Your way in
Post-metal / atmospheric sludge 1997
Sludge with post-rock logic: long songs, crescendos and instrumental passages. Neurosis invented the form.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 3
- Melody
- 7
- Where from
- USA
- Tempo
- 60-120 bpm
- Song length
- 8-15 min
- Written about
- Ritual and myth, The sea and geology, Systems and collapse, Frequently instrumental for long stretches
- Vocals
- Sung and screamed
Why this one
| You said | Post-metal / atmospheric sludge | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A growl or a shriek When someone is singing, what should come out? | mixed | 80% | ×3 |
| Light How much weight do you want behind it? | 8 out of 10 | 40% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 3 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1997 | 88% | ×1 |
| Somewhere else entirely What should the words be about? | Ritual and myth, The sea and geology, Systems and collapse, Frequently instrumental for long stretches | 100% | ×1 |
| Something to hold on to Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 7 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 76% | ||
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, melody 1 out of 10. Post-metal / atmospheric sludge leads the next by 6 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
Eyehategod, Take as Needed for Pain 1993
Eyehategod - Take as Needed for Pain. The feedback between tracks is part of the album.
- 2The one to put on first
Isis, Oceanic 2002
Post-metal / atmospheric sludge
Isis - Oceanic. The most accessible album in the genre, and no weaker for it.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Sludge metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Post-metal / atmospheric sludge'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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Folk metal 70%
Traditional instruments and folk melodies built into metal. Every region has written its own version.
4 steps from Post-metal / atmospheric sludge, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Folk metal -
Emo 65%
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 9 steps from Post-metal / atmospheric sludge.
The way into Emo
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.
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. 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.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- Somewhere else entirely put 106 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative 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.