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10 songs that feel like Risingson

Matched to Risingson by Massive Attack on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

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intense 64/100 intensity 95 BPM
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Down in the Bottom — Howlin' Wolf intense 120 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same dark pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100).

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The Hanging Garden — The Cure intense 110 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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Harvester of Sorrow — Metallica intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same dark pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Measured 86% alike.

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Where the Wild Things Are — Metallica intense 95 BPM

Measures 80% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100).

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Voodoo — Black Sabbath intense 92 BPM

A 83% feel-match — carries the same dark pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Death Valley '69 — Sonic Youth intense 120 BPM

83% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 85/100.

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Hunter — Björk intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — runs a little hotter at 70/100. Measured 89% alike.

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Moonchild — Iron Maiden intense 120 BPM

Measures 79% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100).

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Barrel of a Gun — Depeche Mode intense 110 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100).

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Evil Twin — Eminem intense 95 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100).

…and if you want it calmer

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

Crocodiles by Echo and the Bunnymen
Crocodiles — Echo and the Bunnymen moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 52/100, down from 64.

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Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down — Interpol moderate 110 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 52/100 — the pull without the edge.

My Cosmos Is Mine by Depeche Mode
My Cosmos Is Mine — Depeche Mode moderate 90 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 67/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Gasoline by The Weeknd
Gasoline — The Weeknd moderate 104 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 58/100, versus the original's 64. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Red Right Hand — Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds moderate 114 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 49/100, down from 64.

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Undoing a Luciferian Towers — Godspeed You Black Emperor moderate 90 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 55/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Marooned by Wire
Marooned — Wire moderate 110 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 59/100.

Practice Makes Perfect by Wire
Practice Makes Perfect — Wire moderate 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 51/100, versus the original's 64. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Risingson” by Massive Attack?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Down in the Bottom” by Howlin' Wolf, “The Hanging Garden” by The Cure, “Harvester of Sorrow” by Metallica — the top match scores 88% 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 “Risingson” but calmer?

“Crocodiles” by Echo and the Bunnymen, “Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down” by Interpol, “My Cosmos Is Mine” by Depeche Mode keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Risingson”?

It measures 64/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 95 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 84% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 64/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 84% 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
Focus3/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype5/10

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 7/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity64
Dynamics67
Tempo31
Surprise50
Density60
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load75

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

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