Your way in
D-beat 1982
Named after Discharge's drum pattern: galloping toms, motorcycle guitar and anti-war slogans shouted as choruses.
- Heaviness
- 7
- Speed
- 8
- Melody
- 3
- Where from
- Sweden / United Kingdom
- Tempo
- 180-220 bpm
- Song length
- 1.5-2.5 min
- Written about
- War, The state, Nuclear annihilation, Refusal
- Vocals
- Shouted
Why this one
| You said | D-beat | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| No words at all When someone is singing, what should come out? | shouted | 60% | ×3 |
| Heavy. I want to feel it. How much weight do you want behind it? | 7 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1982 | 100% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | War, The state, Nuclear annihilation, Refusal | 100% | ×1 |
| Short. Say it and stop. How long should a song be? | up to 2.5 min | 96% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 82% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 8. D-beat 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
Discharge, Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing 1982
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing. Not one relaxed second on it.
- 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 D-beat'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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Speed metal 81%
NWOBHM with the throttle down, but the vocals still melodic. The missing link between heavy metal and thrash.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from D-beat.
The way into Speed metal -
Rap rock 79%
Rapped vocals over rock riffs. The Run-DMC and Aerosmith collaboration opened the door; Rage turned it into a political weapon.
6 steps from D-beat, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Rap rock
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
- No words at all put 33 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Grindcore. Worth 3 of 8.
- 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 8.
- 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 8.
- Short. Say it and stop. put 18 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Progressive rock, Progressive metal. Worth 1 of 8.
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.