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10 songs that feel like Glint

Matched to Glint 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
Glint
Deafheaven
intense 78/100 intensity 130 BPM
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Mr Motivator — Idles intense 130 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (78/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (130 BPM).

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Ancient Kingdom — Mastodon intense 130 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (78/100). Same layered texture.

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Word to God — Mastodon intense 130 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (78/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (130 BPM).

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Impossible Soul — Sufjan Stevens intense 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100). Same layered texture.

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The Doomed — A Perfect Circle intense 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100).

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I Couldn't Love You — Cursive intense 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Same layered texture.

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Not in Rivers but in Drops — Isis intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Mortal Life — Baroness intense 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Same layered texture.

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Strip the Soul — Porcupine Tree intense 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100).

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Glass Arm Shattering — Porcupine Tree intense 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Butcher the Song — Cursive moderate 130 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 54/100, down from 78. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Pink Turns to Blue — Hüsker Dü moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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CPR — Wet Leg moderate 130 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 86/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Nobody's Diary by Yazoo
Nobody's Diary — Yazoo moderate 129 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 78. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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I've Gotta Get a Message to You — Bee Gees moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 60/100, down from 78. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Caught a Lite Sneeze by Tori Amos
Caught a Lite Sneeze — Tori Amos moderate 126 BPM

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

Let Go by Sharon Van Etten
Let Go — Sharon Van Etten moderate 110 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 52/100.

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Tunic (Song For Karen) — Sonic Youth moderate 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 65/100, versus the original's 78.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Glint” by Deafheaven?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Mr Motivator” by Idles, “Ancient Kingdom” by Mastodon, “Word to God” by Mastodon — the top match scores 99% 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 “Glint” but calmer?

“Butcher the Song” by Cursive, “Pink Turns to Blue” by Hüsker Dü, “CPR” by Wet Leg keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Glint”?

It measures 78/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, frequent sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 130 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 94% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 78/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, frequent shifts, and dynamic vocals. 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 94% 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.

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus1/10
Workout9/10
Dinner4/10
Party / hype8/10

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

2018 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2018 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

Intensity78
Dynamics78
Tempo50
Surprise75
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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