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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1985 | 80% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | Political rage, Anti-war, Anti-capitalism, Body horror, on the goregrind side | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 90% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 3 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, era 1, about 1 out of 4. Grindcore 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
- 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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Crust punk 84%
D-beat soaked in metal and mud: thick tone, apocalyptic themes, trousers unwashed since 1989.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Grindcore.
The way into Crust punk -
Post-metal / atmospheric sludge 78%
Sludge with post-rock logic: long songs, crescendos and instrumental passages. Neurosis invented the form.
4 steps from Grindcore, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Post-metal / atmospheric sludge
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
- As heavy as it gets put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Rock and roll, Folk rock, Country rock. Worth 2 of 4.
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 4.
- 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 4.
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.