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Instrumental prog metal 1995
No vocals: the melody is carried by guitar or keyboard, and the structure can be as complex as it likes.
- Heaviness
- 7
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 7
- Where from
- Global
- Tempo
- 100-180 bpm
- Song length
- 5-9 min
- Written about
- None - the music is the argument, Structure, Motion, Landscape, by title
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Why this one
| You said | Instrumental prog metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| No words at all When someone is singing, what should come out? | instrumental | 100% | ×3 |
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 7 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| Quick and driving What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1995 | 80% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | None - the music is the argument, Structure, Motion, Landscape, by title | 0% | ×1 |
| Something to hold on to Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 7 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 83% | ||
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. Instrumental prog metal leads the next by 2 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
Opeth, Blackwater Park 2001
Opeth - Blackwater Park. Growls and acoustic guitar in one song, and nothing forced about it.
- 2The one to put on first
Animals as Leaders, Animals as Leaders 2009
Animals as Leaders - the debut. Tosin Abasi plays eight strings as if it were normal.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Progressive metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Instrumental prog 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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Garage rock revival 81%
A reaction to nu metal and radio pop: crisp guitars, plain production, narrow suits. It put guitar rock back on festival bills in the 2000s.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Instrumental prog metal.
The way into Garage rock revival -
Funk rock 80%
Slap bass and funk grooves under rock guitars. Rap rock, and through it nu metal, start here.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Instrumental prog metal.
The way into Funk 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 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.
- 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 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.