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Drone metal 1993
Sustained notes at extreme volume, with almost no rhythm. You listen with your body more than your ears.
- Heaviness
- 10
- Speed
- 1
- Melody
- 1
- Where from
- Seattle, USA
- Tempo
- 10-40 bpm
- Song length
- 15-60 min
- Written about
- None, usually, Ritual, Physical sensation rather than emotion
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Why this one
| You said | Drone metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 10 out of 10 | 50% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 1 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1993 | 72% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | None, usually, Ritual, Physical sensation rather than emotion | 0% | ×1 |
| No. Texture and force are enough. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 1 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 67% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 7. Drone metal 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
- 1Start one step outside
Saint Vitus, Saint Vitus 1984
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late. The title says exactly how the band felt.
- 2The one to put on first
Earth, Earth 2 1993
Earth - Earth 2. Seventy-three minutes, three tracks, almost no change.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Doom metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Drone 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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Noise rock 67%
Alternate tunings, feedback as an instrument and rhythm sections that hit like machinery. The grandfather of sludge.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Drone metal.
The way into Noise rock -
Garage rock revival 64%
A reaction to nu metal and radio pop: crisp guitars, plain production, narrow suits. It put guitar rock back on festival bills in the 2000s.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Drone metal.
The way into Garage rock revival
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
- Slow. Let it take its time. put 22 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Hardcore punk, Black metal, Death metal. Worth 2 of 7.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 7.
- 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 7.
- 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 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.