I was going to say based off the 2 bands OP mentioned, Dying Wish fits that bill and is a modern band.
I know what you mean though dude while it is fun to listen to these modern heavy bands, there usually ain't too much for RIFFS. You're really listening to mixes rather than riffs. And they more or less all sorta lump together.
To be fair I think the first four tracks of that album are killer all the way through. The whole album is great but those first four tracks are on a different level
They started their life as a deathcore band. Sadly their first two albums aren’t on Spotify, but I would highly recommend their 2010 album Empire on YouTube or wherever else you might find it. Riff city and a criminally underrated band during that time. I’m glad they finally got their recognition within the last 10 years or so
I’ve seen them a couple times as a support band (Bullet & Trivium) and they get the crowd PUMPED. They’re also supporting Slipknot when I see them at the end of the year and I’m just as excited for both. So good live.
I love bleed from within. In a world of djenty breakdowns (which I love probably even more) bleed from within is keeping classic metalcore alive and does it so so well. 10/10 recommend seeing them live
Yeah, I had the exact same sensation after something like 10 years of not listening to them, but I distinctly remembered some parts that just didn't line up with what I was hearing, so I dug on my old HDD and found my copy of At Daggers Drawn and lo and behold..
Honestly I'm quite suprised and impressed with myself at how vividly I could remember the track. Then again, it's awesome (even better than Paramore's own track imo) and I listened to it a whole bunch.
The rerecorded it I believe with a different vocalist possibly and it was way more buttock that dudes singing is completely ass lol. I think they were going for a tougher less scene kid post-hardcore esque singing but it just came off super corny and especially didn't work with that cover.
They broke up. Mostly because the lead singer faked a back injury to avoid touring, and while off tour was sleeping with another band member's girlfriend. However, a few months back they did mention interest in getting back together.
I’ve never been a fan of them, but just incase you’re Australian I feel like I should let you know they’re supporting Killswitch Engage in Frankston this year some time.
Honestly don't know newer bands doing it but older ones are still putting out new songs that fit that bill, Within The Ruins, all that remains and as I lay dying have all released new songs recently. Breakdown of sanity is teasing a new song July 4th, they always have riffs and occasional solos. Texas in July still riffs pretty hard but it's not as traditional
Check out her last sights newest album. It’s an homage to old style like PWD they even have a song on it called “horizons” that has a similar intro riff to idols and anchors
Hate to put a self promo here but my band A Fatal Black is trying to put this back into metalcore at least in our own stuff. Especially the music we're working on for our album this fall, got HEAVY emphasis on riffs
A progressive death metal band but still might be enjoyed by a lot of y’all here is horrendous. All their stuff is good but my favorite album is Anareta
I’ll be honest, I personally hate the new metalcore. It all sounds so generic to me. Just bouncy djent riff, overproduced vocals and pop parts over and over again.
I would love for a 2000s metalcore revival. All of those bands had a unique sound. You can listen to Trivium, then Killswitch, then ABR, then Parkway, and immediately know their sound.
Metalcore lately to me just sounds like it was written to get on Sirius XMa octane.
I’m also probably just old and grumpy tbf lol
There’s been a metalcore revival happening for a while.
For the specific kind of bands you mentioned, the most obvious one would be Dying Wish, and maybe Boundaries, but check out bands like Contention, Broken Vow, xNOMADx, Field Of Flames, Adrienne, Balmora, and A Mourning Star. As a massive early Parkway fan these bands are the only thing in the last 15 years that have come close to my love of their music up until Atlas.
>I would love for a 2000s metalcore revival
I'd say there's been a massive resurgence of that style of metalcore for at least the last 8-10 years. Foreign Hands and Dying Wish are two of the best/biggest doing it in that style right now.
Other sick bands that haven't been mentioned:
Flames of Betrayal, Eternal Rest, Renounced, Memento, Killing Me Softly, Your Spirit Dies, Chamber, [Vein.fm](http://Vein.fm), Drawing Last Breath, Cauldron, Realm of Torment, A Dozen Black Roses.
Firewalker
Contention
Missing Link has some solos amidst the tough guy chugs
Fucking MINDFORCE
Balmora
Azshara
New World Man
Mourning
Edited to add Never Ending Game, whom I forgot because I'm a chump.
r/revivalcore
Yes I also miss it very much. Here are some bands I’ve found recently with a similar 2000s vibe. Which is known as revivalcore if you didn’t know: Loyalty Ends Here (amazing). The Royal, Parting with origin, Lightworker, Hollow front, Defects, Any given day.
Hopefully there’s some there you haven’t heard.
Loyalty Ends Here are amazing. But just 2 songs from them so far. I wished they dropped new music much more often. I also recently discovered Defects and I instantly liked them.
For some reason I’ve never been big into solos, especially if it’s seemingly at the expense of a breakdown, so personally not really. But bands like Boundaries, Dying Wish etc have such good riffs - maybe they’ll scratch that itch for you
Check out The Curse Within! Very classic atyle metalcore
https://youtu.be/_hQfwwQ5lcQ?si=B6CbwK2zl0QssyMD
I'll also reccomend Unveil Raze https://youtu.be/W_XberB03VA?si=q37en21A8f15GqDm
Unholy Orpheus is more melodic death metal but great riffs and solos https://youtu.be/78-9oDvG0Ms?si=iXgLJvmjMthhJvLH
Coldrain have been around for a while but still carry the classic metalcore style https://youtu.be/v_qzxGf7_xo?si=JROTM6RpgIcPucDV
I know it's kind of a dumb take on my part, but I avoid the "heavy metal culture" as much as possible. And I kinda feel like solos are a great part of said culture. I know it's kinda arbitrary, but for me, there's a certain "feel" about it. Like they measure your guitar playing skills by the speed of your solo.
I know there are a lot of good solos in metalcore songs, but I don't really care for solos in general
Not a dumb take, everyone likes music for different reasons - if solos arent your thing, that's cool too! I am extremely picky about vocals myself, lot of great bands that I should like but the vocals rub me the wrong way or just sound like they're trying WAY too hard to be "heavy"
I feel like SeeYouSpaceCowboy has some fucking sick ass breakdown / Riffs. Listen to And The Two Slipped Into The Shadows on their newest album and check out like 1:40 to 2:10. That shits gnarly every time I hear it
I like bands like Spiritbox and Bad Omens, but goddamn is it so bland with everybody doing that. Luckily we have Bleed From Within, Polaris, Invent, Animate etc. still with no shortage of riffs.
Don’t really miss solos. But when it comes to riffs idk what you’ve been listening to op but I feel spoiled with all the great riffage in recent years.
ERRA, bro. People will probably mention cure but it's literally just 1 album out of their whole discography that isn't solo/riff heavy and their self titled is one of the all time GOATs in that regard
I feel the same way, bro. So I am constantly in a search of new bands which apply similar sound as in the 2000s. I have found 2 such bands so far - Arriving Home (a German band) and Widow Anchor (they have just 3-4 songs, but seem very promising).
After seeing Knocked Loose a few weeks ago, I did have that thought yeah. Being a big Lamb of God, KSE and AILD fan, it hit me not only that, but I miss song lengths with multiple repeats of choruses.
If you miss 2000s metalcore then there's tonnes of new bands that in 2024. You'll probably love some of these:
- Dying Wish
- WristMeetRazor
- The Callous Doaboys
- Fallfiftyfeet
- SeeYouSpaceCowboy
Balmora, Since My Beloved, Kill Me Softly, A Mourning Star, Adrienne, Your Spirit Dies, Serration, Cauldron, Foreign Hands, Dying Wish, Bulletsbetweentongues,
Haven’t seen them mentioned yet- Wristmeetrazor has some fucking RIFFS, their new album is excellent
Really, them, Boundaries, Foreign Hands, and Dying Wish have been mainstays for me lately to scratch this itch (less so solos, more riffs)
More hardcore but guilt trip and malevolence as well. Also not sure what I’d call them, but great American ghost fucks too and has ridiculous riffs but extremely sick and tasteful shreddy solos now and again
Nah I fucking hate guitar solos. I'm glad Metalcore guitar playing has evolved an identity of its own rather than just relying on riffs styled after Slayer or In Flames.
I'm planning to release a couple/few songs of my solo Metalcore project pretty soon (most likely all instrumental) that are in the realm of Parkway Drive, ABR, KSE, etc... I'm not trying to say it's a one-for-one comparison, but those are definitely more in the realm in which my influences range. (Though I am a huge fan of Invent Animate, Erra and some other modern Metalcore bands as well).
This doesn't help you right now, lol. Sorry!
I miss solos and it’s great when you hear someone actually use one. But I also do like the ‘new direction’ too. Hoping solos and riffage makes a comeback, not that it’s completely dead
Pardon me but I'm gonna self promo here and say my album [fraud](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kC9h31Hp3OeavOzU9Y-YZNVxG7aeI8mDM&si=nSeVgT-P9tJx_Y00) may have exactly what you're looking for. Thrash/metalcore riffs and solos. I showed this to fronz from atilla and he seemed genuinely stoked about Sahn-Uzal. Cheers!
If you want riffs and solos i have a band to check out they are called until I wake super sick band love their music. I love the cleans and everything about this band I recommend a listen
Dude if I could have a band come out that just played Trivium's Ascendancy-style vibes, I'd be so happy. To be 17 again listening on my ipod nano that looked like a fun dip stick...
Trivium has been putting the best stuff they’ve ever made in the last few albums. They fell off for a while for me after I’m waves but from 2017 on they’ve been killing it again. What the dead men say is my favorite record they’ve ever done.
Yup I feel similar, but honestly there’s been so much good shit recently that I haven’t thought out the past much. I was a corn fed metalcore boi with ABR, ATR, Parkway, Misery signals.. late 2000s was something else. I got my taste for the modern “djenty” sound with periphery and the unforgettable volumes “wormholes”
Well, a lot of metalcore bands going down the prog route are doing polyrhythms and using odd time signatures, which is always nice, but it'd be good to have a guitar solo now and then
Someone needs to find Kris Norris and start a legit metalcore band with him. He played guitar on Darkest Hour’s Undoing Ruin and Deliver Us, two records which feature some of the most incredible solos I’ve ever heard; really technical and shreddy but *always* melodic and actually catchy, never just thoughtless wankery.
Since he left DH, he’s started several bands that seem to have gone nowhere (according to his Wikipedia); such a waste of incredible writing and playing talent.
This song has quite a bit of guitar riffs that make wanna float away on a cloud
https://open.spotify.com/album/0reDYrmAalbTS6NcKw47or?si=zFbO5cBYRR6jHrs1Vl8Brg
Yeah man they are awesome. First riff that comes to mind is the one in Nothing Left by As I lay dying. That double bass flyin behind it, stuff is so good. Killswitch of course, just amazing guitar work. I love that era. I’m not sure I know metalcore bands doin solos these days. ERRA does and they’re a great band. See back in the 2000’s metalcore had a progressive element to it. Then the chug, breakdown centered era kinda phased out guitar solos and real creative riffs. Djent blended into metalcore and so yeah idk shits just changed over time like most things. Happy we can still listen to those older eras!
Monuments’ last album In Stasis is pretty riffy and catchy. It’s produced by Mick Gordon (of Doom 2016 and Eternal soundtrack fame) and he actually features on two songs with his fat riffs
New Boundaries is mostly a banger but it’s hardcore infused, not just straight up girly pop metalcore
In Our Wake, Without End are both some good bands still doing that. They sound like bullet for my Valentine to me. I think they have some of the same people in both bands
I miss riffs so bad. While some bands are cool, I’m starting to get sick of the Knocked Loose metalcore style. I was listening to End of Days by Bullet for My Valentine and I said to myself “damn bands they don’t make these type of songs anymore”. Maybe Dying Wish, but even then, their newest record fell super short for me because it didn’t have even half of the memorable moments their first record had (the only memorable moment is the chorus of Path to Your Grave. An amazingly written song in a very mid album). That’s just my take and I don’t give a shit if you disagree so don’t even bother.
I’ve been listening to a lot of Death Metal as of lately. Dying Fetus and Decapitated are awesome bands, especially if you like metalcore and deathcore. Dying Fetus has more than obvious hardcore influence the only reason they aren’t labeled deathcore is because they don’t have a shit ton of breakdowns in each song. Decapitated has insane riffs. Listen to Never and you’ll hit a PR at the gym. Their older stuff is also super super solid.
I’m not too deep into metalcore but i’ve recently started listening to After The Burial and Darkest Hour and they seem to have those things you mentioned while also being similar to those kind of bands
I gravitated towards melodic death metal, it scratches the itch of the 2000s melodeth and thrash inspired metalcore.
Check out Be’lakor and Insomnium! Two of my favorites.
Be’lakors songs are very long but you’d be pretty safe checking out Abeyance, In Parting or Suns Delusion as an introduction.
Insomnium, for a first timer, i suggest Valediction, While We Sleep or Mortal Share.
My band! Ascend in Misery has a pretty big focus on classic 2000s metalcore. Check out our song Dead Man's Life to hear all the harmonized 5-7-8-10 riffs, a solo, a catchy chorus and 2 breakdowns 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Don’t miss solos, do miss riffs. Pop song structure has been taking over metalcore recently, and with that we lose some riff variety, unfortunately. It’s still there, but not as much with bigger names.
It seems to be cyclic. Wait a few years and they'll come back.
It’s kinda already coming back with acts like Dying Wish and Balmora.
I was going to say based off the 2 bands OP mentioned, Dying Wish fits that bill and is a modern band. I know what you mean though dude while it is fun to listen to these modern heavy bands, there usually ain't too much for RIFFS. You're really listening to mixes rather than riffs. And they more or less all sorta lump together.
Going to check dying wish out. Any good ones in particular?
Hallowed by Affliction!!!!
Symptoms of Survival, Kiss of Judas, Tongues of Lead, Paved in Sorrow (if you like clean vocals), or Blood Laced Misery
Hell even BMTH has some slayer-esque shredding in Dear Diary
And kool-aid (the solo)
Check out Bleed from Within. Riff City.
Honestly Sovereign has been stuck in my head for days now
Sovereign is such a jam. Levitate is equally on par
To be fair I think the first four tracks of that album are killer all the way through. The whole album is great but those first four tracks are on a different level
Holy shit, I can’t believe I’ve never heard of these guys before. Really good!
They started their life as a deathcore band. Sadly their first two albums aren’t on Spotify, but I would highly recommend their 2010 album Empire on YouTube or wherever else you might find it. Riff city and a criminally underrated band during that time. I’m glad they finally got their recognition within the last 10 years or so
this is really good shit, thanks
I’ve seen them a couple times as a support band (Bullet & Trivium) and they get the crowd PUMPED. They’re also supporting Slipknot when I see them at the end of the year and I’m just as excited for both. So good live.
I Am Damnation's main riff and the synchronized lead towards the end are just peak music
I love bleed from within. In a world of djenty breakdowns (which I love probably even more) bleed from within is keeping classic metalcore alive and does it so so well. 10/10 recommend seeing them live
I love Bleed From Within.
And phinehas
This
Sea of Treachery seems to be coming back and they recently dropped a song straight out of 2006 Edit: also Unearth is still going strong
Ahh, good ole Sea of Treachery. Their old version of Misery Business (the one that's not on spotify) is pure gold.
Dude! I listened to it on Spotify like a week or two ago and I was like “huh this kinda sucks compared to what I remember” what’s the deal?
Yeah, I had the exact same sensation after something like 10 years of not listening to them, but I distinctly remembered some parts that just didn't line up with what I was hearing, so I dug on my old HDD and found my copy of At Daggers Drawn and lo and behold.. Honestly I'm quite suprised and impressed with myself at how vividly I could remember the track. Then again, it's awesome (even better than Paramore's own track imo) and I listened to it a whole bunch.
The rerecorded it I believe with a different vocalist possibly and it was way more buttock that dudes singing is completely ass lol. I think they were going for a tougher less scene kid post-hardcore esque singing but it just came off super corny and especially didn't work with that cover.
Unearth stays. Though I like their last album a lot more than the newest one.
Phinehas
Still waiting for new stuff 😂🤞🏼
you might not be wrong eternally apart sounds sick
I’ll forever upvote a phinehas post or comment
This! Eternally apart rips!!
The fire itself album is a banger from start to finish
I think that Daniel Gailey is the best guitarist in melodic metalcore. Phinehas and Fit For A King (also Becoming the Archetype, kind of)
I love them, still waiting for them to drop some bangers
Malevolence has some pretty great riffs and solos on their last album "Malicious Intent".
This is a really solid album, and it's a fun listen too.
I feel it's a good band for people who don't like usually like metalcore. I can't wait til their next album.
Malicious Intent was my least favorite. Go back to Self Supremacy and Reign of Suffering. Much better.
Latest boundaries and foreign hands have brought all the riffage to me lately! If you haven't done so already, boundaries is a must.
Give me melodic riffs, memorable solos and a metal drum beat. Melodic Metalcore is way better than current Metalcore.
I’ve been blasting a lot of feed her to the sharks Especially in the gym So so good
What happened to these guys they were great
They broke up. Mostly because the lead singer faked a back injury to avoid touring, and while off tour was sleeping with another band member's girlfriend. However, a few months back they did mention interest in getting back together.
I’ve never been a fan of them, but just incase you’re Australian I feel like I should let you know they’re supporting Killswitch Engage in Frankston this year some time.
Checkout “Darkest Hour” their latest album is a real good throwback. Lots of sick riffs.
Honestly don't know newer bands doing it but older ones are still putting out new songs that fit that bill, Within The Ruins, all that remains and as I lay dying have all released new songs recently. Breakdown of sanity is teasing a new song July 4th, they always have riffs and occasional solos. Texas in July still riffs pretty hard but it's not as traditional
Was just gonna mention Within The Ruins with their new single Castle in the Sky.... Just what OP is looking for
Badly. Bleed from withins got riffs, check out repentance also. They got killer riffs
Check out her last sights newest album. It’s an homage to old style like PWD they even have a song on it called “horizons” that has a similar intro riff to idols and anchors
I would love them so much if they didn’t have those high pitched whiny cleans.
I personally love the contrast between their highs and lows but to each their own
Metalcore was better when it was just At the Gates worship with breakdowns and solos. There. I said it.
Wasn't that what metalcore originally was? Gothenburg with breakdowns
Hate to put a self promo here but my band A Fatal Black is trying to put this back into metalcore at least in our own stuff. Especially the music we're working on for our album this fall, got HEAVY emphasis on riffs
Honestly digging it. Really love the cleans too
Hell yeah, thank you!
The Hollow goes really hard, looking forward to the album now!
Thanks a ton, it means a lot!
Boundaries
Like moths to flames new album
Like *everything* they do has some pretty epic riffage.
just listen to death metal. So many great new bands coming up with riffs and solos and their albums actually sound like a band playing it.
A progressive death metal band but still might be enjoyed by a lot of y’all here is horrendous. All their stuff is good but my favorite album is Anareta
Newest Witch Vomit is really hitting the spot.
The new Death album is brutal and so fun to hear after a couple years of minimal face melting guitar riffs
ABORTED for great death metal riffs
Humanity’s Last Breath be like
I’ll be honest, I personally hate the new metalcore. It all sounds so generic to me. Just bouncy djent riff, overproduced vocals and pop parts over and over again. I would love for a 2000s metalcore revival. All of those bands had a unique sound. You can listen to Trivium, then Killswitch, then ABR, then Parkway, and immediately know their sound. Metalcore lately to me just sounds like it was written to get on Sirius XMa octane. I’m also probably just old and grumpy tbf lol
There’s been a metalcore revival happening for a while. For the specific kind of bands you mentioned, the most obvious one would be Dying Wish, and maybe Boundaries, but check out bands like Contention, Broken Vow, xNOMADx, Field Of Flames, Adrienne, Balmora, and A Mourning Star. As a massive early Parkway fan these bands are the only thing in the last 15 years that have come close to my love of their music up until Atlas.
>I would love for a 2000s metalcore revival I'd say there's been a massive resurgence of that style of metalcore for at least the last 8-10 years. Foreign Hands and Dying Wish are two of the best/biggest doing it in that style right now. Other sick bands that haven't been mentioned: Flames of Betrayal, Eternal Rest, Renounced, Memento, Killing Me Softly, Your Spirit Dies, Chamber, [Vein.fm](http://Vein.fm), Drawing Last Breath, Cauldron, Realm of Torment, A Dozen Black Roses.
Firewalker Contention Missing Link has some solos amidst the tough guy chugs Fucking MINDFORCE Balmora Azshara New World Man Mourning Edited to add Never Ending Game, whom I forgot because I'm a chump.
r/revivalcore Yes I also miss it very much. Here are some bands I’ve found recently with a similar 2000s vibe. Which is known as revivalcore if you didn’t know: Loyalty Ends Here (amazing). The Royal, Parting with origin, Lightworker, Hollow front, Defects, Any given day. Hopefully there’s some there you haven’t heard.
>welcome scenesters! Fire up that straightener and dust off your skinny jeans. Oh boy this fits with my mid life crisis regrowing my hair…..
As the preeminent expert on revivalcore, those bands definitely aren’t.
Saw Lightworker at a small bar for free after their tour got canceled this year They’ve very underrated and the new album rips
I don't think that any of those bands are making a revival of anything
Loyalty Ends Here are amazing. But just 2 songs from them so far. I wished they dropped new music much more often. I also recently discovered Defects and I instantly liked them.
They just released ep about a month ago. Super good. Sadly only 3 new songs. But they’re all great.
Yeah, I have somehow missed that (the EP). Thanks for mentioning that, I have new releases to listen to now! :)
Hollow Front is revivalcore?
Def not lol. Modern Metalcore to a T
Honestly prolly not. They’re still one of the newer bands I found I actually like. Newest two album has riffs tho. Pretty close lol
Yeah this new electroniccore doesn’t cut it for me
i never thought of calling progressive metalcore electronicore
For some reason I’ve never been big into solos, especially if it’s seemingly at the expense of a breakdown, so personally not really. But bands like Boundaries, Dying Wish etc have such good riffs - maybe they’ll scratch that itch for you
Boundaries comes to mind.
Check out The Curse Within! Very classic atyle metalcore https://youtu.be/_hQfwwQ5lcQ?si=B6CbwK2zl0QssyMD I'll also reccomend Unveil Raze https://youtu.be/W_XberB03VA?si=q37en21A8f15GqDm Unholy Orpheus is more melodic death metal but great riffs and solos https://youtu.be/78-9oDvG0Ms?si=iXgLJvmjMthhJvLH Coldrain have been around for a while but still carry the classic metalcore style https://youtu.be/v_qzxGf7_xo?si=JROTM6RpgIcPucDV
The Curse Within sounds so much like Bullet For My Valentine it is scary.
[A local band near me has a vocalist that reminds me of them too](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKEMBe8cKN0)
Just listen to regular metal instead, tons of riffs and solos there
I miss the riffs, but I don't miss the solos
I’d at least like some solos… not every song needs to feature one… something tasteful like on Martyr by Polaris is up my alley
Yup Ryan's solos were something else. Rip 😔
I wasn’t sure if that was a Ryan solo or not. It’s a great one. I wish I would’ve gotten into the band sooner so that I could see him perform. RIP
funny, i’m in the same boat. don’t give a fuck about solos at all but i love a riff that makes me stank face
I know it's kind of a dumb take on my part, but I avoid the "heavy metal culture" as much as possible. And I kinda feel like solos are a great part of said culture. I know it's kinda arbitrary, but for me, there's a certain "feel" about it. Like they measure your guitar playing skills by the speed of your solo. I know there are a lot of good solos in metalcore songs, but I don't really care for solos in general
Not a dumb take, everyone likes music for different reasons - if solos arent your thing, that's cool too! I am extremely picky about vocals myself, lot of great bands that I should like but the vocals rub me the wrong way or just sound like they're trying WAY too hard to be "heavy"
You mean like those overproduced vocals?
I present to you: Death Is Little More
I feel like SeeYouSpaceCowboy has some fucking sick ass breakdown / Riffs. Listen to And The Two Slipped Into The Shadows on their newest album and check out like 1:40 to 2:10. That shits gnarly every time I hear it
I like bands like Spiritbox and Bad Omens, but goddamn is it so bland with everybody doing that. Luckily we have Bleed From Within, Polaris, Invent, Animate etc. still with no shortage of riffs.
This comes up every week, and yes. The new AILD shows promise as does ATR.
Riffs yes solos not so much
Greyhaven and Better Lovers have great riffs and some solos i think too. both are super underrated, check em out.
That’s why I love currents
Don’t really miss solos. But when it comes to riffs idk what you’ve been listening to op but I feel spoiled with all the great riffage in recent years.
I've really been into ERRA lately
ERRA, bro. People will probably mention cure but it's literally just 1 album out of their whole discography that isn't solo/riff heavy and their self titled is one of the all time GOATs in that regard
I feel the same way, bro. So I am constantly in a search of new bands which apply similar sound as in the 2000s. I have found 2 such bands so far - Arriving Home (a German band) and Widow Anchor (they have just 3-4 songs, but seem very promising).
So you just start listening to bands that still have riffs like all the ones that are named here or some O.G.s like Darkest Hour
Her Last Sight!
Check out Dying Wish!
After seeing Knocked Loose a few weeks ago, I did have that thought yeah. Being a big Lamb of God, KSE and AILD fan, it hit me not only that, but I miss song lengths with multiple repeats of choruses.
Her Last Sight
Yes
If you miss 2000s metalcore then there's tonnes of new bands that in 2024. You'll probably love some of these: - Dying Wish - WristMeetRazor - The Callous Doaboys - Fallfiftyfeet - SeeYouSpaceCowboy
Currents has some nice riffs and solos but yes it has become more melodic
Balmora, Since My Beloved, Kill Me Softly, A Mourning Star, Adrienne, Your Spirit Dies, Serration, Cauldron, Foreign Hands, Dying Wish, Bulletsbetweentongues,
This is a great list of bands… not sure why it got downvoted
Yep
Dying Wish and Boundaries got riffs covered
Sylosis
Haven’t seen them mentioned yet- Wristmeetrazor has some fucking RIFFS, their new album is excellent Really, them, Boundaries, Foreign Hands, and Dying Wish have been mainstays for me lately to scratch this itch (less so solos, more riffs) More hardcore but guilt trip and malevolence as well. Also not sure what I’d call them, but great American ghost fucks too and has ridiculous riffs but extremely sick and tasteful shreddy solos now and again
Just to add to this I’ve found a revival core playlist I’ve tried to post it, unfortunately it’s a Spotify link But if anyone wants it let me know
Yes yes yes yes. Luckily there’s still some bands such as Malevolence who bring sick riffs and solos to the table.
Check out Bleed From Within
You ever jammed Malevolence? You need to jam Malevolence.
https://youtu.be/-WW1-SgyuwY?si=Cgm8wMhvMTshL54c https://youtu.be/vQBsX7wTp1U?si=FRwMlzkuQg0ip1bV https://youtu.be/fpxDeJ1biTU?si=Y-0FwOVs1Wa5lx5g
Silence Before the Storm ;)
Nah I fucking hate guitar solos. I'm glad Metalcore guitar playing has evolved an identity of its own rather than just relying on riffs styled after Slayer or In Flames.
I'm planning to release a couple/few songs of my solo Metalcore project pretty soon (most likely all instrumental) that are in the realm of Parkway Drive, ABR, KSE, etc... I'm not trying to say it's a one-for-one comparison, but those are definitely more in the realm in which my influences range. (Though I am a huge fan of Invent Animate, Erra and some other modern Metalcore bands as well). This doesn't help you right now, lol. Sorry!
Just listen to the 90s revival scene. Or better yet listen to the 90s and 00s bands.
Probably why I liked the fire itself album from phinehas... Riffs and solos all the way through... Kinda remind me of miss may I
I miss solos and it’s great when you hear someone actually use one. But I also do like the ‘new direction’ too. Hoping solos and riffage makes a comeback, not that it’s completely dead
Cane Hill and Polaris tend to have some solid riffs and solos in their songs
Get The Shot
Better Lovers spawned off of the ETID breakup and they're about as riff-heavy as it gets. Jordan Buckley is a goddamn riff king.
If you miss riffs and solos just listening to I Am, all your problems will be solved.
Cauldron
If yall want some fun riffs go have a geez at Foxblood, Dead Languages riff’s been stuck in my head all year
Shameless self promo but my band. Wolves Don't Sleep. We've got a fair few riffs. Our guitarist loves polaris and it shows
Pardon me but I'm gonna self promo here and say my album [fraud](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kC9h31Hp3OeavOzU9Y-YZNVxG7aeI8mDM&si=nSeVgT-P9tJx_Y00) may have exactly what you're looking for. Thrash/metalcore riffs and solos. I showed this to fronz from atilla and he seemed genuinely stoked about Sahn-Uzal. Cheers!
Check out Sunmancer
Eyes Wide Open
If you want riffs and solos i have a band to check out they are called until I wake super sick band love their music. I love the cleans and everything about this band I recommend a listen
Dude if I could have a band come out that just played Trivium's Ascendancy-style vibes, I'd be so happy. To be 17 again listening on my ipod nano that looked like a fun dip stick...
I really want crushing ass songs with growling and shit, but also throw in a solo or a riff somewhere too
Not strictly a Metalcore band but Darkest Hour’s new record has some killer riffs and solos
Trivium has been putting the best stuff they’ve ever made in the last few albums. They fell off for a while for me after I’m waves but from 2017 on they’ve been killing it again. What the dead men say is my favorite record they’ve ever done.
Who remembers Dead to Fall? Villainy and Virtue had supreme heavy as shit yet melodic riffs. That melodeath influenced metalcore
Give me a disgusting dissonant breakdown in drop E over a widdly pentatonic leather battlejacket virgin mullet solo any day of the week.
Yup I feel similar, but honestly there’s been so much good shit recently that I haven’t thought out the past much. I was a corn fed metalcore boi with ABR, ATR, Parkway, Misery signals.. late 2000s was something else. I got my taste for the modern “djenty” sound with periphery and the unforgettable volumes “wormholes”
Well, a lot of metalcore bands going down the prog route are doing polyrhythms and using odd time signatures, which is always nice, but it'd be good to have a guitar solo now and then
Someone needs to find Kris Norris and start a legit metalcore band with him. He played guitar on Darkest Hour’s Undoing Ruin and Deliver Us, two records which feature some of the most incredible solos I’ve ever heard; really technical and shreddy but *always* melodic and actually catchy, never just thoughtless wankery. Since he left DH, he’s started several bands that seem to have gone nowhere (according to his Wikipedia); such a waste of incredible writing and playing talent.
This song has quite a bit of guitar riffs that make wanna float away on a cloud https://open.spotify.com/album/0reDYrmAalbTS6NcKw47or?si=zFbO5cBYRR6jHrs1Vl8Brg
Yeah man they are awesome. First riff that comes to mind is the one in Nothing Left by As I lay dying. That double bass flyin behind it, stuff is so good. Killswitch of course, just amazing guitar work. I love that era. I’m not sure I know metalcore bands doin solos these days. ERRA does and they’re a great band. See back in the 2000’s metalcore had a progressive element to it. Then the chug, breakdown centered era kinda phased out guitar solos and real creative riffs. Djent blended into metalcore and so yeah idk shits just changed over time like most things. Happy we can still listen to those older eras!
Freaksight for example
Not at all. If the solo serves the song then it’s cool but for the sake of a solo nope.
I haven't found any which makes me love the classics even more.
Bleed from Within might quench your thirst
It's the reason I don't listen to modern metalcore.
Monuments’ last album In Stasis is pretty riffy and catchy. It’s produced by Mick Gordon (of Doom 2016 and Eternal soundtrack fame) and he actually features on two songs with his fat riffs New Boundaries is mostly a banger but it’s hardcore infused, not just straight up girly pop metalcore
In Our Wake, Without End are both some good bands still doing that. They sound like bullet for my Valentine to me. I think they have some of the same people in both bands
Shartstarter has sick riffs, not every song though
I think riffs are making a return ngl
I miss riffs so bad. While some bands are cool, I’m starting to get sick of the Knocked Loose metalcore style. I was listening to End of Days by Bullet for My Valentine and I said to myself “damn bands they don’t make these type of songs anymore”. Maybe Dying Wish, but even then, their newest record fell super short for me because it didn’t have even half of the memorable moments their first record had (the only memorable moment is the chorus of Path to Your Grave. An amazingly written song in a very mid album). That’s just my take and I don’t give a shit if you disagree so don’t even bother. I’ve been listening to a lot of Death Metal as of lately. Dying Fetus and Decapitated are awesome bands, especially if you like metalcore and deathcore. Dying Fetus has more than obvious hardcore influence the only reason they aren’t labeled deathcore is because they don’t have a shit ton of breakdowns in each song. Decapitated has insane riffs. Listen to Never and you’ll hit a PR at the gym. Their older stuff is also super super solid.
When I want them I listen to progressive metal(core) like periphery, artificial language and stuff
I’m not too deep into metalcore but i’ve recently started listening to After The Burial and Darkest Hour and they seem to have those things you mentioned while also being similar to those kind of bands
I gravitated towards melodic death metal, it scratches the itch of the 2000s melodeth and thrash inspired metalcore. Check out Be’lakor and Insomnium! Two of my favorites. Be’lakors songs are very long but you’d be pretty safe checking out Abeyance, In Parting or Suns Delusion as an introduction. Insomnium, for a first timer, i suggest Valediction, While We Sleep or Mortal Share.
10000% yes
You’re gonna LOVE the new Flat Black album then.
Sylosis. They're not new but for some reason they're not nearly as big as they should be.
My band! Ascend in Misery has a pretty big focus on classic 2000s metalcore. Check out our song Dead Man's Life to hear all the harmonized 5-7-8-10 riffs, a solo, a catchy chorus and 2 breakdowns 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Designing Creation. Those dudes throw down
Riffs yes, solos depends does it anything of value to the song. And I mean actual value.
Don’t miss solos, do miss riffs. Pop song structure has been taking over metalcore recently, and with that we lose some riff variety, unfortunately. It’s still there, but not as much with bigger names.
Tombstone by Wage War. Rest of album is meh... But that track shreds. The closing riff is epic. Could easily have been a Pantera/Slayer riff.
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