hardcore-punk

"Moments drag on for ages Eyes shower storms of tears The whole world is an empty void Without you, Govinda"

"Yuga-yitam nimo-shena Chakshusha pravrisha-yitam Shunya-yitam jagat sarvam Govinda-virahena me"

"She’s my sex bomb baby! Yeah!"

"The mainstream boom tarnished the word “metalcore” for a while."

"San Francisco’s Flipper made music that sounded like the opposite of what most would consider sexy. And for that matter, it didn’t even sound like what most of us would associate with punk — where loud and fast once ruled, Flipper played slow and sludgy. Black Flag would do likewise in just a couple years, but in 1982 there was little that sounded like Flipper, and even less that sounded like “Sex Bomb,” a drunken mess of a punk song that took the template of early garage rock from the ’60s and stretched it out over seven minutes, simplified the lyrics and blasted lots of gnarly sax all over it. It feels nihilistic — the same thing over and over again, gradually becoming messier and messier, with no narrative or point to speak of."

"In the mid-'90s, metal and punk started to grow closer than ever before, and metallic hardcore (later shortened to metalcore) was born. This wasn't the first time these worlds collided, of course, with bands like Motörhead and Misfits bridging the gap between metal and punk in decades prior. However, by the end of the century it was the first time that this fusion was widespread enough to birth an entire genre, which still reigns supreme today as heavy music's most popular form. The genre started to take shape and become more popular by the early '00s, with bands like Killswitch Engage pulling it towards metal influences, while acts like Botch and Cave In kept the hardcore punk sound closer to the heart."

"The kids in Alesana, August Burns Red, and possibly even As I Lay Dying have no fucking idea who those pioneering metalcore bands are, much less that screamy vocals were born in the tiny basement shows and vegan bakesales of the 90s DIY hardcore scene. [...] What is “the missing link”? What is the mysterious subgenre connecting the skramz/hardcore scenes of my youth to the strange new world of modern screamo?? How did I get from watching Charles Bronson in a basement with 35 people in 1995 to seeing The Devil Wears Prada nearly crack the Billboard Top 10?! They sure as fuck have no idea who Charles Bronson or Bloodlet were, but if you do a little backtracking, the link is undeniable. [...] Like many other scholars, I believe the “missing link” is the cohort of bands that includes Thursday, Hawthorne Heights, Taking Back Sunday, The Used, and Saves The Day. Much like Nirvana and Pearl Jam before them, the jerks in these bands knew a thing or two about legitimate hardcore/metalcore, but created music that became popular with mainstreamers/new jacks who were in turn inspired to create several generations of soulless, derivative bullshit that resembled real hardcore enough to be annoying, but not enough to actually be good. A second wave of even worse screamo/metalcore bands followed them up, including notorious shit-merchants like Chiodos, From First To Last, and Aiden. At least they weren’t Christian. [...]"

"I’m sure 99% of these bands have no idea that they’re stealing riffs from Unbroken, Deadguy, At The Gates, and Carcass. They’re just copying Norma Jean, As I Lay Dying and Chiodos, who were copying Thursday, The Used and Aiden. Which is all fine, because all art references that which came before it -- the part that I miss is the DIY ethic that was such an integral part of the 90s metalcore/screamo scene. Also, less phony Christians."

"Despite what Atreyu may think, the roots of metalcore go back to the late ’80s and it was a fully formed genre by the early-to-mid ’90s, way before the mainstream metalcore boom of the early 2000s that put a lot of the genre’s overly-polished bands on MTV. Like a lot of underground genres of music that suddenly hit it big, metalcore had some growing pains, but recent years have seen the genre’s influence being reinterpreted by great newer bands who — going by their age — presumably found metalcore from the bands on MTV and then traced its roots back to the underground bands of the ’90s."

"Like most genres, [metalcore is] not an easy term to define; even saying “metal meets hardcore” doesn’t really do it. Hardcore and metal’s relationship long predates metalcore; hardcore bands inspired metal bands to invent thrash, and in turn thrash bands inspired punk bands to start crossover thrash, both genres influenced grunge, and the cross-pollination just kept spiraling from there. I don’t know the exact year that “metalcore” entered the vernacular, but some of the earlier bands [...] probably would have just been called “metallic hardcore.""

"Rites of Spring prides itself as one of the great hardcore punk bands, but many professional music critics and punk historians claim this beloved Washington D.C. outfit to be the first emo band. Mainly because the band's lyrics were more personal and in-depth than any of its hardcore punk contemporaries. Though Rites of Spring didn't want anything to do with the emo label, the band's only studio release has stood the test of time and got the ball rolling on a movement."

"Rites of Spring might be the most influential punk group that pretty much no one has ever heard of. [...] The example they set – their conduct, their attitude, and of course their music – would be hugely influential. A model, if you will, for how hardcore punk might grow up."

"What Nirvana did was nothing new; Husker Du did it before us."

"The grandaddy of them all, Rites Of Spring arguably kicked off the entire [post-hardcore] movement with their sole album. With the hardcore scene in their hometown of Washington DC flourishing but becoming increasingly thuggish, they stepped away and changed things up, keeping the breakneck punk pace but displaying their own vulnerability and fears in the lyrics and whipping in something the genre was sorely missing: proper tunes."

"It’s nearly impossible to guess how the alternative rock boom of the ’90s would’ve sounded without the direct influence and ripple effect of My War."

"Hüsker Dü are making quite important music right now, and people aren't hearing it because it never gets played."

"Double Nickels on the Dime rewrote the rules for what a punk band–or just a band in general–could be, and it still sounds radical today. It’s not hard to hear the album’s influence on anyone from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Guided by Voices to Fugazi, but for the most part, the Minutemen’s vast influence tends to come through on a spiritual and ideological level. No other band sounds like Double Nickels on the Dime, and I don’t know if anyone even could if they tried."

"With today’s hardcore scene embracing alt-rock, ' is a still-relevant reminder that history repeats itself."

"Mathcore [is] the sound of metal being twisted into startling new shapes."

"There are blurry lines that separate death metal, grindcore, and thrash metal and even black metal; some bands certainly overlap these genres. What sets grindcore apart mostly is how bands push the limits known to extreme music with more intensity, speed, intensity and lyrics. Short, buzzing riffs fast enough to snap necks; guttural vocals, and blast beats underneath it all define some of grindcore's key characteristics."

"Grindcore is the bridge between and mixed with brutally fast . You take it and throw it all in a blender, hit and stand back."

"We're gonna fight We know who's right (Not them) Time to unite We're having our say (Me and you) Oppressed us long They've done us wrong (Dumb fools) You stand up tall The futures ours (No rules) Me and you We're gonna fight the narrow minds Make are own rules Live your life at all"

"I never claimed to be something more than me, your standards I refuse to see."

"You're still searching for these answers, they're not inside your wrist"

"Trying to make a difference but where the fuck did you go wrong?"

"If we're the flagship of peace and prosperity we're taking on water and about to fucking sink"

"Am I really someone you need to restrain? Can't you listen to what we have to say?"

"Is there a God tonight, up in the sky, or is it empty just like me?"

"Is this the life that you lead, or the life that's led for you? Will you take the road that's been laid out before you?"

""I don't love you anymore", is all I remember you telling me, never have I felt so cold."

"Would God bless a murder of the innocents? Would God bless a war based on pride? Would God bless a money-hungry government? No. Would God bless our ineffective court system? God bless the sweatshops we run. Would God bless Amerika? God bless Amerika."

"So here and now in our rotting nation, the blood it pours, it's all on our hands now. We live in fear of our own potential."

"These careless fingers are wrapped around a black ball-point pen, these eyes don't wander as far as they at one time did."

"Time spent on hate, is time gone to waste."

"We're not putting up with this planet one more day, much less one more year."

"Keep this line open to get this call from you. Speak the words that keep me coming back to you."

"You're the new revolution, the angst-filled adolescent. You fit the stereotype well."

"If I could paint how I feel, I'd draw bullseye on your forehead my anger is not misdirected unless it somehow misses you"

"Before you swallow me into your perfect life, I'm not going out without a fight."

"A need for revolution's rising, it comes to the surface gasping for air."

"Shots fired into the sky are now returning. Where the fuck will you hide?"

"When we built these dreams on sand how they all slipped through our hands this might be our only chance."

"The time that we kill keeps us alive."

"When I die, will they remember not; What I did? But what I havn't done"

"In alleys void of any light where nameless things live out of sight."

"I took one last look from the heights that I once loved and then I ran like hell."

"With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, we sing for change."

"We’ll sing through the day, of the lives that we’ve lost, and the lives we’ve reclaimed."

"Please Love give me the wheel before both of our hearts you will steal tonight."

"Let the blind lead the blind, 'cause it's eye for an eye, in your so-called life."