A short-lived subgenre of Alternative Rock that served as a counter-artistic-movement to the loud Grunge noises coming out of College Rock radio. The movement consisted of artists that played extremely slow tempo, soft, and amazingly depressing music. The purpose was to make the music as non-commercially accessible as possible. The genre also had a sister genre called Sadcore, but besides lyrical content, there wasn't much to differentiate between the two subgenres. Artists and bands commonly associated with this movement: