METALCORE THEN VS. NOW 2 - Riffs From The 2000s vs. Today (2022) Riff Battle

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  • Опубліковано 23 вер 2022
  • The results from round 1 were inconclusive! The only way to settle the score... is another round. Same premise, all new bands. Classic melodic metalcore from the 2000s vs. some of the best new metalcore from the last few years. Which riffs do you prefer? As always, let me know in the comments!
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  • @antoniorodrigues4900
    @antoniorodrigues4900 Рік тому +90

    I love the fact that Trivium still has this thrashy and melodic sounding riffs.

  • @juanjoramirez01
    @juanjoramirez01 Рік тому +67

    Both are very technical but 2000's Metalcore was catchier and better in my opinion

  • @JCSViperion
    @JCSViperion Рік тому +23

    Man, starting off with Unearth was the greatest idea ever.

  • @greysinclaire
    @greysinclaire Рік тому +33

    The fact that someone else listened to Darkest Hour still makes me very happy till this day.
    Lead guitarist Kris Norris had some of the most amazing guitar riff writing skills back then.

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +3

      Indeed! Underrated riffs

    • @ryanpatrick3567
      @ryanpatrick3567 6 днів тому

      this a million times. undoing ruin is my fav metal album of all time. something about how it is so insanely melodic and dark at the same time. a true masterpiece.

  • @Luminous083
    @Luminous083 Рік тому +89

    Your picks for the 2000's were so good. Definitely encapsulates a lot of my favorites.

    • @Nostalgiaforinfi
      @Nostalgiaforinfi Рік тому

      Man i must be a boomer cuz i love all the old songs and see no love in the new stuff

  • @DalbyMetalHead666
    @DalbyMetalHead666 Рік тому +17

    Old stuff beats the shit out of the new metalcore

  • @Decept1onCheck
    @Decept1onCheck Рік тому +16

    What you are telling me, is I already lived through the best era of Metalcore when I was a teenager.

    • @jv-man3698
      @jv-man3698 8 місяців тому +4

      Yes. Nothing beats 2000s era metal core. It was at its peak.

  • @ryanscott9959
    @ryanscott9959 Рік тому +16

    Funny that modern metalcore is very nu metal inspired, when at the time the old school metalcore stuff came out, nu metal was considered next to shit. I grew up on the older stuff, but do enjoy both flavors, personally.

  • @kode-man23
    @kode-man23 Рік тому +18

    That bleeding through riff though! And straight into Knocked Loose. Metalcore has always been great.

  • @Idk_thoo
    @Idk_thoo Рік тому +42

    A quiet place to die was easily my top album of 2020. Glad to see metalcore going back towards it's hardcore roots lately.

    • @Mavvyd96
      @Mavvyd96 Рік тому +4

      Bands like Knocked Loose and Kublai Khan got that “hardcore-core” kind of sound where they are in between hardcore and metalcore.

    • @jac_b6569
      @jac_b6569 7 місяців тому +2

      @@Mavvyd96sunami as well. I call it ARF-core lmao

    • @rdmptn3828
      @rdmptn3828 Місяць тому

      @@Mavvyd96 Boundaries & Mouth for War, thank me later

  • @johnnyanderson5906
    @johnnyanderson5906 Рік тому +15

    omfg Darkest Hour Undoing Ruin is such a fucking slamming album still listen to it till this day. Matter of fact listen to the whole album through 4 times at work about 5 days ago lol.

  • @nihiabstracto
    @nihiabstracto Рік тому +19

    Undoing Ruin, from Darkest Hour, one of the best metalcore album ever !
    (Hidden hands of a sadist nation was awesome too)

  • @jeremyschiesser7086
    @jeremyschiesser7086 Рік тому +13

    Much more melody is thr classics. Groove as well. They flowed so well. There's no denying it. A fantastic Era in metal we may never see again

  • @twisstedriffs
    @twisstedriffs Рік тому +35

    These videos are the perfect blend of nostalgia and showing me new bands to check out! Love this series!

  • @renansena4011
    @renansena4011 Рік тому +21

    Sometimes i feel like a boomer because i can't like modern metalcore. I miss the goddamnits 00's riffs

    • @spiritboxyxbox
      @spiritboxyxbox Рік тому

      Erra, after the burial, and polaris have some pretty good 0s filled riffs

    • @celecoxibnonsteroidal5659
      @celecoxibnonsteroidal5659 3 місяці тому

      after the burial still has righteous thrash parts! love that band. reminds me of the awesomeness of the chunky jams that happened in the 2010's but without a hint of nu metal that we all grew to loathe being from the early era.

  • @bribradt3450
    @bribradt3450 Рік тому +14

    I love that you threw in the old school bleeding through, darkest hour, and trivium. All of those albums bring me right back to high school

  • @rafly7sgaming537
    @rafly7sgaming537 Рік тому +7

    every old metalcore music always has the cloudy mood and gloomy weather in my imagination which is the best weather!

  • @LEftbehind5
    @LEftbehind5 5 місяців тому +5

    Chimaira was also a great Metalcore band of the early 2000’s. They had alot of great shit! “The Impossibility of Reason” was a great album. Shadows Fall and Unearth f-ing great! Especially back in the day!

  • @Mavvyd96
    @Mavvyd96 Рік тому +4

    Oh man and Knocked Loose are on here too. A Tear In The Fabric of Life was one of the best EPs I’ve ever heard and made me fall in love with the band. KL fuck so hard.

  • @TheDethhead
    @TheDethhead Рік тому +53

    Dude, do one more Thrash Metal then and now. You introduced me to Angelus Apatrida because of that. Can't thank you enough.

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +8

      That could happen, definitely a lot of bands I didn't get to! Angelus Apatrida is great.

    • @crowsxxxcrows
      @crowsxxxcrows Рік тому +1

      Hometown band :) not my style but they are fckn great live!

    • @monkgole4727
      @monkgole4727 Рік тому

      have you seen them live yet? one of the best bands

  • @AsIfItNeverWas
    @AsIfItNeverWas Рік тому +14

    Bro, the quality of your videos are absolutely S tier. Hope you get bigger soon.

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much. I appreciate the support!

  • @corbindallas18
    @corbindallas18 Рік тому +1

    Great picks man!! Love it!!

  • @El_RafAAA
    @El_RafAAA Рік тому

    Always good stuff!

  • @kirisutegomen12
    @kirisutegomen12 Рік тому

    You killed it 🔥🔥

  • @Afraidsolution7676
    @Afraidsolution7676 Рік тому +2

    You nailed this dude

  • @iSmell_Butthurt
    @iSmell_Butthurt Рік тому +1

    Another excellent video with great song selections!

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for the support! Glad you liked it

  • @josefgriesch6875
    @josefgriesch6875 Рік тому +3

    I waited for this, great Video!

  • @zekt976
    @zekt976 Рік тому +2

    and this is how my playlist grows... excellent

  • @TheMetalheadHomestead
    @TheMetalheadHomestead 9 місяців тому

    Excellent video, brought back some memories. I can recall hours upon hours spent in my late teens-early 20s attempting to learn all but one the "Then" songs. Good times.

  • @tkman5000
    @tkman5000 7 місяців тому

    Love that shadows fall riff, the first metal song I ever heard! Great video

  • @edwardvillanueva4734
    @edwardvillanueva4734 Рік тому +22

    Love these videos for introducing me to great new songs. Keep it up!

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +4

      That's what's up! Thanks for watching

  • @csimmerman
    @csimmerman Рік тому

    These videos fucking rock! Keep doing them! Maybe do a battle of the guitarists catalogs next??

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +1

      Thanks! What would an example of that be?

    • @csimmerman
      @csimmerman Рік тому +1

      @@ThomasHogue like Omar Rodriguez-Lopez vs Jimi Hendrix (maybe bad example) ,Tom Morello vs Johnny Greenwood, James Hetfield vs Dimebag Darrell, Tosin Abasi vs Joe Satriani.. I’m older what can I say 🤷‍♂️

  • @billmoultos2970
    @billmoultos2970 9 місяців тому +1

    i love the old pure fast and melodic metalcore riffs so much

  • @suicidewhitechapel23
    @suicidewhitechapel23 Рік тому +3

    i loved see u playing darkest hour song dude

  • @hhaste
    @hhaste Рік тому +2

    Would love to see a round 3 with a song from It Dies Today - The Caitiff Choir for the older side. There's some legendary breakdowns on that album.

  • @dimagabriel3150
    @dimagabriel3150 Рік тому

    I was so worried that Unearth wasn't going to make your list. Well done.

  • @Nishinga.
    @Nishinga. Рік тому +1

    I’m trying my best to enjoy modern metalcore but I’m having such a hard time with it. I wonder if it’s because 2000’s metalcore has my heart when it comes to anything heavy and nothing compares.
    Don’t get me wrong, I fucking love chugs and 0 tabbed riffs but when that’s everything, you get kinda desentized to it and it loses its pop.
    I don’t know man, I feel like modern day doesn’t have that same energy and that intensity old school did.
    With all that said, Thomas you still absolutely crushed this video and your talent is insane!! I’m excited for the future of this channel!

  • @treytonjohnson1
    @treytonjohnson1 Рік тому +2

    Ascendancy is such a good album from start to finish

  • @AndrewJShirley
    @AndrewJShirley Рік тому +1

    YES! DARKEST HOUR!! Love it man. Also top notch using Unearth too. What about some Aftershock, Merauder, Reprisal, Length Of Time, Arkangel and maybe some eurocore? Heaven Shall Burn?

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +1

      Will have to check some of those out! You did just give me an idea about doing a different country riff battle though too

    • @AndrewJShirley
      @AndrewJShirley Рік тому

      @@ThomasHogue fuck yeah! Look at the h8000 crew like Liar and all the Belgian bands on Good life records. Morning Again, old Poison The Well, eulogy records etc etc. Awesome stuff dude

    • @mrnordyk1125
      @mrnordyk1125 Рік тому +1

      Born From Pain is 🤘 and Angel Reich is🤘.
      I se you proposed bands which are also part of Hardcore scene. Good 👍

  • @jrcguitar
    @jrcguitar Рік тому

    Love the videos man! Do you make your own backtracks?

  • @adrianmarza4770
    @adrianmarza4770 Рік тому +2

    so good

  • @DragoonStorm24
    @DragoonStorm24 Рік тому +2

    The light that blinds… Blew my middle school mind while playing it on guitar hero 2!

  • @herculeanhistorian
    @herculeanhistorian Рік тому

    Not really a metal pick, but I'm hopeful. My favorite band is 5FDP. They have grown and changed over the years, and I'd love to see you do a rendition. Either way dude, you have shown me so much music I never knew existed. I wish more people were subbed so you could get the recognition you deserve

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому

      That's what I like to hear! Thanks for the kind words. 5FDP gets a lot of hate but they do have some good moments. Will think about if I can work them in 🤘

  • @danieldavidson5447
    @danieldavidson5447 Рік тому +1

    Woah that Unearth song at the start reminded me a lot of Born Of Osiris. Wonder if that was one of the influences for their music

  • @TonyTheTruckGuy
    @TonyTheTruckGuy Рік тому

    You always pick some pretty killer songs to use 🤘 When I saw the Bleeding Through song, all I could think of was the Willem Dafoe sample from Boondock Saints 😂

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +1

      Lmao had to google it. Not far off. Thanks for watching!

  • @johnbagielto8959
    @johnbagielto8959 Рік тому +2

    I was hoping you'd do some Norma Jean right after Knocked Loose to highlight their similarities despite a decade + between them.

  • @ellyisonyoutube4017
    @ellyisonyoutube4017 Рік тому +3

    Today's metalcore is tuned lower and has more chugging and I love it.

  • @Victorvonbass
    @Victorvonbass Рік тому

    Been getting into more metal again lately. Would love to see you do some riffs from Spiritbox, Sleep Token, Thornhill and Northlane.
    Also, not sure if Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! is metalcore enough, but they also have some pretty sick riffs. In the Pop Punk vein, Sum 41 has some heavy riffs too. ADTR is another with good breakdowns.
    And for an older band, Deftones has a lot of good breakdowns and riffs. Idk how much Nu Metal/Alt Metal stuff you have explored, but there is content there as well.

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +1

      Hell yeah! Good suggestions. And coincidentally... I do have a metalcore vs. deathcore breakdowns video that includes both Chunk and ADTR 😃

    • @Victorvonbass
      @Victorvonbass Рік тому

      @@ThomasHogue Thanks ill check it out!

  • @Wonderlandstudios13
    @Wonderlandstudios13 Рік тому +8

    ughhhh how freaking good was undying ruin tho 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

  • @bluewyvern3440
    @bluewyvern3440 Місяць тому

    That MIW riff is so old school. Glad they still doin it

  • @jrmundgandr9539
    @jrmundgandr9539 Рік тому +1

    Alright here we go :D

  • @koki31
    @koki31 Рік тому +1

    i like like this series!

  • @709mash
    @709mash Рік тому

    The light that binds is still a banger!

  • @aild8297
    @aild8297 Рік тому +7

    Old! Win!

  • @MrMxyhem
    @MrMxyhem Рік тому

    🔥

  • @Brustfetichrist
    @Brustfetichrist 3 місяці тому +2

    Metalcore in the 2030s will be played with 3 Bass Guitars and a Snare Drum and the songs gonne be 95% Breakdown in agonisingly slow 20bpm. Saves a lot of songwriting time for a 3 Minute Song.

  • @SpaceBandit666
    @SpaceBandit666 Рік тому +4

    still prefer classic metalcore, I think its because I also really like powerful vocals (like old Queensryche, BlackBox, Lady Gaga, Dio are a few) so I want really passionate riffs if I can't have spectacular vocals. I find some gems but theyre artists that are inspired by the 80's (Air Raid, Sumerlands for ex), so I have a hard time finding newer stuff that appeals to me.

    • @Tybren
      @Tybren Рік тому

      Absolutely agree. I'm very picky about screaming vocals, and like a break from it with cleans. Which is why I love Trivium, ATR, and Killswitch. As much as I love other bands like Sylosis, I'm always hearing parts where clean vocals would be perfect.

  • @iStayKrafty
    @iStayKrafty Рік тому +1

    As a guy who spent most of his musical career playing with bands from the mid to late 2000's and some early 2010's I will just always prefer the sound of that era of metalcore. Perhaps its just a nostalgia thing and I'm just biased but I can only listen to a fraction of the newer stuff compare to the earlier stuff.

  • @xxsomaa
    @xxsomaa Рік тому

    It Dies Today would be a banger of a band to include next time 👀

  • @seanwald526
    @seanwald526 10 місяців тому

    Mad respect for choosing drowned and torn asunder, such a deep cut but I love that song. That said, idk I think Rain off that album would've been better for just showing off 2000s metalcore

  • @tommyjones3109
    @tommyjones3109 Рік тому

    Fucking sweet

  • @hazielrendon3805
    @hazielrendon3805 Рік тому +4

    I saw alpha wolf and instantly clicked

  • @iDrinkJ4ck
    @iDrinkJ4ck Рік тому +1

    Metalcore after 2013= random fucking screeches and highs for no reason

  • @Benmendoza1
    @Benmendoza1 5 місяців тому

    Crystal Lake is an awesome band, I’d recommend them in a heartbeat to anyone that wants to get into newer metalcore. And they’re awesome live, I just saw them with Spite, Brand of Sacrifice, and August Burns Red. Killer show

  • @alispie
    @alispie Рік тому +1

    Starting with Unearth is pretty appropriate, dude kinda looks like a young Buz lol

  • @georgeparel5757
    @georgeparel5757 Рік тому

    SHADOWS FALL! missed those guys :(

  • @youarethecure3529
    @youarethecure3529 7 місяців тому

    Then I was a youngin, now I am old oooooffffff.

  • @Mavvyd96
    @Mavvyd96 Рік тому

    I’m so glad Ice Nine Kills got some love here. I truly think they’re the best modern metalcore band around.

  • @AndrewsSneakySpaghetti
    @AndrewsSneakySpaghetti Рік тому +1

    Again, I was never a metalcore fan back in the day AT ALL, (thrash all day everyday!). But ironiclly, I like the newer stuff a lot more. More experimental and interesting imo.

  • @joshh694
    @joshh694 Рік тому +2

    I think the way modern metalcore downtunes really isn't my cup of tea. I like when the riffs are tight, punchy, technical, and melodic. I get the chugginess of downtuning but I say leave that for the death core and djent fans.

  • @BonsaiRaygun21
    @BonsaiRaygun21 Рік тому

    Does anyone know what guitar he's using on the right? It's gorgeous

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +1

      It’s a schecter apocalypse c7!

  • @omamero
    @omamero Рік тому

    Please do Punk Rock then vs now

  • @s.e.n3264
    @s.e.n3264 Рік тому

    Miss the old days

  • @luke9677
    @luke9677 Рік тому +1

    it really is just a completely different genre nowadays

  • @zdf14
    @zdf14 5 місяців тому

    I miss when metalcore was basically melodeath with breakdowns.

  • @isaacmoura5106
    @isaacmoura5106 Рік тому

    IN THE NEXT VIDEO THERE HAS TO BE A PHINEHAS SONG FROM THE LAST ALBUM. PLEASEEEEEE

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Рік тому

      Noted! Will keep that in mind 😁

  • @IceThatJaw
    @IceThatJaw Рік тому +2

    There were a lot of terrible Metalcore bands in the 2000s. I sampled many bands in those days but really only stuck with August Burns Red and Throwdown to be honest.

  • @adrianpearcy8531
    @adrianpearcy8531 Рік тому +2

    Old metalcore better than new

  • @james_raj467
    @james_raj467 6 днів тому

    Isnt Knocked Loose a deathcore band?

  • @emilybrooks4016
    @emilybrooks4016 Рік тому

    Wooo darkest hour

  • @ismailpsd5067
    @ismailpsd5067 8 місяців тому

    METALCORE NOW IS DJENT addict

  • @chrisondrovic3106
    @chrisondrovic3106 Рік тому +86

    I'll always say Metalcore went way downhill. Deathcore has improved tremendously though.

    • @oceangilboa-way4163
      @oceangilboa-way4163 Рік тому +30

      Interesting opinion. Personally I think that older metalcore is great in terms of nostalgia and memorable riffs, modern metalcore is also just as good, idk why it just is for me, same with deathcore tbh

    • @brennyfb
      @brennyfb Рік тому +14

      Deathcore now is absolutely incredible. The best it’s been since 2008 MySpace deathcore

    • @clunt2548
      @clunt2548 Рік тому +2

      @@brennyfb Thats a fact

    • @storedmush
      @storedmush Рік тому +7

      New metalcore is pop mostly

    • @Mavvyd96
      @Mavvyd96 Рік тому +7

      I still enjoy some modern metalcore but 2000s and even 2010s core was way better. And you’re absolutely right, deathcore has consistently gotten better especially with bands like Shadow of Intent and Lorna Shore.

  • @carlsep17
    @carlsep17 3 місяці тому

    I’ll be that guy this one was pretty close.

  • @brunotortorello8530
    @brunotortorello8530 Рік тому

    I think ice nine kills kinda bridge the gap between the old and the new style

  • @elecmetal987
    @elecmetal987 Рік тому +1

    now its better but before it was awesome too

  • @davekube3189
    @davekube3189 Рік тому

    FFaK... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ThomasHogue
    @ThomasHogue  Рік тому +3

    A Quiet Place to Die* Undoing Ruin* 😅

    • @Szczaqu
      @Szczaqu Рік тому

      To be honest a quite place to die would be an interesting play on words

  • @elxslve8448
    @elxslve8448 2 дні тому

    I hate that I love it all

  • @biebiekeianime5985
    @biebiekeianime5985 Рік тому +1

    It's me or the old metal core sounds a little bit like thrash metal? 🤔

    • @zxc521137210
      @zxc521137210 Рік тому +1

      old school metalcore literally just thrash metal with hardcore elements and some influences from melodic death.

    • @kirisutegomen12
      @kirisutegomen12 Рік тому

      Old school metalcore is heavily influenced by thrash and melodic death metal

    • @mrnordyk1125
      @mrnordyk1125 Рік тому

      @@zxc521137210 Well.. yes and no. For Metalcore bands which came from Hardcore scene that was the other way round.
      Bands which came out in 00's from Metal scene and was also labeled Metalcore so for them yes like you writing.
      Cheers

  • @theBOSpaladin101
    @theBOSpaladin101 Рік тому

    Could have picked more variety besides all the at the gates core bands lol

  • @Eirik36
    @Eirik36 Рік тому

    Not a huge fan of modern metalcore, but the last two bleed from within albums ripp

  • @cliffanderson7544
    @cliffanderson7544 Рік тому

    The early stuff is very influnenced by thrash!

    • @mrnordyk1125
      @mrnordyk1125 Рік тому

      Generally old stuff that was Thrash plus Hardcore but diffrent from Crossover Thrash

  • @ivanmerkushev704
    @ivanmerkushev704 Рік тому

    Modern metalcore is good.
    2000's metalcore is CLASSIC.
    It's obvious

  • @bobisadrummer
    @bobisadrummer Рік тому +2

    I feel like a metalcore boomer now cause the new stuff just sounds like AI generated metalcore to me 😐

  • @Matthew-px9nu
    @Matthew-px9nu 3 місяці тому

    New stuff is so down tuned !

  • @JokerCat9
    @JokerCat9 10 місяців тому +1

    2000's were way better. Didn't need fancy backing tracks and low ass tunings to sound good.

  • @grimheart666
    @grimheart666 Рік тому

    Funny how every modern Metalcore band basically plays a variation of the Doomsday Riff and every classic band plays a variation of that famous At The Gates record. Liked the old stuff better, tho. That alien sound sqealing in the modern stuff is kinda annoying.

  • @abdulgani8699
    @abdulgani8699 Рік тому

    Old school metalcore is more influenced by melodic death metal. Modern metalcore is more influenced by djent

  • @thronosstudios
    @thronosstudios 11 місяців тому

    Not the best picks for today's metalcore. That said, 2000s mc was lighter and fun, while modern slaps harder, get's more technical and is definitely darker

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  11 місяців тому

      Who do you think are the best modern bands?

    • @thronosstudios
      @thronosstudios 11 місяців тому

      @@ThomasHogue Hmm, well I don't mean in terms of bands. I meant in terms of breakdowns. But I think it's just subjective. And I just realized this is not the breakdown video but the riff one, so you can ignore my comment 🤷‍♂

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  11 місяців тому

      @@thronosstudios it's all good. I just thought there might be some new bands I should check out 😄

    • @thronosstudios
      @thronosstudios 11 місяців тому

      @@ThomasHogue Haha, fair enough

  • @jonbaxter4285
    @jonbaxter4285 Рік тому +1

    So mid 2000s metalcore was obviously better 💁‍♂️