Your way in
Mincecore 1990
Deliberately primitive grindcore with blunt political messages and thousands of appearances on split releases.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 9
- Melody
- 1
- Where from
- Belgium
- Tempo
- 200-300 bpm
- Song length
- 18 sec-1 min
- Written about
- Animal rights, Anti-capitalism, Anti-war, Direct political address
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | Mincecore | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A growl or a shriek When someone is singing, what should come out? | harsh | 100% | ×3 |
| Heavy. I want to feel it. How much weight do you want behind it? | 8 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1990 | 100% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | Animal rights, Anti-capitalism, Anti-war, Direct political address | 100% | ×1 |
| Normal How long should a song be? | up to 1 min | 71% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 95% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 6 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 10. Mincecore leads the next by 2 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
Napalm Death, Scum 1987
Napalm Death - Scum. Side B, with Bill Steer on guitar, is the essential half.
- 2The one to put on first
Agathocles, Theatric Symbolisation of Life 1992
Agathocles - Theatric Symbolisation of Life. The most accessible way in.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Grindcore, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Mincecore'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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Powerviolence 91%
Hardcore taken to the limit: abrupt tempo shifts, twenty-second songs, blast beats cut with parts as slow as tar.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Mincecore.
The way into Powerviolence -
War metal / bestial 91%
Black and death metal reduced to noise, speed and bullet belts. The least legible branch of metal there is.
4 steps from Mincecore, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into War metal / bestial
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 10.
- 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 10.
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 10.
- Anger at something real put 108 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Black metal, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- Normal put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Progressive rock, Krautrock, Acid rock. Worth 1 of 10.
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.