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Pirate metal 2006
Power metal with accordion and lyrics about rum. A small genre, entirely shameless and very effective live.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 10
- Where from
- Scotland
- Tempo
- 150-200 bpm
- Song length
- 4-6 min
- Written about
- Piracy, Drinking, Comedy, sustained across whole careers, The sea
- Vocals
- Sung and screamed
Why this one
| You said | Pirate metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A growl or a shriek When someone is singing, what should come out? | mixed | 80% | ×3 |
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 2006 | 100% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Piracy, Drinking, Comedy, sustained across whole careers, The sea | 50% | ×1 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 10 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 81% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 6 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 10. Pirate metal 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
- 1Start one step outside
Finntroll, Nattfödd 2004
Finntroll - Nattfödd. Black metal at Finnish polka tempo, and it works.
- 2The one to put on first
Alestorm, Captain Morgan's Revenge 2008
Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge. Exactly what the title promises.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Folk metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Pirate metal'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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Blackgaze / post-black 79%
Black metal tremolo over shoegaze harmony: the same density, but the result comes out luminous instead of frozen.
4 steps from Pirate metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Blackgaze / post-black -
Easycore 77%
Pop punk with hardcore breakdowns glued into the middle. Sweet chorus, hammer at the end.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Pirate metal.
The way into Easycore
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 10.
- 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 10.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- 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 10.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. Worth 1 of 10.
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.