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Epic doom 1984
Doom with operatic vocals and solemn lyrics. Candlemass set the template on their first album.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 3
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- Sweden
- Tempo
- 60-100 bpm
- Song length
- 6-10 min
- Written about
- Myth and legend, Fate, Death, heroically, Medieval and classical subjects
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Epic doom | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| No words at all When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 80% | ×3 |
| Heavy. I want to feel it. How much weight do you want behind it? | 8 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 3 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1984 | 100% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | Myth and legend, Fate, Death, heroically, Medieval and classical subjects | 50% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 83% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1 out of 9. Epic doom 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
Saint Vitus, Saint Vitus 1984
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late. The title says exactly how the band felt.
- 2The one to put on first
Candlemass, Candlemass 2005
Candlemass - Solitude. First track on the first album, and all you need.
- 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 Epic 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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Post-rock 75%
Rock instruments used for texture and crescendo rather than for choruses. The song climbs for ten minutes and detonates once.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Epic doom.
The way into Post-rock -
Rap metal 74%
Rapped vocals over metal riffs, built around groove and a shouted chorus.
4 steps from Epic doom, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Rap 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
- No words at all put 33 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Grindcore. Worth 3 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.