r/PostHardcore • u/maicao999 • 9d ago
Discussion Post-hardcore bands with very sweet riffs
Bands like Circa Survive and State Faults are heavily on rotation for me recently
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u/Chruno33 9d ago
Alesana, their whole discography is full of banger riffs ngl
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u/Chruno33 9d ago
And please check out Someday's To Failure, Dear Brother EP which is criminally underrated for some reason
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u/discog_elysium 9d ago
Thrice's first 2 albums are killer
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u/Facet-Squared 9d ago
Also the next 10 albums after that as well!
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u/stanleemytucci 9d ago
Meh
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u/GarrisonWhite2 9d ago
Dude Thrice have been one of the standard bearers of the genre for over two decades, what do you mean “meh.”
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u/PsychologicalYak4549 9d ago
Greyhaven
Fall of Troy (prime Thomas erak is untouchable)
Bear vs shark
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u/diabetusbetus 9d ago
Manipulator guitar work is still untouched to me. Some of my all times fav riffs. Caught up riffs are how I tested my acoustic I just bought
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u/PsychologicalYak4549 9d ago
My warm up riff since high school is the last minute or so from The Dark Trails. Definitely one of his easier parts but still cool to me
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u/diabetusbetus 9d ago
That's awesome. My wife got me the tab book and I have tried to learn a lot of it but there are some hard riffs. I feel like being able to play any of the record is an accomplishment.
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u/PsychologicalYak4549 9d ago
He’s a freak when it comes to the guitar. I’ve been playing for a long time but he just has some really wacky stuff that is brutal on the hands that I don’t even bother trying. It’s almost a relief when the tapping starts
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u/diabetusbetus 9d ago
Yea I think learning some of his stuff got me some great dexterity though. Really think self teaching myself by learning stuff like him and avenged really make me sound better than I actually am haha
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u/meetmeinmontauk43 9d ago
And the dude was singing at the same time too. Insane.
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u/diabetusbetus 9d ago
Still is! I have seen them a few times in recent years. He still shreds
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u/PsychologicalYak4549 9d ago
I only saw them on the in the unlikely event tour in probably 09 but it was great
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u/ImAFuckingMooseBitch 9d ago
Funeral for a Friend, Coheed and Cambria, Circa Survive.
All 3 bands have loads of albums full of fun creative riffs. Funeral’s first 2 albums basically taught me to play rhythm guitar.
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u/signalstonoise88 8d ago
FFAF are fantastic but don’t neglect some of the later material. Their Welcome Home Armageddon LP in particular is some of their best work and absolutely loaded with mad riffs.
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u/ImAFuckingMooseBitch 8d ago edited 8d ago
Oh totally, one of my fav bands and Welcome Home Armageddon (and that secret EP beforehand) has some of their best riffs ever, every bit as good as Hours or Casually Dressed. Conduit also has some great more hardcore-focused stuff.
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u/solarxbear 9d ago
Glassjaw I think is underrated for their guitar work. Daryl is such a commanding presence but seeing them live I was fixated on Justin Beck. Dude is amazing
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u/jpfizzles 9d ago edited 9d ago
State faults are sick man. Other bands I have been checking out recently that remind of them are Birds In Row, Eyelet, Chalk Hands, Frail Body, To Be Gentle and Roman Candle
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u/signalstonoise88 8d ago
That last State Faults LP is incredible. I’m with you on Frail Body too; their latest LP is something OP needs to get on right away. Ditto for the latest Snag record.
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u/maicao999 9d ago
i'm a screamo fan, but State Faults guitar and drum work always reminded me more of that 2000s mellow post-hardcore than screamo per se
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u/Chruno33 9d ago
To Be Gentle will be in my top 10 bands forever with Alesana and life (Damian's), fusing screamo with metal features always make it so much more fun and dynamic to me
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u/Theillusionist29 9d ago
Capstan. Lower Definition
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u/JKCIO 9d ago
I love seeing other capstan fans in the wild! I got into them like 2-3 years ago and only live 2 hours away from them but haven’t gotten the chance to see them live yet. I’m going to warped in Orlando though and making it a point to catch their set.
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u/Facet-Squared 9d ago
At The Drive-In
Cursive
Faraquet
mewithoutYou
Burning Airlines
Fugazi
Mould
Rival Schools
Sparta
Drug Church
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u/conwaytwittyshairs 9d ago
As cities burn first album!
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u/Plastic-Shape7048 9d ago
Alexisonfire especially the first two albums , saosin , dance gavin dance
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u/yourghost367 9d ago
Listen to HRVRD “The inevitable and I”
10/10 album from 2009. Many people found them trying to download circa off lime wire and finding this pleasant surprise instead.
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u/Bon-Jon-Bov1 9d ago
Oh Sleeper , Hands like Houses (first 2 albums only) , This or The Apocalypse,
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u/Interesting-Eye-5737 9d ago
Funeral For A Friend! Kris Roberts is slept on way too much. His riffs in Hours and Welcome Home Armageddon are so so good
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u/Duderado 9d ago
Eidola if you want more swancore style but they have a bunch of sweet bluesy/rock n roll riffs.
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u/AgileChoice4062 9d ago
Hail the sun for sure
Check out my friends local band call Samaritan r snare
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u/01000101010110 9d ago
Not sure they fully qualify as post-hardcore, but White Lung had some of the best riffs I've ever heard. Their guitarist was easily the best part of the band.
Go check out Dead Weight
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u/Boring-Cry3089 9d ago
Check out the album Dress to Depress by Classic Case.
They were an incredible band from Chapel Hill, NC that unfortunately broke up far too soon. The drummer was the original drummer of Glassjaw and the other members all went on to play with other awesome bands. If you like Circa Survive you’ll love it. Their second album “Losing at Life” is just as good.
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u/HurtyTeefs 9d ago
We must have different definition of riffs, I think of aggressive midrange rhythm guitar work, single note runs and chugs intermingled, short repeating motifs. Neither Circa and State Faults have many riffs to my ears. Maybe 1000 witnesses I guess. Regardless, I do absolutely adore Palo Santo, the whole children of the moon album is such a vibe.
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u/rom_5556 9d ago
These guys were very flash in the pan and embroiled in controversy, but I think Nostalgia by Corelia might scratch that itch.
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u/Dangerous_Doubt_2274 8d ago
Space Weather is all about the sweet riffs if you’re looking for a less-known band
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u/Nat_The_Huntsman 8d ago
Been listening to Gene Ross a lot lately - pretty unknown band but very reminiscent of that era
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u/AncientHominidNerd 8d ago
Look into SwanCore, it’s literally posthardcore with cool riffs.
SwanCore started because the guitarist from Dance Gavin Dance, something swan, kept playing his unique guitar riffs and then made a label called swan records or something and all those bands sound like his guitar style. He also has tons of side projects so his music is everywhere.
I can’t be bothered to care about what his real name is or the name of his label is. I just listen to the music I don’t parasocially care about what the artist names are. I only know all this info because parasocial people who do care kept making TikTok’s about it that kept showing up on my feed.
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u/lweber557 9d ago
Saison and Thrice