Akercocke....spooky

Under appreciated for sure.

Disturbed

Classified as Blackened Death Metal? Like a Goatwhore or something to that effect?

Their singing style is derivative of every other metalcore, melodic metalcore, post-hardcore, melodic death metal, or whatever the hell the bands want to call themselves. The fact that it's not quite as whiny or teenager sounding as Panic at the Disco does not strike me as a significant difference.

Emo for rednecks.

So because As I Lay Dying or whoever have elements of their sound that differentiate them SOMEWHAT from the ****tiest of the ****ty bands, they are completely different?

Any similarities are shallow. They put a sheen of groove on their metalcore theivery.

What do you think emo is exactly? Anything melancholic? Anything negative? Any type of melody mixed with vocals? I don't understand how you could possibly compare 5FDP to Panic at the Disco. You are right that 5FDP isn't whiny. AT ALL. And they don't have any emo themes in their songs. So you aren't making any progress there. The fact that you thought you could throw metalcore, melodic metalcore, melodic death metal, and post hardcore in the same boat shows how little knowledge you have of these genres and probably music in general. The only sub genre you mentioned that contains any emo themes is post-hardcore, and even then it doesn't pervade that entire sub genre. I will admit that 5FDP does take some elements from metalcore. They use guitars. And the band is made up of live humans.

And of course after seeing your ignorant "emo for rednecks" statement I won't give you any more of my attention.

I watched it and it was excellent. My friend said he would watch it again too. He thinks he didn't like it because he watch a poor quality youtube version.

Nah, Akercocke are unlike any other blackened death metal band, their music is so atmospheric. The mental image I get when listening is something like being in an abandoned lunatic asylum, and this is what sort of stuff your mind would come up with.

The mental image I came up with after viewing the music video for "Leviathan" was that of Marquis de Sade doing what he does best. I suppose that is what the band wanted me to think of, well done

A friend of mine showed me this band from Holland today, they incorporate a myriad of styles into their sound, but if you really wanted to pigeonhole their sound I guess you could call it djent with a mix of groove? Idk just listen and respond.