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Engine · 06-14-2010, 07:05 PM

For a while good bands like Botch and drowningman were called metalcore but then came stuff like Atreyu and Darkest Hour and god knows what else.

Here's why I hate bands like Atreyu and this covers most metalcore as far as I know:
*they use a very bland / weak sounding version of cookie monster vocals mixed with godawful 'clean' vocals that sound no better to me than the autotuned vocals on current pop hits.
*the musicianship is generally very sub par. Even if these bands snag a good drummer, they give him nothing interesting to do. Trained chimpanzees with double-bass pedals might sound as good. The guitarists play like unskilled versions of old-school metal guitarists which is an insulting joke.

In conclusion I hate metalcore because it offers me nothing: the more sell out bands just sound bad. The more serious types sound painfully derivative and dull.

I recommend sticking with GBH

06-14-2010, 07:05 PM	#117 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	For a while good bands like Botch and drowningman were called metalcore but then came stuff like Atreyu and Darkest Hour and god knows what else. Here's why I hate bands like Atreyu and this covers most metalcore as far as I know: they use a very bland / weak sounding version of cookie monster vocals mixed with godawful 'clean' vocals that sound no better to me than the autotuned vocals on current pop hits. the musicianship is generally very sub par. Even if these bands snag a good drummer, they give him nothing interesting to do. Trained chimpanzees with double-bass pedals might sound as good. The guitarists play like unskilled versions of old-school metal guitarists which is an insulting joke. In conclusion I hate metalcore because it offers me nothing: the more sell out bands just sound bad. The more serious types sound painfully derivative and dull. I recommend sticking with GBH __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.