [[note]] Hard 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOPrN6aJ7TI M.I.L.F]] [[note]] It's mostly a 4, with some parts reaching 5, but the beat drop reaches a 6, elevating the overall level to a 5.[[/note]] ([=KawaiSprite=], ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=sZwytO-hDak Rest Stop]] (Music/KeroKeroBonito) [[note]]A 1 at first. Then, it suddenly turns into a 6, and stays like that for the rest of the way until the end. Even though some sections are of lower harshness than the first part that is a 6, the disturbing mood is enough to keep it up.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glb2U6y-GdU Cowboy]] [[note]] Balances out here, as the first half of the song is a 4, and the second half is a 6.[[/note]] (Music/KidRock)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlOqXcPkUis Jenny Was a Friend of Mine]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZTpLvsYYHw All These Things That I've Done]] [[note]]The intro is a 1. Also noticeably heavier than "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine", due to a lesser use of electronics, but still not quite hard enough to reach a 6.[[/note]] (Music/TheKillers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSQOVlkaJT4 You Really Got Me]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOGMRnKl5co All Day And All Of The Night]] (Music/TheKinks) [[note]] Both songs were pretty hardcore for 1964. The Music/VanHalen cover of "You Really Got Me" is a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf8hdBplzls Rock And Roll All Nite (Alive version)]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83f_oVMPv4E Deuce]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhO_jnKl4pk Love Gun]] (Music/{{KISS}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZkQLbbFTPg Achtung!]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0huiCzG_Q What Do You Know?]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF_KW7AwB0 What A Race]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItcmZyOJ0Yo Witness]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKxgIC3ToDs Professional Killer]] (Music/{{KMFDM}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQPK4q488c0 Begin Again]] (Music/KnifeParty)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq_jS6o3OoY Bowser’s Theme]] [[note]] Borderline 6, would be an actual 6 if the soundfont was heavier. And yes, this is from a ''Mario'' game.[[/note]](Creator/KojiKondo, ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ip1irYWXck I'm Only Joking]] (Music/{{Kongos}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEhGZNk-nE Re-sublimity]] (Kotoko, ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'' soundtrack) [[note]] Despite the futurepop influences, its intro and accessible sound keep it at a soft 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_alyIxP_ou0 Masturbating Smile]] (Kuroyume)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-UOTOqtU0M Pretend We're Dead]] (Music/{{L7}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1lsUImD3N0 Closer]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaN_nEVKWCI I Like It]] (Music/LacunaCoil) [[note]] The overall more poppy tone brings them to a 5. Both are rare examples of gothic metal being this low.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_BTCxhDwdE How Is the Air Up There]] (The La De Da's)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQboZNoMd0c Vs. Sayu (ft. Nikki Simmons)]] (James Landino, ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'' soundtrack) [[note]] Not a 4 due to some parts being a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tlSx0jkuLM Black Dog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lncr2g9XJHU Rock And Roll]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmmM_qwG4k Whole Lotta Love]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flr8V-CeXM0 Russell in the Hole]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3eXEQbDUf4 Vendetta Bullies]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Shawn Lee, ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uncJVQxTD0 Help Save the Youth of America from Exploding]] (Less Than Jake)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqhntKPh2EY TKO]] (Le Tigre) [[note]] A good example of dance-punk reaching a 5. The slightly ear-splitting chorus plays a big part in that.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrzcB9shpUo 11PM]] [[note]] Borderline 6 for the buzzy synths.[[/note]] (LICK & CUBED)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUvXt_Ha0_8 Mental Central Dialog]] (Music/{{Lifelover}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsArcMMqbhw Because It's Midnite]]([[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Limozeen]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve1LNJEIKUE Pushing Me Away]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h67yT0PiY8 In My Remains]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H4l9RpkwM Breaking The Habit]] [[note]] The fast-paced drum and bass beats and Chester's screaming get it up to a hard 5 despite the lack of distorted guitars. On the MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness this is easily a [[DrivenToSuicide hard 9.]] [[/note]] (Music/LinkinPark)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AspXSjRKyis Nintendo]] (Music/LiquidStranger ft. Robotti)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0qO01Hvfc COSMiCA]] (Livetune)
* [[https://thelizardtones.bandcamp.com/track/bloodhaus Bloodhaus]] and [[https://thelizardtones.bandcamp.com/track/in-a-bar-in-a-fight In a Bar/In a Fight]] (The Lizardtones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwpn14IE7E Danger Zone]] (Music/KennyLoggins)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li8oTUdzd9c Rooftops]] (Music/{{Lostprophets}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUii9c4GGRs Seven and Seven Is]] (Music/{{Love|Band}}) [[note]] The instrumental features some fairly noisy psychedelic guitar, but it's the shouted vocals that really bring this up to this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWrM-eDxTas Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow]] (Creator/ElsieLovelock, ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' soundtrack) [[note]] The pop rock melody is definitely too fast for 4, but not metallic enough for 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cues2i1fv58 Working for the Weekend]] (Music/{{Loverboy|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6zsdENy2Bw Mascot]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B6T80ZpU3Q Wrath Battle]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtdx5mGuod4 Greed Battle]] (Oleksa Lozowchuk, ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' and ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20_T456rcJM Infinite Domain]] [[note]] Starts at 1 and gets increasingly heavier over time.[[/note]] (Lustmord)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz7_3n7xyDg United States of Whatever]] (Liam Lynch)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hqWe-Fr4ko THE VENGEANCE OF THOSE FORGOTTEN IN DARKNESS]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4JRowX8dcQ Those Who Forget History]] (Jami Lynne, ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxSSUX3MEJM Workin' for MCA]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9wBpmZn9nA Call Me the Breeze]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXQc7MJBg4o Saturday Night Special]] (Music/LynyrdSkynyrd)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJGiz_OAFDI Latin Industries]] (Music/KevinMacLeod)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzWcameJDow Database]] (theme of ''Literature/LogHorizon'') (Music/ManWithAMission)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZKOxEFA7d0 Boss 1]] (Manami Matsumae, ''VideoGame/CarrierAirWing'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFZ1bww2Ou4 Crash Dash]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMDa4CfQBqQ Skull Rock]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si5hIRME26Y War Factory]] (Josh Mancell, ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'', ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' and ''VideoGame/Jak3'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdHtbQth474 Putting Holes in Happiness]] [[note]] Additionally, the rest of the album it's from, ''Eat Me, Drink Me''.[[/note]] (Music/MarilynManson)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a4Rx7T_lwc Rage of Sparta]] (Gerard Marino, ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JphZtpafdKY L'Via L'Viaquez]] (Music/TheMarsVolta) [[note]] The song goes down to a high 2 and up to a low 7, but most of the song is at this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkD2czKTjE Battle! Legendary Pokémon]] (Junichi Masuda, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RbMHylx2M Helios]] (Matenrou Opera)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4vx0WkzTH4 Overflowing Emotions]] [[note]] Borderline 6 for the speeding up sections.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B65n78YLtA Universal Dance]] (Masaya Matsuura and Laugh and Peace, ''VideoGame/VibRibbon'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BigolJfoANw All Along The Watchtower (With Cylon Intro)]] (Music/BearMcCreary, ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuPmq7yjDnI Fingerbang]] [[note]]The dubstep sections are a 6; the rest of the song is a 4[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoLouT7TqZY Press Start]] (MDK, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' and ''Geometry Dash [=SubZero=]'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xI8mCKLiRM Prime Audio Soup]] (Meat Beat Manifesto)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hLcRU5wE4 Bat Out of Hell]] (Music/MeatLoaf)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU-dKoFZT0A A Tout le Monde]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLa51XI5SF4 I'll Get Even]] (Music/{{Megadeth}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPoS0EOjDSU An Die Freude]] (Shoji Meguro, ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJey2dkiAI The Hero of the Day]] [[note]] There's brief moments where the song becomes a 7, moving it here from a 4.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB-vwdj5NYA Ronnie]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEBCf2xqsmo Where the Wild Things Are]] (Music/{{Metallica}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBQf2GSNC0 New York]] [[note]] A soft 5.[[/note]] (Microchip League)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KPzoRaqaNM Identity]] [[note]] The bit towards the end pushes it up from a borderline 5.[[/note]] (Music/MindInABox)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujwpKB6C33A Ordinary]] (MIGGS)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN1NnCp0TVE Flirtin' With Disaster]] (Molly Hatchet)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtDO3qBo72M Rock Candy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2XJsKUtjQ Bad Motor Scooter]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxsSw-bp--c Rock the Nation]] (Montrose)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5DgrFXPI2Y You Will Be Perfect]] [[note]] Reaches borderline 6 at certain points.[[/note]] (Mike Morasky, ''VideoGame/Portal2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZqPq1-1Tw San Francisco]] (The Mowgli's)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC2-etZC190 Iron God: Sakupen Hell Yes RMX]] (mr-jazzman)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3_zb2u7fE Rooftops]] (Sean Murray, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzcIoc_HJ3c Teenagers]] (Music/MyChemicalRomance)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwE2k0HMDfo Funky Dealer]] (Hideki Naganuma, ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio Future'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd6-jWE6ZKk Burning Body]] [[note]] Ayako Saso's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXbgs8PPPjw arrangement]] is a borderline 7, as the main part is around level 6, but some parts are borderline 8.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYaiF_UUevQ Thrust and Thrash!]] [[note]] The Rev. 2016 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7hocN6UXI version]] is a 6 for the heavier arrangement in some parts. Ayako Saso's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH1N7WP2XmY arrangement]] is a borderline 7 for a few parts that reach that level.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5ORlgOfkc Scaffold]] [[note]] The Extra [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sceDgWk6CJY version]] and Jake Kaufman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44jdsnu5rkU arrangement]] are both 6.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Hehl0PlCE Nimbus]] (Manabu Namiki, ''VideoGame/DoDonPachi [=DaiOuJou=]'', ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'', ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' and ''VideoGame/ArmedPoliceBatrider'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TbIjxiNDAg White Acropolis (The Base)]] [[note]] The calmer bits at the beginning and end keeps it from a 6. [[/note]] (Mariko Nanba, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBf7otLstw Nuvole E Lenzuola]] (Negramaro) [[note]] Translation: "Clouds and Sheets".[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAxPaVS9xY0 Fluchtreflex]] (Neuroticfish)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1I4A5yazr4 Personality Crisis]] (Music/NewYorkDolls)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTqodIIVdCY Lost]] (Music/ThomasNewman, ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwhBRJStz7w The Hand That Feeds]] (Music/NineInchNails)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIjAqgJFfMM Tabuu]] (Takahiro Nishi, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGh5DV0D3wk Final Boss]] (Nitro Fun)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0HsjYtdAKM Join in the Chant]] [[note]] Gets up here due to the shouted vocals; the instrumentals are 3.[[/note]] (Nitzer Ebb)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDU_Txk06tM Crab Rave]] (Music/{{Noisestorm}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2zcG3bcuMI Amsterdam]] (Nothing but Thieves)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47floRRAFs Cat Scratch Fever]] (Music/TedNugent)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaeLKhRnkhQ Cigarettes & Alcohol]] (Music/{{Oasis}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BML6LJM-lwA The Family Disease]] (Oceana)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PabvpdMDC_M Unfortunate Discovery]] [[note]] The original version, What Once was Lost, is much softer.[[/note]] (Martin O'Donnell, ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved: Anniversary'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVTlH3NOdaM Amazed]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHUql3OC_uU Come Out and Play]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWjzBHUdsI Self Esteem]] (Music/TheOffspring)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvq_l1TiJwU Radical Train (The Chase)]] (Tomoya Ohtani, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfFadmou0TA Orbital Rock]] (Hiroshi Okubo, ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer 7'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liZWJg7cWJ8 Let's Take This Outside]] (The One and Only PPL MVR)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ZnSTglHn4 Demerol]] [[note]] Starts at 1, but gets more chaotic and disorienting in the second half.[[/note]] (Music/OneohtrixPointNever)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB9i8arHtrA Breathe]] (Music/{{Oomph}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZtbBZuqb0 Crazy Train]] (Music/OzzyOsbourne)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7jsdj7sqGQ Chaoz Airflow]] ([=ParagonX9=]) [[note]] The soft break in the middle prevents it from becoming a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9A6tn_P6g Ignorance]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCyGvGEtOwc Misery Business]] (Music/{{Paramore}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cV6pnvCVM4 Fuck the Pain Away]] (Music/{{Peaches}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkbgtVFlyCQ Even Flow]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLsnJAj5cms Rearviewmirror]] (Music/PearlJam)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNtIA2fgHfg High (ft. Nicole Millar)]] (Peking Duk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zSZ3ov_wvU Tell Me Why]] (Penpals, ''Anime/Berserk1997'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZDLqSjpCLg Society]] (Pennywise)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO3l733WRN0 The Outsider]] [[note]] The ending and aggressive delivery make this a very hard 5.[[/note]] (Music/APerfectCircle)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khACKq23bC8 Erised]] (Music/{{Periphery}}) [[note]] You can definitely hear the {{djent}} metal grooves, and the guitar solo is probably worthy of about a 7, but much of the song is too subdued to justify any level higher (it also lacks any {{MetalScream}}s that might increase the level and the song is generally fairly slow.)[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A8Oi7D0oT0 This Means War!]] (Petra)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXYl5NrHPb4 Runnin' Down a Dream]] (Music/TomPetty)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7aO-atLC-4 Open Your Eyes]] (Phace)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_ANz_hTzE polyriddim]] (phonon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLxjKIDXL6M Titan]] (Photek, ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} 2097'' soundtrack) [[note]] The beats make this a borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZVYOriINwc Caraphernalia]] (Music/PierceTheVeil) [[note]] Borderline 6 due to [[Music/ADayToRemember Jeremy McKinnon]]'s guest vocals.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7A5ESognOE One of These Days]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5pVBQ-21mk What Shall We Do Now]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySO-gryuO-c Run Like Hell]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thBohH1dJrg Young Lust]] (Music/PinkFloyd)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XycBLF6kWuY Monkey Gone to Heaven]] (Music/ThePixies)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln31raI2ezY Ça Plane Pour Moi]] (Plastic Bertrand)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmVagnlM-Ys Escape from the City]] (Ted Poley and Tony Harnell, ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc32z7OF50I Next to You]] (Music/ThePolice)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcrWM1pHuJE Halo]] (Music/PorcupineTree) [[note]]Borderline 6 due to the metal part in the middle.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anfao_kMVGs Machine Gun]] (Music/{{Portishead}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQ2305fLeA Jerry Was a Race Car Driver]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDfwUJzYQg Wynona's Big Brown Beaver]] (Music/{{Primus}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHvMRyRSKGU Break and Enter]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRhnaZI3e5o Colours]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzVjZu4fl4o Narayan]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mej5wS7viw Poison]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-dEawPn5a4 Scienide]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW17jtkjvvg Smack My Bitch Up]] (Music/TheProdigy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujREMWjiY4w Tormented With Fire]] [[note]] Starts at level 1. The beats that come it make it a soft 4. Then it builds up to around a soft 7 due to the volume of background noise before becoming 1 again.[[/note]] (Prurient)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYMzLWH58Ro They're Still Out There]] [[note]] Starts at 1 before becoming a 4 and eventually building up to a 6 or 7.[[/note]] (Mac Quayle, ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDhTumGxB2w Now I'm Here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkHF_JMnB8o Sheer Heart Attack]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p-5CgWP7Iw Ogre Battle]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0 Fat Bottomed Girls]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvB2MnIIdMw Tie Your Mother Down]] (Music/{{Queen}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69e8oa85F3g In My Head]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU2rUiQmJKM Regular John]] (Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkMhCLkVOg What's the Frequency, Kenneth?]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=559eWB93jW4 Finest Worksong]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rePNg6MmdEQ Begin the Begin]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycvJHQUqU1M Crush With Eyeliner]] (Music/{{REM}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFLtNYI3Ls Just]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB6bVhwaqMw Idioteque]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bGPPBoh9E8 The National Anthem]](Music/{{Radiohead}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9nfVrusSMg Man on the Silver Mountain]] (Music/{{Rainbow}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW8tgjPqixY Tinfoil]] (Rainer Maria) [[note]] Borderline 4. Ultimately the screaming vocals push it over to this.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFu8o98nnU4 Engel]] (Music/{{Rammstein}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iymtpePP8I8 Blitzkrieg Bop]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfIfzVf8t6E Poison Heart]] (Music/TheRamones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT6UCvR7kgU Power of Equality]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCgrygTZMfE Especially in Michigan]] (Music/RedHotChiliPeppers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAZV8h3H6nA Gang Leader Battle Pt. 2]] (Brian Reitzell, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbbIAwAqBTk Bastards of Young]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSJYZyouek Alex Chilton]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGz2DTEpj1o Left of the Dial]] (Music/TheReplacements)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgffRW1fKDk Ready to Go]] (Republica)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyD4cOlSs4M Starvation]] (Music/{{REPULSIVE}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvSpFVXqrKQ Rainbow's End]] (Resurrection Band)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT2No1vusjg Hypnocurrency]] (Music/{{REZZ}} & Music/Deadmau5) [[note]] Some parts may go up to 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8 Flight of the Bumblebee]] (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) [[note]] Borderline 6 due to its blistering speed and disorienting dynamics. At its time, however, it would have easily been a VERY HARD 11.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nQCxwneUwA Satellite]] (Music/RiseAgainst)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge8ucvLYLRc For Want Of]] (Music/RitesOfSpring)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S91wQbYYX3Q The Time Warp]] (''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2BnbpjpRdo All-American Bitch]] (Music/OliviaRodrigo)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3tDf8hHeKc Calm Before The Storm (BiXX Remix)]] (Ronski Speed ft. Lucy Saunders)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZmoHrq0mEY Madness]] (Rozebud, ''VideoGame/TheTrickyMod'' soundtrack)
** Music/JunoSongs' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nVGrlD5qLI vocal cover]] is a borderline 7.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta3EQxSsCFQ Cherry Bomb]] (Music/TheRunaways)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQPHsONF_tE La Villa Strangiato]] (Music/{{Rush|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEQCQLYfBus Skyfire Ace]] (Sabrepulse)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxm25v_M7MQ Greedy Game]] (Tomoko Sasaki, ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfNZ5jU6t5k Last Boss]] [[note]] Starts at a 3/borderline 4 and ends at level 6.[[/note]] (Go Sato, ''VideoGame/RaidenFighters 2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-49noOAFsG8 Princess of the Night]] (Saxon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDKYOqwesHU Amputation]] (Scattle, ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQSLY Wind of Change]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvhVWQRRrfQ Still Loving You]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lyZA9Pzr4U Holiday]](Music/{{Scorpions|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMwbHf_S9jY Ross Ross Ross]] ([=SebastiAn=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCzdecygpmg Tonight]] (Music/{{Seether}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQranv-j4w Regenerator]] [[note]] A soft 5; the electronic drone and the tense atmosphere put it higher than 4.[[/note]] (Misao Senbongi & Shusaku Uchiyama, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmWs6Jf5dc Anarchy in the U.K.]] (Music/SexPistols)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS5iiwa2Chw Mask Walk]] (Kevin Sherwood, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLJrHaL4q9U Bring Your Adz]] (Jake Shimabukuro) [[note]] Jake shows us you CAN get this heavy with a ukulele.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHr3g1c11yw Naraku no Hana]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMHmqf2PDYQ Super Scription of Data]] (Eiko Shimamiya, ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t7LEEd4dpU Thwomp Caverns]] (Music/YokoShimomura, ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRHYuG1KBdA Monochrome No Kiss]] (main theme for ''Manga/BlackButler'') (SID)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5_r_ld4vyY Sinking]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xl5kRE19y4 Underwater Prom Queens]] (Pedro Silva, ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqZHIQp0ok0 There's No Secrets This Year]] (Music/SilversunPickups)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fpyaCQhIBI Love in a Void]] (Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPglNjxVHiM Weak]] [[note]] Goes up from a 4 due to the soaring final minute. [[/note]] (Music/SkunkAnansie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHoPYLQvnQM Run Run Away]] (Slade)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZA_7FtttRY Jumpers]] [[note]] This is easily a 9 lyrically, though [[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbxRu7fwR24 Entertain]] (Music/SleaterKinney)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UwWYtLWEZg If You Can't Hang]] (Music/SleepingWithSirens) [[note]] The guitars are fairly loud, but the lack of a crunchy, metallic tone keeps it from going higher.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu3-3Yr5PPE Bone Church]] (Music/{{Slipknot}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6jXKySaeuo Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AtABCcALI8 Song of a Baker]] (Music/TheSmallFaces)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fppjBzJlRAU FROGKIND]] (SNAILS)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daCkqmg50yc Vầng Trăng Sầu]] (Sói đen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKJkDlgByns Delight]] (Solitary Experiments)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_HiQomh_Zo The Witch]] (The Sonics) [[note]] As with Music/TheKinks above, pretty hardcore for 1964.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3gN9Up6hmc 100%]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VycLUNYPjVo Kissability]] (Music/SonicYouth)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdLvp630plc LEMONADE]] (Music/{{Sophie}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkML3i8tV_Y Murder]] (Soulji)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA9vLHZFrcs Head Down]] (Music/{{Soundgarden}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmN5GKJ6_dE Mecha Bandicoot]] (Spiralmouth, ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y99JZugos9w Babylon (Original Mix)]] (Splash)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLa7grUhZLA Necronomicon]] (Splatter Squall)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S26-UZbxPqM Give It a Whirl]] (Split Enz)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=rYS8edMRgBg Do You Know Squarepusher]] [[note]] The glitched drums and sound effects put it above a 3, and it gets heavier towards the end, peaking at a 6. Overall, it's at this level.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5crdJgQcR3Q Planetarium]] (Music/{{Squarepusher}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KOUEX_oG9k The Stroke]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5TaeDhPUQQ Lonely is the Night]] (Music/BillySquier)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfZJSrT8Ijo Decoy]] (Stakka & Skynet)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imp0BqHBxyQ Sun King]] (State of Mind)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zzwbYyvWiU All Around My Hat]] (Music/SteeleyeSpan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGdyVnW86SY Bodhisattva]] (Music/SteelyDan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpSO3UHKy_g Gesang der Junglinge]] (Karlheinz Stockhausen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CccfNaGy_vo Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsdYCOJk7bw Meatplow]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht672-wYelc Vasoline]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5UOC0C0x8Q Plush]] (Music/StoneTemplePilots)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP42C-4zL3w The Rite of Spring]] (Music/IgorStravinsky)[[note]]Probably a soft 5 overall due to many soft, slow passages barely worth a 1. On the other hand, it can go up as high as 7 or 8, which is really impressive for any classical piece, and back in the day, [[Theatre/TheRiteOfSpring the whole work]] was a ''definite'' 11, riot or not (with the hardest parts being completely off the scale back then).[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNZ0Dpvx3CA Oppression]] (Creator/StudioPixel, ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGgSE2ZtCzk Animal Nitrate]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32fPNb2WHzM Metal Mickey]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXaTOJt4g4c The Drowners]] [[note]]Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Music/{{Suede}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlyVD6YnQ-I Bio Wars]] (Kōichi Sugiyama, ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rRIMY3nHRg Hyper Enough]] (Music/{{Superchunk}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh8sV6RFin8 Prowler]] (Surgeon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsnR6sHiqgc Radio Fireworks (Original Mix)]] [[note]] Starts at a 3/borderline 4 but eventually turns into a 6.[[/note]] (Surkin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=984eEm5apoI Dark Side Of The Moon (Ferry Tayle Remix)]] [[note]] A soft 5 overall due to its melodic tones and the initial beats not being as heavy as the climax.[[/note]] (Susana)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yYifj6IsUQ Hell Raiser]] (Music/{{Sweet}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6WZu8IAZg 20th Century Boy]] ([[Music/MarcBolan T. Rex]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWXUG-4hm5o Make Damn Sure]] (Music/TakingBackSunday)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLrdSC9MVb4 Turn the Lights Off]] (Music/TallyHall)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7q9W2PNhJ4 Elephant]] (Music/TameImpala)
* [[https://patriciataxxon.bandcamp.com/track/where-do-i-go-now Where do I go now?]] (WebVideo/PatriciaTaxxon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3xXbLDsvvk Cocotte (Album Version)]] [[note]] The first part is a 5, the second is a 2, and the third is a 7.[[/note]] (Teenage Bad Girl)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bojx9BDpJks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)]] theme song (Season 1-7) (WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43P6JlaOBNI Scumbag Blues]] (Music/ThemCrookedVultures)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsdjlPVaJU Here's Your Future]] (The Thermals)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FyQNx8oyU Bad to the Bone]] (George Thorogood & The Destroyers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4VCpTZye10 Break]] (Music/ThreeDaysGrace)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYPeUGkN8d0 I Come from the Mountain]] (Thee Oh Sees)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQo1HIcSVtg The Boys Are Back in Town]] (Music/ThinLizzy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlFsXoZkamw Born to Lose]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiWjpjRl1Q Chinese Rocks]] (Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gge-I62AEK8 Human Om]] [[note]] The heavier parts bring it above 2.[[/note]] (Tobacco)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR8AsFBC0LI You Are Smart]] (Akitaka Tohyama, ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXiQGXhHLOM Don't Chain My Heart]] (Music/{{Toto}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiaV61CLMfQ Control (Juno Reactor Instrumental)]] (Traci Lords, ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rEVVAw3-0 Talk to You Later]] (The Tubes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2iC1aCPbKA Heart of Courage]] (Music/TwoStepsFromHell)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ69OVe9zrE Evening Star]] (Týr) [[note]] While some elements of FolkMetal and ProgressiveMetal are present in this song, it's still very clearly a PowerBallad.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8kQrpIbbzc El Gigante]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Shusaku Uchiyama & Misao Senbongi, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTE4NNqmnbw Rock Bottom]] (Music/{{UFO|Band}}) [[note]] Borderline 6. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzPwXefCR1w Captive]] (Ume)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcq9Dx3j3uo Maquinas de Guerra]] (U.M.M.)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbei3IAnUEs Gun]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKo_1rVClOk Graveyard Shift]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2H3hbJzfI Factory Belt]] (Music/UncleTupelo)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg Teenage Kicks]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77eSTOTupw Jimmy Jimmy]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgqa3cVOxUc My Perfect Cousin]] (The Undertones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoKF3E-RPwQ Incantation for Tape]] [[note]] Up here due to its chaotic and somewhat unsettling sound.[[/note]] (Vladimir Ussachevsky)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4dEAtxo0M Runnin' With the Devil]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im31A5yqKw8 Panama]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtwBFz6lfrY Ain't Talkin' Bout Love]] (Music/VanHalen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbJ63spk48s Hajnal]] [[note]]The orchestral sections range from 1-2, the jazz section is a 1, and the breakcore section is a 7, sometimes bordering on 8.[[/note]] and [[https://venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/track/xiiis-dub XIII's Dub]] (Music/VenetianSnares)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaAFygpq7fY DESTINY -The Lovers-]] (Music/{{Versailles}})[[note]]Depending on your view, either the guitar solos keep this from being a 4 or the ballad sections keep this from being a 6 or 7.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15sjD2kdEw Highly Evolved]] (Music/TheVines)[[note]]Shifts between a hard 4 and a 6 with the screamed background vocals.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTAWH0SdaCQ Blue Butterfly]] (Music/VioletUK) [[note]]The TripHop nature of the song places it here, but keep an eye out for future versions - reorchestration for live could ''easily'' put this one up higher [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WccfbPQNMbg Party Hard]] (Music/AndrewWK)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt75y38J00s Rocky Mountain Way]] (Joe Walsh)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ7vI7cdYJY Geometrical Denominator]] (Waterflame, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQzMHhRCTYw Buddy Holly]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9BGLtqqkVI Hash Pipe]] [[note]]a borderline 6[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMeu0ZubufU California Kids]] (Music/{{Weezer}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGEjz12YLiM To Lose My Life]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSSskvNbKAY E.S.T.]] (White Lies) [[note]] The liberal use of distortion keeps both of these above a 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY Seven Nation Army]] (Music/TheWhiteStripes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF8RHM1OCg Here I Go Again]] (Music/{{Whitesnake}}) [[note]] A soft 5; despite the hard rock guitars, the synths and the intro bring it down a little bit.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q Won't Get Fooled Again]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN5zw04WxCc My Generation]] [[note]] Very light 5 for most of the song. The chaotic drumming and feedback at the end of the song would have been off the scale for 1965. [[/note]] (Music/TheWho)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v81vhGTzXKE Random Name Generator]] (Music/{{Wilco}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB401RfGMlM The Wondrous Boat Ride]] (Creator/GeneWilder, ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' soundtrack)[[note]]The mounting tension and the scream at the end places this incredibly high for a family musical number![[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdgdmqnGIxQ On Your Knees]] ([[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Jeff Williams]]) [[note]]Reaches 6 in the faster parts, including the rap.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldfc68bxlB8 Higher State of Consciousness]] (Josh Wink) [[note]] Starts at 2 and initially builds up to a 3 or 4. By the climax, it's an 8 due to the high-pitched beeps.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je84VupqD58 Joker and the Thief]] (Music/{{Wolfmother}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M7e05QsNxs You're Not Salinger. Get Over It.]] (The Wonder Years)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JiA-vurIeY Silent Melody]] (Working for a Nuclear Free City, ''VideoGame/{{Infamous}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzqevAnX3Ac Week End]] (Music/XJapan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkoMJ4MGrGs Masterpiece]] (X Marks the Pedwalk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYMObdOqcRg Oh Bondage Up Yours!]] (X-Ray Spex)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7k3SmzNS6o This Sacred Line]] (Music/AkiraYamaoka ft. Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn, ''VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc17DqcA6Qc Shapes of Things]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZHnZrUoQ0 Happenings Ten Years Time Ago]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd1gRHk28IE The Train Kept a' Rollin]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4DdAs0PddQ Over Under Sideways Down]] (Music/TheYardbirds)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcZDVp3flT8 Stronger Together]] (Daniel Yates, WebAnimation/DeathBattle S3 soundtrack) [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqlIM2FiMGw Lava Scarves and Red-Hot Blargss]] (VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld soundtrack) [[note]] Yes, you ''did'' read that right.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREf47BPe5w Cinnamon Girl]] [[note]] This one tends to sound heavier in concert.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvxxdZpMFHg Rockin' in the Free World]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5FCcDEA6mY Southern Man]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVG7U9UDi2E Alabama]] (Music/NeilYoung)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJzo0lWyq5c Chum Bucket Lab]] (Yummysoise, ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfWiAuJVKqM Heavy Is the Head]] (Music/ZacBrownBand ft. Music/ChrisCornell)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smnJ-qM1RWk Extraction Point]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6niQHXvbFk Onwards]] (Music/HansZimmer, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmXdpv3pCGU Foxy Foxy]] (Music/RobZombie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUDcTLaWJuo Legs]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRHBLwpASw Sharp Dressed Man]] (Music/ZZTop)
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'''Matching mineral''': '''Apatite'''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifWsOBr4Y9U Silly Love]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foT1ITubs1A Wall Street Shuffle]] ([[Music/TenCC 10cc]])
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=5XGaqjTKe20 bloodstains]] [[note]] Most of the song is a 2 or 3, but the [[LastNoteNightmare ending]] is an 11.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PWMiy4RysI Doritos & Fritos]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Music/HundredGecs)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwo0EEKUCMI Cyclone]] ([[Music/IchiNiZeroIchiNi 12012]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvs-z-0tTOo Mourning Soul]] [[note]]Borderline 6[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPU6sT3EQPQ Gates of Heaven]] (Music/{{Absurd|Band}}) [[note]] And if you want to see what terrible production can do to a song's hardness, check out the older versions of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTINrvTIY8c&t=780s Mourning Soul]] and '''especially''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTINrvTIY8c&t=178s Gates of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1B81NEoJ Heaven]] [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3lqLlGYNk0 Crawl]] (Absynthesis)[[note]]Here because of being too loud for level 4. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFFVfObwss Highway to Hell]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2qQmj0_h4 You Shook Me All Night Long]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhsK5WExrnE T.N.T.]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIE4UjBtx-o Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]] (Music/{{ACDC}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJdWPSwSOLw Same Old Song and Dance]] (Music/{{Aerosmith}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOoIKLk_PS8 The New Black]] [[note]] Borderline 6 overall.[[/note]] (Aesthetic Perfection)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMxU2ToSunY Miss Murder]] [[note]] The bridge goes up to a light 7, and keeps this from a 4.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCwEBz3ego8 Medicate]] (Music/{{AFI}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJt_lHulp4 The Tell-Tale Heart]] (Music/TheAlanParsonsProject) [[note]] This is APP's hardest song. The instruments are at a solid 4, but Arthur Brown's LargeHam vocals make it a somewhat low 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v67LpSz6Ck Down in a Hole]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRx7QdT8EZA Got Me Wrong]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAXr4RZPE0 Private Hell]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJGIhpsN5Y Choke]] (Music/AliceInChains)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKV6-H6YixE Beyond The Lights (Extended Mix)]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Aly & Fila)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5znnV1XLLEM One Last Goodbye]] (Music/{{Anathema|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0feXHlbK1qk Summer Dive]] (Music/AnCafe)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi0q0O4V5Qs 4 Degress]] (ANOHNI)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2wst219hU Black Lodge]] (Music/{{Anthrax}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0OPz4fcfKM Girl/Boy Song]] (Music/AphexTwin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_ah6juMvY Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape]] (Music/Apollo440)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH3SnHOrNvQ S.H.O.D.A.N.]] (Apoplexy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlcY_enzwmI I Like to Rock]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usWQOPTORn8 Roller]] (April Wine)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVLsH3HmuKE Normal Person]] (Music/ArcadeFire)
* [[https://music.teamdistort.com/track/hollow-crown Hollow Crown]] (Architects) [[note]] First part of the song is 2-3, second part is a 7-8. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn6-TItCazo Arabella]] (Music/ArcticMonkeys)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0LhDiMj8Q La La]] (Music/AshleeSimpson)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRLhTePib9A The Ace, The Only]] (Atlas Plug)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7dCgtwX2c Guren No Yumiya]] (''Manga/AttackOnTitan'')
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMIV6JddzVE Dael]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWGUnrIiOoI Dropp]] [[note]] Not a 6 due to the intro.[[/note]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NySz4SR-0Q nodezsh]] (Music/{{Autechre}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpJkCti8IL0 Opheliac]] (Music/EmilieAutumn) [[note]] The instrumentation is soft enough for a 3 or 4, but the {{Industrial}} influences and Emilie's HarshVocals puts this song above those levels.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlPToAsLm7o This Means War]] (Music/AvengedSevenfold)[[note]]Probably the hardest level 5 song.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcClvRt9g2Q Burn It Down]] [[note]] One of the harder Level 5 examples thanks to the scratchy synths, [[LargeHam Aaron Bruno's very hammy vocals]] and the overall fast pace.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRIx1CP0Lrk THISKIDSNOTALRIGHT]] [[note]] A noticeably softer song than Burn It Down, but still ranks at a solid 5 due to its {{grunge}}-y musicianship.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgIqecROs5M Sail]] (Music/{{AWOLNATION}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw7Z2TTJqn8 Lunatic Tears]], theme for ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes'' (Ayane)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxxr5d8GOZ8 Red Shift]] (Music/{{Ayria}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hewvaxaoCu8 Spaceman]] (Babylon Zoo) [[note]] The intro and ending are a 2.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XwKk_LmwTI Can't Get Enough]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZCzl6qhZ70 Movin' On]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7yMgJSOksc Good Lovin' Gone Bad]] (Music/BadCompany)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehzSNfu29v0 Victory]] (Music/BadReligion)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OQL6Trg1PU Disrupted Original]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2vnJhva0MQ Last Legs]] (Kelly Bailey, ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode One'' and ''Episode Two'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s87s5CWfRus It Ends]] (Danny Baranowsky, VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmHX_ykrRkw Bart Goes Downtown]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FIp6Hixy_0 Halloween Havoc]] (Marc Baril, ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZGJCsCOkd4 dlp 4]] (William Basinski)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6i8x1TUGZg Crawling After You]] (Bass Drum of Death) [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRftXCiqfQ8 Bass Head]] [[note]] A soft 5 due to the amount of softer sections.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-jOZRe0-8 Timestretch]] (Bassnectar)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuWwD6AU4Os Belgrade]] ([[Webanimation/GenLock Battle Tapes]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBShN8qT4lk (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b9-S5EB0mw No Sleep Till Brooklyn]] (Music/BeastieBoys)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0zaebtU-CA Taxman]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6DVE305g0s Hey Bulldog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEQQ-1rd4A0 Yer Blues]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MbqzDm1uCo Revolution]] [[note]] The aggressively distorted guitars puts this closer to a 6.[[/note]] (Music/TheBeatles)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2kIbkAMWs E-Pro]] (Music/{{Beck|Musician}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzCFMqJiuYs Shaar - Landstalker Stalkin']] (David Bergeaud, ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MDWtSf_AI4 In My Eyes]] (Best Coast)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX7CYIbR_ig Don't Lie to Me]] (Music/BigStar)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbxCYywkcSo In the Dark]] (Music/TheBirthdayMassacre)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqfQXJSvbo4 Army of Me]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewLnV3NeWMw Declare Independence]] [[note]] The more intense later section of the song move this up from a 4.[[/note]] (Music/{{Bjork}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3W4dRyBfo Another End]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFYSYGLx-RM Quest (This Can't Be All)]] (Music/BlackGryph0n & Baasik)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKjpGP6P5Y Young Men Dead]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZ2I28Chk0 The First Vietnamese War]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jV6TnBC2nk Bad Vibrations]] (The Black Angels)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhl60-y-nxM Remedy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0J4hxqiiho Jealous Again]] (Music/TheBlackCrowes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY0bR7R2Guw Stormy High]] (Black Mountain)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VadDNtWYrpY Endourban]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz1W5Zok0IA Xibalba Road Metamorph]] [[note]] Borderline 6 for the later parts of the song at that level.[[/note]] (Black Rain)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZNfwm7_Bgk Berlin]] (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HVogejKx_c No Depression In New Zealand]] (Blam Blam Blam)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfQPr6GChC8 Mr. Sandman]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Music/BlindGuardian)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0g16_LQaQ Dammit]] (Music/Blink182)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk Song 2]] [[note]] Most of Blur's early and middle songs are in levels 1 and 2, and from their self-titled 5th album onward they moved frequently between the first four levels with more songs in levels 3 and 4, but Song 2 is an unusual and a notable level 5 for them[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohyqek7fj6Y Crazy Beat]] [[note]]A borderline 6.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsaJ7KsH90Y Movin' On]] (Music/{{Blur}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gqkK1UD4Kk Droid Void]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7g5WomcaDo Mask Search]] (Andy Blythe & Marten Joustra, ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'' and ''VideoGame/FindingNemo'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbFgxucxVcM Gyroscope]] (Music/BoardsOfCanada)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ You Give Love a Bad Name]] (Music/BonJovi) [[note]] The song's catchiness prevents it from being a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR4iFDXmpAw Flirt Flirt Oh It Hurts]] and [[https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/383154 The Empire Of Toads]] (Bossfight)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnwqUEelQjE Foreplay/Long Time]] (Music/{{Boston}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXq5VvYAI1Q Ziggy Stardust]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLnPd7lzT4g Suffragette City]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQGobt4ub6U Watch that Man]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lWAcY9IXE Diamond Dogs]] (Music/DavidBowie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQmoesRw9o Industrial Accident]] (Allister Brimble, ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'', Macintosh version soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-d65oe8s1E Ain't It Funny]] (Music/DannyBrown)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zWw0Ru28w Smokin' in the Boys Room]] (Brownsville Station)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwdwc0sxWsI Konya Wa Hurricane]] (''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTM7x1O1LM Jonathan Jet-Coaster]] (Music/BuckTick) [[note]] Places here on a musical level, though the chorus being a ClusterFBomb and the implications of death by sex would place it around a 6 or 7 on the MediaNotes/MohsScaleofLyricalHardness. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bgb-60LeK8 Rainbow Man]] (Busy P)
* [[https://soundcloud.com/caramellagirls-music/boogie-bam-dance?in=caramellagirls-music/sets/sweet-decade Boogie Bam Dance]] ([[Music/{{Caramell}} Caramella Girls]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4joh_k8BMkc Lycanthropy]] (Cardi)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8wMWInVFs Sullivan]] (Caroline's Spine) [[note]] Would be a solid 6 if not for the quiet interludes.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5-rdr0qhWk Just What I Needed]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Kv6vxZwL8 Magic]] (Music/TheCars)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbDNP9R23h4 Beach Life-In-Death (2018)]] [[note]] Most of the song is a 6, but it dips to a 3 around the middle before coming right back up to a 6 at the end, bumping it up to a 5 overall.[[/note]] (Music/CarSeatHeadrest)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpHuG2hHmEo Reach for the Stars]] (Music/CashCash, ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' soundtrack) [[note]] Would've been a 4 if it weren't for the repetitive drums in the background.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2dygXfmFIc The Terminator]] (Caspa)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMGXfLhmhNs_-IhEQnS Hemlock Drone Attack]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JctW2W9NUA Sloth Battle]] (Music/{{Celldweller}}, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5hhy9OAmlE Blind Faith]] (Chase & Status ft. Liam Bailey)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9xUfu6S-Mk Big Eyes]] (Music/CheapTrick)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f2wg1pqQDs Believe]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M59NqwDQeW0 Horse Power]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agb-oFZjuGM Saturate]] (Music/TheChemicalBrothers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MujrB9TMT4s Ted]] (Clark)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNxvdAvJs7Q Story 2]] (Music/{{clipping}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhiBcVILo5o The Elephant Riders]] (Music/{{Clutch}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUfvJFXwwJY Riggs]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFMWk6URdCM Welcome to Hell]] (Elia Cmíral, ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCrlyX6XbTU With A Little Help From My Friends]] (Music/{{Joe Cocker}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRWjLLpwnOM A Favor House Atlantic]] (Music/CoheedAndCambria)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgzg50JtQNo Chinese Sleep Chant]] (Music/{{Coldplay}}) [[note]]Coldplay doing shoegaze. Also a rare example of them reaching this level, as they usually don't go higher than a 3.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCj5VV1rUYs Shepherd's Hymn]] (Comrades) [[note]]A rare example of HarshVocals this low. Despite this and that much of the song near the middle is at least a 7, the first half of the song and outro bring it down to this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJO27VQxnmM Tender Sugar]] (Alias Conrad Coldwood, ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLgO9EMumKM Dollhouse]] (Concrete Castles)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuOH8MPmKqM Cancer City Megamall]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zka4gPJztb4 Wheel of Fortune]] [[note]] Soft 5.[[/note]] ([=ConsumerSoftproducts=], ''VideoGame/CrueltySquad'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sV0JKVz2yA Exploration of Space]] (Cosmic Gate)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts Zombie]] (Music/TheCranberries) [[note]]The guitars in the chorus, beginning, and end are a 6, while the rest of the song is a 2.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_u1eu6Lpds Sunshine of Your Love]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqNg8ui2sE8 Tales of Brave Ulysses]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9HvSdcaL4 Crossroads]] (Music/{{Cream}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM Fortunate Son]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uijpFKPvhMI Commotion]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmjNIJ4YIFI Ramble Tamble]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mxaA-bJ35s Suzie Q]] (Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J16lInLZRms Higher]] (Music/{{Creed|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpEkXk6u_b4 lost]] ([=CRIM3S=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1PrUU2S_iw Ohio]] (Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPXjt1MWOCA His World]] (''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' soundtrack, remix) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvl-8nCKI3A Watch Me Fly]] (Music/Crush40)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUSyoJcbxU Trip Like I Do]] [[note]] A soft 5 overall due to the level 2 intro. The version with Music/{{Filter}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeQRO4fXOKk (Can't You) Trip Like I Do]], is a 6 due to the added heavy metal guitars.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YLCoq8tII Weapons of Mass Distortion]] (The Crystal Method)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGCCRNwBLBg Night in Motion]] (Cubic 22)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g6h1vI4Xv0 Fire Woman]] (Music/TheCult)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI5noh4OyXc Contact]] [[note]] Would be a 4, but the track rises in hardness near the end of the song, jumping to a 7 and finally a hard 9.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwILkY9gRrc Da Funk]] [[note]] Initially starts at 2 with just the beats, then becomes a 4 when the main melody comes in and a 5 when the synths pick up just before the 2:30 mark. Overall, a soft 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnWypQz6X2U Technologic]] (Music/DaftPunk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThcXEqxI_IQ New Rose]] (Music/{{The Damned|Band}})
* [[https://youtu.be/rPKLAVKOfNI Blooting Hornets]], [[https://youtu.be/nWhYTa-Uj2Y Nothing But Rust]] and [[https://youtu.be/COIvvzfwAX0 Now Or Never]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Danger, ''VideoGame/Haven2020'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z5Pk4aTl8A Long Live the New Fresh]] (Danimal Cannon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8qtmD_QTYw Tri Poloski]] (Davay)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv13gl0a-FA Deja Vu]] (Dave Rodgers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hLIXrlpRe8 Misirlou]] (Music/DickDale) [[note]] This may be the earliest rock song at this level to gain widespread recognition.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd1OQt6lnRM Repetition]] (DD Smash)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ArUgxtlJs Ghosts 'n' Stuff]] (feat [[Music/{{Pendulum|Band}} Rob Swire]]) (Music/Deadmau5)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3OPOYG6XIQ Voice of the Soul]] (Music/{{Death}}) [[note]] A very rare example of a death metal band dropping to this level![[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZYjXNnT44 Black History Month]] (Music/DeathFromAbove1979)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8egtsFtbhDQ Eh]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxa91EwFco Beware]] (Music/DeathGrips)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuSDVm4C9zs Can You Seen Straight?]] (The Death Set)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arpZ3fCwDEw Smoke on the Water]] (Music/DeepPurple)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSdljm909Y Rock of Ages]] (Music/DefLeppard)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkjlQW6RpRc Hole in the Earth]] [[note]] Borderline 6. [[/note]] (Music/{{Deftones}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdSQA3SgWqk Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo]] (Rick Derringer)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16mRLjdSvQk Empire]] (Dictate)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szGwpgqkcOA Red Battle]] (Sascha Dikiciyan, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqXVBeEuwLU Black Bubblegum]] (Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eO6up9Gpv0 Freak Scene]] (Music/DinosaurJr) [[note]] The aggressively distorted guitars in the solo makes this a borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcWKZTI9OC4 Rainbow In The Dark]] ([[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCdSXPlMlE4 THE FINAL]] (Music/DirEnGrey) [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oik6qbPDi88 Expresso Love]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0 Money For Nothing]] (Music/DireStraits)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03VXr4me1X0 Overburdened]] (Music/{{Disturbed}}) [[note]] Their softest metal song.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLXvfqten3M It's a Dream (DJ Analyzer Mix)]] (DJ Dean & DJ Analyzer)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OjfVDzmMgU Wax Trip (Roofie Side)]] (DJ Inx)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn98711CEoI Theory of Everything 2]] (Dj-Nate, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB2_MmtMoIc Who We Be]] [[note]] Rare example of a straight-up hip hop song at this level, due to DMX's extremely guttural vocal delivery.[[/note]] (Music/{{DMX}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdvFp-NyTQY Snail]] (Do As Infinity)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOHg-2ZtGl8 We Are Rockstars]] (Music/DoesItOffendYouYeah)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsNvqqKBldw Homicide]] (Dom & Roland)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX7iHsAIw9o China Grove]] (Music/DoobieBrothers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeMlQEWEg2Q The End]] [[note]] Pretty hardcore for 1967.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0kypyGSKsE Waiting for the Sun]] (Music/TheDoors)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJL-lCzEXgI Hungry Like The Wolf]] (Music/DuranDuran)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po6QU0z1rSs Life in the Fast Lane]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFdomKzAPTY Victim of Love]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-2BMyZXK5o Those Shoes]] (Music/{{Eagles}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVQIMLbVdYM Funktion]] (Ed Rush & Optical)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFyvePcR_o Free Ride]] (Edgar Winter Group) [[note]] While it's a low 5, it's still a good example of how hard folk rock can get.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8Ki4CCXgg you should see me in a crown]] (Music/BillieEilish) [[note]] A soft 5 due to the harder chorus being balanced out by gentler parts. This and "Happier Than Ever" are two of Billie's hardest songs to date.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhtIBdIeJWc Die Interimsliebenden]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPaPp_y6GNo Let's Do It a Dada]] [[note]] One of Neubauten's harder and noisier 2000s songs.[[/note]] (Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl2dfBMIfjw Staggered]] (Ekstrak, ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedCarbon'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__X6cYJDXOg Gay Bar]] (Music/ElectricSix)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFAHVJKjkk The Little Things]] (Music/DannyElfman, ''Film/{{Wanted}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWLgA4jUkuw SugarCrash!]] ([=ElyOtto=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SeVN2u5Axc Kim]] (Music/{{Eminem}}) [[note]] The instrumentals are a 3, but the screamed vocals drag it up. The lyrics, on the other hands, are a solid 11 on the MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYjmE-mtB6g Heaven Rd. 2]] (from ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleGame'') and [[https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/516336 Pneumatic Tokyo]] ([=EnV=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqP76XWHQI0 Get the Funk Out]] (Music/{{Extreme}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSQp7YOPdJ8 Stay With Me]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf8D2lAeJGE Miss Judy's Farm]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzVSOnilYm0 Borstal Boys]] (Music/{{Faces}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ73JZKVShw Star 69]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7Eu05OUH8 Ya Mama]] (Music/FatboySlim)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02nAH_oAjeg Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)]] (Don Felder)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJk6gZuPKRE Paralyzer]] (Finger Eleven)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sehRBjVCujQ Freefall]] (Fixmer/[=McCarthy=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_gE_FXTd3M Mellann]] (Music/TheFlashbulb)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TLkd8CAGyk The Day We'll Be Gone]] (Music/FleshgodApocalypse) [[note]] The opening instrumentation is a 2-3. The metal sections play with the rather slow, soaring orchestration, blunting the hardness from an 8 to a 5-6. This is probably the softest song on this scale that's still clearly recognizable as DeathMetal. The 2020 acoustic version of this song is a 1.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD_fmaw1CNY Fool For the City]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0 Slow Ride]] (Foghat) [[note]] The long version of "Slow Ride" goes up to a very high 6 at the end.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RNIZ_0qkpk Rockin' the Suburbs]] (Music/BenFolds)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXWzWmtqP7o Boss]] [[note]] Solid 5.[[/note]] (Tim Follin, ''[[VideoGame/SolsticeTheQuestForTheStaffOfDemnos Equinox]]'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_L4Rixya64 Best of You]] (Music/FooFighters)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDPjNM6AYl0 Pinkie Pie Loves Sugar]] (Foozogz) [[note]] Borderline 6 for how it sounds metallic in brief moments, but most of it is clean enough to be here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug1qRiLUwac Hot Blooded]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUDMy-GplkQ Dirty White Boy]] (Music/{{Foreigner|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pumVu-WWhKM Burn in Despair!]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P8V4mP5RLg Last Goodbye]] [[note]] Would be closer to 6 if not for the middle/end parts and the slightly softer intro.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBHgJzYNR6s Vs. Susie]] (Creator/TobyFox, ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE7MR0elUNk Fear]] (Adam Freeland, ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' soundtrack) [[note]] Not a 4 and a borderline 6 due to the heavy texture of the beats in some places.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atwQfdDqq-0 Headhunter V1.0]] [[note]] The yelled vocals and some of the heavier moments later on push it up from 4. Apoptygma Berzerk - Kajamoto's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Lx2VuJV4I remix]] is a 6.[[/note]] (Music/Front242)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSIK-sisl0o Humanity (World War Three)]] [[note]] Would probably be a 4 if not for the more distorted parts.[[/note]] (Music/FrontLineAssembly)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y91vy_hkNlA Maschine Zeit]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9CA8uZHdEc The Race Is On]] (Music/FunkerVogt)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd9JzERkHNY Itooshii Hito no Tame ni]] [[labelnote: Translation]] For the Sake of My Beloved [[/labelnote]] ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'''s opening ([[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/fushigi/fytameni.htm Lyrics here]]) [[note]] The first stanza is level 2 for its vocal distortion, but the hard rock orchestra begins immediately afterwards and it doesn't let go, thus putting the song here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOeRyZ9W7-g Supervixen]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcrv9nhH9iY Why Do You Love Me]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgGRbPbzow Subhuman]] (Music/{{Garbage}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlcKqzEPTjE 11:11]] and [[https://open.spotify.com/track/4jc724TiZNi6CPmwt4vqls Train]] [[note]] Starts at 4 and ends at 7.[[/note]] (Gearwhore)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRSijEW_cDM Pursuit]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM9rRMJ3Ayc Obsession]] [[note]] Starts at level 4.[[/note]] (Gesaffelstein)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gr63DiEUxw Dance Macabre]] (Music/{{Ghost|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wehVzQt4Czg Serotonin]] (Music/GirlInRed) [[note]]Despite the softer chorus, the noise-influenced verses and dark themes put it at this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sa1_Qo5bhY Get It Together]] (The Go! Team)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BAPP7pyWHo Doom Hunter Base (Ambient)]] [[note]] The more intense sections bring it up from 4.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7bMYXdOEY Voices of Urdak]] [[note]] Starts out at 1 and builds up to an 8 before dropping to 1 again.[[/note]] (Music/MickGordon, ''VideoGame/DOOMEternal'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU4e_MbGS8A Punk]] (Music/{{Gorillaz}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_uujKuJMI American Idiot]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1OqtIqzScI Holiday]] (Music/GreenDay)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PkJ8LePdrc Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars)]] (Grinderman)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkgc54cDwJg Strawberry Trapper]] ([[Anime/LoveLiveSunshine Guilty Kiss]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4 Sweet Child o' Mine]] (Music/GunsNRoses) [[note]]A softer level 5 example, Slash's guitar riff and solo push it above a 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gscutH_cpng Theatre of Redemption]] (Harmony)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVt1Dy_LblQ Flagpole Sitta]] (Music/HarveyDanger)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oACOYGPWgeA War Machine]] (Matthew E. Harwood, ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1kOtssAnJI Boss Area]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0YvV9vtXOo Simulation Level 35/50]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRpDJtpzqRk Real Battle Final]] (Yasuhiro Hashimoto, ''VideoGame/RaidenFighters Jet'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QskcyXuFbA Cannonball]] (Headless Horseman)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sOULmKUhFM Fight for the Future]] (''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoDaYjdfSg Purple Haze]] (Music/JimiHendrix)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwgJgTL5JmE Dirty Laundry]] (Don Henley) [[note]] With the guitar solos, it's a pretty hard 5, leaning toward 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_BlUY2eF4 Hex Girls and Earth, Wind, Fire and Air]] ([[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Hex Girls]]) [[note]] Yes, this is a fictional band from Scooby-Doo. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvYrg2JGwSQ Yell Dead Cell]] (Norihiko Hibino, ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8cnAGMXH7M Genkai Haretsu]] ([[Music/HidetoMatsumoto hide]]) [[note]] Could have been a 4 but the slightly heavier guitar puts it here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5-gja10qkw My Name Is Human]] (Highly Suspect)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lBjcaMokvo Free Tibet (Vini Vici Remix)]] (Hilight Tribe)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Gp56jnaIs Tick Tick Boom]] (Music/TheHives) [[note]] Would have been a 6 if the guitars were more downtuned.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv9d27d1Byg Celebrity Skin]] (Music/{{Hole}}) [[note]] Mostly a 6, but there are some sections that are at level 2 that average it out here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyaJCg0T-cY Fist Bump]] (Music/{{Hoobastank}}, ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBNn4rPjGfg Slide]] (Billy Howerdel & Dean Menta, ''VideoGame/JakX'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtu.be/gMEB4HNNZ2I Stars]] (Music/{{Hum}}) [[note]] Most of the song is a 6, the mellow parts lower it a bit.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdXjm8pZMws 30 Days in the Hole]] (Humble Pie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOk7y26Tvw Makes No Sense At All]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEVi0IxC0yM Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely]] (Music/HuskerDu)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtwiFSrwWhs Consumer]] (Icon of Coil)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY I Love It]] (Music/IconaPop) [[note]] A rare example of electro-pop reaching a 5. The noise pop influences and shouted vocals (by not only by both Icona Pop members, but also Music/CharliXCX simultaneously) brings it here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I Rebel Yell]] (Music/BillyIdol) [[note]] This would sit comfortably at a 6, but the soft interludes keep it here.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jPekN1VezQ Numb]] (Music/IllNino) [[note]] The guitars keep it from getting a 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nqRkAsZumc Stellar]] (Music/{{Incubus}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dte-u_lsmdc Vampyre Erotica]] (Music/InkubusSukkubus)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhiMBWbQlYU Digging In Your Soul (Insekt Remix)]] (Insekt)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze4pmepXn4o Who Do You Think]] (Music/{{Interpol}})
* [[https://cddr.bandcamp.com/track/silence Silence]] (Intoxication Advice)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvqr366Op3k Can I Play With Madness?]] (Music/IronMaiden) [[note]] Pretty good example of what pure metal sounds like at this level [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPvF-l1g994 Mountains in an Angry Sky]] (Jun Ishikawa & Hirokazu Ando, ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSFHfXqhL6w The Realest]] (Music/{{Issues}}) [[note]] Hard to pin down. Most of the song is influenced by teen band-like pop and funk, but their usual metalcore influence, complete with some screams, still shows up a bit, bumping it up some. We'll settle with a hard 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9llYgSlnti8 Febreze]] (ft. Music/TwoChainz) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NwZdxiLvGo To Ü]] (ft. [=AlunaGeorge=]) [[note]]One part in the middle reaches level 6.[[/note]] (Jack Ü)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K7sOplsJJY The Causeway]] [[note]] Builds up to an 8 at the end.[[/note]] (Henry Jackman, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtu.be/1kAIMlISHhU Mountain Song]] (Music/JanesAddiction) [[note]] Borderline 6. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i19d1QnstsA Locomotive Breath]] (Music/JethroTull)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHg0uRAyVs I Love Rock n' Roll]] (Music/JoanJett)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CopYqp0HZkY Shades of Grey]] (Music/BillyJoel)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kan_6pjynaU (Going to Get Myself) A Meal Ticket]] (Music/EltonJohn)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjTLOaD6fr4 Living After Midnight]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKuuHfMx3CQ Head Out to the Highway]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJMgveYdO-M You've Got Another Thing Coming]] (Music/JudasPriest)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYpAtS7EO-A Waking Up]] (Music/JulienK, ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKzWLUQizz8 Genesis]] (Music/{{Justice|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kjOruO_1MI Limewash (Barrelled)]] (Karenn)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkF5Ch7hMg You Gotta Love Me]], ''Literature/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'''s ending theme (Kato*Fuku)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgbizekyKWc Launch Hearts]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHh85g7MwG4 Yummy]] [[note]] Some parts reach 6.[[/note]] (Jake Kaufman, ''VideoGame/MightySwitchForce'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2tXk-2UEg Blammed]] [[note]] Hard 5.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOPrN6aJ7TI M.I.L.F]] [[note]] It's mostly a 4, with some parts reaching 5, but the beat drop reaches a 6, elevating the overall level to a 5.[[/note]] ([=KawaiSprite=], ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' soundtrack)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=sZwytO-hDak Rest Stop]] (Music/KeroKeroBonito) [[note]]A 1 at first. Then, it suddenly turns into a 6, and stays like that for the rest of the way until the end. Even though some sections are of lower harshness than the first part that is a 6, the disturbing mood is enough to keep it up.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glb2U6y-GdU Cowboy]] [[note]] Balances out here, as the first half of the song is a 4, and the second half is a 6.[[/note]] (Music/KidRock)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlOqXcPkUis Jenny Was a Friend of Mine]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZTpLvsYYHw All These Things That I've Done]] [[note]]The intro is a 1. Also noticeably heavier than "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine", due to a lesser use of electronics, but still not quite hard enough to reach a 6.[[/note]] (Music/TheKillers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSQOVlkaJT4 You Really Got Me]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOGMRnKl5co All Day And All Of The Night]] (Music/TheKinks) [[note]] Both songs were pretty hardcore for 1964. The Music/VanHalen cover of "You Really Got Me" is a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf8hdBplzls Rock And Roll All Nite (Alive version)]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83f_oVMPv4E Deuce]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhO_jnKl4pk Love Gun]] (Music/{{KISS}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZkQLbbFTPg Achtung!]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0huiCzG_Q What Do You Know?]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF_KW7AwB0 What A Race]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItcmZyOJ0Yo Witness]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKxgIC3ToDs Professional Killer]] (Music/{{KMFDM}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQPK4q488c0 Begin Again]] (Music/KnifeParty)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq_jS6o3OoY Bowser’s Theme]] [[note]] Borderline 6, would be an actual 6 if the soundfont was heavier. And yes, this is from a ''Mario'' game.[[/note]](Creator/KojiKondo, ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ip1irYWXck I'm Only Joking]] (Music/{{Kongos}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEhGZNk-nE Re-sublimity]] (Kotoko, ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'' soundtrack) [[note]] Despite the futurepop influences, its intro and accessible sound keep it at a soft 5.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_alyIxP_ou0 Masturbating Smile]] (Kuroyume)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-UOTOqtU0M Pretend We're Dead]] (Music/{{L7}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1lsUImD3N0 Closer]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaN_nEVKWCI I Like It]] (Music/LacunaCoil) [[note]] The overall more poppy tone brings them to a 5. Both are rare examples of gothic metal being this low.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_BTCxhDwdE How Is the Air Up There]] (The La De Da's)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQboZNoMd0c Vs. Sayu (ft. Nikki Simmons)]] (James Landino, ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'' soundtrack) [[note]] Not a 4 due to some parts being a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tlSx0jkuLM Black Dog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lncr2g9XJHU Rock And Roll]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmmM_qwG4k Whole Lotta Love]] (Music/LedZeppelin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flr8V-CeXM0 Russell in the Hole]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3eXEQbDUf4 Vendetta Bullies]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Shawn Lee, ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uncJVQxTD0 Help Save the Youth of America from Exploding]] (Less Than Jake)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqhntKPh2EY TKO]] (Le Tigre) [[note]] A good example of dance-punk reaching a 5. The slightly ear-splitting chorus plays a big part in that.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrzcB9shpUo 11PM]] [[note]] Borderline 6 for the buzzy synths.[[/note]] (LICK & CUBED)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUvXt_Ha0_8 Mental Central Dialog]] (Music/{{Lifelover}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsArcMMqbhw Because It's Midnite]]([[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Limozeen]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve1LNJEIKUE Pushing Me Away]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h67yT0PiY8 In My Remains]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H4l9RpkwM Breaking The Habit]] [[note]] The fast-paced drum and bass beats and Chester's screaming get it up to a hard 5 despite the lack of distorted guitars. On the MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness this is easily a [[DrivenToSuicide hard 9.]] [[/note]] (Music/LinkinPark)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AspXSjRKyis Nintendo]] (Music/LiquidStranger ft. Robotti)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0qO01Hvfc COSMiCA]] (Livetune)
* [[https://thelizardtones.bandcamp.com/track/bloodhaus Bloodhaus]] and [[https://thelizardtones.bandcamp.com/track/in-a-bar-in-a-fight In a Bar/In a Fight]] (The Lizardtones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwpn14IE7E Danger Zone]] (Music/KennyLoggins)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li8oTUdzd9c Rooftops]] (Music/{{Lostprophets}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUii9c4GGRs Seven and Seven Is]] (Music/{{Love|Band}}) [[note]] The instrumental features some fairly noisy psychedelic guitar, but it's the shouted vocals that really bring this up to this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWrM-eDxTas Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow]] (Creator/ElsieLovelock, ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' soundtrack) [[note]] The pop rock melody is definitely too fast for 4, but not metallic enough for 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cues2i1fv58 Working for the Weekend]] (Music/{{Loverboy|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6zsdENy2Bw Mascot]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B6T80ZpU3Q Wrath Battle]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtdx5mGuod4 Greed Battle]] (Oleksa Lozowchuk, ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' and ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20_T456rcJM Infinite Domain]] [[note]] Starts at 1 and gets increasingly heavier over time.[[/note]] (Lustmord)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz7_3n7xyDg United States of Whatever]] (Liam Lynch)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hqWe-Fr4ko THE VENGEANCE OF THOSE FORGOTTEN IN DARKNESS]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4JRowX8dcQ Those Who Forget History]] (Jami Lynne, ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxSSUX3MEJM Workin' for MCA]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9wBpmZn9nA Call Me the Breeze]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXQc7MJBg4o Saturday Night Special]] (Music/LynyrdSkynyrd)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJGiz_OAFDI Latin Industries]] (Music/KevinMacLeod)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzWcameJDow Database]] (theme of ''Literature/LogHorizon'') (Music/ManWithAMission)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZKOxEFA7d0 Boss 1]] (Manami Matsumae, ''VideoGame/CarrierAirWing'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFZ1bww2Ou4 Crash Dash]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMDa4CfQBqQ Skull Rock]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si5hIRME26Y War Factory]] (Josh Mancell, ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'', ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' and ''VideoGame/Jak3'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdHtbQth474 Putting Holes in Happiness]] [[note]] Additionally, the rest of the album it's from, ''Eat Me, Drink Me''.[[/note]] (Music/MarilynManson)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a4Rx7T_lwc Rage of Sparta]] (Gerard Marino, ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JphZtpafdKY L'Via L'Viaquez]] (Music/TheMarsVolta) [[note]] The song goes down to a high 2 and up to a low 7, but most of the song is at this level.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkD2czKTjE Battle! Legendary Pokémon]] (Junichi Masuda, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RbMHylx2M Helios]] (Matenrou Opera)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4vx0WkzTH4 Overflowing Emotions]] [[note]] Borderline 6 for the speeding up sections.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B65n78YLtA Universal Dance]] (Masaya Matsuura and Laugh and Peace, ''VideoGame/VibRibbon'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BigolJfoANw All Along The Watchtower (With Cylon Intro)]] (Music/BearMcCreary, ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuPmq7yjDnI Fingerbang]] [[note]]The dubstep sections are a 6; the rest of the song is a 4[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoLouT7TqZY Press Start]] (MDK, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' and ''Geometry Dash [=SubZero=]'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xI8mCKLiRM Prime Audio Soup]] (Meat Beat Manifesto)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hLcRU5wE4 Bat Out of Hell]] (Music/MeatLoaf)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU-dKoFZT0A A Tout le Monde]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLa51XI5SF4 I'll Get Even]] (Music/{{Megadeth}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPoS0EOjDSU An Die Freude]] (Shoji Meguro, ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJey2dkiAI The Hero of the Day]] [[note]] There's brief moments where the song becomes a 7, moving it here from a 4.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB-vwdj5NYA Ronnie]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEBCf2xqsmo Where the Wild Things Are]] (Music/{{Metallica}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBQf2GSNC0 New York]] [[note]] A soft 5.[[/note]] (Microchip League)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KPzoRaqaNM Identity]] [[note]] The bit towards the end pushes it up from a borderline 5.[[/note]] (Music/MindInABox)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujwpKB6C33A Ordinary]] (MIGGS)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN1NnCp0TVE Flirtin' With Disaster]] (Molly Hatchet)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtDO3qBo72M Rock Candy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2XJsKUtjQ Bad Motor Scooter]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxsSw-bp--c Rock the Nation]] (Montrose)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5DgrFXPI2Y You Will Be Perfect]] [[note]] Reaches borderline 6 at certain points.[[/note]] (Mike Morasky, ''VideoGame/Portal2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZqPq1-1Tw San Francisco]] (The Mowgli's)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC2-etZC190 Iron God: Sakupen Hell Yes RMX]] (mr-jazzman)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3_zb2u7fE Rooftops]] (Sean Murray, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzcIoc_HJ3c Teenagers]] (Music/MyChemicalRomance)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwE2k0HMDfo Funky Dealer]] (Hideki Naganuma, ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio Future'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd6-jWE6ZKk Burning Body]] [[note]] Ayako Saso's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXbgs8PPPjw arrangement]] is a borderline 7, as the main part is around level 6, but some parts are borderline 8.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYaiF_UUevQ Thrust and Thrash!]] [[note]] The Rev. 2016 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7hocN6UXI version]] is a 6 for the heavier arrangement in some parts. Ayako Saso's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH1N7WP2XmY arrangement]] is a borderline 7 for a few parts that reach that level.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5ORlgOfkc Scaffold]] [[note]] The Extra [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sceDgWk6CJY version]] and Jake Kaufman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44jdsnu5rkU arrangement]] are both 6.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Hehl0PlCE Nimbus]] (Manabu Namiki, ''VideoGame/DoDonPachi [=DaiOuJou=]'', ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'', ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' and ''VideoGame/ArmedPoliceBatrider'' soundtracks)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TbIjxiNDAg White Acropolis (The Base)]] [[note]] The calmer bits at the beginning and end keeps it from a 6. [[/note]] (Mariko Nanba, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBf7otLstw Nuvole E Lenzuola]] (Negramaro) [[note]] Translation: "Clouds and Sheets".[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAxPaVS9xY0 Fluchtreflex]] (Neuroticfish)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1I4A5yazr4 Personality Crisis]] (Music/NewYorkDolls)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTqodIIVdCY Lost]] (Music/ThomasNewman, ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwhBRJStz7w The Hand That Feeds]] (Music/NineInchNails)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIjAqgJFfMM Tabuu]] (Takahiro Nishi, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGh5DV0D3wk Final Boss]] (Nitro Fun)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0HsjYtdAKM Join in the Chant]] [[note]] Gets up here due to the shouted vocals; the instrumentals are 3.[[/note]] (Nitzer Ebb)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDU_Txk06tM Crab Rave]] (Music/{{Noisestorm}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2zcG3bcuMI Amsterdam]] (Nothing but Thieves)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47floRRAFs Cat Scratch Fever]] (Music/TedNugent)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaeLKhRnkhQ Cigarettes & Alcohol]] (Music/{{Oasis}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BML6LJM-lwA The Family Disease]] (Oceana)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PabvpdMDC_M Unfortunate Discovery]] [[note]] The original version, What Once was Lost, is much softer.[[/note]] (Martin O'Donnell, ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved: Anniversary'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVTlH3NOdaM Amazed]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHUql3OC_uU Come Out and Play]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWjzBHUdsI Self Esteem]] (Music/TheOffspring)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvq_l1TiJwU Radical Train (The Chase)]] (Tomoya Ohtani, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfFadmou0TA Orbital Rock]] (Hiroshi Okubo, ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer 7'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liZWJg7cWJ8 Let's Take This Outside]] (The One and Only PPL MVR)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ZnSTglHn4 Demerol]] [[note]] Starts at 1, but gets more chaotic and disorienting in the second half.[[/note]] (Music/OneohtrixPointNever)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB9i8arHtrA Breathe]] (Music/{{Oomph}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZtbBZuqb0 Crazy Train]] (Music/OzzyOsbourne)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7jsdj7sqGQ Chaoz Airflow]] ([=ParagonX9=]) [[note]] The soft break in the middle prevents it from becoming a 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9A6tn_P6g Ignorance]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCyGvGEtOwc Misery Business]] (Music/{{Paramore}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cV6pnvCVM4 Fuck the Pain Away]] (Music/{{Peaches}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkbgtVFlyCQ Even Flow]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLsnJAj5cms Rearviewmirror]] (Music/PearlJam)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNtIA2fgHfg High (ft. Nicole Millar)]] (Peking Duk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zSZ3ov_wvU Tell Me Why]] (Penpals, ''Anime/Berserk1997'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZDLqSjpCLg Society]] (Pennywise)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO3l733WRN0 The Outsider]] [[note]] The ending and aggressive delivery make this a very hard 5.[[/note]] (Music/APerfectCircle)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khACKq23bC8 Erised]] (Music/{{Periphery}}) [[note]] You can definitely hear the {{djent}} metal grooves, and the guitar solo is probably worthy of about a 7, but much of the song is too subdued to justify any level higher (it also lacks any {{MetalScream}}s that might increase the level and the song is generally fairly slow.)[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A8Oi7D0oT0 This Means War!]] (Petra)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXYl5NrHPb4 Runnin' Down a Dream]] (Music/TomPetty)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7aO-atLC-4 Open Your Eyes]] (Phace)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_ANz_hTzE polyriddim]] (phonon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLxjKIDXL6M Titan]] (Photek, ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} 2097'' soundtrack) [[note]] The beats make this a borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZVYOriINwc Caraphernalia]] (Music/PierceTheVeil) [[note]] Borderline 6 due to [[Music/ADayToRemember Jeremy McKinnon]]'s guest vocals.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7A5ESognOE One of These Days]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5pVBQ-21mk What Shall We Do Now]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySO-gryuO-c Run Like Hell]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thBohH1dJrg Young Lust]] (Music/PinkFloyd)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XycBLF6kWuY Monkey Gone to Heaven]] (Music/ThePixies)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln31raI2ezY Ça Plane Pour Moi]] (Plastic Bertrand)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmVagnlM-Ys Escape from the City]] (Ted Poley and Tony Harnell, ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc32z7OF50I Next to You]] (Music/ThePolice)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcrWM1pHuJE Halo]] (Music/PorcupineTree) [[note]]Borderline 6 due to the metal part in the middle.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anfao_kMVGs Machine Gun]] (Music/{{Portishead}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQ2305fLeA Jerry Was a Race Car Driver]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDfwUJzYQg Wynona's Big Brown Beaver]] (Music/{{Primus}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHvMRyRSKGU Break and Enter]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRhnaZI3e5o Colours]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzVjZu4fl4o Narayan]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mej5wS7viw Poison]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-dEawPn5a4 Scienide]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW17jtkjvvg Smack My Bitch Up]] (Music/TheProdigy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujREMWjiY4w Tormented With Fire]] [[note]] Starts at level 1. The beats that come it make it a soft 4. Then it builds up to around a soft 7 due to the volume of background noise before becoming 1 again.[[/note]] (Prurient)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYMzLWH58Ro They're Still Out There]] [[note]] Starts at 1 before becoming a 4 and eventually building up to a 6 or 7.[[/note]] (Mac Quayle, ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDhTumGxB2w Now I'm Here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkHF_JMnB8o Sheer Heart Attack]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p-5CgWP7Iw Ogre Battle]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0 Fat Bottomed Girls]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvB2MnIIdMw Tie Your Mother Down]] (Music/{{Queen}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69e8oa85F3g In My Head]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU2rUiQmJKM Regular John]] (Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkMhCLkVOg What's the Frequency, Kenneth?]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=559eWB93jW4 Finest Worksong]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rePNg6MmdEQ Begin the Begin]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycvJHQUqU1M Crush With Eyeliner]] (Music/{{REM}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFLtNYI3Ls Just]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB6bVhwaqMw Idioteque]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bGPPBoh9E8 The National Anthem]](Music/{{Radiohead}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9nfVrusSMg Man on the Silver Mountain]] (Music/{{Rainbow}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW8tgjPqixY Tinfoil]] (Rainer Maria) [[note]] Borderline 4. Ultimately the screaming vocals push it over to this.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFu8o98nnU4 Engel]] (Music/{{Rammstein}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iymtpePP8I8 Blitzkrieg Bop]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfIfzVf8t6E Poison Heart]] (Music/TheRamones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT6UCvR7kgU Power of Equality]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCgrygTZMfE Especially in Michigan]] (Music/RedHotChiliPeppers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAZV8h3H6nA Gang Leader Battle Pt. 2]] (Brian Reitzell, ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbbIAwAqBTk Bastards of Young]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSJYZyouek Alex Chilton]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGz2DTEpj1o Left of the Dial]] (Music/TheReplacements)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgffRW1fKDk Ready to Go]] (Republica)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyD4cOlSs4M Starvation]] (Music/{{REPULSIVE}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvSpFVXqrKQ Rainbow's End]] (Resurrection Band)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT2No1vusjg Hypnocurrency]] (Music/{{REZZ}} & Music/Deadmau5) [[note]] Some parts may go up to 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8 Flight of the Bumblebee]] (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) [[note]] Borderline 6 due to its blistering speed and disorienting dynamics. At its time, however, it would have easily been a VERY HARD 11.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nQCxwneUwA Satellite]] (Music/RiseAgainst)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge8ucvLYLRc For Want Of]] (Music/RitesOfSpring)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S91wQbYYX3Q The Time Warp]] (''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2BnbpjpRdo All-American Bitch]] (Music/OliviaRodrigo)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3tDf8hHeKc Calm Before The Storm (BiXX Remix)]] (Ronski Speed ft. Lucy Saunders)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZmoHrq0mEY Madness]] (Rozebud, ''VideoGame/TheTrickyMod'' soundtrack)
** Music/JunoSongs' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nVGrlD5qLI vocal cover]] is a borderline 7.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta3EQxSsCFQ Cherry Bomb]] (Music/TheRunaways)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQPHsONF_tE La Villa Strangiato]] (Music/{{Rush|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEQCQLYfBus Skyfire Ace]] (Sabrepulse)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxm25v_M7MQ Greedy Game]] (Tomoko Sasaki, ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfNZ5jU6t5k Last Boss]] [[note]] Starts at a 3/borderline 4 and ends at level 6.[[/note]] (Go Sato, ''VideoGame/RaidenFighters 2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-49noOAFsG8 Princess of the Night]] (Saxon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDKYOqwesHU Amputation]] (Scattle, ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQSLY Wind of Change]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvhVWQRRrfQ Still Loving You]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lyZA9Pzr4U Holiday]](Music/{{Scorpions|Band}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMwbHf_S9jY Ross Ross Ross]] ([=SebastiAn=])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCzdecygpmg Tonight]] (Music/{{Seether}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQranv-j4w Regenerator]] [[note]] A soft 5; the electronic drone and the tense atmosphere put it higher than 4.[[/note]] (Misao Senbongi & Shusaku Uchiyama, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmWs6Jf5dc Anarchy in the U.K.]] (Music/SexPistols)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS5iiwa2Chw Mask Walk]] (Kevin Sherwood, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLJrHaL4q9U Bring Your Adz]] (Jake Shimabukuro) [[note]] Jake shows us you CAN get this heavy with a ukulele.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHr3g1c11yw Naraku no Hana]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMHmqf2PDYQ Super Scription of Data]] (Eiko Shimamiya, ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t7LEEd4dpU Thwomp Caverns]] (Music/YokoShimomura, ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRHYuG1KBdA Monochrome No Kiss]] (main theme for ''Manga/BlackButler'') (SID)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5_r_ld4vyY Sinking]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xl5kRE19y4 Underwater Prom Queens]] (Pedro Silva, ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqZHIQp0ok0 There's No Secrets This Year]] (Music/SilversunPickups)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fpyaCQhIBI Love in a Void]] (Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPglNjxVHiM Weak]] [[note]] Goes up from a 4 due to the soaring final minute. [[/note]] (Music/SkunkAnansie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHoPYLQvnQM Run Run Away]] (Slade)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZA_7FtttRY Jumpers]] [[note]] This is easily a 9 lyrically, though [[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbxRu7fwR24 Entertain]] (Music/SleaterKinney)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UwWYtLWEZg If You Can't Hang]] (Music/SleepingWithSirens) [[note]] The guitars are fairly loud, but the lack of a crunchy, metallic tone keeps it from going higher.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu3-3Yr5PPE Bone Church]] (Music/{{Slipknot}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6jXKySaeuo Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AtABCcALI8 Song of a Baker]] (Music/TheSmallFaces)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fppjBzJlRAU FROGKIND]] (SNAILS)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daCkqmg50yc Vầng Trăng Sầu]] (Sói đen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKJkDlgByns Delight]] (Solitary Experiments)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_HiQomh_Zo The Witch]] (The Sonics) [[note]] As with Music/TheKinks above, pretty hardcore for 1964.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3gN9Up6hmc 100%]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VycLUNYPjVo Kissability]] (Music/SonicYouth)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdLvp630plc LEMONADE]] (Music/{{Sophie}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkML3i8tV_Y Murder]] (Soulji)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA9vLHZFrcs Head Down]] (Music/{{Soundgarden}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmN5GKJ6_dE Mecha Bandicoot]] (Spiralmouth, ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y99JZugos9w Babylon (Original Mix)]] (Splash)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLa7grUhZLA Necronomicon]] (Splatter Squall)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S26-UZbxPqM Give It a Whirl]] (Split Enz)
* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=rYS8edMRgBg Do You Know Squarepusher]] [[note]] The glitched drums and sound effects put it above a 3, and it gets heavier towards the end, peaking at a 6. Overall, it's at this level.[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5crdJgQcR3Q Planetarium]] (Music/{{Squarepusher}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KOUEX_oG9k The Stroke]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5TaeDhPUQQ Lonely is the Night]] (Music/BillySquier)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfZJSrT8Ijo Decoy]] (Stakka & Skynet)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imp0BqHBxyQ Sun King]] (State of Mind)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zzwbYyvWiU All Around My Hat]] (Music/SteeleyeSpan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGdyVnW86SY Bodhisattva]] (Music/SteelyDan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpSO3UHKy_g Gesang der Junglinge]] (Karlheinz Stockhausen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CccfNaGy_vo Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsdYCOJk7bw Meatplow]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht672-wYelc Vasoline]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5UOC0C0x8Q Plush]] (Music/StoneTemplePilots)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP42C-4zL3w The Rite of Spring]] (Music/IgorStravinsky)[[note]]Probably a soft 5 overall due to many soft, slow passages barely worth a 1. On the other hand, it can go up as high as 7 or 8, which is really impressive for any classical piece, and back in the day, [[Theatre/TheRiteOfSpring the whole work]] was a ''definite'' 11, riot or not (with the hardest parts being completely off the scale back then).[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNZ0Dpvx3CA Oppression]] (Creator/StudioPixel, ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGgSE2ZtCzk Animal Nitrate]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32fPNb2WHzM Metal Mickey]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXaTOJt4g4c The Drowners]] [[note]]Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Music/{{Suede}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlyVD6YnQ-I Bio Wars]] (Kōichi Sugiyama, ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rRIMY3nHRg Hyper Enough]] (Music/{{Superchunk}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh8sV6RFin8 Prowler]] (Surgeon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsnR6sHiqgc Radio Fireworks (Original Mix)]] [[note]] Starts at a 3/borderline 4 but eventually turns into a 6.[[/note]] (Surkin)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=984eEm5apoI Dark Side Of The Moon (Ferry Tayle Remix)]] [[note]] A soft 5 overall due to its melodic tones and the initial beats not being as heavy as the climax.[[/note]] (Susana)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yYifj6IsUQ Hell Raiser]] (Music/{{Sweet}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6WZu8IAZg 20th Century Boy]] ([[Music/MarcBolan T. Rex]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWXUG-4hm5o Make Damn Sure]] (Music/TakingBackSunday)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLrdSC9MVb4 Turn the Lights Off]] (Music/TallyHall)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7q9W2PNhJ4 Elephant]] (Music/TameImpala)
* [[https://patriciataxxon.bandcamp.com/track/where-do-i-go-now Where do I go now?]] (WebVideo/PatriciaTaxxon)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3xXbLDsvvk Cocotte (Album Version)]] [[note]] The first part is a 5, the second is a 2, and the third is a 7.[[/note]] (Teenage Bad Girl)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bojx9BDpJks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)]] theme song (Season 1-7) (WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43P6JlaOBNI Scumbag Blues]] (Music/ThemCrookedVultures)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsdjlPVaJU Here's Your Future]] (The Thermals)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FyQNx8oyU Bad to the Bone]] (George Thorogood & The Destroyers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4VCpTZye10 Break]] (Music/ThreeDaysGrace)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYPeUGkN8d0 I Come from the Mountain]] (Thee Oh Sees)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQo1HIcSVtg The Boys Are Back in Town]] (Music/ThinLizzy)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlFsXoZkamw Born to Lose]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiWjpjRl1Q Chinese Rocks]] (Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gge-I62AEK8 Human Om]] [[note]] The heavier parts bring it above 2.[[/note]] (Tobacco)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR8AsFBC0LI You Are Smart]] (Akitaka Tohyama, ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXiQGXhHLOM Don't Chain My Heart]] (Music/{{Toto}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiaV61CLMfQ Control (Juno Reactor Instrumental)]] (Traci Lords, ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rEVVAw3-0 Talk to You Later]] (The Tubes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2iC1aCPbKA Heart of Courage]] (Music/TwoStepsFromHell)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ69OVe9zrE Evening Star]] (Týr) [[note]] While some elements of FolkMetal and ProgressiveMetal are present in this song, it's still very clearly a PowerBallad.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8kQrpIbbzc El Gigante]] [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]] (Shusaku Uchiyama & Misao Senbongi, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTE4NNqmnbw Rock Bottom]] (Music/{{UFO|Band}}) [[note]] Borderline 6. [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzPwXefCR1w Captive]] (Ume)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcq9Dx3j3uo Maquinas de Guerra]] (U.M.M.)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbei3IAnUEs Gun]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKo_1rVClOk Graveyard Shift]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2H3hbJzfI Factory Belt]] (Music/UncleTupelo)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg Teenage Kicks]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77eSTOTupw Jimmy Jimmy]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgqa3cVOxUc My Perfect Cousin]] (The Undertones)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoKF3E-RPwQ Incantation for Tape]] [[note]] Up here due to its chaotic and somewhat unsettling sound.[[/note]] (Vladimir Ussachevsky)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4dEAtxo0M Runnin' With the Devil]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im31A5yqKw8 Panama]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtwBFz6lfrY Ain't Talkin' Bout Love]] (Music/VanHalen)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbJ63spk48s Hajnal]] [[note]]The orchestral sections range from 1-2, the jazz section is a 1, and the breakcore section is a 7, sometimes bordering on 8.[[/note]] and [[https://venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/track/xiiis-dub XIII's Dub]] (Music/VenetianSnares)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaAFygpq7fY DESTINY -The Lovers-]] (Music/{{Versailles}})[[note]]Depending on your view, either the guitar solos keep this from being a 4 or the ballad sections keep this from being a 6 or 7.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15sjD2kdEw Highly Evolved]] (Music/TheVines)[[note]]Shifts between a hard 4 and a 6 with the screamed background vocals.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTAWH0SdaCQ Blue Butterfly]] (Music/VioletUK) [[note]]The TripHop nature of the song places it here, but keep an eye out for future versions - reorchestration for live could ''easily'' put this one up higher [[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WccfbPQNMbg Party Hard]] (Music/AndrewWK)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt75y38J00s Rocky Mountain Way]] (Joe Walsh)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ7vI7cdYJY Geometrical Denominator]] (Waterflame, ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQzMHhRCTYw Buddy Holly]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9BGLtqqkVI Hash Pipe]] [[note]]a borderline 6[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMeu0ZubufU California Kids]] (Music/{{Weezer}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGEjz12YLiM To Lose My Life]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSSskvNbKAY E.S.T.]] (White Lies) [[note]] The liberal use of distortion keeps both of these above a 4.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY Seven Nation Army]] (Music/TheWhiteStripes)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF8RHM1OCg Here I Go Again]] (Music/{{Whitesnake}}) [[note]] A soft 5; despite the hard rock guitars, the synths and the intro bring it down a little bit.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q Won't Get Fooled Again]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN5zw04WxCc My Generation]] [[note]] Very light 5 for most of the song. The chaotic drumming and feedback at the end of the song would have been off the scale for 1965. [[/note]] (Music/TheWho)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v81vhGTzXKE Random Name Generator]] (Music/{{Wilco}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB401RfGMlM The Wondrous Boat Ride]] (Creator/GeneWilder, ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' soundtrack)[[note]]The mounting tension and the scream at the end places this incredibly high for a family musical number![[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdgdmqnGIxQ On Your Knees]] ([[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Jeff Williams]]) [[note]]Reaches 6 in the faster parts, including the rap.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldfc68bxlB8 Higher State of Consciousness]] (Josh Wink) [[note]] Starts at 2 and initially builds up to a 3 or 4. By the climax, it's an 8 due to the high-pitched beeps.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je84VupqD58 Joker and the Thief]] (Music/{{Wolfmother}})
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M7e05QsNxs You're Not Salinger. Get Over It.]] (The Wonder Years)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JiA-vurIeY Silent Melody]] (Working for a Nuclear Free City, ''VideoGame/{{Infamous}}'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzqevAnX3Ac Week End]] (Music/XJapan)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkoMJ4MGrGs Masterpiece]] (X Marks the Pedwalk)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYMObdOqcRg Oh Bondage Up Yours!]] (X-Ray Spex)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7k3SmzNS6o This Sacred Line]] (Music/AkiraYamaoka ft. Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn, ''VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc17DqcA6Qc Shapes of Things]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZHnZrUoQ0 Happenings Ten Years Time Ago]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd1gRHk28IE The Train Kept a' Rollin]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4DdAs0PddQ Over Under Sideways Down]] (Music/TheYardbirds)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcZDVp3flT8 Stronger Together]] (Daniel Yates, WebAnimation/DeathBattle S3 soundtrack) [[note]] Borderline 6.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqlIM2FiMGw Lava Scarves and Red-Hot Blargss]] (VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld soundtrack) [[note]] Yes, you ''did'' read that right.[[/note]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREf47BPe5w Cinnamon Girl]] [[note]] This one tends to sound heavier in concert.[[/note]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvxxdZpMFHg Rockin' in the Free World]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5FCcDEA6mY Southern Man]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVG7U9UDi2E Alabama]] (Music/NeilYoung)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJzo0lWyq5c Chum Bucket Lab]] (Yummysoise, ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfWiAuJVKqM Heavy Is the Head]] (Music/ZacBrownBand ft. Music/ChrisCornell)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smnJ-qM1RWk Extraction Point]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6niQHXvbFk Onwards]] (Music/HansZimmer, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'' soundtrack)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmXdpv3pCGU Foxy Foxy]] (Music/RobZombie)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUDcTLaWJuo Legs]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRHBLwpASw Sharp Dressed Man]] (Music/ZZTop)
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