While we’ve spoken at length about this album often over the years, the fact remains that Parkway Drive’s first few records are, to many, some of the first metalcore albums newer fans of the genre are likely to hear. And while there’s plenty of older and influential metalcore records that were released long before Parkway…
On their 2 full-length albums to date, modern cinematic rock band Starset have constantly pushed the boundaries of what rock music should sound like. On 2017’s Vessels, most bands can only hope to sound as huge as Starset do here, fearlessly incorporating elements of EDM, metal, and even groove metal with more skill than most.
Though the band broke up a few years back after 4 honestly great hardcore/mathy/what have you records, The Bled was a band that made few mistakes musically. While their debut album Pass The Flask is generally regarded as their best work, all 3 of their subsequent records are worth listens as well. Especially 2005’s Found…
While they went 11 years between albums (finally releasing their comeback record Arbiter this summer), North Carolina post-hardcore/metalcore band Hopesfall’s influence on most bands of those genres today are strongly felt. Look at bands like Holding Absence, for instance. Rising acts like them are indebted to the sound that Hopesfall helped pioneer, especially on their…
