Your way in
Post-metal / atmospheric sludge 1997
Sludge with post-rock logic: long songs, crescendos and instrumental passages. Neurosis invented the form.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 3
- Melody
- 7
- Where from
- USA
- Tempo
- 60-120 bpm
- Song length
- 8-15 min
- Written about
- Ritual and myth, The sea and geology, Systems and collapse, Frequently instrumental for long stretches
- Vocals
- Sung and screamed
Why this one
| You said | Post-metal / atmospheric sludge | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 8 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 3 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1997 | 88% | ×1 |
| Somewhere else entirely What should the words be about? | Ritual and myth, The sea and geology, Systems and collapse, Frequently instrumental for long stretches | 100% | ×1 |
| Long. Let it go somewhere. How long should a song be? | up to 15 min | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 84% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 7. Post-metal / atmospheric sludge leads the next by 10 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
Eyehategod, Take as Needed for Pain 1993
Eyehategod - Take as Needed for Pain. The feedback between tracks is part of the album.
- 2The one to put on first
Isis, Oceanic 2002
Post-metal / atmospheric sludge
Isis - Oceanic. The most accessible album in the genre, and no weaker for it.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Sludge metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Post-metal / atmospheric sludge'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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Space rock 74%
A repetitive riff under a thick layer of synthesizers and cosmic whoosh. Lemmy went straight from here into Motörhead.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Post-metal / atmospheric sludge.
The way into Space rock -
Post-rock 72%
Rock instruments used for texture and crescendo rather than for choruses. The song climbs for ten minutes and detonates once.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Post-metal / atmospheric sludge.
The way into Post-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
- Slow. Let it take its time. put 22 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Hardcore punk, Black metal, Death metal. Worth 2 of 7.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 7.
- Somewhere else entirely put 106 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 7.
- Long. Let it go somewhere. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Rock and roll. 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.