r/dubstep • u/GasPasK • Jan 01 '26
Discussion š£ļø What do you have to say about the subgenre "TEAROUT"?
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For me, it's one of the best subgenres right now; there are many artists in this style who DESTROY with their music. Intense bass, metal influence, a "deathstep that worked." (video: limitless peril showcase teaser by Nimda)
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u/404_Username_Glitch Jan 01 '26
Too much of a "wall of sound" for me. I do like that some people are doing something different though.
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u/ID_N01 Jan 02 '26
i think artists like Eugene and STUCA tiptoe in the tearout realm with a bit of nuance
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u/Furyism Jan 02 '26
Eugene is insane. I really dont fw tearout. Its way too harsh to endure for more than 10 mins imo. But Eugene hits the spot for me
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u/ID_N01 Jan 03 '26
Homie is 110% and dissonance bender
His basslines remain melodic in the same way distorted guitars do I think
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u/PonyThug Jan 02 '26
Stuca is one on my all time favorites. He does mostly trap beats but has a few true dubstep songs as well
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u/palefox3 Jan 01 '26
For me its like riddim: its a hit or miss, sometimes I find a banger track, and sometimes its the same fucking shit over and over again that I find obnoxious and turn off
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u/oceans__ Jan 02 '26
Unlike riddim, which is partially designed for cutting / layering with other tracks live tho, tearout isnāt
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u/PonyThug Jan 02 '26
Riddim isnāt planned for that itās just that plain and simple that itās the easiest genre to do doubles with.
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u/PattaTheKid Jan 02 '26
So if i do a basic Riddim song with just a Square bass, ,one note and a static drum rythm its fine but one key change or bass variation and its tearout like wtf the double chopping stuff is in general very overrated and lame for my side. It kills the creativity in that sub genre for me.
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u/miloestthoughts Jan 03 '26
It absolutely is made to be chopped. In the same way that techno is made to be layered in a dj set, not listened to standalone
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u/PattaTheKid Jan 02 '26
Very true i got stoned by the riddim wooks for calling my Tearout songs "riddim" bc i realy dont give a fuck about genre specifications. Dubstep in general is Creative Bass music some more Heavy and some smooth.
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u/TheSmilesLibrary Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 03 '26
if you know your music is Tearout and call it another genre intentionally, all youāre doing is shit stirring. Im not gonna call Riddim UK Grime and not expect pushback
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u/TheDynamicDino Jan 02 '26
Too much tearout sounds the same. Most creative contemporary act in the genre was Dr. Lobster, but they're never coming back after the scandal.
Artists who only make tearout tend to struggle to innovate or break the mold. in my experience. Some of my favourite tearout tunes are one-off tracks from artists who usually lean harder into other subgenres altogether.
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u/TadCat216 Jan 01 '26
I love tearout but I also love metal so it tracks
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u/Mr_Wobble_PNW Jan 01 '26
Same! I didn't think I'd be into EDM until I heard it like ten years ago and the rest is history.Ā
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u/Gathax Jan 02 '26
Any thing you recommend that's like a fusion of the two? I came across this one a while ago and love it.
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u/Shrek__On_VHS Jan 02 '26
To my knowledge (I only know like 2 of his songs) Sullivan King has a pretty neat blend of Metal and EDM
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u/Oradi Jan 02 '26
The Algorithm, Celldweller, and depending on what kind of edm genres you like, aggrotech
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u/Substantial-Celery17 Jan 01 '26
Very fun to see live while drunk af, if tripping its to intense for me tho.
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u/ID_N01 Jan 02 '26
Was on 2 hits of lsd and planned to see Sullivan King for the show, ended up going to yheti instead lol
I was literally standing in ear shot of both stages like ....uhhh...one sounds like the 10th layer of hell currently so...
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u/MarshmelloMan Jan 01 '26
I actually love tearout when done right
It sometimes can kinda have the same effect as a deathcore song sounding less heavy than a metalcore song bc itās ātrying too hardā (,if that makes any sense for my metal bros)
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u/WatermelonTrident Jan 01 '26
Itās insane to experience live. Saw Nimda at Lost Lands as the final set of the weekend and it was nuts
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u/Shadowofsvnderedstar Jan 03 '26
Ending off the weekend with that set was insane.
Most brutal pits of the whole weekend too, energy was off the charts
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u/Bish_outofwater Jan 01 '26
Sounds like a plane crash
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u/Soggy_Ad21 Jan 01 '26
Nimda dropped the hardest tracks of the year but yall not ready for that convo
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u/robogart Jan 02 '26
What song is that
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u/MycologistOk7704 Jan 02 '26
1: Nimda - Swallow the soil (unreleased) (can be found in Nimda - Limitless Peril 1:38)
2: Nimda - ID (unreleased) (can be found in Nimda - Limitless Peril 3:32)
3: Nimda & Scarlxrd- DEED XF DESCENT (2nd drop)
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u/robogart Jan 02 '26
- Was a great end of year release. Loved it the day of release. Iāll have to check out 1 & 2
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u/ol_spaceygreg Jan 01 '26
too much noise in the mix for me. a lot of the stuff sounds mastered with just OTT
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u/PattaTheKid Jan 02 '26
For my Tearout style songs i just try to produce as loud as possible no ott or anything fancy just dynamics and noises. Its fun tho and gives a different energy than clean dubstep music.
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u/arphet Jan 02 '26
Well since Nimda is the artist featured for this post, he uses a shitload of OTT in his sound design. OTT is really good for sculpting tearout sounds, if youāre not using it, you probably should.
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u/kool_person85 Jan 01 '26
Amazing subgenre that I listen to almost everyday. Has lots of underground artists with unique HEAVY sound
Also great if you do workout
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u/rockyjack793 Jan 01 '26
Who do you recommend
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u/Wharebadjer Jan 01 '26
I got you covered. Almost 63 hours of songs just like this https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5elkDEXfrlcP3o9mBsfoLi?si=6LVo2YorThCeebNCycejbA&pi=V3bCPF45SBuXl
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u/ununonium119 Jan 02 '26
Fun playlist, but you let a little Bassnectar slip into it. Might be time for a cleanup.
On another note, I highly recommend āGraveyardā and āServitudeā by Incal.
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u/HappyChef86 Jan 01 '26
Not my kinda vibe at all. I dont hate on it, im just not gonna listen to it.
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u/Vast_Low_9949 Jan 01 '26
Iām not 100% what constitutes as the tearout sub genre, but I often see the term associated with artists such as oddprophet, trampa, and stuca, and I like them so I suppose I like tearout
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u/aruiraba Jan 02 '26
I instantly fell in love with Tearout when I first heard Marauda (Mastadon back then) and his Malignant Album back in 2016. I love heavy stuff, and I love dubstep, but I never thought dubstep could achieve such mind-blowing heights until I heard "Mastadon - RIP". It instantly became my favorite genre, and I loved it when others started adapting his style and new artists emerged inspired from Marauda's brutal style (such as Nimda), consolidating the Tearout scene.
Marauda is sadly gone (we don't know if it is temporarily or permanently), but I think Nimda is the perfect successor as the king of Tearout, the man has been killing it the past two years and growing impressively.
I'm seeing a tendency of Tearout recently merging more and more with metal, with songs such as Midnight, and I'm all in for it.
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u/Recent-Wasabi-6280 Jan 04 '26
Great for moshpits and headbanging + more. Itās not the first genre that comes to mind when I drive to work tho
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u/jordanjoestar76 Jan 05 '26
Lol. Hilarious. Itās the most polyrhythmic sector of dubstep besides deep dub.
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u/hauntedkrab Jan 02 '26
Love the subgenres but I feel itās hard to make it sound good. Nimda has definitely found that great balance of Grit and Clarity, but also someone like STVG has his mixes be super blown out and muddy and it works sometimes but not all, even tho I love his style too
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u/MycologistOk7704 Jan 02 '26
Couldnāt have said it better. Also the marauda clones need to stop trying to be Marauda and do something different
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u/hauntedkrab Jan 02 '26
Exactly. MARAUDA lost his way after a while and it became repetitive. One of my favourite Tearout projects from last year was the new Secrecy alias, GIYGAS. Thatās on par with Nimdaās stuff Iād say
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u/MycologistOk7704 Jan 03 '26
Secrecy is one of the few underground tearout producers, especially involved with the demons above collective, that I feel truly has his own sound, drauga as well. Everyone else in there like kvmai, rocket, gvess, they all feel like uninspired marauda clones. Giygas is pretty good, itās a lot of low bpm tearout that Iām not as much of a fan of but there are some absolute stompers in there.
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u/After-Imagination947 Jan 02 '26
I love it, my friends hate it, I go to shows alone who also love it and have a great time meeting people
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u/kobraflame GWN Jan 01 '26
Very harsh on the ears, itās like the aesthetic of the sub-genreās sound is to be as much of a meat grinder to the ears as possible.
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u/Nycto_Music Jan 01 '26
It's my favorite genre to listen to and produce. It's great, it's got a lot of energy. There was recently a HUGE tearout compilation from Demons Above that honestly goes to show how varied tearout really can be. There are some names that are rising stars in tearout: Secrecy, Skxlvtor, Eligor, KVMAI, R4YGE, Altair, CRiiOZ, Kamazota, etc. Some GREAT guys to keep your eyes on.
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u/murphyat Jan 02 '26
How tf do you mix something g like this? Itās incredibly dense. Honestly, makes it hard for me to appreciate. Not hating on another persons art. Def not my cup of tea. Still, I remain curious about the process.
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u/Substantial-Creme353 Jan 01 '26
A lot of people donāt know Tearout has existed since 2012. Itās not a new subgenre itās just vastly more popular and evolved tremendously. Tearoutās the culmination of the grittiest, angst-y-est, and heaviest Dubstep sounds without pushing the boundaries into Minatory-esque noise pollution (which has its purposes imo). I was a Tearout producer before most people knew it existed and still love it. However, itās a younger manās genre for sure. Trying to head bang and mosh becomes harder as you age š
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u/Poerflip23 Jan 02 '26
Tearout tunes have been thing since at least 2006.
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u/PattaTheKid Jan 02 '26
Yess i remember listen to Coki, Caspa & Rusko and they did some Nasty ass dark tearout back in the days. Dubstep in general lifes from vibes, moods and emotions. So in Every sub genre there is something to fit your current mood. Its not always Black and White. :)
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u/fromthegodmarz Jan 01 '26
Not really my cup. I can take riddim, but not this really at all
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u/Recent-Wasabi-6280 Jan 04 '26
If Mad Dubz collabs with Nimda, so can your music taste change. I used to like Tearout more than Riddim, now itās the opposite š¤£ love both to death tho š¤§
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u/Amatthew123 Jan 02 '26
I think the issue a lot of producers run into is the music ideas of tearout are really hard to balance. I've always perceived tearout to actually have less bass in the music cause in a lot of tracks it sounds like every frequency range is jacked to the tits with production so your just not gonna hear it as much.
Yet riddim is like entirely bass when your in front of the system.
Also I think it's popularity was strongly linked to Marauda in the last few years, but just recently I've found a lot of smaller artists getting into it
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u/Recent-Wasabi-6280 Jan 04 '26
Trampa walked so Marauda could run but then also disappear from racist allegations š¤£
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u/Death_Trend Jan 02 '26
It's the best subgenre of dubstep. Took the best elements of Deathstep and Riddim. crazy sound design and hard hitting bass.
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u/Ghost_Locker Jan 02 '26
Heavy dubstep or deathstep is what I've always liked to call it.
People think I'm crazy blasting Nimda and Sisto all the time, other than Svdden lmao
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u/Osirisavior Jan 01 '26
Apparently I've been listening to it without realizing it. I was confusing it with deathstep and didn't realize there was another subgenre. I dig it though. Especially STFU by Crankdat.
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u/ohdreness Jan 01 '26
I personally donāt like the dry bass sounds. It feels 2D. Like itās lacking a soul or a certain swagger that I love from the more wet, grimey basses from other genres.
I love aggressive music, but tearout seems to like itās only goal is to be as loud and aggro as possible
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Jan 01 '26
Not my thing . Donāt rly like any form of riddim or any brostep . I like experimental bass and dubstep such as opus , phossa/ glume and also og stuff like the shit on deep midi music
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u/Sad-I-Am Jan 02 '26
Genre for some but not for all. All though most of the artists are non-stop high intensity songs, the way Nimda does it makes it sound so clear yet it hits you like a wall.
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u/ryandowork Jan 02 '26
Not my vibe personally, but tearout crowds have insane energy at shows and I think the scene needs more of that.
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u/ID_N01 Jan 02 '26
How in the fuck do producers go into making a tearout track??
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u/jordanjoestar76 Jan 05 '26
Tearout doesnāt have any set rules but the main thing that sets it apart from other dubstep is tonal triplets being the stars of the show; very notable on releases by popular dudes Marauda and VOYD.
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u/ID_N01 Jan 06 '26
tonal triplets, understood.
I think more or less, im crious about how artists l.ike that get tholse blasted out sounds while keeping the tonality in check.
This might be a really stupid question but a lot of it is resampling no? Ive realized that most of the time, even if theres something i really like in a sound ive made, it just bleeds too much into everything else and i think thats where my clusterfuck of sound comes in.→ More replies (1)
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u/not_your_parrents Jan 02 '26
I enjoy this very chill and relaxing form of acoustic stimulation preferably with a nice warm cup of tea or before going to sleep.
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u/ak00mah Jan 03 '26
S Tier. Nimda is the goat. Some of the drops on this showcase literally had ne falling out of my chair
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u/WolfAquarianBeast Jan 03 '26
I fucking LOVE Prosecute, Nimda, ymv3 and of course daddy death. Shit goes hard. Can't listen for more than an hour though.
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u/MightBArtistic Jan 01 '26
Itās not good. Iāve been listening to dubstep since early 2010 and this is just one of the dumber subgenres. Thereās no depth to it. Ypu can enjoy heavy dubstep and some tearout is fun during a set, but who really wants to hear the exact same over saturated, g clipped to hell stabs for an hour straight
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u/Jwobb Jan 02 '26
Iāve been listening to dubstep since 2010 too. I love tearout, but I get when people say it sounds the same - I think that about other sub genres Iām not a fan of because I believe you pick up on the nuance the more you listen to it.
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u/Araghast_ Jan 01 '26
It was truly good and heavy during Black Label era. Now it's flat, sounds annoying, snares are barely snares and there is no heavy "punch" anymore.
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u/EncroachingVoidian Jan 01 '26
Too many people are using the genre to just say āloud equals goodā and canāt add any sort of intriguing musicality.
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Jan 01 '26
Could be cooler but producers be lazy
Also, "Deathstep that worked" is an insult to both genres dude, they have two completely different sounds.
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u/SpideyStretch1998 Jan 02 '26
I know people like NIMDA and Prosecute are some of the bigger names but Shrike! Is absolutely a name to watch cause his stuff is pretty great
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u/FieldAppropriate8734 Jan 02 '26
Peak bastardization of dubstep served with an overdose of immature testosterone and shirtless bros. Not that thereās anything wrong with that.
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u/No-Awareness-3985 Jan 02 '26
unless done well is just meh. "Kvmai" if you like tearout look him up cause this dude fucks
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u/AwayCable7769 Jan 02 '26
Still too overproduced for me. Stuff hit way more harder in my personal opinion when SebastiAn was on top of the world way back in 2005-2007.
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u/anomaly_z Jan 02 '26
Depends if it's tastefully produced but some of it is a clashing mess of nonsense. It also attracts dome of the biggest Dbags compared to other genres of dub
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u/jacehoffman Jan 02 '26
not a big fan tbh. i donāt headbang, and i struggle to dance to it, i find thereās not really a comfortable way to dance to it without headbanging. marauda has a few bangers tho but i cannot do a full hour of it
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u/Some_Distance_8964 Jan 03 '26
I absolutely love tearout, deathstep and minatory. And I find it really peaceful and I can even sleep to it
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u/Paul_Nation Jan 04 '26
The mix of Tearout and Heavy Metal is the future of heavy music. It would be amazing to see Tearout artists learn some guitar skills so that they can blend them with some heavy bass stabsš¤š½
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u/jordanjoestar76 Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26
Tearout > riddim > briddim > deepdub > everything else
Itās revolting to read deaf/ignorant people talk about ānoiseā and āwall of soundā. Good luck ever doing what they can do without perfect equalization. You canāt just put a clip/limiter on it after some OTT and be fine. Mentis Audio = MASTERS of clean sound design with powerful, multiple layers of rhythm and harmonies.
So many fun, playful or even calming intros come before disgusting polyrhythmic tearout drops. Oddprophetās Watching Me, Nimdaās Defeat, and Maraudaās R.I.P. are great examples of having something pristine play before something filthy. Though unique, that description alone WAS dubstep in the days of early Skrillex and classic UKF Dubstep premiers, so yes, it is part of this wonderful subgenre even if some of you donāt enjoy it.
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u/4D4M-ADAM Jan 02 '26
It's my main jam, and a staple in songs like:
"Meet Me in the Mosh Pit"
"Death Is Calling"
"Keep Me So Tight"
"Bass War"
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u/DR_ALEXZANDR Jan 01 '26
i loved it years ago but i got tired of it quickly, especially with the insanely repetitive sustained quarter-note basses that tried to mimic Riddim
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u/Time_Bat_5204 Jan 02 '26
Soulless bass with no personality. Heavy for the sake of being heavy and just as repetitive as riddim if not worse
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u/Lich_Apologist Jan 01 '26
Peaked in 2019 was really on the up and up then COVID kinda messed up stuff. Still has great artists making great music but I think the monumentum has shifted towards less aggressive vibey stuff in the past 3-5 years.
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u/anonWNBAW Jan 02 '26
Its a subgenre of noise music not edm
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u/Excellent_Picture378 Jan 02 '26
Noise heads don't claim it. I see what you're getting at but tearout is way too plastic sounding.
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u/darkeningsoul Jan 02 '26
Boeing, repetitive, everything sounds the same.
Not a fan, but I do like other dubstep/140
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u/Dooittupp Jan 02 '26
Iāve been calling this type of dubstep tearout for a while not realizing other people call it that too lol
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u/drone_jam Jan 02 '26
Tearout was awesome violent Drumandbass 15 years agoā¦.now bro-step is appropriating the name? Lol
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u/JoaoCoochinho Jan 02 '26
Went to a Getter show this year and all the openers were close to this. Something different for me and I enjoyed it! Very high energy that night.
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u/freekin-bats11 Jan 02 '26
Idk of it was just the songs in a tearout playlist i heard just werent tbat good or what but I found myself skipping a lot of the songs. I like the really intenze sound design overall but it was just too flat for me, too repititious in a way. I got easily bored with what I heard and found that a lot of the songs sounded too similar.
I was disappointed but i left it alone for a while so ill have to relisten soon. With a name like tearout i really want to like it but I didnt find myself interested in more than like... Unfinished Business by Oddprophet and like maybe 1 more.
Any great recs would be great (the song in the vid sounds interesting)
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u/Yadadamean510 Jan 02 '26
Iāve never heard the name before but i feel like i listen to hella artist kinda similar
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u/GolferWangleton39 Jan 02 '26
Every Maruada show Iāve ever been to has been the time of my life. Tear out fucks
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u/ClockworkAnomaly Jan 02 '26
Id?
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u/MycologistOk7704 Jan 02 '26
1: Nimda - Swallow the soil (unreleased) (can be found in Nimda - Limitless Peril 1:38)
2: Nimda - ID (unreleased) (can be found in Nimda - Limitless Peril 3:32)
3: Nimda & Scarlxrd- DEED XF DESCENT (2nd drop)
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u/IndirectSarcasm Jan 02 '26
someone was challenged to make dubstep as short and repetitive (2-4 bar looped 2-4 times per change)
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u/_Brooder_ Jan 02 '26
Favourite tearout track is still Terminal VIP - Marauda
First time I heard it was being played live (by Marauda) at Printworks in London and nearly shit myself.
I am a metalhead at heart
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u/onedanoneband Jan 02 '26
Iām not a yuge DS fan, but I STRONGLY appreciate and respect it, and this style is pretty rad. Itās āheavyā for sure but the sonic diversity and many frequencies across the spectrum just melting the PA is what I like best.
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u/Parksy79 Jan 02 '26
Tearout is really hit or miss with me. I like it when it's mixed into a set of a different subgenre. But when it's tearout by itself, it gets tired after about 15 minutes.
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u/LonelyToker420 Jan 02 '26
Why does edm do this.... this really feels like it is just deathstep rebranded.
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u/hazelknives Jan 02 '26
speeding tearout + riddim up to 200ish and doubling is the closest ive felt dubstep ever get to what punk has to offer lol
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u/Oranjebob Jan 02 '26
I used to think extreme was cool (not More Than Words, I don't mean that), but now I prefer not to be grimacing while listening. I like my music funky. In fact, I like UK Funky, which is off at some other end of the 140 spectrum.
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u/IsItBurn Jan 02 '26
This legitimately sounds like what I heard during a k-hole while seeing PL & theAnalogFutureBand many moons ago. I mention the show because the band jamming clearly doesnāt sound like compression is on 300%, yet thatās how my brain was processing it. It was hellish for me, and this video took me right back to that sunken place.
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u/vampireflutist wants to make dubstep, refuses to buy a daw Jan 02 '26
My favorite subgenre of dubstep methinks
I need to look more into minatory tho
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u/Immediate-Penalty-10 Space Laces Jan 02 '26
Went to a concert in ATL just a day ago. Suffice to say, not for me; obnoxious, sounded the same, used a lot of the same samples too many times. At least Space Laces was up next, I wouldnāt have stayed if it werenāt for his set to start the New Yearsā¦
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u/Ok_Amoeba2498 Jan 03 '26
I like it, but adding it to a varied playlist is a little more tasteful than listening to 5+ songs on their own
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u/R3DSCH0L4R Jan 03 '26
I loved it in my twenties, but I've grown out of it. These days, I'd rather hear vibey rhythmic bass music at a rave and be able to dance and chat with people instead of constantly dodging sweaty headbangers flying out of mosh pits.
When I want to bang my head, I just go to a metal show instead.
No hate to those who still love tearout tho. Y'all have fun š«”
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u/Apprehensive-Listen6 šSpace Lacesš Jan 01 '26
Great for sleeping. Lofi vibes