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Slam death metal 1994
Reduces brutal death metal to slow, lurching riffs made purely for moving your head.
- Heaviness
- 10
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 1
- Where from
- New York, USA
- Tempo
- 80-160 bpm
- Song length
- 2.5-4 min
- Written about
- Body horror, Violence, Deliberate transgression, Nothing much, frankly
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | Slam death metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A growl or a shriek When someone is singing, what should come out? | harsh | 100% | ×3 |
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 10 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1994 | 100% | ×1 |
| The dark What should the words be about? | Body horror, Violence, Deliberate transgression, Nothing much, frankly | 50% | ×1 |
| Normal How long should a song be? | up to 4 min | 96% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 93% | ||
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. Slam death 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
Suffocation, Effigy of the Forgotten 1991
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten. The genre's absolute reference point.
- 2The one to put on first
Devourment, Molesting the Decapitated 1999
Devourment - Molesting the Decapitated. Not subtle, but very effective.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Brutal death metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Slam death 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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Beatdown / metallic hardcore 87%
Hardcore reduced to breakdowns and slow groove, with barked vocals and lyrics about loyalty and endurance.
5 steps from Slam death metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Beatdown / metallic hardcore -
First wave 86%
The bands that supplied the name and the themes, while still playing speed or thrash metal. Venom released the album that christened the genre.
5 steps from Slam death metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into First 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
- A growl or a shriek put 78 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Blues rock, Doom metal. Worth 3 of 10.
- 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.
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 10.
- The dark put 119 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- Normal put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Progressive rock, Krautrock, Acid rock. 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.