The Batlord's Thread of Metalcore that Doesn't Suck but In Fact ****ing Rules

[The Batlord]

Also, I'm gonna need to add an entry for Groundwork soon. I'd forgotten what they sounded like, and just last night I was wondering why I couldn't find more bands that sounded like Deadguy. I guess I'll do that now...

Groundwork

Only had one album and a few EPs (which I have criminally overlooked up till about five minutes from now) but god damn is that album a monster. Like I said, it really reminds me of Deadguy, but more raw, sludgy, and relatively straightforward. But that's kinda hard to tell unless you know what band you're listening to and that you're not listening to earlier Deadguy. Even their singers sound alike. I honestly don't know if one is ripping off the other or if they were both just jiving on the same ****, since both of their sole LPs were released in 1995. I guess Groundwork might have the greater case since their debut EP was from 1992, whereas Deadguy hadn't released anything till 1994. They're from opposite sides of the country though, so who knows?

Either way there aren't enough bands that sound anything like Deadguy so I'm going to treasure Groundwork for all of their heavy-as-****ing-**** heavy sludginess and hateful vocals. And I guess if you're not totally sold on Deadguy's angular, mathcore style, then Groundwork are a bit more down-to-earth, so there's that. But **** you if you don't like Deadguy.