BMTH started out as one of the more popular deathcore bands of the mid-noughties, due in part to a more approachable writing style and the versatile vocals of Oli Sykes. From early on, Bring Me The Horizon were already incorporating broader influences than the average deathcore band. Gentler instrumentation, alt metal style slower riffs, hardcore … Continue reading 289: BRING ME THE HORIZON / part one
Tag: deathcore
272: VULVODYNIA
Combining epic deathcore with a brutal death metal influence, South African Vulvodynia have grown into an incredible band. This is simultaneously terrifying and epic in a way most deathcore tries (and fails) to be. Booming riffs, animalistic vocals, and undeniable sense ofโฆ well.. triumphance. This is deathcore at is most grand. Huge compositions, with symphonic … Continue reading 272: VULVODYNIA
256: WHITECHAPEL
While Whitechapel started out with a sound readily labelled as deathcore, is theyโve grown and matured over the last 15 years itโs become harder and harder to neatly classify their sound. With a broad set of influences via the each member, Whitechapel have steadily incorporated more elements from outside the deathcore sphere - such slower … Continue reading 256: WHITECHAPEL
184: PARKWAY DRIVE
Parkway started to really grab my attention with their fifth album, โIreโ - unsurprisingly the point in their history where they started to move away from their metalcore roots - but it was their follow up album, โReverenceโ, where the appeal became undeniable. On โReverenceโ, Parkway completed their evolution into a main stage metal band. … Continue reading 184: PARKWAY DRIVE
168: BLACK TONGUE
Imagine deathcore, but even more bastard heavy. Thatโs Black Tongue, a group featuring members of Infant Annihilator, that takes the death in deathcore and downtunes it to its nastiest, most sludgy, low end, guttural form. This is heaviness in its purest form, best blasted via powerful headphones, leaving the brain shaken to mush. Diabolically low … Continue reading 168: BLACK TONGUE
164: LORNA SHORE
While theyโve seen multiple lineup changes the past decade, the outstanding consistency of their output suggests Lorna Shore are greater than the sum of their parts. Lorna Shoreโs spin on deathcore can only be described as the epic. With gigantic riffs and vicious vocals further bolstered by grand symphonic elements, this is some of the … Continue reading 164: LORNA SHORE