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# \\\"Dirty Words\\\" by The Qemists would probably be a hard 6 or, at most, a 7. I\\\'ve compared it with more standard Level 6 rock/metal and I could say it\\\'s closest to NuMetal in terms of musical stylings, which is usually around 6-7 on the scale.
# The song comes across as being difficult to classify or even put on the scale. It certainly has a \\\"hard\\\" quality but it sounds a bit \\\"empty\\\" and a bit lacking in perceivable \\\"hardness\\\" other than the beats. The drum rolls are catchy, though.
# I\\\'d agree with you regarding your views on trance - it\\\'s a genre filled with nigh-unclassifiable material. Sure trance can sound metallic and heavy (it is possible for some trance songs to make it to the scale), but it can also sound poppy and/or dancey (which explains why trance songs aren\\\'t usually included in the scale). For me, \\\"Imagine\\\" leans more towards the dancey side (sure there are audible guitars, but the hooks tend to overpower the riffs and contribute to the dancey pop sound) and would therefore sound a bit out-of-place in a scale that measures musical hardness (catchiness can suck out the hardness of a song in some cases).
# I\\\'d say I\\\'m glad to have listened to Nero\\\'s \\\"Innocence\\\" once again. I\\\'m not really a big dubstep fan (I\\\'m actually a metalhead who enjoys {{Metalcore}}, experimental metal and VisualKei) but \\\"Innocence\\\" is one of my fave non-metal songs, so you could say I\\\'m quite familiar with its sound. It\\\'s a straight-up 8 - the ambient sections contribute somewhat to the decreased hardness, but the bass wobbles aren\\\'t as hard as most modern dubstep/metalstep/brostep, which keeps it from going up to 9.
# \\\"Blow The Roof\\\" certainly has a very strong rock beat, but it is \\\'\\\'definitely\\\'\\\' poppier than the other modern dubstep songs on the scale, which could contribute to a lower hardness or (possibly) disqualify it from the scale. It would be best to have others listen to it so they can say something about the hardness of the song. But for me, it would be a 7.
# \\\"Finale\\\" by Madeon is a hard 4, bordering on 5. It\\\'s got a good rock vibe to it, and warm, crunchy synth riffs (when I first heard it a long time ago, I thought those were computer-distorted guitars.)
# \\\"The Night Out\\\" is a straight-up 3, no more, no less.
# \\\"Pro-Test\\\" is a 6.
# \\\"Arclight\\\" by VNV Nation has the feel of 5, but it sounds fairly light and spacey, with omnipresent strings and a light but pounding bass beat. It would probably fall at around 2-3.
# Oh, by the way, thanks for bringing up Pantera\\\'s \\\"Suicide Note Pt. II\\\". At the time of this post\\\'s writing, I listened to the whole of \\\"The Great Southern Trendkill\\\" and found the song considerably heavier than the more standard GrooveMetal tracks on the album. Dimebag\\\'s solo contributed a lot to the hardness, and the grindcore influence (and Seth Putnam\\\'s vocals) really helped it reach very high hardness levels, but what makes it an 11 is the sheer shock it can cause to listeners who listen to Part I and expect the next part to be as soft as the first one (it\\\'s a sad song all throughout, but Part 2 comes across as sounding a bit...\\\"[[HellIsThatNoise wrong]]\\\"). I\\\'ve also compared it to Lamb of God\\\'s \\\"Black Label\\\" and noticed some musical similarities (most notably, the raw, chaotic approach to GrooveMetal and the heavy breakdowns at the end of both songs).
# The song comes across as being difficult to classify or even put on the scale. It certainly has a \\\"hard\\\" quality but it sounds a bit \\\"empty\\\" and a bit lacking in perceivable \\\"hardness\\\" other than the beats. The drum rolls are catchy, though.
# I\\\'d agree with you regarding your views on trance - it\\\'s a genre filled with nigh-unclassifiable material. Sure trance can sound metallic and heavy (it is possible for some trance songs to make it to the scale), but it can also sound poppy and/or dancey (which explains why trance songs aren\\\'t usually included in the scale). For me, \\\"Imagine\\\" leans more towards the dancey side (sure there are audible guitars, but the hooks tend to overpower the riffs and contribute to the dancey pop sound) and would therefore sound a bit out-of-place in a scale that measures musical hardness (catchiness can suck out the hardness of a song in some cases).
# I\\\'d say I\\\'m glad to have listened to Nero\\\'s \\\"Innocence\\\" once again. I\\\'m not really a big dubstep fan (I\\\'m actually a metalhead who enjoys {{Metalcore}}, experimental metal and VisualKei) but \\\"Innocence\\\" is one of my fave non-metal songs, so you could say I\\\'m quite familiar with its sound. It\\\'s a straight-up 8 - the ambient sections contribute somewhat to the decreased hardness, but the bass wobbles aren\\\'t as hard as most modern dubstep/metalstep/brostep, which keeps it from going up to 9.
# \\\"Blow The Roof\\\" certainly has a very strong rock beat, but it is \\\'\\\'definitely\\\'\\\' poppier than the other modern dubstep songs on the scale, which could contribute to a lower hardness or (possibly) disqualify it from the scale. It would be best to have others listen to it so they can say something about the hardness of the song. But for me, it would be a 7.
# \\\"Finale\\\" by Madeon is a hard 4, bordering on 5. It\\\'s got a good rock vibe to it, and warm, crunchy synth riffs (when I first heard it a long time ago, I thought those were computer-distorted guitars.)
# \\\"The Night Out\\\" is a straight-up 3, no more, no less.
# \\\"Pro-Test\\\" is a 6.
# \\\"Arclight\\\" by VNV Nation has the feel of 5, but it sounds fairly light and spacey, with omnipresent strings and a light but pounding bass beat. It would probably fall at around 2-3.
# Oh, by the way, thanks for bringing up Pantera\\\'s \\\"Suicide Note Pt. II\\\". At the time of this post\\\'s writing, I listened to the whole of \\\"The Great Southern Trendkill\\\" and found the song considerably heavier than the more standard GrooveMetal tracks on the album. Dimebag\\\'s solo contributed a lot to the hardness, and the grindcore influence (and Seth Putnam\\\'s vocals) really helped it reach very high hardness levels, but what makes it an 11 is the sheer shock it can cause to listeners who listen to Part I and expect the next part to be as soft as the first one (it\\\'s a sad song all throughout, but Part 2 comes across as sounding a bit...\\\"[[HellIsThatNoise wrong]]\\\"). I\\\'ve also compared it to Lamb of God\\\'s \\\"Black Label\\\" and noticed some musical similarities (most notably, the raw, chaotic approach to GrooveMetal and the heavy breakdowns at the end of both songs).
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# \\\"Dirty Words\\\" by The Qemists would probably be a hard 6 or, at most, a 7. I\\\'ve compared it with more standard Level 6 rock/metal and I could say it\\\'s closest to NuMetal in terms of musical stylings, which is usually around 6-7 on the scale.
# The song comes across as being difficult to classify or even put on the scale. It certainly has a \\\"hard\\\" quality but it sounds a bit \\\"empty\\\" and a bit lacking in perceivable \\\"hardness\\\" other than the beats. The drum rolls are catchy, though.
# I\\\'d agree with you regarding your views on trance - it\\\'s a genre filled with nigh-unclassifiable material. Sure trance can sound metallic and heavy (it is possible for some trance songs to make it to the scale), but it can also sound poppy and/or dancey (which explains why trance songs aren\\\'t usually included in the scale). For me, \\\"Imagine\\\" leans more towards the dancey side (sure there are audible guitars, but the hooks tend to overpower the riffs and contribute to the dancey pop sound) and would therefore sound a bit out-of-place in a scale that measures musical hardness.
# I\\\'d say I\\\'m glad to have listened to Nero\\\'s \\\"Innocence\\\" once again. I\\\'m not really a big dubstep fan (I\\\'m actually a metalhead who enjoys {{Metalcore}}, experimental metal and VisualKei) but \\\"Innocence\\\" is one of my fave non-metal songs, so you could say I\\\'m quite familiar with its sound. It\\\'s a straight-up 8 - the ambient sections contribute somewhat to the decreased hardness, but the bass wobbles aren\\\'t as hard as most modern dubstep/metalstep/brostep, which keeps it from going up to 9.
# \\\"Blow The Roof\\\" certainly has a very strong rock beat, but it is \\\'\\\'definitely\\\'\\\' poppier than the other modern dubstep songs on the scale, which could contribute to a lower hardness or (possibly) disqualify it from the scale. It would be best to have others listen to it so they can say something about the hardness of the song. But for me, it would be a 7.
# \\\"Finale\\\" by Madeon is a hard 4, bordering on 5. It\\\'s got a good rock vibe to it, and warm, crunchy synth riffs (when I first heard it a long time ago, I thought those were computer-distorted guitars.)
# \\\"The Night Out\\\" is a straight-up 3, no more, no less.
# \\\"Pro-Test\\\" is a 6.
# \\\"Arclight\\\" by VNV Nation has the feel of 5, but it sounds fairly light and spacey, with omnipresent strings and a light but pounding bass beat. It would probably fall at around 2-3.
# Oh, by the way, thanks for bringing up Pantera\\\'s \\\"Suicide Note Pt. II\\\". At the time of this post\\\'s writing, I listened to the whole of \\\"The Great Southern Trendkill\\\" and found the song considerably heavier than the more standard GrooveMetal tracks on the album. Dimebag\\\'s solo contributed a lot to the hardness, and the grindcore influence (and Seth Putnam\\\'s vocals) really helped it reach very high hardness levels, but what makes it an 11 is the sheer shock it can cause to listeners who listen to Part I and expect the next part to be as soft as the first one (it\\\'s a sad song all throughout, but Part 2 comes across as sounding a bit...\\\"[[HellIsThatNoise wrong]]\\\"). I\\\'ve also compared it to Lamb of God\\\'s \\\"Black Label\\\" and noticed some musical similarities (most notably, the raw, chaotic approach to GrooveMetal and the heavy breakdowns at the end of both songs).
# The song comes across as being difficult to classify or even put on the scale. It certainly has a \\\"hard\\\" quality but it sounds a bit \\\"empty\\\" and a bit lacking in perceivable \\\"hardness\\\" other than the beats. The drum rolls are catchy, though.
# I\\\'d agree with you regarding your views on trance - it\\\'s a genre filled with nigh-unclassifiable material. Sure trance can sound metallic and heavy (it is possible for some trance songs to make it to the scale), but it can also sound poppy and/or dancey (which explains why trance songs aren\\\'t usually included in the scale). For me, \\\"Imagine\\\" leans more towards the dancey side (sure there are audible guitars, but the hooks tend to overpower the riffs and contribute to the dancey pop sound) and would therefore sound a bit out-of-place in a scale that measures musical hardness.
# I\\\'d say I\\\'m glad to have listened to Nero\\\'s \\\"Innocence\\\" once again. I\\\'m not really a big dubstep fan (I\\\'m actually a metalhead who enjoys {{Metalcore}}, experimental metal and VisualKei) but \\\"Innocence\\\" is one of my fave non-metal songs, so you could say I\\\'m quite familiar with its sound. It\\\'s a straight-up 8 - the ambient sections contribute somewhat to the decreased hardness, but the bass wobbles aren\\\'t as hard as most modern dubstep/metalstep/brostep, which keeps it from going up to 9.
# \\\"Blow The Roof\\\" certainly has a very strong rock beat, but it is \\\'\\\'definitely\\\'\\\' poppier than the other modern dubstep songs on the scale, which could contribute to a lower hardness or (possibly) disqualify it from the scale. It would be best to have others listen to it so they can say something about the hardness of the song. But for me, it would be a 7.
# \\\"Finale\\\" by Madeon is a hard 4, bordering on 5. It\\\'s got a good rock vibe to it, and warm, crunchy synth riffs (when I first heard it a long time ago, I thought those were computer-distorted guitars.)
# \\\"The Night Out\\\" is a straight-up 3, no more, no less.
# \\\"Pro-Test\\\" is a 6.
# \\\"Arclight\\\" by VNV Nation has the feel of 5, but it sounds fairly light and spacey, with omnipresent strings and a light but pounding bass beat. It would probably fall at around 2-3.
# Oh, by the way, thanks for bringing up Pantera\\\'s \\\"Suicide Note Pt. II\\\". At the time of this post\\\'s writing, I listened to the whole of \\\"The Great Southern Trendkill\\\" and found the song considerably heavier than the more standard GrooveMetal tracks on the album. Dimebag\\\'s solo contributed a lot to the hardness, and the grindcore influence (and Seth Putnam\\\'s vocals) really helped it reach very high hardness levels, but what makes it an 11 is the sheer shock it can cause to listeners who listen to Part I and expect the next part to be as soft as the first one (it\\\'s a sad song all throughout, but Part 2 comes across as sounding a bit...\\\"[[HellIsThatNoise wrong]]\\\"). I\\\'ve also compared it to Lamb of God\\\'s \\\"Black Label\\\" and noticed some musical similarities (most notably, the raw, chaotic approach to GrooveMetal and the heavy breakdowns at the end of both songs).
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n It is also one more nail in the coffin for relying on IMDb for qualifying or disqualifying movies from this category. Don\'t get me wrong, IMDb is a great website and a useful tool for finding out people\'s opinions on movies. \'\'\'But it is not the only tool to find out if a movie is SBIH.\'\'\' I thus highly recommend all of you to do the research and find out if a film is SBIH, even if it has an IMDb rating lower than 4. A film that is universally hated might have a higher IMDb rating due to {{Astroturfing}}, whereas a perfectly okay (if largely unknown) film might go below the threshold due to trolls. Therefore, \'\'\'don\'t\'\'\' just rely on IMDb to see if the public and critics agree that a certain movie is horrible.
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I have finished cleaning up \'\'Surf School\'\'. Rather than a shoddy comparison to \'\'College\'\', it\'s now a legitimate entry that explains why the movie deserved its 2.0 IMDb rating (reading every review on the web helped as well). And judging from the reviews I have read, practically everyone agrees that Surf School would qualify to be SBIH.
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I have finished cleaning up \\\'\\\'Surf School\\\'\\\'. Rather than a shoddy comparison to \\\'\\\'College\\\'\\\', it\\\'s now a legitimate entry that explains why the movie deserved to be on this page (reading every review on the web helped as well). And judging from the reviews I have read, practically everyone agrees that Surf School would qualify to be SBIH.
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Speaking of reading reviews, I am now convinced that \'\'The Dork of the Rings\'\' is a case of ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike rather than something that is SBIH. I\'ve been reading reviews throughout IMDb and the internet regarding their opinions on the movie. Turns out many reviewers like it (if not love it), given the impressive CGI and costume designs, smooth pacing, GrowingTheBeard with its jokes, and overall creative use of [[NoBudget their $28,500 budget.]]
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Speaking of reading reviews, I am now convinced that \\\'\\\'The Dork of the Rings\\\'\\\' is a case of ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike rather than something that is SBIH. I\\\'ve been reading reviews throughout IMDb and the internet regarding their opinions on the movie. Turns out many reviewers like it (if not love it), given the impressive CGI and costume designs, GrowingTheBeard with its jokes, and overall creative use of [[NoBudget their $28,500 budget.]]
