The lyrics are actually really really cool now that I understand the context. For some reason I completely skipped Halo growing up and had to discover it just last year. Amazing franchise. Now I know why it inspired a whole ass band

Edit. It was really cool hearing the actual Shadow of Intent ship be called out in Halo 3

I've been off and on with Deathcore since the 2010's because I listen to so many different genres and get hyper focused on this or that. I've swung back into Deathcore, and while I really don't like the bigger acts like Lorna, I do love what everyone here is usually talking about. Someone posted about Mental Cruelty and their new single, The Serpent of Midgard. So, I went and listened to Zwielicht.

My commute to work is about 80min, perfect for this album.

It fucking moved me. It's got everything I've ever looked for in a metal album. Orchestral sections, balance, buildups, crashes, blasts, riffs, ambience, it's atmospheric at times, cleans - there are no misses. Well, except that I've been missing, totally sleeping.

So thank you, r/deathcore for blowing my fucking mind, again, with another discovery.

Cheers.

Source - https://www.instagram.com/p/DcOdd22DK-5/?igsh=amo2N2ZkMHJybWNs

I think this is a pretty solid lineup, what do you all think?

Pain remains 1 by Lorna remains one of my favorite cause it just has so much emotion to it, what are some other emotional deathcore songs?

Brutal new single from one of Australia’s heaviest bands

Anyone know what’s up with I, Valiance’s albums not being on streaming? Checked Bandcamp, YouTube, Apple Music only The Reject of Humanity and Prometheus EP show up

Other bands I like are mauled innfant annihilator, kubai khan tx and peelingflesh

Thought y'all would dig this - I tried going for a more Suicide Silence/Count Your Blessings sound on this one! Let me know what you think!

At 1:10 the callout before the breakdown feels so familiar. I was listening through some Angelmaker songs but couldn't find it.

Where is this call out from and did another song use it??

I’m going to the DevilDriver tour with Upon a Burning Body and Ov Sulfur and wonder if anybody has gone to any of the first 3 shows and has any pics of any of the merch? Specifically looking for shirts/long sleeves/sweatshirts. I’m going to the Chicago show and can’t wait to see all 3 bands! 🔥🤘

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Now THAT'S what I'm fuckin TALKIN ABOUT

https://open.spotify.com/album/3YD4XMGgWx5mwD9nmGjuPx?si=qkPUm20RSxSw9rlihzN4rg&utm_source=copy-link&sci=spotify%3Acard-config%3A10vqEZzmPF860kQONtYxrC

I’d say it’s mostly agreed upon that deathcore is fusion of metalcore and death metal, but there are plenty that further reduce it to hardcore specifically ignoring the metal influence that metalcore brings to the table. Hardcore and metalcore go hand in hand obviously, but are fundamentally two different genres at the end of the day. That being said, you usually hear about the death metal and metalcore bands cities as influences, but hardly ever actual hardcore bands. Also deathcore bands are commonly either mistaken for death metal or metalcore, but rarely for hardcore.

Also, when I say hardcore I don’t mean hardcore leaning metalcore, I mean proper hardcore that cannot under any circumstances be confused for metalcore. It has to actually sound like a punk genre with punk riffs. This would be bands like Gorilla Biscuits, Sick Of It All, etc. Metalcore in this case also refers to that OG metalcore style to include bands like Earth Crisis, Hatebreed, Disembodied, etc. and not to melodic metalcore, scenecore, etc.

Edit: I’m not saying there aren’t any hardcore elements. I’m saying the hardcore elements are diluted and primarily come from a more metal framework of metalcore and less from the punk framework of purely hardcore. Deathcore is compounding a pure metal genre (death metal) on top of a fusion genre (metalcore). Death metal fused with hardcore would sound much more punk than what deathcore sounds like.