Mohs Rock Metal / Levels 6 and 7

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.

Level 6

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

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)
• Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship (Alestorm) ^note The occassional 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)
• The Feel Good Drag (Anberlin) ^note The thrashy guitars in several places keep it from a five.
• Fire (Crazy World of Arthur Brown)
• Heartbeat Loud (Andy C & Fiora)
• Vena Cava and Skinny Little Bitch (Implant Remix) (Angelspit and Implant)
• Only and Safe Home^note Probably the softest level 6 example (Anthrax)
• Die Trying (Art of Dying)
• Not One Less (Ken Ashcorp)
• You Come to Me (Nicole Atkins) ^note The video is a live version. However, both the live and the studio versions of the song are at this level.
• 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 and Teartear ^note The ominous mood puts this track close to a 7. (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.
• My Device and Red Shift (Ayria)
• 21st Century (Digital Boy) (Against the Grain Version), Inner Logic and Operation Rescue (Bad Religion)
• 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, Meat Golem and Metalmancy^note  Not a 7 due to the lack of any real “oomph” to sell its tone or mix. (Danny Baranowsky, Super Meat Boy and Crypt Of The Necrodancer soundtrack)
• Operation Hellfish and Milking the Pigs (Marc Baril, The Simpsons: Hit & Run soundtrack)
• Timestretch (Bassnectar)
• 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 (The Beatles)
• Scatterbrain (Jeff Beck) ^note Live versions, such as the one featured in Guitar Hero 5, can go up to an 8.
• 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)
• 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)
• XYZ (Boards of Canada) ^note One of BoC's hardest songs. Despite having 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 World) and Okiba Crackdown (Bossfight)
• So Cold, The Diary of Jane and Dance with the Devil (Breaking Benjamin)
• Throne (Bring Me the Horizon)
• Six Days a Week (The Bronx)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Hello There (Cheap Trick)
• 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)
• Devil In Jersey City ^note Due to the outro screams and lyrics about gang rape. (Coheed and Cambria)
• You Got Nothing I Want (Cold Chisel)
• O Rosto de um Assassino (Alias Conrad Coldwood, OFF soundtrack) ^note Just barely reaches a 7 due to the heavy, distorted beats and the sirens at the end.
• Heavy (Collective Soul)
• Factory (cornandbeans, Castle Crashers soundtrack)
• Cryotank Expansion ^note An industrial ambient song and Last Dance (Covenant)
• Big A Little A (Crass)
• What I'm Made Of and Live And Learn (Crush 40)
• Creeping in My Soul, (Cryoshell)
• Emulator (The Crystal Method)
• Robot Rock (Daft Punk)
• Breathe (Darkwater)
• Hallo Spaceboy, (David Bowie)
• 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.
• All Signs Point to Lauderdale and Naivety (A Day to Remember)
• 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 finaly ends at a 1. It's been averaged out at this level., catbread and Some Chords (deadmau5)
• Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys)
• Police Truck and Holiday in Cambodia (Dead Kennedys)
• 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 This would be a 7 if not for the softer parts sung by Annenke van Giersbergen
• Unretrofied (The Dillinger Escape Plan)
• Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away), My Own Summer (Shove It), and Change (In the House of Flies) (Deftones) ^note All three are borderline 7's.
• 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.
• Holy Diver (Dio)
• 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)
• Louder (DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans)
• 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)
• Firepower (Dr. Phonics)
• Hell's Kitchen, The Looking Glass and Surrounded (Dream Theater)
• Seele Brennt, Armenia ^note  Borderline 7 and Was Ist Ist (What Is Is) (Einstürzende Neubauten) ^note "Seele Brennt" is a 3 in the verses, but switches to 7 for the choruses, thus bringing it up to a 6.
• COMA (ensou featuring GUMI Megpoid , Cytus Soundtrack)
• 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 between a 8-9.
• Slave (The Evolutionaries)
• Swagga (Excision & Datsik)
  • Deviance (Excision)
• Diamond (exist†trace)
• Mama (Korean Ver.)^note The Chinese version is pretty much the same thing, save for the lyrics., 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)
• 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)
• Never Hear Surf Music Again ^note  This one is tricky to tackle, since it is all over the place in terms of the scale. It even reaches 11 at one point. Overall, it's about a 6. (Free Blood)
• 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. and Megalovania (Toby Fox, Undertale soundtrack)
• Cosmic Slop, Super Stupid^note heavy enough to basically invent Funk Metal (Funkadelic)
• Shining Star (Lyrics here) from Futari wa Pretty Cure ^Elaboration  This is a very unusual example for being Level 1 on 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.
• REDEMPTION (Gackt)
• Vow and No Horses (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)
• Square Hammer and From The Pinnacle to The Pit (Ghost (Band))
• 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.
• unnatural and pon^note The original "PONPONPON" by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is a 2 (goreshit)
• Brain Stew/Jaded, Geek Stink Breath and Letterbomb (Green Day)
• 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.
• 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)
• The Melancholy (Iced Earth)
• All I Ask For (Ill Nino)
• Levitate (I Mother Earth)
• Pardon Me (Incubus)
• Are Friends Electric? (Information Society)^note The original Gary Numan version is a 3.
• 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)
• Age of Innocence (Iron Maiden)
• The Catacombs and Miracle Matter (Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards soundtrack)
• Justice Sword (Daisuke Ishiwatari, Blaz Blue Chrono Phantasma OST)
• Wrists of Kings, Dulcinea, Hand of the Host and Ghost Key (Isis)
• My Cat and Fear Of Dying (Jack Off Jill)
• Stop (Jane's Addiction)
• Spinster (Joan Jett)
• Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (Elton John)
• Heavy Bells (J. Roddy Walston & The Business)
• Home to Hell (JT Music)
• Wheels of Fire (Judas Priest)
• Kick the Bass (Julien-K)
• Stress (Justice)^note  Would be a 5 if it weren't for the fast tempo, extreme distortion and occasional buzz saw-like sample repeated in the song.
• 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)
• Agony, Destiny of the Shrine Maiden's ending theme (Lyrics here) ^note  The singer's combination of a high tempo, Uncommon Time, and a wide range of emphatic vocal tones coupled with the thick and deep synthetic instrumentation put the song here. It's one of the heaviest love songs and possibly the heaviest song in the Yuri Genre. as well as the opening theme, Re-sublimity by Kotoko. ^note Despite the futurepop influences, the intro keeps it from an arguable 7.
• Belexes (Kansas)
• All My Life (Daiki Kasho, Gran Turismo 6 soundtrack)
• Curse of Rose (Kaya feat. 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 level 9 to an 11
• Bawitdaba (Kid Rock)
• Taxicab Messiah (Kidneythieves)
• Under the Gun (The Killers)
• The Wait (Killing Joke)
• Slap Me (Kill Paris)
• 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)
• Mephiles (Hideaki Kobayashi, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) soundtrack)
• No Way and Never Never (Korn)
• Boss Battle (Ryota Kozuka, Shin Megami Tensei IV soundtrack)
• Mind Breaker (Kuroyume)
• Demon Cleaner (Kyuss)
• Our Truth (Lacuna Coil)
• Burning Up (Ladytron)
• Lucid Endlessness (Lantern)
• 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.
• Immigrant Song, Achilles Last Stand and How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin)
• Knife Fight (Lemon Demon) ^note  Would be a 7 if not for the ending.
• Overdrive (Levela and Dub Zero)
• Turn the Tables on Plankton! (James S. Levine, The SpongeBob Movie Game soundtrack) ^note The guitar solos and the breakdown make this close to a 7.
• Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) (Limp Bizkit) ^note  A low level 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)
• Bored Again (Lockjaw) ^note The intro (also played after the choruses) is a 7, the verses are 5s and the choruses and pre-choruses are 6s. Overall, it averages out here.
• Exploded Diper (Löded Diper)
• Hard Rock Hallelujah (Lordi)
• Meat Grinder, All for Now, Overdose and Hit the Floor (LudoWig & DJ Electrohead, Katana ZERO soundtrack)
• Acrophobia and Thalassophobia (Jami Lynne, OMORI soundtrack)
• 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)
• Lux Aeterna (Clint Mansell, Requiem for a Dream soundtrack) ^note Rare example of a purely classical song at this level
• Gas Gas Gas (Manuel)
• Coma White 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)
• Death Match (Tsukasa Masuko, Megami Tensei II soundtrack) ^note Yes, a borderline-7 song came from a Famicom game.
• 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)
• 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. and The House That Jack Built (Metallica)
• 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)
• All-Clear Signal (Mark Morgan, Fallout 2)
• 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)
• Today Is A Good Day (Mudhoney)
• Happy? (Mudvayne)
• Virus (Sean Murray, Call of Duty: Black Ops)
• Hysteria, Plug In Baby, Supremacy^note The quiet interludes keep it from a 7., and Stockholm Syndrome (Muse)
• 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.
• Satisfy (Nero)
• Believe in Nothing^note A very soft six (Nevermore)
• (You Can Still) Rock in America (Night Ranger)
• 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 (Nirvana)
• New Game and Final Boss (Nitro Fun)
• Ether (Nothingface) ^note  The finale gives it the bite to reach out of a 5.
• Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix (Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori, Halo 2 soundtrack)
• Morning Glory, Bring It on Down, and Headshrinker (Oasis)
• Broken Generation (Of Mice & 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)
• Highly Strung (Orianthi featuring 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.
• Richmond is a Hole (Pageninetynine)
• Cemetery Gates (Pantera)
• Last Resort and Still Swingin'^note One of the hardest level 6 songs. (Papa Roach)
• The Fanged Fastener (Paper Mario: The Origami King soundtrack)^note Yes, you did read that right
• 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 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))
• Go and Spin the Black Circle ^note The tempo pushes this to a borderline 7. (Pearl Jam)
• Fuck Authority (Pennywise)
• Judith (A Perfect Circle) ^note  Borderline 7 with the background screams
• Hiding (Pianos Become the Teeth)
• 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 (Porcupine Tree) ^note Despite the songs very soft vocals, verses, and refrain, the song's really heavy main riff keeps it at this level. (Porcupine Tree)
• Dead Freight ^note  Borderline 7 overall. (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, Firestarter and Their Law (The Prodigy)
• V & 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.
• 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 (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)
• Stargazer (Rainbow)
• Black Betty (Ram Jam)
• Du Hast, Mutter and Führe Mich (Rammstein)
• Parallel Universe (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Face Down ^note Goes higher than average for emo-pop due to the incredibly furious delivery and dark subject matter. 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
• I Wanna Be Your Man and Sway (Rolling Stones)
• 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.
• Shiroyama^note Borderline 7 and The Red Baron^note The intro, which is a 2, pushes the song, which would otherwise be a 7, down into this level. (Sabaton)
• Let Me Live My Life (Saint Asonia)
• 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.
• 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 (Yoko Shimomura, Kingdom Hearts II soundtrack) ^note  Overall, the song is very close to a 7. The remix is a 7.
• 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)
• 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. and Dead Memories ^note Discounting ballads, this might be their softest song.(Slipknot)
• Bullet With Butterfly Wings (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• Heartbeat (SnoodDood)
• Departure Plan (Soilwork)
• 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)
• Mecha Bandicoot, Uka Uka, Slip Slide Icecapades ^note  Mostly for the second half of the song. , Boiler Room Doom, Madame Amberly and Evil Twins ^note  Mainly for 1:55-2:41 (Spiralmouth, Crash Twinsanity soundtrack)
• 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.
• A Journey to Reedham (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)
• 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.
• Heaven's Creepin' In (Supernova Syndicate, Dead Rising soundtrack)
• 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.
• Love 2 Dislike Me (Tech N9ne ft. Liz Suwandi & Tyler Lion) ^note Roughly 7 at the end.
• D City Rock and I Want You (Theme Of Scanty & Kneesocks) (TeddyLoid, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt 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)
• Prison Sex (tool)
• Antisocial (Trust)
• To Holmgard and Beyond (Turisas)
• I Wanna Rock (Twisted Sister)
• My Girlfriend's Girlfriend (Type O Negative)
• Regin Smiður (Týr) ^note Translation: "Regin the Smith"
• Bullet the Blue Sky (U2)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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.
• "Rubicon" (VNV Nation)
• Toxic Waste (VV Audio Team, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy soundtrack)
• Senbonzakura (WagakkiBand) ^note Creeps up to a 7 when the double bass drumming starts kicking in.
• Reanimate (Warak)
• Arena of Pleasure (WASP)
• 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)
• On Sight^note A rare example of standard hip hop (ie. not gangsta rap or horrorcore) reaching this level (Kanye West)
• Alchemy^note Borderline 7 (Wintermute)
• 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)
• 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)
• Silent Scream ^note  Inexplicable foray into Alternative Metal and Gothic Metal, borderline 7 but the quiet parts keep it here (Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D)
• 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, respectively)
• City 2 City (Zomboy)

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Level 7

Genre: Heavier Grunge, Heavy Metal^note most NWOBHM- and/or Speed Metal-inspired bands end up here, as well as most of the harder end of Traditional Heavy Metal, Heavier Hair Metal, the hardest Hard Rock, harder Punk Rock, Hardcore Punk, Power Metal, Alternative Metal, Noise Rock, Doom Metal, Industrial Metal, Post-Metal, Nu Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, No Wave, Dubstep, softer EBM, Deconstructed Club, harder Experimental Rock, Neoclassical Metal, most Progressive Metal, Post-Hardcore, Industrial Hip-Hop, Digital Hardcore and Metalcore's softer end, heavier Folk Metal, softer Thrash Metal, softer Russian Hard Bass

Matching mineral: Quartz

• Conquistador (Thirty Seconds to Mars) ^note The double-bass drumming kick this up a level.
• Elevate the Pressure and Assuming Life's Mysteries (Abbey Nex)
• Howling (abingdon boys school)
• Ashes to Ashes (Absurd)
• Fast as a Shark and Balls to the Wall (Accept)
• The Razor's Edge (AC/DC) ^note Definitely one of their heaviest songs.
• You Will Know Our Names (ACE+) ^note While it is a symphonic thrash metal song, the guitars being less distorted than is normal for the genre keeps it from being an 8.
• Venus Blue (Acid Bath) ^note Would be a soft 6 without the harsh vocals during the bridge
• The Rebel Path (P.T. Adamczyk, Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack)
• Dancing Through Sunday (AFI) ^note Possibly the most danceable level 7 example
• Energize Me (After Forever)
• Écailles De Lune Pt. 2^note The soaring atmosphere keeps it from being a 9. and Kodama (Alcest)
• Keelhauled (Alestorm)
• Angry Chair ^note  A hard 7 during the verses, 6 during the chorus , So Close, Nothin' Song, Lesson Learned, Hollow^note The song would be an 8 if it were just a little more aggressive, but it's still very heavy for a 7. , and Acid Bubble (Alice in Chains)
• Lo-Fi Epic (The Techno Madness Mix) (Jesse James Allen, Mass Effect 2 soundtrack)
• Eat My Diarrhea (GG Allin)
• Two Weeks (All That Remains) ^note Borderline 8 thanks to the fast paced melody.
• Metalingus, Ties That Bind, and Addicted to Pain^note Borderline 8. (Alter Bridge)
• The Nexus (Amaranthe)
• Gilda's Rage (William Anderson, My Little Pony Friendshipis Magic soundtrack) ^note  Yes, you did read that right
• Fuck Fashion, 100%, Kill Kitty and Satanic Aesthetic (Angelspit)
• Paper Moshay (Antioch Arrow)
• At the Heart of It All (Aphex Twin, for Further Down the Spiral by Nine Inch Nails) ^note A hard 7 for the loud, grating screeching heard throughout. Even though the song was composed by Aphex Twin, it is usually credited under Nine Inch Nails.
• Madness 8 (API, Madness Combat soundtrack)
• Not The American Average (Asking Alexandria)^note Borderline 8, although live versions rank at that level altogether.
• Decades (Assemblage 23) ^note Borderline 8, aside from the trancy breakdowns
• Collapse of History (Atari Teenage Riot)
• Criminal and Stick Stickly (Attack Attack!)
• Ipacial Section (Autechre)
• Beast And The Harlot, Unholy Confessions (Avenged Sevenfold) ^note The melodic parts keep them from being 8's.
• Hole in the Sky (Axel Rudi Pell)
• Blue Alice (Ayria)
• Gimme chocolate!!, Ijime, Dame, Zettai, and Megitsune (BABYMETAL) ^note The latter is a borderline 8.
• I Against I (Bad Brains)
• Sinister Rouge^note While the chorus is melodic, the relentless tempo and metal influenced instrumentation keep it at a solid 7 and The Positive Aspect of Negative Thinking ^note the fast paced hardcore end of the song keeps it from merely being a very hard 6 (Bad Religion)
• Real Existence (Band-Maid)
• The Battle of Lil' Slugger and Devil N' Bass (Danny Baranowsky, Super Meat Boy soundtrack)
• Empathy (Bassnectar)
• Marx (bbpanzu, Vs Sunday soundtrack)
• Sabotage ^note The shouted vocals bumps it up a bit. and Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun (Beastie Boys)
• Aeropolis (Beataucue)
• The Lines and Beaten In Lips (Beartooth)
• DNA and Air Atlantic (Being)
• Red Stars (The Birthday Massacre)
• Weight of the World (Black Fate)
• Rise Above, My War (the title track), Three Nights, ^note Hard 7, one of the progenitors of Doom Metal. Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag)
• Fighting Back (Black Gryph0n & Baasik)
• Black Sabbath, ^note Doom Metal before the term existed. Would have been an 11 when it came out in 1970. Arguably still a borderline 8 even by today's standards, due to the combination of dark atmosphere and minimalism. Children Of The Grave, Symptom Of The Universe ^note Thrash metal before the term existed.The first part anyway, up to 4:15, is even arguably a borderline 8 (and most covers by later bands, and even Black Sabbath's own live versions, actually bring it to this level). The last part is around a 1 or 2, though. Again, this would have been an 11 when it came out. and Neon Knights (Black Sabbath)
• White Trash Millionaire (Black Stone Cherry)
• The Curse Of Fëanor (Blind Guardian)
• Stargazer (Blood Stain Child) ^note Despite being a Melodic Death Metal song, the trance music elements and ex-vocalist Sophia's vocals make it much softer.
• The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria (Blue Öyster Cult) ^note  The heaviest track on their heaviest album, with the guest vocals adding extra edge.
• Scrape (Blue Stahli)^note The screamed vocals bring it up from a 6.
• Blow Me Away, Natural Life, and Sugarcoat ^note  While the Chorus is pretty much an 8, the much lighter other sections of the song keep it here (Breaking Benjamin)
• Sleepwalking, Drown, True Friends and Wonderful Life ^note Perhaps their heaviest non-metalcore song, this would be an 8, if not for the quieter and more relaxed verses. (Bring Me the Horizon)
• Heroin (BUCK-TICK)
• Hit the Floor (Bullet for My Valentine)
• Jesus Hands , Anger Rising and Pig Charmer (Jerry Cantrell)
• Wish Upon a Star (Vasco Speedy Mix) (Caramella Girls)^note Caramella Girls goes Happy Hardcore. The original is a 3.
• Leather Teeth (Carpenter Brut)
• Leaving All Behind (Cellador)
• Frozen, Mascot The Best It’s Gonna Get and New Elysium (Celldweller)
• Dig Your Own Hole and Setting Sun (The Chemical Brothers)
• Calliope (Cheshyre, Madness Combat soundtrack) ^note The twisted and deranged melody (originally derived from Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse", which may be considered a 2) and the somewhat unnerving feel bring this song above a 6.
• Family System and Face to the Floor (Chevelle)
• Tempest and Thunder (Cirque du Soleil)
• Get To The Choppa! (Elia Cmíral, Spec Ops: The Line soundtrack)
• Welcome Home and The Camper Velourium III: Al the Killer (Coheed and Cambria)
• Tender Sugar (Alias Conrad Coldwood, OFF soundtrack)
• Breakfast of Champions (Comadre)
• Thousands of Miles Between Us (Converge) ^note Would have been a 6 without the noisy production Converge are known for. None the less, this is a very soft song by their standards. It's even more jarring by the fact that the song right before this ("Cannibals") is a solid 11.
• Albatross ^note  Soft 7 (Corrosion Of Confirmity)
• Call the Ships to Port (Covenant)
• Behave (Cradle of Thorns)
• Do They Owe Us A Living? ^note  Hardcore Punk before the term existed. (Crass)
• Bread of Shame (Creed)
• Dimension and Gravitate (Creo)
• Open Your Heart (Sonic Adventure soundtrack) ^note While the clean vocals keep it accessible, the heavy guitars, tremolo picking, double bass drumming and relentless tempo keep it at a low 7. I Am (All of Me) (Shadow the Hedgehog soundtrack)^note The heavier guitars bring this song to a borderline 8.(Crush 40)
• Over It (The Crystal Method ft. Dia Frampton)^note Undoubtedly TCM's heaviest song yet.
• The Wreck of S.S Needle (Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas)
• Nightly Knights (D)
• The Prime Time of Your Life (Daft Punk) ^note The ending pushes it up a bit.
• savage magic (ᴅᴀɪᴋᴜ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴇs)
• War (Dance With the Dead)
• Samurai (Danger Gang)
• Infinite (Dangerkids, Sonic Forces soundtrack) ^note Borderline 8 due to the heavy guitar riffs and Dubstep-style electronic distortion; the clean vocals and relatively subdued instruments during the vocal sections keep it from going all the way to 8.
• Beyond the Fire (Dark Moor)
• Iridium (Dark Tranquillity) ^note Borderline 8 due to the harsh vocals and heavy guitar sound in the chorus.
• Sandstorm (Darude)
• There and Back Again (Daughtry) ^note Probably the hardest thing to come out of American Idol.
• Paranoia (A Day to Remember)
• Second (Dazzle Vision)
• California Uber Alles (Dead Kennedys) ^note LP version
• Professional Griefers (deadmau5 ft. Gerard Way) ^note The softer, more melodic chorus keeps it from being an 8.
• I've Seen Footage (Death Grips)
• No, No, No, (Def Leppard) ^note Yes, THAT Def Leppard.
• Diamond Eyes (Deftones) ^note Borderline 8 thanks to the very heavy, Meshuggah-like guitar riffs. The finale is a 9-10.
• We Are Deja Voodoo (Deja Voodoo)
• Two Hurt (DELUHI)
• Witch Doctor (De Staat)
• Assistant to the Regional Manager (The Devil Wears Prada)
• Helpless (Diamond Head)
• Crossfire (Die Krupps)
• Wild One and Better in the Dark (Dio)
• Rinkaku^note This is the Shot in One Take version. The original is a hard 6, Ryoujoku No Ame (Dir en grey)
• God in Fire (Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy)
• Down With the Sickness and Stricken (Disturbed)
• Never Surrender and The World's on Fire (Divinefire)
• Where the Hood At ^note A hip-hop song making it to this level, believe it or not, solely due to X's delivery (DMX)
• Labyrinth (Double Dealer)
• Through the Fire and Flames (Dragonforce)^note The shredding sections can go up to as high as 9 or 10. Borderline 8.
• Pull Me Under and The Root Of All Evil^note would be an 8 if not for the song's slightly poppy tone (Dream Theater)
• Bodies (Drowning Pool)
• Elegance (Edge Of Dawn)
• Feurio! and Ich Bin's and Yü-Gung (Fütter mein Ego) (Einstürzende Neubauten) ^note "Ich Bin's" is a borderline 8.
• Gemini (Elder) ^note Very heavy and dense, but it retains groovy/psychedelic sensibilities and doesn't get very dark. Most of Dead Roots Stirring clocks in around a 7, though Elder's earlier material was harder and didn't use clean vocals.
• Slania's Song (Eluveitie) ^note Still slightly too melodic for an 8 despite the harsh vocals.
• Bed Head (Emray)
• Lai Lai Hei (Ensiferum)
• Unleashed (Epica)
• Mana (Equilibrium) ^note A 16-minute neo-classical folk metal instrumental that ranges from level 1 flute interludes and level 10 full-force double bass blasting. Overall it averages at somewhere near 7 though.
• Twist the Knife (Evil Nine ft. Emily Breeze) ^note  Another time an electronic music artist appears in the scale, together with the likes of Pendulum and Aphex Twin. Emily's Metal Scream at about two minutes keeps it from a 6.
• TRUE (exist†trace)
• Space Battle (F-777)
• Gray's theme and Natsu's theme from Fairy Tail ^note  The former's sound is traditional for this level. However, the latter's case is special because of its blend of Adventurous Irish Violins and Heavy Mithril giving it the "feeling" of Level 5 while being here.
• Shoujo Shinka (Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA Soundtrack)^note Bet you didn't expect the Magical Girl version to be harder than the original. The heavy symphonic arrangements keep it from becoming a 6.
• Guardian (Fates Warning)
• Snake Eyes (Feint) ^note  The verses are a 2, but the chorus is a hard 8 despite the clean vocals
• Animal ^note Despite the screamed vocals and heavy instrumentation, the synth-heavy bridge, clean chorus' and Alex Westaway's backing falsetto keep this from being higher. and Paint Your Target (Fightstar)
• Swim and Sunless Saturday (Fishbone)
• That's Enough For Me (Fleetwood Mac)
• Blow The Roof (Flux Pavilion) ^note Mind you, Flux Pavilion is better known for making very heavy brostep.
• I'm So Sick and Beautiful Bride (Flyleaf)
• White Limo, Weenie Beenie and Enough Space (Foo Fighters) ^note The screamed vocals brings the latter two songs above a 6, while "White Limo" is a borderline 8.
• Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy Go for a Leisurely Glide (Foozogz) ^note One of his lightest songs, but the overdriven hardcore kick drum keeps it from registering lower
• Your Best Nightmare/Finale (Toby Fox, Undertale soundtrack)^note "Your Best Nightmare" is an 8 (the drum and bass sections are a 9 and the chiptune sections are a 1, so it’s been averaged out to be here), while "Finale" is a 4. The upload also includes an unused part.
• The French Passion of Animality Opera (Foxy Shazam!) ^note The absolutely nutso vocals make it straddle the line between 7 and 8, but ultimately it has too many light elements to breach to an 8. One of the hardest songs to make liberal use of an accordion.
• Headhunter V1.0 (Front 242)
• Cause Disarray (Galneryus)
• Last Before The Storm (Gamma Ray)
• Leaves (The Gathering)
• Filth in the Beauty^note The acoustic sections and the cleans keep it from going up to 8., Remember The Urge (The Gazette)
• We Must Bleed (The Germs)
• Mummy Dust (Ghost (Band))
• Tip Your Bartender (Glassjaw)
• Animus Vox ^note The intro keeps it from entering higher levels of hardness. and We Can Make the World Stop ^note Softer interludes prevent it from reaching higher up on the scale. (The Glitch Mob)
• Cultist Base ^note  Borderline 8. (Mick Gordon, DOOM Eternal soundtrack)
• Sweet Silence (Gorguts)
• Here Comes The Chief (Jon Graham, Arby 'n' the Chief soundtrack)
• Platypus (I Hate You),^note due to the very fast instrumentation and quick, grungy singingBang Bang^note One of Green Day's heaviest and fastest-paced songs yet. Its unrelenting, punkish aggression puts it above a 6. and Christian's Inferno ^note The heavy Post-Hardcore influence and the overall dark, fiery tone makes this a 7.(Green Day)
• Open Your Eyes (Guano Apes)
• Garden of Eden and Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N' Roses)
• Trucks in Place (Ludwig Göransson, Tenet soundtrack)
• Love Bites (So Do I) and Mayhem (Halestorm)
• Angel Halo (Rio Hamamoto, Ridge Racer 3D soundtrack)
• Hearts on Fire (HammerFall)
• Hold Me Down, Way It Is, Way It Goes (Hardline)
• Aftermath and Weak (Harmony)
• Yoshiki Hayashi's drum solos after his neck injuries (the break in '95, the split disc soon after, the surgery in 2009). The speed is slower and he pauses more to recover, but they still qualify here. This is probably the slowest solo ever from him from soon after the injury in 95 where he's playing with a barely healed neck, and here is a shorter one getting very close to the 8 range ones below from 2010 after he recovered from the surgery.
• Joy Upon the Lord and Supermies (HB)
• Crimewave ^note The much more popular remix by Crystal Castles is a 5 and Stonefist and Slaves of Fear^note If it weren't for the cleaner, softer verses, this would easily sit at Level 8. (HEALTH)
• Renegade, Wake Up and Raise Hell (Hed PE)
• The King For A Thousand Years and Eagle Fly Free (Helloween)
• Unsung and Milquetoast (Helmet)
• Jurahevin Kuninkaat (Hevisaurus)
• Bacteria (hide)
• Race Wish (Hizaki Grace Project)
• Fly Routine (Hostile Groove)
• Heli (Billy Howerdel & Dean Menta, Jak X soundtrack)
• Something I Learned Today, New Day Rising (Hüsker Dü)
• Be Here Now (Koven Remix)(Hybrid, Driveclub soundtrack)^note Despite the second drop - which ranks at a hard 10 - the (much more atmospheric and melodic) first drop keeps it as a borderline 8.
• Ten Thousand Strong, Travel in Stygian, and Stand Alone (Iced Earth)
• How Can I Live (Ill Nino)
• Light Grenades and Megalomaniac^note The song's crushing main riff skyrockets it to level 7. (Incubus)
• The Quiet Place and Deliver Us ^note The live version is an 8, as Anders would throw occasional growling here and there. (In Flames)
• Ozar Midrashim (Information Society, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver soundtrack)
• Needles in My Mind (Inner Wish)
• Aces High (Iron Maiden) ^note  Despite the poppy chorus, the speed, aggression, and solos make it a solid 7.
• Atlantis Falling (Iron Savior)
• Rebellion (Ragna's Theme) and Stand Unrivaled (Jubei's Theme) (Daisuke Ishiwatari, BlazBlue soundtrack)
• So Did We, Holy Tears, Hall of the Dead and Way Through Woven Branches (Isis)
• Stingray Affliction (Issues)^note Probably would've been an 8 or 9 had it not been for the Justin Bieber-sounding bridge
• Warfare (Jag Panzer)
• Omeano Tettuini Kugimo Ute and THE HERO!! (One-Punch Man opening theme) (JAM Project)
• Silver (Jesu)
• Dark Ages (Jethro Tull)
• Fetish (Joan Jett)^note  Probably the heaviest song Jett has recorded up to this point, its the only time she's done something that was outright metal and not floating somewhere in the 5-6 zone
• Exciter (Judas Priest)
• Blessing of the Future (Jupiter)
• Memento Mori (Kamelot)
• Flyway and You Know How It Is (Kero Kero Bonito)
• Zerospace (Kidneythieves)
• Bawitdaba (Kid Rock)
• Blumenkranz and Before My Body Is Dry (Kill la Kill)
• The End of Heartache (Killswitch Engage)
• Creatures of the Night, I've Had Enough (Into The Fire) and Parasite ^note A precursor to Thrash Metal, it would have been an 11 back when it came out in 1974. Fittingly, thrash metal band Anthrax would later cover the song; their version would sit at a solid 8.(Kiss)
• See a Pink Thin Cellophane (Kiyoharu with SADS)
• Ultra,Brute, Megalomaniac^note Not to be confused with Incubus's song at this level. and Free Your Hate ^note  A hard 7. (KMFDM)
• Somebody Someone, Coming Undone, Twist, Freak on a Leash and Blind (Korn)
• Vodka (Korpiklaani)
• Heavy Metal Kids (Kraftwerk)
• Termination (Yuzo Koshiro, Ys I and II Chronicles)
• Merkabah II ^note  Gets here with the Ominous Pipe Organ as the main instrument. (Ryota Kozuka, Shin Megami Tensei IV soundtrack)
• Treason (Kutless) ^note If the instruments were any lighter, it would border on a 5 or 6.
• Kvelertak (Kvelertak) ^note This showcases the more hard rock side of the band. Though, it retains the black metal vocals, making this song that would otherwise be a hard 5 or a light 6, a solid 7.
• Green Machine (Kyuss)
• Shitlist (L7)
• Night Traffic (Paul Lansky)
• Lunar Abyss (Lchavasse)
• Wearing and Tearing, When The Levee Breaks, Dazed And Confused and The Immigrant Song (live)^note The How the West was Won live version is much, much heavier than the studio version(Led Zeppelin)
• Sparkling (Tekken 5 intro) (Tom Leonard and Jeff Pescetto) ^note Hard to pin down, since the intro is a 3, while the screaming parts reach a soft 8. Meanwhile, the chorus is a 6. Overall, it probably balances out at a soft 7.
• Battleground Arasaka (Paul Leonard-Morgan, Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack)
• Break Stuff (Limp Bizkit)
• One Step Closer ^note The screaming parts can go up to 8., and Rebellion (Linkin Park)
• Destroy Him My Robots (Liquid Stranger)
• Nothing Left (Jacob Lizotte)
• Two-Way Mirror (Loathe)
• Yikes! (London Elektricity)
• Devil is a loser (Lordi)
• Highlander (The One) (Lost Horizon)^note Though not as heavy as other metal songs, it makes up for it with epicness that screams
• To Hell We Ride (Lostprophets)
• Katana Zero (Ost-Version) (LudoWig, Katana ZERO soundtrack)
• Arachnophobia (Jami Lynne, OMORI soundtrack)
• Phyllis (Maria Cross)^note It could have easily been a decent Level 4 Oshare Kei song, if it weren't for Maria's nigh-unlistenable singing worthy of a Level 10-11 song. This is arguably Maria's softest song to date; zhe is more well-known for making impossibly heavy noise metal.
• This Is the New Shit, (s)AINT and Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Marilyn Manson)
• This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed (The Mars Volta)
• Wanna Fight and Get Her Out of Me (Cliff Martinez, Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon soundtracks, respectively)
• Curl of the Burl, The Czar (Mastodon)
• Dennou Paranoia (Matenrou Opera)
• The Paris Hilton Sex Tape (Maybeshewill)
• Washington Is Next! and The Killing Road (Megadeth)
• Cynthia (Megaromania)
• Zero (Melt-Banana)^note The song itself is a 4-6, but the neoclassical intro and the overall loudness keeps it from going down a few levels.
• Electric Flower (Melvins)
• Prince Charming, Fuel^note Despite being on the Lighter and Softer, more alt-rock-esque album Reload, it is one of the harder Level 7 examples as it has strong Thrash Metal influences., For Whom The Bell Tolls, Sweet Amber, The Thing That Should Not Be, Enter Sandman and Now That We're Dead (Metallica)
• Men Stand Alone (Millennial Reign)
• Shut Me Up (Mindless Self Indulgence)
• Khyber Pass (Ministry)
• Die Die My Darling (The Misfits)
• Meaningless (Mnemic)
• Machines (Modestep)
• The Seventh Veil (Moi dix Mois)^note Borders on an 8, but the (relatively) soft and melodic chorus and verses soften the gothic/industrial backdrop a bit.
• Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Monster Magnet)
• Untitled 1, Untitled 2 and Desert Wind (Mark Morgan, Descent II and Fallout soundtracks)
• The Glass Womb (Mors Principium Est)
• If It's Dead, We'll Kill It (Motionless In White)
• Dr. Feelgood (Mötley Crüe)
• Ace of Spades (Motörhead)
• Super Duper Masochism (Ryouna's theme) (AkiHee Motoyama, Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus soundtrack)
• Dead Star, New Born, and Follow Me (Muse) ^note The latter goes up to a 7 because of the brostep influences (hell, the song itself was produced by Nero).
• Feed Me With Your Kiss (My Bloody Valentine)
• Shchedryk (better known to the English-speaking audiences as Carol of the Bells) (Mykola Leontovych)
• Too Fast (Hideki Naganuma) ^note Due largely in part to the speed and distortion used on the instruments.
• Hibachi (Manabu Namiki, DoDonPachi DaiOuJou soundtrack)
• Razamanaz (Nazareth)
• STRANGE AEONS (Necronomidol)
• Me and You^note The melodic bass riffs keep it from becoming an 8. The distorted guitars, however, keep it from becoming a 6., Promises^note on the border between 7 and 8 (Nero)
• Because of You and This Means War (Nickelback)
• Evil (NIGHTkilla) ^note Borderline 8. The softer parts keep it here.
• Nemo and Storytime (Nightwish)
• Running in the 90's (Niko)
• Head Like a Hole, Reptile, Wish and Mr. Self Destruct ^note  Would easily be an 8 without the intermission halfway through that goes down to a 1. (Nine Inch Nails)
• Breed and Territorial Pissings (Nirvana)
• She's Gone (NOFX)
• Who You Talkin' To Man? (Nostalghia, John Wick soundtrack)
• Bleeder (Nothingface) ^note  Borderline 8, though the cleans keep it here.
• Just Breathe, In Memories Past, and Miasma (Novembers Doom) ^note  These tracks are, aside from the occasional ballad, lighter than the band's usual material due to containing exclusively clean vocals.
• Watashi ga Motenai no wa dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!)
• Fuckin' In The Bushes (Oasis)^note An unusual example of Oasis being at this level, but the song's speed, and heavy noise rock influence makes it a 7. It's probably their heaviest song.
• Hammerhead (The Offspring)
• Would You Still Be There (Of Mice & Men)^note Lighter than their usual material due to the exclusive use of cleans apart from minor backing vocals
• Crisis City ^note  Borderline 6/7. (Tomoya Ohtani, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) soundtrack)
• New World Order (Onesidezero)
• Ghostflowers (Otep)
• Giygas Means Business (Christian Pacaud)
• Judgment of the Dead (Pagan Altar)
• Shut Your Mouth (PAIN)
• Eulogy (Panopticon)
• This Love (Pantera)^note A good example of a metal ballad whose "heavy parts" are heavy enough to bring the song above a 6
• Corset Theme (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
• Infiltration (ParagonX9)
• Emergency (Crab Mix) (Paramore) ^note The original version is a 6. The background screams brings this up to a 7. Paramore's heaviest song.
• 변명 (Excuse) (파란노을 (Parannoul))
• Blood (Pearl Jam)
• Granite (Pendulum) ^note If it was a little slower and the intro less eerie, it would have joined the other songs from In Silico at level 6
• Marigold (Periphery)
• Jekyll and Hyde (Petra) ^note Probably their heaviest song. If you were used to their music off of releases like Not of this World, you're in for a surprise.
• Simple Sight (Necromancer Theme) (Piercing Lazer ^note an alias of RealFaction/ThatJohnnyGuy, Castle Crashers soundtrack)
• Careful With That Axe, Eugene… (Pink Floyd)
• Microwaved and W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. (Pitch Shifter)
• Ride (Presence) ^note Ignore that bit at the start, obviously
• Going to Hell (The Pretty Reckless)
• I Am the Night, Colour Me Black (Priestess)
• My Name Is Mud (Live bootleg)^note Easily the very softest level 7 song. However, it is quite hard for Primus's standards. The original is a standard 6., Shake Hands With Beef^note The loud, heavily-clipped drums keep it from a 6. (Primus)
• Fuel My Fire, Serial Thrilla, Spitfire, Warrior's Dance and Invaders Must Die (The Prodigy)
• Collide & Spark (Project Aegis)
• Timekiller (Project Pitchfork)
• Wushu Dolls (Marcin Przybyłowicz, Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack)
• She Watch Channel Zero!? (Public Enemy) ^note  Rap Metal and Industrial Hip-Hop before either existed. This particular song is built around a sample from "Angel of Death" by Slayer.
• Dem Na Like Me (The Qemists ft. Wiley) ^note Pretty soft for being a song by the Qemists, who often reside at levels 8 and 9.
• Stone Cold Crazy Modern Times Rock N Roll and Son and Daughter (Queen)
• Sick, Sick, Sick (Queens of the Stone Age)
• Queen of the Reich (Queensrÿche)
• Trans-Atlantic Drawl (Radiohead) ^note A unusual example of Radiohead reaching this level. The song ends at Level 1
• Bombtrack, Killing In The Name, Wake Up, Fistful Of Steel and Sleep Now In the Fire (Rage Against the Machine)
• Battlefield 4 "Warsaw" Theme (Rami, Battlefield 4 soundtrack)
• Ich Tu Dir Weh (Rammstein)^note It ranks at a borderline 11 in the Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness, being a very graphic Obligatory Bondage Song. The song's bottom-heavy main riff puts it above a 6.
• Breathe Into Me (Red)
• Blood Like Cream (Red Fang) ^note Red Fang has two lead vocalists, Bryan Giles (who also plays bass) and Aaron Beam. (Guitar) Songs that feature Giles more prominently are generally 7-8, while those with Beam in the lead are usually 8 or higher.
• Warped (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Pump the Brakes and Elektra (Refused)
• Takin' a Ride, Kids Don't Follow (The Replacements)
• Power of the Dragonflame and Dawn of Victory (Rhapsody of Fire)
• Smack A Bitch (Rico Nasty)
• Hell Toupé (Ridiculon, Super Meat Boy soundtrack)
• Fire Down Under (Riot)
• Give It All (Rise Against)
• Superbeast (Rob Zombie)
• Hellclown (Rozebud, The Tricky Mod soundtrack)
• One Little Victory and BU2B (Rush)
• Woo Boost (Rusko)
• White Death (Sabaton)
• Independent (Sacred Reich)
• Born Too Late (Saint Vitus)
• This Moment (Saints Never Surrender)
• King of the Stereo (Saliva)
• Pulp Country, The Rock (San Francisco Rush: The Rock)
• America (Santana featuring P.O.D.) ^note Santana doing Heavy Metal? Yes, it has been done. Undoubtedly his hardest song to date.
• Trial by Fire (Satan) ^note Borderline 8 for the raw production, but it's too melodic otherwise.
• Collision (Saves the Day)
• Hypertension and Overdose (Scattle, Super Meat Boy soundtrack)
• Alien Nation, Dynamite and Now! (Scorpions)
• Remedy (Seether)
• Sakkyun Light (Sekken-ya; Touhou Project Fan Vid)
• Marble Smiling Face (Septicflesh) ^note Too chill and melodic for an 8, despite the Harsh Vocals and heavily downtuned guitars.
• No Escape (Seremedy)
• Cyberia Theme (Serial Experiments Lain soundtrack) ^note The softer interludes prevent it from going higher up the scale.
• Hazardous Highway (Yoko Shimomura, Kingdom Hearts II.5 ReMIX soundtrack) ^note  A tad harder than the original, nudging the song to level 7. The original is a very hard 6.
• Adrenaline^note Borderline 8, due to the speed and aggression. Ultimately has too much alt rock influences to be a clear 8., Cry For Help (Shinedown)
• Carry On, Wayward Son (Kansas Cover) (The Showdown)
• Living Well (Signum Regis)
• Your Catastrophes (Procession) (Pedro Silva, OMORI soundtrack)
• Slave to the Grind (Skid Row)
• Ninja (Skindred)
• Assimilate (Skinny Puppy)
• Battlefield 3 Main Theme (Johan Skugge & Jukka Rintamäki, Battlefield 3 soundtrack)
• It's Terror Time Again^note Yes, this is a full-blown Horror/Hardcore Punk song in Scooby-Doo of all places. (Skycycle on the Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island soundtrack)
• Gemini^note Possibly their softest song., Die By The Sword^note Would score higher if it was as heavy as it is fast. (Slayer)
• The Fox ^note  Due to the deliberately overly-loud production. and Call The Doctor ^note  The harsh and out-of nowhere black metal-esque scream puts it here instead of a 6. (Sleater-Kinney)
• Fire & Ice (Sleeping Romance)
• Kick Me (Sleeping With Sirens)
• Tell 'Em (Sleigh Bells)
• Wait and Bleed,^note Gets to an 8 towards the end. Still, it is the softest song from their self-titled album. Before I Forget and The Devil in I (Slipknot)
• Zero and Fuck You (An Ode to No One) (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• Summon Akanbe and Powered Up Akanbee! from Smile Pretty Cure! ^note  "What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?" indeed. The latter song's interlude section makes it a borderline 8.
• Ballistic (Remaster) (sock.clip, Vs Whitty soundtrack) ^note  Borderline 8. The original is a 6.
• Mirror of Sorrow (Solitude Aeturnus)
• Descent into Cerberon, Quad Machine, and Big Gun (Sonic Mayhem, Quake II soundtrack)
• Kool Thing (Sonic Youth)
• Ocean Scorn (Sorrowseed)
• Regalia - Algol's Theme (Soulcalibur V soundtrack) ^note Easily the most metal song to come from the series, compared to most other songs that are usually orchestrated.
• Face Pollution (Soundgarden)
• New Disease (Spineshank)
• Rooftop Rampage and Ant Agony (Spiralmouth, Crash Twinsanity soundtrack)
• Come On My Selector ^note The breakdown is a 9. and Do You Know Squarepusher ^note A rather soft 7; would be lower if it weren't for the heavily glitched drums and some of the heavier parts later on. (Squarepusher)
• Open Your Eyes (Staind) ^note The clean vocals keep this song from getting up to 8 in spite of the heavily distorted guitars.
• El Jinete Del Caballo Blanco (Steel Power)
• Brinstar (Super Metroid Version) (Stemage) ^note  The softer parts keep this progressive metal track from reaching an 8
• Piece of Pie, Sex Type Thing and Naked Sunday ^note This one is just melodic enough to keep it below an 8, but is probably Stone Temple Pilots' heaviest. (Stone Temple Pilots)
• Millenium (Stratovarius)
• Stand Up (Stromkern)
• Calling (Strung Out) ^note  This song would fit comfortably at an 8, but ultimately the intro keeps it at a seven.
• Nine Thou (Grant Mohrman Superstars Remix) (Styles of Beyond, Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2005 soundtrack)
• Institutionalized (Suicidal Tendencies)
• Song of No Tomorrow (Suicide Commando)^note Despite being a Surprisingly Gentle Song, the distorted vocals and heavy instrumentation are hard enough for this level
• Pain for Pleasure and Goddamn I'm Dead Again (Sum 41)
• Interceptor (Sumo Cyco)
• Baby Bowser's theme from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. ^note  Yes, you did read this correctly. This is also notable for being one of the heaviest musical pieces within the Super Nintendo Entertainment System's entire library.
• We Are (Svidden)^note Despite heavy basslines and Indecipherable Lyrics, the strong use of synths keeps this from being a borderline 8.
• Like a Drug (Swans)
• Bullet Train (feat. Joni Fatora) (Stephen Swartz)
• Set the World on Fire (Symphony X)
• B.Y.O.B. ^note While the chorus is pretty soft, the rest is too hard for a 6. and Sugar (System of a Down)
• Moving Very Slowly (Taranchula)
• Wither (Tech N9ne ft. Corey Taylor)^note Despite the soft intro, the song following it is much heavier and even becomes a borderline 8 at the end.
• Are You Ready, Get Down, and Stormbringer^note The latter two could potentially approach 8 if not for the contrast with the bright keyboard melodies. (Teminite)
• Of Mind: Nocturne (Tesseract)
• Lorelei (Theatre of Tragedy)
• Angel of Death, Cold Sweat and Thunder and Lightning (Thin Lizzy)
• A Tower of Ashes and Paper Tiger (Theocracy)
• Home (Three Days Grace)
• Resuscitation of a Dead Man (Thursday)
• Gaia (Tiamat)
• Shakin' Love (T.M.Revolution ft. The Gazette) ^note This is the UNDER COVER version. The original is a 3.
• Yours (Toby Mac)
• The Pot and Parabola (tool)
• Till It’s Over (Tristam)
• Strife (Trivium)^note The lack of screaming through most of the song keeps it below level 8, where most of Trivium's output resides.
• Psalm 9 (Trouble)
• One Hand Killing (Twelve Foot Ninja)^note The softer, folk-influenced passages keep the song away from level 8.
• Torsteins Kvæði (Týr)^note Translation: "The Lay of Torstein
• Prepare For Oblivion (Universe at War soundtrack)
• China Town, As Is and Loss of Control (Van Halen)^note The pure speed and aggressiveness keeps all these above a 6.
• The Valkyrie Trilogy (ft. Laura Brehm & Cassandra Kay) (Varien)^note "Valkyrie I: Bloodshed" is an 8, "Valkyrie II: Lacuna" is a 7, and "Valkyrie III: Atonement" is a 4.
• Donut (Venetian Snares)
• I'm Taking Europe With Me (Veruca Salt) ^note The random ear-piercing shrieks give it that extra boost. Would otherwise be a 5 or 6.
• Generator Room (VV Audio Team, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy soundtrack)
• Sketches of Winkle, Stroker Ace, and It's Gonna Be a Long Night (Ween)
• Everyone (Weezer)^note A very soft 7. Still, it is perhaps Weezer's hardest song, besides their cover of Metallica's "Enter Sandman," which is also at this level.
• Duality but It's The Space Jam Theme Song and Psychosocial but It's Sexyback by Justin Timberlake ^note Songs originally by Slipknot. Both are good demonstrations of how vocals can impact a song's hardness, as the originals are an 8-9. (William Maranci Mashups)
• Caffeine (Jeff Williams) ^note Bordering on 8 given how fast it goes.
• Land of Snow and Sorrow (Wintersun)
• Punch Bowl (David Wise, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze soundtrack) ^note The speed, guitar distortion, and fast solos bring it up here.
• Road to the Paradise (Within Silence)
• Our Solemn Hour and Faster (Within Temptation)
• A Looming Resonance (Wolves in the Throne Room)
• Rolling Girl (wowaka ft. Hatsune Miku)
• Standing Sex ^note  This is Heath on bass. Taiji on bass is even harder, though likely not enough to be an 8 and Jade^note  Live versions can range anywhere from here to an 8 depending on Toshi's voice and how many times he indulges in the Metal Scream, and the album mix is heavy enough to be an 8, Orgasm^note rides the line between 7 and 9. Some versions (especially from the early days as X) are 8 verging on 9, but anything after 1993 is between 7 and 8 due to the lack of Taiji's faster bass., and Art Of Life^note Borderline 8 due to its sheer length, blistering speed and sharply contrasting song dynamics (the song alternates between atonal piano passages and full-on drum blasting). Live versions would probably be a hard 8/borderline 9. (X Japan)
• Supernova (Xtrullor) ^note The first drop is at 6, but the harder second and third drops average out the song to a 7.
• Silent Heaven (Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill 2 soundtrack)
• Kokou no Sousei (Yousei Teikoku)
• Release of the Far West Ocean and Ernst (Ys: The Ark of Napishtim soundtrack)
• Tell Me About Your Childhood (You and I)
• Seven Doors (Zaq, Trinity Seven soundtrack)
• The Set Up and His World (Zebra Head)
• Loveless World and After School Navigators (μ's) ^note Loveless World is a straighter example, but After School Navigator bounces between a hard 7 for its metal instrumentals and potentially as low as a 3 or 4 for its intense Lyrical Dissonance and lighter-sounding vocals.

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