JD091's TOP DEATHCORE ALBUMS!!!1! (you're moshing)

[makethemsuffer12]

Originally Posted by jd091

Vince raises some valid points, but same ith Century Media. I don't know who to really trust on this whole debate.

I personally side with Vince. Not saying CM is wrong, the music is their product and ultimately it is up to them what they want to do with it, but I feel like they got overly defensive about a freaking blogger criticizing them.

[illuminatus917]

Originally Posted by treghet

You're right. It's actually not nearly as popular. As you said, djent / crabcore / Sumeriancore are what is "in" now. I think the majority of the people here don't realize the decline in the scene because they try not to pay attention to it. In fact, I think you and I are the only regular members who go to deathcore shows.

Granted, I don't go to deathcore shows, nor do I intend to. Maybe my observations deceive me, but I see just as many kids these days wearing deathcore shirts as I have the past number of years.

[jd091]

Think I'm gonna try and post 2 more today, and 2 more tomorrow. You guys might laugh at me today, but tomorrow is gonna be interesting...

*rubs hands together diabolically*

[jd091]

8.) DECIMATE THE WEAK

I think you guys knew it was only a matter of time before this album came up. I have some fond memories with this album, and I belive it's an album every metal fan should give a fair chance. Let me explain.

I actually remember when this first came out in 2008, and I didn't like it. It wasn't really heavy, like The Cleansing. I remember actually reading an interview with the guitarist, and he said all the parts on the album were played in Drop-D or D standard, on 6-string guitars. But what they lacked in "low heaviness", they more than made up for with symphonic arrangements and riffing.

Too many deathcore bands try and just chug the low 7th string in breakdowns, and henceforth, people dismiss the genre as not musically talented. Fair enough. Winds of Plague aren't one of those bands. After sitting down for a while and giving this album a fair chance, it grew on me more and more. I really loved the symphonic element of the keyboards, and the "middle-eastern" sound of the riffs versus your standard minor scale. They really tried to go for that samurai-ish image, and I felt they suceeded. Listen to the opening riffs of "Origins and Endings". The pentatonic scale is featured frequently, and the breakdowns are very groove-oriented as opposed to changing the time signature.

Of course, when they aren't doing the pentatonic-riffing, there are a couple of those famous, get-really-slow-and-heavy breakdowns. They're only thrown in at a couple choice incidents in the songs, which make them sound all the heavier as opposed to hearing one every 10 seconds. "Anthems of Apocalypse" has a pretty decend melodic-y opening sequence, reminiscent of the template As Blood Runs Black presented a couple years prior. It actually features a decent solo for more than 2 measures, and then finally hits the breakdown after an excellent build up around the 1:55 mark. This isn't Emmure, or the Acacia Strain, where the entire song is built around breakdowns. They're thrown in strategically, and make sense in their context. Perhaps the most famous example of this is in "The Impaler" (a fucking great song to me to this day), around the 1:45 mark. The song is pretty much one epic build up to that breakdown. And the lyrics are just catchy as hell, all about epic battles and conquering nations and killing lords and commanders and eviscerating enemy soldiers... lyrical porn for my Lord-of-the-Rings-worshipping high school self.

And if you still don't like this album, just throw on "Decimate the Weak". The opening minute of that song tears my face off every time. It's very much rooted in the "death" part of deathcore. Even around the 1:15 part, you can hear an obvious hardcore influence, which I really dig.

This album isn't higher for me because, again, I feel like there are some boring filler songs on it, which is a shame. When WoP get's it right here, they absolutely destroy, blending riff-> breakdown -> riff together in a successful, cohesive, and especially symphonic way. Their sound here is unique, and yet to be truly imitated, a feat that not many other deathcore bands can say.

Notable Examples:

Origins and Endings
The Impaler
Decimate the Weak

[mankvill]

oh my fucking god

[jd091]

Originally Posted by mankvill

oh my fucking god

You didn't read a single word I wrote, did you?

[mankvill]

Originally Posted by jd091

You didn't read a single word I wrote, did you?

I don't really need to though. Back when deathcore was SUPA NEW AND KEWL I gave all these albums a chance and they were just absolutely dreadful. I'm kind of afraid to see what you'll post coming up.

My guesses:

Whitechapel
The Acacia Strain
The Devil Wears Prada

All of which are just as bad or worse than the three you've posted so far.

I CONDEMN THIS THREAD

[xStructualDefect]

I like the SS and WOPs albums posted so far. I used to hate both of them when they first came out but they both eventually grew on me. If I were to guess WC's first or second album will be on this, along with All Shall Perish's The Price of Existence.

[jd091]

What in sweet Odin's name gives you the notion that The Devil Wears Prada is Deathcore?

[ShatteredFlame]

Kind of funny how all of these albums came out within the last 3 years. Where's that one revolutionary "classic" band everyone wants to be?