Metal Heath -- Expert

Disc 1:

1. Goatwhore - "Provoking the Ritual of Death" (LA, USA)
   
2. iwrestledabearonce - "Tastes Like Kevin Bacon" (LA, USA)
   
3. Avulsed - "Filth Injected" (Spain)
   
4. Gorgoroth - "Procreating Satan" (Norway)
   
5. Between the Buried and Me - "The Primer" (NC, USA)
   
6. Deamon - "Born Again Dead" (Canada)
   
7. Beneath the Massacre - "No Future" (Canada)
   
8. Graves of Valor - "Sic Semper Tyrannis" (SC, USA)
   
9. Impaled - "Flesh & Blood" (CA, USA)
   
10. JesusMartyr - "Moonvalley" (Argentina)
    
11. Suicide Silence - "No Time to Bleed" (CA, USA)
    
12. Arsis - "Overthrown" (VA, USA)
    
13. Sylosis - "Blackest Skyline" (England)
    
14. Cyaegha - "Epiphany of R'lyeh" (VA, USA)
    
15. Benighted - "Smile Then Bleed" (France)
    
16. Kalmah - "They Will Return" (Finland)
    
17. Anaal Nathrakh - "So Be It" (England)
    
18. Psycroptic - "Alpha Breed" (Australia)
    
19. God Dethroned - "Drowning in Mud" (Netherlands)
    
20. Kill the Client - "Downfall" (TX, USA)
    
21. Behemoth - "Ov Fire and the Void" (Poland)
    
22. Nightrage - "Collision of Fate" (Greece)
    

Disc 2:

1. Droid - "Built to Last" (CA, USA)
   
2. Lair of the Minotaur - "The Ultimate Destroyer" (IL, USA)
   
3. Skeletonwitch - "Beyond the Permafrost" (OH, USA)
   
4. Meshuggah - "Obzen" (Sweden)
   
5. Waco Jesus - "Evil Force" (IL, USA)
   
6. Psyopus - "Whore Meet Liar" (NY, USA)
   
7. Drive-by Bukkake - "Casket Stench" (MA, USA)
   
8. Iron Age - "Dispossessed" (TX, USA)
   
9. The Amenta - "Vermin" (Australia)
   
10. Vomitory - "Serpents" (Sweden)
    
11. Suidakra - "Shattering Swords" (Germany)
    
12. Tardy Brothers - "Fates Call" (FL, USA)
    
13. Napalm Death - "On the Brink of Extinction" (England)
    
14. Absu - "In the Name of Auebothiabaithobeuee" (TX, USA)
    
15. The Abominable Iron Sloth - "Parasite Hilton and Other Flaws Inherent to Wealth" (CA/WA, USA)
    
16. The Year of Our Lord - "Dead to You" (MA, USA)
    
17. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - "White on White Crime" (MA, USA)
    
18. Mumakil - "State of War" (Switzerland)
    
19. Abysmal Dawn - "Programmed to Consume" (CA, USA)
    
20. Winds of Plague - "Our Requiem" (CA, USA)
    
21. Gojira - "Backbone" (France)
    

Metal Heath -- Hard

Disc 1:

1. Mastodon - "Oblivion" (2009 - GA, USA)
2. Abstract Rapture - "Democadencia" (2008 - Luxembourg)
   
3. Callenish Circle - "Ignorant" (2005 - Netherlands)
   
4. DevilDriver - "Bitter Pill" (2009 - CA, USA)
   
5. Insomnium - "Mortal Share" (2006 - Finland)
   
6. Scar Symmetry - "Artificial Sun Projection" (2008 - Sweden)
7. DÅÅTH - "Day of Endless Light" (2009 - GA, USA)
   
8. Toxic Holocaust - "Future Shock" (2008 - OR, USA)
   
9. Soilwork - "Follow the Hollow" (2002 - Sweden)
   
10. Drone - "Boneless" (2009 - Germany)
    
11. Rumpelstiltskin Grinder - "Nothing Defeats the Skull" (2009 - PA, USA)
    
12. Breaking Wheel - "Shoulder to the Plow" (2008 - MA, USA)
    
13. All Shall Perish - "Wage Slaves" (2006 - CA, USA)
    
14. Destroy Destroy Destroy - "Realm of Ancient Shadows" (2009 - TN, USA)
    
15. Bloodsimple. - "Path to Prevail" (2005 - NY, USA)
    
16. Chimaira - "Pure Hatred" (2003 - OH, USA)
    
17. The Agonist - "Birds Elope with the Sun" (2009 - Canada)
    
18. Strapping Young Lad - "Anti-Product" (2006 - Canada)
    
19. Abandoned - "Breed Machine" (2007 - Germany)
    

Disc 2:

1. Shadows Fall - "The Light that Blinds" (2005 - MA, USA)
   
2. Shades of Dusk - "A Dreadful Melody"(2002 - CA, USA)
   
3. Flatline - "Generations Fall" (2009 - CA, USA)
   
4. Amon Amarth - "Twilight of the Thunder God" (2008 - Sweden)
   
5. Killswitch Engage - "A Bid Farewell" (2004 - MA, USA)
   
6. Slayer - "Raining Blood" (1986 - CA, USA)
   
7. All That Remains - "The Air That I Breathe" (2006 - MA, USA)
   
8. Warbringer - "Living in a Whirlwind" (2009 - CA, USA)
   
9. Diecast - "Internal Revolution" (2006 - MA, USA)
   
10. Children of Bodom - "Living Dead Beat" (2005 - Finland)
    
11. Death - "Spirit Crusher" (1998 - FL, USA)
    
12. Lamb of God - "Laid to Rest" (2004 - VA, USA)
    
13. Pantera - "Drag the Waters" (1995 - TX, USA)
    
14. Hexen - "Gas Chamber" (2008 - CA, USA)
    
15. In Flames - "Crawl Through Knives" (2006 - Sweden)
    
16. Protest the Hero - "Sequoia Throne" (2008 - Canada)
    
17. War From a Harlot's Mouth - "Crooks at Your Door" (2009 - Germany)
    
18. Swashbuckle - "Cruise Ship Terror" (2009 - NJ, USA)
    

Metal Heath -- Medium

Disc 1:

1. Metallica - "Battery" (1986 - CA, USA)
2. Avenged Sevenfold - "Unholy Confessions" (2003 - CA, USA)
3. Iron Maiden - "The Evil that Men Do" (1988 - England)
4. Static-X - "Dirthouse" (2005 - CA, USA)
5. Five Finger Death Punch - "Hate Me" (2008 - CA, USA)
6. Dream Evil - "Bad Dreams" (2003 - Sweden)
7. Dragonforce - "Fury of the Storm" (2004 - England)
8. Soulfly - "Pain" (2000 - Brazil)
9. Nonpoint - "Alive and Kicking" (2005 - FL, USA)
10. Municipal Waste - "Sadistic Magician" (2007 - VA, USA)
11. Mushroomhead - "Simple Survival" (2006 - OH, USA)
12. Early Man - "Like a Goddamn Rat" (2005 - NY, USA)
13. Testament - "Souls of Black" (1990 - CA, USA)
14. Spineshank - "New Disease" (2001 - CA, USA)
15. American Head Charge - "Loyalty" (2005 - MN, USA)
16. Amorphis - "Two Moons" (2006 - Finland)
17. Ill Niño - "How Can I Live?" (2003 - NJ, USA)
18. Black Sabbath - "Paranoid" (1970 - England)
19. Edguy - "Rocket Ride" (2006 - Germany)
20. Atreyu - "Right Side of the Bed" (2004 - CA, USA)
21. Stone Sour - "Orchids" (2002 - IA, USA)

Disc 2:

1. Machine Head - "Bite the Bullet" (2003 - CA, USA)
2. Megadeth - "Symphony of Destruction" (1993 - CA, USA)
3. Staind - "Paper Jesus" (2005 - MA, USA)
4. Soil - "Halo" (2001 - IL, USA)
5. Anthrax - "Crush" (1998 - NY, USA)
6. Stereomud - "Pain" (2001 - NY, USA)
7. HammerFall - "Back to Black" (1998 - Sweden)
8. Dry Kill Logic - "As Thick as Thieves" (2004 - NY, USA)
9. White Zombie - "Thunder Kiss '65" (1992 - NY, USA)
10. Disturbed - "Guarded" (2005 - IL, USA)
11. Judas Priest - "Breaking the Law" (1980 - England)
12. Demons & Wizards - "Lunar Lament" (2005 - Germany/USA)
13. Red Fang - "Night Destroyer" (2009 - OR, USA)
14. Sanctity - "Beneath the Machine" (2007 - NC, USA)
15. Straight Line Stitch - "What You Do to Me" (2008 - TN, USA)
16. Goatsnake - "Prayer for a Dying" (2000 - CA, USA)
17. Rammstein - "Du Hast" (1997 - Germany)
18. Slipknot - "Psychosocial" (2008 - IL, USA)

Metal Heath -- Easy

Disc 1:

1. Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It" (1984 - NY, USA)
2. Wolfmother - "The Joker & the Thief" (2006 - Australia)
3. Queen - "Another One Bites the Dust" (1980 - England)
4. Graveyard - "Don't Take Us for Fools" (2007 - Sweden)
5. The Sword - "How Heavy This Axe" (2008 - TX, USA)
6. Poison - "Unskinny Bop" (1990 - PA, USA)
7. White Wizzard - "High Speed GTO" (2009 - CA, USA)
8. Quiet Riot - "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)" (1983 - CA, USA)
9. Def Leppard - "Rock of Ages" (1983 - England)
10. Five.Bolt.Main - "The Gift" (2005 - KY, USA)
11. Rob Zombie - "Dragula" (1998 - MA, USA)
12. AC/DC - "Moneytalks" (1990 - Australia)
13. Limp Bizkit - "Nookie" (1999 - FL, USA)
14. Lynam - "Slave to the Machine" (2006 - AL, USA)
15. Cinderella - "Gypsy Road" (1988 - PA, USA)
16. Alice Cooper - "School's Out" (1972 - MI, USA)
17. Witch - "Seer" (2006 - VT, USA)
18. Metalium - "Straight into Hell" (2007 - Germany)
19. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Cherub Rock" (1993 - IL, USA)

Disc 2:

1. Godsmack - "Keep Away" (1999 - MA, USA)
2. Warrant - "Cherry Pie" (1990 - CA, USA)
3. Witchcraft - "Walk Between the Lines" (2007 - Sweden)
4. Slaughter - "Up All Night" (1990 - NV, USA)
5. Blue Cheer - "Summertime Blues" (1968 - CA, USA)
6. Powerman 5000 - "When Worlds Collide" (1999 - MA, USA)
7. KISS - "Detroit Rock City" (1976 - NY, USA)
8. Anarchy Club - "Collide" (2007 - MA, USA)
9. Marilyn Manson - "The Nobodies" (2001 - OH, USA)
10. System of a Down - "Chop Suey!" (2001 - CA, USA)
11. Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak" (1976 - Ireland)
12. Mötley Crüe - "Kickstart My Heart" (1989 - CA, USA)
13. Andrew W.K. - "She is Beautiful" (2002 - CA, USA)
14. Sevendust - "Denial" (1999 - GA, USA)
15. Ozzy Osbourne - "Mr. Crowley" (1980 - England)
16. Korn - "Freak on a Leash" (1999 - CA, USA)
17. Sasquatch - "Dragonfly" (2004 - MI, USA)
18. Danzig - "Mother" (1988 - NJ, USA)
19. Guns N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle" (1987 - CA, USA)

Metal Heath -- Prerequisites

Disc 1:

1. Eagles - "Heartache Tonight" (1976 - CA, USA)
2. Bad Company - "Bad Company" (1974 - England)
3. Bob Dylan - "The Times They are a-Changin' " (1964 - MN, USA)
4. Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode" (1958 - MO, USA)
5. The Beatles - "Hello Goodbye" (1967 - England)
6. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991 - WA, USA)
7. The Who - "Baba O'Riley" (1971 - England)
8. Cream - "Crossroads" (1968 - England)
9. Styx - "Renegade" (1978 - IL, USA)
10. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "All Along the Watchtower" (1968 - WA, USA/England)
11. Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated" (1979 - NY, USA)
12. Pearl Jam - "Alive" (1991 - WA, USA)
13. Lynyrd Skynyrd - "That Smell" (1977 - FL, USA)
14. The Platters - "Only You (And You Alone)" (1954 - CA, USA)
15. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Runnin' Down a Dream" (1989 - FL, USA)
16. Dropkick Murphys - "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" (2005 - MA, USA)
17. The Outfield - "Your Love" (1986 - England)
18. Tool - "Prison Sex" (1993 - CA, USA)
19. "Pachelbel's Canon (Canon in D Major)" (~1680 - Germany)

Disc 2:

1. Johnny Cash - "Folsom Prison Blues" (1955 - AR, USA)
2. Misfits - "Die, Die My Darling" (1984 - NJ, USA)
3. Tears for Fears - "Head Over Heels" (1985 - England)
4. The Mama's & the Papa's - "California Dreamin' " (1965 - NY, USA)
5. Boston - "More than a Feeling" (1976 - MA, USA)
6. Soundgarden - "Rusty Cage" (1992 - WA, USA)
7. Aerosmith - "Eat the Rich" (1993 - MA, USA)
8. Alice in Chains - "No Excuses" (1993 - WA, USA)
9. Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations" (1966 - CA, USA)
10. The Doobie Brothers - "Jesus is Just Alright" (1972 - CA, USA)
11. Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Op. 67)" (1808 - Germany)
12. Led Zeppelin - "Communication Breakdown" (1969 - England)
13. Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit" (1967 - CA, USA)
14. Mozart's "Overture to the Marriage of Figaro" (1786 - Austria)
15. Foreigner - "Juke Box Hero" (1981 - NY, USA)
16. B.B. King - "The Thrill is Gone" (1970 - MS, USA)
17. Genesis - "That's All" (1983 - England)
18. Journey - "Don't Stop Believing" (1981 - CA, USA)
19. Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock" (1957 - MS, USA)
20. Sex Pistols - "Anarchy in the U.K." (1976 - England)

Improve your Metal Health

So, I've been listening to metal for years, and I can understand why it might be an acquired taste -- however, it's always just felt kinda hardwired into my brain. Back in college, one of my roommates (JMills) was also a fairly serious metal-head. One of our other roommates, Brian, is a pretty mild mannered guy, and generally into lots of mainstream music and Christian rock -- certainly not a metal guy (Linkin Park is amongst his "Angry Music" iTunes playlist).