Track Of The Day - The Revolution Edition

Just how diverse can they guys get!? A wild blend of mathcore, groove, and jazz:

A slight step up in quality and maturity compared to Coalesce's earlier demos:

Aggressive early brutal deathcore/death metal:

Even though this EP is not really the best work of Prayer for Cleansing/Between the Buried and Me guitarist Paul Waggoner and vocalist Tommy Rogers, this song has perhaps the best breakdown I've heard in any of those guys' bands:

After finding out that today (as of this review) is the 25th anniversary of two obscure yet relevant Revolution releases with one of them being that Damaged album I've reviewed, the other release, Crisis' The Hollowing is filled with female-led sludgy metalcore with elements of a few other metal genres. Think of this like a mix of Earth Crisis, Eyehategod, and a bit of the doomy melodeath that Insomnium would later have:

Some more fantastic bands I've discovered and listened through, thanks to the songs included in the playlists that I've assembled. In terms of my Metalcore Pyramid Guide (https://metal.academy/forum/14/thread/1219), here are those bands, from the MELODIC pop-influenced alt-metalcore of Issues:

To the STYLISTIC djenty metalcore of Architects:

Along with the STANDARD-influenced metalcore/hardcore of Beartooth:

And finally the epic blackened deathcore of Lorna Shore:

An anthem of deathcore devastation, mixing the melody, brutality, and technicality of The Black Dahlia Murder, Thy Art is Murder, and Wretched, respectively:

A fantastic highlight that adds more balance to the breakdowns and guitarwork than in a couple songs from their debut:

Despite being a decade later than Oceano and Whitechapel, and serious drama involving the band and their vocalist at the time, it's songs in this album like this that shall earn them immortality in the deathcore realm:

Another YouTube commenter recommended that I listen to Zao, one of the earliest metalcore bands to still be active today. This incredible song that I've looked up has blown me away, and I look forward to checking out the rest of its album and the band:

From hardcore to metallic, a new era began for this band, recommended for metalcore fans who love the music of Converge, Underoath, and As I Lay Dying:

Another metalcore masterpiece concludes with what can be considered the "sludgy metalcore Crusade":

There are heavier and more humorous highlights in Dead to Fall's final album before this 10-year split, but this one's a mellow heart-toucher:

A six-minute epic of hope for the 90s metalcore scene in Florida:

A monstrous mini-epic from this (later progressive) metalcore band from Sweden (ignore the silence and punky demo recording at the end):

Moving to an entirely different sound away from one that they're tired of, while having a bit of the old-school rhythm, if you know what I mean:

An amazing highlight of metallic hardcore fury, with a few prominent guests including the Deftones vocalist:

A nearly 8-minute metalcore epic from Ryan Clark's pre-Demon Hunter band sharing the same EP as Zao:

Two of the most awesome late 90s extreme metal/deathcore songs I've heard, working better as a couple separate tracks instead of an album littered in useless interludes:

Solid blend of metalcore and pop punk:

Getting back into the early deathcore zone, this band can make pure absolute mayhem:

A thunderous deathcore epic, the way the genre is meant to be done:

Amazing how a band that only made a few songs in their two-year existence can make a big impact in the deathcore scene, isn't it?

I guess it depends on your definition of "a big impact" Andi. Deadwater Drowning are hardly a household name, are they?