History Music / Dalek

* {{Instrumental}}: They have a few; "Imagine What We Started" is probably the longest.

* GenreBusting: [[HarshNoise Noise]], {{ambient}}, {{industrial}}, modern classical, {{shoegaze}}, ProgressiveRock, PsychedelicRock, {{Krautrock}}, Indian music, and even extreme metal are all influences on their music. They're almost more of a metal band than a rap band, as they're currently on Profound Lore Records, which is a metal label, and have opened for metal bands like Music/{{Isis}} and Music/{{Godflesh}} in the past, along with frequently having their albums reviewed by metal sites.

[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the popular OmnicidalManiac alien race from ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* NightmareFace: The cover of ''From Filthy Tongues of Gods and Griots'', which resembles weird street graffiti.

* ''Untitled'' (2010; recorded in 2005)

* ''From Filthy Tongues of Gods and Griots'' (2002)

* BreatherEpisode: "Antichristo" on ''From Filthy Tongues...'', "Absence" and "Koner" on ''Absence.''

* ''Untitled'' (2010)

* BreatherEpisode: "Artichristo" on ''From Filthy Tongues...'', "Absence" and "Koner" on ''Absence.''

* AlbumIntroTrack: "Blessed Are They Who Bash Your Children's Head Against A Rock", which samples an infamous speech by Pastor Jeremiah Wright condemning the US for its many atrocities throughout history while arguing that 9/11 was karmic backlash.

* LyricalColdOpen: "Distorted Prose" has about a minute of Brooks rapping a capella before the beat comes in.

* GenreBusting: Noise, ambient, industrial, modern classical, {{shoegaze}}, ProgressiveRock, PsychedelicRock, {{Krautrock}}, Indian music, and even extreme metal are all influences on their music. They're almost more of a metal band than a rap band, as they're currently on Profound Lore Records, which is a metal label, and have opened for metal bands like Music/{{Isis}} and Music/{{Godflesh}} in the past, along with frequently having their albums reviewed by metal sites.

* GenreBusting: Noise, ambient, industrial, modern classical, ProgressiveRock, PsychedelicRock, {{Krautrock}}, Indian music, and even extreme metal are all influences on their music. They're almost more of a metal band than a rap band, as they're currently on Profound Lore Records, which is a metal label, and have opened for metal bands like Music/{{Isis}} and Music/{{Godflesh}} in the past, along with frequently having their albums reviewed by metal sites.

* GenreBusting: Noise, ambient, industrial, modern classical, ProgressiveRock, PsychedelicRock, Indian music, and even extreme metal are all influences on their music. They're almost more of a metal band than a rap band, as they're currently on Profound Lore Records, which is a metal label, and have opened for metal bands like Music/{{Isis}} and Music/{{Godflesh}} in the past, along with frequently having their albums reviewed by metal sites.

* ''Derbe respect, alder'' (2004, collaboration with Music/{{Faust}})

** ''Deadverse Massive'': "Music for ASM" (16:37)

* GenreBusting: Noise, ambient, industrial, modern classical, ProgressiveRock, PsychedelicRock, and even extreme metal are all influences on their music. They're almost more of a metal band than a rap band, as they're currently on Profound Lore Records, which is a metal label, and have opened for metal bands like Music/{{Isis}} and Music/{{Godflesh}} in the past, along with frequently having their albums reviewed by metal sites.

* GenreBusting: Noise, ambient, industrial, modern classical, and even extreme metal are all influences on their music. They're almost more of a metal band than a rap band, as they're currently on Profound Lore Records, which is a metal label, and have opened for metal bands like Music/{{Isis}} and Music/{{Godflesh}} in the past, along with frequently having their albums reviewed by metal sites.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Usually at around a 9, sometimes shooting up to a 10 or even 11.

* {{Sampling}}: Used often, usually from speeches given by politicians or news reports on TV. They also sample some fairly unusual choices of music for a hip-hop act, such as Music/MilesDavis' "[[Music/KindOfBlue Blue in Green]]" and Music/JohnColtrane's "Configuration" in "The Untravelled Road".

* {{Sampling}}: Used often, usually from speeches given by politicians or news reports on TV.

* EpicRocking: They've got some pretty long cuts by hip hop standards, with song lengths averaging at about six minutes. The longest is ''Untitled'', which is a single song clocking in at ''41'' minutes, which is pretty much unheard of in hip hop.

* ShoutOut: "Classical Homicide" has Brooks saying "How many [=MCs=] know who Faust is?" Faust is an acknowledged musical influence on the band, and they even recorded an album with them. How many rappers can say that?

** ''Endangered Philosophies'' (2017)

* DarkerAndEdgier: Musically, they're probably one of the biggest examples in hip hop. They're almost more of a metal band, as they're on Profound Lore, which is a metal label, and have opened for metal bands like Music/{{Isis}} and Music/{{Godflesh}} in the past, along with frequently having their albums reviewed by metal sites.

* {{Sampling}}: Used often, usually from speeches given by politicians or news reports on problems in the US.

* BadassBoast: It's hip hop, so this is almost a given.

--> ''"Genocide from [[Literature/TheBookOfGenesis Genesis]] to [[Literature/TheBookOfRevelation last chapter]]"''

* AlbumIntroTrack: "Blessed Are They Who Bash Your Children's Head Against A Rock", which samples an infamous speech by Pastor Jeremiah Wright condemning the US for its many atrocities throughout history while arguing that 9/11 was karmic.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Usually at around a 9, sometimes shooting up to a 10 or even 11.