The Problem With Modern Metalcore | Rody Walker (Protest The Hero) | The METALBIRB Podcast

know how to pronounce the album name before you interview the band

Arguably Metalcore as a genre was started by Shai Hulud back in the day. It's crazy to hear what people call metalcore these days- honestly most of it would fall in the area of Deathcore or Djent. Metalcore was literally the marriage of, get this...metal and hardcore. Not the Hatebreed brand of "hardcore"- actual hardcore, which was very aggressive punk that bordered on metal.

Shai Hulud did it perfectly. Protest the Hero does it progressively. Sikth, I wouldn't even put in that category, they are something else entirely.

Rody Walker, godfather of BLEGH!!! Excuse me.

No one believes me but its the 7 string guitars. Its destroying the harmonic content where guitar shines and all you hear is gain, cymbals, screaming gain with a fuck ton of high low overlays, maybe you get a singer but since it doesn't matter what your notes are anymore since all that matters is hearing a bunch of percussive gain, the melodies for the singer sucks ass. And that's even after you beg your singer to learn to sing high. 7 string guitars are ass. The bass has enough trouble standing out in metal