Mohs Rock Metal / Level 6

We're midway through the scale, and starting at this point heavy metal becomes pretty much ubiquitous. If you're trying to get into heavier music, this is a good place to start.

Genres: Grunge, harder Post-Grunge, harder Hard Rock, Experimental Rock, harder Pop Punk, Punk Rock, softer Hardcore Punk, Noise Rock, Noise Pop, Dubstep, Hyperpop, Industrial, harder Post-Industrial, Deconstructed Club, harder Shoegazing, hardest Alternative Rock, Traditional Heavy Metal, softer Industrial Hip-Hop, Neoclassical Metal, Hair Metal, softer Doom Metal, softer Industrial Metal, softer Post-Metal, Alternative Metal, softer Nu Metal, softer Power Metal, harder Progressive Rock and softer Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal, softer Avant-Garde Metal, softer Folk Metal, the hardest pure Hip-Hop and Trap, harder Rap Rock and softer Rap Metal, Post-Hardcore, Melodic Hardcore, Emocore

Matching mineral: Orthoclase

• Down and Too Late ^note  A hard 6, this reaches a hard 7 or 8 towards the end. (311)
• Gooba (6ix9ine)
• Devoid (Abbey Nex)
• Graveflower (Acid Bath)
• Thunderstruck, Shoot to Thrill, Whole Lotta Rosie, and Riff Raff (AC/DC)
• Scavenger Hunt (P.T. Adamczyk, Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack)
• Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith) ^note  One of their heaviest songs, chiefly because of its relentless tempo.
• No, Thank You!! and Fuwa Fuwa Time (Afterschool Tea Time)
• That Won't Save Us (Against the Current)
• Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship (Alestorm) ^note  The occasional screaming puts this above a 5.
• Bed of Nails (Alice Cooper)
• Man In The Box, Rooster and Would? (Alice in Chains) ^note  The finale keeps the latter from being a 5.
• Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm) ^note  The Michael Jackson original is about a 3 or 4.
• Am I Insane (All Ends)
• Fall Out (amGod)
• The Feel Good Drag (Anberlin) ^note  The thrashy guitars in several places keep it from a 5.
• AM-2 B1 (Ancient Methods)
• Heartbeat Loud (Andy C & Fiora)
• Watchers (Angels And Agony)
• Vena Cava and Skinny Little Bitch (Implant Remix) (Angelspit)
• Only and Safe Home ^note  Probably the softest level 6 example. (Anthrax)
• 4 (Aphex Twin)
• Die Trying (Art of Dying)
• Not One Less (Ken Ashcorp)
• Kenopsia (Ashes of Dreams)
• Automaton ^note  Borderline 7. (Assemblage 23)
• You Come to Me (Nicole Atkins)
• One Armed Scissors and Invalid Litter Dept. ^note  Most of the song is a 5, but the finale and dark subject matter push it up to a soft 6. (At the Drive-In)
• Clipper, IO, Teartear and 90101-51-1 ^note  Mainly a 5, but momentarily reaches 10 at a few points. (Autechre)
• Seize the Day (Avenged Sevenfold)
• Arrival of Tears (Ayane) ^note  For the anime version of 11eyes, notably harder than Ayane's song for the game, Lunatic Tears, which is a hard 5. Climbs up to a 7 at points, but softer sections keep it at 6.
• Invisible and My Device (Ayria)
• I Said Meow (Azazal & Said) ^note Borderline 7, especially for the more aggressive bit around 2 minutes in.
• 21st Century (Digital Boy) (Against the Grain Version), Inner Logic and Operation Rescue (Bad Religion)
• We be Clubbin' (BadKlaat)
• Diabolical Adrenaline Guitar (Kelly Bailey, Half-Life soundtrack)
  • You Can't Escape, You Know (Kelly Bailey & Mike Morasky, Portal soundtrack)
• Ziggy Stardust ^note  The acoustic guitars in the verses in the David Bowie original being replaced with distorted ones drive it up here. and Dark Entries (Bauhaus)
• Hot Damned and Meat Golem (Danny Baranowsky, Super Meat Boy soundtrack)
• Operation Hellfish and Milking the Pigs (Marc Baril, The Simpsons Hit & Run soundtrack)
• USMC (Stephen Barton & Harry Gregson Williams, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare soundtrack)
• BI-NB (bbpanzu, Vs Sunday soundtrack)
• Rock Solid ^note  Overall, a soft 6. (Robin Beanland, Conker's Bad Fur Day soundtrack)
• Gratitude (Beastie Boys)
• Helter Skelter ^note  Would've been an 11 back in 1968. (The Beatles)
• Scatterbrain (Jeff Beck) ^note  Live versions, such as the one featured in Guitar Hero 5, can go up to an 8.
• Activate (Chase Benham, Arby 'n' the Chief soundtrack)
• Happy Birthday (The Birthday Massacre)
• Army of Me (Sucker Punch Remix) (Björk ft. Skunk Anansie, Sucker Punch soundtrack)
• Zero Gravity and Getting Stronger (Black Gryph0n & Baasik ft. Michelle Creber) ^note  This is their home level when they're taking influence from dubstep. It's at 3 otherwise.
• Fire It Up and Stillborn (Black Label Society)
• Weapon of Choice (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
• A National Acrobat, Paranoid and Iron Man (Black Sabbath)
• Breach (Black Sun Empire)
• Burst ^note  Soft 6. (Black Rain)
• Dark Side (Blind Channel)
• Fly (Blind Guardian)
• Victor ^note  A rare example of a Blondie song reaching a 6. The abrasive punk rock sound and screamed vocals brings it to this level. Would have been a 9 or 10 when it came out in 1979., Hanging On The Telephone and Golden Rod (Blondie)
• Summertime Blues (Blue Cheer) ^note  This would have been a solid 10 when it was released in 1967.
• Black Blade (Blue Öyster Cult)
• Swamp Song (Blur) ^note  Some live performances of this song go up to a 7.
• Crash to Ashes (Andy Blythe & Marten Joustra, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex soundtrack)
• Basefree, Chinook and XYZ (Boards of Canada) ^note  Three of BoC's hardest songs. "Basefree" contains unusually heavy beats for the duo and is more fast-paced than their regular mateiral, "Chinook" combines harsh beats with more industrial noises, and despite "XYZ"'s very harsh and fast beats, the duo's signature warm sounds are present throughout the track, along with the intro and ending having no beats at all, which brings it down on the scale somewhat.
• Nock Em (from Geometry Dash SubZero), Grit and Okiba Crackdown (Bossfight)
• So Cold, The Diary of Jane and Dance with the Devil (Breaking Benjamin)
• Mars Processing Station (Allister Brimble, Descent, PlayStation version soundtrack)
• Throne (Bring Me the Horizon)
• Don't Give Way to Fear ^note  Borderline 7. (British Murder Boys)
• Six Days a Week (The Bronx)
• Hoover Dam (BT, Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas soundtrack)
• My Fuckin' Valentine, Speed and Muma - The Nightmare "13Stairs" live (BUCK-TICK) ^note  this one rides the line between a 5 and 6, the darker atmosphere and heavier sound and Atsushi showing off his Metal Scream skills making up for the slower speed - not being as fast as Jonathan Jet-Coaster for example - enough to bump it up into this category.
• Carry the Zero (Built to Spill)
• Don't Pay The Ferryman (Chris de Burgh)
• Machine Head and Testosterone (Bush)
• Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have, Orgasm Addict (Buzzcocks)
• This Wheel's On Fire (The Byrds)
• Thru Your Eyes (Calyx ft. Ill.Skillz)
• Keep the Light On, Devil by his Side and Locked On (Jerry Cantrell)
• Connect the Dots (The Saga of Frank Sinatra)^note Drops to a 1 in the middle but is otherwise firmly in 6 territory, Fill In The Blank, tybee island horse ghosts ^note  A borderline 7 thanks to its production, or lack thereof. (Car Seat Headrest)
• Double Trouble (The Cars)
• Gare Du Nord ^note  Both halves start softer, but become gradually heavier, with the final part reaching level 8. (Carte Blanche)
• Power Shower (Caspa & Rusko)
• Shots Fired ^note  Borderline 7. and John Wick Mode ^note  The middle briefly reaches 7. (Le Castle Vania, John Wick and John Wick: Chapter 2 soundtracks)
• Gluttony Battle (Celldweller, Dead Rising 3 soundtrack)
• Hello There (Cheap Trick)
• Elektrobank ^note  The demo version is closer to a soft 8, due to the more aggressive distortion (usually at a standard 8, but peaking at a hard 8) balancing out with the lighter sections., MAH and The Private Psychedelic Reel (The Chemical Brothers)
• Calliope (Cheshyre, Madness Combat soundtrack) ^note  The original song the main melody is derived from, "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott, is a 2.
• Requiem Æternam ^note  For the most part it's a 1, but it spikes in hardness sometimes, and it reaches 11 in the beginning and towards the end. (Michel Chion)
• Superstition And Fear (Christian Death)
• A8 (Chuck Person) ^note  This one is a bit hard to pinpoint. To make a long story short, the track finds itself at different points on the scale as its samples are messed with and distorted, starting with a borderline/soft 3, then a hard 5, 7, and finally jumping up to a soft 11 near the end, basically becoming Harsh Noise. We've averaged it out to a 6.
• Enchanted Reunion ^note  Starts at 1, building to 8 at the end. (Cirque du Soleil, Amaluna)
• Whyyawannabringmedown (Kelly Clarkson) ^note A good example of how hard and punkish "pop" music can get.
• Texan Book of the Dead (Clutch)
• Scout Tactical (Elia Cmíral, Spec Ops: The Line soundtrack)
• Leaving Earth (Code 64)
• Devil In Jersey City ^note  Due to the outro screams. (Coheed and Cambria)
• You Got Nothing I Want (Cold Chisel)
• O Rosto de um Assassino (Alias Conrad Coldwood, OFF soundtrack) ^note  Borderline 7 due to the heavy, distorted beats and the sirens at the end.
• Heavy (Collective Soul)
• Steroid Legend (ConsumerSoftproducts, Cruelty Squad soundtrack)
• Factory (cornandbeans, Castle Crashers soundtrack)
• Uhtceare (Corpsethorn)
• Are You Ready? and L.E.F. (Ferry Corsten)
• Modern Ruin Part II, Ritual of Noise (Album Version) ^note  Soft 6., Pain Amplifier, Storm and Beat the Noise (Covenant)
• Big A Little A (Crass)
• Fire (Crazy World of Arthur Brown)
• Scanners (CRIMES!)
• Reducer (Cruciform Injection)
• What I'm Made Of and Live And Learn (Crush 40, Sonic Heroes and Sonic Adventure 2 soundtracks)
• Creeping in My Soul (Cryoshell)
• Emulator (The Crystal Method)
• Cut and Club America (The Cure)
• Ach Golgotha (Maldoror Is Dead) ^note  Mainly a 3, but some of the later parts reach 11. (Current 93)
• Hair of the Dog ^note  Starts in the 4-5 range, before reaching a 6 and, briefly, a 9, in the second half before becoming a 4/5 again. and The Man with the Transparent Face (Cursor Miner)
• Hell Above Water (Curve)
• The Claw (Cut Hands)
• Robot Rock (Daft Punk)
• Sergeant Battle Pt. 2 (Traz Damji, Dead Rising 3 soundtrack)
• Breathe (Darkwater)
• Sandstorm (Darude)
• Just Saiyan' (Datsik)
  • Evilution (Datsik & Infected Mushroom ft. Jonathan Davis)
• Hallo Spaceboy (David Bowie)
• Renegades of Conflict (Dax J)
• All Signs Point to Lauderdale and Naivety (A Day to Remember)
• Final Attack (Dazzle Vision) ^note  Despite the heavily pop- and electronic-infused nature of the backing instruments, Maiko's Harsh Vocals are enough to push this song up to this level.
• Jesus Freak ^note  The generally heavy guitar riffs, rather dissonant guitar solo, and noisy Big Rock Ending keeps this from being a 5 , Supernatural (dc Talk)
• Raise Your Weapon (ft. Greta Svabo Bech) ^note  Starts at a 1, then turns into a 3. Around halfway through, the dubstep section begins, which is a 9. As the song ends, it drops down to 2, and finally ends at a 1. It's been averaged out at this level., catbread, Some Chords and Subvert (deadmau5)
• Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys)
• Police Truck and Holiday in Cambodia (Dead Kennedys)
• No Love ^note  The video version gets up to a borderline 7 due to the distorted interludes. and System Blower (Death Grips)
• Point of Departure (Deathpact)
• The Crackled Book of Life (Deathspell Omega)
• Fireball, Speed King, Highway Star, and Burn (Deep Purple)
• Pour Some Sugar on Me (Def Leppard)
• Supercrush! (Devin Townsend Project) ^note  Would be a 7 if not for the softer parts sung by Annenke van Giersbergen.
• Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away), My Own Summer (Shove It), and Change (In the House of Flies) (Deftones) ^note  All are borderline 7.
• What Is Left (Demon Hunter) ^note  Despite the heavy instruments in the song and the guitar solo at the bridge, the accessible melodies and somewhat sad tone keeps it below a 7.
• Svart Krake ^note  Switches between 1, 2, and 10, averaging out here overall. (Devouring Annihilation)
• Invid (Dieselboy)
• Hemlock Melee (Sascha Dikiciyan, Dead Rising 3 soundtrack)
• Unretrofied (The Dillinger Escape Plan)
• Holy Diver (Dio)
• Generator (Dimension)
• DOZING GREEN (Dir en grey) ^note The Last Note Nightmare might make it reach 7 or 8.
• Suicide (Disciple) ^note  Even though the lyrics regard suicide and the song's instruments are quite metallic, the radio-friendly tone and bright melodies keep it from reaching 7.
• What Do You Want Me to Say? (The Dismemberment Plan)
• Prayer (Disturbed)
• i don't ^note  The breakcore section at the end puts this at a borderline 7. (DJ Kuroneko)
• Cosmic Dreamer (Djjaner)
• Pretty (DON BROCO) ^note  The main riff brings this up a notch or two.
• Without You (Doobie Brothers)
• Five to One (The Doors) ^note  At its time it would have been an 11.
• Stone the Crow (Down)
• Party Alarm and Gamma Ray Burst ^note  Soft 6. (Downlink)
• Chip Chip ^note  Borderline 7. (Dr. Ozi)
• Firepower (Dr. Phonics)
• Hell's Kitchen, The Looking Glass and Surrounded (Dream Theater)
• Dark Planet ^note  Donny's remix is a 7. (Dylan)
• Never Let Go ^note  A soft 6 due to the atmosphere. (Dynamite Grizzly, Twilight Wing soundtrack)
• Seele Brennt ^note  A 3 in the verses, but switches to 7 for the choruses, thus bringing it up to a 6., Armenia ^note  A soft 6; the dark and tense atmosphere, vocals, background noises, and especially the screams at the end put it here. and Was Ist Ist (What Is Is) (Einstürzende Neubauten)
• COMA (ensou featuring GUMI Megpoid, Cytus Soundtrack)
• Dimension 7 (Eptic)
• They Come Out at Night (Eschaton)
• Bring Me To Life (Evanescence)
• It Remembers (ft. Brendon Urie) (Every Time I Die) ^note  Borderline 7. Most of the rest of the album is 8-9.
• Slave (The Evolutionaries)
• Swagga (Excision & Datsik)
  • Deviance (Excision)
  • Destroid 11. Get Stupid (Excision & Space Laces)
• Diamond (exist†trace)
• Mama (Korean Ver.) ^note  The Chinese version is pretty much the same thing, save for the lyrics. and Wolf ^note  Here because of the brostep-influenced bass riffs, pounding drums and fairly aggressive chanted/rapped vocals (with the occasional Motor Mouth) (EXO)
• Ludicrous Speed (F-777)
• Epic (Faith No More)
• The Witch (Code: Pandorum Instrumental Cover) ^note  The heavy metal part, which is around 7/8, is too short to bump the song higher. (FALARIS)
• Mindtraveller (Falconer)
• EMIYA (Anime version) (Fate/stay night Soundtrack) ^note  All the other versions are either harder or softer, but not hard enough to go up to 7, though there is one exception.
• Super Buu's Theme (Bruce Faulconer)
• Hey Man Nice Shot (Filter)
• Green Manalishi, Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac)
• Again (Flyleaf)
• Hocus Pocus (Focus)
• Rope, All My Life and The Pretender (Foo Fighters)
• Hopes and Dreams ^note  Too bombastic to be a 5, the guitars also elevate it to this level., SAVE the World and Megalovania (Toby Fox, Undertale soundtrack)
• Never Hear Surf Music Again ^note  This one is tricky to tackle, since it's all over the place in terms of the scale. It even reaches 11 at one point. Overall, it's about a 6. (Free Blood)
• Junkdrome ^note  The main part of the song is a borderline 7, thanks to the heavy beats coupled with the fast pace, but the intro is a 1, balancing the song out at 6. (Front 242)
• Cosmic Slop, Super Stupid ^note  Heavy enough to basically invent Funk Metal. (Funkadelic)
• Shining Star (Lyrics here) from Futari wa Pretty Cure ^note  This is a very unusual example for being Level 1 on the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness. It's here because the lyrics are shouted most of the time and the performance in general has a consistently high intensity and volume.
• Zones (4Kuba Remix) (Future Funk Squad)
• REDEMPTION (GACKT)
• Vow, No Horses, Automatic Systematic Habit and Battle in Me (Garbage)
• Taion ^note  A prime case of Lyrical Dissonance - the song is about the Junko Furuta kidnapping, rape, and murder case - and therefore a 9-10 on the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness., VORTEX, The Suicide Circus, and SHIVER (The Gazette)
• Fire Inside (Gemini ft. Greta Svabo Bech)^note  Despite the screeching basslines, the airy interludes and slightly accessible melodies keep this from being an arguable 7.
• The Knife (Genesis)
• Booty Jones ^note  Starts softer, but gets more distorted and chaotic over time. (German Shepherds)
• Square Hammer and From The Pinnacle to The Pit (Ghost)
• Lawman (Gilla Band) ^note  This would sit at a 4 or 5 if it weren't for the sudden rise in harshness towards the end.
• Strict Machine (Goldfrapp) ^note  A soft 6; the chorus is at this level, while the rest gravitates around levels 4-5.
• Sator (Ludwig Göransson, Tenet soundtrack) ^note  Kept above a 1 due to the tense atmosphere and the heavier second half.
• unnatural and pon ^note  The original PONPONPON by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is a 2. (goreshit)
• Here Comes the Chief ^note  Borderline 7. (Jon Graham, Arby 'n' the Chief soundtrack)
• Brain Stew/Jaded, Geek Stink Breath and Letterbomb (Green Day)
• Revenge (Gridlok & Prolix)
• Dodging Piledrivers (Nathan Grigg, FEAR soundtrack)
• We Appreciate Power (Grimes ft. Hana) ^note The interlude in the middle and some of the more subdued sections put this song at a soft 6.
• Deep Sea Cocoon (Guilty Kiss) ^note  Having much in common with early 2000's Western Emo Music, this song features significantly darker instrumentation and lyrical content than most music in the Love Live! franchise.
• Lost (Haji's Kitchen) ^note  easily their softest song, still heavy enough to border on a 7, but is generally pretty soft
• Freak Like Me (Halestorm)
• Beat Assassinator (Rio Hamamoto, Ridge Racer 7 soundtrack)
• Evolution (Ayumi Hamasaki)
• Paralyzed (Hardline)
• Bloodbound (Harmony)
• Are(n)a 52 (Matthew E. Harwood, Alien Hominid soundtrack)
• The Jesus Metal Explosion and The Battle of God (HB)
• Barracuda (Heart)
• The Great Fierce Battle aka Internal War from HeartCatch Pretty Cure! ^note  At this point, all traces of typical Magical Girl music is gone. The Pretty Cure franchise has songs even heavier than this.
• New Coke (HEALTH)
• Rising The Darkness (HEAT) ^note  A Los Angeles-based Visual Kei singer leads this band.
• Fire, Fire (Heaven's Basement)
• Trap Of Love (Hex Girls Ft. Krush) ^note  Yes, this is a Scooby-Doo band.
• Oblaat ^note  The guitar work and hide's Motor Mouth/speed vocals put it up here. The Live With L7 performance - which is even faster - borders on a 7., Rocket Dive, Dice^note  Live versions go easily into 7 or 8 because of hide's Motor Mouth on the lyrics, and Pink Spider (hide)
• Break Free (Hillsong United) ^note  This is probably as high as church worship music goes.
• Forces (Susumu Hirasawa, Berserk (1997) soundtrack)
• Violet ^note  The verses are a 3, but the chorus is an easy 7. (Hole)
• Pieces (Hoobastank)
• Crash and Burn (Billy Howerdel & Dean Menta, Jak X soundtrack)
• Celebrated Summer ^note  The short acoustic guitar-based passages bring down the average. (Hüsker Dü)
• Rapture (Hurt)
• Stampede ^note  Borderline 7. (Hybrid, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier soundtrack)
• The Melancholy (Iced Earth)
• All I Ask For (ill niño)
• Levitate (I Mother Earth)
• Terror is Reality (Keiji Inafune, Dead Rising 2 soundtrack)
• Pardon Me (Incubus)
• The Great Bridge ^note  The classical portions are 1, while the breakcore portion is a 7. (The Industrialism)
• Becoming Insane and Psycho (Infected Mushroom)
• Creatures of Light and Darkness (Information Society)
• Music to My Ears (Daniel Ingram, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks soundtrack)
• Don't Stop (Innerpartysystem) ^note  While the song itself is a borderline 7, the lyrics, instead, being an extremely harsh Take That! to celebrity culture a la Marilyn Manson, rank around a 9-10 in the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness.
• Fuck the World (Insane Clown Posse)
• Drive ^note  Starts at 4, then becomes a 5, then switches between 7 and 5. (Ionic Vision)
• Age of Innocence (Iron Maiden)
• The Catacombs and Sullied Grace ^note  The upload uses its Japanese name, "Dirty & Beauty". This song would sit at level 7, but the softer intro and the more organ-focused parts (lacking the guitar) in the main body of the song push it down to a borderline 7. (Jun Ishikawa & Hirokazu Ando, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and Kirby: Triple Deluxe soundtracks)
  • Drawcia Sorceress (Jun Ishikawa & Tadashi Ikegami, Kirby: Canvas Curse soundtrack) ^note  Would probably be around 7 if not for the level 1 intro.
• Justice Sword (Daisuke Ishiwatari, Blaz Blue Chrono Phantasma soundtrack)
• Wrists of Kings, Dulcinea, Hand of the Host and Ghost Key (Isis)
• Sock the Brain, Sonic Keenness and Divided by Zero ^note  The Armed Police Batrider version is a borderline 5. (Masaharu Iwata, Kingdom Grand Prix soundtrack)
• My Cat and Fear Of Dying (Jack Off Jill)
• Beats Knockin (ft. Fly Boi Keno) ^note  The heavier second half and the brief bits at level 8 move it above a 5. Holla Out (ft. Snails & Taranchyla) and Jungle Bae (ft. Bunji Garlin) ^note  The first drop is at the upper end of 5, but it gets heavier after the second drop. (Jack Ü)
• Stop (Jane's Addiction)
• Spinster (Joan Jett)
• Heavy Bells (J. Roddy Walston & The Business)
• Home to Hell and Can’t Be Erased (JT Music)
• Wheels of Fire (Judas Priest)
• Kick the Bass (Julien-K)
• Bad Brains ^note  Borderline 7. (June Miller)
• Phantom, Part I ^note  The first half is a 5, while the second is a 7. and II (Justice)
• Angry Video Game Nerd Theme (Kyle Justin) ^note  It ranks at a clear 11 in the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness however, due to the lyrics' obscene levels of vulgarity.
• Magia, Puella Magi Madoka Magica's ending theme. (Kalafina) Lyrics here ^note  Yes, it's that kind of a show. Also, the violins make this song one of the softest examples for this level.
• The Human Stain (Kamelot)
• Belexes (Kansas)
• Cookin' on the Hell ^note  The self-remake is a 7. (Ruzarin "Loser" Kashiwagi, Cho Ren Sha68k soundtrack)
• All My Life (Daiki Kasho, Gran Turismo 6 soundtrack)
• Curse of Rose (Kaya ft. Selia and Hizaki) ^note  This song is what happens when a Synth-Pop performer asks a Power Metal guitarist to compose a song for him.
• Inglorious (Kerbera)
• Only Acting (Kero Kero Bonito) ^note  The chorus is a 6 while the noise sections ranks from 9 to 11.
• Taxicab Messiah (Kidneythieves)
• Slap Me (Kill Paris)
• I Do Coke (Kill The Noise & Feed Me)
• Under the Gun (The Killers)
• The Wait (Killing Joke)
• Number World (KIKIYAMA, Yume Nikki soundtrack)
• Red and 21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson) ^note  Parts even get close to 7. Definitely one of the hardest songs of the time.
• Detroit Rock City (KISS)
• Funeral for Yesterday (Kittie) ^note At a light 6, this is a softer song for them, as they usually don't go below an 8.
• Positiv ^note  The distorted and oftentimes screamed vocals bring it up to this level. , Virus (Pestilence Mix), Juke Joint Jezebel, Trust and Son of a Gun (KMFDM)
• Lost Souls (Knife Party)
• Mephiles (Hideaki Kobayashi, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) soundtrack)
• Messiah (Konflict)
• No Way and Never Never (Korn)
• Boss Battle and Lucifer II ^note  Switches between 5 and 7. (Ryota Kozuka, Shin Megami Tensei IV soundtrack)
• Obsession ^note  Would be a 3 instrumentally, but the distorted vocals bring it up a few levels. (Klinik)
• The Longhena Cantata (Yoshimi Kudo, DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu soundtrack)
• Mind Breaker (Kuroyume)
• Demon Cleaner and Gardenia (Kyuss)
• Cha Cha Cha (Käärijä)
• Our Truth (Lacuna Coil)
• Burning Up (Ladytron)
• I Wanna Be a Drug Sniffing Dog (Lard)
• Trip -Innocent of D- (opening theme for High School D×D) (Larval Stage Planning) ^note  While the intro riff is clearly a 9, the immediate rest gravitates around a 6. Borderline 7.
• Mortal Thoughts (Leæther Strip)
• Immigrant Song, Achilles Last Stand and How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin)
• The Big Game and Final Showdown (Shawn Lee, Bully soundtrack)
• Hidden (Barry Leitch, San Francisco Rush 2049 soundtrack)
• Knife Fight (Lemon Demon) ^note  Would be a 7 if not for the ending.
• Brand (Lifelover)
• Overdrive (Levela and Dub Zero)
• Cheeki Breeki Hardbass Anthem (Lil Virgnidad)
• Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) and Nookie (Limp Bizkit) ^note  Both are a low 6 due to the rapping breaking the heavy parts up.
• Figure.09 and So Far Away (Linkin Park)
• Rocket Fuel (Liquid Stranger)
• Cult of Personality (Living Colour)
• Prisoner of Society (The Living End)
• Gurenge (LiSA, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Opening) ^note  The crushing main riff makes this a borderline 7, but it has too many softer breaks in-between.
• Game Over (Jacob Lizotte)
• Exploded Diper (Löded Diper)
• Hard Rock Hallelujah (Lordi)
• Postman (Oleksa Lozowchuk, Dead Rising 2 soundtrack)
• Meat Grinder, All for Now, Overdose and Hit the Floor (LudoWig & DJ Electrohead, Katana ZERO soundtrack)
• Acrophobia and Thalassophobia (Jami Lynne, OMORI soundtrack)
• Exhilarate, Rocket, and Spazzmatica Polka ^note  Borderline 7, especially for the ending which reaches that level thanks to the melody being noisier. (Kevin MacLeod)
• Ionic Funk (20XXX Battle Music) (Machine Girl)
• Love Is on the Way (Magic Hammer featuring Hana)
• Intruder Alert (Magnavolt)
• Beast of Blood ^note  A fairly solid 6 due to being a very good example of the “can’t tell if it’s rock or metal” aspect of the level. It makes up for a somewhat tinny mix (all too common for Visual Kei) with the dark atmosphere of it., Seinaru Toki Eien no Inori ^note  Same band and same level as the above, but gets there in a vastly different way: it is a neoclassical piece which reaches a 6 due to sheer darkness and a very distinctive bassline. (Malice Mizer)
• Generator Room, The Citadel and Dark Maker Ship (Josh Mancell, Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy and Jak 3 soundtracks)
• Yes Die In The Summertime and P.C.P (Manic Street Preachers) ^note  All these tracks are from their Darker and Edgier third album, which ranges from a 4-7.
• Lux Aeterna ^note  Rare example of pure Classical Music at this level., Supermarket Sweep ^note  Starts at 4 and suddenly reaches 11 towards the end before becoming a 6., Sara Goldfarb Has Left the Building ^note  Initially starts at a 1, but eventually builds up to 10 as the track gets more fearful and tense., Meltdown ^note  Initially starts at 4 like its earlier versions, but then the strings become even more shrill, and that, compounded with the electronic noises and banging, puts it at least at a 5. What soldifies it at a 6 is the ending, which builds up to 11. and Fear ^note  Starts at 1 and momentarily reaches 11 in the middle, and while it doesn't get too heavy afterwards, the mood is tense and fearful enough to keep it at least at a soft 6. (Clint Mansell, Requiem for a Dream soundtrack)
• Gas Gas Gas (Manuel)
• Coma White, Disposable Teens and Rock Is Dead (Marilyn Manson)
• Die Very Rough (Mario Judah) ^note  Rare example of a trap song going up to this level due to Judah's dramatic, hateful Large Ham vocals. Some live performances (As demonstrated by Genius lyrics) go up to a 7 with outright screaming at a few points
• Neon Demon (Cliff Martinez, The Neon Demon soundtrack)
• Battle! Giratina ^note  Starts at 4 and then alternates between 4 and 6 before becoming a 7 around 1:05. It would be even heavier if it weren't for the soundfont. Yes, you read this right. GaMetal's cover is a 9. (Junichi Masuda, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl soundtrack)
• Kick Out the Jams (MC5)
• Girlfriend (Peter McConnell, (As Kabbage Boy) Brütal Legend Soundtrack)^note A VERY SOFT 6 overall (if not arguably even lower), in deliberate contrast to the more "legit" metal styles found in the game. In fact the only reason it's a 6 at all is because of the first 11 seconds before the vocals kick in.
• Attacked by Monsters (Meat Puppets)
• Nuclear Flash (Juan Medrano & zircon) ^note  The original Flash Man Stage from Mega Man 2 is a 2.
• Countdown to Extinction, Addicted To Chaos and Super Collider (Megadeth) ^note  Rides the line between levels 6 and 7.
• Fade to Black, One ^note The song starts out as a 2 for roughly the first three and a half minutes, then jumps into a 6, gradually moving up to 7, then 8 for the rest of the song. All in all, it probably balances out as a 6.Motorbreath (Unplugged Version) ^note This live song nicely demonstrates how hard you can get with just an acoustic guitar. The electrified version, meanwhile, is a pretty solid 8., The House That Jack Built, Until It Sleeps and (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth (Metallica)
• I Want to Be Cold (The Microphones)
• March Into the Sea ^note  The hardest song on what's otherwise a pretty soft/poppy Modest Mouse album, thanks to Isaac Brock's incredibly deranged vocal delivery. (Modest Mouse)
• Crackshot (Moody Good & Leotrix)
• Bots Build Bots and Science is Fun ^note  Borderline 7. (Mike Morasky, Portal 2 soundtrack)
• All-Clear Signal (Mark Morgan, Fallout 2 soundtrack)
• Kickstart My Heart ^note  Despite being very fast, it's ultimately way too catchy for a 7., Looks That Kill and Hooligan's Holiday (Mötley Crüe)
• Stone Dead Forever (Motörhead)
• Mississippi Queen (Mountain)
• Nazis and CAMELFUCK ^note  Starts at 9, then moves to a light 5, then to a 4, a light 6, and finally, 4 and a light 5 once again. (Mr. Oizo)
• Today Is A Good Day (Mudhoney)
• Happy? (Mudvayne)
• Virus (Sean Murray, Call of Duty: Black Ops soundtrack)
• Hysteria, Plug In Baby, Supremacy^note The quiet interludes keep it from a 7., and Stockholm Syndrome (Muse)
• Onii-Chan ^note  The drops alternate between brief, level 7-8 segments of dubstep and softer "beeping" sections that go on for longer, averaging the song out at this level. (MUST DIE!)
• When You Sleep, Only Shallow and I Only Said (My Bloody Valentine) ^note  My Bloody Valentine's entire Signature Style is that they essentially wrote pop songs that were brute-forced to this level of hardness by Kevin Shields' wall of guitar noise. This becomes more obvious when you hear Japancakes' acoustic Loveless Cover Album, which is entirely a 1.
• Erupter ^note  m1dy's remix is an 11. The Rev. 2016 version is a 10. Shinji Hosoe's arrangement is a 7., Stab and Stomp! ^note  The Rev. 2016 version is also here; so is the Armed Police Batrider version. Takayuki Aihara's arrangement is a borderline 7. and Let Ass Kick Together! (Manabu Namiki, Battle Garegga and Armed Police Batrider soundtracks)
• Satisfy (Nero)
• Child Protective Services Theme Song ^note  The main part is a 6, though there are a few heavier sections that push it towards a borderline 7. and No Money Down Low Monthly Payments ^note  Shifts between a 2/3 and a 9. (Nero's Day at Disneyland)
• Believe in Nothing ^note  A very soft 6. (Nevermore)
• (You Can Still) Rock in America (Night Ranger)
• Over The Hills And Far Away (Nightwish)
• Night of Fire (Niko)
• The Way Out Is Through ^note  This would be a 7 if it wasn't for the quiet introduction., The Day The World Went Away ^note  The Original/Album version, and up here at 6 due to how incredibly loud the sound is, despite having no drums and having a quiet verse., and Eraser (Nine Inch Nails)
• Smells Like Teen Spirit and Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle (Nirvana)
• New Game (Nitro Fun)
• Crystal Viper Battle 1 (Erina Niwa, Vanquish soundtrack)
• Breakdown VIP and Wipeout (Noisestorm)
• Ether (Nothingface) ^note  The finale gives it the bite to reach out of a 5.
• Drop Out (NW 260, DanceDanceRevolution soundtrack)
• Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix (Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori, Halo 2 soundtrack)
• Paysage Dépaysé ^note  The songs moves through many levels of the scale, with 1 at its softest and 9 at its heaviest. It's been averaged out here. (OAKE)
• Morning Glory, Bring It on Down, and Headshrinker (Oasis)
• Broken Generation (Of Mice and Men)
• The Kids Aren't Alright (The Offspring)
• What the Hell (Ohio Players) ^note With its heavy use of tritones, half-diminished seventh chords, and heavily-distorted (for the 1970s) electric guitar shredding, this is about as hard as funk rock can get before becoming funk metal.
• Pedestrian Wolves (Oingo Boingo)
• Rage Racer, as well as the Ridge Racers 2 remix (Hiroshi Okubo, Rage Racer soundtrack)
• Brock (Commander) (Hideki Okugawa, Dead Rising soundtrack)
• Liar (One Ok Rock)
• Face of Melinda (Opeth)
• Freundschaft (Orange Sector)
• Highly Strung (Orianthi ft. Steve Vai) ^note  The wide range of low and high tones plus various tempos put the song here. It would have been at level 5 without these effects.
• Transmutation ^note  Moves throughout the scale, averaging out here. (Orphx)
• Dab ^note  Borderline 7; gets here due to how chaotic it is. (John Oswald)
• B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) (Outkast)
• Richmond is a Hole (Pageninetynine)
• Cemetery Gates (Pantera)
• Last Resort and Still Swingin' ^note  One of the hardest level 6 songs. (Papa Roach)
• In All Honesty (Paradise Lost) ^note  The heaviness of the percussion pushes this song up from a 5. A typical example of a Gothic Metal song at this level, made lighter by strong Dark Wave influences.
• Chaoz Devotion, Chaoz Impact and Chaoz Japan (from Castle Crashers) (ParagonX9)
• Careful and Now ^note  A pretty light 6, but still one of Paramore's harder songs. (Paramore)
• Chicken (파란노을 (Parannoul))
• L'Oeil écoute (Bernard Parmegiani)
• Aurora ^note  Averaged out here overall, since the harsher first part is a 7, the more melodic second part is a 6, and the buildup that connects the two is a 1 until its climax. (Paul Arcane & Scolario)
• Pain (Larry Peacock, Descent II: The Vertigo Series soundtrack)
• Go and Spin the Black Circle ^note  The tempo pushes this to a borderline 7. (Pearl Jam)
• Tarantula (Pendulum)
• Fuck Authority (Pennywise)
• Judith (A Perfect Circle) ^note  Borderline 7 with the background screams.
• Hiding (Pianos Become the Teeth)
• Regret Forever ^note  The drop is a 10, while the rest of the song isn't that heavy. (PIKL3R & Veinweaver)
• In the Flesh?/In the Flesh, The Nile Song and Ibiza Bar (Pink Floyd)
• Wafer Thin (Pitch Shifter)
• Debaser (The Pixies)^note Black Francis's deranged vocal delivery keeps it from a 5.
• Pure Morning (Placebo) ^note  The noisy industrial-influenced instrumentation puts this here but the melodic hook prevents it from going any higher.
• Psychosis (Poets of the Fall)
• Youth of the Nation (P.O.D.)
• Play Destroy ^note Perfect example of a Mood Whiplash song. The metal sections are a soft 8, while the synthpop parts are a 3. and Fear of Dying ^note A good example of a pop-punk song with elements from more aggressive genres. This version is a borderline 7 but the original by Jack Off Jill is a standard 6. (Poppy)
• Deadwing and Blackest Eyes ^note  Despite the song's very soft vocals, verses, and refrain, its really heavy main riff keeps it at this level. (Porcupine Tree)
• Dead Freight ^note  Borderline 7. and We're a Family ^note  Starts at 1 and builds up to a soft 6. (Dave Porter, Breaking Bad soundtrack)
• We Carry On ^note  Probably their heaviest song to date. (Portishead)
• Bang Yer Head (Portraits of Past)
• Cold December (Presence)
• Death By Rock and Roll (The Pretty Reckless)
• My Name Is Mud (Primus) ^note Live versions often creep up to a very soft 7.
• Facing the Spider (Robert Prince, DOOM soundtrack)
• Breathe, Claustrophobic Sting, Firestarter and Their Law (The Prodigy)
• V and NCPD Prowl (Marcin Przybyłowicz, Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack)
• Bring the Noise 20XX (Public Enemy) ^note This is the version with Zakk Wylde. The version with Anthrax is a 7.
• Testament (Pure Karnage)
• Go Pussy Go (Pzychobitch)
• Dirty Words (The Qemists ft. Matt Rose & Bruno Balanta) ^note Easily the Qemists's softest song to date.
• The Hitman, Gimmie the Prize, White Man, and Dead on Time^note Nudged in here thanks to it's breakneck-fast tempo.(Queen)
• No One Knows and How To Handle A Rope (Queens of the Stone Age)
• Before the Storm (Queensrÿche)
• Cum On Feel The Noize (Quiet Riot) ^note The original by Slade would be a 4 or 5.
• Circus Envy, Star 69, Departure (R.E.M.)
• Run Around (Jasan Radford)
• Electioneering ^note A contrast from the rest of OK Computer, which is at Levels 2 and 3., The Bends ^note  A good example of straight-forward alternative rock at this level., Bodysnatchers, and 2 + 2 = 5 (Radiohead)
• Terror ^note  Track builds up to a 7 until eventually reaching a soft 8 in the climax and ending at 3. (Zakir Rahman, the white chamber soundtrack)
• Stargazer (Rainbow)
• Black Betty (Ram Jam)
• Du Hast, Eifersucht, Mutter and Führe Mich (Rammstein)
• Prison Ambience (Michael Reagan, Twisted Metal Black soundtrack)
• Parallel Universe (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Face Down ^note Goes higher than average for emo-pop due to the incredibly furious delivery. The album version is a borderline 7 due to screaming, but it's too brief and the song is otherwise not intense enough. (The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus)
• Color Me Impressed (The Replacements)
• Throw Another Banjo on the Fire and Steak Thru the Heart (Ridiculon, Super Meat Boy soundtrack)
• Savior and Re-Education (Through Labor) (Rise Against) ^note Both are pretty hard 6s
• Dying Light (Riverwood)
• I Wanna Be Your Man and Sway (The Rolling Stones)
• Electric Elephant (Rotersand)
• Little Monster (Royal Blood)
• Caravan ^note  More of a straight forward 6., 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx (Rush) ^note These are the first two parts of the song; the rest moves around. 'The Discovery' would be around 1, while 'The Presentation' is basically a back-and-forth between the styles of parts 2 and 3. Soliloquy and Grand Finale, the last two parts of the song, are at 6.
• Woo Boost (Rusko)
• MTC (S3RL)
• Shiroyama ^note  Borderline 7. (Sabaton)
• Let Me Live My Life (Saint Asonia)
• Boss Area (Go Sato, Raiden Fighters soundtrack)
• Edge of Thorns (Savatage)
• Never Sleep (Saviour) ^note  This is a strange example for a song this low, as the song includes plenty of Harsh Vocals and mosh parts that would normally only be found much higher. The heaviest parts are around an 8. Ultimately though the song is too melody-driven throughout to go any higher.
• Étude aux chemins de fer ^note  Would probably land at a 4-5 overall if not for some harsher bits in the beginning and towards the end. (Pierre Schaeffer)
• Rock You Like A Hurricane and No One Like You, Now!! Dynamite (Scorpions)
• Fake It (Seether)
• Adam's Apple (SEIKIMA-II)
• Killing Me, Killing You (Sentenced)
• Class Idea (Seo Taiji and Boys)
• Ratamahatta (Sepultura) ^note  While most of Sep's non-instrumental music is an 8 or 9, this tribal rap/metal song is a pretty solid 6.
• God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols) ^note  Back when it was first released in 1977, it would have been rated higher for the political controversy alone.
• Hazardous Highway ^note  Overall, the song is very close to a 7. The remix is a 7. (Yoko Shimomura, Kingdom Hearts II soundtrack)
• Drain This Lord (SHXCXCHCXSH)
• Machine Flick (Silex)
• Sweet Paralysis, World's End Valentine and OMORI ^note  Starts at 1, but builds up to a 4, then a 7. The ALTER version is a 10. (Pedro Silva, OMORI soundtrack)
• Israel's Son (Silverchair) ^note  The ending is a pretty solid 7.
• Pressure (Skindred)
• Pro-Test (Skinny Puppy)
• Bloodsport ^note  A hard 6. (Tim Skold & KMFDM)
• First of the Year (Equinox), Recess (with Kill the Noise) and Rock n' Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain) ^note  Several parts during the drops may reach 7, but are offset by more melodic elements. (Skrillex)
• Ghost (Slash)
• Vermillion, Part 1, ^note Despite the occasional screaming, the song's relatively relaxed tempo and mostly quiet singing bring it down to this level.Dead Memories ^note Discounting ballads, this might be their softest song. and Finale ^note  A contrast from most of The End, So Far, which ranges from a hard 8 to 10, being their heaviest album since Iowa. (Slipknot)
• Bullet With Butterfly Wings (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• don't (snayk) ^note Starts at a hard 3 and ends at a 9, averaging out here. The version used in Castle Crashers, (Please) Don't, is a 3, due it getting softer after the first part until the ending, which is closer to level 5.
• Departure Plan (Soilwork)
• Locus, Metal and Rise (Masayoshi Soken, Final Fantasy XIV soundtrack)
• Not What I Wanted (Solar Fake)
• Lethean Tears (Solution .45) ^note  This would be a 4 or 5 if not for the double bass drumming in the final chorus.
• Operation Overlord, March of the Stroggs and The Underworld (Sonic Mayhem, Quake II soundtrack)
• 'Cross the Breeze (Sonic Youth) ^note  Though the guitar intro and outro feel like a 3 and 4 respectively, the rest of the track is heavy enough to make up for it, especially with some of Kim Gordon's most intense singing.
• quetiapine (Sorry about my face) ^note  About as soft as breakcore gets.
• My Wave, Let Me Drown and Rusty Cage ^note  Borderline 7. Possibly one of the heavier examples at this level. (Soundgarden)
• Black Betty (Spiderbait)
• Uka Uka, Slip Slide Icecapades ^note  Mostly for the second half of the song. , and Evil Twins ^note  Mainly for 1:55-2:41 (Spiralmouth, Crash Twinsanity soundtrack)
• Run from the Feeling (SPL)
• I See Red (Split Enz) ^note Because Level 6 is harder than most New Wave and a fair amount of Punk Rock, the two genres sometimes blur into each other here.
• Haunt Me ^note  Borderline 7. (Spor)
• A Journey to Reedham and Fat Controller ^note  Despite the heavy synth basslines, which are usually 6-7 but peak at a hard 8, the beats aren't as heavy and the harder sections are balanced out by softer drum-based sections, which lands the song here. (Squarepusher)
• Save Yourself (Stabbing Westward)
• Not Again (Staind)
• Sonic's Best Pal ^note  Sonic's verses are 2 or 3, Tails' are a 9, borderline 10 at times. and The Book of Nook (Starbomb)
• War (Edwin Starr)
• Anarchy (STARX & Alex Kidd)
• You Are All Bad Guys Phase 1 & Phase 2 (Pascal Michael Stiefel, A Hat in Time soundtrack) ^note  Phase 3 alternates between 4 and 5.
• Suspect Device (Stiff Little Fingers)
• Sin, Dead and Bloated, and Wicked Garden (Stone Temple Pilots)
• Search and Destroy, Raw Power, and Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell (The Stooges)
• The Kiss Of Judas (Stratovarius)
• A Moment of Violence and That'll be the Day ^note  Both are borderline 7s but the ska elements serve to lighten them slightly (Streetlight Manifesto)
• We Are The Pigs (Suede)
• Dying in a Red Room (Suicide Silence) ^note A good example of their nu metal side, as opposed to their usual deathcore leveling at around a 10-11, making this quite the contrast.
• Coward (Swans)
• Set Me Free and Sweet F.A. (Sweet)
• Maiden, Mother, & Crone (The Sword) ^note Would've been a 7 if it were a little faster.
• Chop Suey! (System of a Down) ^note  The soft interludes keep it from a 7 or an 8.
• Giygas' Intimidation (Hirokazu Tanaka & Keiichi Suzuki, EarthBound (1994) soundtrack)
• Mr. Philips and Derailed (Tangerine Dream, Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack)
• Love 2 Dislike Me (TechN9ne ft. Liz Suwandi & Tyler Lion) ^note  Roughly 7 at the end.
• The Rukus ^note  Borderline 7. (Technical Itch)
• D City Rock and I Want You (Theme Of Scanty & Kneesocks) (TeddyLoid, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt soundtrack)
• Let Go (Teebee)
• The Bane ^note  Borderline 7. (Telemetrik & Hyx)
• Genocide (Tenzubushi, V.S. TABI Ex Boyfriend soundtrack)
• Bad Reputation (Thin Lizzy)
• Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster (Thee Oh Sees)
• Currency in a Bankrupt World and I Am (Theocracy)
• Animal I Have Become (Three Days Grace)
• Black Honey (Thrice)
• What A Day (Throbbing Gristle)
• internal front ^note  While the heaviest parts are 10, most of it is around level 2. ([tongue crush])
• Prison Sex (tool)
• Till It’s Over ^note  The softer parts keep it from 7, though it’s still a very hard 6. (Tristam)
• Antisocial (Trust)
• Rainforest (Version I) (David Tudor)
• To Holmgard and Beyond (Turisas)
• I Wanna Rock (Twisted Sister)
• My Girlfriend's Girlfriend (Type O Negative)
• Regin Smiður ^note  Translation: "Regin the Smith". and Ramund hin Unge (Týr)
• Bullet the Blue Sky (U2)
• Bitores Mendez (Shusaku Uchiyama & Misao Senbongi, Resident Evil 4 soundtrack)
• Dignity of Spirit (UNLUCKY MORPHEUS) ^note  a circle specialising in arranging music from the Touhou-Series.
• On Fire, Hot for Teacher, and I'm the One ^note Assuming you ignore the short acapella doo-wop break in the middle. (Van Halen)
• Blood Hunter (Varien)
• Phucking Phreak (Velvet Acid Christ)
• Slither (Velvet Revolver) ^note Hard 5 for most of the song, but solid 7 during the solo.
• White Light/White Heat (The Velvet Underground) ^note  Bonus points for the distorted bass at the end.
• Bebikukorica Nigiri (Venetian Snares)
• Buried Alive (Venom)
• moment (Vierre Cloud)
• Sex and Religion (Violet UK) ^note  The majority of the song is here - though Yoshiki's drum solo section - one of his absolute best post neck injuries and prior to his 2009 surgery - is a high 7 or 8, easily comparable with any of his pre-injury work.
• Dragons (Virtual Riot)
• Evil is Sexy (Voldemort)
• Der Gregolini ^note  The level 8 ending bumps it up from a 3 or 4. (Void Kampf)
• Toxic Waste (VV Audio Team, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy soundtrack)
• Senbonzakura (Wagakki Band) ^note Creeps up to a 7 when the double bass drumming starts kicking in.
• Reanimate (Warak)
• Arena of Pleasure (W.A.S.P. (Band))
• Clutterfunk (Waterflame, Geometry Dash soundtrack) ^note  The lighter industrial-dance sections, which are a 4, are broken up by the heavy dubstep section, which is a 9.
• Getchoo, Tired Of Sex ^note  The guitar solo is a borderline 7., Falling For You^note one of the hardest non-ironic love songs on this whole scale, American Gigolo and One More Hit (Weezer)
• IGNORANT (WHIPPED CREAM)
• Black Mass: An Electric Storm In Hell ^note  Starts at 1, then moves forward to 2 and jumps all over the scale, even reaching 10 at some points. (White Noise)
• Fell in Love with a Girl (The White Stripes)
• This Will Be The Day (Jeff Williams)
• The Demon Dance (Julian Winding, The Neon Demon soundtrack)
• Alchemy ^note  Borderline 7. (Wintermute)
• Big Top Bop ^note  While the guitars are very downtuned, it's too slow and synth heavy for a 7. (David Wise, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze soundtrack)
• Woman and Cosmic Egg (Wolfmother)
• Born to Be Free (X Japan)
• Milestone (Xenturion Prime)
• Ashes and Ghost ^note  Mainly gets up here due to the fear factor. and Silent Scream ^note  Inexplicable foray into Alternative Metal and Gothic Metal, borderline 7 but the quieter parts keep it here. (Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill: Revelation 3D soundtrack)
• dazies (Yeule)
• F!#*in Up, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) (Neil Young)
• Future Candy (YUC'e)
• Who Are the Brain Police? (Frank Zappa)
• Last Proof (Zaq, Trinity Seven soundtrack)
• Tribal War and The Kraken (Hans Zimmer, Black Hawk Down and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest soundtracks)
• City 2 City (Zomboy)
• Molecular Clock ^note  The beats land around 3 at the lowest and 4 at the highest, but the constant noise brings it up here. (Zuntata, RayStorm soundtrack)
• Lower State of Consciousness (ZZT) ^note  Starts in the 2-3 range. Then, it builds up to a hard 4 before reaching the harsh beeping section, which is mainly in the 7-9 range.
• Hasty Boom Alert (μ-Ziq) ^note  Due to some of the gentler passages, it's a soft 6.