Whats the Hardest Metal You Listen to?

[Mafoobula]

I'd say I'm anywhere between 6-8, with just a smattering of 9. Dragonforce, Rhapsody of Fire, Powerglove, those are all fine and good. Mostly 6 or 7, with just a few individual songs touching 8. Meanwhile...

Spoiler

I know this isn't the hardestcore metal, but as far as sheer headbanging potential, I like to think this is godly amazing.
Also:
That's the smattering of 9.

 

[Dethenger]

If Whole Lotta Love clocks in at a 7, the highest would probably be around 9, but that's definitely an outlier; I prefer ~6.
Also, apparently Immigrant Song is only a 5. I would think it's harder than Whole Lotta Love, but I guess I wouldn't really know.

 

[Napierdalac]

10-11 useally. Some times though, I love listening to the softer.. 6-9. But I do prefer 10-11. Often I'm looking for harder stuff. Can't get brutal enough! \m/

 

[TingaWinga]

High speed steel in my drill bit

Ohhhh you meant music?

well I like my answer better

 

[Alexander Haslund]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO7TZGgBbOw&ob=av3e
my heavy metal level is brutal lengend

 

[Sprinal]

Hey this is a (vaguely) interesting take on the Metal Thread....


Okay I would mostly listen 9-10 but with having listened to some music from the 11 range before... But I really can't take it seriosly at that point.

But What happens if you listen to Industrial? Like where does that sit on the Heavy Scale? Because some of the Aggrotech that I have been listening too ov late would sit somewhere between 8-11...

Anyway Examples will be wanted wont they?

Spoiler: okay:

Moonspell
Angelspit
Dimmu Borgir
Meshuggah
Periphery
Tesseract
Dark Tranquillity
asphyxia
Behemoth
Turisus
Children of Bodom
A Day to Remember
Psyborg Corp.
Devildriver
Heaven Shall Burn
In Flames
Kreator
Katatonia
Combichrist
Lamb of god
Ministry
Sonic Syndicate (havn't listened to them in a while... Forgot I had a CD of them...)
Suicide Silence
Arsis
Before the Dawn
Taktical Sekt
Helloween
Opeth
Mindless Self Indulgence (not sure if metal or punk or what... But they would probably fit on the chart.... somewhere....)
Muderdolls
pzychobitch


Is that Enough?

Because I would really hope so...

 

[Creator002]

7? Rammstein is about 90% of my iPhone playlist.

 

[Toaster Hunter]

Mostly 7-8 with a hint of 9 at times.

 

[Xiroh86]

well according to the scale I range from the rare 1 to the rare 11. based on the descriptions of the different levels, and the examples given I tend to hang around an 8.

on that note I know for a fact that a friend of mine literally only really listens to those genres/subgenres and bands that would be classified in the 10 or 11 range. I don't understand how he can listen to that all day, but to each their own.

more than anything this is an interesting study of rock and metal music forms.

 

[Korenith]

Judging by that scale I'd say I tend to hover around 8-9 for most of my musical tastes though I'll happily drop right down to 1 for certain musicians and styles but bands like Kataklysm, Obituary and Hypocrisy do come up a fair bit for me so I guess it's only the stuff in 11 that I really don't enjoy. Growled vocals are cool but I still like to hear the lyrics for the most part and with Grindcore I really can't.

 

[Rikkano]

I am in the 7-10 category.

 

[CrazyJew]

7. My older sister, though, is up there in the 10.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

I don't particularly mind Mudvayne. Anything louder than that starts to leave a bad taste in my mouth.

So a.... 6?

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

My highest ranked music, that I actually listen to with any regularity, falls into the 9-10 range. Things like Strapping Young Lad, Pig Destroyer, Kalmah, etc. That said, I think there's a bit of interpretation to be done when ranking the "hardness" of certain music. Black Sabbath may not be mega distorted and has sung vocals, but I think it's far more badass sounding than a lot of grindcore.

 

[WaReloaded]

You forgot to add a 12 to that list which is exclusive to the band Abruptum. Rumour has it that they cut and tortured one another during the recording of their earlier material.

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Abruptum/The_Satanist_Tunes/7080
^One of their earlier releases which was driven by a man that calls himself It, because he's too evil for a human name.

 

[Guffe]

Most stuff I listen to is around 7 and 8 althou some of it must be put in 6 I guess.
Then again I can go as low as 1 but not higher than 9, maybe even 9 is a bit too high for me even.

 

[lRookiel]

8 or 9 on that scale. I do love me some In flames

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

Well, I'm sure I've got something in every ranking on your list (honestly, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more diverse iTunes library than mine). I'll list some of the heavier/nastier metal I listen to.

Becoming the Archetype
Behemoth
Circus of Dead Squirrels
Cradle of Filth
Fear Before
Genghis Tron
Glass Casket
Gojira
Graveworm
My Dying Bride
See You Next Tuesday

And then you've got the classic black/death metal bands. Mayhem, Carpathian Forest, Emperor, Abruptum, etc.

And that's just the start. Plus, I've got the power/prog metal, but so many others have covered that.

 

[5-0]

Probably about a nine. I don't like straight up death or black metal, but if it's progressive, mixing other influences, (i.e. Opeth) I will often like it. Not usually a fan of all growling either, with Amon Amarth being the odd exception.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I love it all, especially the 11's. That utterly brutal chest pounding shit makes me go all primal and shout 'HELL YES! JOY! UG!'


Now THAT'S fucking metal \m/