What Cass said.
Frankly, as much there is the choice of NOT making your record brick-walled (many of my customers seem to value this and I'm putting out pretty sensible levels in many cases), the choice of making a stupid loud record should be as valid.
Making everything loud is stupid. Making something loud can actually work if it suits the material. I usually tell my customers what I think of the levels and try to leave it open. But if the sound benefits from being a solid square wave, I'll do that. I'm not fixed to one RMS value.
My name is Jaakko and sometimes I'm an audio violator.