The Hardcore Thread

Eh, I'm not really into hardcore. I've listened to Hatebreed, but they've bored me to tears after a few songs. It was too dull and sounded the same after awhile. Maybe I haven't been listening to the right hardcore bands?

I am a fan of some of the crossover bands aka metalcore such as God Forbid, Unearth, Shadows Fall, Animosity, and some others. However even that subgenre gets old as well with recycled riffs, terrible screaming, boring breakdowns and uninspired songs.

True hardcore isn't like this, is it?


I also don't listen to much of punk, however I appreciate it since it helped give birth to the thrash metal subgenre, and you can certainly hear the influence on earlier punk bands. I liked the little bit I heard from Dead Kennedys and Fugzai. Not a big fan of party punk like the Ramones, I guess more 'extreme' punk is for me, or at least the bands that thrash is derived from.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I would think Arsis was more melodic death than hardcore or metalcore.

There's nowhere I can't reach.