Your way in
Nu metal 1994
Seven-string guitars tuned very low, hip-hop groove, a DJ or sampler and lyrics about personal trauma. The decade's best-selling and most disputed genre.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 7
- Where from
- California, USA
- Tempo
- 80-120 bpm
- Song length
- 3-4.5 min
- Written about
- Childhood damage, Alienation, Rage without a political object, Family
- Vocals
- Sung and screamed
Why this one
| You said | Nu metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Both, trading off When someone is singing, what should come out? | mixed | 100% | ×3 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 5 out of 10 | 60% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1994 | 80% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | Childhood damage, Alienation, Rage without a political object, Family | 50% | ×1 |
| Normal How long should a song be? | up to 4.5 min | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 81% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, pace 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 8. Nu metal 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
- 1The one to put on first
Korn, Korn 1994
Korn - Korn. The first track opens with bagpipes, which nobody ever remembers.
- 2Then
Slipknot, Iowa 2001
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5One step further in
Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles 1999
Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles. Their best-produced record.
The first is Nu metal's own entry point. After it come Nu 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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Emo 77%
Hardcore in which the lyrics turn confessional and the voice cracks. The term started as an insult and became an entire decade of fashion.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Nu metal.
The way into Emo -
Anarcho-punk 77%
Total political punk: collectives, self-releasing and militant pacifism. It laid down the DIY ethic the underground still runs on.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Nu metal.
The way into Anarcho-punk
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
- Both, trading off put 72 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Blues rock, Doom metal. Worth 3 of 8.
- 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 8.
- The seventies and eighties put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Kawaii metal, New nu metal, Progressive metalcore. Worth 1 of 8.
- 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 8.
- Normal put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Progressive rock, Krautrock, Acid rock. Worth 1 of 8.
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.