10 songs that feel like Like Herod
Matched to Like Herod by Mogwai on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.
A 93% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and sits a little calmer at 73/100.
87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 88/100.
Keeps the same heavy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Measured 86% alike.
Measures 84% the same. It runs a little hotter at 90/100.
A 83% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (79/100).
89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 73/100. Same layered texture.
Keeps the same heavy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Measured 86% alike.
Measures 85% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (81/100).
A 84% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and sits a little calmer at 70/100.
84% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (76/100).
…and if you want it calmer
Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Like Herod is more than you want right now.
Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. Intensity 58/100, down from 79.
Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10, so it lands at 58/100 — the pull without the edge.
If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. Reads 38/100.
Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. 50/100, versus the original's 79. Nearly the same tempo, too.
Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 10. Intensity 34/100, down from 79. Nearly the same tempo, too.
Its dynamic range stays a gentler 8 where the original climbs to 10, so it lands at 51/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.
If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. Reads 50/100.
Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. 50/100, versus the original's 79. Nearly the same tempo, too.
Frequently asked
What songs sound like “Like Herod” by Mogwai?
The closest feel-matches we measure are “Alabama” by John Coltrane, “Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"” by Gustav Mahler, “Manfred Symphony” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — the top match scores 93% 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 “Like Herod” but calmer?
“Meat Is Murder” by The Smiths, “Woman in Chains” by Tears for Fears, “Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2” by Sergei Rachmaninoff keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.
How intense is “Like Herod”?
It measures 79/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 10/10, layered texture, extreme sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 80 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 79/100 comes from a dynamic range of 10/10, layered texture, extreme shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is a huge quiet-to-loud swing: 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
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1997 in context
The 389 songs we’ve measured from 1997 average a dynamic range of 6.6/10. At 10/10, 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
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
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