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War metal / bestial 1990
Black and death metal reduced to noise, speed and bullet belts. The least legible branch of metal there is.
- Heaviness
- 10
- Speed
- 10
- Melody
- 1
- Where from
- Canada / Australia
- Tempo
- 200-300 bpm
- Song length
- 2-4 min
- Written about
- Blasphemy, War, Annihilation, Nothing recoverable, frequently
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | War metal / bestial | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 10 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 10 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1990 | 60% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | Blasphemy, War, Annihilation, Nothing recoverable, frequently | 50% | ×1 |
| Long. Let it go somewhere. How long should a song be? | up to 4 min | 17% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 75% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 7. War metal / bestial 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
Blasphemy, Fallen Angel of Doom 1990
Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom. Twenty-five minutes of organised chaos.
- 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 War metal / bestial'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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Deathgrind 74%
Death metal compressed to the length and speed of grindcore. No intro, no outro.
4 steps from War metal / bestial, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Deathgrind -
Bay Area thrash 73%
The original epicentre: technical riffing, clearer production and a little more melody.
4 steps from War metal / bestial, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Bay Area thrash
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.
- 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 7.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. 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.
- Long. Let it go somewhere. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Rock and roll. 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.