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| 10 Great Post-hardcore Albums
As with all genre tags, the term "post hardcore" does not have an
absolute definition. In my mind, however, the prototype for "post
hardcore" is the work of Fugazi, who laid the blue print for a sound
that others have taken in many different directions. While this list is
ranked in order of quality, I don't pretend to have heard 100% of all
the post-hardcore records that have ever been released. That would
be quite a feat. | | 1 |  | Refused
The Shape Of Punk To Come
It seems that 99% of all "political" bands incite about as much fervent radical
passion as a Jehovas Witness pamphlet. Refused are different; their music may
not have started a grand revolution, but their radical politics do much to fuel the
unique potency of their sound. I'm not sure if Dennis Lyxzen really has the
answers as to what is best for the global economy, but the artistry and nuance
of his lyrics and vocals mixed with the incendiary music is powerful in and of
itself. The musical acumen and grace and obliterating bombast of the music is of
the highest order. | | 2 |  | At The Drive In
Relationship of Command
Enough has been said on this one, I think | | 3 | | Braniac
Smack Bunny Baby
Electro shock works if accompanied by daily regimen of chemical crazed rock
neurosis | | 4 |  | Thursday
A CIty By The Light Divided
On this ground breaking album, seasoned genius producer David
Friedman(Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips, Weezer's "Pinkerton") applied his singular
magic to an album of immense torrential depth. Guitar expanses achieve
"Loveless" levels of textural scope, and what's more, the songs are
fundamentally beautiful and expertly crafted | | 5 |  | Deftones
White Pony
Ok, so I might be contradicting my own self-defined genre definitions by putting
what is really an "alternative metal" album into a list of post hardcore albums.
But that's ok, because this awesome record profoundly influenced a huge
number of future post hardcore experimentalists | | 6 |  | Jawbox
For Your Own Special Sweetheart
Crunch bonk crash | | 7 |  | Thrice
The Illusion of Safety
Ok, so "Vheissu" is probably a better record, and in fact, I think "The Alchemy
Index Vol I to IV" is absolute genius. But I have to put this record on this list
just because of the sheer audacity and unhinged abandon of it all. When this
came out, Pitchfork said pop punk and technical hardcore/metal core should
never mix. On that occasion, Pitchfork happened to be wrong | | 8 |  | Native Nod
Today Puberty, Tomorrow the world
Some of you may have deduced I'm partial to post-hardcore records that came
out in the late 90's or the last decade. Part of this is surely due to the fact that I
haven't listened to a huge number of pre-98 post hard core records. Also, for
some reason I've never been able to get into early post-hardcore stalwarts like
Fugazi and Hoover. These guys are super obscure and early 90's, so the
production is raw and lo-fi. The songs are pretty darn good and have a uniquely
Sonic Youth-esque guitar sensibility (for the clean guitar parts, the distorted
parts are based in metal tinged post hardcore) | | 9 | | Training For Utopia
Throwing A Wrench In the American Music Scene
I have never heard an album like this; it incorporates industrial, hip hop and
techno into post-hardcore in an incredible way. I suggest that this 1999 album
contains the seeds for where post hardcore should go in the next century | | 10 |  | Name Taken
Hold On
Beautiful amazing melodic pop + post hardcore | |
acADHDemy
02.07.11 | 5 is nu metal | drasticaction74
02.07.11 | 5 is ALTERNATIVE metal
and better than most albums | Mordecai.
02.07.11 | list is... interesting.
i'm going to go posthardcore to some tool
brb | FishTV
02.07.11 | It is indeed hard to know where to draw the line with all these genres and sub-genres | Captain North
02.07.11 | I don't see why 5 is seen as Nu Metal, aside from the fact that thats where the band came from.
Hmm, I might have to listen to 8-10. 4 has better albums, and your choice will be controversial but I can see what you're saying. | exredhouseresident
02.07.11 | Did not expect the native nod, touche. Love the bit about Shape of Punk to COme. The Refused had one of a kind enthrallment. | acorncheese
02.07.11 | yourcodenameis:milo - Ignoto
| BlueW
02.07.11 | I agree on 1, so effing bombastic.
List is different... | CatfishSoup
02.07.11 | Needs more DGD | porch
02.07.11 |
that refused album is horrible and dennis lyxzen has spent his career ripping off ian svenonius so that’s probably why he doesn’t have any answers | theacademy
02.07.11 | 5 is nu metal
and because of this it is better than most albums | MrSenior
02.07.11 | Good to see someone else appreciate 10. The artist in the ambulance is Thrice's best "post-hardcore" album, but I'm sure I'll get shit for it | americanmusicmachine
02.07.11 | i love porch.
also TFU is a christian metalcore band and it's "...American Music MACHINE"
: - ) | Wolfhorde
02.07.11 | 4 is so gay. | SlightlyEpic
02.07.11 | I know you cite Fugazi and all in the description but I really would suggest trying to get into them some more since it's genius stuff. | newjunkaesthetic93
02.07.11 | #1 is such an awesome album. Probably one of my top 10 of all time. | eternium
02.08.11 | 5 is as nu-metal as Fugazi is power violence. That said, where is Fugazi?
And lol @ Refused being "horrible" | ConsiderPhlebas
02.08.11 | "Refused
Genre:
Hardcore Punk"
There were an active, vocal component of the hardcore scene. They tried to make a hardcore record that was totally fresh compared to what was around at the time, and people think because it has some similarities to post-hardcore, it is post-hardcore. It'd be funny if it wasn't insulting.
| LegendofPittman
02.08.11 | They were a Hardcore band, but I think TSOPTC could be a borderline Post-Hardcore album. | flalafell
02.08.11 | i lol'd at 4, 5, and 7 | HaydenDyson
02.08.11 | underoath - lost in the sound of separation. I don't care what you say. | SeaAnemone
02.08.11 | I mean, at least it's not the usual Emery, Thrice, Dance Gavin Dance, etc. routine | TMobotron
02.08.11 | yeah it's not completely out of place on a post-hardcore list | Inveigh
02.08.11 | i've always thought of TSOPTC as a post-hardcore album, but I can see it both ways. the rest of their stuff is decidedly hardcore punk. | Aids
02.08.11 | TSOPTC is most definitely a post-hardcore album (and a fantastic one at that), I don't know why everyone's getting all pissy | Rishphaezya
02.08.11 | "underoath - lost in the sound of separation. I don't care what you say"
it's metalcore, but good choice anyway | Spec
02.08.11 | Nu-Metal: Shitty genre name. | Emim
02.08.11 | "There were an active, vocal component of the hardcore scene. They tried to make a hardcore record that was totally fresh compared to what was around at the time, and people think because it has some similarities to post-hardcore, it is post-hardcore. It'd be funny if it wasn't insulting."
wooooo, I've been wondering why it gets lumped in with post-hardcore for a while.
Also, wtf @ 5 and you forgot Fugayzi | Spec
02.15.11 | 5? | IAmHollywood
02.15.11 | I mean, at least it's not the usual Emery, Thrice, Dance Gavin Dance, etc. routine
I feel like this is the usual routine.... not emery/DGD lists. | DJ Smurf
12.18.11 | I was expecting Glassjaw. There's no Glassjaw. |
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