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Mathcore 1993
Metalcore with its wiring torn out: meter changes every few seconds, dissonance and chaos controlled to the millimetre.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 9
- Melody
- 3
- Where from
- USA
- Tempo
- 140-260 bpm
- Song length
- 1.5-4 min
- Written about
- Panic, Alienation, Language breaking down, Violence, abstractly
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | Mathcore | 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 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Panic, Alienation, Language breaking down, Violence, abstractly | 0% | ×1 |
| Normal How long should a song be? | up to 4 min | 96% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 86% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, about 1, length 1 out of 9. Mathcore 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
Refused, The Shape of Punk to Come 1998
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come. The title was an arrogant joke that came true.
- 2The one to put on first
Converge, Jane Doe 2001
Converge - Jane Doe. Technically mathcore, emotionally something else entirely.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
Car Bomb, Meta 2016
The first is the entry point for Post-hardcore, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Mathcore'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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Cybergrind 84%
Grindcore with programmed drums nobody could play and electronic elements. Made in bedrooms more often than in studios.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 8 steps from Mathcore.
The way into Cybergrind -
Technical death metal 84%
Death metal with jazz harmony, tapping and impossible drumming. The more notes per second, the better.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 8 steps from Mathcore.
The way into Technical death 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
- 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 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 9.
- 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 9.
- Normal put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Progressive rock, Krautrock, Acid rock. 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.