Your way in
Zeuhl 1970
Operatic rock sung in an invented language, with fretless bass and choir. A tiny French branch with fanatical disciples.
- Heaviness
- 4
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 4
- Where from
- France
- Tempo
- 90-160 bpm
- Song length
- 8-25 min
- Written about
- An invented mythology, An invented language, Ritual and repetition, Apocalypse
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Zeuhl | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 4 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 6 out of 10 | 60% | ×2 |
| The beginnings Does it matter when it was made? | 1970 | 96% | ×1 |
| The dark What should the words be about? | An invented mythology, An invented language, Ritual and repetition, Apocalypse | 100% | ×1 |
| Long. Let it go somewhere. How long should a song be? | up to 25 min | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 85% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 7. Zeuhl leads the next by 7 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
- 2The one to put on first
Magma, Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh 1973
Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh. It resembled nothing then and resembles nothing now.
- 3Then
Magma, Köhntarkösz 1974
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Krautrock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Zeuhl'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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Proto-metal 75%
The heavy bands from before the term existed: over-amplified acid rock, already built around the riff.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Zeuhl.
The way into Proto-metal -
Horror punk 72%
Punk with B-movie horror imagery, baritone vocals and mutant doo-wop choruses.
5 steps from Zeuhl, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Horror 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
- 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 beginnings put 67 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Metalcore, Nu metal. Worth 1 of 7.
- The dark put 119 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 7.
- Long. Let it go somewhere. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Rock and roll. 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.