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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 |
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 10 out of 10 | 50% | ×2 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1994 | 76% | ×1 |
| The dark What should the words be about? | Body horror, Violence, Deliberate transgression, Nothing much, frankly | 50% | ×1 |
| No. Texture and force are enough. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 1 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 81% | ||
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. Slam death metal leads the next by 3 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
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 77%
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 -
Black 'n' roll 77%
Black metal with a rock and roll groove. Darkthrone turned this way on their own after 2006.
5 steps from Slam death metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Black '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 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.
- The dark put 119 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- No. Texture and force are enough. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Folk rock, Emo. 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.