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, Noise Rock, Noise Pop, Dubstep, Industrial, harder Post-Industrial, Deconstructed Club, heavier Shoegazing, hardest Alternative Rock, Traditional Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Hair Metal, softer Doom Metal, softer Industrial Metal, soft Post-Metal, Alternative Metal, softer Nu Metal, softer Power Metal, heavy Progressive Rock, most Gothic Metal, softer Avant-Garde Metal, softer Folk Metal, Melodic Hardcore.

Matching mineral: Orthoclase

• Devoid (Abbey Nex)
• Graveflower (Acid Bath)
• Lollipops Level 3 ^note  This song only features two notes! (Action 52)
• Thunderstruck and Back in Black (AC/DC)
• 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)
• Bed of Nails (Alice Cooper)
• 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
• 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 (Angelspit)
• Only and Safe Home^note Probably the softest level 6 example (Anthrax)
• Die Trying (Art of Dying)
• 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 (At the Drive-In)
• 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.
• 21st Century (Digital Boy) (Against the Grain Version), Inner Logic and Operation Rescue (Bad Religion)
• No Sleep Till Brooklyn (Beastie Boys)
• Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
• Scatterbrain (Jeff Beck) (Live versions, such as the one featured in Guitar Hero 5, can go up to an 8.)
• Zero Gravity and Getting Stronger (BlackGryph0n & 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 (Black Sabbath)
• Fly (Blind Guardian)
• Black Blade (Blue Öyster Cult)
• 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
• Machine Head and Testosterone (Bush)
• This Wheel's On Fire (The Byrds)
• Keep the Light On, Devil by his Side and Locked On (Jerry Cantrell)
• 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)
• You Got Nothing I Want (Cold Chisel)
• Heavy (Collective Soul)
• Cryotank Expansion ^note An industrial ambient song and Last Dance (Covenant)
• Big A Little A (Crass)
• What I'm Made Of and and Live And Learn (Crush 40)
• Creeping in My Soul, (Cryoshell)
• Emulator (The Crystal Method)
• 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)
• Police Truck and Holiday in Cambodia (Dead Kennedys)
• The Crackled Book of Life (Deathspell Omega)
• Fireball (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)
• Pretty (DON BROCO) ^note  The main riff brings this up a notch or two.
• Five to One (The Doors)^note At its time it would have been an 11.
• Stone the Crow (Down)
• Hell's Kitchen and Surrounded (Dream Theater)
• Seele Brennt 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)
• It Remembers (ft. Brendon Urie) (Every Time I Die)^note Borderline 7.
• 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)
• 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)
• Hocus Pocus (Focus)
• Rope (Foo Fighters)
• Hopes and Dreams (Toby Fox, Undertale Soundtrack) ^note Too bombastic to be a 5, the guitars also elevate it to this level.
• 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.
• Square Hammer and From The Pinnacle to The Pit (Ghost)
• Brain Stew/Jaded (Green Day)
• Lost (Haji's Kitchen) ^note  easily their softest song, still heavy enough to border on a 7, but is generally pretty soft
• Beat Assassinator (Rio Hamamoto, Ridge Racer 7 soundtrack)
• Paralyzed (Hardline)
• Bloodbound (Harmony)
• The Jesus Metal Explosion and The Battle of God (HB)
• 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)
• 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.
• Pieces (Hoobastank)
• 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 2
• 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)
• Justice Sword (Daisuke Ishiwatari, Blaz Blue Chrono Phantasma OST)
• Wrists of Kings, Dulcinea, Hand of the Host and Ghost Key (Isis)
• My Cat (Jack Off Jill)
• Stop (Jane's Addiction)
• Spinster (Joan Jett)
• Heavy Bells (J. Roddy Walston & The Business)
• 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, Kannazuki no Miko'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[[/note]
• 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)
• 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)
• I Wanna Be a Drug Sniffing Dog (Lard)
• Trip -Innocent of D- (opening theme for High School DXD) (Larval Stage Planning)^note While the intro riff is clearly a 9, the immediate rest gravitates around a 6. Borderline 7.
• Immigrant Songand How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin)
• Overdrive (Levela and Dub Zero)
• 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)
• Cult of Personality (Living Colour)
• Prisoner of Society (The Living End)
• Exploded Diper (Löded Diper)
• Hard Rock Hallelujah (Lordi)
• Lux Aeterna (Clint Mansell, Requiem for a Dream soundtrack) ^note Rare example of a purely classical song at this level
• Coma White and Rock Is Dead (Marilyn Manson)
• Kick Out the Jams (MC5)
• 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. (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. and Looks That Kill (Mötley Crüe)
• Stone Dead Forever (Motörhead)
• Happy? (Mudvayne)
• 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)
• Ether (Nothingface)
• Morning Glory (Oasis)
• Broken Generation (Of Mice and Men)
• The Kids Aren't Alright (The Offspring)
• What the Hell (Ohio Players) ^note With its heavy use of tritones, half-diminished seventh chords, and heavily-distorted (for the 1970s) electric guitar shredding, this is about as hard as funk rock can get before becoming funk metal.
• Pedestrian Wolves (Oingo Boingo)
• Rage Racer, as well as the Ridge Racers 2 remix (Hiroshi Okubo, Rage Racer soundtrack)
• 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.
• Cemetery Gates (Pantera)
• Last Resort and Still Swingin'^note One of the hardest level 6 songs. (Papa Roach)
• Careful and Now ^note A pretty light 6, but still one of Paramore's harder songs. (Paramore)
• Go (Pearl Jam)
• Fuck Authority (Pennywise)
• Judith (A Perfect Circle)
• Hiding (Pianos Become the Teeth)
• In the Flesh?/In the Flesh,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.
• Psychosis (Poets of the Fall)
• Youth of the Nation (P.O.D.)
• Play Destroy (Poppy) ^note Perfect example of a Mood Whiplash song. The metal sections are a soft 8, while the synthpop parts are a 3.
• Deadwing (Porcupine Tree)
• Bang Yer Head (Portraits of Past)
• Cold December (Presence)
• My Name Is Mud (Primus) ^note Live versions often creep up to a very soft 7.
• Breathe, Firestarter and Their Law (The Prodigy)
• Bring the Noise 20XX (Public Enemy) ^note This is the version with Zakk Wylde. The version with Anthrax is a 7.
• Dirty Words (The Qemists ft. Matt Rose & Bruno Balanta) ^note Easily the Qemists's softest song to date.
• The Hitman, Gimmie the Prize 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.
• 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. and 2 + 2 = 5 (Radiohead)
• Stargazer (Rainbow)
• Black Betty (Ram Jam)
• Du Hast and Mutter (Rammstein)
• Parallel Universe (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Savior and Re-Education (Through Labor) (Rise Against) ^note Both are pretty hard 6s
• 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 (Sabaton) ^note Borderline 7
• Edge of Thorns (Savatage)
• Fake It (Seether)
• Adam's Apple (Seikima II)
• Killing Me, Killing You (Sentenced)
• 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.
• Israel's Son (Silverchair)^note The ending is a pretty solid 7
• Pressure (Skindred)
• Pro-Test (Skinny Puppy)
• Ghost (Slash)
• Vermillion, Part 1 (Slipknot) ^note Despite the occasional screaming, the song's relatively relaxed tempo and mostly quiet singing bring it down to this level.
• Bullet With Butterfly Wings (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• 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.
• Let Me Drown and Rusty Cage^note Borderline 7. Possibly one of the heavier examples at this level. (Soundgarden)
• 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.
• 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)
• 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)
• 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.
• Set Me Free (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.
• 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"
• Dignity of Spirit (UNLUCKY MORPHEUS) ^note  a circle specialising in arranging music from the Touhou-Series.
• On Fire and Hot for Teacher (Van Halen)
• Slither (Velvet Revolver) ^note Hard 5 for most of the song, but solid 7 during the solo.
• 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)
• Senbonzakura (WagakkiBand) ^note Creeps up to a 7 when the double bass drumming starts kicking in.
• Arena of Pleasure (WASP)
• Getchoo and American Gigolo (Weezer)
• On Sight^note A rare example of standard hip hop (ie. not gangsta rap or horrorcore) reaching this level (Kanye West)
• Fell in Love with a Girl (The White Stripes)
• This Will Be The Day (Jeff Williams)
• 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)
• Who Are the Brain Police? (Frank Zappa)
• Last Proof (Zaq)
• City 2 City (Zomboy)

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Level 7

Genre: Heavier Grunge, Heavy Metal, 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, Digital Hardcore and Metalcore's softer end, heavier Folk Metal, softer Thrash Metal.

Matching mineral: Quartz

• Conquistador (30 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
• 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)
• 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)
• 100% (Angelspit)
• Paper Moshay (Antioch Arrow)
• 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!)
• 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)
• 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)
• Empathy (Bassnectar)
• Sabotage (Beastie Boys) ^note The shouted vocals bumps it up a bit.
• Aeropolis (Beataucue)
• The Lines (Beartooth)
• DNA and Air Atlantic (Being)
• Weight of the World (Black Fate)
• Fighting Back (BlackGryph0n & Baasik)
• Black Sabbath, ^note Doom metal before the term existed. Would have been an 11 when it came out in 1970. Children Of The Grave and 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. The last part is around a 1 or 2, though. Again, this would have been an 11 when it came out. (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.
• 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)
• Leaving All Behind (Cellador)
• Frozen and New Elysium (Celldweller)
• Dig Your Own Hole (The Chemical Brothers)
• Family System and Face to the Floor (Chevelle)
• Tempest and Thunder (Cirque du Soleil)
• Welcome Home and The Camper Velourium III: Al the Killer (Coheed and Cambria)
• 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)
• Bread of Shame (Creed)
• Dimension and Gravitate (Creo)
• Open Your Heart ^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)^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)
• Samurai (Danger Gang)
• Infinite (Dangerkids) ^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.
• 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.
• Two Hurt (DELUHI)
• Witch Doctor (De Staat)
• Assistant to the Regional Manager (The Devil Wears Prada)
• Helpless (Diamond Head)
• Crossfire (Die Krupps)
• Wild One (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)
• 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.
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 a 9, while "Finale" is a 4.
• 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)
• Mummy Dust (Ghost)
• Tip Your Bartender (Glassjaw)
• Animus Vox (The Glitch Mob)^note The intro keeps it from entering higher levels of hardness.
• Platypus (I Hate You)^note due to the very fast instrumentation and quick, grungy singing and Bang Bang^note One of Green Day's heaviest and fastest-paced songs yet. Its unrelenting, punkish aggression puts it above a 6. (Green Day)
• Open Your Eyes (Guano Apes)
• Garden of Eden and Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N' Roses)
• 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 (HEALTH)
• Renegade (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)
• 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 keep it above a 6.
• 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)
• 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)
• You Know How It Is (Kero Kero Bonito)
• Zerospace (Kidneythieves)
• Blumenkranz and Before My Body Is Dry (Kill la Kill)
• The End of Heartache (Killswitch Engage)
• Creatures of the Night and I've Had Enough (Into The Fire) (Kiss)
• See a Pink Thin Cellophane (Kiyoharu with SADS)
• Ultra and Megalomaniac^note Not to be confused with Incubus's song at this level. (KMFDM)
• Somebody Someone, Coming Undone ,Freak on a Leash and Blind (Korn)
• Vodka (Korpiklaani)
• Heavy Metal Kids (Kraftwerk)
• Termination (Yuzo Koshiro, Ys I and II Chronicles)
• Treason (Kutless) ^note If the instruments were any lighter, it would border on a 5 or 6.
• Green Machine (Kyuss)
• Night Traffic (Paul Lansky)
• 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.
• Break Stuff (Limp Bizkit)
• Given Up , One Step Closer ^note The screaming parts can go up to 8., and Rebellion (Linkin Park)
• Yikes! (London Elektricity)
• 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)
• 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 and (s)AINT (Marilyn Manson)
• This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed (The Mars Volta)
• Curl of the Burl, The Czar (Mastodon)
• Dennou Paranoia (Matenrou Opera)
• The Paris Hilton Sex Tape (Maybeshewill)
• Washington Is Next! (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 and 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. (Metallica)
• Men Stand Alone (Millennial Reign)
• Shut Me Up (Mindless Self Indulgence)
• 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.
• Untitled 1 and Untitled 2 (Mark Morgan, Descent II soundtrack)
• Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Monster Magnet)
• 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)
• Too Fast (Hideki Naganuma) ^note Due largely in part to the speed and distortion used on the instruments.
• 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)
• Nemo (Nightwish)
• Head Like a Hole, Reptile and Wish (Nine Inch Nails)
• Breed (Nirvana)
• She's Gone (NOFX)
• Bleeder (Nothingface)
• Just Breathe, In Memories Past, and Miasma (Novembers Doom) ^note  These tracks are, aside from the occasional ballad, lighter than the band's usual material due to containing exclusively clean vocals.
• Watashi ga Motenai no wa dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!)
• Fuckin' In The Bushes (Oasis)^note An unusual example of Oasis being at this level, but the song's speed, and heavy noise rock influence makes it a 7. It's probably their heaviest song.
• Hammerhead (The Offspring)
• Would You Still Be There (Of Mice and Men)^note Lighter than their usual material due to the exclusive use of cleans apart from minor backing vocals
• New World Order (Onesidezero)
• Ghostflowers (Otep)
• 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)
• Emergency (Crab Mix) (Paramore) ^note The original version is a 6. The background screams brings this up to a 7. Paramore's heaviest song.
• 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.
• Microwaved and W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. (Pitch Shifter)
• Armi Beter (Plonk Moist)
• 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.
• 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)
• Girls, Fuel My Fire, Pandemonium, Serial Thrilla, Spitfire and Warrior's Dance (The Prodigy)
• Collide & Spark (Project Aegis)
• Timekiller (Project Pitchfork)
• 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
• Sleep Now In the Fire (Rage Against the Machine)
• Ich Tu Dir Weh (Rammstein)^note It ranks at a borderline 11 in the Mohs Scaleof 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)
• Power of the Dragonflame and Dawn of Victory (Rhapsody of Fire)
• Fire Down Under (Riot)
• Give It All (Rise Against)
• Riding the Storm (Running Wild)
• One Little Victory and BU2B (Rush)
• Woo Boost (Rusko)
• White Death (Sabaton)
• Independent (Sacred Reich)
• Born Too Late (Saint Vitus)
• 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)
• Collision (Saves the Day)
• Alien Nation (Scorpions)
• Remedy (Seether)
• Sakkyun Light (Sekken-ya; Touhou 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)
• 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)
• Slave to the Grind (Skid Row)
• Ninja (Skindred)
• Assimilate (Skinny Puppy)
• Gemini^note Possibly their softest song., Die By The Sword^note Would score higher if it was as heavy as it is fast. (Slayer)
• Fire & Ice (Sleeping Romance)
• Kick Me (Sleeping With Sirens)
• Tell 'Em (Sleigh Bells)
• 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.
• 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 and 4th of July (Soundgarden) ^note A soft 7
• New Disease (Spineshank)
• 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)
• 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 (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.
• Bullet Train (feat. Joni Fatora) (Stephen Swartz)
• Set the World on Fire (Symphony X)
• B.Y.O.B. (System of a Down) ^note While the chorus is pretty soft, the rest is too hard for a 6.
• 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)
• 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.
• 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.
• Sketches of Winkle (Ween)
• Gilda's Rage (William Anderson, My Little Pony Friendshipis Magic soundtrack) ^note  Yes, you did read that right
• 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. This is how hard a song from a Nintendo game can get.
• Road to the Paradise (Within Silence)
• Our Solemn Hour and Faster (Within Temptation)
• A Looming Resonance (Wolves in the Throne Room)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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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