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Funeral doom 1991
The slowest metal in existence: under 40 bpm, organ, guttural vocals and fifteen-minute songs. Music for a single chord.
- Heaviness
- 10
- Speed
- 1
- Melody
- 4
- Where from
- Finland / USA
- Tempo
- 25-50 bpm
- Song length
- 10-25 min
- Written about
- Death, Grief without consolation, Ritual, Deep time
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | Funeral doom | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A growl or a shriek When someone is singing, what should come out? | harsh | 100% | ×3 |
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 10 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 1 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1991 | 64% | ×1 |
| No. Texture and force are enough. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 4 out of 10 | 70% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 93% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, melody 1 out of 9. Funeral doom leads the next by 5 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
Saint Vitus, Saint Vitus 1984
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late. The title says exactly how the band felt.
- 2The one to put on first
Skepticism, Stormcrowfleet 1995
Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet. Listen at night, on headphones, in one sitting.
- 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 Funeral doom'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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Slam death metal 86%
Reduces brutal death metal to slow, lurching riffs made purely for moving your head.
5 steps from Funeral doom, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Slam death metal -
Beatdown / metallic hardcore 84%
Hardcore reduced to breakdowns and slow groove, with barked vocals and lyrics about loyalty and endurance.
4 steps from Funeral doom, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Beatdown / metallic hardcore
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
- A growl or a shriek put 78 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Blues rock, Doom metal. Worth 3 of 9.
- As heavy as it gets put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Rock and roll, Folk rock, Country rock. Worth 2 of 9.
- 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 9.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 9.
- 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 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.