Track Of The Day - The Revolution Edition
The title track of Shokran's debut hypnotizes me with the riffs and growls sounding like Whitechapel while mixed with stunning melodies:
The crushing closing track of the new Shokran album takes the ultra-heavy throne:
The epic emotional closing track of All That Remains' brand-new masterpiece album is probably the best song they've done in a long time:
The "Death Version" of this track is closer to metalcore than melodeath, which I can greatly accept and love more than the cleaner version:
The only track I like from this lo-fi mess of an EP is this beautiful highlight combining their brutal sound with dark melodies:
A true early example of melodic deathcore and its dark riffing:
A mighty battle between the 90s metal/hardcore of Vision of Disorder and Burst and the European melodeath that would later reach bands like Neaera and Omnium Gatherum:
A fantastic early melodic metalcore song of rage and passion:
This brilliant start to Undying's last album has the best of many bands past and future, including late 90s Cave In, The Ghost Inside, Killswitch Engage, and Omnium Gatherum:
Some of the best highlights from this compilation of all of Dawn of Orion's recordings, one per release, not including the debut album mentioned above:
Melodic metalcore supergroup formed by the talented Howard Jones, formerly of Killswitch Engage, with some melodic yet heavy moments similar to his time with KSE:
Featuring harmonic soloing by Doc Coyle from God Forbid and Bad Wolves, this is the new Bleeding Through album's ultimate highlight of melody and intensity:
Whitechapel's brutal roots are back, especially in the album's title highlight:
Some more Revolution bands I've been enjoying lately including the modern melodic metalcore of Bleed from Within:
And the symphonic blackened deathcore of Mental Cruelty:
I'm glad to appreciate masterpiece highlights like one of Killswitch Engage's biggest hits:
I love how the solo in this highlight can sound beautiful without fast technicality:
I also love a couple of the special edition bonus tracks in this album including this killer leftover track that should've been in the standard edition:
I still love this awesome melodic metalcore classic that I had discovered over a decade prior, long before I started listening to this band full-time:
And the bonus tracks of this album continue to impress me as well, such as this melodic yet heavy ripper:
This phenomenal highlight has some of Killswitch Engage's strongest guitars, drums, and vocals yet:
But it's this special edition bonus track that's one of my favorite tracks by the band in general. The melodies, riffs, screams, cleans, and drums, all in a brilliant balance:
Awesome music of pure heavy melodic metalcore bliss:
Plus another special edition bonus highlight of beauty and brutality:
A strong progressive mini-journey in another melodic metalcore offering:
And this pummeling special edition bonus highlight with a heavy breakdown to rule them all:
A heavy majestic highlight featuring the vocal fury of Chuck Billy of Testament:
A powerful highlight despite fitting better outside of Atonement due to its sludgy pace:
3 highlights from this special Killswitch Engage livestream show, one per album:
One of the band's most brutally awesome songs to date in their new album: