Wish - Nine Inch Nails

combine Et Tu Brute's whole demo into one song, and that would be it.

The Crusade - Trivium. I would recommend it greatly. Especially if you're the kind of person who's into "lots and lots of guitar chords"

Listen to "Wake" by Rosetta....the buildup and climax of the song are so intense...I could probably recommend a lot of Isis songs here too

oh comely - NMH
true love - elliott smith
orchard - indian summer
slow and steady wins the race - pedro the lion

Almost anything by Rage Against the Machine will definitely get you going. Especially if your listened to the fueling lyrics.

Hurt - nine inch nails

uh,
pretty much an kamelot song,
and manniquin (i totally spelt that wrong) by cradle of filth
& all 3 versions of nymphetamine by cradle of filth

If you're talking "heaviest" song(s) ever, give the grind band Slough's demo a listen. I'm a massive grind aficionado, and I still haven't found anything as crushingly heavy and disturbing.

Emotionally "intense"? Give My Dying Bride's Turn Loose The Swans a listen (more specifically, the song "Crown Of Sympathy"). You might find it goofy, but you may as well try it out. That, or the live version of Indian Summer's Angry Son.
It's a little painful, actually.

Mogwai - Like Herod

I definitely second that...great example.

I would also add:

"Angel of Death" - Slayer
"Captor of Sin" - Slayer
"Beyond the Black" - Metal Church ( a little slow at times yeah but it rules)
"Whiplash" -Metallica
"MMMM Bop" - Hanson :rofl:

Pantera - ****ing Hostile.
The title says it all really :D

Enslaved's Større Enn Tid, Tyngre Enn Natt

MCR - Welcome to the black parade

worst.first.post.ever

LMFAO you cant be serious. You are joking right??

anything by merzbow

Beach in Hawaii by Ziggy Marley

Yeah that's pretty intense.

On a serious note, probably something by At The Drive In. Or One Dying Wish by Saetia.

Digital Bath by Deftones

I agree, I got pretty pissed when I heard that song.

Happy? by God Lives Underwater gets me almost every time.

Yeah there is a lot of intense metal out there, the entire reign in blood album is pretty intense. When Neurosis get their wall of noise thing going they can be intense (Lost, Raise the stray). Early Bathory...intense. Most extreme metal bands with ay substance have their intense moments.

Attending a GG Allin concert would have been pretty intense. As would a 60's era Pink Floyd concert whilst tripping.

But what about a bit of Bong-Ra?

YouTube - Bong-Ra @ lowlands 2006
YouTube - Bong-Ra @ lowlands 2006


and then I give you A nal C unt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xp02...eature=related

I think the Tori Amos call on "me and a gun" wins though. Who needs instruments to make a song intense when your subject matter is off the scale intense.

Yeah thats an incredible song, it makes pretty uncomfortable listening.

7861 - Beneath The Sky
Awesome Screaming Voice

I think that one of the most epic to put words at best that i have heard has to be Deth harmonic my Dethklok, it just goes epically with anything. I mean c'mon, london fill harmonic and dethklok, thats ceazy combination.

Conceived Through An Act Of Violence
-Hatebreed

Props for including this. Its not Metal or Rock, but it is absolutely intense.

In terms of the rock genre...I think "When the Levee Breaks" is tremendously intense...Bonham at his very best.

The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist

Plenty of good stuff mentioned, but we have got this far and no one has mentioned Godflesh?! Check out their whole back catalogue, intensity is their core business. A personal favourite is Empyreal off their Selfless album, the rhythm just pounds you into submission.

Tony by Patty Griffin
That is an intense song.

anything by dragonforce

or celine dion

true that bruder. not to mention the Johnny cash remake .. esp when your watching the video w/it..........

someone should check this one out too

DJ Shadow - Blood on the motorway.. off the Live in time and in tune DVD/CD.

crazy ass song.

Dance With the Devil by Immortal Technique. That song gives me chills everytime I hear it.

Bleed For The Devil by Morbid Angel is a very intense song. It's straightforward blastbeating with a few sparing pauses to allow quick recover...

Most intense song for me would have to be either "Pray for All" by Chimaira or "A Breath in the Eyes of Eternity" by As I lay Dying, the first 30 seconds of that song is by far the most intense ive ever heard.

That is exactly what I was gonna post.

Ditto +1

21th century schizoid man - King Crimson

the whole 'from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks' album by femme fatale.

i like this newb.