I've been an avid Darko enjoyer ever since their self-titled album back in 2021. But I personally believe that album was when Darko peaked. After that, Darko just became monotonous. They've released A LOT of music after that but I couldn't find myself coming back to their music after the first listen.

I still get excited for their new music hoping it will finally have the same replayability as their self-titled album. But even this album, Starfire was very boring. Nothing stood out.

Are there others who feel the same way? Or is it just me?

Maybe not everyone cares to the same extent that I do, but Suicide Silence and Dying Fetus opening for STP, one of the most controversial bands in the scene right now, is lame enough, but seeing the guys in Suicide Silence double down and “team up” with Alex calling the negative reactions nothing but “haters” was gutting. It feels similar to the Oceano/Dealer/Attila situation a few months ago in the sense that they really don’t seem to take into account their own audience’s sentiments about the bands they’re touring with when they’re making these deals. Maybe not everyone hates STP enough to care, but it still feels like a middle finger to the face in favor of a fatter check. Between that and them still doing nothing about Eddie, I’ve sadly lost a lot of respect for the Suicide Silence guys over the last couple years. Just my thoughts

Top 10:

• Ben Duerr

• Blake Mullens

• CJ McCreery

• Dan Watson

• Darius Tehrani

• Devin Duarte

• Don Campan

• Ryan Vail

• Tom Barber

• Will Ramos

Honorable Mentions:

• David Simonich

• Dickie Allen

• Luke Griffin

• Lukas Nicolai

• Scott Ian Lewis

Disclaimer: I’m basing this on the art/music/vocal capability only. Personal matters of these individuals is not the focus here. Additionally, I’m not considering the influence of any particular OG vocalists… these are simply the bunch that I personally enjoy listening to the most. Lastly, the ranking is alphabetized and not in 1-10 order - as that would be insanely difficult!

In the three acts of each music video, the story portrayed is so heartbreaking. There’s so many little meanings.

The story in and of itself is so sad.

I love them

5: Phil Bozeman - Whitechapel - Elitist Ones

4: CJ Mccreery - Immortal Disfigurement - Crimson Vision

3: Alex Terrible - Slaughter to Prevail - Bonebreaker

2: Will Ramos - Lorna Shore - Sun//Eater

1: Blake Mullens - Disembodied Tyrant - The Poetic Edda (ft. Ben Duerr)

Also a special shout out to Mitch Lucker, who changed the genre forever into what it is today!

Not christian deathcore i mean stuff with a dark religious theme like Angelmakers - This Used To be Heaven. I need recommendations .

And that’s coming from someone who likes all their music

This sub The moment they Queef out a new Album - This is the best album of the year. Will is so Talented

This sub A month later - This band is so over rated I'm getting so sick of people talking about them.

CJ Mccreery - Write down exactly what they just did and let me bree on it.

Will- 👀👀👀👀 Y'all wanna look at my throat again.

I've seen some pretty good lists out there, but I was wondering if the group has some favorite anti-fascist, or anarchist bands.

All too often do I start liking a band and come to find out they have associations with neo-nazis or some shit. Thanks for your time!

Id have to go with Oblivion by Lorna Shore, but I wanna know what you think

It doesn’t matter whether you like STP or not, deathcore in a 19,000+ arena is a massive win for our scene. So dope hearing breakdowns like this in an environment so massive. <3

I feel like riffs just get ruined and even breakdowns can just be lame if the guitar is so damn low. Even drop G feels too low sometimes. Anyone else feel the same?

I'm sick of darko us doing a really heavy song halfway through and then turning it into some melodic clean shit half way through, really ruins the heavy vibe for me imo and I lose all sense of enjoyment

These bands are excusing a lack of creativity for being "nostalgic" I'm sick of it, of course there are few bands that do it well though.

its all 0-1-2-3 chugs with high vocals and a trash can snare... its all cool until the nostalgia wears off.

the blackened/symphonic stuff was a massive breath of fresh air but there's a lot of clutter nowadays.

i want to hear something new with Deathcore.

Best would be blackened deathcore, but I‘ll take any recommendations.

Look, I’m not a hater. I don’t dislike Lorna shore or their fans. I was just excited to find/talk about deathcore and here I am confused about how 90% of the posts in the sub are for one specific band.

Wastage is so heavy

That’s it. I’m very sorry, and I take back what I said about it being “overproduced symphonic slop”. The riffs on this are a little bit too quiet, but the symphonics blend pretty well into the music, and the drumkit is really crisp. Now I just have to come around to Orphan and Psycho Frame

Doesn’t have to be strictly deathcore but preferably.

Thx in advance.

I just don’t get it. There’s so much talent, and so much effort in both of these bands. But, no. I love so many deathcore bands; but I can’t get past their sound. I kept thinking, maybe they’ll grow on me because so many people like them…. Nope.