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| Good Steaks So Far
2018 has been pretty cool so far, a lot of new discoveries for me. Not everything on here is from 2018, but still great nonetheless | | 1 |  | Thornhill
Butterfly
Really nice proggy metalcore from Australia, with an incredible vocalist who has strong cleans and nice screams. Guitar work on this is stellar, and them drums go OFF on some songs.
Joy, Sunflower, Parasite, and Reptile fucking GO my guy | | 2 |  | Aviations
The Light Years
Dope djenty jazz fusion. Rather than dark tones and somber atmosphere, this relies on upbeat melodies and jazz elements to push the record along, and it's done exceptionally well.
Concrete Kitten, Tornado, and Two Days rule | | 3 |  | Coletta
Mind and Time
Proggy post-hardcore in a similar vein to Hail The Sun, Sianvar, and somewhat Dance Gavin Dance. Very poppy at times which blends perfectly over the almost summery vibes the EP gives off.
Blossom, Raspberry Cough, and The Bee's Knees are the bee's knees hehe haha | | 4 |  | All That We See
May You Find Your Worth
Nice proggy metalcore with excellent lead guitar work. Vocal mixing could use some work, but overall a solid effort
Milestone, Where I End, and The Ladder are dope | | 5 |  | August Burns Red
Messengers Remixed
This is cheating a bit, but goddamn this remix sounds a thousand times better than the original mix
Back Burner and Composure man, come on bro you already know the jams on this | | 6 |  | AMOR
Love Vs Logic
Fun poppy post-hardcore backed by a strong vocalist, I got hooked on this for a good few weeks
Poison Play, Heart Locker, and Collisions are dope | | 7 |  | For the Fallen Dreams
Six
Originally straight up metalcore for the bros, FTFD take a more melodic approach to this album and it works wonders. Chad utilizes a yell and a high scream on this, giving vocal variety as opposed to just his lows, and the guitarist really carries this with his choruses
Stone, Burning Season, Two Graves, Hypnosis, and The Storm are fantastic | | 8 |  | Rolo Tomassi
Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It
I don't even really know how to describe this genre wise. There's some droney ambient parts, some hectic mathy shit, some hardcore shit, and they mix it all together to make an incredible sounding unit.
Rituals, Whispers Among Us, Contretemps are the jams | | 9 |  | Chorder
The Experiment
Here starts the shit not from this year. This is some djenty shit ala After The Burial, with a more hardcore feel because of the vocalist's style
Recalcitrance, Identic, and Rapscallion go hard af my guy | | 10 |  | Fear Before
The Always Open Mouth
I don't know why I slept on this for so long, but I'm glad I finally got around to listening to this. This shit is catchy, heavy, and has great atmospheric moments. Give this a fucking listen
Drowning The Old Hag, Lycanthropy, and โฆAs A Result of Signals Being Crossed are the dope | | 11 |  | Modern Life Is War
Witness
Hardcore classic right here, I was grabbed by this immediately. Powerful and emotional vocals on top of some crushing hardcore instrumentation is the name of the game here, and they do it perfectly
John and Jimmy, The Outsiders, and Hair Raising Accounts Of Ghosts go in | | 12 |  | Meshuggah
Nothing (Re-release)
BOI. I knew a lot of my favorite bands were inspired by Meshuggah, and I had heard obZen before, but goddamn this album was dope. Groovy, heavy, and fucking awesome bros
Rational Gaze, Perpetual Black Second, and Straws Pulled At Random go fucking IN | | 13 |  | Wolves and Machines
Since Before Our Time
Indie rock with post hardcore elements, and it's done nigh perfectly. Strong vocalist with fun vocal melodies, and guitarists who really know their way around a fret board.
Only Drowning Men, Stay Separate, Bury The Bones, and Like Holding Breath are my standouts | |
SteakByrnes
03.19.18 | How we doin | Papa Universe
03.19.18 | I'mma check some of these. The covers look tasty and the descriptions seem to be hope-inducing. | SteakByrnes
03.19.18 | Yea the album covers are very enticing on most of these, and I hope my lazily done descriptions suffice haha | calmrose
03.19.18 | 10, 11, 12 m/ m/ m/ | bloc
03.19.18 | Oh I see how it is. I make a list today, and then YOU make a list today eh
Good to see you enjoyed 13 my brotha | SteakByrnes
03.19.18 | Hell yea calm my boi m/
bloc I was gonna make this last night but once again, site took a dump lmao. But hey, a bloc and a Steak list sounds like a good time to me
And hell yea 13 ruled | SteakByrnes
03.20.18 | bump | SteakByrnes
03.20.18 | You'd probably like 10 as well | MarsKid
03.20.18 | Seems like some interesting stuff here. Tried 1 but didn't click with me, but I can be a lot more critical of the -core genres. Anything here that might work out better? | SteakByrnes
03.20.18 | 10 and 13 would probably be more up you're alley | MarsKid
03.20.18 | Well you're right on that haha, jammed 10 already and it rocked. I know you rec'd 13 and I did give it a brief shot a week or two ago and wasn't thrilled. I'll revisit it for sure tho | SteakByrnes
03.20.18 | Give it another go my man m/
Also what was the reason for Thornhill not clicking? | Dewinged
03.20.18 | Nice, 2 is pretty good. | MarsKid
03.20.18 | Didn't think it was very innovative and lacked punch. Vocalist was serviceable but he never struck me as unique. His falseto was noticeably weak, sounded fine but didn't have much power behind it. Some highlights, but overall felt a bit linear and unexciting at portions. Solid effort, but not one I'd return to. | SteakByrnes
03.20.18 | @Dewinged yea 2 rules, love the jazzy elements in it
@Mars fair enough, I really like the vocalist and feel that his melodies fit incredibly well over the instrumentation, especially on tracks like Joy and Reptile | parksungjoon
04.15.22 | nothing is a medium-rare floating on this sea of charred remains |
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