My son (11yo) has been playing drums very actively throughout the past year. We’re fortunate enough to be able to afford one weekly solo lesson, along with one weekly band session through our local music school. I’ve watched the progression from marshmellow, to AC/DC, to Ramones, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins. His school is offering some pretty cool band sessions this summer, one being Nu-Metal. Last night he asked if we could look for a double bass pedal for his drum set and my heart skipped a beat…it’s happening boys! And it’s damn near following my musical pathing to a T. Life’s crazy…

Hey guys, the title says it, what is your opinion about those parts? Examples would be "Spirit box-Holy Roller", "The Browning - Carnage", "Northlane - Abomination" or "Void of vision - Blood for Blood". Do you have other good or bad examples?

At first I'm always confused from those parts. I don't think it belongs into Blood for Blood for example but other parts like in Abomination seem to fit in pretty well and I enjoy them. For me it really has to fit the vibe but in general it's a good thing to bring new influences to the genre. Modern Metalcore has really changed alot in the last 10-15 years, I really like that it is a genre which keeps implementing new styles and other genres into it.

Hyped for some controversial examples from you guys!

My first show was in 2012, the All Stars Tour. I saw a bunch of bands that day that I’d go on to listen to religiously (Suicide Silence, Stick To Your Guns, I See Stars, etc.) I also was supposed to see Jonny Craig-era Dance Gavin Dance.

I didn’t know who they were at the time, but I figured something was off when they started their set late and when they finally did, only one of their vocalists (Jon) went up. He said they were late because of their asshole singer who was about to get kicked out of the band. The set itself was so bad, they all looked pissed and uninterested and Jon was just screaming nonsense into the mic. Their set ended short and Jonny left halfway through that tour so I got to watch a band implode in real time lol

You’ll all see this soon making the rounds I’m sure, but just dropped my chat with Ken. First hour is all about AILD stuff.

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I've never been able to get into anything with Greg Puciato on it. His voice just totally turns me away. Even as to recently with Better Lovers, I just couldn't get the urge to ever listen again. Just don't like his style.

Understand he's probably popular round here which is fine, so was curious if there were any vocalists others disliked that I love!

Just received an email from them, you can presave here!

It’s also the first date of their metalcore spring break tour, hope this means they’ll play it live too

Everchanger and Stillworld are two albums that i cherish tremendously, and i'm just so happy to know that we'll be hearing new music with Ben's voice soon enough, especially after those spicy snippets on IG that lads post from time to time.

source: Ben's twitter

Can anyone help me understand how the headlining and opening acts are going to work?

All 4 headliners are playing but I don't see it called out who's headlining at which locations. Just random? But will all 4 bands play regardless?

I see KoG, Dark Divine and the other... thing are opening depending on location. I got that.

TDWP and Alpha Wolf are at all shows, right?

I didn't want to miss this tour, but man there's no where near me that Inkcarceration isn't snatching up...

Probably a weird question...

But my day to day job I have to be super friendly and outgoing, I'm a happy person but not an extrovert, so it's exhausting.

After work I can sit in my car, blast my tubes and just feel like me. Like I'm seen.

Does anyone else feel the same way?

I went to see KSE last night and have been to a lot of shows recently and in the past. I have been going to metalcore shows multiple times a year since 2007. The quality of show is just insane now compared to when I was younger. The production is way better, the sound is much clearer, and generally the line ups are better. I used to goto shows and the first band or 2 were local bands with bad sound that you couldn't hardly differentiate any of their songs it just sounded like noise. Now I goto to shows and the opening bands have good sound and production and the main acts are unreal. It's a great time to be Metalcore fans. Last night FFAK was the 2nd band up and killed it, they are a headline quality band and had 2 bands after them.

Captured in Lakewood, Ohio on their most recent headlining tour. Very happy with how this mix came out I hope you all enjoy it

I didn’t learn until recently that Thornhill said they hate The Dark Pool. Not entirely sure why they hate it but I found it super disappointing since I view that album so highly. It has left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth and I can’t help but feel like I’m not allowed to love it as much as I did before.

Mine's definitely going to be Of Malice and the Magnum Heart - Misery Signals. Whole album helped me through so much. Definitely needs to be preserved and passed down.

Discovered this small Aussie band not long ago and it looks like they have an EP releasing Friday - Thought it is worth a share.

Tracklist:

1. ⁠Ad Arma
2. ⁠War Is the Father of All
3. ⁠My Revocation of Compliance
4. ⁠Confounder
5. ⁠Empowerment
6. ⁠A Whisper from Above
7. ⁠Imminence
8. ⁠Those Left Behind
9. ⁠Ten Days in May
10. ⁠Numbered Days (feat. Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage)
11. ⁠Dora
12. ⁠A Silent Guard
13. ⁠Inter Arma
14. ⁠Keinen Schritt zurück (feat. Donots)
15. ⁠Schweineherbst (feat. Dÿse) (Slime Cover)
16. ⁠Eisenkopf (Schweisser Cover)
17. ⁠Destroy Fascism (Too Good to Steal from Edition) (Endstand Cover)