That cover looks like it would fit perfectly alongside all the hair metal bands from the 80’s and 90’s.
I’d have to go with: Hatebreed: Satisfaction is the Death of Desire Indecision: Unorthodox Earth Crisis: Firestorm Snapcase: Progression Through Unlearning Candiria: The Process of Self Development
earth crisis - destroy the machines bane - it all comes down to this converge - petitioning the empty sky madball - set it off bad religion - stranger than fiction
Hatebreed - Satisfaction Turmoil - The Process Of Cave In - Until Your Heart Stops Leeway - Desperate Measures Lifetime - Jersey’s Best Dancers Integrity’s Those Who Fear Tomorrow, Right Brigade EP and LOA River Runs Red were reeeeal close
Yeah, my notable mentions were definitely: Cave In: Until Your Heart Stops One King Down: God Loves, Man Kills Death Threat: Last Dayz Buried Alive: The Death of Your Perfect World Life of Agony: River Runs Red
cave in should be on mine. idk why i made the metalcore disqualification for them but not converge haha. scrap madball *ducks*
Ok, a controversial question but what would you describe as "hardcore" band? A few years ago I spoke to Uriah from Dead End Path, and he referred to Title Fight as a "hardcore" band. He stated that whilst they don't necessarily sound like one, to him they would always be due to the scene they have inhabited, and their morals. What do you think to that statement, and is it the same for the likes of Balance & Compsoure, Tigers Jaw, Such Gold, Basement, Hostage Calm, The Wonder Years, etc. Many of whom developed their sound and fanbases from the hardcore scene?
That is a hard question. I think it has something to do with sound and then it has nothing to do with your sound/style. I think it's more about the scene and what bands you align with and/or tour with. There are so many bands that have a "core" sound yet aren't hardcore and the scene embraces them. Take a band like ETID, Cave In or even Converge that are so far removed from the standard core sound yet they are part of the scene and grew up in it. I mean look at Code Orange. They aren't even hardcore anymore but came up in the scene. If we are looking at the basic definition of hardcore then it's punk music but with more riffs. So, essentially all those bands fit into that equation if that's the bottom line. I don't know its a hard question... I think A2G took this topic on a few times and even then were unsure of where the line is drawn.