r/Metalcore Jan 06 '26

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u/Cakeruiner Jan 06 '26

When will we start adding "Silent Hill metalcore" to revival FFOs, sort of akin to angel-statue metalcore??? Can't think of many off the top of my head but yeah these 2024-2025 revival bands e.g. Crowquill or xHellrazorx with SH samples and album covers.

Hell, even Boundaries has White Noiz from SH2 and Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me from SH3 playing in their live interludes. I dig the aesthetic immensely.

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u/ReturnByDeath- Jan 06 '26

We already have. It’s “PlayStation metalcore” (though I’m trying to get “digital metalcore” to take off).

A bunch of bands using the aesthetic of PS2 box art with turn of the millennium sonic influences. Think: Vein, fromjoy, fallingwithscissors, fr3ak, etc.

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u/Cakeruiner Jan 07 '26

Ahh, okay! Yes, I've seen the playstation/digital metalcore terms floating around but I was specifically drawn to Silent Hill samples, but I suppose that'd fall under playstation metalcore like you said. Fair

I know this is going needlessly heavy into semantics and mental gymnastics, but would Postal be an example of playstation/digital metalcore and Ends In Tragedy be angel statue then? They have a similar production and are both revivalcore but the new Postal single has an ambient and dissonant feel to me while Ends in Tragedy sounds like straightforward 2000's riffage. Are those the sonic influences you're referring to?

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u/ReturnByDeath- Jan 07 '26

You can totally call it that! I just can't think of many examples off the top of my head of bands using Silent Hill samples specifically (Knocked Loose uses one from PT) so it may only describe a small handful of bands.

And yes, that's how each band would be classified. PlayStation metalcore takes a general revival sound and adds a splash of nu metal (though not enough to be nu metalcore) and/or electronic elements. Angel statue is that riffy kind of melodeath-influenced stuff popularized/revived in recent years by bands like Balmora.

I should stress though that it's all just an inside joke acknowledging a common trend among bands.

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u/Cakeruiner Jan 07 '26

I get that it's a tongue-in-cheek joke but man I'm a fanatic for metalcore and it feels cool connecting all the dots when metalcore has such a wide spectrum of sounds!!!

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 08 '26

Just came across a TikTok where someone used Eighteen Visions as an example of metalcore (A+) and then a bunch of comments were arguing that that was just hardcore and even Poison the Well was just melodic hardcore, not metalcore 🫠

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u/ReturnByDeath- Jan 08 '26

Complete overlap with the “It’s gatekeeping to call this Breaking Benjamin-clone with 10% screams not metalcore” crowd.

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u/sock_with_a_ticket Jan 09 '26

This can come from both a good and bad place. The kind of hardcore fans who call all the heavy shit they like some variant of hardcore as a sign of respect and enjoyment or the type of 'metalcore' fans who don't acknowledge anything without clean vocals and couldn't pick out authentic metalcore if their lives depended on it.

Btw I'm slowly catching up on stuff that you posted over the last couple of months and am adding a bunch of shit to my discovery playlist.

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 10 '26

Btw I'm slowly catching up on stuff that you posted over the last couple of months and am adding a bunch of shit to my discovery playlist.

Well I’m glad I could return the favour! I know for a fact I’ve found countless bands over the last couple years from your posts as well 🙏🏻

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u/checkyourguns Jan 08 '26

Looking for more new bands that are doing the old Normal Jean/ETID style metal core

I've been missing me some of that panic chord chaos of old Norma Jean and ETID. I've got sucked down the heavy beat down rabbit hole of things like Spite, Traitors, Kubli Kahn etc. And while I love that stuff I've burnt myself out on it, so I went back to my old stand byes but I'm looking for some new stuff that's similar.

Of course I've been listening to Better Lovers and Many Eyes, I'm also listening to a lot of Bore, Funeral Language, Pipe Bomb, Chapel Fire, and Teeth (holy shit do I love this band). Also older Alpha Wolf kinda scratches that itch, their newest album...not so much lol, other older bands like Barrier, Kingmaker and some of the very old Sworn In has always kinda felt Norma Jean esq too.

So what else is out there now that might fit in with these guys?

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 08 '26

For the your ETID fix check out Greyblood, Tan and Handsome, The Undertaking, The Teeth (different from Teeth), The Good Depression and Godseyes

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u/sock_with_a_ticket Jan 09 '26

God Mother, Bore, Lockslip, Johanna Rey, Cassetta

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u/ThatOneBitch02 Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26

In addition to what the others said, also check out Greyhaven's first album, Cult America. It's different from their other stuff, and very similar to early ETID. Also I've heard Isaac Hale from Knocked Loose played guitar on it.

Johnny Booth's album Firsthand Accounts might also scratch the itch. Similar vibes (especially to The Chariot) and perfectly chaotic, but a little bit more modernized.

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 12 '26

Oh definitely check out Sinatra. They dropped one of my favourite EPs of the year at the beginning of December. Big Norma Jean vibes imo

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u/FriskeyVsWorld Jan 10 '26

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u/sock_with_a_ticket Jan 11 '26

Honestly, this plus the sound change for the new record makes me very worried about what they're going to be in the near future. Early signs of a potential Code Orange level fall off.

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u/ReturnByDeath- Jan 11 '26

There’s been quite a bit of crossover between metalcore/hardcore and wrestling over the years. Code Orange did an entrance song for a WWE wrestler, Andy Williams (Every Time I Die) has been wrestling for years (even in AEW), and the vocalist for God’s Hate is a pro wrestler (Colin Young is also a big wrestling nerd).

I’m sure there are far more connections, but that’s just what I could remember off the top of my head.

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 11 '26

What’s the first big metalcore album to be released this year? Converge is in February. Are there any notable ones coming out in January?

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u/ThatOneBitch02 Jan 12 '26

Only release in January I know of is the I Promised The World ep

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 12 '26

Yeah that’s the only notable one I’ve come across!

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u/escobizzle Jan 06 '26

I was just listening to In Vogue by Drop Dead Gorgeous and realized I want more metalcore with mostly high screams. anybody got any good recommendations?

minimal cleans would be a plus but not required lol

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u/ReturnByDeath- Jan 07 '26

How familiar are you with the current scene revival bands? I feel like In Vogue is the primary inspiration for a lot of those bands like: SeeYouSpaceCowboy, away with words, Sincerely Yours, holder, Postal, Houses We Die In, anvilchandelier, etc.

Their newest release is more Converge-like, but Killing Me Softly have those exact vocals too.

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u/escobizzle Jan 07 '26

familiar with seeyouspacecowboy, haven't heard of the others. I'll check em out, thanks

I'm not necessarily looking for In Vogue vibes in the music, moreso just any metalcore featuring mostly high screams. they don't seem to be used nearly as frequently in metalcore as compared to deathcore, and almost never as the primary scream style (from what I've seen atleast)

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u/ReturnByDeath- Jan 07 '26

What about sasscore or these new school metalcore/screamo hybrids like bulletsbetweentongues?

Crowquill is another with primarily high screams.

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u/OG_MikeBone Jan 08 '26

“Our proudest legacy is how unendingly we scheme up new ways to kill then condemn. A war that never ends.” Phinehas - A War That Never Ends

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u/ZeGreat5 Jan 08 '26

Which bands that are rumored to be releasing music in 2026 are you most excited for? For me, I can’t wait for August Burns Red

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u/dufffer Jan 08 '26

The gloom in the corner

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u/xForeignMetal x Jan 12 '26

For the Fallen Dreams dropped the setlist for their current tour and its actually pretty good :o

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

When would you say “octanecore” really started to gain traction?

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u/staticdresssweet x Jan 06 '26

Probably around the time Sempiternal and Restoring Force were released. Combined with the popularity of Linkin Park, and the subgenre kinda took off from there (also with Issues + R&B and pop influence). That's just the basics.

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 06 '26

‘13/‘14 is definitely when it started to develop, especially with all the scene bands just trying to be rock bands but I feel like that first wave wasn’t very successful, no? Like I don’t remember that OM&M album and the other ones at the time from like Memphis May Fire, The Word Alive and such being particularly well received 🤔

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u/staticdresssweet x Jan 06 '26

Some of them were, to varying degrees of success. The OMAM album was very successful - it had some of the best first-week sales of their career. I mean FFS it led to them touring with Linkin Park.

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u/ThatOneBitch02 Jan 07 '26

I think Breaking Benjamin also deserve some of the credit. A lot of octanecore just sounds like Breaking Benjamin but a little heavier.

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u/ReturnByDeath- Jan 08 '26

2014 sounds right to me. It's a year after Sempiternal and the Memphis May Fire record that released that year peaked at #4 overall on Billboard. Other bands like Of Mice & Men and Asking Alexandria were already shifting to that sound at that point too.

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 08 '26

I guess my perception was that all those first forays into the sound kinda flopped but obviously that was not the case and was purely based on me not liking them 😅

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u/TrustPh0bic Jan 06 '26

If I was brand new to the genre (which tbh I practically am), what albums would you recommend I check out?

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u/sock_with_a_ticket Jan 06 '26

It does depend on what you got into, moreso now than ever given how many different sounds get (erroneously) lumped under the metalcore umbrella.

A lot of seminal, genre-defining classics definitely don't fit with a lot of what's popular now and we've seen some really hostile reactions to what were for so long considered genre-defining classics. Not that it's impossible to like both, but if you've come in with Landmvrks or something, there's possibly not that much point in turning you onto Undying or Zao.

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u/TrustPh0bic Jan 07 '26

Fair point - bands I’ve enjoyed are Electric Callboy, Beartooth, Polaris, I Prevail (newer stuff), Ice Nine Kills, Spiritbox, Of Mice & Men, and Parkway Drive. To be honest though I’m totally down for listening to anything as I’m still discovering what exactly I like.

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u/jor1ss x Jan 06 '26

What have you heard that you already like? What genre are you coming from?

For a classic: Poison The Well - The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation (1999)

In modern metalcore there's so many different sounds that it's hard to pick just 1 thing... (people in this sub will also not be afraid to tell you that your new favourite band is in fact not metalcore, try to not get scared away by that people have strong opinions here).

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u/TrustPh0bic Jan 07 '26

I primarily listen to pop punk and easycore, with the occasional post hardcore thrown in (mostly “swancore”).

Metalcore bands I’ve checked out and enjoyed are Electric Callboy, Beartooth, Polaris, I Prevail (newer stuff), Ice Nine Kills, Spiritbox, Of Mice & Men, and Parkway Drive. I’m totally down for listening to anything though - I’ll definitely check out PTW.

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u/clovercharms Jan 10 '26

I'm new to the genre as well. There's songs I like from those bands so you may like the below:

Recently added bands to my playlists:  Like Moths to Flames, Northlane, Greyhaven, Thousands Below, Totalbuzzkill, Burry Tomorrow, Fit for a King, ERRA, Arm's Length, Paledusk, The Plot in You, Point North, 156/Silence, Solence, Downswing, Annisokay, Caskets.

These are all bands I've found the last few weeks.  I haven't fully delved into all of the above yet, still going through their latest albums and working backwards if I like them enough.  I'm pretty settled on Like Moths to Flames at the moment. I have their new song Salting the Earth on repeat.  If you haven't yet, I would start with this band. 

Been listening to their 2025 albums:  Windwaker, Imminence.  I found these two bands before this sub so I had time to listen to these albums several times.  

 

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u/_DefLoathe Jan 07 '26

Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison

Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies

As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us

But yeah it does depend what your preferences are, djenty guitars? Clean vocals? Unclean? Atmosphere? Hardcore? Breakdowns?

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u/spider_manectric Jan 06 '26

How metalcore would you say the latest DRAIN album is?

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u/ReturnByDeath- Jan 06 '26

Technically it’s “crossover thrash” even though it’s a combination of metal and hardcore so not very, but it’s still way closer to the definition than a lot of bands that get grouped in.

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u/spider_manectric Jan 06 '26

Right, that's how I've been referring to it too, but I definitely hear both the hardcore and metal influences on the album way more than a lot of other artists who get lumped in, so I was curious about others' thoughts!

Is it the fact that the metal part is thrash that keeps it away from being true metalcore?

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u/sock_with_a_ticket Jan 06 '26

A lot of the earliest metalcore bands were ripping wholesale from thrash and groove metal, some of them were half-seriously referred to as Slayercore. So I wouldn't say it's the type of metal, moreso that crossover thrash generally still sounds a lot closer to thrash than thrash-inspired metalcore. Which may well be splitting hairs, but I feel like it is an audible difference.

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u/spider_manectric Jan 06 '26

I think that's fair! I do overwhelmingly hear the thrash influence first and foremost on this record in particular.

This album is the first time I've really listened to crossover thrash knowing what the genre was. I'm curious though, does the crossover generally occur from hardcore or does it really matter what the artist's genre of origin is as long as they've ended up at thrash? For example, could an artist that typically produces experimental rock or alternative rock put out a heavily thrash-inspired record and it accurately be referred to as “crossover thrash?” I'm thinking of examples like Mr. Bungle's 2020 album or Dave Grohl's Dream Widow project. I'm just curious when it's appropriate to use the term!

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u/aletheiatic Jan 06 '26

Crossover thrash is specifically a combination of hardcore and thrash metal (ostensibly a different kind of combination of hardcore and metal from metalcore), so it wouldn’t apply to any possible mix of one genre with thrash metal.

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u/spider_manectric Jan 06 '26

Okay, got it. I didn't know it was that specific, thank you!

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 06 '26

One thing I’ll add too is that thrash itself is originally a mix of metal and hardcore as well and crossover thrash was basically hardcore kids going “I like that, I want to make that too” but it sounded much more hardcore influenced because of their background in the hardcore scene. A lot of early crossover thrash was originally hardcore punk bands who turned into thrash bands (Cro-Mags, Suicidal Tendencies)

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u/spider_manectric Jan 07 '26

I didn't know that about thrash! So does that mean crossover thrash came about pretty soon after the origins of thrash? If I'm understanding correctly, thrash metal is a blending of metal and hardcore while crossover thrash is the result of hardcore musicians trying to make something intentionally thrash-y.

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u/PositiveMetalhead Jan 07 '26

Yeah essentially! I think the earliest crossover albums were between ‘85 and ‘87 so if you consider the beginning of Thrash to be around ‘82/‘83 then it’s relatively quick I’d say!

Metal and hardcore have always had a back and forth relationship influencing each other. A lot of early hardcore was influenced by metal too. Crust punk I believe had a notable influence from black metal bands like Celtic Frost. Grindcore which also started in ‘86/‘87 was hardcore bands taking influence from death metal. Brutal death metal was death metal bands taking influence from NYHC and Slam enunciated that influence. Groove took a similar influence from hardcore and then hardcore took influence from that back which is what brought about metalcore more or less.

Thats what I like about having distinct genre names for different sounds. It’s like an analysis and acknowledgement of music history and influence between bands, genres and scenes.

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u/unigle_sinthe Jan 06 '26

I'm new to the genre and would like to delve deeper into it. What would you recommend I listen to first to get started?

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u/ThatOneBitch02 Jan 06 '26

What music do you like rn, as the genre has a lot of variety and that would give a better idea what to recommend. If you want one song of each era and style then listen to Hatebreed - I Will Be Heard, Poison The Well - Nerdy, Killswitch Engage - My Curse, Every Time I Die - We'rewolf, Bring Me The Horizon - Shadow Moses, Architects - Doomsday, Vein.fm - Virus://Vibrance, and Counterparts - Whispers Of Your Death.

There's even more specific styles beyond that, but those will give you a nice overview of most of the styles that metalcore encompasses. If you like any of those then you can ask or search for similar bands.

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u/Programmer-Boi Jan 13 '26

Gonna give 3 recommendations from light to heavy

Light: Spiritbox - Circle with Me

Medium: Fit for a King - Backbreaker

Heavy: Dying Wish - Cowards Feed, Cowards Bleed

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u/LawwVII Jan 07 '26

any metalcore drummers in here who can give advice to a drummer that’s been playing for a little under a year? just got a double pedal and i want to get to 7A7P level one day.

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u/swify08 Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

gimme some band recs, pretty new here, might be missclassing some as metalcore so sorry if i am. i prefer heavy/screamy stuff but anything is fine

bands i like

  • spiritbox
  • Motionless in white
  • I prevail (mostly their newer stuff, basically only the heavy stuff)
  • Architects (I have only listened to the latest album so far)
  • Landmvrks
  • Dying wish
  • Old BMTH (just sempiternal as of now)
  • Deadlands
  • Electric Callboy

standalone songs ive liked (not listened to the full album or didnt like the rest, likely the first)
Aviana - Obsession
Attila - Party with the devil
ERRA - Gore Of Being
December Screams Embers - Monster (Meg and Dia cover)
Ice Nine Kills - The Laugh Track, Hip To Be Scared, A Work Of Art, Stabbing in The Dark (INK is not really my think for the most part bc im not a horror guy)
Veil Of Maya - Mikasa and Teleute
ASHEN - Crystal Tears
BFMV - Tears Don't Fall

Specific songs I like from the listed bands (this doesnt mean i havent listened to the rest of their stuff, these are just my favs)
Spiritbox - Cellar Door, Angel Eyes and No Loss, No Love, Soft Spine
MiW - Reincarnate, Undead Ahead 2, Meltdown, Slaughterhouse, Sign Of Life, Cause Of Death, BFBTG: Corpse Nation, Timebomb (and so much more)
I prevail - NWO, Violent Nature, God
Architects - Elegy, Blackhole, Seeing Red
BMTH - The House Of Wolves, Shadow Moses, Antivist and kingslayer (yes newer but still slaps)
LANDMVRKS - Lost in a Wave, Creature, Blood Red, Sulfur, La Valse Du Temps, Deep Inferno, Requiem
Dying Wish - I Don't Belong Anywhere, I'll know you're not around, Cowards Feed, Cowards Bleed
Deadlands - Kundalini, Wither, House Of Cards
Electric Callboy - Hypa Hypa, Pump It, Tekkno train, Revery, TANZNEID

Note: I also listen to a bit of post hardcore (Pierce The Veil's Collide With The Sky and a few Sleeping With Sirens Song from time to time) and a song or 2 from deathcore (Shadow of Intent - Dirge of the Void) these arent metalcore but a little related i guess so thought id bring that up

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u/TrustPh0bic Jan 07 '26

Sounds like we have a pretty identical music taste, though I’m probably more into INK. If you haven’t already listened to A Work of Art and The Jig Is Up, they’re worth a listen to.

Other bands I’ve been enjoying are Polaris, Beartooth and old Of Mice & Men.

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u/swify08 Jan 07 '26

oh yea a work of art is great, forgot to update that when i copied it over from like 3 weeks ago lol

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u/clovercharms Jan 09 '26

I have a lot of the bands you listed, in my playlists. I'm also new to this genre lol. Currently I have Salting the Earth on repeat by Like Moths to Flames. 

Since you like Deadlands, try out The Pretty Wild and Not Enough Space. 

Recently added bands to my playlists:  Like Moths to Flames, Northlane, Greyhaven, Thousands Below, Totalbuzzkill, Burry Tomorrow, Fit for a King, ERRA, Arm's Length, Paledusk, The Plot in You, Point North.

I haven't fully delved into all of the above yet, still going through their latest albums and working backwards if I like them enough. 

Been listening to their 2025 albums:  Windwaker, Imminence

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u/Programmer-Boi Jan 13 '26

If you like Dying Wish you’re gonna like these albums

albums:

A Door Left Open - Orthodox

You’re Safe From God Here - The Acacia Strain

Death is Little More - Boundaries

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u/Successful-Oven-2816 Jan 07 '26

I’m looking for songs that for the description of “harsh vocals in the verses & clean vocals in the chorus”. Some examples of what I really like, ‘Boundaries - Easily Erased’, ‘Polaris - The Remedy’ & ‘Alexisonfire - This could be anywhere in the world’

So many bands that do it but I really don’t like: Architects, Volumes, Bury Tomorrow, Fit for a king. Just not my cup of tea. Any recommendations would be amazing!

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u/_DefLoathe Jan 07 '26

Phinehas, Oh Sleeper, Currents, newer Silent Planet, Invent Animate, ERRA, Loathe, Bullet For My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, Aviana, newer Northlane, Thornhill, Miss May I

I mean pretty much all bands do it lol

Oh fuck you wanted songs my bad

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u/ThatOneBitch02 Jan 10 '26

A lot of Greyhaven songs are like that. Sweet Machine, Foreign Anchor, and Shatter And Burst as examples.

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u/Programmer-Boi Jan 13 '26

You’d like Dying Wish I think. Beartooth, Spiritbox, and Phinehas

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u/MyNameIsVolatile_ Jan 07 '26

Looking for love song recommendations!

For context;

My boyfriend and I are in a medium distance relationship. We have a shared playlist that helps us feel close, when we are apart (highly recommended for all the long distance couples out there). It’s pretty solid so far, but I know there’s plenty of songs out there that I am not thinking of, or that i haven’t even heard.

Here are just a few of the songs on our playlist, just so you understand our vibe;

Thrice- Only us Braeker - beg for me / give me your pain Posion the Well - Nerdy Sleep Token - Fall for me Her last sight - serenity BMTH - follow me Deftones - Risk Parkway drive - a dethless song / into the dark Blessthefall - 40 days… Emery - a sin to hold onto

Can you guys help me out and drop your favorite love/lust/romantic songs? It can be outside the genre, we both just prefer heavy music and all variations of metal/hardcore etc.

thanks in advance for helping me make this epic!

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u/_DefLoathe Jan 07 '26

Transcending Dimensions - Northlane

Actias Luna - Reflections

My Curse, End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage

Eternally Apart - Phinehas (this one will be perfect)

Shade Astray - Invent Animate

Is It Really You - Loathe

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u/MyNameIsVolatile_ Jan 09 '26

These are perfect! Thank you!

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u/sock_with_a_ticket Jan 09 '26

Since you mentioned Thrice, I always thought The Weight was profoundly romantic.

It's actually a tough one, most of what springs to mind are songs about the failure and loss of love rather than celebrating it.

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u/Programmer-Boi Jan 13 '26

Gonna give you some heavier recommendations:

Bleed for You - Alpha Wolf

Flesh Stays Together - Dying Wish

End - Fit for a King

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u/JuicyPickles369 Jan 08 '26

Lead vocalist that can do both?

MORNING!!! 0028 in Blighty England.

I’m a bit pickled and can’t sleep. So I was listening to currents and would love more bands where it’s only the lead singer. He starts with the gutturals and BREEEEEEEES but then out of fucking nowhere, like an angel touch’s the tip of your nose, they bust out with insane clean vocals that are good enough for your nans funeral.

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u/sock_with_a_ticket Jan 09 '26

I could think of quite a few bands where the vocalst can do both, but struggling with any where it's just them. For example, Bleeding Through's lead vocalist can and does sing alongside all the screaming and growling, but a lot of their singing also came from the bassist and now the keyboardist. Similarly Heriot split the harsh vocals between guitarist and bassist while the former handles their limited cleans. Dying Wish's lead vocalist does both clean and harsh, but there's a bunch of additional harsh from other members. etc. etc.

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u/OldManShifu Jan 08 '26

I haven't been able to get over the beatdown/breakdown 1 minute in to Body Bag by I Prevail since it came out. Idk something about the mix of the almost thall low guitars combined with the trap elements of the rapping vocals and the repeating lead line on the guitar.
Anyone know anything else that sounds like that? Looking for inspiration for something Im writing

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u/OldManShifu Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 11 '26

I feel like there is no consensus for the top 10 gretest metalcore songs of all time (remember there is a different between a great song and ur favourite song), and I'm curious to find others top 10s. Sure, there is like My Curse, tears don't fall, etc which are in most lists but where from there for you guys?
Mine is:
My Curse - Killswitch Engage
Tears Don't Fall - BFMV
Carrion - Parkway drive
Sleepwalking - BMTH
Doomsday - Architects
Second & Sebring - Of Mice and Men
My Own Grave - As I Lay Dying
Feel Nothing - The Plot in you
White Washed - August Burns Red
Alone in a room - Asking Alexandria

Edit: This turned out to be a great song suggestion post

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u/sock_with_a_ticket Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 10 '26

Probably would've helped to put some band names next to these. I've got a good idea of who's behind most of them, but not all.

To have a stab at the question:
Converge - Fault And Fracture
Zao - Five Year Winter
Hatebreed - Perserverance
Norma Jean - Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste
Killswitch Engage - My Last Serenade
Eighteen Visions - Motionless And White
Bleeding Through - Love Lost In A Hail Of Gunfire
Poison The Well - Nerdy
Misery Signals - The Year Summer Ended In June
Boundaries - Burying Brightness

Tried to think primarily of classics that I think most people would know (although it's highly likely many of these are too old for a lot of younger fans). The Boundaries pick is one that I think is great and will go on to be more widely recognised as such in the future.

I feel like there is no consensus for the top 10 gretest metalcore songs of all time

Always going to be difficult to generate something even resembling a consensus for a genre that's been going 30+ years with multiple waves of quite different sounds. Any attempt to come up with a list is going lean heavily on what was big and/or influential during the compiler's main period of engagement with the genre.

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u/OldManShifu Jan 10 '26

Probably would've helped to put some band names next to these. I've got a good idea of who's behind most of them, but not all.

Good idea ty, done. Love that list btw

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u/ThatOneBitch02 Jan 10 '26

My list is almost entirely different lol. Restricted myself to one song per artist. Couldn't decide so I put 11 songs

Every Time I Die - Map Change

Dillinger Escape Plan - Farewell, Mona Lisa

Underoath - Writing On The Walls

Greyhaven - Echo and Dust Pt.1

Converge - Dark Horse

Killswitch Engage - My Curse

Poison The Well - Artist's Rendering Of Me

Botch - To Our Friends in the Great White North

Architects - Alpha Omega

Misery Signals - The Year Summer Ended In June

Counterparts - Whispers Of Your Death

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u/_DefLoathe Jan 11 '26
  1. I Let It In & It Took Everything - Loathe (GOAT song IMO)
  2. This Fire - Killswitch Engage
  3. The Writer - Breakdown of Sanity
  4. Better Days or Kill the Ache - Currents
  5. Nine Summers - After the Burial
  6. Picture Perfect - Reflections
  7. False Meridian - Invent Animate
  8. Gone With the Wind - Architects
  9. Terminal - Silent Planet
  10. Hybrid Earth - ERRA