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10 songs that feel like The Grand Conjuration

Matched to The Grand Conjuration by Opeth 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 Grand Conjuration
Opeth
intense 81/100 intensity 100 BPM
We Die Young — Alice in Chains intense 90 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100).

South of Heaven — Slayer intense 90 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100). Same complex texture.

Failure — Neurosis intense 90 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100). Measured 98% alike.

Evolution — Korn intense 100 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (81/100). Same complex texture.

Pictures of Home — Deep Purple intense 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100).

The Unknown Soldier — The Doors intense 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

Baby Blue — Deafheaven intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Measured 96% alike.

I'm Broken — Pantera intense 92 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100). Same complex texture.

Approach to Danger — N.W.A intense 90 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100).

Rusty Cage — Soundgarden intense 90 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Remedy — Seether moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 50/100, down from 81. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Angels Fall — Breaking Benjamin moderate 90 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 50/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

My Desire — Interpol moderate 104 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 55/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Words That Maketh Murder by PJ Harvey
The Words That Maketh Murder — PJ Harvey moderate 115 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 81.

Caleb Meyer — Gillian Welch moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 26/100, down from 81.

Long Time Gone by Crosby, Stills & Nash
Long Time Gone — Crosby, Stills & Nash moderate 92 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 50/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Hypocritical Kiss by Jack White
Hypocritical Kiss — Jack White moderate 110 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 59/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
Meat Is Murder — The Smiths moderate 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 58/100, versus the original's 81. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Grand Conjuration” by Opeth?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “We Die Young” by Alice in Chains, “South of Heaven” by Slayer, “Failure” by Neurosis — 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 Grand Conjuration” but calmer?

“Remedy” by Seether, “Angels Fall” by Breaking Benjamin, “My Desire” by Interpol keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “The Grand Conjuration”?

It measures 81/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, frequent sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 100 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 95% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 81/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex 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 95% 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
Workout6/10
Dinner4/10
Party / hype6/10

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

2005 in context

The 363 songs we’ve measured from 2005 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. 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

Intensity81
Dynamics78
Tempo33
Surprise75
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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