Numbing Agent
30s preview
- BPM
- 58
- Double-time
- 116
- Open Key
- 11d
- Energy
- 67/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 3:55
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Black Metal
- Loudness
- -8.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.4 dB
- ISRC
- AEA1B1700383
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Numbing Agent: black metal, B♭ major (6B), 58 BPM. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). Slower than 99% of Vaal's catalogue.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Vaal's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 91% of Vaal's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 77% of Vaal's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 31%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 33%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Numbing Agent in?
Numbing Agent by Vaal is in B♭ major, or 6B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Numbing Agent?
Numbing Agent runs at 58 BPM.
What mixes well with Numbing Agent?
From 6B it blends harmonically with 7B, 6A, 5B. Moving to 7B lifts the energy a step.
Is Numbing Agent good for peak time?
With energy 67 out of 100 at 58 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
6B → 5B · 7B · 6AFrom 6B, 7B (F major) lifts the energy a step; 6A (G minor) settles into the relative minor; 5B (E♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 6B at 58 BPM: 7B (F major) — move to 7B to push the floor harder; 6A (G minor) — switch to 6A for a mood change without losing the groove; 5B (E♭ major) — drop to 5B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 55-61 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 1B rather than 6B; below -5% it reads as 11B. With key lock on, it stays 6B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 58 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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