The first two albums are fantastic, really some killer stuff there, The Poison is like one of the best Metalcore albums ever, with tons of great riffs and SAF also is an awesome Metalcore album but with a lot of thrash influences, probably my favorite by them. And I agree, I absolutely love dual harmonies and dual guitar work, Jesper and Bjorn (early In Flames) are probably my favorite duo is this aspect
@@euanharrison7125 I think the "loss of quality" should be moved after Fever. Sure, it wasn't as good as the albums that preceded it, but there's still some damn fine leadwork on that album. Plus, I still really enjoyed that album overall. Temper, Temper and after is where they lost their way. Though, Venom is a very guilty pleasure of mine.
@@richardsinclair7661 temper temper and gravity were their weakest albums but I can see why they are. They tried to make them more commercial/radio friendly or attract new fans. Not to say they were terrible but not albums you'd listen frequently although temper temper did have a few gems.
When you described the "punky quality with the metal" Well Sir that's spot on with what metalcore is. Metalcore comes from metal being blended with the "hardcore" movement that was the production of a lot of punk bands. There's a channel with a documentary like video talking about this movement. Any who, hope that answers a bit your question on metalcore
Yes, this band is British. From Wales. BFMV is one of the few modern bands I can tolerate. Their guitar work, intensity, vocals, and songwriting skills keep me coming back. I, too, am a sucker for twin guitar harmonies and 2 things I love about this band is they mostly sing (vs. screaming/growling) and they not only sing but provide harmonic bgv's. This band is incredible. I actually love the "chugging on D" as you referred to it. Plus, I could listen to pinch harmonics all day. Btw, my intro to this band was Tears Don't Fall. I highly recommend it next. I also would recommend Theocracy - Laying The Demon To Rest.
@@loganpriest6029 total banger definitely solidified themselves as my favorite metalcore band. They were a favorite before but ABR was my top metalcore band
These guys have been around for a while now. This is off of their 2nd album from 2008. As a old school metal fan myself, this song blatantly comes across as a "newer" metal band paying homage/tribute to classic Metallica to me. With maybe even hints of classic Maiden thrown in on the melodic guitar riffs. Which makes sense because those bands are 2 of their biggest influences. Even down to the "punk-ish" vocals, I hear James Hetfield circa Kill 'em All & Ride the Lightning. It's interesting how different ears hear different aspects in the sound.
5:20 that punk influence is actually rooted in hardCORE punk, hence the name metalcore. Still, BFMV always was on the more "old school"-metal side of metalcore, in contrast to scene bands like Asking Alexandria or BMTH. For a lot *core fans I know and me including, BFMV, As I Lay Dying, Trivium, and so on were an introduction into heavier music and I'm incredibly thankful for that. Funny thing is that BFMV have very very emo-ish songs too, which may be a reason they were interesting for teenagers.
I’d recommend Kirisute Gomen by Trivium. It is Metalcore but it has some thrash too. The song is from a Metalcore album that has some thrashy elements while also even some prog. I think you’ll like it. But yeah, I discovered Bullet For My Valentine through this song on the game Guitar Hero World Tour lol. Got into them in middle school. This band is great. Great reaction man.
trivium isnt metalcore though, at all, they do span alot of different genres on almost every album, but wouldnt say metalcore is one of them. specially not shogun. i would say they are alot more in the thrash, progressive, some death metal and melodic metal styles then anything else tbh.
I love this song. Bullet For My Valentine is one of my favorite bands. They're actually the first band I saw in concert when they were opening for Avenged Sevenfold. A good metalcore song that I think you'd like is "Mikasa" by Veil of Maya.
Haven't listened to them in years but they were instrumental into getting me into the thrashy side of metal, this album especially! Also, I think the name has a lot to do with them being lumped in with the emo crowd. They have a few songs that veer a little in that direction like Tears Don't Fall but they're actually much more metal than I remember.
You're not wrong, a lot of these bands (Trivium, Bullet for my Valentine etc.) Started more in the metalcore era and sound, and after an album or two evolved into a more modern interpretation of thrash with hint of Metalcore. A lot of people refer to this newer sound for these bands as "New Wave of American Metal" although I have always more associated bands like Lamb of God and Devil Driver. At the end of the day, sub genres are messy, its just cool heavy music in my eyes and it's all good.
If you enjoyed this, they're original drummer(on this track) is in a new band with the lead guitarist from still remains, the band is Kill the Lights, similar style and they just dropped their debut
A band like Parkway Drive with their early stuff is a pretty pure concept of 2000's metalcore that sits around 50/50 with the metal and hardcore crossover. BFMV definitely channel more of an emotive shreddy metal feel.
Metalcore (literally "metallic hardcore" although nobody calls it that anymore) started in the mid 90s and essentially grew out of the New York hardcore sound which was a tougher, more macho version of the classic DC/LA hardcore sound. Integrity, Earth Crisis, Unbroken, Ringworm, and Zao are examples of first-wave metalcore. The metalcore that you and most other people are familiar with is melodic metalcore which was spearheaded by Shadows Fall and others at the tail end of the 90s. Screamo is a more intense version of emocore that also developed in the 90s and has nothing to do with metal at all. In fact, I've heard people say that emocore actually developed in opposition to NY hardcore because they felt that style was too macho. The word "screamo" has been so misused in the past 20 years that many screamo fans now refer to the music as "skramz" instead. I'm not as familiar with screamo music but I think Saetia, Circle Takes the Square, Envy, City of Caterpillar, pageninetynine, and Touché Amoré are all considered screamo/skramz bands.
I think my big problem with all these sub-genres is that there is too much overlap. If this song was released in the 80’s, it probably would have been lumped in with power metal. But, you throw in a breakdown and a few guttural vocals and now you gotta create a new sub-genre. Lol Thanks for the insight and thanks for watching!
@@OldHead Well, I don't even think it makes that much sense to call this song metalcore at all. There was hardly any hardcore in it and the one breakdown felt like a complete afterthought. I agree that it sounds much more like power metal or thrash. I don't know anything about this band but maybe their earlier stuff had more of a hardcore vibe to it. Anyway, thanks for reading my needlessly long comment!
With how much you love dual guitars and harmonies, I'd be really curious to see what you think of some of the older Avenged Sevenfold stuff. Maybe "Beast and the Harlot" or "Burn it Down"...or even "Sidewinder"
Good pick and good video man. I do like a lot of what these guys do. They've definitely got some chops. Some of their discography gets a little tiresome, imo, but for the most part a pretty good band. A band recommend somewhat kind of along the same lines..how about the band *_Trivium_* (pre-2010) a shot? Personally I dig a most of what came off of the album Shogun: -Kirisute Gomen (good starter) -Down from the Sky -Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis -Shogun (is probs my favorite but it's long) The first album Ascendancy had good songs and might be one of their more popular: -Drowned and Torn Asunder -Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr -A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation Thanks man!!
Bullet is within my top 10 favorite bands, along with bands like Death, Trivium, Iron Maiden, etc. Another band that does have a very old school thrash metal vibe would be Tantara, their song Mass Murder. Such a badass song! An Australian melodic thrash band had a very, very good ep a few years back, band is Trigger and their ep, Machina. Lots of dual guitar work, 30 min ep is a great listen!
Hi, Marc from H Smiths Patreon here - good to see you in the zoom chat, love your content.Some cool facts given your love for acid reign and some links. Bullet are originally from the Bridgend, area in South Wales, where I live as does Cooky - both Cooky and Padge were gigging in bands (the early incarnation of bullet was called Jeff Killed John) around the same time before Bullet eventually took off. Cooky is still good friends with Padge (who did a quote for the age of entitlement) and Padge’s guitar tech is non other than Acid Reign original guitarist and dungaree wearing lunatic Kev Papworth (who also ended up living in Bridgend). I think Kev encouraged Cooky to post himself playing Godess up on the Acid Reign Facebook page, which ended up with him auditioning and joining the reboot.
Dude, listen to the first two albums from Bullet For My Valentine, that's what got me into metal when I was 11 years old. Especially their first breakthrough album, goddamn.
Metalcore is essential the mix of metal and DIY hardcore. Just like how hardcore music can be interpreted and morphed in many different ways, metalcore can as well. A lot of those bands can be classified as Emo or screamo because those types of kids like that type of stuff and this kind of comes out of that scene a bit.
Old head myself here. Before the lockdowns I was working with a early 20 something guy and we carpooled to work. He tends to listen to bands like Lamb of God and Meshuggah and one day he mentions he's a big Bullet For My Valentine fan. I had only heard one song by them called "Tears Don't Fall" which is their most radio friendly song, and it's fine for what it is but I'm not a fan. So I was like "...How? How can YOU be a fan of them?" Mentioned the one song I had heard that turned me off. He instantly understood and put this song on and it made me understand why people love this band. I wouldn't say I'm a fan, but I respect them a Hell of a lot more than I used to. It's interesting hearing all these bands that defined what Metal is to the generation that came after us and what it means to them.
Mentioning Pantera and Domination, these guys actually have a cover of this song, will be interesting for you to hear their attempt. I personally love it
BFMV is generally more of a Melodic Metalcore band, in this album they had alot more Thrash Metal influence. But heres a whole different band that will MELT your ASS off. The band is called Rings Of Saturn and i 10000% recommend their song 'Seized And Devoured' or 'Embryonic Anomaly' (original versions are better than their rerecorded). Theyre probably the most Technical Technical Deathcore band out there, i mean many call it Aliencore for a reason lolol Trust me, its no easy going shit AT ALL
Firstly I know this isn't likely to be seen, but I gotta say I appreciate the unbiased viewpoint. It's very often that people just say "band is good/bad" with maybe a few insights, whereas that wasn't quite the case with you. As for recommendations, Dir En Grey is my default though forming in '97 might not be new enough. Otherwise, try Therapy? - Screamager. They are Irish metal.. almost punk? Also want to say your beard is where I want mine to be and serious envy
Please continue reaction videos.. Authentic and real... Who's cares what people think... A REAL reaction should be straight facts regardless if you hurt feelings.. That's what its all about
Dude I just found your channel and I love it, it's the second song you react that is from 2008 and these band today are so far good they were. Well, recommend Mercy by Sylosis. Sylosis is one the most great band in morden metal, they play a Melodic Death Metal/Thrash Metal. People say that the Vocalist/guitarrist is an Morden Chuck Schuldiner and i agree if you listen to and full album. I hope ypu enjoy it!!! I recommend you to listen the Edge Of The Earth full album when you can.
metalcore changed around 2008 when posthardcore bands started adopting heavier breakdowns and metalcore bands stopped playing actual riffs and got higher pitched singers, and eventually around 2010-2012 became generic chug fests. Theres a revival of genuinely good metalcore going on but there aren't many good bands left. Also, the screamo you're referring to is normally called Post-Hardcore, which started off as regular hardcore but more melodic with bands like Fugazi and Rites Of Spring and eventually evolved into a more experimental genre til the end of 2010. Skramz is what actual screamo is referred to as and is an offshoot of emo, which was just hardcore, but with sad lyrics. eventually bands like Saetia and orchid started screaming and shrieking over almost grindy or mathy hardcore, and that became screamo/skramz. so post hardcore and skramz are offshoots of hardcore.
Have you heard Children of Bodom? If not their a Finnish melodic death metal group formed in the early 90's. Their sound changes a lot from their first album to their last. Their lead guitarist/vocalist recently passed. If you haven't heard of them and decided to listen to them I'd recommend something from their early albums where they were more technical like Something Wild or Hatebreeder, their more popular album Hate Crew Deathroll, or their last album Hexed.
As many have stated gotta check out Trivium dude. Start with something off of their big 1st record Ascendancy. "A gunshot to the head" or the title track are probably strong picks. "Shogun" (2008) is simply an epic metal record, so many great tracks and their new record "What The Dead Men Say" also kicks some pretty major ass. As for Bullet, I'd recommend checking out some of their older material before going forward in the discography. Their earlier stuff kind of as you stated is sometimes thrown in with the "screamo/emo scenes or genres if you want to call them that. In truth though some of their early work is their hardest hitting and as for the production/sound on their debut record, I still don't believe they've matched/topped it till this day. "No Control" or "Her Voice Resides" are 2 of the heavier ones.
@@OldHead I'm sure you'll dig them dude! Little heads up though, if you do decide to do "A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation" do NOT do the official music video version as it cut short. I'd wager you'll love that track especially due to your dual guitar appreciation. A lyric video for it might even be better too as there is some harsh vocals which can be tricky to understand on a first listen.
The thing is, some “metalcore” bands do have an emo quality, but a lot do not. And you only find out by listening and/or looking at the bands they tour with and guessing. It is something of a silly genre name.
I highly recommend listening to 'The Light That Blinds' and 'Redemption' by Shadows Fall. Those songs are very much in the vein of this song, except they are a bit more influenced from old school thrash and melo-death.
Bought this back on vinyl at hot topic when it came out. I thought it was pretty good at the time. Typical 2008 metal, in flames etc. Never bought anymore of there stuff. I just listened to side A a couple weeks ago for the first time in about 5 years and it still is likable for me. Where has the time gone.
Plz check out some Bands from Austria ! 1) The Sorrow -"Knights of Doom " or "Where is the Sun?" 2) Everlasting Dawn-"Faint" 3) Artas-"Rassenhass" 4)Norikum-"The Worlds Desease" 5) InDorsia-"Two Face" 6) Drescher-"First Blood" 7)Reset the World/"Forever Young" 8)Kill The Lycan-"Cronus" Have Fun ! Greetings from Austria!
regarding the breakdown, this band is propably one of the biggest influenceson the chugging on d part being overdone today, it was hype when they did it 20 years ago
Back in the day when i bought this album I listened? it few times in a row. It really got tome. Became a fan of this band. And I listen to these guys to this day. You should check out their newwst single. Yeah, i'm from finland andI 'm drunk and my english isn't that good. But great reaction nevertheless. Cheers to you.
A younger band I really been digging is Power Trip. Their song Executioner's Tax is amazing. It's very thrashy I also dig Municipal Waste/Iron Reagan. Crossover thrash that doesnt take itself very serious. MW album Born to Party is probably their best. The song Sadistic Magician is prob my favorite, along with Fuck the Neighbors.
@@OldHead nice I'll have to find the Power Trip video. Also I cant wait to check out your Motley Crue rankings. My fav is Too Fast, cant wait to see what you got.
Bullet For My Valentine are from Wales. List Metallica as one of their biggest influences. Line up changed since Scream Aim Fire was released. Bassist Jay James was replaced by Jamie Mathias and original drummer and co-founder Michael 'Moose' Thomas was replaced by Axewound drummer Jason Bowld. Bullet For My Valentine have much improved since. Listen to Bullet For My Valentine Gravity album, it's a beast 🤘
Hey head just checking in from up north! Its not bad has some good parts.kind of sounds like in flames.they are trying.but the new lamb of god is out and mushroom head.classic old shit rules.cheers.🍺👊🔥
You should try listening to any song from bfmv's the poison album. Shit got it from start to finish. Sick ass screams, beautiful dual guitars, great percussion and great vocals all around. Or listen to waking the demon or bittersweet memories.
There definitely needs to be a metal band named "Chuggin' on D" 😂
The first two albums are fantastic, really some killer stuff there, The Poison is like one of the best Metalcore albums ever, with tons of great riffs and SAF also is an awesome Metalcore album but with a lot of thrash influences, probably my favorite by them.
And I agree, I absolutely love dual harmonies and dual guitar work, Jesper and Bjorn (early In Flames) are probably my favorite duo is this aspect
The Poison is the best MetalCore album in my opinion
Agreed verbatim, it’s a shame they lost their way a bit in terms of quality after SAF
@@euanharrison7125 I think the "loss of quality" should be moved after Fever. Sure, it wasn't as good as the albums that preceded it, but there's still some damn fine leadwork on that album. Plus, I still really enjoyed that album overall. Temper, Temper and after is where they lost their way. Though, Venom is a very guilty pleasure of mine.
@@richardsinclair7661 temper temper and gravity were their weakest albums but I can see why they are. They tried to make them more commercial/radio friendly or attract new fans. Not to say they were terrible but not albums you'd listen frequently although temper temper did have a few gems.
When you described the "punky quality with the metal"
Well Sir that's spot on with what metalcore is. Metalcore comes from metal being blended with the "hardcore" movement that was the production of a lot of punk bands. There's a channel with a documentary like video talking about this movement. Any who, hope that answers a bit your question on metalcore
You can find that video @thepunkrockmba
Well Scream Aim Fire is a thrash song but I know what you mean. Thrash is punk plus metal
you haven't listened to thrash haven't ya? that's the OG. Metalcore comes from mixing melodic death metal with hardcore.
Yes, this band is British. From Wales. BFMV is one of the few modern bands I can tolerate. Their guitar work, intensity, vocals, and songwriting skills keep me coming back. I, too, am a sucker for twin guitar harmonies and 2 things I love about this band is they mostly sing (vs. screaming/growling) and they not only sing but provide harmonic bgv's. This band is incredible. I actually love the "chugging on D" as you referred to it. Plus, I could listen to pinch harmonics all day. Btw, my intro to this band was Tears Don't Fall. I highly recommend it next. I also would recommend Theocracy - Laying The Demon To Rest.
To counter slash piggyback off this waking the demon (album version)
That’s because all the bands they where influenced by where all metal bands from 70s and 80s from sabbath to tallica, to slayer to pantera
5:19 You hit the nail in the head, you just defined Metalcore sir.
You gotta listen to As I Lay Dying if you dig this. They are very Thrashy. The track "Nothing Left" off "An Ocean Between Us" is a good pic.
As I lay dying are a great band their latest album shaped by fire is amazing
Fuck yeah. Whispering Silence has a great solo
the sound of truth too
@@loganpriest6029 total banger definitely solidified themselves as my favorite metalcore band. They were a favorite before but ABR was my top metalcore band
Nah bruh within destruction is their thrashest
Great analogy on the solo! Exactly right. Not too long, not too short, well placed, well executed, not to complex. Like it.
These guys have been around for a while now. This is off of their 2nd album from 2008. As a old school metal fan myself, this song blatantly comes across as a "newer" metal band paying homage/tribute to classic Metallica to me. With maybe even hints of classic Maiden thrown in on the melodic guitar riffs. Which makes sense because those bands are 2 of their biggest influences. Even down to the "punk-ish" vocals, I hear James Hetfield circa Kill 'em All & Ride the Lightning. It's interesting how different ears hear different aspects in the sound.
"I legit think I like this!" hahaha love it man, keep up the great work! cheers from Chicago
Thanks for watching!
5:20 that punk influence is actually rooted in hardCORE punk, hence the name metalcore. Still, BFMV always was on the more "old school"-metal side of metalcore, in contrast to scene bands like Asking Alexandria or BMTH. For a lot *core fans I know and me including, BFMV, As I Lay Dying, Trivium, and so on were an introduction into heavier music and I'm incredibly thankful for that. Funny thing is that BFMV have very very emo-ish songs too, which may be a reason they were interesting for teenagers.
I’d recommend Kirisute Gomen by Trivium. It is Metalcore but it has some thrash too. The song is from a Metalcore album that has some thrashy elements while also even some prog. I think you’ll like it. But yeah, I discovered Bullet For My Valentine through this song on the game Guitar Hero World Tour lol. Got into them in middle school. This band is great. Great reaction man.
Definitely my fav Trivium album. Not a bad track on it imo.
Same. I agree.
trivium isnt metalcore though, at all, they do span alot of different genres on almost every album, but wouldnt say metalcore is one of them. specially not shogun. i would say they are alot more in the thrash, progressive, some death metal and melodic metal styles then anything else tbh.
@@kulidrikke You're right, they have develoüed and advanced by the years, simply one of the best, if not the best modern metal band.
I love this song. Bullet For My Valentine is one of my favorite bands. They're actually the first band I saw in concert when they were opening for Avenged Sevenfold.
A good metalcore song that I think you'd like is "Mikasa" by Veil of Maya.
Haven't listened to them in years but they were instrumental into getting me into the thrashy side of metal, this album especially! Also, I think the name has a lot to do with them being lumped in with the emo crowd. They have a few songs that veer a little in that direction like Tears Don't Fall but they're actually much more metal than I remember.
You're not wrong, a lot of these bands (Trivium, Bullet for my Valentine etc.) Started more in the metalcore era and sound, and after an album or two evolved into a more modern interpretation of thrash with hint of Metalcore. A lot of people refer to this newer sound for these bands as "New Wave of American Metal" although I have always more associated bands like Lamb of God and Devil Driver. At the end of the day, sub genres are messy, its just cool heavy music in my eyes and it's all good.
If you enjoyed this, they're original drummer(on this track) is in a new band with the lead guitarist from still remains, the band is Kill the Lights, similar style and they just dropped their debut
Check out their song “Army of Noise”. It’s along the lines of this song but a little more on the anthemic side!
I lost it at "chugging on D" :D Great reaction, would really like to see your take on Mutoid Man songs
A band like Parkway Drive with their early stuff is a pretty pure concept of 2000's metalcore that sits around 50/50 with the metal and hardcore crossover.
BFMV definitely channel more of an emotive shreddy metal feel.
Chuggin on d was my favorite part of the song 😔
Waking the demon (not the video version) is probably the best bfmv song imo and it seems to be a fan favourite too
Metalcore (literally "metallic hardcore" although nobody calls it that anymore) started in the mid 90s and essentially grew out of the New York hardcore sound which was a tougher, more macho version of the classic DC/LA hardcore sound. Integrity, Earth Crisis, Unbroken, Ringworm, and Zao are examples of first-wave metalcore. The metalcore that you and most other people are familiar with is melodic metalcore which was spearheaded by Shadows Fall and others at the tail end of the 90s.
Screamo is a more intense version of emocore that also developed in the 90s and has nothing to do with metal at all. In fact, I've heard people say that emocore actually developed in opposition to NY hardcore because they felt that style was too macho. The word "screamo" has been so misused in the past 20 years that many screamo fans now refer to the music as "skramz" instead. I'm not as familiar with screamo music but I think Saetia, Circle Takes the Square, Envy, City of Caterpillar, pageninetynine, and Touché Amoré are all considered screamo/skramz bands.
I think my big problem with all these sub-genres is that there is too much overlap. If this song was released in the 80’s, it probably would have been lumped in with power metal. But, you throw in a breakdown and a few guttural vocals and now you gotta create a new sub-genre. Lol
Thanks for the insight and thanks for watching!
@@OldHead Well, I don't even think it makes that much sense to call this song metalcore at all. There was hardly any hardcore in it and the one breakdown felt like a complete afterthought. I agree that it sounds much more like power metal or thrash. I don't know anything about this band but maybe their earlier stuff had more of a hardcore vibe to it. Anyway, thanks for reading my needlessly long comment!
React to BFMV Waking the demon. It’s a killer song. The drums are awesome in that one
Metalcore is basically "hardcore punk" mixed with "thrash metal"
With how much you love dual guitars and harmonies, I'd be really curious to see what you think of some of the older Avenged Sevenfold stuff. Maybe "Beast and the Harlot" or "Burn it Down"...or even "Sidewinder"
Good pick and good video man. I do like a lot of what these guys do. They've definitely got some chops. Some of their discography gets a little tiresome, imo, but for the most part a pretty good band.
A band recommend somewhat kind of along the same lines..how about the band *_Trivium_* (pre-2010) a shot?
Personally I dig a most of what came off of the album Shogun:
-Kirisute Gomen (good starter)
-Down from the Sky
-Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis
-Shogun (is probs my favorite but it's long)
The first album Ascendancy had good songs and might be one of their more popular:
-Drowned and Torn Asunder
-Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr
-A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation
Thanks man!!
Bullet for my valentine covered domination by Pantera it's funny you mention that
Bullet is within my top 10 favorite bands, along with bands like Death, Trivium, Iron Maiden, etc. Another band that does have a very old school thrash metal vibe would be Tantara, their song Mass Murder. Such a badass song!
An Australian melodic thrash band had a very, very good ep a few years back, band is Trigger and their ep, Machina. Lots of dual guitar work, 30 min ep is a great listen!
“Six” - All That Remains
It’s always refreshing to listen to new music with an open mind. Keep it up!!
Check out Eye of the Storm. Same album and pretty thrashy.
Eye of the Storm is very underrated and is one of the best songs on SAF.
Great video man Bullet for my Valentine are one of my favorite metalcore bands they actually did a cover song from Metallica welcome home (sanitarium)
Hi, Marc from H Smiths Patreon here - good to see you in the zoom chat, love your content.Some cool facts given your love for acid reign and some links. Bullet are originally from the Bridgend, area in South Wales, where I live as does Cooky - both Cooky and Padge were gigging in bands (the early incarnation of bullet was called Jeff Killed John) around the same time before Bullet eventually took off. Cooky is still good friends with Padge (who did a quote for the age of entitlement) and Padge’s guitar tech is non other than Acid Reign original guitarist and dungaree wearing lunatic Kev Papworth (who also ended up living in Bridgend). I think Kev encouraged Cooky to post himself playing Godess up on the Acid Reign Facebook page, which ended up with him auditioning and joining the reboot.
That’s awesome! Any connection to AR makes them cool in my book! Thanks for watching!
THATS WHAT SHE SAID lol, first time listener, old punker who dabbled in metal in the 00's. You got me, im signed on. Lets see where you go with this.
They have a lot of tracks that have an old school feel and sound I find, especially earlier stuff. A lot of thrash metal influence
Dude, listen to the first two albums from Bullet For My Valentine, that's what got me into metal when I was 11 years old. Especially their first breakthrough album, goddamn.
Good reaction man
Thanks!
One of my go to bands in high school. Love bullet
First time i have every posted on youtube. Enjoy your perspective on a song that I have enjoyed for a long time. Thanks for your perspective.
Metalcore is essential the mix of metal and DIY hardcore. Just like how hardcore music can be interpreted and morphed in many different ways, metalcore can as well. A lot of those bands can be classified as Emo or screamo because those types of kids like that type of stuff and this kind of comes out of that scene a bit.
If you want to keep listening to songs from this album the other hit is Waking the Demon. Great reaction 🤘
Old head myself here. Before the lockdowns I was working with a early 20 something guy and we carpooled to work. He tends to listen to bands like Lamb of God and Meshuggah and one day he mentions he's a big Bullet For My Valentine fan. I had only heard one song by them called "Tears Don't Fall" which is their most radio friendly song, and it's fine for what it is but I'm not a fan. So I was like "...How? How can YOU be a fan of them?" Mentioned the one song I had heard that turned me off. He instantly understood and put this song on and it made me understand why people love this band. I wouldn't say I'm a fan, but I respect them a Hell of a lot more than I used to. It's interesting hearing all these bands that defined what Metal is to the generation that came after us and what it means to them.
Between the Buried and me Coma Machine
Mentioning Pantera and Domination, these guys actually have a cover of this song, will be interesting for you to hear their attempt. I personally love it
Some of the growling is death metal influenced, but a lot of the yelling, screaming and chanting all came from hardcore
BFMV is generally more of a Melodic Metalcore band, in this album they had alot more Thrash Metal influence. But heres a whole different band that will MELT your ASS off. The band is called Rings Of Saturn and i 10000% recommend their song 'Seized And Devoured' or 'Embryonic Anomaly' (original versions are better than their rerecorded). Theyre probably the most Technical Technical Deathcore band out there, i mean many call it Aliencore for a reason lolol Trust me, its no easy going shit AT ALL
Firstly I know this isn't likely to be seen, but I gotta say I appreciate the unbiased viewpoint. It's very often that people just say "band is good/bad" with maybe a few insights, whereas that wasn't quite the case with you. As for recommendations, Dir En Grey is my default though forming in '97 might not be new enough. Otherwise, try Therapy? - Screamager. They are Irish metal.. almost punk?
Also want to say your beard is where I want mine to be and serious envy
Triviums like light to flies does the best dual harmony out there
great video bro!
Please continue reaction videos.. Authentic and real... Who's cares what people think... A REAL reaction should be straight facts regardless if you hurt feelings.. That's what its all about
Dude I just found your channel and I love it, it's the second song you react that is from 2008 and these band today are so far good they were. Well, recommend Mercy by Sylosis. Sylosis is one the most great band in morden metal, they play a Melodic Death Metal/Thrash Metal. People say that the Vocalist/guitarrist is an Morden Chuck Schuldiner and i agree if you listen to and full album. I hope ypu enjoy it!!! I recommend you to listen the Edge Of The Earth full album when you can.
Pretty cool song! Really dig the first album more but this one was pretty good too!
metalcore changed around 2008 when posthardcore bands started adopting heavier breakdowns and metalcore bands stopped playing actual riffs and got higher pitched singers, and eventually around 2010-2012 became generic chug fests. Theres a revival of genuinely good metalcore going on but there aren't many good bands left. Also, the screamo you're referring to is normally called Post-Hardcore, which started off as regular hardcore but more melodic with bands like Fugazi and Rites Of Spring and eventually evolved into a more experimental genre til the end of 2010. Skramz is what actual screamo is referred to as and is an offshoot of emo, which was just hardcore, but with sad lyrics. eventually bands like Saetia and orchid started screaming and shrieking over almost grindy or mathy hardcore, and that became screamo/skramz. so post hardcore and skramz are offshoots of hardcore.
Man really just insulted the breakdown, one of my personal favorite breadowns haha
The first album The Poison is very good
The vengence or saints of blood by black veil brides
Oceans ate Alaska - escapist. Will be unlike anything you’ve heard
In my personal opinion, metalcore is almost like a mix of metal and “screamo.” I could be wrong, but that’s what I think
Have you heard Children of Bodom? If not their a Finnish melodic death metal group formed in the early 90's. Their sound changes a lot from their first album to their last. Their lead guitarist/vocalist recently passed. If you haven't heard of them and decided to listen to them I'd recommend something from their early albums where they were more technical like Something Wild or Hatebreeder, their more popular album Hate Crew Deathroll, or their last album Hexed.
They're a metalcore band but this song is modern thrash same with trivium, sylosis and more
As many have stated gotta check out Trivium dude. Start with something off of their big 1st record Ascendancy. "A gunshot to the head" or the title track are probably strong picks. "Shogun" (2008) is simply an epic metal record, so many great tracks and their new record "What The Dead Men Say" also kicks some pretty major ass.
As for Bullet, I'd recommend checking out some of their older material before going forward in the discography. Their earlier stuff kind of as you stated is sometimes thrown in with the "screamo/emo scenes or genres if you want to call them that. In truth though some of their early work is their hardest hitting and as for the production/sound on their debut record, I still don't believe they've matched/topped it till this day. "No Control" or "Her Voice Resides" are 2 of the heavier ones.
I think Trivium will be next.
@@OldHead I'm sure you'll dig them dude! Little heads up though, if you do decide to do "A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation" do NOT do the official music video version as it cut short. I'd wager you'll love that track especially due to your dual guitar appreciation. A lyric video for it might even be better too as there is some harsh vocals which can be tricky to understand on a first listen.
Chugging on D band members include Johnny lips, Zach gluck, Noah lickems and Chris hoover
Unleash the Archers would be good too.
Yo Im late to the party but, that D chugging is i think a good way to interact with the crowd in a live situation to make them jump up and down.
The thing is, some “metalcore” bands do have an emo quality, but a lot do not. And you only find out by listening and/or looking at the bands they tour with and guessing. It is something of a silly genre name.
Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare! 💙
Waking the Demon!!!
Whoa!!!! Magic headphones how did you do that? What sorcery is this? 👻
In Flames - Satellites And Astronauts
I highly recommend listening to 'The Light That Blinds' and 'Redemption' by Shadows Fall. Those songs are very much in the vein of this song, except they are a bit more influenced from old school thrash and melo-death.
Metalcore is combination of Metal and Hardcore Punk. More precisely it's Emo Hardcore Punk that turned into Screamo/Metalcore.
Bought this back on vinyl at hot topic when it came out. I thought it was pretty good at the time. Typical 2008 metal, in flames etc. Never bought anymore of there stuff. I just listened to side A a couple weeks ago for the first time in about 5 years and it still is likable for me.
Where has the time gone.
Core comes from the influence of hardcore punk and skaterpunk from the 90's.
Try Thy Art is Murder - Purest Strain of Hate. This band made me love deathcore from Thrash and Death Metal
Attack attack smokahontas, bless the fall witness
I'd highly recommend listening to "Waking The Demon" by Bullet For My Valentine
It amazing
Plz check out some Bands from Austria ! 1) The Sorrow -"Knights of Doom " or "Where is the Sun?" 2) Everlasting Dawn-"Faint" 3) Artas-"Rassenhass" 4)Norikum-"The Worlds Desease" 5) InDorsia-"Two Face" 6) Drescher-"First Blood" 7)Reset the World/"Forever Young" 8)Kill The Lycan-"Cronus" Have Fun ! Greetings from Austria!
regarding the breakdown, this band is propably one of the biggest influenceson the chugging on d part being overdone today, it was hype when they did it 20 years ago
¿Why not the Official Video?
The poison by bullet for my valentine review that 👌
Do yourself a favour and check out Spirit Box Holy Roller. That lady is a demon and the song kicks ass. Heavy from start to finish
Your hair is faboulous and perfect and I think that is great.
“that could have been a better break down” 😂 love the honest reaction but totally disagree! was the perfect breakdown for this song imo! 🤘🏼
Back in the day when i bought this album I listened? it few times in a row. It really got tome. Became a fan of this band. And I listen to these guys to this day. You should check out their newwst single. Yeah, i'm from finland andI 'm drunk and my english isn't that good. But great reaction nevertheless. Cheers to you.
Are you gonna review the new Lamb of God album?
Probably not. I’m not much of a fan.
they just dropped a new song called Parasite.
10:23 they listened and we have Parasite
A younger band I really been digging is Power Trip. Their song Executioner's Tax is amazing. It's very thrashy
I also dig Municipal Waste/Iron Reagan. Crossover thrash that doesnt take itself very serious. MW album Born to Party is probably their best. The song Sadistic Magician is prob my favorite, along with Fuck the Neighbors.
Oh I know all about those bands. I did a video on Power Trip last year. Great band.
@@OldHead nice I'll have to find the Power Trip video. Also I cant wait to check out your Motley Crue rankings. My fav is Too Fast, cant wait to see what you got.
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The reason they’re so tight on record is because Matt records all the parts except drums 😅
you should give as i lay dying upside down kingdom from the album powerless rise
Impressive guitar works? Please react to "Faithless" and "Legacy" by Black Veil Brides
If you want to do another BFMV song, I'd highly suggest the song "waking the demon". Absolutely fire and less chuggy than this song
You should really check out 'We're Goin' In, We're Goin' Down' by Cloudkicker!
What a nice guy👀👌
you should check out the band Nightwish Ghost Love Score
if you love duel guitars then listen to Berserker by After The Burial.
Bullet For My Valentine are from Wales. List Metallica as one of their biggest influences. Line up changed since Scream Aim Fire was released. Bassist Jay James was replaced by Jamie Mathias and original drummer and co-founder Michael 'Moose' Thomas was replaced by Axewound drummer Jason Bowld. Bullet For My Valentine have much improved since. Listen to Bullet For My Valentine Gravity album, it's a beast 🤘
“Just chuggin on D” - Some Old Head
Hey head just checking in from up north! Its not bad has some good parts.kind of sounds like in flames.they are trying.but the new lamb of god is out and mushroom head.classic old shit rules.cheers.🍺👊🔥
I’m pretty sure they are from Wales.
You should try listening to any song from bfmv's the poison album. Shit got it from start to finish. Sick ass screams, beautiful dual guitars, great percussion and great vocals all around. Or listen to waking the demon or bittersweet memories.
Ya gotta react to "Hand of Blood" from Bullet from my Valentine. It's a earlier track.