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Gothic metal 1991
Death-doom that adds keyboards, romance and female vocals. It popularised the beauty-and-the-beast formula.
- Heaviness
- 7
- Speed
- 3
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- UK / Norway
- Tempo
- 70-110 bpm
- Song length
- 4-7 min
- Written about
- Romantic despair, Death and desire together, Religion, Gothic literature, explicitly
- Vocals
- Sung and screamed
Why this one
| You said | Gothic metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 7 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1991 | 100% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Romantic despair, Death and desire together, Religion, Gothic literature, explicitly | 50% | ×1 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 76% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 5. Gothic metal ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. 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
Type O Negative, Bloody Kisses 1993
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses. Bleak and funny at once, which is rare.
- 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 Gothic 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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Progressive power metal 76%
Power metal choruses laid over prog structures and meters.
4 steps from Gothic metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Progressive power metal -
Death 'n' roll 74%
Death metal that admits its rock roots: groove, blues riffing and a hoarse shout.
4 steps from Gothic metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Death 'n' roll
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 5.
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 5.
- Being young and out late put 115 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 5.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. Worth 1 of 5.
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.