ReverendRevolver
Friend of Leo's
I was reading an article (probably on Loudwire) last night.
It was a list of top X metal core albums from the 90s to early 00s.
I was reading it because some OK metal core bands came through central Ohio back when I was in high-school, wondered if they made the list.
Thing is, metalcore is a sub-genre of hardcore, which itself is technically post-hardcore. It's far from the only subgenre, and was the second or third most popular genre of hardcore in Central Ohio during the early to middle 00s.
So I scroll over the list and it's not just metal core. It's got metalcore, and general hardcore (which is technically post hardcore, but back then we called that badbrains and minor threat hardcore punk).
It's got Poison the Well's Opposite of December as #2. Poison the Well is, to me, THE 00s hardcore band. Even though they were considered Screamo as well. Now other bands, maybe some metal core leanings, but I didn't consider As I Lay Dying metal core then either, and certainly not Avenged sevenfold (who were metal is with hardcore leanings in some songs).
But what do I know. I was there, at the shows, with patches on my jacket, waiting for breakdowns in every song, getting caught by people's fists in the pit....
But I don't write articles, so I guess it's not called what it used to be. When it was happening.
Got me thinking, is this a recent thing?
Bear with me, because what Chuck Berry was playing was called rock n roll instead of just blues while he was "happening".
Nirvana and pear jam got called Grunge while they were "happening".
But, when did Arena rock get called that?
When did motown get lumped together?
Calling Classic Rock thar name was happening by the 90s at least, but I recall radio stations referring to Elvis as "oldies" then too.
It makes sense with yacht rock to be named that later. Or country to get carved out by decade because Shania Twain isn't Conway Twitty, who isn't Steve Earl, who himself isn't Racal Flatts.
But why the heck rename something a decade+ later as another genre? People do it with punk, metal, and apparently now hardcore. What's the bloody point?
Anyone else have examples?
It seems irrelevant, until 2030 hits and we're all reading about how Charlie Pride, Slayer, Hanson, and Deep Purple were all indy power pop acts. It's like the Onion but satire replaces reality.
It was a list of top X metal core albums from the 90s to early 00s.
I was reading it because some OK metal core bands came through central Ohio back when I was in high-school, wondered if they made the list.
Thing is, metalcore is a sub-genre of hardcore, which itself is technically post-hardcore. It's far from the only subgenre, and was the second or third most popular genre of hardcore in Central Ohio during the early to middle 00s.
So I scroll over the list and it's not just metal core. It's got metalcore, and general hardcore (which is technically post hardcore, but back then we called that badbrains and minor threat hardcore punk).
It's got Poison the Well's Opposite of December as #2. Poison the Well is, to me, THE 00s hardcore band. Even though they were considered Screamo as well. Now other bands, maybe some metal core leanings, but I didn't consider As I Lay Dying metal core then either, and certainly not Avenged sevenfold (who were metal is with hardcore leanings in some songs).
But what do I know. I was there, at the shows, with patches on my jacket, waiting for breakdowns in every song, getting caught by people's fists in the pit....
But I don't write articles, so I guess it's not called what it used to be. When it was happening.
Got me thinking, is this a recent thing?
Bear with me, because what Chuck Berry was playing was called rock n roll instead of just blues while he was "happening".
Nirvana and pear jam got called Grunge while they were "happening".
But, when did Arena rock get called that?
When did motown get lumped together?
Calling Classic Rock thar name was happening by the 90s at least, but I recall radio stations referring to Elvis as "oldies" then too.
It makes sense with yacht rock to be named that later. Or country to get carved out by decade because Shania Twain isn't Conway Twitty, who isn't Steve Earl, who himself isn't Racal Flatts.
But why the heck rename something a decade+ later as another genre? People do it with punk, metal, and apparently now hardcore. What's the bloody point?
Anyone else have examples?
It seems irrelevant, until 2030 hits and we're all reading about how Charlie Pride, Slayer, Hanson, and Deep Purple were all indy power pop acts. It's like the Onion but satire replaces reality.
