Your way in
Stoner rock 1990
Thick down-tuned riffs, groovy drums and a fuzz tone. Born at generator parties in the desert.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 7
- Where from
- Palm Desert, California
- Tempo
- 90-130 bpm
- Song length
- 4-7 min
- Written about
- The desert, Drugs, cheerfully, The road, Science fiction
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Stoner rock | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 5 out of 10 | 60% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1990 | 100% | ×1 |
| Somewhere else entirely What should the words be about? | The desert, Drugs, cheerfully, The road, Science fiction | 100% | ×1 |
| Something to hold on to Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 7 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 84% | ||
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. Stoner rock 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
- 2The one to put on first
Kyuss, Blues for the Red Sun 1992
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun. That guitar tone has been copied for thirty years.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Hard rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Stoner rock'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-metal / atmospheric sludge 84%
Sludge with post-rock logic: long songs, crescendos and instrumental passages. Neurosis invented the form.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 8 steps from Stoner rock.
The way into Post-metal / atmospheric sludge -
Folk metal 79%
Traditional instruments and folk melodies built into metal. Every region has written its own version.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Stoner rock.
The way into Folk 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
- 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 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.
- Somewhere else entirely put 106 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative 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.