I concur with your comments on Captain Beefheart. I like albums with a lot of "nooks and crannies", and that's why for example I enjoy a lot "Trout Mask Replica", for me it's an infinite record (let alone very fast and bulbous...-- got me?)
Probably "melodic hardcore" is not a commonly accepted definition, and if so I apologize for the possible confusion; I just used the term top of the bat, to describe hardcore punk (=acceleration of original punk) with vocals sung (instead of yelled, as it seems to be popular now). As examples I think of all the Fat Wreck Chords/Epitaph bunch: NOFX, Bad Religion, MXPX, Lagwagon, Pennywise, Burning Heads... I had never listened to 7 seconds, I once tried to search them in YouTube, but given such a generic name, I found all kind of things except a punk band; judging from the video, I'd say they fit the profile...
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