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10 songs that feel like Concubine

Matched to Concubine by Converge on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
Concubine
Converge
intense 100/100 intensity 220 BPM
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Holier Than Thou — Metallica intense 200 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and sits a little calmer at 90/100.

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Blackened — Metallica intense 192 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 93/100. Same complex texture.

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Nervous Breakdown — Black Flag intense 190 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Measured 88% alike.

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Damaged II — Black Flag intense 190 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100).

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Tourette's — Nirvana intense 185 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100).

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Jock-O-Rama — Dead Kennedys intense 190 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 89/100. Same complex texture.

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Saturday Night Holocaust — Dead Kennedys intense 190 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — sits a little calmer at 89/100. Measured 88% alike.

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Reign in Blood — Slayer intense 220 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100).

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The Antichrist — Slayer intense 220 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (220 BPM).

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Let Them Eat War — Bad Religion intense 190 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 85/100. Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Concubine is more than you want right now.

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Through Being Cool — Devo moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 60/100, down from 100.

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Pearly* — Radiohead moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 60/100 — the pull without the edge.

Death or Glory by Iron Maiden
Death or Glory — Iron Maiden moderate 140 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 55/100.

Mob Ties by Drake
Mob Ties — Drake moderate 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 47/100, versus the original's 100.

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Love Me — The Pretty Reckless moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 46/100, down from 100.

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We Don't Talk About Bruno — Lin-Manuel Miranda moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 60/100 — the pull without the edge.

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John — Lil Wayne moderate 85 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 46/100.

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Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde — Travis Tritt moderate 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 46/100, versus the original's 100.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Concubine” by Converge?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Holier Than Thou” by Metallica, “Blackened” by Metallica, “Nervous Breakdown” by Black Flag — the top match scores 89% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Concubine” but calmer?

“Through Being Cool” by Devo, “Pearly*” by Radiohead, “Death or Glory” by Iron Maiden keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Concubine”?

It measures 100/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, frequent sudden shifts, and screaming. Tempo is 220 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 100% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 100/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, frequent shifts, and screaming. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 100% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, calmer: Coolidge — The Descendents

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus0/10
Workout7/10
Dinner2/10
Party / hype10/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

2001 in context

The 324 songs we’ve measured from 2001 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 8/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity100
Dynamics78
Tempo100
Surprise75
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force100
Trigger load13

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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