Shadowdoom9 (Andi)'s Forum Replies

A wonderfully atmospheric & cerebral post-sludge excursion from the Massachusetts gods of metalcore.

An astonishing remarkable atmospheric collaboration with Genghis Tron and two other professional drummers!

My thoughts on some tracks (including my suggested ones):

After The Burial – “Your Troubles Will Cease & Fortune Will Smile Upon You” (from “In Dreams”, 2010)

4.5/5. Let's start this playlist with yet another band that I moved away from in my death metal departure. But why this band though? Deathcore isn't considered entirely a death metal subgenre, despite the "death" aspect. Either way, this song is still great!

All That Remains – “The Last Time” (from “…For We Are Many”, 2010)

5/5. Ah yeah, an awesome enjoyed by me and my brother! In fact, this is my second favorite by the band, behind "Two Weeks" from Overcome. It really brings their metalcore sound despite mostly clean vocals and the repetitive chorus.

Brand Of Sacrifice – “Animal” (from “Lifeblood”, 2021)

4/5. Great song, but too close on the experimental side at some points. Next!

Amaranthe – “Amaranthine” (from “Amaranthe”, 2011)

5.5/5 (not exaggerating). One of the most amazing songs from both this album and the band, and at the top of their ballads list in my opinion, which is why I felt a little hesitant about suggesting it at first. In fact, when I went with my friends from the outside world for a karaoke outing, I snuck in that song and sang it with two of my friends. Pretty rebellious, huh? When we sang it, I performed Andreas' screaming bridge.

Bullet For My Valentine – “The End” (from “The Promise”, 2005)

5/5. I really love the ending track to BFMV's highest pinnacle The Poison. It would work a great end to this metalcore playlist, but I'm fine with its position either way. More mellow and depressing but still stands out well. The guitar riff is so simple, Matt can focus on more emotion in his vocals in the cleaner verses. I wish he could keep doing that emotional technique but that would mean he would have to drop the guitar full-time. The song gets heavier but once again, there's no solo. Then it returns to the intro riff used as the outro with soft guitar harmony over it as it all fades out. Another personal favorite!

Converge – “Shingles” (from “Petitioning The Empty Sky”, 1996)

4.5/5. In an EP into a semi-studio album with all new tracks in the second side, that side starts with this track, marked by blazing tempo variations. A near-highlight to its release, Petitioning the Empty Sky!

Counterparts – “Only Anchors” (from “Prophets”, 2010)

5/5. "Whether you're stuck in the past, or lost in the future, this is for you", spoken from a lyrical metalcore master! This underrated band has just become another favorite of mine, and I need to listen to more of them. Such an incredible band, holy sh*t! It was only just now that I discovered the band's amazing awesomeness, having made me a new fan of theirs. I absolutely love it like a girlfriend, especially that breakdown. It has honestly continued sealing metalcore as the personal best genre for me, better than the post-hardcore of Silverstein that most people seem to know. An amazing life-saving metalcore band in chill progress! It's awesome to hear these unique sounds like the harmonic sweeps. The vocalist has more power (but less brutality) than Suicide Silence vocalist Mitch Lucker (RIP). This is grand modern melodic metallic hardcore right here in this song. F***ing sick (as in awesome), man! Thank you for including this, Daniel...

Crossfaith – “Catastrophe” (from “EX_MACHINA”, 2018)

5/5. I became interested in the Japanese metalcore scene thanks to a friend from the outside world, and this band Crossfaith a more recent example. This is really nice god-awesome heaviness. I love it so much!

Woe, Is Me – “(&) Deliquents” (from “Number(s)”, 2010)

5/5. The lead singer of this band sounds so beautiful, while the screaming vocalist sounds as brutal as he can be. Awesome song with nice lyrics, and that 30-second ending is probably one of the most touching sections of a metalcore song I've ever heard.

Underøath – “The Last” (from “Cries Of The Past”, 2000)

4.5/5. This is back in the older times when Underoath had a progressive black/death metal-influenced metalcore sound going on, and I love this song, though it's the first song of the album Cries of the Past, not the last. Sadly this year, guitarist Corey Steger passed away following a car accident. RIP

The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Fix Your Face” (from “Ire Works”, 2007)

5/5. This one commences the third Dillinger Escape Plan album in a brutal bang, an intense track of destructive perfection with guest vocals by original vocalist Dimitri Minakakis. What's more hardcore than that for TDEP??

Born Of Osiris – “Now Arise” (from “A Higher Place”, 2009)

5/5. Here there are some perfect heavy riffs, along with a black metal-like section with evil-sounding synths and blast beats, which makes the song another fun one to listen to, and similar to The Faceless while straying away from that kind of sound.

Abiotic – “Grief Eater, Tear Drinker” (from “Ikigai”, 2021)

3.5/5. This is a little too close to the technical death metal I've sworn away from. Let's move on...

Loathe – “Heavy Is the Head That Falls With the Weight of a Thousand Thoughts” (from “I Let It In & It Took Everything”, 2020)

5/5. The last song I'm gonna comment here is a f***ing killer track that starts with black metal hatred blending early Enslaved with Deafheaven, before the usual metalcore riff stomp. Loathe keeps twisting things up with technical-ish grooves with dynamic drama that are rare to happen in any other song.

My thoughts on some tracks (including my suggested ones):

Gojira – “Sphinx” (from “Fortitude”, 2021)

4.5/5. A great song to start the playlist, along with an eerie guitar solo, though my good times with Gojira are practically over due to my death metal departure, despite their recent albums have a progressive/groove metal sound.

Neurosis – “Crawl Back In” (from “A Sun That Never Sets”, 2001)

5/5. A hauntingly beautiful and awesome song of esoteric symbolism! Enough said...

Haken – “The Mind’s Eye” (from “Visions”, 2011)

4.5/5. A great song I used to enjoy that reminds a bit of Dream Theater gone Karnivool! But why would I move away from something so awesomely beautiful? No idea, but somehow it was part of my death metal departure, even though this band is not even close to death metal (except for a few songs with death growls). This album is what I think is closer to prog rock with metal influences, and I prefer to keep a progressive metal band's album ratings if they're entirely that genre, especially Dream Theater and their Train of Thought album for historical value. The second verse halfway through sounds surprisingly like a Seal song, but it is made up for by the Metropolis-sounding chords. I enjoy the vocals, though not strong enough in the dynamics.

Voivod – “The Unknown Knows” (from “Nothingface”, 1989)

5/5. This track starts with a short intro as you floating into the dreamy atmosphere in waves of space and time before touching down on the moon of heaviness. The song itself is progressive and heavy with an amazing chorus like no other. That song has the most detail I've heard from a sci-fi progressive metal band, more than another band can put in an album.

Mastodon – “Once More ‘Round The Sun” (from “Once More ‘Round The Sun”, 2014)

4/5. A good starter song for the more mainstream side of Mastodon, this one shows a straight Black Sabbath approach in the riffs and rhythms, but lighter and melodic resembling Rush in the sense that the band can worship Sabbath while the drummer runs wild.

Enslaved – “Clouds” (from “Vertebrae”, 2008)

4.5/5. If there's a killer song to continue this playlist, it's definitely the riff-oriented "Clouds". C'mon, give it a listen!

Devin Townsend – “Kingdom” (from “Physicist”, 2000)

4.5/5. This is a long yet mid-length song compared to the rest of this playlist. There are better verses than the chorus, along with fabulous drum kicks and great vocal lines. The song would have a more epic re-recording in DTP album Epicloud.

Chimp Spanner – “Bad Code” (from “At The Dream’s Edge”, 2010)

5/5. The song title was missing on the thread so I added it in my reply. Lol, "Bad Code" apparently seems like a bad code to add here! One of the best djent riffs ever gave me a better feeling than the previous 3 tracks I've commented. A bad-a** instrumental to make up for the sh*tty 2020s so far.

Meshuggah – “Inside What’s Within Behind” (from “Selfcaged” E.P., 1995)

4.5/5. This is a demo version of a song that would appear in the album Destroy Erase Improve. Like its later counterpart, it unleashes proto-djent chaos and fury, beginning with a pulsating rhythm then kicks in some crazy drum rhythms that would be an essential part of the band's career. Then after the midway point, a soft yet spooky break comes in before the heavy ending.

The Ocean – “Orosirian / For the Great Blue Cold Now Reigns” (from “Precambrian”, 2007)

5/5. A monstrous song that you can say is like a melodic doomy Gojira with devastating despair before a slow acoustic workout of violin and female vocals buried within the mix. The heaviness comes back again in awesome old-school-sounding sludge doom. There's some growling by Cave In bassist/vocalist Caleb Scofield who was recently killed in a car crash. RIP

Ne Obliviscaris – “Pyrrhic” (from “Citadel”, 2014)

5/5. In album of multi-track suites, this is that album's only single-part song, but it still fits the godly skills of Ne Obliviscaris. The drums are beyond incredible with seamless transitions and perfect rhythms in impressive passages. The rhythm riffing and harsh vocals give the song a violent atmosphere, while the lead melodies and violin give the atmosphere a sense of despair. After all that epic chaos, there's a quiet section with just soft marching drums and a bit of guitar. Then it carries on through an excellent transition to an emotional ending of beautiful screaming violins atop growling/screaming vocals.

Jute Gyte – “The Griding Sword With Discontinuous Wound” (from “Mitrealität”, 2021)

3.5/5. A bit like that Black Sheep Wall epic from this month's Fallen playlist, a decent long epic (this one to close this playlist), but I'm just not entirely into the whole avant-garde black metal style. It's just not entirely for me...

My thoughts on some tracks (including my suggested ones):

Epica – “Storm The Sorrow” (from “Requiem For The Indifferent”, 2012)

5/5. A cool amazing song good for live shows! Epica really conjured a symphonic metal storm...

Dio – “Wild One” (from “Lock Up The Wolves”, 1990)

4.5/5. A great song to remain immortal in the future for many generations to come far head! I still don't feel up to the more mainstream classic heavy metal bands, but it's still a cool top notch old classic. RIP DIO

Angra – “Nothing To Say” (from “Holy Land”, 1996)

5/5. Very beautiful song, especially the beginning with the Brazilian drumming. Even though the true centerpiece of the Holy Land album is the "Carolina IV" epic, the song I've shared here is still an absolutely perfect introductory song for people getting into Angra for the first time. Part of one of my former favorite power metal albums! I especially enjoy the vocals by the unforgotten Andre Matos. RIP

Edenbridge – “Evermore” (from “The Grand Design”, 2006)

4.5/5. Another beautiful song from an awesome album, this from prog-ish symphonic metallers Edenbridge with lyrics about eternal love. Such a cool song to love from this magnificent group that is Edenbridge!

Viper – “A Cry From The Edge” (from “Theatre Of Fate”, 1989)

5/5. A song from another band with Andre Matos, back when he was only 17. His metal legacy shall be honored. Once again, rest in peace, metal maestro warrior... Anyway, this is probably one of the best songs I've heard from a Brazilian metal band. I mean, besides that Angra track, but it once again stirs up memories from when I listened to Andre's era in Angra. Good times...

Riot – “Thundersteel” (from “Thundersteel”, 1988)

5/5. This metal battle from one of the metal gods rolls on with this h*lla fast track, which places the band as a friendly rival to Judas Priest. Probably one of my favorite classic heavy metal songs, and the reason I have part of its album artwork as my current profile pic.

MaYaN – “Bite The Bullet” (from “Quarterpast”, 2011)

4/5. Great song, but probably the last one I'll ever hear from this band as I continue my death metal departure. I love the vocals by Marcela Bovio.

Nevermore – “What Tomorrow Knows” (from “Nevermore”, 1995)

4.5/5. This is a top-notch groove-powered heavy metal track with a monstrous, heavy riff leading into great vocals. It just keeps going on in a good way until the end. Warrel Dane was another awesome vocalist who sadly recently passed away by heart attack. RIP

Lovebites – “Glory To The World” (from “Glory,Glory, To The World” E.P., 2021)

5/5. Epic Japanese anime female power metal! You just have to listen this amazing glory, trust me.

My thoughts on some tracks (including my suggested ones):

Moonspell – “The Hermit Saints” (from “Hermitage”, 2021)

4/5. The prog-ish gothic metal foundation is laid for, one of the heaviest, most bombastic songs Moonspell has done recently in their new album Hermitage. That's probably the best example of Pink Floyd meets Paradise Lost!

Divide & Dissolve – “We Are Really Worried About You” (from “Gas Lit”, 2021)

4.5/5. I have a few things to say about this fresh drone doom composition. It's quite and unforgettable track to listen to, with bulldozing guitar fuzz crawling and crushing everything in a path of blocked sunlight. It starts with an ambient illusion of lightness that fades into tiny harmonies that are steamrolled by massive doomy riffs and dense drums. The heaviness is helped out by the tempo changes. And the rest is spoken by the music...

KYPCK – “2017” (from “3epo”, 2016)

5/5. This doomy monster is also too awesome to put into words, so I'll let the music speak for itself.

My Dying Bride – “It Will Come” (from “Like Gods Of The Sun”, 1996)

4.5/5. Though it fits well as a separate doom song, it's almost a prelude to the big ambitious finale of its album Like Gods of the Sun (not including the album's orchestral outro). The ultra-unique guitars and sinister-sounding keyboards add to the oppressing doom mood with more of the elegant violin.

Black Sheep Wall – “Ren” (from “Songs For The Enamel Queen”, 2021)

3.5/5. This is a decent 10-minute epic, but I'm just not entirely into the whole avant-garde sludge style...

Cult Of Luna – “Leave Me Here” (from “Salvation”, 2004)

4.5/5. ...Except for post-sludge, of course! This one has a killer first verse, then it slows down for an amazing mellow beat going on for the next two minutes. Sometime during those two minutes, anyone expecting a buildup back to heaviness might be surprised that they didn't get it right away. The drums and vocal chants stop leaving the mellow riff there. Then the heaviness crashes in again. A lot of good unexpected parts can be found in the song, but it's all centered around a heavy changing riff.

Officium Triste – “Roses On My Grave” (from “The Pathway”, 2001)

4/5. Originally recorded in the two EPs before this album, the song begins fast then changes the tempo into heavy slowness. Quite a good opening song for its album The Pathway, and a good introductory song for newcomers.

Paradise Lost – “Medusa” (from “Medusa”, 2017)

4.5/5. Contemplative emptiness in crawling doom. Excellent suggestion, Ben!

Thanks Ben!

Thanks Ben!

Adding the Hardcore Punk tag would add plenty more to this site, but no, this isn't the Hardcore Academy, saxy. I'll just add your vote to the tab:

Metalcore: 0

Non-metal: 6

That Heccra track (please disregard the last 45 seconds of silence) doesn't sound as noise-ridden as the F***ing Werewolf track, but all I'm gonna say is, it's basically a short progressive punk track with video-game synths with no metal in sight. Also, with all this talk about that Horse the Band song being non-metal, looking back at it, I can hear that you're all right. Sure there are small bits of metal, but it's not enough to make a full metal song. So...

Metalcore: 0

Non-metal: 5

I think at this point, the Nintendocore subgenre becoming non-metal is inevitable. Daniel, please discuss with Ben before making our next move.

I did my review, here's its summary:

Throughout their 25-year active run (1989-2014), The Gathering had really made an odd sound evolution. They started in the early 90s as a death-doom band, but starting with their third album, they begin losing their extreme aspects, and by their fifth album, their metal sound is gone (similar to Anathema and Katatonia, but the latter would regain some metal elements later on). Even their extreme albums had this hard-to-describe weird spacey vibe. Perhaps it was the at first unusual mix of gothic metal and death metal; synthesizers and female singing put together with death metal riffs and growling. Feeling like moving away from death-doom, their second album, Almost a Dance was a full switch to cleaner gothic doom metal, which was fine except for the lead singer Neils Duffhues sounding like the REM singer if he was tone-deaf. Realizing how horrible he was at singing, they fired him and possibly the female vocalist Martine van Loon. It was then that they came to the conclusion that a female lead singer would sound much better than their earlier male vocalists and would make their atmospheric doom metal sound more uniquely fresh. Thus came Anneke van Giersbergen and their third album Mandylion! Sounds kinda odd but more in a unique fresh way instead of just weird. I'm not kidding about the weird parts of Mandylion. Like what's with the tiki head in the album cover, odd sounds such as mechanical breathing and synthesized doorbells, and the general unearthly atmosphere? Unusual, but I love it! I think this album might've inspired Anathema to move out of their death-doom style to the Dead Can Dance-esque dreamy darkwave-infused gothic metal next year in their third album Eternity. It's clear that Mandylion and Anathema's The Silent Enigma stand out as two of the best gothic doom metal albums in 1995, while the vocals are more inspired by Dead Can Dance singer Lisa Gerrard. A great inspiring gothic doom metal combination provided in 8 long yet super-interesting songs! Mandylion is often considered a gothic doom classic, recommended to explorers of ethereal atmosphere. Many modern bands have followed the brilliant path built by this album, even gothic rock band Fields of the Nephilim that later made their move to atmospheric melodic gothic rock/metal. Anyway, with clean female singing and haunting atmosphere, Mandylion is one of the most unique gothic doom releases ever!

5/5

Update due to Xephyr's vote:

Metalcore - 1

Non-metal - 4

Update on my list (I'll update when I listen to some more of the bands whose albums were recently recommended to me):

Late 1970s/1980s (classic oldies):

1978: Riot - Rock City (yes I know, everyone says the year is 1977, but I don't quite suspect that as its true release year, more info about that in this separate thread reply: https://metal.academy/forum/28/thread/362#topic_6048)

1979: Accept - Accept

1980: Accept - I'm a Rebel

1981: Accept - Breaker

1982: Accept - Restless and Wild

1983: Accept - Balls to the Wall

1984: Voivod - War and Pain

1985: Accept - Metal Heart

1986: Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory

1987: Voivod - Killing Technology

1988: Riot - Thundersteel

1989: Running Wild - Death or Glory

1990s (old-school but newer):

1990: Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black

1991: Coroner - Mental Vortex

1992: Sadus - A Vision of Misery

1993: Katatonia - Dance of December Souls

1994: Running Wild - Black Hand Inn

1995: Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part II

1996: Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

1997: Strapping Young Lad - City

1998: Meshuggah - Chaosphere

1999: Botch - We are the Romans

2000s (higher original quality):

2000: Isis - Celestial

2001: Dolorian - Dolorian

2002: Isis - Oceanic

2003: Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath

2004: Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor

2005: Rosetta - The Galilean Satellites

2006: Persuader - When Eden Burns

2007: Annihilator - Metal

2008: Grand Magus - Iron Will

2009: Animals as Leaders - Animals as Leaders

2010s (new and improved):

2010: Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy

2011: Trivium - In Waves

2012: Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

2013: Bring Me the Horizon - Sempiternal

2014: Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

2015: Bullet for My Valentine - Venom

2016: Vektor - Terminal Redux

2017: Enslaved - E

2018: Voivod - The Wake

2019: Grand Magus - Wolf God

2020s (the newest and greatest to make up for the worst of the world):

2020: Trivium - What the Dead Men Say

2021 (first half): Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 3

2021 albums I'm looking forward to getting:

Born of Osiris - Angel or Alien

Attila - Closure

High quality US power metal from New York with a symphonic edge. For fans of Manowar, Savatage & Jag Panzer.

A great part of an album that proves how conceptual metal operas work away from the progressive metal field and add to the epic vibe of power metal...

Brilliant mid-80's heavy/power metal from Florida USA for fans of Queensryche, Savatage & Virgin Steele.

I won't lie, this track shows how much the band has done to make Iron Maiden and Judas Priest proud and the potential to share those bands' reign in the 80s classic heavy metal scene. I also look forward to reviewing that Virgin Steele album a couple posts above...

Update due to Vinny's vote:

Metalcore - 1

Non-metal - 3

So now that there are 3 votes for Nintendocore to be non-metal as opposed to the one vote for the subgenre to be related to metalcore, what's next, Daniel? Shall we keep going until we get a greater amount of votes, or shall we close the Nintendocore experiment, prevent any more Nintendocore bands from being added to the site, and move on to my trancecore/trance-metal experiment?

A video I made to kind of advertise that video for anyone who hasn't heard of Agoraphobic News:

High quality progressive death/thrash from Leeds, England. For fans of Vektor, Voivod & Gorguts.

Sure is! But even though there are definitely death metal/Gorguts influences, I'm not quite too sure that their entire album sound is like that. Incoming judgement submission...

Ben, please add these non-metal releases in the middle of metal band's discographies to bridge the gap:

Eluveitie - Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion

Eluveitie - Evocation II - Pantheon

Machinae Supremacy - Jets 'n' Guns 2 (Original Game Soundtrack) (it IS metal, but I'd like that one added in as well please)

Theatre of Tragedy - Musique

Theatre of Tragedy - Assembly

Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety

Underoath - Define the Great Line

I'm not sure if Ben could add Wardruna to the site, Vinny. Sure they're associated with metal because two of the members came from black metallers Gorgoroth, and a lot of metalheads enjoy this group, but Wardruna have always been ambient Nordic folk. And by the logic of tying their folk elements in with the North, a non-metal group like Two Steps From Hell could end up in The Guardians with its epic classical/choral sound. Sorry, Vinny, no Wardruna here... Hey that reminds me, have you all noticed that the cover art for their album Runaljod – Yggdrasil looks so similar to that of Woods of Ypres' The Green Album? It's a red symbol in a green leafy background! Here take a look:

Also thanks so much for starting this thread, Vinny! We can use this to request adding non-metal releases in the middle of metal band's discographies to bridge the gap. I'll start in the next post, since this one is getting a little too long...

Brilliantly brooding Florida heavy metal from the late 80's. For fans of Queensrÿche, Fates Warning & Savatage.

Indeed! The lyrics can be a bit cheesy sometimes, but seems like we both don't mind...

Early 2000's Swedish power metal for fans of Helloween, Gamma Ray & Blind Guardian.

Pure prog-ish Swedish power metal that can once again help re-ignite my earlier epic metal spark!

Going back to this topic, I'm glad to be in a metal community website (Metal Academy of course) where everyone respects each other's metal lifestyle preferences, unlike in this Pearls Before Swine comic parody (might offend those who are fully deaf):

Going back to this topic, here's a little something based on a Pearls Before Swine comic, when I realized the acronym DSBM sounds similar to a different inappropriate one:

I've already told you my hearing status in an earlier thread, but it bears repeating (and self-copying):

It is sad when your hearing is damaged and can't fully function anymore, but my hearing is actually still very good. Since my days of youth, not to brag but I'm pretty smart at figuring out the proper volume when listening to metal. I still can't stand things that are much louder than my computer at full maximum blast, like thunder which I'm still a bit scared of (don't laugh). Wearing earplugs when there's thunder and cleaning them every couple weeks is what prevents my ears from being deafened or infected. I'm really protective of my hearing and make sure they never get damaged because even though it's possible to listen to metal with damaged hearing, I fear that I might go deaf and never be able to enjoy metal again. Whenever I go out during the virus, not only do I wear a face mask but also big industrial earphones because I think ears are important to protect from the virus too.* Lol! Anyway, I've also had happy moments when listening to metal as an underage teenager, but those were my earlier epic melodic metal days and they're now long gone, though you guys helped me bring a bit of power metal back to my life. My current routine for my home days is filled with metal and a bit of writing. All of my metal is in my computer and a spare hard drive in case it breaks. My computer time is limited but sometimes I go a little overboard. I can't pay full attention when absorbing albums except in special occasions and when I have to, like when I'm writing reviews, so I just take what I think are the greatest hits from each album and just somehow be able to absorb them while playing Minecraft.

*(Hey people, ears are part of your face, they need protection too, if you don't want them to be infected! And while you're at it, please start calling the virus COVID-20, don't let the first year that did nothing take all the blame!!)

I included the unrelated Minecraft part as a reminder of a small Minecraft-related post I plan on doing soon. You may guess if you'd like, but what I write is what you'll get...

Here's my suggestion for the June Gateway playlist:

Disturbed - "Stricken" (from Ten Thousand Fists, 2005)

Chunky Swedish heavy metal for fans of Judas Priest, Manowar & Atlantean Kodex.

I love that one! Though its slowness doesn't stand out as well as the fast-paced songs in the album...

Intense metalcore from Liverpool-based alternative metalcore outfit Loathe. For fans of 36 Crazyfists, early Issues & the last couple of Northlane albums.

I checked out this track, and let me tell you, IT'S F***ING KILLER!! They have their own unique alt-metalcore style going on throughout the song, but the intro is a blast of Enslaved-like black metal, and the song ends with Deftones-ish soft ambience. I still look forward to giving the rest of this album a listen!

I plan on doing a review for this EP soon, and it would be the only Horde album review I would ever keep, you might understand why. RIP Alexi Laiho...

Instrumental progressive metal (that I feel like writing good lyrics for) for fans of Dream Theater, Dream Theater, and MORE Dream Theater!!

I was unsure about sharing the metalcore bands I've found last week because of one of the bands being a subject in our Nintendocore metal/non-metal experiment, but now it's in the site. Thanks Ben! So here they are, a few metalcore bands with electronic elements: