Your way in
DSBM 1994
Depressive suicidal black metal: slower tempos, wailing guitars and desperate vocals. The subject matter is heavy, and the genre is debated inside the scene itself.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 5
- Where from
- Sweden / France
- Tempo
- 60-140 bpm
- Song length
- 5-10 min
- Written about
- Depression, Suicide, Isolation, Self-harm
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | DSBM | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy. I want to feel it. How much weight do you want behind it? | 8 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The beginnings Does it matter when it was made? | 1994 | 0% | ×1 |
| The inside of a head What should the words be about? | Depression, Suicide, Isolation, Self-harm | 100% | ×1 |
| No. Texture and force are enough. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 5 out of 10 | 60% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 77% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 7. DSBM 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
Darkthrone, A Blaze in the Northern Sky 1992
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky. The production is intentional, not a flaw.
- 2The one to put on first
- 3Then
Shining, V: Halmstad 2007
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Black metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come DSBM'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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No wave 75%
A total refusal of melody and standard tuning. Short-lived, extreme and hugely influential on noise rock.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from DSBM.
The way into No wave -
Art rock 74%
Rock made by art-school graduates: concept, image and experiment ahead of formula. It overlaps with prog but cares far less about virtuosity.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from DSBM.
The way into Art 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
- The beginnings put 67 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Metalcore, Nu metal. Worth 1 of 7.
- 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 7.
- 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 7.
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.