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10 songs that feel like The Kill

Matched to The Kill by Fugazi 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
The Kill
Fugazi
intense 77/100 intensity 120 BPM
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King Snake — Idles intense 130 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (78/100).

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Teenage Whore — Hole intense 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Same layered texture.

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Model Village — Idles intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Press — Cardi B intense 130 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (78/100). Same layered texture.

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Take Out the Gunman — Chevelle intense 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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He'd Send in the Army — Gang of Four intense 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Same layered texture.

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Tainted Love — Marilyn Manson intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (73/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Parental Discretion Iz Advised — N.W.A intense 95 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (74/100). Same layered texture.

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If You Were There, Beware — Arctic Monkeys intense 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Roll Right — Rage Against the Machine intense 120 BPM

96% 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 The Kill is more than you want right now.

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Pearly* — Radiohead moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 60/100, down from 77. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Sing My Loves — Cave In 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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Stained Silver — Cave In moderate 120 BPM

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

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Warrior — Steve Earle moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 49/100, versus the original's 77. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Condi Condi — Steve Earle moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 49/100, down from 77. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Rich Man's War — Steve Earle 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. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Amerika v6.0 — Steve Earle 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. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Crisis — Freddie Hubbard moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 50/100, versus the original's 77. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Kill” by Fugazi?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “King Snake” by Idles, “Teenage Whore” by Hole, “Model Village” by Idles — the top match scores 98% 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 “The Kill” but calmer?

“Pearly*” by Radiohead, “Sing My Loves” by Cave In, “Stained Silver” by Cave In keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “The Kill”?

It measures 77/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, frequent sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 120 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 93% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 77/100 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 93% 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
Workout8/10
Dinner4/10
Party / hype8/10

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

1995 in context

The 329 songs we’ve measured from 1995 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

Intensity77
Dynamics78
Tempo44
Surprise75
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load38

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

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