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Industrial metal 1988
Metal riffs over programmed drums, samples and synths. Mechanical by design.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 6
- Where from
- USA / Germany
- Tempo
- 100-140 bpm
- Song length
- 4-6 min
- Written about
- Control and its systems, Media, Religion as machinery, The body against the machine
- Vocals
- Sung and screamed
Why this one
| You said | Industrial metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Both, trading off When someone is singing, what should come out? | mixed | 100% | ×3 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1988 | 100% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | Control and its systems, Media, Religion as machinery, The body against the machine | 50% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 90% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, pace 2, era 1, about 1 out of 7. Industrial 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
- 1The one to put on first
Godflesh, Streetcleaner 1989
Godflesh - Streetcleaner. It sounds like an industrial city collapsing, which is the subject.
- 2Then
- 3Then
- 4Then
The first is Industrial metal's own entry point. After it come Industrial 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 86%
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 Industrial metal.
The way into Emo -
Anarcho-punk 86%
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 Industrial 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 7.
- 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 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.
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.