Give me recommendations!

[tao]

Piecemeal -
Fuuuuuuck yesssssss, fucking mosh-ready and mosh-worthy metalcore to get down to, Piecemeal bring the fucking jams here. From what I can tell, the band bring something of a religious bent to their lyrics, and that is actually a welcome change of pace for me. The vocals are ranged well and well utilized, and the tone and flow is fast and fun. A shame that this is the only album from them, as I’d be interested to hear more from them.

4/5


Knife Crimes -
Y'know, the more I listen to this, the more I can tolerate the vocals; the first time I listened, I was kind of turned off of them, mainly because it kinda sounded like he was forcing them out and I could feel my throat become sore and ache in sympathy, but now they sound more natural than before and I can appreciate them better; with that being said, I found this to be an enjoyable EP/demo of hardcore goodness, at times brushing up against the metallic hardcore boundaries - vocals fit here, the instrumentation is well done, and the tone and flow are kept focused and controlled, which I liked. If you haven't heard this yet, then I recommend it.

3.7/5

chainbreaker

[chainbreaker]

May 9, 2020 15:43:51 GMT -5 tao said:

Knife Crimes

I love these lil reviews of stuff i've rec'd great words.

i have a story:

so i actually knew the singer of knife crimes a long time ago.. this is going on 8/9 years (lol). i would of been....18ish.

This is just what I know, i don't have any sources.

The guy just appeared out of nowhere one day in manchester uk, and slotted himself in to the groups that were around.

There is a vegan junk food restaurant in manchester called v-rev but back then it was called V-Revolution and it was a record shop with vegan snacks I used to go as often as I could, the people there were always great, and the singer of KC ended up falling in with that crowd, super nice guy but I didn't know anything about him.

It turns out this guy used to be like a aeronautical engineer and designed planes and rockets and shit but he just quit and dropped it all and moved to manchester and got in the hxc scene???????????

So it went from 0-100 real quick he went from "hey my names X" to starting a band (knife crimes) to starting a label (church of fuck) which ended up releasing some B A N G E Rs but looks at how hard this guy went in check out how many releases happened in 2012/2013 for a startup indie label www.discogs.com/label/379015-Church-Of-Fuck?sort=year&sort_order= looks like it is missing some releases as well due to the cat# numbering.

Anyway throughout this time, we spoke quite abit sharing demos and stuff, i booked quite a few church of fuck bands, knife crimes, iced out, i think hades?, end reign... 

and then one day things are quiet.... and the next day even quieter.... the next day silence etc etc etc

he'd gone..., i knew he was dealing with a few mental issues (if i remember correctly) but lots of people around him etc, so had to pull out the ol' diary of contacts (facebook) and messaged around to a few other people i knew know him, nobody had heard from him.

but what happened???

i found out

so the label was handed off to someone else, i couldn't remember who if i tried, so that carried on for a good while longer until fading out.

the KC singer apparently had a friend of his pull up to the vrev shop in a car with a box of things and told the main guy "this is his, he said you might want some it, if not just throw it away" and he was like wtf, is this guy even alive.

split from story here a friend of mine died a few years back it was really sad, he died saving his brother, me and my gf were friends with him and saw him all the time and we went to the funeral which was held at a small...chapel? church? building? i reckon it was made to fit 100 people or something, no joke like 200 people showed up the whole building was rammed and there was people queuing out the door, i don't think his family was expecting so many people and it was such a wholesome moment to see how many people cared. rip

at this funeral - years later i bump into main vrev person who had travelled from manchester to london (i was living in london at the time)
and after the hey how you doings the first thing i asked - wtf happened to that guy


apparently he had removed all presence of music from his life and had got a job managing a sports/cocktail bar thing.. and thats it.

This man toured, played so many gigs, released 20+ things on his label, put on shows, and in the space of a few days, deletes it all from his life, friends, clothes, the aesthetic he had revolved his life around for the past couple of years, all gone.

kinda crazy to me, i haven't shared this story in a long time, i hope the guy is doing well.

maybe just dropping off this face of the earth every couple of years was his thing? who knows.

this is just how i remember it with how the information ended up getting to me, maybe something totally different happened lol.

[tao]

Dang, man, that’s crazy. Interesting factoid though, and I’ll checkout that Discogs page ASAP. Thanks for sharing that!

[tao]

Seventh Cross

Metallic hardcore with more than a healthy dollop of melodic deathcore? Yes please! Seventh Cross was one of those unfortunate “one-and-done” kind of bands that litter the -core landscape, but in their short time together they released this monster of an album, which sees them mixing different genres together, to fantastic effect; just listen to their second track, “A Demon’s March” and tell me that’s not an absolute B A N G E R. Vocals are excellent, instrumentation is absolutely perfect, and the tone and flow work seamlessly with all the other intangibles. Fantastic. Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic.

4.4/5

Sektor

OK, I think by now I’m beginning to become biased to the heavy, angry, almost feral approach H8000 takes to hardcore/metalcore. Good fucking night but this is dark! Absolutely fucking crusher of an album, and I can’t recommend it enough. Vocals are pitch perfect for this, instrumentation is fast and chaotic, and the tone and flow, barring the last track, is stupendous. For as much as anyone and everyone wants to heap the praises of Botch/Converge/whathaveyou for their contributions to the genre, and as much as I’ll stand with you all, you really are doing a disservice to yourself by not exploring this incredible sub-genre and their respective bands. Excellent stuff to be found here.

4.2/5

Legion

Yessssssss.
Yesssssssssssssssssss.
Fucking H8000 deathcore beats all other deathcore’s asses from here to forever. The sole release from this band (if you don’t include a demo and a single track on a compilation), Legion’s take on deathcore is evil absolute. In-fucking-credible. The vocalist is straight up death metal with a good range between highs and lows, the instrumentation absolutely slays, and the tone and flow is superb. A hidden gem, this is!

4.6/5


chainbreaker

[chainbreaker]

May 28, 2020 20:50:24 GMT -5 tao said:

Seventh Cross

The intro to this album is just disgustingly good, the piano the orchestral portion leading seamlessly into the next song, honestly one of the best intros ever.

[chainbreaker]

check above for playlist for anyone else interested

[tao]

Just finished the 6th list; chainbreaker your recs were fucking dope.

[v9733xa]

Are you looking for more?

At first I was adhering strictly to what appeared to be your criteria: 90s and 2000s metalcore-ish bands. Is there something else you're looking for?

[tao]

Jun 22, 2020 17:13:01 GMT -5 v9733xa said:

Are you looking for more?

At first I was adhering strictly to what appeared to be your criteria: 90s and 2000s metalcore-ish bands. Is there something else you're looking for?

After this 7th list, I’m gonna put these -core homework lists on hiatus, but if you have more recs, then please do throw them up here and I’ll get to them!

[tao]

I will always make time for your guys’ recs.

[chainbreaker]

Jun 22, 2020 15:45:48 GMT -5 tao said:

Just finished the 6th list; chainbreaker your recs were fucking dope.

really glad u liked them, were there any 5/5 ratings you gave?

[tao]

Seventh Cross came the closest with a 4.5.

[tucker]

Based on some of what you liked:



This is based on your love of Botch, as several bands all popped up in the same area around the same time (converge, botch, cave in, this band, isis, etc) and they all have a similar feeling. I also recommend revisiting oxeneers or the lion by these arms are snakes, because it's the brain child of the driving force behind Botch, Brian Cook. He is also a huge part of Russian circles. TAAS took me a while to get into but IMO they are the GOAT post hardcore band, and botch is the GOAT metal core band.



This is just cause there aint anyone like Boris. Really fucking sick Japanese band that play all sorts of genres, and this is just the easiest album to get into. All of them are drastically different, with some being drone, some sludge, some fucking J Pop and the new one is fucking D Beat. Also, I don't recommend this one on YouTube, listen to the reissue on Spotify or Apple Music (or steal it idgaf) with Farewell as the opening track. It's the order they play live now, and it's a killer opener before leading into Pink. If you kinda fuck with this one but not with every part of it, Heavy Rocks (the orange one) is the best stoner/sludge one, Amplifier Worship is the best drone one, and my personal favorite is Akuma no Uta which is the rawest and is pretty all over the place. This band is worth listening to multiple times and albums of cause like I said, you've never heard anything like em.



This might be the heaviest record I've ever heard. 3 piece featuring Aaron Turner of Isis and Old Man Gloom, Brian Cook again (yes, from These Arms Are Snakes, Botch, and Russian Circles), and Nick Yacyshyn the drummer from baptists. Old Man Gloom is also great if you want more Aaron Turner and Cave In in general, cause they have featured both Caleb Schofield (rip) and Stephen Brodsky, as well as Nate newton of converge.



IMO Poison Idea is the GOAT hardcore punk band. This is their biggest album, but it's not really my favorite. The music is the best it ever was, but I kinda hate his vocals here but most people don't. Pig Champion is at his best as far as the RIFFS go.



and here is another album I haven't seen anyone talk about. This band is super heavy, in the vein of bands such as isis but I like this band more. Idk how to really describe them, but they are so fucking COOL.

Anyway, let me know how you feel about these, I can give you more recs in any genre you want. I am the mosh's resident punk, and I also know a bunch of sick black metal and pretty much anything else you could be looking for, country, psych, pop, hip hop, whatever. Lmk!

[tao]

Thanks tucker, I will look into these recs, but except for a few mistakes on my part, all of these bands/albums I’ve been checking fall into the -core camps, such as hardcore, metalcore, post-hardcore and deathcore, so like Daughters and Poison Idea would fit the mold, but Harvey Milk et al wouldn’t. I’ll still check them when I have a hot minute, and I’m very familiar with Boris lol; I’ve heard most of their more popular albums, Pink included.

[tucker]

Aug 11, 2020 0:14:50 GMT -5 tao said:

Thanks tucker , I will look into these recs, but except for a few mistakes on my part, all of these bands/albums I’ve been checking fall into the -core camps, such as hardcore, metalcore, post-hardcore and deathcore, so like Daughters and Poison Idea would fit the mold, but Harvey Milk et al wouldn’t. I’ll still check them when I have a hot minute, and I’m very familiar with Boris lol; I’ve heard most of their more popular albums, Pink included.

Word! I just saw you listened to several bands that didn't fit the mold like isis and this thread just said recommendations so I wasn't sure! Not to mention that they are heavily connected to bands like cave in. 

If you never listened to axe to fall or you fail me I prefer those to Jane doe by like a lot.