Mohs Rock Metal / Level 8

We're in the final stretch, and the music here is starting to become absolutely relentless. Watch your step here. Listeners new to heavy metal should ideally check out songs from levels 6 and 7 first.

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Genres: Thrash Metal, harder Power Metal, Doom Metal, Death 'n' Roll, harder Speed Metal, the hardest Post-Hardcore / Post-Grunge, Crossover Thrash, Groove Metal, Djent, harder Industrial Metal, harder Grunge, Sludge Metal, harder Post-Metal, Blackgaze, harder Progressive Metal, harder Hardcore Punk ^note  Especially D-beat and harder Street Punk., softer Melodic Death Metal, very soft Black Metal, Metalcore, Drum and Bass, softer Screamo, Industrial Hip-Hop, EBM, Brostep, Hard Trance, harder Noise Rock, the hardest Traditional Heavy Metal / Hair Metal ^note  Though Hair Metal at this level is usually significantly influenced by extreme metal or other abrasive genres., harder Alternative Metal / Nu Metal, harder Trap Metal, harder Folk Metal, softer Drill n' Bass / Breakcore, Russian Hardbass

Matching mineral: Topaz

• Rainbow Planet (すてらべえ)
• What Was I Thinking? (311) ^note  Would be a 7 without the distorted vocals, 311's heaviest song.
• Spooky Scary Skeletons Meets Metal (331Erock and Miracle of Sound)
• Merchant of the Void (3Teeth & Mick Gordon)
• The Solution and The Point (Abbey Nex)
• Der Grosse Tod ^note  Re-recorded Der Fünfzehnjährige Krieg version. (Absurd)
• The Sleeper Awakens ^note  By far, their softest song. (Abysmal Dawn)
• Tranquilized (Acid Bath)
• & (AERO GROS M) ^note  The two extremely harsh noise sections place this song higher on the scale than it would be without those sections.
• Not Unlike the Waves (Agalloch)
• Copperhead (Aghast View)
• Abbatoir ^note  Borderline 9 for reaching 10 sometimes. (AGLORY)
• Super Miriam (Airdorf, FAITH: The Unholy Trinity soundtrack) ^note  Disregarding the short level 1 interlude towards the end.
• Battle (Ajapai)
• We All Die! (Alec Empire)
• Black Sails at Midnight (Alestorm)
• A Looking in View ^note  The only reason this isn't a 7 is because of the sheer musical mass of the instruments and the depressing tone, as there are no real harsh vocals present., God Smack, Grind, Check My Brain, Phantom Limb ^note  Probably the closest the band has come to an outright thrash song, its one of the fastest, most aggressive riffs they've ever recorded. Unique for a band that favors a slower, more brooding sound. , Them Bones, Sickman, and Head Creeps ^note  The outro is arguably on the very edge of a 9, but most of the song isn't quite aggressive enough. (Alice in Chains)
• Isolation (Alter Bridge) ^note  The thrashier parts keep it from being a hard 7.
• 16th Wave ^note  Borderline 9; the softer parts bring it down a bit. (Amen Orchestra)
• The Last Stand of Frej and Put Your Back Into the Oar (Amon Amarth)
• Woodlawn (Ampere)
• A Metaphor for the Dead (Anaal Nathrakh) ^note  A soft 8; unusual for a band that typically makes 10-11 material.
• Frigid Bitch (Anacrusis)
• King of the Hoard (William Anderson, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic soundtrack) ^note  Yes, you read this right as well.
• Skinny Little Bitch, A la mode, a la morte, Havoc, Princess Chaos (Angelspit Remix) and Jugular (Baal Remix) (Angelspit)
• Striker (Annihilator)
• Among the Living, Metal Thrashing Mad, Zero Tolerance and H8 Red (Anthrax)
• The Flow (Mashok Remix) (Antima)
• FlutERR (SMOR3S remix) (Aoshi ft. Fluttershy)
• 54 Cymru Beats ^note  Starts at a 7/borderline 8, then becomes a 9 for the latter half of the song, and reaches 10 for a while just before the end. Overall, on the heavier end of 8. and Metapharstic (Aphex Twin)
• Goi, Rode, Goi! (Arkona) ^note  The clean vocal segments and the folk-ish vibe keeps it from being 9.
• The Black (Asking Alexandria)
• Deception (Aslan Faction)
• Mannequin Republic (At The Drive-In)
• Carol of the Bells (August Burns Red)
• 6IE.CR ^note  Would be a 9 if not for the calmer, relatively subdued later parts of the song., P.:NTIL ^note  The intro is a 5. Then, it becomes a 6 and steadily gets heavier until it's around a 9-10. After that it settles down into a 7 until the end of the song. Second Bad Vilbel and V-PROC ^note  Intro starts a 6, but gets progressively heavier, peaking at 9. The main part of the song is a soft 8. (Autechre)
• Nightmare and God Hates Us (Avenged Sevenfold) ^note  While the latter song is definitely the heaviest thing Avenged Sevenfold has done in years, it's still ultimately too melodic and "catchy" to be a 9. Meanwhile, the occasional bouts of metalcore screaming bring the former song above a 7.
• Ghosts, First Variation (Albert Ayler) ^note  Mostly due to the atonal and noisy sax playing. Would have been off the scale when it was first released in 1965.
• Blue Alice, Big Plans and 1000 Transmissions (Ayria)
• Catch Me if You Can (BABYMETAL)
• Starfire Burning Upon the Ice Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule (Bal-Sagoth)
• Outrage ^note  Starts at 7, but turns into this level later on. (Thomas Bangalter)
• Catacombs ^note  Goes up and down the scale, starting and ending at level 9. (Tyler Bates & Joel J. Richard, John Wick: Chapter 2 soundtrack)
• At the Base of the Giant’s Throat and Bones in the Water ^note  Borderline 9. (Battle of Mice)
• I Have a Problem (Beartooth)
• Heart Attack Man (Beastie Boys) ^note  Don't let the comedic, folky intro fool you, this showcases Beastie Boys' hardcore punk side. Anyone who is only familiar with their more hip hop-oriented material is in for a surprise.
• Revolution 9 ^note  Soft 8; gets up here due to the multiple layers of sound, its chaotic and disorganized nature, and the second half of the song until around 7 minutes in. Yes, really. (The Beatles)
• Mindflay (Being)
• Aspect (Be'lakor)
• Rows (of Endless Waves) ^note  Solid 10 at its hardest and 1 at its softest. (Bell Witch)
• L Dopa, The Power of Independent Trucking and Bad Penny (Big Black)
• 5 Years ^note  Up here due to the harsh beats and Bjork's more dramatic vocals starting from the middle. (Björk)
• Getting Stronger Remix (Black Gryph0n & Baasik ft. Michelle Creber) ^note  Their hardest track yet. They went full out dubstep for this one.
• Night in New Chiang Saen (Black Rain)
• Methademic and Symptom of the Universe (live 1978) ^note  Ozzy's angry vocals in this version, and the lack of the much softer outro from the studio version, manage to push the song to this level. (Black Sabbath)
• Arrakis ^note  Hard 8. Noisia's remix is a 10. (Black Sun Empire)
• Stolen Omen ^note  Probably their heaviest song as of yet, thanks to Andy's death growls. and Faithless ^note  The Double Bass kick and harsh riffing prevent this song from falling to a 7. (Black Veil Brides)
• Into the Storm (Blind Guardian)
• Je Me Perds (Blood Red Shoes) ^note  The hardcore punk sound and the distorted screamed vocals helps keep the song this high, which is unusual for Blood Red Shoes.
• Freedom (Blood Stain Child) ^note  If it wasn't for the trance elements, this would easily be a 10.
• ULTRAnumb, Scrape and Ready Aim Fire (Blue Stahli)
• Reefer Sutherland (Bongripper) ^note  The song would classify as a 9 or 10, but the quiet section at around 7 minutes in prevents it from going higher on the list.
• Guided Relaxation Dub (Borgore)
• Texte 2 (André Boucourechliev)
• Reality (Boys Noize)
• Throw It All Away (Everett Bradley, Sonic Adventure 2 soundtrack) ^note  The initial part after the intro is a 9, but it gets somewhat cleaner as it goes on.
• Live at the Sandopolis (Braincells)
• Shadow Moses ^note  Borderline 9 for its djent-influenced riffing. and Chelsea Smile ^note  A borderline 9, but for entirely different reasons. (Bring Me the Horizon)
• Into the Black (The Bronx) ^note  An example of Hardcore Punk that reaches this level due to Thrash Metal influences.
• Great Grandfather's Death ^note  The intro is a 1-2, while the extratone part is a 10. and End This. ^note  Would probably be a borderline 11 if not for the softer ambient sections. (Brunatny)
• Headache FM ^note  Borderline 9. (B.S.E.)
• Bio Lab ^note  Soft 8. (BT, Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas soundtrack)
• Nakayubi (BUCK-TICK) ^note  In the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness, though, this would easily be a 9-10.
• Who Was In My Room Last Night? (Butthole Surfers)
• At the Gallows End, Solitude and Mourner's Lament (Candlemass)
• Move Around (Camo & Krooked ft. Ian Shaw)
• Unfit For Human Consumption (Carcass) ^note  The thrashy guitar sound keeps it from a 9.
• Big Arms (Cash Cash & Jun Senoue, Sonic Generations soundtrack)
• Switchback ^note  The intro is a hard 2, which then transitions abruptly to an 8. The Detroit 2000 remix is also here., I Believe You, Own Little World ^note  Both are borderline 9., Narrow Escape, A Matter of Time and Shapeshifter (Celldweller)
• Jesus Freak (DC Talk cover) (Chasing Victory) ^note  Too slow with too many quiet parts to be a 9, but the general abrasiveness keeps it above a 7.
• Escape Wavefold (The Chemical Brothers, Hanna soundtrack) ^note  Probably one of the heaviest songs the duo has produced; it even reaches 10 at one point.
• Madness 7 (Cheshyre, Madness Combat soundtrack)
• B2 (Chuck Person) ^note  A very distorted loop of Teddy Pendergrass' "Love T.K.O." A hard 8 due to the distortion and pitchshifting applied, causing atonality. Becomes a borderline 10 at the climax because of the amount of layering and even heavier distortion. The latter half of the track is a 3.
• Machines of Our Disgrace (Circle of Dust)
• Fly Around ^note  One of the hardest Cirque songs, if not the hardest. (Cirque du Soleil, Amaluna)
• Delete (Clan of Xymox)
• Uiqwenmokdan (Clouds)
• Underneath (Code Orange) ^note  The prominent use of Glitch-like effects make it a borderline 9.
• I Want Your Blood (Combichrist)
• Phoenix In Flight (Converge) ^note  The coda, Phoenix In Flames, is a solid 11.
• The Emigrant's Wake (Cormorant)
• Vote With A Bullet (Corrosion of Conformity)
• Maniac (Counterstrike)
• Theremin ^note  A 10 by 1990s standards. Still a borderline 9 today; so is the Club Edit, which starts out softer but gets heavier later on, peaking at the upper end of level 9., Voices, Like Tears in Rain, Edge of Dawn, Call the Ships to Port ^note  Soft 8. and Figurehead (album version) ^note  Starts off at 9. The Plain version is a 7. (Covenant)
• Bullets (Creed)
• Caledonia (Cromagnon) ^note  This song is very difficult to fit on the modern scale, though it's arguably at least a hard 8 for the vocals alone. Back in 1969, it would have went WELL BEYOND level 11.
• Eclipse (Crossfaith)
• Leave Me Here (Cult of Luna)
• Rollin' and Scratchin' ^note  Initially starts at a hard 4, then becomes a 5 once the beats get heavier, and once the titular "scratching" noises come in it's a 7 before becoming an 8 due to the general harshness. It momentarily reaches 10 before it ends at levels 5-6, and is averaged out here. and Rock 'n' Roll ^note  Starts at 3; the initial noisy part is a 6, which turns into a borderline 8 and then a 9 before dropping down to 1, gradually moving to 11, and ending at a borderline 4. On average, it's at this level. (Daft Punk)
• Pride Battle (Blow by Blow) and Sergeant Battle Pt. 3 ^note  A soft 8; starts in the 5-6 range and gets more abrasive later on. (Traz Damji, Dead Rising 3 soundtrack)
• Become Wrath (Dance With the Dead)
• Snowdrifts (Dark Lunacy)
• Misery's Crown (Dark Tranquillity)
• Sadtone Inside ^note  A soft 8; while the beat and intro are soft, the song has a harsh tone in the background that puts it here. (Darkblack XIII)
• Demon(s) (Darkest Hour)
• Lightspeed (Datsik & Kill The Noise)
  • Nasty ^note  Borderline 9. (Datsik & Virtual Riot)
  • Vindicate ^note  Borderline 9. (Datsik & Excision)
• The Reason They Hate Me (Daughters)
• Portrait of Homicide (Dawn of Ashes)
• A Plot to Bomb the Panhandle and 2nd Sucks ^note  Extremely high 8, would be a 9 if it weren't for the generally more accessible growled vocals of ADTR. (A Day to Remember)
• Nazi Punks Fuck Off (Dead Kennedys)
• FML ^note  The buildup steadily climbs up to an 8, the first drop and ending are a 4, the second drop is a soft 8, and there's a soft interlude to balance things out that starts at level 1 but soon progresses to the buildup again. Overall, it's here since it's mainly at level 8. and Stereo Fidelity ^note  The sounds used are very harsh, but brief, while the beats alone are at level 3, and the "speeding up" sections reach level 11. It's been averaged out at this level. (deadmau5)
• The Devil Incarnate (Death Angel)
• Takyon (Death Yon), Guillotine, Hacker, Blood Creepin and On GP ^note  Prevented from being a 7 due to the noisier parts. (Death Grips)
• Fuze (VIP) (Deathmatics)
• Carnal Malefactor (Deathspell Omega) ^note  A comparatively light song from a band known for making mostly level 11 Black Metal. Without the lengthy Old Church Slavonic chant interlude this would probably be a 9, but it's still too melodic, slow, and chilled out to reach a 10, even with the harsh vocals. On the other hand, the metal parts are probably still too heavy for this to qualify as anything below an 8. A Surprisingly Gentle Song by this band's standards nonetheless.
• Zombie (Death SS) ^note  Black Metal before the term existed. The album version from 10 years later is a 7 due to the better production values. Off the scale for 1977.
• Blitzkrieg (Deathstars)
• Bio-Vital ^note  The Frozen Autumn's cover is a 5. and 2Faces (Decoded Feedback)
• Kansas City (Winter Face Remix) (Deenk ft. MC Kyla)
• Black Death (The Defiled)
• 7 Words ^note  Balances out here. The verses are a 6, but the chorus jumps into a 9, while the rapped bridge (apart from the ear-piercing scream) is an 8., CMND CTRL and Headup ^note  Definitely a borderline 9.(Deftones)
• Hammer of Damnation (Demoniac)
• Cursed Reality (Demonic Pressure & Lilith)
  • Mask Off ^note  Borderline 9. (Demonic Pressure & Distorted Vortex)
• Healing Vision (Full Hate Mix) ^note  The original and Angelic mixes are 5 and 6, respectively. (De-Sire & 2MB, DanceDanceRevolution soundtrack)
• Clouds over California (DevilDriver) ^note  The thrashy guitar tone keeps it from going up to 9. Still, it's a pretty soft song for a band known for making 9/10 Melodic Death Metal / Groove Metal.
• Devils Never Cry (Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening soundtrack) ^note  Obviously ignore the intro. The ominous tone and the spine-chilling death growls towards the end of the song puts this above 7.
• Vaporous ^note  Borderline 9. (Devouring Annihilation)
• Embers, Soul Snatcher and Bipolar (Bossfight Remix) ^note  Borderline 9. (Dex Arson)
• The Way (Dharmata)
• Exit Strategy of a Wrecking Ball (Diablo Swing Orchestra) ^note  The orchestrated sections keep it from being a borderline 9.
• Pentakill ^note  Hits as low as 6, but predominantly a soft 8 thanks to the bass growls in the drops. (Different Heaven)
• Sludgefeast (Dinosaur Jr.) ^note  A good example of how noisiness can affect a song's level. Would be at a 7 or maybe even a hard 6 otherwise.
• Jesus, Mary, and the Holy Ghost (Dio)
• CLEVER SLEAZOID ^note  Borderline 9 thanks to the old-school Death Metal influences.and LOTUS ^note  Despite the lack of harsh vocals, it still gets here due to the dense Doom Metal-influenced instrumentation. (Dir en grey)
• Vandals ^note  Borderline 9 for the faster parts towards the end. (Dirtyphonics)
• Post Apocalyptia (DIS-M3M-B3R)
• Chester (Disarmonia Mundi)
• Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (Discharge)
• Gone (Disembodied) ^note  The melodic and spoken word vocals parts take it down here from a 9.
• Chaos (Last Battle Theme) (Dissidia Final Fantasy soundtrack) ^note  First part is around a 4, second part is a 6, third part is a 9. It sits around an 8 on average, though.
• Remnants/Asylum and Immortalized (Disturbed)
• Open Your Eyes and King of Kings ^note  Would be a 7 without the thrashy guitar tone. (Divinefire)
• The Legacy Continues (DJ Attic, Stylzz & G)
• Times Like These ^note  Travels through various parts of the scale, peaking at level 11; it's been balanced out here. (DJ Hidden)
• witness (DJ Kuroneko)
• Trust Nobody ^note  Soft 8 overall. (DJ Snake)
• Acidomanius Comfort ^note  Borderline 9. (DJ Stellar)
• Skelechairs (Doormouse) ^note  The Venetian Snares remix is an 11, starting at a 10 but gradually reaching an 11 as it goes on.
• Zero Punctuation Theme (Ian Dorsch, Zero Punctuation soundtrack)
• Eyes of the South (Down) ^note  The song begins as a 2 in the intro then builds up to a 7 and remains an 8 throughout the rest of the song except for the mellow part before the climax which turns into a 2 at that point before going back to 8 in the climax.
• Frenchcore Worldwide ^note  The drop is a 10, but the first half is the buildup to that drop, which is softer. (Dr. Peacock ft. Da Mouth of Madness)
• War! (DragonForce)
• See You...In Hell (Christopher Drake, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns soundtrack)
• The Glass Prison and The Dark Eternal Night (Dream Theater)
• Forests in Fire and Gold (Drudkh)
• Firestorm (Earth Crisis)
• Suicidal Temple (Earthists)
• Kollaps and Falschgeld (Einstürzende Neubauten) ^note  The title track of Kollaps (obviously named Kollaps) is generally quieter than half of the album itself.
• Du tréfonds des ténèbres (Elend) ^note  Definitely some of the heaviest orchestral music out there, brought up significantly by the harsh vocals.
• Ram It Down ^note  The verses are 4-5, the chorus is an 8, and the finale is an 11. (Dorian Electra)
• Thousandfold (Eluveitie)
• Assasin (Enduser)
• Deathbringer from the Sky (Ensiferum) ^note  Clean vocals and the power metal themed riffs keep this from being a 9.
• Sorry, You're Not a Winner ^note  The near-ubiquitous Chris Barnes-like growls in the finale make it a borderline 9., Sssnakepit and Arguing with Thermometers (Enter Shikari)
• Come Back to Me and Wiiheyhey (Emray)
• Neo Star ^note  The distorted vocals in the verses bump it up from a 7. (The Enigma TNG)
• Bloodlust (Eptic)
• Die Weide und der Fluß (Equilibrium)
• Error 2.0 (Erio)
• Thrasher (Evile)
• The Paradox ^note  A few parts are borderline 9. and Bass Cannon ^note  Borderline 9. (Excision)
  • Robo Kitty (Excision & Downlink)
  • Destroid 3. Crusaders ^note  Borderline 9. (Excision, Downlink & Space Laces)
  • Throwin' Elbows (Excision & Space Laces)
• The Toxic Waltz (Exodus)
• Deadlocked (F-777, Geometry Dash soundtrack)
• Jizzlobber and Surprise! You're Dead! ^note  Faith No More doing thrash metal. (Faith No More)
• Tom Waits (The Fall of Troy) ^note  Middle section dips to about a 5, although the contrast makes the shrieking vocals and aggressive music seem even heavier.
• Obstruct Omicronium ^note  Way too many softer parts for it to be 9. (Famine, Ruined & Necrofiler)
• Faster Than Light (Far Too Loud) ^note  Here almost exclusively due to the break, otherwise a 9.
• Demanufacture, My Grave and Pisschrist ^note  Borderline 9. (Fear Factory)
• XTC Love ^note  Brought down a little by the more pleasant background noises. (Bertocucci Feranzano)
• Rip N Tear ^note  Borderline 9. (FESTER)
• Deathcar (Fightstar) ^note  One of Fightstar's heaviest songs musically and lyrically, but the melodic chorus and clean vocals keep it from a 9.
• Trollhammaren (Finntroll)
• The Colour and the Shape, FFL ^note  The two heaviest Foo Fighters songs; Dave Grohl's hardcore punk background shines through here. Both are pretty hard 8s, which is rather unexpected from a band that usually sticks around Levels 4 and 5. and Savior Breath ^note  Though, it's slightly softer than the other two songs, but the song's sheer thrash metal-like speed and distortion puts it above a 7. (Foo Fighters)
• Smile and Bonetrousle (Genocide) ^note  Hard 8. (Toby Fox, Undertale soundtrack)
• The Man with No Faith ^note  Borderline 9; the heavier parts are quite short and are between softer parts. (Freqax)
• Sudden Masturbation (The Frey Effect)
• Overkill and Mental Distortion ^note  Was a 9 in 1990. (Front Line Assembly)
• Fuckin Hostile ^note  The shouted vocal samples and the later parts of the song bring it up to a borderline 9. (Fuckin Hostile)
• Fabrik, Sins (album version) and Kapitulation (Funker Vogt)
• Early 90's (Gabber Subculture)
• Alsatia (Galneryus) ^note  Easily the hardest song by the band, simply because it's Metalcore with clean vocals instead of their usual Power Metal fare.
• My Glasses Reflect Untrue View On My Eyes (Gauge Means Nothing)
• DERANGEMENT (The Gazette)
• Accelerator (Gearwhore)
• What! (Getter)
• Creepy Crawly Things (Mu Fu Mix) (Ghost)
• Break Down ^note  Infrequent, but powerful metal screams prevent this song from falling to a 7. (Girugamesh)
• Morning Acid and ８月の旅人 (Glitched Hero Y)
• Head Full of Shadows (The Glitch Mob)
• G.L.O.S.S. (We're From The Future) (G.L.O.S.S.)
• Rusty Nails (God Dethroned)
• Mladic (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) ^note  Most of the song is actually in the 9 range (or even borderline 10 at points) but the first 5 minutes or so are in the 1-3 range, bringing it down
• Stranded (Gojira) ^note  Borderline 9.
• Amen Therapy (Golden Boy)
• Under Control (ft. Matt Rose) (GoMad! & MONSTER, Need for Speed 2015 soundtrack)
• Rainy Night in Tallinn (Ludwig Göransson, Tenet soundtrack)
• The Doom Hunter and Gladiator (Mick Gordon, Doom Eternal soundtrack)
• nhk!? and burn this moment into the retina of my eye ^note  Borderline 9 for the heavy bass. (goreshit)
• Take Back (Green Day) ^note  Green Day doing Hardcore Punk. Billy's Metal Scream in the chorus gives it that extra boost. Green Day's heaviest song.
• Three Little Pigs (Green Jelly)
• Dirty (Grendel)
• Bowser the Shredder (GS-Screamer) ^note  A Thrash Metal remix of Bowser's final battle theme from Super Mario 64.
• Higurash (GUNSLINGER-R) ^note Borderline 9.
• BURN IT UP and WORLD IS MINE (GYROAXIA)
• God of the Dead (Hades soundtrack) ^note  An example of a boss theme that gets heavier over the span of the battle. First phase is a 5, second phase is a soft 7 due to the fast, heavy percussion. The third phase, exclusive to the Extreme Measures version of the boss fight, peaks at this level thanks to the omnipresent guitar solos.
• Syncopated, Machine and Day After Day (Haji's Kitchen)
• Skidmarks (Rio Hamamoto, Ridge Racer 7 soundtrack)
• Fukken Uber Death Party (Hanzel und Gretyl)
• Acperience 1 (Hardfloor) ^note  Would have been a 10 in 1993.
• Adrenaline (Hardwiya)
• The Flood (The Haunted)
• Yoshiki Hayashi's drum solos for X Japan before his first severe neck injury in 1995. This one (video in two parts) from 1992 "On the Verge of Destruction" is but one example. ^note  His backing music is Swan Lake which makes the juxtaposition of screaming and speed drumming like few others can accomplish a bit more jarring.
• Sweet Dreams You Bastard (The Headbanger)
• The Message (HEALTH)
• Opiate of the Masses (Heathen)
• The Saints (Helloween)
• Rumors of War (High on Fire)
• Dead Trust (Hocico)
• In the Grip of Madness (Hell Keep) (Aubrey Hodges, DOOM (PlayStation) soundtrack)
• Teenage Whore (Hole)
• Been to Hell ^note  Example of a Rap Metal song that reaches level 8. and Does Everyone in the World Have to Die ^note  It's at this level mainly due to the heavy brostep influence. (Hollywood Undead)
• Hellbound (Hopes Die Last) ^note  The clean choruses keep it from going up to 9.
• Birdo (Horse The Band)
• Trying More and On Fire (HORSKH)
• On A Mission (Hostile Groove)
• Life In Drag ^note  A Screamo song on an otherwise standard emo album, and gets up here due to the constant throat-shredding screams, though the melodic nature keeps it here. (The Hotelier)
• The Holt (Heavy Fighting) and The Dark Lord (Andrew Hulshult, Doom Eternal soundtrack)
• Be Here Now (The Qemists Remix), All Torque (Elite Force Remix), All Torque (Black Sun Empire Remix) ^note  The original is a borderline 7. and Power Curve (Noisia Remix) (Hybrid, Driveclub soundtrack)
• Dystopia and Wolf (Iced Earth)
• data.index ^note  Most of the song is a soft 10, but there is a brief extended portion where it drops down to 2, and other parts reach 11. (Ryoji Ikeda)
• Moonshield ^note  If not for its heavy use of acoustic guitars, this would definitely be a 9., Sounds of a Playground Fading and Trigger (In Flames)
• Rot in Vain ^note  Borderline 9. (Infradist)
• Equestria Girls (Delta Brony Remix) (Daniel Ingram, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls) ^note  The dubstep-influenced breakdowns are in the 9-10 range. The original is a 4.
• Isolated (Insekt)
• While We Sleep (Insomnium) ^note  Clean vocals in the verse and the soft interludes keep it from a 9.
• Blood (In This Moment)
• Deeper (I.O.N.)
• Montsegur (Iron Maiden)
• Starborn (Iron Savior)
• The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy, The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy Ever ^note  The softer beat compared to the Return to Dreamland version places this at a soft 8. and Otherworldly Warrior (Jun Ishikawa, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Kirby: Planet Robobot and Kirbys Return To Dreamland soundtracks)
  • Drawcia Soul (Jun Ishikawa & Tadashi Ikegami, Kirby: Canvas Curse soundtrack)
• From Sinking (Isis)
• Expurgation (JADS, The Tricky Mod soundtrack)
• Spiderbite ^note  Borderline 9., Bargain Basement Howard Hughes, and She Was My Girl (Jerry Cantrell)
• Painkiller ^note  Death's cover is a 9. and Firepower (Judas Priest)
• Walls of Jericho (June Miller)
• Moon of My Nights (Kalmah)
• March of Mephisto and Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy) (Kamelot) ^note  Because of Alissa's death growls.
• Elevate (Kataklysm) ^note  Arguably slots in at just under a 9 thanks to the soaring primary riff.
• Psychosis (Katharsys)
• Final Boss and Skullmageddon (Jake Kaufman, Mighty Switch Force! and Double Dragon Neon soundtracks)
• My Curse (Killswitch Engage)
• Don’t Care ^note  Borderline 9. (Sullivan King)
• Welcome Home (King Diamond)
• What I Always Wanted ^note  The ending is between 9 and 10. (Kittie)
• Grinder (Frank Klepacki, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 soundtrack)
• Flesh and Waste (KMFDM)
• Bonfire, Give It Up and Power Glove (Knife Party)
• Dynasty (KOAN Sound)
• Beat it Upright, Lies ^note  Switches from a 5 in the verses to a 9 in the chorus. Here due to Davis's death growls., Faget (Korn)
• Palace of Destruction, Final Battle and Battle Ground (Yuzo Koshiro, Ys I and II Chronicles)
• Ice Hands (Krakota) ^note  While the drop is a borderline 10, the more atmospheric parts keep it relegated at level 8.
• Disappearance ^note  Kept below higher levels due to the relaxing background ambience and the relatively low volume of the harsh parts. (Kranary)
• Voices of the Dead (Kreator)
• Killin' It (Krewella)
• The Grinder (Rolf Anton Krueger) ^note  One of the heaviest songs to be used in SpongeBob SquarePants.
• Hide the Tears (Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch)
• The House of Shame (Lacuna Coil)
• Redneck ^note  The melodies in the riffs keep this song from hitting a 9. Considering Lamb Of God typically reaches around a 9 with a few going up to 10, "Redneck" can be seen as one of their lighter songs. and 512 (Lamb of God)
• Revolution or Absolute Power ^note  Borderline 9. (Lazarus A.D.)
• High Roll and Sunset (Barry Leitch, San Francisco Rush 2 & San Francisco Rush 2049 soundtracks)
• ...during pride month? (leroy)
• Anchor (Lifetime) ^note  Goes to 7 during the slow, yet effective parts, and brings it back to 8 in full force after.
• Escape ^note  Borderline 9 at times. (Limewax)
• Pollution (Limp Bizkit)
• Telecastic Fake Show (Ling Tosite Sigure) ^note  Manages to get a light 8 despite the clean vocals and relatively clean and melodic guitar due to its extreme speed and chaotic nature.
• For I Am the Light (and Mine is the Only Way) ^note  Initially reaches 7 due to Kristin Hayter's shouted vocals, but becomes a 9 in the middle due to the heavier instrumentals and ends at level 11. (Lingua Ignota)
• Victimized ^note  Despite Mike's lighter parts at the beginning, the booming drums and piercingly loud guitar, as well as Chester's harshest vocals to date keep this song above a 7., Qwerty and War ^note  Probably Linkin Park's heaviest song. (Linkin Park)
• Weather Change (Algo Remix) (Liquid Stranger & Mayor Apeshit)
• Ignite (Living Sacrifice)
• Reprogrammed and Death Machine (Jacob Lizotte)
• Bomber ^note  Borderline 9. (Loadstar)
• Second Warning (Lobotomy Corporation soundtrack)
• Who Wants a Dose of the Clap? (The Locust) ^note  Borderline 9 thanks to the grindcore influences.
• We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan (Lostprophets)
• Bang 'Em Dead (Loudness)
• Lust Battle (Oleksa Lozowchuk, Dead Rising 3 soundtrack)
• Crawl (Brian Luzetti, Descent II soundtrack)
• Davidian ^note  Borderline 9., Imperium and Locust (Machine Head)
• Embarcadero (Gunnar Madsen, San Francisco Rush: The Rock soundtrack)
• Morpheus (Maissouille)
• Débil Metal (Mamonas Assassinas) ^note  A parodic case, as made clear by the Word Salad Lyrics; one comment even noted that playing at 2x speed, it sounds like Death Metal.
• Ballet Mechanique ^note  Borderline 9; brought up from a 7 due to the loud "rushing" noises in the beginning and towards the end. (Manufacture)
• The Beautiful People and mOBSCENE (Marilyn Manson)
• Sell Out (Marshmello & SVDDEN DEATH)
• Colony of Birchmen (Mastodon)
• Independent (Matenrou Opera)
• Fright Flight!! (Masaya Matsuura, Shigeyoshi Kawagoe & Ryu Watabe, Um Jammer Lammy soundtrack)
• ChuChu Lovely MuniMuni MuraMura PrinPrin Boron Nururu ReroRero (Maximum the Hormone) ^note  Switches between 7 for the chorus and 9 for the verses.
• Holy Wars... The Punishment Due and Head Crusher ^note  Borderline 9. (Megadeth)
• APOCALYPSE (Megaromania)
• Thor's Hammer (Ethan Meixsell)
• Cat Brain Land (Melt-Banana) ^note  Despite retaining some noise influences, this song is more in the style of straight hardcore punk than Melt Banana's usual brand of ultra-aggressive noise rock.
• Through the Eyes of the Devil (Mercenary)
• Battalions (Metal Church)
• Metal Militia^note Borderline 9 due its fast tempo and Hetfield's chaotic, screamy vocals, but ultimately too melodic and catchy for an actual 9. Easily their hardest song on their debut album., Master of Puppets, Sad But True, Rebel of Babylon ^note  A prime example of a modern Metallica song hitting this level., Hardwired and Holier Than Thou (Metallica)
• I Felt My Size (The Microphones)
• Burning Inside, Stigmata and Just One Fix (Ministry)
• Guilty of Being White (Minor Threat)
• Forgive and Forget (Miss May I)
• Forbidden (Moi dix Mois)
• Powertrip (Monster Magnet)
• Kivenkantaja (Moonsorrow) ^note  The relatively slow and laid-back pacing of the music keeps it from being a 9.
• Hate And Heartache (Mouth of the Architect)
• Terminal Show (Motörhead)
• Pure Powerstomper (M-Project ft. Jonjo)
• Boldmen City (Sean Murray, Call of Duty: World at War soundtrack)
• Agitated and The 2nd Law: Unsustainable ^note  The intro keeps it from 9-10. (Muse)
• EPIPHANY RUSH ^note  Borderline 9 overall; the drops range from 8 to 9, while the other parts are softer. (MUST DIE!)
• you made me realise ^note  Borderline 9 due to the brief section at 11, otherwise a 7. (My Bloody Valentine)
• Dust Devils and Cosmic Storms (myGRAIN)
• Onde Børn and Ulvinde (Myrkur) ^note Both are good examples of black metal songs that are soft enough to drop to an 8. The highly melodic vocals and shoegaze-influenced sound helps in this regard. Screamed vocals are only present during the bridge of the latter song.
• Into the Cold Voids of Eternity (Naglfar) ^note  This would be lower if it weren't for the shredding sections, which peak at a 9.
• Tapestry of the Starless Abstract (Ne Obliviscaris) ^note  Starts at level 10, level 8 during clean sections, and level 1 during quiet interludes.
• Scud and Overheated (The Need For Speed SE Soundtrack)
• Hail Satan! (Sharon Needles)
• Mikey ^note  Borderline 9 as it gets louder towards the end. (Neophyte)
• Innocence and Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix) (Nero)
• Action Winter Journey (Nero's Day at Disneyland)
• Damage is Done (Neurotech)
• My Acid Words (Nevermore)
• Plastic Shotgun (Night Sun) ^note  Gets up here despite clean vocals due to the relentless proto-thrash riffs. Being recorded in 1972, this is likely one of the first songs to reach this level of hardness. When it was released, it would've been an EXTREMELY hard 11.
• Master Passion Greed (Nightwish) ^note  One of Nightwish's heaviest songs to date.
• Robotnik (Spencer Nilsen, Sonic CD soundtrack)
• Happiness In Slavery, Starfuckers, Inc. ^note  The bridge keeps it from a 9., and The Downward Spiral^note  The quieter part in the beginning keeps it from a 9 (Nine Inch Nails)
• Mr. Moustache and Beeswax (Nirvana)
• Bogey Battle ^note  Soft 8. (Erina Niwa, Vanquish soundtrack)
• Machine Gun ^note  The intro is a 6, while the main body of the song is a soft/borderline 10. and The Tide (Noisia)
• Brain Power ^note  Reaches 11 for a minute or so around the middle-end. (NOMA)
• Dead (Norther)
• Grinning (Nothingface)
• Nothijngrad (Novembre)
• Love Hurt Bleed (Gary Numan)
• Battle! Mewtwo ^note  Borderline 9 for the more chaotic drum sections. And yes, this is from a Pokémon game. (Miki Obata, Pokémon Rumble soundtrack)
• Orbital Elements (instrumental) (Obscura)
• Screaming Sky ^note  A fusion of eurobeat, trance, and dubstep. The drop sections reach 10-11, but are offset by the atmospheric parts (Odyssey)
• Farewell to Shady Glade (Of Mice and Men)
• Mech Monster (Hiroshi Okubo & Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Rage Racer soundtrack)
• Nail (Omnium Gatherum)
• Blondevil (Onesidezero)
• Dirge for November (Opeth) ^note  The softer acoustic bits are what keep it below a 9.
• Pump that Pussy (Original Gabber)
• Epic Questions (Pagan's Mind)
• Let Me Out (PAIN)
• Pale Ghosts (Panopticon) ^note  Borderline 9, and would be that level outright if not for the transition to a post-rock influenced section with clean vocals towards the end.
• Walk and Cowboys From Hell (Pantera)
• Once Solemn (Paradise Lost) ^note  The aggressive pace and heavy guitars demonstrate how straight Gothic Metal can reach this level.
• Wild Eyes (Parkway Drive)
• 2004 (Dark-E Remix) (Pat B)
• The Ghost and the Darkness (Peckers)
• Gunslinga (Pegboard Nerds & MC Mota)
• Self vs Self ^note  featuring Anders Friden of In Flames on shared vocal duties. Their heaviest rock-oriented track. and Blood Sugar (Pendulum)
• Icarus Lives and The Bad Thing (Periphery)
• Imbalanced (Phace) ^note  If not for the intro, this would easily rank at level 9. Keep in mind, though, that the linked video doesn't cover the full song.
• Rinsa and The Third Sequence (Photek, Gran Turismo 4 and WipEout 2097 soundtracks)
• 50.000 Miles ^note  The first and third drops are 6 bordering on 7, while the second is a 9. (Phyric)
• Bale Out (Lucian Piane)
• Genius (Pitch Shifter) ^note  The booming drums, the very heavy guitars and the hardcore punk-like vocals keep it from a 6.
• King for a Day (Pierce the Veil)
• Almost Dead (Powerman 5000, Shadow the Hedgehog soundtrack) ^note  The instrumental break is a 9.
• Army of the Night (Powerwolf)
• Border (Pride and Fall)
• Back From Hell (Primal Fear)
• Empire Falls (Primordial)
• This Chase Is Haunted (Prince of Darkness)
• E1M1: At Doom's Gate (Robert Prince, Doom 3DO soundtrack)
• Action Radar ^note  Could've been higher on the list, if not for it having a pretty straightforward danceable beat., Girls, Pandemonium, Rhythm Bomb (ft. Flux Pavilion), Rhythm of Life ^note  Goes up to 10 for the final part., Wake Up Call, Wild Frontier and You'll Be Under My Wheels (The Prodigy)
• Rain (Project Pitchfork)
• Starbeam Antarctica ^note  The ending makes it a borderline 9. (Psyborg Corp)
• Do You Want a Taco? (Psychostick)
• Here's to the Angels (Psychothermia)
• Flesh Harvest (Psyclon Nine)
• Not So Posi After All (Punch)
• Your Revolution (ft. Matt Rose), Anger (ft. Kenta Koie of Crossfaith) (The Qemists)
• Eye for an Eye, The Cycle of Violence, Cordyceps, The Rattlers, The WLF, Masks On, The Cycle Continues and The Island (Mac Quayle, The Last of Us Part II soundtrack)
• You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire ^note  The live version, after Nick Oliveri's departure from the band, dips down to a 6 due to the softer guitars and the absence of screamed vocals., Keep Your Eyes Peeled ^note  Here at level 8 thanks to its sludgy, Electric Wizard-esque musicianship. and Hispanic Impressions (Queens of the Stone Age)
• Renegade Returns (Radium)
• Andar na Pedra (Raimundos)
• Mein Teil, Wiener Blut, Feuer Frei and B*** (Rammstein)
• Where Evil Dwells (Ranger)
• Feed the Machine ^note The dark tone and heavy screaming keep it just above 7. and Damage ^note Here due to the heavy grooves and Pantera-esque composition. (Red)
• Break 'Em and Move It (Reso)
• No One Wins This War ^note  Rare example of an emo band reaching this level. (Reuben)
• Thundersteel (Riot)
• To the Core and Dead Ringer (Rise Against) ^note  The softer parts keep it from 9-10.
• Dragula and Reload (Rob Zombie)
• Fellow Feeling (Porter Robinson) ^note  While a good portion of the song resides at the first 3 levels, the distorted electronic sections in the middle reach a hard 9, if not a borderline 10. The ending is a 4.
• The Chase (Rotersand)
• Foolhardy (Rozebud, V.S Zardy - Foolhardy soundtrack) ^note  Despite the quieter passages, the more abrasive/chaotic sections bring this above a 7.
• King of a Stellar War (Rotting Christ)
• Out of the Black (Royal Blood) ^note  One of the softest level 8 examples. The extremely heavy main riff and the pounding drums put it above a 7.
• Lunar (Royalston)
• 7C0 (Ruby My Dear)
• Under Jolly Roger (Running Wild)
• Hellfighters (Sabaton)
• The American Way (Sacred Reich)
• Make Me ^note  The frequent bright melodies here keep the song at this level. The first drop is a clear 9, however, and the second drop even borders on 10. (Said & Teminite)
• Giygas Theme (Unused) (Shogo Sakai, Mother 3 soundtrack)
• When I'm in Pain ^note  Borderline 9; it spends a lot of time building up to the final section, which is an 11. (Sangre)
• Gigantic Enemy Area ^note  A soft 8; would probably be higher up if not for the soundfont. (Go Sato, Raiden Fighters 2 soundtrack)
• How I Roll (Savant)
• Hybrid Cult (Scar Symmetry)
• Shambles (Scattle, Furi soundtrack)
• Victim (The Sect ft. Axis & Trank)
• Perceptual Disorder (Sergeant Gore)
• Death Ruins (Jun Senoue)
• Dark River (Septicflesh) ^note  Borderline 9 due to the Harsh Vocals.
• Roots Bloody Roots, Nomad and Just One Fix (Sepultura)
• Alpha (Sevendust) ^note  If not for the clean vocals in the chorus, this would easily be a 9.
• Breath Of the Swamp (The Showdown)
• Devour and Sound Of Madness (Shinedown)
• Frenchcore Killah ^note  Borderline 9. (The Sickest Squad ft. Lenny Dee)
• Take the Night Off (Sick of it All)
• 115 (Elena Siegman, Call of Duty: Black Ops soundtrack)
• Tee-hee Time and A Red Shape ^note  Starts at 1 before building up to 11. (Pedro Silva, OMORI soundtrack)
• The Rumbling and Under The Tree ^note  The latter would be a 7 without the brief level 10 breakdown. (SIM, Attack on Titan soundtrack)
• Hard EBM ^note  Borderline 9 due to the metal influences. (Sin)
• Firewater (Sinister Growley, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record soundtrack)
• White Widow (Six Feet Under) ^note  Would be 6 or 7 if not for the vocals.
• Worlock, Spasmolytic and Download ^note  The first half is mainly 11, while the second is a 1. (Skinny Puppy)
• Kill EVERYBODY (Skrillex) ^note  Most of the parts before the drop/buildup are a 7, while the drop peaks at 10, but is mostly around 8-9.
• With Paper Wings ^note  Hard 8. Kept from a 9 due to the clean vocals from 3:00 onwards and the piano intro. (Skycamefalling)
• Caboose ^note  Borderline 9, but the bouncy grooves keep it at a very hard 8. (Snapcase)
• Behind The Crooked Cross and Here Comes The Pain ^note  Borderline 9 due to its sheer anger but ultimately brought down to 8 because of its mid-tempo groove. (Slayer)
• The Donkey-Headed Adversary of Humanity Opens the Discussion (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum)
• Spit It Out, Yen, Left Behind and My Plague ^note The former is a soft 8, while the latter three are borderline 9s. Still, the latter two are the softest songs from Iowa, an album that mostly consists of hard 9s and soft 10s. The single version of "My Plague" gets even softer, dropping to a hard 7. (Slipknot)
• Tales of a Scorched Earth (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• Balefire and Bats! ^note  Borderline 9. (SMOR3S)
• Persecution Mania (Sodom)
• Vùng Đất Anh Hùng (Sói Đen) ^note  Translation: "Heroic Land".
• Nerve and Rejection Role (Soilwork)
• Under the Weight (Masayoshi Soken, Final Fantasy XIVsoundtrack)
• Rage and Kill Ratio (Sonic Mayhem, Quake II soundtrack)
• Silver Rocket (Sonic Youth) ^note  Already a Noise Rock song, there's a section of pure noise that keeps it from 7.
• Faceshopping (SOPHIE) ^note  Except for the bridge, which is a 1. The song is mainly based on the portions that are at 8, so it goes here.
• Legless (Sorrowseed)
• please, be quiet (Sorry about my face)
• Prophecy (Soulfly)
• 4th Of July, Beyond The Wheel (Live) and Jesus Christ Pose (Soundgarden)
• Pillars of Smoke (Spectre ft. Sensational)
• Get Busy Spongebob (Spongebob Squarewave)
• Anstromm-Feck 4 and Stor Eiglass (Squarepusher)
• Get Inside and Tumlut (Stone Sour) ^note  Due to their Early-Installment Weirdness, one may mistake these and some other songs from their self-titled debut for Slipknot songs.
• District 9 (Stray Kids)
• Tidal Wave (ft. Alpines) (Sub Focus)
• Rancor ^note  Reaches 9 at times. (Subjected)
• The Evil King Bowser (Koichi Sugiyama, Fortune Street soundtrack) ^note  In a Monopoly-esque property trading game, no less.
• You Can't Bring Me Down (Suicidal Tendencies)
• Frankie Teardrop ^note  Would be a 2 initially, but the uneasy atmosphere and especially the earsplitting screams (volume warning) bring it up a notch. (Suicide)
• Attention Whore ^note  Borderline 9. (Suicide Commando)
• Come On! Negatone (Suite Pretty Cure ♪ soundtrack) ^note  This would have been at level 7 without that klaxon alarm blaring throughout the opening and ending of the song. This is among the most extreme examples a Magical Girl song can get.
• Land of the Dead (Summoning)
• The Bitter End (Sum 41) ^note  Quite possibly the only full-fledged metal song they've made, and undoubtedly the heaviest song in their discography.
• Go Go Go (Sumo Cyco)
• Young God (Swans)
• Seven (Symphony X)
• Suite-Pee and Prison Song ^note  Borderline 9, but just not quite heavy enough. (System of a Down)
• Wood Goblins and Pansy ^note  A borderline 11 on the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness however. (TAD)
• El Paso (Taking Back Sunday) ^note  Easily their heaviest song.
• The Silo (Tallah) ^note  The outro is a borderline 10.
• A New Dawn and Uprising ^note  Definitely a harder example of level 8 dubstep. (Teminite)
• Pisleen (Tendril)
• Nikopol and Gattai Nante Kuso Kurae (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann soundtrack)
• Reluctantly Accepting Temporary Overexhaustion ^note  Most of the song is a 9/10, but the ending is a 1. (Terminal 11)
• We Put the Key in Keystone (Terror on the Screen)
• Souls of Black (Testament)
• 15499 (tomatoism)
• Ticks and Leeches (tool)
• RIP (VIP) (TORN)
• Acidhead and Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance ^note  It's a borderline 9, but the doom metal section slows the pace enough to keep it in the 8 range. Live versions of the song tend to break into the 9 range. (Tourniquet)
• Depth Charge (Devin Townsend)
• SuperHeroes 2007 ^note  Borderline 9. (The Toxic Avenger)
• Half Nelson ^note  Initially a 7, but it gets heavier later on and there are some parts before that reach level 8 all the way to level 11. (Trade)
• Evenfall (Tristania)
• Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr and Anthem (We Are The Fire) (Trivium)
• WARLORDZ ^note  Borderline 9. (TroyBoi ft. Skrillex)
• Abolish Government/Silent Majority (T.S.O.L.)
• AAF Boss Encounter (Shusaku Uchiyama & Makoto Tomozawa, P.N.03 soundtrack)
• Embraced by the Flame (UNDEAD CORPORATION)
• Bitch (Underground Nation of Rotterdam)
• Desperate Times, Desperate Measures (Underoath)
• Your Nightmare ^note  The instrumental parts are 7, while the vocal parts are 9. (Unter Null)
• Gore (Jeff van Dyck & Saki Kaskas, Need for Speed II soundtrack) ^note  The quiet interludes keep it from a 9-10.
• Dance Like You're Selling Nails ^note  If you disregard the soft interlude shortly after the first minute. Even with it, it can still be considered a low 8., Personal Discourse, Dear Poet and Sajtban (Venetian Snares)
• Nightmare and In League with Satan ^note  The rough production keeps it from getting a 7. (Venom)
• The Red Carpet Day (Versailles) ^note  Link goes to the original version, although the remake is also here. Live versions can go up to a soft 9 thanks to less emphasis on the synths, more emphasis on the band's Harsh Vocals, and the repetition of the breakdown overshadowing the "cleaner" portions of the song.
• Dimman (Vildhjarta) ^note  The breakdown is a 10.
• Violent Syntax Error (The Violent Vocations)
• Spectral Nightdrive (Violetshaped)
• Guardian (Viridus)
• Borg (Virtual Riot & FuntCase)
• Too Scared to Scream (Voivod)
• Light Speed (Weeb)
• You Fucked Up (Ween) ^note  Borderline 9 due to the frenzied screaming throughout the song.
• Something Inside of Me, Yesterday Don't Mean and You Can't Handle This (Wicked Wisdom)
• Misty Menace (David Wise, Donkey Kong Country soundtrack)
• When It Falls (Jeff Williams)
• Starchild (Wintersun)
• This Situation Is Getting Hairy (THE WORKOUT)
• Golgotha (:wumpscut:)
• Stab Me in the Back ^note  From their days as X. and Art of Life (Live) ^note  The album mix is a 7, borderline 8. The live, especially with hide and Pata on guitar as in this performance, is a hard 8/borderline 9. (X Japan)
• Freedom Dive ^note  While the song is very fast, the beats aren't overly harsh, and it has a joyful vibe throughout. (xi)
• Crack (Xorcist)
• The Art of Revenge (XP8)
• Why Am I? (Xysma)
• Invisible Monster, Passive Illusions,Block Mind and Angel's Thanatos ^note  Foray into Industrial Metal. The squelching pick noises make it a borderline 9 but it's too melodic to get there. (Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill 2 soundtrack)
• Kuusou Mesorogiwi, Mischievous of Alice and Baptize (Yousei Teikoku)
• For I Am Cursed ^note  Borderline 9. (Youth Code)
• POWA (Zeds Dead & PEEKABOO)
• Creepy Crawler (Zombie Girl & Sebastian Komor)
• Nuclear (Hands Up) and Get with the Program (Eptic & Trampa Remix) (Zomboy)
  • Born to Survive (Zomboy ft. rx Soul)

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