Whats the Hardest Metal You Listen to?

[Yopaz]

I am guessing a 7 if the following songs can be rated 7:

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[Jegsimmons]

the hardest 2 songs on earth.
(p.s. alot of people mistaken noise for hard and heavy)



QED motha fuckas!!! past 20!!!

EDIT:

whoops, how can i forget this little gem also?

i think i should explain why i think this band was(is) the heaviest.
Well, while i appreciate death metal, a good chunk is tremolo picking and doesn't sound very ear pleasing, and sounds line one constant line of noise to where you have nothing to compare the hardness to.
Plus, it takes most metal band at least 2 guitarist to do what Dimebag did in his sleep.

 

[BlackStar42]

Most of the stuff I listen to is a 7. There's a fair bit of 8 in there as well, and just a few songs that are in the 9 camp( mostly Children of Bodom). O the other side, there's some 4's and 5's in there as well.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I think I may be at 9 when it comes to my peak-metal listening habits. My Zune has metal as light as Venom but the heaviest stuff is probably Mayhem. Also have Cradle of Filth and, a bunch of Manegarm.

 

[Terrifying beans]

Well Converge is probably the heaviest thing I've ever heard on record so that's indisputably an 11.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIB9Cai5kZ4

The heaviest thing I've ever seen performed live is probably Norma Jean's Memphis will be laid to waste. Stage diving to this and singing with Josh Scogin is definitely one of my favourite gig memories, I'd say this is somewhere around a 9 or 10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iESjmZBuS8w

 

[tacotrainwreck]

Origin and Nile, which on your scale would be like a 14 or 15.... grindcore... *laugh*

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Corrugated Iron sounds pretty nice, but most of the time I listen to the softer stuff like aluminium.

But seriously, I tend to listen to things like Amon Amarth, Gojira, Meshuggah. So up in the 8-10 range.
Where would Moonspell and Soilwork come though? They'd be in the (slightly at least) lower ranges.

 

[Folji]

Swinging between 7 and 9. Power metal is my favourite musical genre and metal in general is my go-to source of energy, motivation and relief from the "pretend to be badass but never really writes lyrics or/nor melody themselves and definitely never touched a real intrument" faces that fill up today's popular music, but I don't really get the highest end of the metal scale. Double bass pedals, heavy solos, a good drummer, powerful vocals with some growling, I love it, but throat-ripping songs of death and decay have never really been my thing.

 

[Mebulous]

Screeching Weasel? So, I guess a 4/5 somewhere in there. Love the punk rock.

 

[Xen0n]

I'm usually in the middle of the scale. The hardest stuff I listen is grindcore, like Napalm Death, as well as hardcore- and crustpunk, band like Behind Enemy Lines, Anti Cimex and Skitsystem.

 

[Weealzabob]

Based on their examples, I'll listen to most things in the 1-7 range, but I will push it to 8 now and again, but in general I stick to 4-7 range.

To be honest I found the examples TV tropes gave were a bit random?

 

[chakra7777]

Metal being my favorite genre, I like quite a lot of 9's with only there only being a couple 10's I can stand listening to. Love me some Children of Bodom, Megadeth and Machine Head. But a lot of 10's and 11's(especially) make me feel ill.

I'd rather: (to quote Mr. Croshaw) "Swallow razor wire, pull it out my ass and floss myself to death" than listen to 3mins of pig squeals and blasting kick pedals.

(Or "in one ear and out the other"... since we're on the topic of music)

 

[krychek57]

I'm a solid 7, goes will with my Nu Metal love.

 

[Tanner The Monotone]

This thread is basically about "how metal are you?". For those unfamiliar with the Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness, its a scale which uses certain criteria to see how "hard" a song is. Its not exactly perfect but I think its a neat little tool. Heres the scale,

Spoiler: Mohs Hardness Scale

Rough outline of the levels:

1. As soft as rock gets. May be an otherwise 2 song without any guitar to distort, or a song which is generally slow and light.


2. Soft rock. A lot of early rock is here; if you're not really sure if they're using an acoustic or an electric guitar, this is probably where you want to put it.


3. Rock sans intensifier. A bit faster/louder/darker than 2, but still pretty soft. The heaviest soft rock and the softest hard rock can both be found here.


4. Relatively harder rock. This is about where you can start finding punk, as well; lighter than this and you can't usually muster the kind of anger you need for punk. This is pretty much as heavy as Rock n' Roll got.


5. Hard rock that is definitely still rock. The love songs start thinning out here, but lyrics at this stage can be about just about anything. The very softest of alt-metal can also get this low, but it is very rare.


6. Difficult to tell if it's rock or metal. This is pretty much as far as you can get on just an acoustic guitar. Most Glam Metal and softer post-grunge can be found here. This is where you'll also find softer Alternative Metal.


7. Classic metal and most power metal. After this point the number of punk bands begins to decrease, with the remaining examples predominantly of the hardcore punk variety. The music is pretty fast and noisy at this point. The lyrics start to become darker, though vocalists still use clean, melodic styles most of the time. The heavier sides of Glam and post-grunge can be found here as well as most Nu Metal. Viking and Folk metal starts showing up around here. The lightest Groove Metal can be found here.


8. Most thrash metal, and heavier forms of power metal along with some classic metal. Lyrics are usually very dark at this point. Vocal style is usually a snarl, but clean singing is also common. Occasionally growls and screams will be employed. The harder side of hardcore punk is here, and metalcore (fusion of thrash metal and hardcore punk) starts to predominate. Whether purists want to hear it or not, the lighter and more atmospheric side of black metal also starts here. You'll also find yet more viking/folk metal populating this region. Most Groove Metal is here. This is pretty much as heavy as you can get with radio airplay (with a few exceptions).


9. Lighter death metal (especially Melodic Death Metal) or harder thrash metal. You'll also find a lot of the less abrasive 'true' black metal here. Here is about where you start to get singers growling or screaming for most of the song (This is also probably the highest level that can be attained with only clean singing). Lyrics may be very violent or just generally extremely dark. This is the last zone where you are likely to find hardcore punk that doesn't have a substantial metal or noise infusion. This is also about where metalcore starts to transition to deathcore (which also begins around this level). Most viking/folk metal that has a significant infusion of black metal or death metal falls here. A lot of the heavier side of Groove Metal is found here.


10. Most death metal and black metal. Lyrics start to get positively disturbing and/or gorny and the singer will always be growling or screaming. The hardest variants of thrash metal, Melodic Death Metal, and viking/folk metal can hit this point, but that is quite uncommon. At this point hardcore bands become indistinguishable from metal to anyone who's not a loyal fan of both genres. Grindcore starts here. While it is possible for a metalcore band to get this high, its very rare. Groove Metal at this level usually has a lot of Death Metal influence.


11. And Beyond: Anal **** is here, along with the harder side of grindcore especially the subgenres of pornogrind, noisegrind and goregrind. The most extreme death metal (a good portion of the brutal death metal and slam death metal subgenres end up up here) and black metal also lies here. The very heaviest mathcore (technical, chaotic hardcore) can also reach this level. Growling or screaming will start sounding almost inhuman, and Careful With That Axe is a favorite trope. Significant elements of this class are experimental in nature, although Stealth Parodists commonly make their way up here as well.

List of examples [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness]
(Scroll down some)

Personally I listen to a lot of stuff that can rank up to 9, but most of my favorites are comfortably around 7. When you get to 10 and 11 I just can't stand that total lack of any....well singing and cohesion.

What says you peoples?

I would be level 10. Saw a few songs that I liked in that list. I read the 11 list and I thought the names were too stupid for me to even bother listening to.

 

[Rastien]

Whats that titanium? you say copper is a pussy? well im not sure i should listen to you but i can see your point.

 

[Lunar Templar]

where ever KoRn, Disturbed and Limp Bizkit fall, that's where i am. well there's Godsmack to but i don't listen to them as often, but which ever of those four is 'harder'

 

[Aggressor and Usurper]

Hard to say, really. I regularly go up to 11 (I mean, it is one louder) and beyond. There's some stuff I listen to that's even more extreme than the examples listed under 11 (Gnaw Their Tongues, Portal, Darkspace, etc, but that's basically evil compressed in music form, barely), though my favorite musican is Devin Townsend who goes from a 1-2 (Ghost) to an easy 10.5 (Strapping Young Lad). I'd say most days I'd listen to about 8-11, though some of the metalcore I enjoy would be around a 7.

 

[TitanAtlas]

You are all fools...

Gold plays the best kind of Metal and everyone loves... to get rich from it..

It's song makes everyone dance!!

 

[ace_of_something]

Level 10 is out for me and very picky on level 9. Other than that I'm willing to give just about anything a try.