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 |
| Slow. Let it take its time. What pace? | 2 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1991 | 64% | ×1 |
| Something to hold on to Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 6 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 92% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, pace 2, era 1, melody 1 out of 7. Stoner doom leads the next by 6 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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Post-punk revival 86%
The same basslines and the same chill, revived every ten years with contemporary production.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Stoner doom.
The way into Post-punk revival -
Desert rock 85%
The hypnotic, jam-based side of stoner rock, with lots of space between the notes and a warm bass tone.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 8 steps from Stoner doom.
The way into Desert 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
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 7.
- 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.
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.