Your way in
D-beat 1982
Named after Discharge's drum pattern: galloping toms, motorcycle guitar and anti-war slogans shouted as choruses.
- Heaviness
- 7
- Speed
- 8
- Melody
- 3
- Where from
- Sweden / United Kingdom
- Tempo
- 180-220 bpm
- Song length
- 1.5-2.5 min
- Written about
- War, The state, Nuclear annihilation, Refusal
- Vocals
- Shouted
Why this one
| You said | D-beat | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| No words at all When someone is singing, what should come out? | shouted | 60% | ×3 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 8 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1982 | 100% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | War, The state, Nuclear annihilation, Refusal | 100% | ×1 |
| No. Texture and force are enough. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 3 out of 10 | 80% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 78% | ||
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. D-beat leads the next by 1 point. 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
Bad Brains, Bad Brains 1982
Bad Brains - Bad Brains (the ROIR cassette). The fastest band of the decade.
- 2The one to put on first
Discharge, Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing 1982
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing. Not one relaxed second on it.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Hardcore punk, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come D-beat'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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Thrash metal 76%
NWOBHM plus hardcore punk: palm-muted riffs, brutal tempos and lyrics about war and society. The first truly extreme branch.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from D-beat.
The way into Thrash metal -
Skate punk 75%
Faster, more technical pop punk with two-beat drumming and short solos. The soundtrack to skate videos.
4 steps from D-beat, meeting it only at Punk rock.
The way into Skate punk
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
- No words at all put 33 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Grindcore. 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 seventies and eighties put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Kawaii metal, New nu metal, Progressive metalcore. Worth 1 of 8.
- Anger at something real put 108 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Black metal, Blues 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.