The Metalcore Discussion Thread

[LOLPOCALYPSE]

Originally Posted by MyName

It's annoying to hear anybody talk how hard they are just because they listen to a certain type of music.

Definitely. Kvlt neckbeards annoy me just as much as scrawny scene kids. It's just that one type is much more common than the other (at least in my experience on a college campus and living in central Indiana).

[zman419]

Originally Posted by LOLPOCALYPSE

I'm not saying this to be a dick, and I'm sure you could prove me wrong, but I've never met a successful person that had gauges.

Do people in bands count....

[MyName]

Originally Posted by zman419

Do people in bands count....

He's probably talking about music fans, not musicians themselves. As an artist you can dress however you want to express yourself but most other people with careers have to adapt to some social norms...

[Isbjørn]

Gauges look awful. Unless you're in a band, don't wear them.

[VisualNsX]

From the origins of rock and metal but how can you really define it? What kind of hard rock doesn't really incorporate some kind of metal anyway??

[VisualNsX]

Originally Posted by Beor Uaine

On other message boards that I belong to, some people bash this genre.
First it was nu-metal now this. A lot of newer bands are put into this category. There are some good metalcore bands out there IMO, you can't bash this whole genre. Some bands that are called metalcore, sound hardcore to me.

Anyone have an opinion on this subject?

What do you consider Metalcore? Honestly what kind of hard rock does not have elements of metal in it anyway?

[VisualNsX]

Originally Posted by Briks

Gauges look awful. Unless you're in a band, don't wear them.

Agreed, and they make the persons ear smell terrible.

[VisualNsX]

Agreed about to ADTR but unfortunately they are only good for what they do. They will never evolve to anything bigger because they are already within there means. Unfortunate.

[VisualNsX]

Originally Posted by Alfred

I was expecting some really generic sh*t but that was actually pretty awesome.

This isn't bad but just kind of sounds like every other metalcore song.

[Isbjørn]

For information on what metalcore is, go to the hardcore metal section here.
I'm not an expert, but here are some rough indicators on how I view different styles of hard rock and metal (those with relation to metalcore). See the previous link for information on the genres:

Hard rock with few metal influences (a lot of them came before metal became popular):







Hard rock with heavy metal influences:







(Traditional) heavy metal:





Thrash metal:





Metalcore:





Generic post-hardcore:





Original hardcore punk:







This list may be incorrect. Ask someone who has been listening to metal longer than me if you're in doubt.