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Blackgaze / post-black 2007
Black metal tremolo over shoegaze harmony: the same density, but the result comes out luminous instead of frozen.
- Heaviness
- 7
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- France / USA
- Tempo
- 120-200 bpm
- Song length
- 5-10 min
- Written about
- Memory and childhood, Beauty and grief together, Nature, Transcendence
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | Blackgaze / post-black | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A growl or a shriek When someone is singing, what should come out? | harsh | 100% | ×3 |
| Light How much weight do you want behind it? | 7 out of 10 | 50% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 2007 | 68% | ×1 |
| The inside of a head What should the words be about? | Memory and childhood, Beauty and grief together, Nature, Transcendence | 100% | ×1 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 80% | ||
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, melody 1 out of 10. Blackgaze / post-black 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
Darkthrone, A Blaze in the Northern Sky 1992
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky. The production is intentional, not a flaw.
- 2The one to put on first
Deafheaven, Sunbather 2013
Deafheaven - Sunbather. It opens with nine minutes that justify the whole genre.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Black metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Blackgaze / post-black'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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Emo 79%
Hardcore in which the lyrics turn confessional and the voice cracks. The term started as an insult and became an entire decade of fashion.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 8 steps from Blackgaze / post-black.
The way into Emo -
Melodic death metal 78%
Iron Maiden-style guitar harmonies over screamed vocals. The Gothenburg scene later became the foundation of American metalcore.
4 steps from Blackgaze / post-black, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Melodic 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 10.
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 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.
- The inside of a head put 88 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Black metal. Worth 1 of 10.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. 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.