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10 songs that feel like From the Kettle onto the Coil

Matched to From the Kettle onto the Coil by Deafheaven 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
From the Kettle onto the Coil
Deafheaven
intense 96/100 intensity 140 BPM
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Damaged Goods — Converge intense 180 BPM

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

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89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 83/100. Same complex texture.

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Screen Shot — Swans intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — sits a little calmer at 83/100. Measured 89% alike.

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Oxygen — Swans intense 120 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It sits a little calmer at 83/100. Same complex texture.

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Half Life — Swans intense 120 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and sits a little calmer at 83/100.

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Frankie M — Swans intense 120 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 83/100. Same complex texture.

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Belief — Neurosis intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — sits a little calmer at 83/100. Measured 89% alike.

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The Dusk in Us — Converge intense 120 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It sits a little calmer at 83/100. Same complex texture.

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Blacken the Cursed Sun — Lamb of God intense 120 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and sits a little calmer at 83/100.

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Avatar — Swans intense 120 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 86/100. Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when From the Kettle onto the Coil is more than you want right now.

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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 96.

Hateful by The Clash
Hateful — The Clash moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 49/100 — the pull without the edge.

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

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 60/100.

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 96.

Bring the Boys Back Home by Pink Floyd
Bring the Boys Back Home — Pink Floyd moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 60/100, down from 96.

I Don't Want to Know by Fleetwood Mac
I Don't Want to Know — Fleetwood Mac moderate 120 BPM

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

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Nightendday — Pelican moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 43/100.

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Final Breath — Pelican moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 43/100, versus the original's 96.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “From the Kettle onto the Coil” by Deafheaven?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Damaged Goods” by Converge, “Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums” by A Perfect Circle, “Screen Shot” by Swans — 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 “From the Kettle onto the Coil” but calmer?

“Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Hateful” by The Clash, “Monkey Gone to Heaven” by Pixies keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “From the Kettle onto the Coil”?

It measures 96/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, frequent sudden shifts, and screaming. Tempo is 140 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 99% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 96/100 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 99% 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
Workout10/10
Dinner2/10
Party / hype10/10

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

2013 in context

The 408 songs we’ve measured from 2013 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity96
Dynamics78
Tempo56
Surprise75
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force100
Trigger load50

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

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