*Enter PJ Harvey song here*

Yeah... Rid of Me is pretty intense. As are most of the songs on that album.

Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville (The whole album is pretty intense and angry, its a real shame that she sucks now)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (VERY intense all the way through)

intensity is not always measured through aggression

While that is true...it is measured through aggression sometimes.

Anything by BTBAM is pretty intense.


On the other hand, Sheryl Crows self titled album was pretty dark, I would call some of those songs intense just because of their somber nature.

Acid Bath - Jezebel

Peter Brotzmann Octet - Machine Gun

For me it'd have to be something by Between the Buried and Me... More of Myself to Kill comes to mind.

probably would have to go with either Die mother f%^& die! by dope

or Edgecrusher by fear factory

The songs "Storm" and "The Dead Flag Blues" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor are pretty intense (the climax at the 10 minute mark in Storm reduced me to tears the first time I heard it)

Also the ending of "Catamaran" by BearVsShark is pretty intense...Marc Paffi is intense

Cryptopsy- Crown of Horns
Pig Destroyer- Ghost of a Bullet
Emperor- Ye Entrancemperium
Skinless- Overlord
Wormed- Ylem
Cannibal Corpse- The Time to Kill is Now