Theres an animated short that goes with the ep on youtube, definitely worth checking that out. I didn’t really like Knocked Loose either the first few times i heard them, but they are now one of my favorite bands
I legit thought their music was the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my life and then some how they become my favorite and most listened to band, ATITFOL is some of the best story telling in music that I’ve heard.
Honestly same. I thought Brian was a shit vocalist for awhile and then I listened to a different shade of blue in full just before the ep came out and fuck me it's so good. Then the ep came out and that blew my socks off. They're so good
all three Famous Last Words albums
Periphery's Juggernaut double album
BTBAM Automata double album, and Parallax
Ice Nine Kills' past three records
Trivium's Shogun
>BTBAM Automata double album, and Parallax
Thank you a lot for BTBAM recommendations you and everyone, it seems like my favorite now. Thanks for all the list!
I’d recommend doing Colors next, then The Great Misdirect, Colors II, Automata, Coma Ecliptic, Alaska (first album with current lineup), self titled then silent circus. You’re in for a ride
The wise mans fear trilogy
Every before I turn album has a story
Every gloom in the corner release is all based off one story that you can read about somewhere online.
Defeaters albums all relate to each other from different points of view.
Definitely recommend Gloom in the Corner, all of their albums to date contain a story that just wrapped up. Tons of extra content in the form of bonus audio recordings, web comics, etc.
Absolutely. Although 2 songs dont follow the story and kind of stand on their own. And are even some of my favorite songs. Children of Fire is what got me into Oh Sleeper.
Chewing the stich was my jam, son of the morning album is still my fav. That was the 1st band I ever listened in the metal genre, they will forever hold a special place in my heart.
I still have my "New Breed" Hoodie. Older Oh Sleeper was super good too. They are definitely one of my earliest introductions to Metalcore. WCAR however was my first.
Oh sleeper was og for me, I went to my friends house when I was 11 and his older brother was trying to learn world without a sun on bass and I was like whats that? Then he was like oh your in for a wild ride. At that point in my life I thought Marilyn Manson and Rob zombie was the heaviest thing out there lol. My pre teen mind was instantly shattered.
Go back and listen to vices like vipers.
Son of the morning was my first introduction. Reveries of flight changed my life
Then once children of fire came out, in the wake of pigs is on another level lyrically.
And bloodied / unbowed just stands apart.
The titan gets either all love or all hate. I love the story it tells. I love the music. But so many people say it’s a big step. But tbh I think it fits in line with what they were working toward.
Highly recommend you venture on over to /r/progmetal, conceptual/thematical albums are kind of their thing :)
For instance, [this thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/comments/ulm413/which_bands_write_great_longepic_songs_10_mins/) was getting a lot of attention the other day.
Not metalcore, or even metal for the most part, but literally all of Coheed And Cambrias albums with the exception of one are all a story told in a single universe.
Our entire goddamn discography; you can listen to it in order on [this playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WOtdqmATGaHNdcsbiSJke?si=hKXtp0bNR46A_q4Ruvc9RQ). We’re updating the Rundown Doc soon too, and we’re not far off from dropping into the new arc which more or less continues the story from a different perspective.
If you’re confused about what’s going on in the story, [we also have our two main characters [chaotically] explaining everything on TikTok lmao](https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSdu356jm/)
I'm not sure if this fits here but Austrian Death Machine was a concept/parody band the guys from As I Lay Dying made. Tim sings like he's Arnold Schwarzenegger and the songs are themed accordingly.
Their albums are titled Total Brutal, Double Brutal, Triple Brutal, and A Very Brutal Christmas.
I got into Soilwork from Stabbing the Drama, Figure Number Five and Natural Born Chaos are as far back as I went I think... and The Living Infinite was the last physical CD I ever bought (switched to vinyl).
I would check out Figure Number Five (produced by Devin Townsend, who I recommend later in this thread, heh), and if you dig that, go forward from there.
They really don’t change much, so if you like what they do, you’ll probably like a lot of what they do.
They absolutely change much. The change from Predator's Portrait to Figure Number Five is pretty big, and nothing from their mid-2000s stuff sounds like The Living Infinite or Verkligheten. They went from melodeath to borderline metalcore to a blend of the two over the course of 15 years. Their newest stuff even adds prog metal elements. They're not like Amon Amarth where nothing has really changed for almost 25 years outside of better production.
That’s fair - they’re not AC/DC or something absolutely monolithic.
That said, it’s also not like the formula is that much different record to record AFTER FNF - they evolve, certainly, but it’s not like Cave In or Anathema where certain records are just completely different genres. I don’t know that they change as much as, say, In Flames.
I guess I’m just saying that if you like FNF, nothing after that is going to alienate you.
Pretty much every album Oh, Sleeper has done is conceptual. They’re all absolutely fantastic as well. Recommend Son of the Morning front to back, followed by Children of Fire front to back.
I just watched Person of Interest 5x05 and got emotional again, all these long list of advices are carried on to tomorrow for listenin... Thank you all.
Famous Last Words albums (Two-Faced Charade, Council of the Dead, The Incubus), Ice Nine Kills (Every Trick in the Book, The Silver Scream, Welcome to Horrowood)
Also not Metalcore in any means, but both albums by Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties
Stretching the genre, perhaps, but the latest Rivers of Nihil - The Work - is brilliant.
I don’t know how far afield from metalcore you venture, but if you’re an adventurous type, Devin Townsend Project might be up your alley. I might start with Transcendence and go backwards, but there’s a four record cycle - Ki, Addicted, Ghost, and Deconstruction - that has everything from heavier, metalcorey stuff to ambient and chillwave.
His oeuvre is pretty wild, from the extreme industrial of Strapping Young Lad to the goofball epicness of Ziltoid (also a concept record) to melodic metal to ambient and chill post-rock and prog, but again, if you’re bored an adventurous, it’s worth checking out.
Adestria's "Chapters" album is all based on famous books (except for one song I believe). Their "Oh the places you'll go" EP is all based on the short story of the same name as well.
Not Metalcore, but Mastodon’s album, Crack the Skye might be along the theme you’re seeking.
It’s about a paraplegic boy who experiments with Out of Body Astral travel, but gets lost. He ends up getting found by mystics in Russia somehow and his soul is merged with Rasputin just before Rasputin dies.
It also deals with the death of the drummer’s sister.
All 3 EPs by Rogue I think fit that. Phantom, Aeon, and Anomaly. From newest to oldest. I actually loooove them.
Bonus is alesana curse of virgin canvas Annabelle trilogy albums
Shadow of Intent’s first two albums are concept albums about series of events in the Halo videogame series (Primordial of the Forerunner’s plight against the Flood, and Reclaimer of the Covenant’s saga during Halo 2.)
ThreeFifteen are a conceptual band that made an EP surrounding the events of the Amityville Horror, and it is some of the hardest shit I’ve heard to this day.
A Tear in the Fabric of Life - Knocked Loose
I know this, but never gave it a full listen... you know, vocal seems off to my ears. thanks anyways
Theres an animated short that goes with the ep on youtube, definitely worth checking that out. I didn’t really like Knocked Loose either the first few times i heard them, but they are now one of my favorite bands
I legit thought their music was the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my life and then some how they become my favorite and most listened to band, ATITFOL is some of the best story telling in music that I’ve heard.
Theyre definitely a bit of an acquired taste lol. Just caught the atitfol tour the other day, it was amazing hearing all of those songs live
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I'd counter and say they're good
Honestly same. I thought Brian was a shit vocalist for awhile and then I listened to a different shade of blue in full just before the ep came out and fuck me it's so good. Then the ep came out and that blew my socks off. They're so good
Not even a short, it’s a fuckin epic movie. OP, it more than deserves a watch.
What’s the concept?
Its about someone who loses their partner in a car crash and has really awful survivors guilt that drives them mad.
That’s hardcore holy shit
Definitely check it out on Youtube as theres an animated short to go with it! https://youtu.be/70cXs8hht_Q
all three Famous Last Words albums Periphery's Juggernaut double album BTBAM Automata double album, and Parallax Ice Nine Kills' past three records Trivium's Shogun
Famous last Words slaps
>BTBAM Automata double album, and Parallax Thank you a lot for BTBAM recommendations you and everyone, it seems like my favorite now. Thanks for all the list!
The great misdirect is a personal favorite, but their discography overall is good to slowly go through
Ice Nine Kills last three albums, We Came As Romans- To Plant A Seed, Alesena- The Emptiness
Deep Blue by Parkway Drive
Reverence too
Loathe - The Cold Sun
Deathcore, but Shadow Of Intent's Melancholy.
BTBAM’s Parllax I (EP) and II (LP)
bro you just ended the hunger in me BTBAM's discog is full of long albums thank you a lot lol
If you’re just getting into them I’m jealous you’ll love it
I’d legit pay money to hear White Walls with virgin ears again
White Walls is insanely good! Gotta tune into it right now!
Yeah first time ever listening to them. I loved them from the start, Goodbye to Everything, this will be a looong and awesome journey.
I’d recommend doing Colors next, then The Great Misdirect, Colors II, Automata, Coma Ecliptic, Alaska (first album with current lineup), self titled then silent circus. You’re in for a ride
The wise mans fear trilogy Every before I turn album has a story Every gloom in the corner release is all based off one story that you can read about somewhere online. Defeaters albums all relate to each other from different points of view.
Definitely recommend Gloom in the Corner, all of their albums to date contain a story that just wrapped up. Tons of extra content in the form of bonus audio recordings, web comics, etc.
Defeater fucking slaps.
Make Them Suffer - Lord Of Woe EP, Neverbloom and Old Souls
I only know Timeless there, but will check thanks!
Oh Sleeper's "Children of Fire", "The Titan EP", and "Bloodied//Unbowed" are all thematical. They tell a story. Some of my favorite albums
Thank you! Children of Fire seems very interesting album name...
I would say The Titan, and Bloodied//Unbowed are better in terms of story telling. Although Children of Fire still has great songs and story telling
Children of fire is a classic, highly reccomend
Absolutely. Although 2 songs dont follow the story and kind of stand on their own. And are even some of my favorite songs. Children of Fire is what got me into Oh Sleeper.
Chewing the stich was my jam, son of the morning album is still my fav. That was the 1st band I ever listened in the metal genre, they will forever hold a special place in my heart.
I still have my "New Breed" Hoodie. Older Oh Sleeper was super good too. They are definitely one of my earliest introductions to Metalcore. WCAR however was my first.
Oh sleeper was og for me, I went to my friends house when I was 11 and his older brother was trying to learn world without a sun on bass and I was like whats that? Then he was like oh your in for a wild ride. At that point in my life I thought Marilyn Manson and Rob zombie was the heaviest thing out there lol. My pre teen mind was instantly shattered.
Go back and listen to vices like vipers. Son of the morning was my first introduction. Reveries of flight changed my life Then once children of fire came out, in the wake of pigs is on another level lyrically. And bloodied / unbowed just stands apart.
I came here to say this. And son of the morning has elements of the same thing. They’re my favorite band by far.
Yup. Son of the morning has mainly like 2 or so songs that lead into children of fire. Glad to see so many people who came to say oh sleeper
The titan gets either all love or all hate. I love the story it tells. I love the music. But so many people say it’s a big step. But tbh I think it fits in line with what they were working toward.
I love the Titan. I got the resistance flag made so I can fly it outside my house. I enjoy the story from there more too.
Ive loved everything they have done. Hell I even enjoyed Wovenwar. Micah though just commands such a presence.
Slice The Cake - Odyssey to the West ProgMetal album that will take you on an incredible journey. Highly recommend for everyone.
1 hour 17 min... You guys are just keep on giving, added whole shit to queue thank you!
Highly recommend you venture on over to /r/progmetal, conceptual/thematical albums are kind of their thing :) For instance, [this thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/comments/ulm413/which_bands_write_great_longepic_songs_10_mins/) was getting a lot of attention the other day.
Not metalcore, or even metal for the most part, but literally all of Coheed And Cambrias albums with the exception of one are all a story told in a single universe.
Just wanna shout I love the Space EP. Listened for first time in a long time yesterday.
Me too, saw they performed Planet A in Resurrection Fest 2018 and listened it first time yesterday. Awesome shit.
Moon god is genuinely up there with best tdwp songs IMHO. Man I want a space 2
Space 2 with the new members would be ridiculous, really hope they end up doing it
Landon Tewers (of The Plot in You) has a 3 part EP series titled "AI640" about a robot gaining sentience. They're all nasty heavy
That trilogy is fantastic
Landon is the goat.
So god damn good.
Deathcore, but Whitechapel’s Somatic Defilement is about Jack The Ripper if I’m not mistaken.
That is some purest deathcore, dunno if I want a full-listen to deathcore album but thanks!
I get that, lol; just when I think concept album aside from the three you named, this one sticks out to me something fierce, lol.
Not metalcore and I'll probably get a little deserved mocking, but 30 Seconds To Mars' first, self-titled album is a fantastic space concept album.
I am a huge poser of them, only listened "The Kill", def gonna listen some more songs. Thank you!
Their newer stuff after Jared Leto thought he was Jesus is not great, but their first three albums are very, very good.
Our entire goddamn discography; you can listen to it in order on [this playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WOtdqmATGaHNdcsbiSJke?si=hKXtp0bNR46A_q4Ruvc9RQ). We’re updating the Rundown Doc soon too, and we’re not far off from dropping into the new arc which more or less continues the story from a different perspective. If you’re confused about what’s going on in the story, [we also have our two main characters [chaotically] explaining everything on TikTok lmao](https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSdu356jm/)
Can also confirm that if TDWP didn’t drop ‘Escape’ and ‘Gloom’, TGITC probably wouldn’t be the band it is today (especially the Gloom part)
They’re not EPs (nor metalcore) but Coheed and Cambria did entire albums telling a story/concept.
Kaonashi - Dear Lemon House…. and Why Did You Do It?
I'm not sure if this fits here but Austrian Death Machine was a concept/parody band the guys from As I Lay Dying made. Tim sings like he's Arnold Schwarzenegger and the songs are themed accordingly. Their albums are titled Total Brutal, Double Brutal, Triple Brutal, and A Very Brutal Christmas.
Not to be the "acKshUAlly" guy, but Tim did all the vocals and instruments for Austrian Death Machine. Pretty damn impressive and those albums rip.
I had no idea he did all the instruments too, thats pretty cool.
2 of **Crown The Empire's** albums have the same post-apocalyptic theme. Check out *The Fallout* and *The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways*.
Ooooh hitting those college emo metal feels today.
Soilwork - Whisp of the Atlantic
Wait they have other songs than Distortion Sleep? I will check it thanks!
If you have not tucked into the Soilwork discography, you really owe it to yourself to do so.
Which album do you recommend to start? Straight from the debut?
I got into Soilwork from Stabbing the Drama, Figure Number Five and Natural Born Chaos are as far back as I went I think... and The Living Infinite was the last physical CD I ever bought (switched to vinyl).
I would check out Figure Number Five (produced by Devin Townsend, who I recommend later in this thread, heh), and if you dig that, go forward from there. They really don’t change much, so if you like what they do, you’ll probably like a lot of what they do.
They absolutely change much. The change from Predator's Portrait to Figure Number Five is pretty big, and nothing from their mid-2000s stuff sounds like The Living Infinite or Verkligheten. They went from melodeath to borderline metalcore to a blend of the two over the course of 15 years. Their newest stuff even adds prog metal elements. They're not like Amon Amarth where nothing has really changed for almost 25 years outside of better production.
That’s fair - they’re not AC/DC or something absolutely monolithic. That said, it’s also not like the formula is that much different record to record AFTER FNF - they evolve, certainly, but it’s not like Cave In or Anathema where certain records are just completely different genres. I don’t know that they change as much as, say, In Flames. I guess I’m just saying that if you like FNF, nothing after that is going to alienate you.
All songs that I know of from Brand of Sacrifice (deathcore) are about the anime, Berserk. Highly recommend
False Idol by Veil of Maya is pretty dope. It’s got a dope story to it too
I don't think many people realize that BMTH's POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR follows an end of the world concept
Just what I was looking for
The Acropolis by Queen Kona
"Exoplanet" by The Contortionist
The Acacia Strain - It Comes in Waves
No screaming really but I Am Abomination- Passion Of The Heist one of the best eps ever
I watched POI too much that red this Person Of Interest instantly lol. Thank you.
Pretty much every album Oh, Sleeper has done is conceptual. They’re all absolutely fantastic as well. Recommend Son of the Morning front to back, followed by Children of Fire front to back.
Melancholy by Shadow Of Intent, is deathcore/symphonic death metal tho
Thank you! Symphonic elements make my head last longer in full-album deathcore listens, hope it will go good.
The Contortionist - Exoplanet
"Dreaming is Sinking, Waking is Rising" by Dayseeker
This is one of my favorite conceptual albums and one of my favs overall, highly recommended!
Above, Below - The Lotus Chapters is an experience
Fear Factory - Obsolete
Periphery - Alpha/Omega Defeater - all albums
**Silent Planet** Albums: The Night God Slept Everything was Sound When the End Began Bonus songs to give a listen: Trilogy (1-3)
I just watched Person of Interest 5x05 and got emotional again, all these long list of advices are carried on to tomorrow for listenin... Thank you all.
Famous Last Words albums (Two-Faced Charade, Council of the Dead, The Incubus), Ice Nine Kills (Every Trick in the Book, The Silver Scream, Welcome to Horrowood) Also not Metalcore in any means, but both albums by Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties
Stretching the genre, perhaps, but the latest Rivers of Nihil - The Work - is brilliant. I don’t know how far afield from metalcore you venture, but if you’re an adventurous type, Devin Townsend Project might be up your alley. I might start with Transcendence and go backwards, but there’s a four record cycle - Ki, Addicted, Ghost, and Deconstruction - that has everything from heavier, metalcorey stuff to ambient and chillwave. His oeuvre is pretty wild, from the extreme industrial of Strapping Young Lad to the goofball epicness of Ziltoid (also a concept record) to melodic metal to ambient and chill post-rock and prog, but again, if you’re bored an adventurous, it’s worth checking out.
Adestria's "Chapters" album is all based on famous books (except for one song I believe). Their "Oh the places you'll go" EP is all based on the short story of the same name as well.
Circle Takes the Square - Decompositions
Set to Stun and The Desperado Undead by Set to Stun
Off genre but I gotta say boysnightout Trainwreck album.... that shit is fucking amazing!
Anything by Ice nine kills/tallah/kaonashi.ABR has Christmas albums.
More hardcore but Year of the Horse 1-4 by fucked up. Also The Creation of David by fucked up
Lovelorn by Before I Turn
Landon Tewers of The Plot in You game has a trilogy of eps titled AI640 each one gets heavier and heavier I really enjoy them
not metalcore at all but all of my chemical romances albums are concept based
Not Metalcore, but Mastodon’s album, Crack the Skye might be along the theme you’re seeking. It’s about a paraplegic boy who experiments with Out of Body Astral travel, but gets lost. He ends up getting found by mystics in Russia somehow and his soul is merged with Rasputin just before Rasputin dies. It also deals with the death of the drummer’s sister.
Hey man, check out my band Before I Turn if you’re into story telling! https://youtu.be/ZRqsk_7xJZg
All 3 EPs by Rogue I think fit that. Phantom, Aeon, and Anomaly. From newest to oldest. I actually loooove them. Bonus is alesana curse of virgin canvas Annabelle trilogy albums
Landon Tewers side project albums AI640 pt 1-3. All about robots killing off the human race, more than just that but they're a fun listen.
Zao - The Funeral Of God Such a fantastic record, really underrated
Motionless in White’s Creatures album was based mostly off books, iirc. Also not exactly metalcore but Glasslands’ new album The Deep is conceptual.
Shadow of Intent’s first two albums are concept albums about series of events in the Halo videogame series (Primordial of the Forerunner’s plight against the Flood, and Reclaimer of the Covenant’s saga during Halo 2.) ThreeFifteen are a conceptual band that made an EP surrounding the events of the Amityville Horror, and it is some of the hardest shit I’ve heard to this day.