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10 songs that feel like Skin o' My Teeth

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

Skin o' My Teeth
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Skin o' My Teeth
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intense 88/100 intensity 184 BPM
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Some Kind of Monster — Metallica intense 160 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (86/100).

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The Four Horsemen — Metallica intense 185 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100). Same harsh texture.

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Frantic — Metallica intense 180 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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School — Nirvana intense 165 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same harsh texture.

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Dyers Eve — Metallica intense 171 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and sits a little calmer at 78/100.

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Phantom Lord — Metallica intense 185 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Same harsh texture.

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Metal Militia — Metallica intense 198 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (89/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Whiplash — Metallica intense 220 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (91/100). Same harsh texture.

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Be Quick or Be Dead — Iron Maiden intense 180 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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Wish — Nine Inch Nails intense 135 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (93/100). Same harsh texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Skin o' My Teeth 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 its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 60/100, down from 88.

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

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 38/100 — the pull without the edge.

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CPR — Wet Leg moderate 130 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Reads 86/100.

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

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 58/100, versus the original's 88.

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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 its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 60/100, down from 88.

Thumbs by Lucy Dacus
Thumbs — Lucy Dacus moderate 80 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 34/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Don't Believe the Fife — Mogwai moderate 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Reads 51/100.

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Los Ageless — St. Vincent moderate 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 59/100, versus the original's 88.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Skin o' My Teeth” by Megadeth?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Some Kind of Monster” by Metallica, “The Four Horsemen” by Metallica, “Frantic” by Metallica — 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 “Skin o' My Teeth” but calmer?

“Through Being Cool” by Devo, “Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2” by Sergei Rachmaninoff, “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 “Skin o' My Teeth”?

It measures 88/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 9/10, harsh texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 184 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 98% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 88/100 comes from a dynamic range of 9/10, harsh texture, moderate 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 a fast, driving tempo: 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
Workout6/10
Dinner3/10
Party / hype9/10

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

1992 in context

The 233 songs we’ve measured from 1992 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 9/10, 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

Intensity88
Dynamics89
Tempo80
Surprise50
Density85
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load38

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

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