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Melodic metalcore 1999
Gothenburg harmonies imported into American hardcore. The dominant formula of the 2000s.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- Massachusetts, USA
- Tempo
- 150-190 bpm
- Song length
- 3.5-5 min
- Written about
- Heartbreak, Recovery, Loyalty and betrayal, Faith, on part of the scene
- Vocals
- Sung and screamed
Why this one
| You said | Melodic metalcore | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Both, trading off When someone is singing, what should come out? | mixed | 100% | ×3 |
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 8 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 92% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 3 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, melody 1 out of 6. Melodic metalcore leads the next by 2 points. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Killswitch Engage, Killswitch Engage 2000
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing. The album that defined a decade.
- 2The one to put on first
Trivium, Ascendancy 2005
Trivium - Ascendancy. Metalcore that remembers to include solos.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Metalcore, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Melodic metalcore's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Djent 90%
The name imitates the sound: seven- or eight-string guitars, heavily compressed palm mutes and polyrhythms. Meshuggah built the vocabulary; a generation of forum users named it.
4 steps from Melodic metalcore, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Djent -
Viking metal 90%
Norse themes, male choirs and marching tempos. It sounds like a longship, not a tavern.
4 steps from Melodic metalcore, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Viking metal
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Both, trading off put 72 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Blues rock, Doom metal. Worth 3 of 6.
- As heavy as it gets put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Rock and roll, Folk rock, Country rock. Worth 2 of 6.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. Worth 1 of 6.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.