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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy. I want to feel it. How much weight do you want behind it? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 10 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1999 | 96% | ×1 |
| The dark What should the words be about? | Body horror, Technology, Absurdity, Misanthropy | 50% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 88% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1 out of 6. Cybergrind 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
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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Blackened death metal 85%
Death metal structure with black metal atmosphere and subject matter. Often with ritual and stagecraft to match.
4 steps from Cybergrind, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Blackened death metal -
Symphonic black metal 81%
Keyboards and choirs over black metal structures. Grand, theatrical and by far the most saleable of the subgenres.
4 steps from Cybergrind, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Symphonic black metal
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 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 6.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 6.
- The dark put 119 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 6.
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.