we got any hardcore fans here?

[knut]

A band called Irepress have recently come to my attention with their latest release, Sol Eye Sea I. I'll usually try to lump a band into something I can say in passing, even though I'm not a huge fan of genres because of their limitations. With these, though... I wouldn't even know where to begin. It's such a strange mixture of so many different styles of music all rolled into one from start to finish with little to no space in the middle to pick up a song on it's own at a random listen. Harsh, downtuned and crushing riffs are blended peacefully with overdoses of ISIS-circa In The Absence of Truth effects pedals and atmospherics whilst every now and again, short interuptions of vocals, male and female, change the flow of the a song by delivering just a subtle amount of voice work to keep you satisfied. By the by, it's an instrumental album - an instrumental post-hardcore, hardcore and metal album.

It's ****ing weird as, and it might be my favourite release of this year alongside the new ISIS.

 

[soulslicer]

I will check that out.

On the other hand, Underoath's new album is awesome. They've totally ditched their old singer and old influences. The moment I read their new wiki page saying.. Bassist Grant Brandell has explained that Underoath's music has been influenced by various bands such as Refused, At the Drive-In, Jimmy Eat World, Isis and Radiohead. lulz. anyway, I really like what I'm hearing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewyUFZE5LcY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR9OspjIoII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra-qxpkFzws

 

[The Monkey]

The most metal band I listen to is Led Zep, but I'd rather call them blues rock (they themselves disliked being labelled as metal).