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NWOTHM 2005
New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal: a new generation deliberately playing like it's 1982, down to the tape production.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- Global
- Tempo
- 140-180 bpm
- Song length
- 4-6 min
- Written about
- Battle and fantasy, Night and the road, Metal itself, Defiance
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | NWOTHM | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 6 out of 10 | 60% | ×2 |
| Quick and driving What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 2005 | 100% | ×1 |
| Somewhere else entirely What should the words be about? | Battle and fantasy, Night and the road, Metal itself, Defiance | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 87% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1 out of 6. NWOTHM 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
Judas Priest, Sad Wings of Destiny 1976
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny. Before the leather, and already perfect.
- 2The one to put on first
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Traditional heavy metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come NWOTHM'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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Melodic death metal 85%
Iron Maiden-style guitar harmonies over screamed vocals. The Gothenburg scene later became the foundation of American metalcore.
4 steps from NWOTHM, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Melodic death metal -
Cyber metal 84%
Mechanised death metal with cold digital production, dual vocals and science-fiction themes.
4 steps from NWOTHM, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Cyber 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 6.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 6.
- Somewhere else entirely put 106 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 6.
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.