NoiseNotMusic

You have no legit reason for saying they suck now tho. Just that it lacks originality which makes no sense whatsoever. I don't know anyone who sounds like them. New stuff still sounds like them but just not as short. Watch them live playing their new stuff man. They still got it. I didn't mean to say yr taste in music is limited, It just seemed like an ignorant statement to me.


oh and I only heard of that "Skramz" shit when I got here. Where do you kids come up with such silly words?

CAPTAIN CAVEMAN

i had (still kinda have) the chance to see the locust this sat. but i'm going to another local show that doesn't cost 20$ + ticketmaster fees and taxes

alliteration

I think you're making the mistake of thinking that because they sound different than what you normally hear makes them original. Compared to their earlier stuff, this is much more bland and less original. many bands do very similar things that The Locust do. And I feel my statement for saying they suck is pretty legitimate...I mean, this basically boils down to opinion, right? I mean, musically, I feel they are much more devoid of originality than they were...I compare them to other bands that adopted certain methods they used to use in their music, and many bands are doing many more creative things. You might disagree, whatever. Also, the new stuff doesn't really sound like them, but longer. Their old stuff compared to the stuff now is worlds apart, and much less entertaining to me, but thats just me. No big deal. Sorry to keep beating a dead horse, I'll stop now.

Anyhow, the term "skramz," which it seems not that many people seem to know, was a term coined by Alex aka "Boss Skramz," vocalist for Seeing Means More. Ironically enough, his band doesn't really do screaming vocals, and musically its so different than what most people call "skramz" today. Anyone who has listened to them, they play a breakdown filled type of emotive hardcore/metalcore. I like it, and this was the band that coined the term "skramz" yet they sound nothing like most of these bands people call skramz. I've heard people call Loma Prieta a "skram" band, but they sound nothing like SMM at all, so it seems this retarded term is just being applied to any screamo band nowadays...awesome (sarcasm). Thank all those idiots over at CMHWAK for being tools and making this idiotic term applied to any type of emotive hardcore.

bardonodude

I agree that the locust sound different. I personally like their Plague Soundscapes and Flight of the Wounded Locust stage the most which showed their evolution from the stereotypical death/grind drumming from their selftitled and early splits I guess because gabe was on drums at that timeand before it was some other dude that didnt have nearly as much talent. But their new stuff is awesome as well, I love the change in vocal style although Joey's high pitched scream is absent and probably my favorite. Yea I can agree with you that the new stuff is worlds apart and isnt nearly as spastic as plague soundscapes or their earlier stuff but they are both still original despite having longer songs. They continue to be original showcasing and improving upon their Safety Second, Body Last stage which showed a totally different and awesome side of them. Not many bands have 5 movements in one song. Especially bands like the locust haha. All of their songs on New Erections vary in length. They still have 2 songs off the top of my hear that are under one minute and then others which are all over the place, every song isnt the traditional four minutes that many "mainstream" artists use on their albums.

yea Ive never heard the term skramz before I read it in this thread haha, I guess I just prefer to use traditional terms to characterize music. Loma Prieta is awesome though <3. I wish I would have known about them when they came to ccas (charm city artspace the most wellknown diy venue in baltimore). I found out about them through L'Antietam and they werent all over each others nuts then.

alliteration

yeah, Loma Prieta, nor any screamo bands ever come to Michigan. We did get lucky and get to play with L'antietam when they came to Michigan this past summer, its always cool to play with them and Men As Trees. Loma Prieta is probably one of my favorite hardcore bands right now, the way they compose their music is pretty rare in screamo nowadays, not to mention, they're just completely nuts, I can't wait to hear their split with L'antietam.

Does anyone else feel that most of the present screamo bands are just pretty lame? There are very few that I really like at all.

btw, you're the one who started that thread about my band on here. thanks for promoting us, Brandon. haha.

NoiseNotMusic

Sucks that bands like Loma Prieta are pretty much defunct in this area. DC used to be like THE scene for "screamo" bands but now they have all broke up just about. I miss it

bardonodude

Yea I envy you for living so close to all of the awesome shows that happened in D.C. D.C. still has Werewolves though.

bardonodude

haha no problem, Im guessing you're from Ariadne's Thread? Your album better come out soon. Welcome to the forum =), how did you find out about this place? Im sure that was a sweet show, I was supposed to see L'Antietam in Baltimore but their van had to cough up a lun the day before they were supposed to come here >.< I dont really know of too many screamo bands that are active right now. But some of the modern screamo bands Ive heard just sound like they want to play nothing but slow tempo'd power chords for 5 minutes straight and scream over it which bores me, it seems like they're doing the same thing that bands do with breakdowns i.e. play everything stereotypical from the genre that they're trying to imitate.

alliteration

yeah, thats me...and our ep will be out sometime, we'll definitely let you know when. it seems like most modern ones just want to play octave "chords" all day and it that. Orchid already did that, most of these bands could use some originality. I'll be people are saying the same thing about my band. oh well.

anticipation

Are we thinking of the same band, the seeing means more that put out "six"?


Because they do scream...