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NWOTHM 2005
New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal: a new generation deliberately playing like it's 1982, down to the tape production.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- Global
- Tempo
- 140-180 bpm
- Song length
- 4-6 min
- Written about
- Battle and fantasy, Night and the road, Metal itself, Defiance
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | NWOTHM | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| No words at all When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 80% | ×3 |
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| Quick and driving What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 2005 | 100% | ×1 |
| The inside of a head What should the words be about? | Battle and fantasy, Night and the road, Metal itself, Defiance | 50% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 86% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1 out of 9. NWOTHM ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. 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
Judas Priest, Sad Wings of Destiny 1976
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny. Before the leather, and already perfect.
- 2The one to put on first
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Traditional heavy metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come NWOTHM'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 86%
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 NWOTHM.
The way into Garage rock revival -
Math rock 82%
Odd meters and interlocking riffs assembled like a puzzle, usually without vocals. Post-rock's cerebral cousin.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from NWOTHM.
The way into Math 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 9.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 9.
- The inside of a head put 88 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Black metal. 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.