You're WRONG About Metalcore (These Bands PROVE It)

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Жыл бұрын

Could you imagine if everyone dunked on the entire genre of death metal just because Six Feet Under exists? Today I'm here to school you on the MANY varieties of metalcore bands out there to PROVE that not all of them are either cringe kids with too much eyeliner or an endless parade of djent drones.
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@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

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@lane3574 Жыл бұрын

The metalcore defender we need

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Somebody's gotta make it right lol

@codingtranquility Жыл бұрын

What is now considered metalcore is what I would consider buttcore. Sounds like a heavier version of buttrock, and is super popular.

@tjb8158 Жыл бұрын

Respect for giving Zao their own little spot in this overview. They are CRIMINALLY underrated with absolute classics in their discog. Dan Wyandt is an incredible vocalist and lyricist

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@nikolakrastev8880 Жыл бұрын

I am a huge sucker for the early-mid 2000s melodeath inspired metalcore bands. Such a cool genre.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Same

@HiFugly 9 ай бұрын

3:01 I didn't expect TF2 memes here

@snowhitescrow Жыл бұрын

This is why I don't really think about music in terms of genre like I won't listen to a band or artist just because they're a particular genre. Another great video, keep up the great work. I love your videos. Always look forward to them

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I wish more people thought that way.

@snowhitescrow Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches You're welcome and yeah me too

@DuffyLONER64 Жыл бұрын

Tbh I think Rocked described it best. 10% of metalcore is great, 10% is trash, and the rest of it is just all samey.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

I think you could make that argument about any genre.

@DuffyLONER64 Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches True

@TERMINATOR-0002 Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches for sure

@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063 Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches one time (2015) i went on youtube and listened to manny manny metal albums - i made a pie chart- i found 1 third good , 1 third bad , 1 third ok .

@charizardmaster13 Жыл бұрын

Literally the same for every genre not just metalcore

@kearingoodwin4856 Жыл бұрын

Zao have to be my favourite of all the metalcore bands, they’re so good and ridiculously unique and it’s good to see someone else recognise that. Also want to shout out Bleeding Through, who seem to fall through the cracks when metalcore is discussed despite being a big influence on deathcore.

@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125 Жыл бұрын

There’s, actually, a ton of metalcore that I like; it’s usually more underground or unknown to people. Like ‘90s, ‘00s, ‘10s, it’s mostly underground with some (and I mean, a few) being mainstream, somewhat. The underground scenes seem to deliver more than the mainstream and “reaction - core” (as you say) ones.

@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063 Жыл бұрын

I suppose that is true for other metal genres also .

@joerazz91 Жыл бұрын

My top 5 most important metalcore bands: 1. Integrity 2. Earth Crisis 3. Overcast 4. Converge 5. Zao

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Classics

@alucard3317 Жыл бұрын

Adept’s first two albums are absolute masterpieces, and their debut album is my personal favorite Metalcore album and couldn’t be topped by anything I’ve listened to since. Strong recommendation! The debut is called „Another Year Of Disaster“

@he-who-goobs1905 Жыл бұрын

Recently saw/heard Converge for the first time when they opened for Meshuggah. They killed it and now I wish that kind of sound was more common in metal

@chriswhetsell7510 Жыл бұрын

Converge, Zao, and Between the Buried and Me are all seminal metalcore bands that deserve a lot of respect. I'd wager Poison the Well as a good entry point into metalcore, too.

@wheelsofmercury Жыл бұрын

The day that people started to refer to Architects--a band I don't really care for all that much--as the "gods of metalcore" was the day that I started to feel old.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

lol yeah

@LeatherRebel75 Ай бұрын

I definitely have always dug the melodeath school of metal core, I hate that Shadows Fall, one of my favorite bands from the late 90's, early 2000's wave of bands, never got as big as I thought they deserved to get. For they time, they were up there with bands like Killswitch Engage and Lamb of God.

@ABottomlessCurse Ай бұрын

Ha. I saw these three bands in the same show live 20-ish years ago at Trees in Dallas. Was a damn good show. When I saw three homeless guys setup LOG's equipment, I didn't realize they were the band! Hahaha.

@hauntluma5380 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for giving Zao the attention they deserve

@grimeyshred Жыл бұрын

great video, i wish it was much longer. so many great eras of metalcore

@coolguyc4sey Жыл бұрын

Great video, been on a Metalcore binge as of late, was great to see some of my favourite bands like Converge and Dillinger while seeing some new stuff i'll definitely be checking out. Keep up the good work, your videos are very informative

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Thanks. This was one of my favorites so far

@bzchoy Жыл бұрын

I'm a big fan of the NY/East Coast metalcore scene like All Out War, Merauder; edge metalcore bands like Arkangel and the Holy Terror scene like Integrity as well as some of the beatdown/metalcore hybrids like early Irate, Unit 731, Never Ending Game.

@pai.chiart Жыл бұрын

That stuff is the metalcore I grew up with, that was more of a direct merger of like nyhc and thrash/ death.

@pai.chiart Жыл бұрын

As a somewhat older (42) dude in the scene, I remember the metal core that was before the Swedish influenced stuff, bands like All out war, indecision ,which is now referred to as 90’s hardcore but my friends and I at the time called it metalcore, and it sounds very different than the metalcore that came later. So, there’s definitely variety in the genre.

@andreylucass Жыл бұрын

Good recommendations, it deserves a longer video

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Keeping it bite size for the audience I'm shooting for. I have plenty more long videos on good metalcore in the playlist

@spoonermcgee Жыл бұрын

Amazing video and great representation of the classics in the genre and how there are many waves and tastes coming and going constantly. Poison the Well is my all-time favorite and actually show off the crazy changes a band can have in metalcore - Opposites of December laid the foundation of emotionally charged breakdown heavy songs, but then they wrote an album like You Come Before You which adds in such a wide range of sounds. Then there's Versions, lol. So much going on there. Their Versions album is STILL metalcore, but jesus its completely and utterly expanded in every direction from their early, pioneering sound. Same can be said for Hopesfall who from the start had an incredibly dense melodic and spacey influence that really peaked fast and seems like no one has figured out how to do it justice again. Are you a fan of any of their work?

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Love Hopesfall, especially the early stuff. And I actually had the honor of interviewing Chris from PTW. Cool dude.

@franciscodiaz3028 Жыл бұрын

I got into tons of different hardcore and metalcore stuff during the early 2000s bands like 18 visions, bleeding through, poison the well, walls of Jericho, killswitch engage, norma jean, dillinger escape plan, botch, zao, atreyu, between the buried and me, hopesfall, bury your dead, August burns red, for the fallen dreams, misery signals, killing the dream then I got into the grindcore and deathcore but thats a different story

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Banger list

@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063 Жыл бұрын

One time i was on metal amino , i had gotten ultra sick of all the mainstream posts - but then i calmed down and made another post asking for recommendations, and i got some i liked ( metal core from the underground.) - i think you are opening my mind with this video.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

YES

@gemcitysnowoppfreeirishmob9777 24 күн бұрын

Bleeding Through This is love this is murderous is a must

@tristanbecker310 Жыл бұрын

The only band I know is Zao because you talked about their last LP a few times in your newest videos and I really enjoy their two latest albums. Thanks for making me discover them!!! I would also recommand their last to "beginners". Great from start to finish and the more I listen to it, the more I like it!

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Sick 🤘🏻 Consider trying out Botch maybe?

@cowmark67 Жыл бұрын

Love that you shouted out easycore in this video. Two of my all time favorite bands are Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! and Four Year Strong. Also, two new metalcore bands that rule are Static Dress, playing that Underoath style post-hardcore/emo/metalcore, and Foreign Hands, who are similar to the 2000s metalcore sound of SeeYouSpaceCowboy. Foreign Hands new single Chlorine Tears, which they just put out after signing with Sharptone records, might be my song of the year. Their EP from earlier this year is also fantastic.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

SeeYouSpaceCowboy is wonderful. Them and The Callous Daoboys both have some of the best new releases.

@faceyourfate7622 Жыл бұрын

Check out Belmont, its the most progressive America high school punk that I've heard

@jonathanbutler3833 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the growth of your channel. Im an early subscriber. Your Illinois accent got me, that and your good taste and analysis. Keep up the enjoyable content. BTBAM rules!

@jaymiller8188 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see a teir list of all 48 big four albums. It would be a long video but i would totally watch it, I’m curious to see how yours looks compared to mine

@theovermatt Жыл бұрын

An older metalcore act I used to really enjoy and find super underrated was Still Remains. Kind of a blip on the radar and they went way too far into the melodic side on their second album, but Of Love and Lunacy from 2005 and Ceasing to Breathe from 2013 still get regular plays from me. Always really loved their use of keyboards especially.

@codingtranquility Жыл бұрын

Recovery, White Walls, The Worst Is Yet To Come ... Hell I remember loving The Task from their EP. Great band, actually used to be my favourite band in high school. That was always fun explaining to my friends my favourite band was a band nobody had heard about, and that would fizzle out as fast as they came.

@lordslothrop365 Жыл бұрын

Holy Crom. I blinked and you broke 15k in subscribers. Congratulations, man; you've definitely earned it.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@dark_life2607 Жыл бұрын

another great video, I would like to know which album you have below nine inch nails, because of the cover it caught my attention

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Also NIN (The Slip)

@Matt-yj1lz Жыл бұрын

That last zao album was great. Im digging what the band boundaries have been doing. They're bringing back that myspace era metalcore sound. Its a nice change up from all the djent stuff all these new bands are doing.i hope they get more attention.

@emsig70 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video. Very informative. I recently discovered Ithaca from the UK. They kinda have similarities to Rolo Tomassi (not only because of the female lead) although they are more straightforward. I saw Ithaca playing live a week ago. It was intense - heavy, cathartic, and inspiring. Their second album (They Fear Us) was released a couple of weeks ago. It's great!

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Yeah Ithaca also very good

@toyotaecw Жыл бұрын

Check out Devil Sold His Soul. They’re a post-metal/metalcore band from the UK.

@CandyOnAChopstick Жыл бұрын

Metalcore’s been my favorite genre for over a decade now just because of how diverse it really is. Think of it like a triangular graph with points at Death Metal, Hardcore Punk, and Emo. There’s plenty of bands with little to no emo influence at all.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

100%

@DecalDen Жыл бұрын

Nice to see some Zao love on this video. Absolute legends.

@chesterfield9682 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Lately, I have been listening to a lot of Hatebreed-ish stuff, like Boundaries and Bodysnatcher and Kublai Khan TX. And Hatebreed. I love Hatebreed. I don't know, I started to crave heavier stuff after listening to a lot of what I call "softcore", like Erra or BmtH - both bands I LOVE, no shade, but my mood and taste shifted. I love that the genre can accommodate all that.

@codybeinert1109 Жыл бұрын

I know that there is a lot of great metalcore that innovates with the genre (i.e. Loathe, Rolo Tomassi, The Callous Daoboys, BTBaM, TDEP, etc.) but I also enjoy some more "generic" metalcore that executes familiar and accessible sounds very well, which is why I enjoy Spiritbox and Invent Animate a lot (they are a bit more on the prog metalcore spectrum but still). Great video as always BTW

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I enjoy a bunch of that stuff too. This video is just more targeted to the people that think that's the only thing out there and are sick of hearing everyone raving about Spiritbox and BMTH.

@codybeinert1109 Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches right, fair enough

@disposablefearows9124 Жыл бұрын

I never gave Converge the time back in the day and I really wish I did. The upside is going through their discography now is amazing. As far as Metalcore though, Bleeding Through blew me and my friends away back in high school. Easily recommend anyone listen to This Is Love, This Is Murderous. Love Lost In A Hail Of Gunfire...what an intro song to a banger album.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Classic

@TheKurzzze Жыл бұрын

Great video! You think we'll ever get to see a Heaven Shall Burn discography tier list from you??

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Maybe one day

@normalized_freak Жыл бұрын

I am a 45 year old metalhead from Greece and for the past few years I have been exploring the output many groups classifies as -core, while searching for guitar driven music which is not Heavy Metal in the strict sense. Converge became on of my all time favorites and I really enjoy Rolo Tomassi. Thank you for this video, which gave me even more guidelines.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Hope it helps

@sausagetornado7468 Жыл бұрын

They got my boy Josh Middleton playing butt core 😢

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Yes very sad lol

@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers Жыл бұрын

I can name the track which was my gateway to Metalcore: 'Saviour, Saint, Salvation' by Bleeding Through. I'd heard lots of polished, chart-friendly Metalcore at this point, and this was the first time I realised the style could be genuinely emotive and intense, full of stream-of-consciousness twists and turns. Also, check out Starkweather. Their 'Croatoan' album I remember being quite good and unorthodox.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Good picks

@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches Any chance of a Kayo Dot album tier list?

@bloodlorde4994 Жыл бұрын

Please do these types of videos again! Also with deathcore... Thanks

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

I loved making it

@Brootis Жыл бұрын

My favorite metalcore band is Caliban. They've been doing metalcore for lke 2 decades.

@austinnuttall8648 Жыл бұрын

Really great work on this video! Metalcore, like any metal genre, has a lot of diversity and it's refreshing to see someone bring that to light. Side note: I learned about The Callous Daoboys from your Celebrity Therapist album review. It's now my favorite album of 2022. Thanks!

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah 🤘🏻

@thehamvskoopa343 Жыл бұрын

Novilists FR is one of my favs when it comes to the more shoe gaze sound 10/10 would recommend

@alexandresiemsen798 Жыл бұрын

I went to spotify to hear some darkest hour earlier today, and for some reason Godless Prophets wasn't showing up. Is it some bug that's happening just to me? Or did they remove the album or something simillar?

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

I don’t know. Weird

@arko6281 Жыл бұрын

Yo can someone pls tell me the song name at 4:16 i know it's from their 2008 live performance but I'm struggling to find the exact song

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

It’s off of The Silent Circus. I forget which one I picked.

@arko6281 Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches found it, it's ad a dglgmut, thx for the hint

@kaliban2747 Жыл бұрын

It's almost as though "Metalcore" doesn't give any information about what the band actually sounds like

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Wow, so you actually have to LISTEN?! To music?! How awful.

@Hyperenealogical_Genesis 7 ай бұрын

Id argue the shoegazy aspects have always been in metalcore at least melodic metalcore as Poison the Well has so much of that in their music, Nerdy and Ghostchant are easiest examples that come to mind!! Also: any time to talk about between the buried and me should never be taken for granted, thank you for contributing so much on their part lol, easily one of my favorite bands ever and definatly my favorite metalcore from early 2000s

@daytwentytwo Жыл бұрын

Also I would suggest Dir En Grey 2003-2022 albums. They are much more than metalcore but still have elements of it, especially on 2003-2007 albums. And Kyo is one of the best vocalists next to Mike Patton and Greg Puciato for me. Btw, I love BTBAM too, I have The Parallax II on CD and I'm in love with Colors II since it came out. Easily their best albums.

@daytwentytwo Жыл бұрын

I suggest you doing a video about concept albums.

@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125 Жыл бұрын

Dir En Grey are epic.

@johnbot8460 Жыл бұрын

The first make them suffer album never bloom has a lot of black metal influence and has some very great standout tracks (not every song is that great to be honest,but the standouts are fantastic)

@allcolorsareentombedinblack Жыл бұрын

What about blackcore? Hexis, CABAL, Portrayal Of Guilt, Young And In The Way???

@RibeiroGames12 Жыл бұрын

Young and in the way are blackened crust portrayal of guilt is grind with some blackened and skramz moments cabal are deathcore thall hexis is metalcore with blackened elements

@stanstanislas2225 Жыл бұрын

I'm probably late to the party with BTBAM - but holy cow there is some amazing stuff, I'm curious to hear more. Thanks for mentioning them.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Worth the deep dive. No bad albums. I have a tier list for them too

@adamcadle7078 Жыл бұрын

Colors I and II fucking brilliant

@ericantonmarchi2176 Жыл бұрын

I find it impossible for you to make a bad video☺️😎I look at it this way. With every genre you have good and bad ya know. Thanks to you I dived into BTBAM and now they are one of my favorite bands and I can’t thank you enough for that❤️

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Love that. BTBAM in my Top 10 overall. Period.

@Dax11eleven Жыл бұрын

Darkest hour, are far beyond! 🙌🏻

@TStizzle19 Жыл бұрын

The beginning of the video felt like a mischaracterization in my experience, but great video!!

@johnathandk42134 Жыл бұрын

The term metalcore is just thrown around so much people don't even know what it even means anymore. Some of these bands have ties to metalcore or hardcore but aren't actually a part of it. It'd be like if people called Pantera thrash or just called Korn rap. Albums like KSE - the end of heartache, trivium - ascendancy, all that remains - the fall of ideals, as i lay dying - shadows are security... those are metalcore and all have key elements that make them identifiable as such.

@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125 Жыл бұрын

Can confirm this.

@wind_sword Жыл бұрын

Since you named Loathe, I'd like to recommend other "mostly modern" metalcore bands that sound great: Silent Planet Phinehas Currents Greyhaven Invent, Animate Fit For A King Make Them Suffer Oceans Ate Alaska Oh, Sleeper The Ghost Inside Boundaries Dying Wish END Counterparts

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Great list. Crazy though that Phinehas has actually been around since 2001 and barely gets any air time.

@baaltroth1957 Жыл бұрын

Silent Planet needs more recognition!

@matthewstevens2556 Жыл бұрын

END fucking rips holy shit. Like the song Absence is what I would call Blackened Hardcore 😂

@roryjineffect Жыл бұрын

I do not even think about the first bands you played as metalcore. I grew up when Zao and Converge first broke out, so that is all I think about.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

I feel the same, but because of current popular culture, this is what outsiders think the genre is

@roryjineffect Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches and my tears flow heavily, hahaha. Furnace Fest is looking to have a decent line up of proper metalcore this year

@jordanjoestar8839 Жыл бұрын

Spite just flipped the entire metal genre on it head with the Dedication to Flesh album. Some wild mic of every heavy genre I've ever heard ASIDE FROM clean vocals, which better never be present.

@diegoborges3716 Жыл бұрын

Very good video. I'm still not in love with metalcore (although I love Gothemburg sound and melodeath in general) but I can see the appeal.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Hope it at least inspires you to explore something you might have overlooked.

@taffy8186 Жыл бұрын

I don’t listen to metalcore, but Between the Buried and Me are awesome. I see them as more of a prog metal band than core so maybe that’s why

@mycoachknowsthesheriff8396 Жыл бұрын

I haven’t hit the like button on a video so fast before. I knew where this was going from the first few seconds as somebody that loves metalcore but is also not a fan of “metalcore”

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

🤘🏻

@tristanmatheny2361 Жыл бұрын

I have always loved the genre, alltime favorite is Parkway Drive even if they have fallen off in recent years.

@avrianobrien Жыл бұрын

Based Kilpréz shirt

@kamiwouter Жыл бұрын

I really thought metalcore was something completley different. Merauder used to be metalcore to me but I guess it's hardcore mixed with metal... like um metalcore. Oh and converge is fucking great. Saw them live in Holland, Utreg. That shit was amazing live!

@dixieflatline7290 Жыл бұрын

This topic is relatable af. "Whiney teens" that's what I thought about all of 'cores. But the truth is there are plenty of subgenres. So i decided to solve the issue through hc. So now i really like the hc varieties: blackened, chaotic, math, crossover, post, stoner hc and others. So don't be an elitist, there is so much to explore \m/

@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I like the hardcore styles more, as well.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Based af

@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063 Жыл бұрын

My mind is opening ..

@ryanbollinger1759 Жыл бұрын

Ice Nine Kills is my absolute favorite Metalcore band as a horror nerd. I don’t agree with your opinions about them, but I actually do think Metalcore is overall a great genre. Even the generic bands today I think are really solid within the genre. I’ll pretty much listen to any Metalcore band that isn’t NEW Asking Alexandria, Memphis May Fire, Bullet for my Valentine, or NEW Parkway Drive. The rest of the genre? I absolutely love it. Core kid for life 🔥

@RibeiroGames12 Жыл бұрын

not even Converge wow

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Converge are just in a league of their own.

@hamachancutter Жыл бұрын

What about The Red Chord and Himsa?

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

The Red Chord is fantastic.

@hamachancutter Жыл бұрын

I forgot about Light This City!

@sjs11morbid80 Жыл бұрын

Epoch of Unlight. .. good stuff. Way better then the halo effect

@tingachhakchhuak6083 Жыл бұрын

August Burns Red I could do a PhD on how great i think they are.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

YES

@aggelosmanolis5689 Жыл бұрын

Tdep is one of my all time fav bands miss machine is so kick ass

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

GOATED

@jasonmacqueen1017 Жыл бұрын

great video shedding some light on a maligned genre. surprised you didn't deep dive a little more into this one.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

I wanted this to just be kind of a quick jump start. Plenty of deep dive stuff in the playlist I linked at the end and in the comments.

@dedandflooded Жыл бұрын

kind of criminal to not mention any era of trivium, ascendancy and shogun are incredible

@tylerballard4170 Жыл бұрын

Microwave is a pretty cool band with the shoegaze vibe.

@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063 Жыл бұрын

Ok … so i will check these out .. as long as its closer to my taste 😊.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

I guarantee you can find SOMETHING you like. I mean even let me know what other stuff you like and I might be able to recommend something similar.

@DropB 8 ай бұрын

There is one metalcore band that is actually good. Integrity. From the 90's. "Humanity is the Devil". Awesome album. (I admit, that I passionately hate metalcore. I passionately hated all examples here... But then again Integrity is just a pure mixture of metal and hardcore punk, which would most likely be called Sludge Metal nowadays...).

@MetalTrenches 8 ай бұрын

Legends. What about Ringworm then? Same era.

@doomusrlc Жыл бұрын

5:13 is it "z-a-o" or "z-ow"? I always thought the latter heh

@mrcoolguy32 Жыл бұрын

Zay o

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Zay-oh. Confirmed by the band.

@doomusrlc Жыл бұрын

@@mrcoolguy32 thanks!

@doomusrlc Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches thanks!

@TheExtremeCube Жыл бұрын

How have u not mentioned Integrity?

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

I mean this video could have gone on for hours. I’ve mentioned them plenty of times elsewhere.

@TheExtremeCube Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches I wasn't aware, this is the first video of yours I watched

@ognjenmilenkovic3050 Жыл бұрын

Seems that no mater how good the music is, as soon as somebody uses the sufix "-core" describing certain sound, eyes start to roll. Too bad so many great bands have to suffer because metallcore became synonimous with crab dancing and autotuned clean vocals and I assume a lot of people still get Vietnam flashbacks as soon as it is mentioned, but I guess the genre had to learn the hard way and the fans have to unlearn some stuff

@Hopium500 Жыл бұрын

I'm not a boomer by any means and don't hate metalcore like alot of people but I've kind of drifted away from it over the years. My current favourite metalcore band is probably crystal lake though.

@nemesis8626 Жыл бұрын

I don't understand the hate for metalcore and here's why.. I believe its actually one of the most diverse subgenres of metal, reason being, it draws from so many other genre's, hard-core, thrash, even death and black metal, it really has got parts in there for every type of metal fan if you dig deep enough, the heavy, the melodic I prefer older style metalcore though, and I'm not saying there aren't some bands that fall into the generic because there definetly is, but some people seem to hate it just because its not a "cool" subgenre of metal. And I think its got a bad reputation purely through people not giving it a chance past maybe afew bands they heard and didn't like.

@ItsWhat__ 6 ай бұрын

Here’s why it doesn’t float my boat . It lacks any resemblance of Flow…

@ryanfitzpatrick6557 Жыл бұрын

My favorite metalcore album will always be Ascendancy. I know you’re not a Trivium fan, but I hope you put that album in the 10% great and not the 80% samey

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

You’re definitely not alone

@bladecore1895 Жыл бұрын

Best Trivium album in my opinion

@triad5766 Жыл бұрын

That album isn’t metalcore lol. Its just melodeath Metallica.

@ryanfitzpatrick6557 Жыл бұрын

@@triad5766 Ascendancy is absolutely metalcore what are you talking about

@triad5766 Жыл бұрын

@@ryanfitzpatrick6557 the songwriting style is 100% metal and they rarely use mosh riffs. When you can find whatever is metalcore about trivium let me know lol

@evanfont913 Ай бұрын

We are the Romans is almost as good as Jane Doe fight me.

@MetalTrenches Ай бұрын

Certainly

@TheRealJoeNathan Жыл бұрын

I don't listen to much metalcore anymore, but I used to love it when I started getting into metal. My favorite metalcore bands are the ones who blend it with other subgenres like Trivium (melodeath, thrash, prog, heavy), Periphery (prog, djent), Eskimo Callboy (electronicore, deathcore, pop, rap, dubstep), and BTBAM (prog, death, avant-garde). Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying are great too.

@theriffnotebook8412 Жыл бұрын

This video makes me happy

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

🤘🏻

@knight_neon Жыл бұрын

I still need some convincing on metalcore. I usually get turned off by the vocals. No doubt there are some amazing musicians in the genre, but I have yet to find a metalcore vocal style I can tolerate. I am a doom head so perhaps there is hope if there are such influences sprouting up.

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

Trust me, there are a LOT of very different vocal styles here too. Bands with no cleans, different approaches to harsh vocals, etc. Worth exploring. Consider checking out that latest Zao album at least.

@jasonmacqueen1017 Жыл бұрын

maybe check out some of Norma Jeans later output....wrongdoers.... ALL Hail....Meridional. there is a strong sludge influence and the cleans sound like they have some hairy grown man balls to em. and the screams are great too

@knight_neon Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches Will do. Thanks.

@knight_neon Жыл бұрын

@@jasonmacqueen1017 Thanks for the suggestions!

@jasonmacqueen1017 Жыл бұрын

@@knight_neon let me know what you think good or bad.

@CrypticlyEncrypted Жыл бұрын

There’s also a new wave of atmospheric and or electronic metalcore, like Northlane and Silent Planet. Silent Planet isn’t super shoegaze ghough like others say imo

@bloodlorde4994 Жыл бұрын

Make a vid about modern bands! And bands like allegaeon

@MetalTrenches Жыл бұрын

I’ve done several 👍🏻

@kricetispies732 Жыл бұрын

I love Rolo Tomassi!

@vortexlunaa5492 2 ай бұрын

Invent Animate is the best metalcore band out right now, no question.

@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063 Жыл бұрын

Proove me wrong 😊

@Maximus_W Жыл бұрын

Phineas is amazing!!! Check out eternally apart

@Hola-tq4pg Жыл бұрын

You know? I find it funny how 10 years ago Metalcore had a bad rep but the most elitist people on metal since they thought everything sounded like Asking Alexandria or Attack Attack (and if you showed them bands like Unearth, KSE, ABR, or AILD, they said they didn't count, or were just ripping At the Gates), and now considering that Metalcore is arguably the most successful genre on metal in the mainstream with a big difference, despite the whole elitist critiques kind of fading away, there are still people who brag about Metalcore being all samey and repetitive and based only around breakdowns and stuff, but the very first examples they give of "the exception" are the same 10 bands everyone and their mom knows about And it's honestly kind of a shame because even with core as a whole being born out of a pretty specific sound, there's quite more variety than most people don't count of (by pure marketing label, Converge and a band like Black Veil Brides are pretty much on the same genre)