Your way in
Melodic metalcore 1999
Gothenburg harmonies imported into American hardcore. The dominant formula of the 2000s.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- Massachusetts, USA
- Tempo
- 150-190 bpm
- Song length
- 3.5-5 min
- Written about
- Heartbreak, Recovery, Loyalty and betrayal, Faith, on part of the scene
- Vocals
- Sung and screamed
Why this one
| You said | Melodic metalcore | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick and driving What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1999 | 100% | ×1 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 98% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 3 answers you gave, weighted pace 2, era 1, melody 1 out of 4. Melodic metalcore ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Killswitch Engage, Killswitch Engage 2000
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing. The album that defined a decade.
- 2The one to put on first
Trivium, Ascendancy 2005
Trivium - Ascendancy. Metalcore that remembers to include solos.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Metalcore, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Melodic metalcore's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Progressive power metal 98%
Power metal choruses laid over prog structures and meters.
4 steps from Melodic metalcore, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Progressive power metal -
Ska punk 96%
Ska offbeats and a horn section at punk tempo. The third wave of ska, thoroughly American.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Melodic metalcore.
The way into Ska punk
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 4.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. Worth 1 of 4.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.