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To be honest, I was one of those metal elitists that hated deathcore and only listened to stuff like Bolt Thrower and Autopsy. However, as I grew older I just stopped caring about being as brutal as possible. So I started listening to deathcore, but only what I considered to be proper deathcore. I like bands like: Whitechapel (This is Exile only), Carnifex (except their newest stuff), The Red Chord, Infant Annihilator, and Veil of Maya (except Eclipse, fuck that). That's what I consider good deathcore.

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The only one of those that I somewhat like is The Red Chord, specifically their first album. There are a couple of more modern-sounding bands that straddle the technical/brutal line that I sometimes enjoy, like Sectu and Severed Savior, and I was pretty impressed by Suffocation's last album (vocals notwithstanding), although I still think they peaked on Pierced From Within. I was listening heavily to the last Anata album for a while as well. But most of my interest in DM at the moment is split between the more atmospheric or experimental groups like Gorguts, Abyssal, and Ulcerate; those channeling older DM well, like Grave Miasma and Dead Congregation; and mid 90s melodeath (early At The Gates and Dark Tranquillity as well as some lesser-known bands) which I've always enjoyed and have recently been blasting more frequently.

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The only one of those that I somewhat like is The Red Chord' date=' specifically their first album. There are a couple of more modern-sounding bands that straddle the technical/brutal line that I sometimes enjoy, like Sectu and Severed Savior, and I was pretty impressed by Suffocation's last album (vocals notwithstanding), although I still think they peaked on Pierced From Within. I was listening heavily to the last Anata album for a while as well. But most of my interest in DM at the moment is split between the more atmospheric or experimental groups like Gorguts, Abyssal, and Ulcerate; those channeling older DM well, like Grave Miasma and Dead Congregation; and mid 90s melodeath (early At The Gates and Dark Tranquillity as well as some lesser-known bands) which I've always enjoyed and have recently been blasting more frequently.[/quote']Nice! I love Gorguts and Ulcerate. Do people here enjoy slam? I recently got into slam and I love Ingested (specifically Surpassing The Boundaries of Human Suffering) and Disentomb (their new album is nuts).
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Only a little bit of slam, I enjoyed some Dripping and really liked Dysentery (Boston) live though I've got no clue what happened to my CD. I like the old Broken Hope album Bowels Of Repugnance, which sounds kind of proto-slammy to me. BAN (our moderator) recently turned me on to Afterbirth, who were influential to early slam despite having a small catalog, and they've recently gotten back together to do some pretty interesting new music. Edit - Jig-Ai, too, for some reason I enjoy them about once a year.

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