Your way in
Stoner doom 1991
Stoner riffs played at half speed, with thick fuzz and subject matter drawn from witchcraft and cannabis.
- Heaviness
- 9
- Speed
- 2
- Melody
- 6
- Where from
- USA / United Kingdom
- Tempo
- 50-90 bpm
- Song length
- 7-20 min
- Written about
- Cannabis, seriously and at length, Ritual, Science fiction and the desert, Repetition as a subject
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Stoner doom | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 2 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1991 | 100% | ×1 |
| The dark What should the words be about? | Cannabis, seriously and at length, Ritual, Science fiction and the desert, Repetition as a subject | 50% | ×1 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 6 out of 10 | 60% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 87% | ||
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. Stoner doom leads the next by 3 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
Saint Vitus, Saint Vitus 1984
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late. The title says exactly how the band felt.
- 2The one to put on first
Electric Wizard, Electric Wizard 1994
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone. The thickest guitar tone ever committed to tape.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Doom metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Stoner doom'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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Neue Deutsche Härte 79%
The German version: simple heavy riffs, danceable synths, declaimed German vocals and a great deal of pyrotechnics.
4 steps from Stoner doom, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Neue Deutsche Härte -
Deathrock 73%
The American version, more punk and more theatrical, with tribal drums and horror-movie imagery.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 8 steps from Stoner doom.
The way into Deathrock
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
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 10.
- As heavy as it gets put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Rock and roll, Folk rock, Country rock. Worth 2 of 10.
- 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 10.
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 10.
- The dark put 119 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. 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.