Metalcore

A genre originating from in the late 80s with heavier hardcore bands, revolving more around heavy mosh parts or “breakdowns”, thick production and a tough guy image. This later evolved in the mid 90s, when bands began to take cues from melodic death metal bands like At the Gates, while still retaining their more punk attitude and stance. Metalcore has gained a very big following, but also it’s fair share of critics on both the punk and metal sides of the spectrum. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Misery Signals

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Jan 7 Thursday 7 January 2010
DevilDriver Suffocation, Goatwhore, Thy Will Be Done	The Glass House Pomona, CA, Los Angeles, United States 34.057602 -117.751915	7 people attending Add shout
Jan 8 Friday 8 January 2010
Between the Buried and Me A Plea For Purging, Scale The Summit, The Devin Townsend Project	Rocketown Nashville, TN, Nashville, United States 36.155642 -86.777509	9 people attending 3 shouts
Texas in July	Eleanor Rigby's Jermyn, PA, United States 41.539164 -75.547056	Add shout
DevilDriver Suffocation, Goatwhore, Thy Will Be Done	Slim's San Francisco CA, United States 37.771491 -122.413241	8 people attending 1 shout
Silent Civilian Blind Witness, Years Of Red Skies	The Vibe Riverside, CA, Los Angeles, United States 34.144756 -117.836599	Add shout
Jan 9 Saturday 9 January 2010
DevilDriver Suffocation, Goatwhore, Thy Will Be Done	Majestic Ventura… Ventura CA, United States 34.280524 -119.291545	4 people attending Add shout

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perfectasymmetr wrote:
13 hours ago

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perfectasymmetr wrote:
13 hours ago

Perfect Asymmetry de Venezuela y aqui les dejo una muestra de nuestro tema "The Awakening Of The Restless" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-M4wNQ0yjM apoyanos estamos en facebook

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bobo9390 wrote:
17 hours ago

Love this music, but it definitely isn't metal.

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Shwang_Shwinga wrote:
yesterday evening

Nonclique343 is right, metalcore abuses breakdowns, whereas old-school metallic hardcore was smarter about them. Generally mots new metalcore is pretty bland and uninspired, but there are a few (very few) gems shining in that mountain of shit.

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SoheilOlfat wrote:
yesterday morning

Try Nu/Progressive Death Metal from Iranian band AZHIROCK. www.azhirock.com

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Nonclique343 wrote:
yesterday morning

Yeah, I think that happens to any genre generally, it becomes more well-defined and more generic and predicable, it has a formula, then it can be produced on an assembly line. The originators themselves are usually a progression and innovation of an older genre.

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redgrave9 wrote:
Sunday evening

Nonclique343 is correct. Maybe it's just me, but all metalcore bands seem to sound all the same now.

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soul_synergy wrote:
Sunday evening

trve metal genre

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Nonclique343 wrote:
Sunday morning

I'm pretty sure newer Metalcore just abuses breakdowns generally, while the older Metallic Hardcore used it more appropriately.

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lesterklaassen wrote:
Friday evening

Confide is the best metalcore band ever!

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redgrave9 wrote:
Wednesday evening

True, Crossover thrash is a lot more like real hardcore punk, but whatever. Metallic Hardcore is a lot more like hardcore punk than it is metal, unlike metalcore. I don't think metallic hardcore uses breakdowns as frequently either, but I could be wrong. As much as I hate to say it, listen to early Hatebreed if you want to know what metallic hardcore sounds like.

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mexicoman wrote:
Wednesday evening

just another kind of masturbation

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Nonclique343 wrote:
Wednesday morning

Well, Crossover Thrash is different, but isn't Metallic Hardcore pretty much the same thing as Metalcore?

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redgrave9 wrote:
Wednesday morning

"Original Metalcore bands? How about the ones who invented the genre in the late 80s-early-mid 90s, or has everyone forgotten those?" That would be metallic hardcore and cross-thrash, not metalcore, broseph.

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redgrave9 wrote:
Wednesday morning

And with that said, most metalcore sucks. Generic as hell, and overplayed.

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redgrave9 wrote:
Wednesday morning

Whether you agree with me or not, the reason why YOU hate metalcore is because it's popular, and you're trying to seem anti-conformist and into obscure music.

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BroadwayJr wrote:
7 days ago

"@BroadwayJR Mastodon? I wouldn't really call that Metalcore" -- Sludge is technically a metalcore genre ("Doomcore" just sounds retarded). People just don't accept it as one because it's the only decent "core" genre

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Nonclique343 wrote:
7 days ago

"Metalcore is basically just emo pop and rip-offs of At the Gates' "Slaughter of the Soul" album. " Only the worst "Metalcore" is.

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HetredofHell wrote:
8 days ago

♠♠♠The worst 'metal' ever! [6]

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Vithon wrote:
8 days ago

@ahhpancreas: I think you mixed up the words "metalcore" and "death metal." The correct phrase is "Death metal is the best genre. Metalcore is shit tier." Metalcore is basically just emo pop and rip-offs of At the Gates' "Slaughter of the Soul" album.

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