Your way in
Cybergrind 1999
Grindcore with programmed drums nobody could play and electronic elements. Made in bedrooms more often than in studios.
- Heaviness
- 9
- Speed
- 10
- Melody
- 2
- Where from
- Global
- Tempo
- 250-400 bpm
- Song length
- 30 sec-2 min
- Written about
- Body horror, Technology, Absurdity, Misanthropy
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | Cybergrind | 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 nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1999 | 100% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Body horror, Technology, Absurdity, Misanthropy | 0% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 86% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, pace 2, era 1, about 1 out of 7. Cybergrind ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. 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
- 1Start one step outside
Napalm Death, Scum 1987
Napalm Death - Scum. Side B, with Bill Steer on guitar, is the essential half.
- 2The one to put on first
Gridlink, Longhena 2014
Gridlink - Longhena. Twenty-two minutes, and it counts as a long album here.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Grindcore, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Cybergrind'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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Deathgrind 86%
Death metal compressed to the length and speed of grindcore. No intro, no outro.
4 steps from Cybergrind, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Deathgrind -
War metal / bestial 86%
Black and death metal reduced to noise, speed and bullet belts. The least legible branch of metal there is.
4 steps from Cybergrind, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into War metal / bestial
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 7.
- 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 7.
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 7.
- 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 7.
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.