The Best Metalcore band ever is Killswitch Engage.

[viva la cymche!]

No, not really. It happens to be Coalesce. I just got the vinyl/CD of Functioning on Impatience today, and it's probably the best purchase I've made all year. Does anyone else enjoy this band?

[voncorn]

Very nice. I'm glad to know there are younger kids out there that can distinguish good music from shit music that your age group typically gobbles up.

Just about every band on the Hydra Head catalog is worth listening to. I'm particularly fond of Botch and Daughters.

[summer skin]

Nothing stated in the title/thread is true.

[x togepi x]

i like botch

[summer skin]

i like botch
I like DMX.

[x togepi x]

I like DMX.

i like the roots

[Matthew Tsai]

i like botch too

[summer skin]

DMX > Botch

[joss d.]

being deaf > listening to killswitch engage

[Lenny Hearts]

being deaf > listening to killswitch engage
Being drunk and singing the end of all heartache > being deaf

[joss d.]

Being drunk and singing the end of all heartache > being deaf

i whole heartily disagree and would be entirely too embarrassed to know the words to that song (i'm guessing its killswitch).
the guy should have stuck with scarlet, even though that was a terrible band they are nowhere near the atrocity that killswitch putts out.

[x togepi x]

scarlet was pretty terrible.

[Lenny Hearts]

The singer was with blood has been shed... and should not have left I agree but whatever
KSE is good in their place
And their place is red neck metal
My friends are red necks
I have to deal with it

[what_ever]

This. Is. My. Curse.

[Lenny Hearts]

that. was. a bad. song.
and album for that matter

[joss d.]

scarlet, blood has been shed whatever.
practically the same band.

[Lenny Hearts]

blood has been shed was fun live
that is my validation

[x togepi x]

i don't really care who was in scarlet. they were terrible.

[Lenny Hearts]

I had one friend who liked them for all of 2.5 seconds
If not for him I wouldn't have known who they were

[joss d.]

i don't really care who was in scarlet. they were terrible.

see pretty much the entire ferret roster past or present.

[x togepi x]

see pretty much the entire ferret roster past or present.

see pretty much: every 'hardcore band' that's come out in the past 2 years.

[Lenny Hearts]

ok you said pretty much...
who didn't in your opinion?

[x togepi x]

who didn't what?

[Lenny Hearts]

suck

[joss d.]

ok you said pretty much...
who didn't in your opinion?

i'm kinda into the bronx, nothing to write home about but decent rock 'n roll

edit: the album with the shit coming out of the mouth, having heard anything but that one.

[x togepi x]

botch
coalesce
converge
since by man

[Lenny Hearts]

ok true story
and yes just about everything in the past 2 years is horrid
wow now I'm depressed

[x togepi x]

the narrows 7inch was okay

[joss d.]

does breather resist count?
gaza maybe?

[xdudeirulex]

norma jean bless the martyr kiss the child. pretty much hate everything else they have done since but that was an amazing album

[lew_1987]

Every KE song sounds the same.

[Rodeo]

Zao ... circa Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest.


(Botch has already been said)

[Regards]

Obligatory Converge yada yada yada post.

And yes, I love Coalesce. I still need to get the rest of their discog, but Revoltuions In Just listenings is a great jam.

[OdeToTheSun]

The title of the thread scared me for a sec.
Thank god it's actually about Coalesce though.

[salad fingers]

nah, poison the well owns them.

[Regards]

nah, poison the well owns them.
Do you mean poison the well owns Coalesce? Becuase it you do, then lol.

[cereal4life]

AILD owns Poison the Well AND Coalesce, if they were combined into one superband.

[Rodeo]

Do you mean poison the well owns Coalesce? Becuase it you do, then lol.


Give her the rope, I said.


http://witchdoctor.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/noose.jpg

[John is a cult]

damnit, i came on this thread hoping i could internet punch people in the face for liking KE. darn...http://www.softwarecitytn.com/test/computer%20punch.gif

[cereal4life]

damnit, i came on this thread hoping i could internet punch people in the face for liking KE. darn...http://www.softwarecitytn.com/test/computer%20punch.gif

Brosef, you just said you like Aiden in the other thread. If KE listeners deserve an internet punch, Aiden listeners deserve three of them!

[kwsqd]

I like cookies.

[John is a cult]

Brosef, you just said you like Aiden in the other thread. If KE listeners deserve an internet punch, Aiden listeners deserve three of them!

i know, i punch myself in the face when I find myself listening to aiden.
=-[

[Czarsy]

Coalesce is good, but come on...

[mht]

i saw sincebyman and scarlet dropped in this thread and all I have to say is holy lol at that.

[thespearkid]

Very nice. I'm glad to know there are younger kids out there that can distinguish good music from shit music that your age group typically gobbles up.

Just about every band on the Hydra Head catalog is worth listening to. I'm particularly fond of Botch and Daughters.
You guys are in the same age group.

[shit stroll]

hahaha i laughed at that.

[downtotheriver]

I've been influences by this site to listen to converge, and I'm a fan.

My favorite metalcore band is probably norma jean, spare me the zomg you suck at life christcore comments please.

[Rodeo]

Converge is so fucking heavenly!

[mht]

I've been influences by this site to listen to converge, and I'm a fan.

My favorite metalcore band is probably norma jean, spare me the zomg you suck at life christcore comments please.


lol, Norma Jean is not metalcore.

[Getup and Dance]

Coalesce did to much cover albums to be considered the best.

And Killswitch did a horrible cover of Holy Driver so I have to dislike them.

[Regards]

Coalesce did to much cover albums to be considered the best.

And Killswitch did a horrible cover of Holy Driver so I have to dislike them.
I enjoyed Holy Diver, and the Coalesce cover albums, but I agree. I would hardly concider Coalesce the best.

[Posthardcore]

Wasn't there just a Slayer thread that said the same thing?

This shit is getting ridiculous

[downtotheriver]

lol, Norma Jean is not metalcore.

In what way is Norma Jean not a metalcore band?

Please give a very technical response because I'm clearly not understanding how Norma Jean is not a metalcore band when they recieve so much slack for ripping off Botch and Converge which are everybody's favorite metalcore bands.

If you don't like them, I understand, but I fail to see how they aren't metalcore.

[x togepi x]

Wasn't there just a Slayer thread that said the same thing?

This shit is getting ridiculous

and the winner for biggest failure to match their avatar with their screen name is, Posthardcore!

[mht]

In what way is Norma Jean not a metalcore band?

Please give a very technical response because I'm clearly not understanding how Norma Jean is not a metalcore band when they recieve so much slack for ripping off Botch and Converge which are everybody's favorite metalcore bands.

If you don't like them, I understand, but I fail to see how they aren't metalcore.


not metalcore

[downtotheriver]

not metalcore

Instead of being a pretentious idiot how about you explain so I can also be enlightened.

[Jumpoff]

Converge isn't metalcore either

[x togepi x]

Instead of being a pretentious idiot how about you explain so I can also be enlightened.

for him to be acting pretentious, he'd have to be acting as if he knows what metalcore is when he doesn't. that isn't the case here.

[downtotheriver]

for him to be acting pretentious, he'd have to be acting as if he knows what metalcore is when he doesn't. that isn't the case here.


I don't know vocabulary or genres apparently.

[joss d.]

i think we've established that the genre has very few credible bands so who really gives a shit

[x togepi x]

I don't know vocabulary or genres apparently.

obviously you don't since you're just throwing out the word pretentious as an insult because he disagrees with you.

[Melkor]

I enjoy KSE. Hardly pushing the boundaries of music and their lack of variation in the lyrics can lead to them going over the same ground with quite a few cheesy bits but The End of Heartache especially is quite a good album.

[downtotheriver]

obviously you don't since you're just throwing out the word pretentious as an insult because he disagrees with you.

Okay, sorry, forget I used the word pretentious

There was no disagreement, I asked him why he feels they don't fall into a specific genre and instead of discussing music like this forum is designed for, he gives me a awesome two word rebuttal.

[mht]

Instead of being a pretentious idiot how about you explain so I can also be enlightened.


what is their to explain?

do you know the meaning of the word: NOT?
do you know the meaning of the word: METALCORE? (obviously not)

put them together: NOT---METALCORE = not metalcore.


what is so hard to grasp about two fucking words?

[mht]

i think we've established that the genre has very few credible bands so who really gives a shit

tons of credible bands in the genre, just none of them were named.

[downtotheriver]

what is their to explain?

do you know the meaning of the word: NOT?
do you know the meaning of the word: METALCORE? (obviously not)

put them together: NOT---METALCORE = not metalcore.


what is so hard to grasp about two fucking words?
right.

[lenard27]

I enjoy KSE. Hardly pushing the boundaries of music and their lack of variation in the lyrics can lead to them going over the same ground with quite a few cheesy bits but The End of Heartache especially is quite a good album.
I agree with you, except swap out The End of Heartache and put in Alive or Just Breathing.

[Troggy]

I agree with you, except swap out The End of Heartache and put in Alive or Just Breathing.

I think both of those records are good, so everyone wins.

[Czarsy]

Forget KSE and just listen to Overcast instead.

[Duexy]

Very nice. I'm glad to know there are younger kids out there that can distinguish good music from shit music that your age group typically gobbles up.

Just about every band on the Hydra Head catalog is worth listening to. I'm particularly fond of Botch and Daughters.



oh god the irony

[Posthardcore]

and the winner for biggest failure to match their avatar with their screen name is, Posthardcore!
I wasn't trying to you dumb twat. Look around, a lot of people have totally different avatars then USERNAMES

[Rodeo]

lol is for Trust Co.

[boykosaurus]

These threads always suck.

[Rodeo]

These threads always suck.


So do you and everything you stand for!!


Completely kidding. :-p

[x togepi x]

I wasn't trying to you dumb twat. Look around, a lot of people have totally different avatars then USERNAMES

wow. his new avatar is even more fail in relation to his screen name.

[Posthardcore]

wow. his new avatar is even more fail in relation to his screen name.
Oh wow. you are even a bigger deuche then i thought. Get off my nutsack cunt

[Jumpoff]

Your mother would be proud.

[x togepi x]

Oh wow. you are even a bigger deuche then i thought. Get off my nutsack cunt

this poster hates black people. also getting reported for homophobia.

[micahistheballs]

I should just make my avatar a giant scrotum.

[x togepi x]

yes you should

[boykosaurus]

Excellent end to this thread.

[Posthardcore]

this poster hates black people. also getting reported for homophobia.
FAIL

[Rodeo]

this poster hates black people. also getting reported for homophobia.

It's true. I saw it happen.

[x togepi x]

FAIL

there's really no fail in this thread, other than your avatar's support of a political system that screws over everyone that isn't white male and straight.

[viva la cymche!]

The singer was with blood has been shed... and should not have left I agree but whatever
KSE is good in their place
And their place is red neck metal
My friends are red necks
I have to deal with it Not Redneck Metal, Bro-Metal.

[duhpunk]

How you gonna call a band with a black guy as a singer redneck metal?

[iateapples]

Oh wow. you are even a bigger deuche then i thought. Get off my nutsack cuntpics or it didn't happen.

[x togepi x]

deadguy is better than this band. just saying.

[theguy77]

why is it that metal + core ends up being softer and more whiney than metal OR hardcore?

or is that just a misconception

[theguy77]

Get off my nutsack cunt

thats what she/he said.

this joke requires far too much explanation so i put it in a spoiler. but basically a hermaphordite gets really uncomfortable with the dick so close to the vagina. aaaand now its not funny anymore. but here's the catch: was it ever actually funny? man im deep.

[duhpunk]

why is it that metal + core ends up being softer and more whiney than metal OR hardcore?

or is that just a misconception

no, it's because most people don't know what the fuck they're talking about. i believe someone in the "christian music" thread just claimed DWP and UO are metalcore. :hitself:

[theguy77]

no, it's because most people don't know what the fuck they're talking about. i believe someone in the "christian music" thread just claimed DWP and UO are metalcore. :hitself:

haha cause ive been hearing like, bullet for my valentine is metalcore and im like, uhhhh

[duhpunk]

apparently, any metal or hard rock band with double bass and screams is metalcore.

[theguy77]

drop D chord generic lead still drop D chord DOUBLE BASS FILL GROWL GROWL GROWL whine whine whine GROWL MELODRAMATIC DRAWN OUT GROWL whine minor chord chorus more whine whine blood/gun/vampire reference SPEED UP ANOTHER DOUBLE BASS FILL GROWL GROWL GROWL KILL STABBY STAB DEATH GRAVE CHUG-A-CHUGGA....CHUG...CHUG-CHUG... generic growled "OHHHH!" etc.

i hate popcore bands more than anything

[Ferrari333SP]

Bumping this because the most excellent of news yesterday, of Jesse Leach finally returning to the band that made the brilliant "Alive or Just Breathing" album, my most favorite metal/rock album of all time.

News regarding it: http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/02/06/its-official-jesse-leach-is-back-in-killswitch-engage/

[Alligator Blood]

The above comment is all well and good, but this thread title was a joke.

However, I am stoked at that news.

[Ferrari333SP]

The above comment is all well and good, but this thread title was a joke.

However, I am stoked at that news.

I personally the thread title would really only apply to the "Alive or Just Breathing" era of Killswitch Engage; the following albums just never lived up to the amazingness that was that album. The Times of Grace album was pretty much a follow-up to that album, but it'll still be really interesting to see the new album they create with their reunited lineup. Great times ahead.

[Ferrari333SP]

Facebook update: https://www.facebook.com/killswitchengage

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ANNOUNCE NEW SINGER: JESSE LEACH

HE SERVED AS BAND'S ORIGINAL SINGER ON LANDMARK ALBUM ALIVE OR JUST BREATHING

(New York, NY): Killswitch Engage are pleased to announce that they have filled the singer vacancy in the band and they have done so with a familiar face: original vocalist Jesse Leach.

Leach sang on the band's first self-titled album, which came out in 2000, and on their landmark 2002 Roadrunner debut Alive or Just Breathing. Leach left the band in 2002 and was replaced by Howard Jones, but his work on Alive or Just Breathing has always been revered by diehard, longtime KsE fans. Things have come full circle a decade later, and Leach and the band couldn't be more pleased about this reunion.

The band revealed that Leach auditioned for the job he once held and pretty much blew everyone away and then some. The band stated, "After much deliberation and careful consideration, we are pleased to announce that Jesse Leach has rejoined Killswitch Engage. Our job was to find the best person to fill Howard's shoes: a decision based on talent and not familiarity."

The band further said, "Truth be told, Jesse blew us away in auditions. The room seemed charged with electricity. He commanded both new and old material, and proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he wanted to do this. The choice became very clear and apparent."

The band also is psyched to share the news with fans, saying, "This change is very exciting. We know you're going to love it. This is truly a new era in KsE history and it is ready to shred your face off. So, please help us in welcoming Jesse back into the KsE family; he is a rare and great talent, a fact that older KsE fans have known for years. Here is to a killer new record and a bright future. The five of us cannot wait to write this record and play shows together and bring that feeling to our fans. It's been far too long."

The "new" guy himself also commented on his return to the band after a decade-long absence, saying, "It is a great honor to rejoin my brothers after all of these years. After some discussion and much reflection, it was obvious to me this was the path I was meant to take. We got together and jammed on the 'Howard-era songs,' as well as some Alive or Just Breathing-era songs and we all felt the synergy."

He continued, "I look forward to writing the new record, since the demos sound absolutely amazing, as well as breathing new life and getting comfortable with the soulful songs Howard has written. It is a new chapter of my life filled with new and exciting challenges. I will give all that I can to honor the position I have been given and take nothing for granted. I will sing every note with all of my soul. I am very blessed and very thankful to be back in the KsE family! All things happen in their due time and now is the time for this reunion and new direction."

KsE remain hard at work on their latest album, which follows 2009's second self-titled album.

The band will perform at the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest on April 22, 2012. Leach last performed with KsE in March 2010 in New York City, Clifford Park, NY, and Wallingford CT.