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Deathcore basically takes the most braindead slam/brutal death formula imaginable' date=' mixes it with emo lyrics and image, pig squeal vocals, and excessive breakdowns.[/quote'] Except for Beneath the Massacre and Benighted. I don't like them but they are very good. Otherwise I find deathcore really terrible. Lyrically I don't think it's not particularly good either since one can find the ferocity in Dying Fetus allied to much more proficient instrumentation. And in most other tech-death bands I find larger vocabularies that don't rely heavily on sophomoric cursing. Perhaps Suffocation only talks about death and killing but at least they have the courtesy to write about it in a way that suggests that they graduated high school. Profanity really isn't a problem in music, even in large quantities (Illidiance, Trepalium) but when it's overused and becomes the main focus of the song (DevilDriver) it becomes tiresome.
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suicide silence is fucking awsome its sad mitch passed away too soon
I had to endure their set at the first Summer Slaughter Tour, I wasn't even in the room they were playing in at the time and it sounded terrible. It was a 90 mile drive for me, and most of the good bands dropped off of our tour date for one reason or another (Cephalic Carnage, Arsis, and Decapitated), leaving me with a couple of good bands to see and a whole lot of crap like Suicide Silence.
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I had to endure their set at the first Summer Slaughter Tour' date=' I wasn't even in the room they were playing in at the time and it sounded terrible. It was a 90 mile drive for me, and most of the good bands dropped off of our tour date for one reason or another (Cephalic Carnage, Arsis, and Decapitated), leaving me with a couple of good bands to see and a whole lot of crap like Suicide Silence.[/quote'] I thought it was As Blood Runs Black, or maybe the Faceless... either way it would have sucked. I've always enjoyed some good deathcore and I've actually been on a binge recently. Aesthetically speaking, I enjoy the blunt riffage and blatant anger, but a closer listen to the best bands in the style will reveal some great emotional content and subtle complexities to the riffs.
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I thought it was As Blood Runs Black' date=' or maybe the Faceless... either way it would have sucked. I've always enjoyed some good deathcore and I've actually been on a binge recently. Aesthetically speaking, I enjoy the blunt riffage and blatant anger, but a closer listen to the best bands in the style will reveal some great emotional content and subtle complexities to the riffs.[/quote'] The Faceless was there too, there was much suck. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Deathcore basically takes the most braindead slam/brutal death formula imaginable' date=' mixes it with emo lyrics and image, pig squeal vocals, and excessive breakdowns.[/quote'] I might be a little late to reply to this.. But don't be close-minded, BAN. There is good deathcore out there. It can be technical, hardly any of it is emo, and a lot of it doesn't use pig squeals. Whitechapel will always be my example (even though I heavily dissed them two posts down from yours, that was because I was being close-minded and listened to only the intro a shitty song from an older album), especially their self-titled album. Mainstream deathcore that uses technical formulas without excessive breakdowns. I hate excessive breakdowns, emo lyrics, pig squeals, and slam/brutal death... So, my word should mean something when talking about deathcore. Also, "
" is a good example too. Not super technical, but I really enjoy this song.
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