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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 4 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| Quick and driving What pace? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1970 | 100% | ×1 |
| Long. Let it go somewhere. How long should a song be? | up to 25 min | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 96% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, length 1 out of 9. Zeuhl leads the next by 1 point. 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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Progressive rock 92%
Rock with classical ambitions: odd meters, twenty-minute suites, mellotron. The direct foundation of progressive metal.
4 steps from Zeuhl, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Progressive rock -
Progressive metal 91%
Prog rock ambition with metal weight: odd meters, concept albums and instrumental virtuosity.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Zeuhl.
The way into Progressive 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
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 9.
- The seventies and eighties put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Kawaii metal, New nu metal, Progressive metalcore. Worth 1 of 9.
- 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 9.
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.