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Crust punk 1984
D-beat soaked in metal and mud: thick tone, apocalyptic themes, trousers unwashed since 1989.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 3
- Where from
- United Kingdom
- Tempo
- 150-220 bpm
- Song length
- 1.5-3 min
- Written about
- Anarchism, War and the state, Animal rights, Ecological collapse
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | Crust punk | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A growl or a shriek When someone is singing, what should come out? | harsh | 100% | ×3 |
| Light How much weight do you want behind it? | 8 out of 10 | 40% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 40% | ×2 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | Anarchism, War and the state, Animal rights, Ecological collapse | 100% | ×1 |
| Normal How long should a song be? | up to 3 min | 88% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 72% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, about 1, length 1 out of 9. Crust punk leads the next by 1 point. 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
Amebix, Arise! 1985
Amebix - Arise! It sounds like the end of the world, which was the point.
- 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 Crust punk'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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Screamo 70%
Emo pushed into hysteria: continuous screaming, cutting guitars and songs that collapse into silence. Also called skramz.
4 steps from Crust punk, meeting it only at Hardcore punk.
The way into Screamo -
Death 'n' roll 67%
Death metal that admits its rock roots: groove, blues riffing and a hoarse shout.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Crust punk.
The way into Death 'n' roll
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 9.
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 of 9.
- 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 9.
- 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 9.
- Normal put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Progressive rock, Krautrock, Acid rock. Worth 1 of 9.
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.