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Groove metal 1990
Thrash slowed to a groove that hits you in the chest: syncopated riffs, mid-tempo drums, barked vocals.
- Heaviness
- 9
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 6
- Where from
- Texas / USA
- Tempo
- 90-140 bpm
- Song length
- 3.5-5 min
- Written about
- Anger, Self-reliance, Politics, on the Brazilian side, Contempt for the scene
- Vocals
- Shouted
Why this one
| You said | Groove metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| Quick and driving What pace? | 6 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? | Anger, Self-reliance, Politics, on the Brazilian side, Contempt for the scene | 50% | ×1 |
| Something to hold on to Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 6 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 87% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 7. Groove metal 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
Slayer, Reign in Blood 1986
Slayer - Reign in Blood. Twenty-nine minutes that redefined the word extreme.
- 2The one to put on first
Pantera, Vulgar Display of Power 1992
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power. Dimebag's guitar tone is an institution.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Thrash metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Groove metal'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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Crust punk 87%
D-beat soaked in metal and mud: thick tone, apocalyptic themes, trousers unwashed since 1989.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Groove metal.
The way into Crust punk -
Old school death metal 85%
The sound of the first wave: either the Swedish HM-2 buzzsaw or the cavernous American murk, with no showy technicality.
4 steps from Groove metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Old school 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
- 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 7.
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 7.
- 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 7.
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.