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D-beat 1982
Named after Discharge's drum pattern: galloping toms, motorcycle guitar and anti-war slogans shouted as choruses.
- Heaviness
- 7
- Speed
- 8
- Melody
- 3
- Where from
- Sweden / United Kingdom
- Tempo
- 180-220 bpm
- Song length
- 1.5-2.5 min
- Written about
- War, The state, Nuclear annihilation, Refusal
- Vocals
- Shouted
Why this one
| You said | D-beat | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shouting, but I can still hear the words When someone is singing, what should come out? | shouted | 100% | ×3 |
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 7 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 8 out of 10 | 30% | ×2 |
| The beginnings Does it matter when it was made? | 1982 | 48% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | War, The state, Nuclear annihilation, Refusal | 100% | ×1 |
| Short. Say it and stop. How long should a song be? | up to 2.5 min | 96% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 74% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 6 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 10. D-beat leads the next by 2 points. 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
Bad Brains, Bad Brains 1982
Bad Brains - Bad Brains (the ROIR cassette). The fastest band of the decade.
- 2The one to put on first
Discharge, Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing 1982
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing. Not one relaxed second on it.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Hardcore punk, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come D-beat'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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Groove metal 72%
Thrash slowed to a groove that hits you in the chest: syncopated riffs, mid-tempo drums, barked vocals.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from D-beat.
The way into Groove metal -
No wave 69%
A total refusal of melody and standard tuning. Short-lived, extreme and hugely influential on noise rock.
4 steps from D-beat, meeting it only at Punk rock.
The way into No wave
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 10.
- 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 10.
- The beginnings put 67 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Metalcore, Nu metal. Worth 1 of 10.
- 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 10.
- Short. Say it and stop. put 18 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Progressive rock, Progressive metal. Worth 1 of 10.
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.