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10 songs that feel like Damaged Goods

Matched to Damaged Goods 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
Damaged Goods
Converge
intense 100/100 intensity 180 BPM
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From the Kettle onto the Coil — Deafheaven intense 140 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (96/100).

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Sunbather — Deafheaven intense 140 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 84/100. Same complex texture.

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Aggressive Expansion — Lamb of God intense 180 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — sits a little calmer at 88/100. Measured 89% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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Stockholm Syndrome — Idles intense 180 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It sits a little calmer at 88/100. Same complex texture.

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Rock for Light — Bad Brains intense 160 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and sits a little calmer at 90/100.

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Cosmonaut — At The Drive In intense 180 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 88/100. Same complex texture.

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Worms of the Senses — Refused intense 180 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — sits a little calmer at 88/100. Measured 90% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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Suite-Pee — System of a Down intense 180 BPM

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

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This Is America — Childish Gambino intense 140 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and sits a little calmer at 84/100.

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Sueisfine — My Bloody Valentine intense 140 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 84/100. Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 — Sergei Rachmaninoff moderate 66 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 38/100, down from 100.

Woman in Chains by Tears for Fears
Woman in Chains — Tears for Fears moderate 104 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 58/100 — the pull without the edge.

Hateful by The Clash
Hateful — The Clash moderate 120 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 49/100.

Long Time Gone by Crosby, Stills & Nash
Long Time Gone — Crosby, Stills & Nash moderate 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 50/100, versus the original's 100.

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Ohio — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 128 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 50/100, down from 100.

Monkey Gone to Heaven by Pixies
Monkey Gone to Heaven — Pixies moderate 120 BPM

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

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
Meat Is Murder — The Smiths moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 58/100.

Palo Alto by Radiohead
Palo Alto — Radiohead moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 64/100, versus the original's 100.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Damaged Goods” by Converge?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “From the Kettle onto the Coil” by Deafheaven, “Sunbather” by Deafheaven, “Aggressive Expansion” by Lamb of God — the top match scores 92% 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 “Damaged Goods” but calmer?

“Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2” by Sergei Rachmaninoff, “Woman in Chains” by Tears for Fears, “Hateful” by The Clash keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Damaged Goods”?

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 180 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.

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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.

2004 in context

The 334 songs we’ve measured from 2004 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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
Tempo78
Surprise75
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force100
Trigger load50

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

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