Melodic metalcore

Melodic metalcore is a subgenre of metalcore that has a heavy emphasis on melodic instrumentation and often uses elements of melodic death metal and melodic hardcore. It features melodic guitar riffs, blast beats, metalcore-stylized breakdowns and vocals that can range between growls, screaming and clean singing.

History

The style began in the early-2000s tracing its roots to the melodic death metal sound. By 2004, Shadows Fall's The War Within[1] debuted at number 20 on the Billboard album chart. All That Remains' single "Two Weeks" peaked at number 9 at the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the U.S., and on the Modern Rock Tracks chart at number 38. In 2007, the song "Nothing Left" by As I Lay Dying was nominated for a Grammy award in the "Best Metal Performance" category. An Ocean Between Us (the album that included "Nothing Left") itself was a commercial success, debuting at number 8 on the "Billboard 200". Welsh metalcore band Bullet for My Valentine's third album Fever, which debuted at number 3 selling more than 71,000 copies in its first week in the U.S. and more than 21,000 in the UK during 2010.

Characteristics

Melodic metalcore band All That Remains performing at the Ozzfest in 2006.

Melodic metalcore bands take big influence from guitar riffs, and writing styles of Swedish melodic death metal bands, especially bands like At the Gates,[2] Arch Enemy, In Flames and Soilwork. They tend to have strong use of instrumental melody. Many melodic metalcore can have clean singing as their vocals as well as growls and screaming. It also can feature harmonic guitar riffs, tremolo picking, double bass drums and metalcore-stylized breakdowns.[3][4] Some bands also may feature guitar solos.[5] A few of these groups, like Shadows Fall, have some appreciation for 1980s glam metal.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shadows Fall to Co-Headline Sounds of the Underground". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ D. Taylor, Jason. "Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 24, 2008. Atreyu's debut album, Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses, is an invigorating foray into melodic metalcore in the vein of Darkest Hour, Poison the Well, and Eighteen Visions.
  3. ↑ "It's Through the Approach". El Paisano. September 12, 2007. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses review". mp3.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Taste of Chaos", Revolver, June 2008, p. 110. "This is the Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour, a night when heavier melodic-metalcore bands like Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold intend to position themselves as the next generation of bands to actually pack arenas (...)".
  6. ↑ Dan Epstein, "The Brewtal Truth", Revolver, November 2004, p. 65.
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