Question 2 of at most 6 leading so far, Alternative rock
How much weight do you want behind it?
Heaviness here is an editorial rating out of ten, set against the rest of the tree rather than measured - but it is the axis the whole tree is sorted by.
Hear the difference
One and ten on the same ten-point scale, forty years and two branches apart.
- Compression makes the chime
Arpeggios through a compressor so the attack evens out and notes ring into each other, with the vocal deliberately buried. Both decisions are about mood.
Open on YouTube - Slack strings
Eyehategod - Take as Needed for Pain
Tuned so low the strings buzz against the frets, with feedback left between riffs rather than edited out. The record is mixed to be physically uncomfortable.
Open on YouTube
Both are sound passages from the genre pages, cued to the second. Nothing reaches Google until you press play.