Your way in
Grindcore 1985
Hardcore and death metal compressed into songs under a minute, with continuous blast beats. Napalm Death have a song that lasts one second.
- Heaviness
- 9
- Speed
- 10
- Melody
- 1
- Where from
- Birmingham, England
- Tempo
- 200-320 bpm
- Song length
- 18 sec-1.5 min
- Written about
- Political rage, Anti-war, Anti-capitalism, Body horror, on the goregrind side
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | Grindcore | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A growl or a shriek When someone is singing, what should come out? | harsh | 100% | ×3 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 10 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| The beginnings Does it matter when it was made? | 1985 | 36% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Political rage, Anti-war, Anti-capitalism, Body horror, on the goregrind side | 0% | ×1 |
| No. Texture and force are enough. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 1 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 80% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 8. Grindcore leads the next by 2 points. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1The one to put on first
Napalm Death, Scum 1987
Napalm Death - Scum. Side B, with Bill Steer on guitar, is the essential half.
- 2Then
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5One step further in
Agathocles, Theatric Symbolisation of Life 1992
Agathocles - Theatric Symbolisation of Life. The most accessible way in.
The first is Grindcore's own entry point. After it come Grindcore's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Powerviolence 77%
Hardcore taken to the limit: abrupt tempo shifts, twenty-second songs, blast beats cut with parts as slow as tar.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Grindcore.
The way into Powerviolence -
Screamo 66%
Emo pushed into hysteria: continuous screaming, cutting guitars and songs that collapse into silence. Also called skramz.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 8 steps from Grindcore.
The way into Screamo
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- A growl or a shriek put 78 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Blues rock, Doom metal. Worth 3 of 8.
- As fast as anyone can play put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Drone metal, Funeral doom. Worth 2 of 8.
- The beginnings put 67 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Metalcore, Nu metal. Worth 1 of 8.
- Being young and out late put 115 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 8.
- No. Texture and force are enough. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Folk rock, Emo. Worth 1 of 8.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.