I know no one wants to hear it, but it was amazing, Elvis's How Great Though Art. AWESOME

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me

Happy?- Mudvayne

Megadeth- Hanger 18 hands down

I actually thought it was pretty much crap.

At The Drive-In - Cosmonaut.
Mind blowing!

Raise Hell-(HED)p.e.

I'm listening to Gimme Shelter right now, and that's pretty intense. For What It's Worth is pretty intense too, it always gets me thinking about gruesome things, the words.

The Beatles version of Twist and Shout is also intense if you're in the right mind frame.

Gimme Shelter is one of my favorite Stone's songs of all time... not to mention one of my favorite political songs. Seconded.

Agreed!

Well, my choices aren't all metal (which I'm guessing was the intention of the thread?) but nevertheless;

Faith No More - ****lobber



David Bowie - Time



New Order - Special



Talking Heads - Listening Wind

Giants Orbiting by Discovery Of A Lifelong Error is one of the most spazztic songs I've ever heard.

Some Natures Catch no plagues - Saetia, Qutie amazing...

Appalling Spawn- By Sword and Heart

Vocal delivery is intense as ****

that's one of their best songs, but i'd say there are more intense saetia songs. maybe something like notres langues nous trompent.

I think that the "Final Countdown" would be the most intense song ever haha.
Pretty sweet I mean the beat and the riff are so catchy.

No Need For Introductions, I've Read About Girls Like You On The Backs Of Toilet Doors by Bring Me The Horizon is pretty much just noise.

Threnody to The Victims of Hiroshima by Krzysztof Penderecky

Hurt-Nine Inch Nails
Touch of Your Lust-Ben Harper
The Tourist-Radiohead
20 Dollar-M.I.A. (gotta listen to the lyrics I'm not joking)
Cold Again-Freedy Johnston
4th of July-Soundgarden

And I guess if you're looking for just pure audio intensity try Face:Face by Norma Jean

any cannibal corpse songs are intense :yikes:

"Ilyena" and "Wax Simulacra" by The Mars Volta are damn intense.



...and Cannibal Corpse is certainly NOT intense.

Rock n' Roll Suicide-Bowie
Retrovertigo-Mr. Bungle
Washer-Slint
Where Do My Bluebirds Fly?-Tallest Man On Earth

I'm listening to Esoteric's "The Pernicious Enigma" right now and although its not really the type of (double) album that can be taken on a song by song basis, the oppressive atmosphere lends itself to a very "intense" listening experience.

/\ By far probably the most metal album I've ever heard.

THIS song is intense.

Like it or not, that album art is amazing.

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Anaal Nathrakh's music is pretty intense, including this one:

Never Fucking Again



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I'm getting tired of hearing that boring drumbeat in every damn heavy metal song. It never does anything interesting. It may as well be a machine gun.

Pushit, by Tool.
I still cannot believe the intensity of a song that's that technical.
I don't know how they did that.
It's so intense that I hardly ever play it because only thinking about it is usually anough to give me shivers.

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Cheer up.

Does that mean you agree? :D

Does that mean you think I do?
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...de_999/hmm.gif

It does.
Does it?

No.

Woah. That's a wonderful critique; I was going to disagree, but, damn - facing an argument like that, I give up.

Agreed. Instead of forcing the listener to appreciate nuance, these bands need to focus on some novel way of creating rhythm. Perhaps, instead of them using drums, they could use a tap dancer like Tilly & The Wall! Or, hey, maybe they should just use an actual machinegun!!! (EDIT)

Effin' GridLink. Prepare for ear rapeage.

That's interesting, s_k, because I listened to Pushit by Tool, curious about the song after reading your description, and it actually felt quite relaxing to me. I feel "Right in Two" is much more intense because the music seems like something that is *about* to explode, and then it finally does. "Right in Two" is like watching a fist clenching before...

POW!

Well, darn!

Hahaha, funny you should say that because what makes Pu**** so intense to me is the held back energy that's there somewhere. Waiting to explode...
Same feeling, different song. I'll compare them soon :).

Not much more intense than that.