r/Metalcore

Here's how it works:

1. Choose your favorite band

2. You get up to the max number of tracks in their longest album (not counting deluxe editions, no cheating)

3. The tracklist must be in the order that the songs would appear on their respective albums, meaning, the first track of your dream album MUST come from an opener from one of the albums in your chosen band's discography. The same is true for track 2, track 5 and so on.

For example:

My favorite band is ERRA. Their longest album is their self-titled at 12 tracks. Here's how I'd craft my favorite ERRA record:

1. Snowblood (This is my favorite first track of their discography, it is found in their self-titled) - I notably cannot now choose Stelliform, Luminese, Breach or any of their other opening tracks of other albums, because I already have my first slot

2. Further Eden (This is my favorite second track in their work, it is found in their most recent record)

3. Gore of Being (SotE)

4. Valhalla (Neon)

5. Hybrid Earth (Augment)

6. Drift (Drift)

7. Lucid Threshold (SotE)

8. Past Life Persona (Cure)

9. Vanish Canvas (S/T)

10. In The Gut of the Wolf (SotE)

11. Remnant (S/T)

12. Dementia (Augment)

One exception: album closers

If an album has fewer tracks than your personal album's maximum length, you can use that album's closer in the final slot of your personal album, even if it originally appeared earlier.

For example, Drift has only 10 tracks, so I could use The Hypnotist as the closer in slot 12 of my personal album, even though it originally appeared as track 10. This is the one exception to the track-position rule.

Hopefully that makes sense, I thought this was a really fun thought experiment, excited to see what you guys cook up.

Per Davion’s instagram post:

So yeah, VCTMS… A lot to unpack here.

With Mike having said his statement and getting everything out there, I feel a responsibility to myself and one of my best friends to validate his experience with my own, now that I feel safe to.
Before I go any further, I feel I need to give a disclaimer, since there appears to be some confusion about my working relationship with VCTMS based on messages I've received in the past 48 hours.

Although I was on the performing side of the camp, as well as being a part of meet & greets, signings etc. I was never a member of the band. I had no power in any decision-making or any sway in how the band operated. I was a crew member, hired by the band to do a job, which in my case was touring bassist and tech for the band. Operating their playback and monitoring rig for over 2 years until the start of this most recent tour

Around two months ago, I made a statement that i was stepping away from touring. Although the reasons I stated for stepping away were all true, I intentionally left out a key reason I felt the way I did. I made that decision because I also could not continue to navigate the difficulties of working for someone like Meredith.

I, too, witnessed her do all the same things Mike listed in his post. Many of which, towards me. During my time working for VCTMS, I was subject to many instances of verbal abuse, yelling, insults and in one case, even physical aggression from Meredith. That instance being screamed at and having the van keys thrown at my face, breaking skin on my hand trying to block them from striking me. Simply for asking for them to grab more equipment and personal belongings to do to my job. Her justification being she was "having a bad day" and I had dared ask her for something while she was handling something on her phone.

This happened in the middle of the venue, in front of members in the camp, venue staff and multiple crew for the other bands traveling with us. Everyone in the camp had to rally behind me to get her to apologize, which came via text the next day. Only to be met with another instance of unprompted attitude and disrespect days later. Rinse, repeat.

This was a loop. It felt like walking on eggshells 6 weeks at a time. Not knowing what side of her I was going to have to work for that day. In cases where she could clearly tell I was at my breaking point, I was met with brief moments of generosity and lengthy texts or verbal statements of admiration for my work and efforts for the band, only to inevitably start back at the beginning of the rollercoaster again.

While I don't feel at liberty to touch on some details of the business side between band members, as I was hired as crew. I will say on my end, I found it difficult many times to get basic necessities or even feed myself on tour, due to Meredith's negligence and lack of care in paying crew members on time. When confronting her about this, many times it was met with attitude, or being outright ignored about it for days at a time. All while watching Meredith spending money on luxuries, sporting events on off days, flying her friends out to travel with us, etc.
When you are in a cramped vehicle, with more than 5+ people, in a different city every day, away from home and your loved ones, it is incredibly important to keep the peace. But it is also incredibly dire to be paid on time. To be able to afford food, hygiene products etc. Things add up.

"Why did you continue working with VCTMS for so long if it was this bad?" Well, there are a couple of reasons.

My offer to tour with VCTMS came at the same time as my band's indefinite hiatus from touring, but stopping touring was the last thing I wanted to do. While I quickly realized in my first tour with VCTMS that I was in a very negative and unhealthy environment, I held out in hopes that through still working hard for the band and networking, I would eventually be met with a better opportunity. But that opportunity never came.

I also didn't leave sooner out of fear. As mike stated, crew was a revolving door, with many of said crew leaving due to being no longer willing to deal with Meredith's behavior. This would sometimes be met with retaliation by Meredith. In some cases, frivolously badmouthing and talking down about past crew members to others in the industry and people close to said crew members on the tour directly after their departure. Even to the new crew members replacing them, potentially ruining future work opportunities.

"Why didn't you speak out publicly sooner?" Same reason, fear of retaliation.
For me, things came to the same conclusion. After 2 years, I just couldn't deal with it anymore. I'm so thankful to have met all the wonderful people from around the world that I did in my time touring with VCTMS, but my experience with Meredith has effectively ruined my outlook on touring.

I'm so proud of Mike for saying what I felt I could not.

One last thing. There is a lot of unnecessary and unwarranted nastiness surrounding this situation in comments and DM's to people involved. Insults, hateful and sexist remarks towards anybody surrounding this is just not okay. Mike's statement, as well as mine is about accountability and change. If you're just going to comment disgusting insults, whether it's on our posts, or an article, you have your own self-reflecting to do. Do better.

Counterparts - Monument is the first track that comes to mind

Also

Like Moths to Flames - I solemnly swear: “What I really need is for you to go fuck yourself“

Edit: A lot of boundaries, architects and every time I die love. love it.

My Life for Hire
(Breakdown only)

Heartless
(First live performance since 2012)

Life Lessons Learned the Hard Way
(First time since 2018)

Fast Forward to 2012

The Danger in Starting a Fire

Paranoia

To the Death

2nd Sucks

Last Chance to Dance (Bad Friend)

1958
(First time since 2012)

Why Walk on Water When We've Got Boats
(First time since 2016)

You Be Tails, I'll Be Sonic
(Partial)

Sticks & Bricks

Mr. Highway's Thinking About the End
(Partial)

Bad Vibrations
(First time since 2017)

Violence (Enough Is Enough)

You Already Know What You Are

Show 'Em the Ropes
(First time since 2018)

Welcome to the Family

A Shot in the Dark

Sound the Alarm
(First time since 2006)

The Downfall of Us All

I'm Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?

All My Friends

All Signs Point to Lauderdale

Via setlistfm. I would KILL to see this kind of set from them more often (minus All My Friends). Hope anyone who went had a blast bearing through mud.

Everyone is a victim.

I finally gave this band a shot after seeing them get mentioned a lot on this sub, and holy shit, they are fucking amazing.

Bangers song by an underrated band. These guys don't get enough love in the metalcore scene.

Insane how this band was soooo ahead of their time

Whole LP is on YT! Don't miss out!

Leg day never sounded so good 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

Nottingham's answer to the current wave of revival metalcore. Honestly these lads have smashed it out of the fucking park on this release and I think they'll be going far.

Something about the way they write their breakdowns hits just right - it's a combination of technical metal and UK style beatdown influence that I think a lot of the current bands struggle to nail.

Behold

“The scariest thing is not dying before you reach your dreams
But reaching them and still feeling dead
Live your life in light of history and eternity
Death can teach us how to live our lives with clarity

To my little one, someday
You have my heart forever. I am with you always
These songs I wrote for you. Please learn from my mistakes
My eyes have yet to see paradise, though this world tried to convince me otherwise
When I'm gone please keeps my words close to your heart and carry on
Keep your faith. Fix your eyes. The one who sees you to the bottom loves you to the skies
Tear a hole in the sky, bring heaven to earth, make the world's collide. Make the world's collide
We all die young, but death, where is your sting?
Like Johnny said, ain't no grave gonna hold your body down. Godspeed”

Hey r/metalcore! We’re very excited to share our first record as a band with you, and we’d love for you to discuss and talk about the record down below! We wanna know your honest thoughts as well as your favorite tracks. We can’t wait to hear from you!

The album is out on all streaming platforms.

Tracklist:

1. Nosferatu (ft. Haunter)

2. White Hand (ft. Post Traumatic)

3. Ghost on Tape

4. American Home Broadcasting System.MP3

5. In This House

6. Bathsheba (ft. Joseph Coleman)

7. Paranormal Activity

8. Remove Thy Shift

9. The Man With Fire

10. A Haunted House for All to See

and realized this morning that I am way too old to be hanging with the younglings in the pit... holy FUCK, KL knows how to put on a show, that was absolute fucking mayhem...

... but my body ain't what it used to be 😂

absolutely fucking worth the soreness and achey muscles today though! what a wild night! denzel and boundaries threw down super duper hard.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeFxdtruLdM/?stkn=aTVlZW93dm83d2ty

What kind of metalcore do you wish would come back? I’ve been listening to a lot of older August Burns Red lately and miss that melodic, riff-heavy, technical style. Any newer bands doing something like that? I know there’s a bit misery signals style comeback too