#Deathcore drumming

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Deathcore

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Auto wake up new Splatfest Which instrument would you play? Drums, guitar or keyboard?

Drums without a doubt

Mostly because I can play them but drums are my most favourite part of music generally

[galaxis-asteris]

Asteria's Album Picks for October 2023

Hey! it's the middle of October right now so it's time again for another of my monthly album picks, so I'd thought I'd share 5 of my favourite albums this month, so here they are!

Happy Listening, hope you enjoy! :]

Title: False State of Affairs EP

Artist: Deltamanic

Label: Deltamanic

Genre: Blues, Progressive Rock, Indie Rock, Modern Blues Rock.

Release Date: May 2023

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Also Check out their New Single "Keep on Running" Here:

Title: Come To Light EP

Artist: Koven

Label: Monstercat

Genre: Electronic, Electro, Dance, Drum and Bass, Drumstep, Dubstep.

Release Date: November 2016

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Title: Tether LP

Artist: Of Mice & Men

Label: SHARPTONE Records

Genre: Metalcore, Metal, Progressive Metal, Post-Hardcore.

Release Date: October 2023

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Title: hypochondriac LP

Artist: brakence

Label: Columbia Records div. Sony Music Entertainment

Genre: Alternative Indie, Pop, Hyperpop, Electronic

Release Date: December 2022

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Title: Soul Elegy LP

Artist: Termina, Nik Nocturnal & Various Artists

Label: Termina Productions

Genre: Metal, Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Progressive Metal, Deathcore.

Release Date: September 2023

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Also, Check out this Hot New Release!:

Title: FVKD

Artist: NateWantsToBattle, Kellin Quinn

Label: Give Heart Records

Genre: Alternative, Metalcore, Pop Punk.

Release Date: 23rd October 2023

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[diebrook]

If you like double kick drum blast beats and very smooth Deathcore singing give this a chance.

For fans of Infant Annihilator, Cannibal Corpse and other. For lovers of dying pig sounds in general 💀. I challenge you to hear a word in this song, beside the title.

[crmsndragonwngss]

Emerging from the cinders

But I'll be back again

When everything is withered

I'll draw my final breath

And shut my eyes as the world drops dead

Then lift my head and all is born again

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Alch3mist - Omnia

[decemberthe7th]

6:30 🤩

[brookswackermanfeetcam]

My coworker is really into like Midwest emo and like deathcore and although I’m not the biggest fan of either of those I think music is the biggest self expression especially for people like us who make music such a huge part of our lives and livelihoods so um I try to listen to the same music as everyone I’m uh. I’m trying

[deathcorevaper666]

Been on a bit of an older deathcore kick as of late. Some of that old shit really slaps hard.

[drakulana]

what kind of music do yall think the one piece boys listen to?

i feel like some of it is a given, like zoro obviously listens to rock music, specifically numetal. you cannot tell me that this man is not listening to korn, and slipknot, while training. he MIGHT even fall into some more deathcore esc music as well. like 2006-2008 bring me the horizon. the heavy drums and screaming motivate him and help keep his adrenaline pumping. when he's relaxing he probably listens to deftones.

i feel like law also likes rock music too, but he also listens to jazz. you cannot tell me this man is not up in his office listening to some kenny g, maybe some sinatra. i don't think he is a fan of pop music. he probably finds it shallow, and not worth listening to. he'll endure it, however i don't think he ever actually enjoys listening to pop music. as for the rock music, i think he probably listens to bands like evanescence, deftones, and superhaven.

i am honestly at a loss for luffy and sanji. luffy probably like synth wave, or hyper pop music. something experimental with a high beat. he might even like alternative hiphop. maybe some artists like tommy richman, or trevor spitta. (if you haven't listened to them, go do it omg) y'all will have to tell me what y'all think luffy listens to.

sanji likes r&b. ain't no way he don't. he also listens to jazz while he's cooking. sanji is a lover, and man does he love some music that has passion and emotion behind it. i think he's very selective on what he likes to listen to as well. he probably also likes the smiths LOL

let's be real guys, franky listens to jimmy buffet.

kid listens to rock music, but has a guilty pleasure for dad rock. when he's alone he listens to hootie and the blowfish LMAO, and of course some nickelback. however, he obviously likes most subgenres of rock. i think he listens to a lot of post-hardcore, but i do think that his music taste extends to deathcore as well. maybe some attila, or suicide silence.

please lmk what y'all think these guys listen to.

[unpopularvivian]

Random Music Ttte Headcanons (Because I Have Nothing To Do):

Thomas: It's a miracle if he can even play the kazoo even....Is bad at every single instrument and breaks them on accident. His singing isn't bad as Henry's but, his high notes suck...

Edward: Very talented at playing the drums, so good in fact that he turns any concert that he's a part of into a deathcore concert. His singing voice is on the level of Shawn Mendes. LOVES heavy metal and rock music. Also, this is probably him:

Henry: Sounds like a dying chicken that inhaled crack when he sings. Doesn't play an instrument but he's giving brass instruments a try, specifically the French Horn.

Gordon: Plays the piano and is a literal god at it. You can ask him to play Rush E and he'll do it with flying colors. Is uninterested in singing and only does it if you ask politely. (Unless you're Henry or Thomas).

James: He LOVES singing and is a massive Lady Gaga fan. His favorites are Bloody Mary, Poker Face and Just Dance. You better NOT interrupt him when he's screaming on the top of his lungs singing to "Just Dance" while he's in his room. Emily has walked on him way too many times.

Percy: Isn't really interested in singing or playing instruments, but loves weirdcore music. They vibe to it whenever random shit is happening. Jack Stauber is his fucking idol.

Toby: Loves classical music but he won't admit it that electro swing is his favorite too. (He gets embarrassed when his kids ask him about liking modern music). Sounds like an sweet angel while singing but is too shy.

Emily: Doesn't have a specific genre of music she likes and thinks all music is interesting. This also applies to singers as well. (She's kinda like me)

[the-nation-of-today]

Ballerinas, Barbers, and Brides

(or: an attempt to theorize on what BVB 7 is going to be about)

So everyone saw my deranged theory post yesterday. Here is my attempt to take that theory and put it into actual coherent thought.

We know BVB 7 has been teased and talked about. But what is it going to be about? My theory is that BVB 7 is going to be a concept album that focuses on a story about antagonists and the dangers of giving in to your darker wants and impulses. 

Let's get right into it.

I. BACKGROUND

Where are we right now in regards to the state of the band and its music?

Of the concept albums, we’ve already had two that focus on the heroes of the story (Wretched And Divine/Vale) and one that focuses on an antihero/morally gray character (The Phantom Tomorrow)

We know BVB 7 is being actively worked on

Andy has teased his notebook for this album (posted on his Insta story in June)

CC has recently been in the studio tracking drums with Erik Ron (he posted it on his Instagram story, I had a screenshot of it but have since apparently deleted it to make room for concert content.) (Edit: we found it!! Posted August 27th to his story)

Jake has teased multiple possible in-progress songs while on stream (I don’t have any clips of these but if anyone does please send them over and I’ll add them.) (Edit: a Twitter friend is letting me share these tweets from back in August re: what Jake has said)

Both Andy and Jake have teased that the new music is going to be heavier and harder with the incorporation of bits of death metal and deathcore, along with the tease of more Andy screaming. Andy in particular teased it in this Icon Vs. Icon interview about The Mourning (if anyone has a Jake tease, do share and I'll add it.)

II. BLACK SWAN

Now, I’ll be the first to admit that this part does not have as much solid ground to stand on as the rest of the theory. However, it’s still worth talking about. This theory stems from the makeup looks that Andy did in Mexico and in the band’s pre-Mexico photoshoot. It’s been affectionately dubbed the Black Swan look due to the similarities between the look and Natalie Portman’s appearance on the Black Swan movie poster

But let’s take a look at what the actual plot and message of Black Swan is. According to IMDb, Black Swan focuses on Nina (Portman), “a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.”

Then, we get to the message of the movie itself. According to this article by Courtney Campbell of The True Colors: “In “Black Swan,” the movie highlights the dangerous divide between being passionate of your work and being obsessed with perfecting it. The director and Lily showcase passion; both of them are clearly enamored with ballet yet their psyches aren’t ravaged by it. Nina and her mother represent obsession. The pair have devoted their lives to ballet to the exclusion of everything else.”

So now we come to the crux of it: obsession. Nina, our protagonist, obsessed over ballet and her attempts to be cast in the principal role in Swan Lake. Because of this, her mind quite literally breaks and she begins to hallucinate more and more, to the point in the ending where she believes she is stabbing her rival with a shard of glass but instead has stabbed herself. Nina becomes her own worst enemy and, depending on how you interpret Black Swan’s ambiguous ending, dies because her passion became obsession.

So what does this mean for BVB 7? Well, there are many parallels between the world of Nina and the world of music- namely the desperate need to “make it”, and then stay relevant. It’s not an uncommon trend to see musicians fall into the same spirals that Nina did. While her story is an exaggerated one due to the nature of the movie, the themes are all too relevant to the life of a musician. In fact, loathe as I am to admit it because the movie is not good, we see a very similar theme in American Satan, which Andy starred in.

Black Swan is a story about how your need for perfectionism can twist you into something darker, and how being solely obsessed with one thing can cause your life to end.

III. SWEENEY TODD

Now here is where the theory really starts to hold weight. If there is one thing to know about Andy, it is that Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is one of his favorite musicals of all time. He’s dressed up as the titular barber before and has recently gotten a new Sweeney Todd tattoo.

In case you aren’t familiar with the plot of the musical, let’s do a quick look at the synopsis. According to Wikipedia, the musical “retells the melodramatic Victorian tale of Sweeney Todd, an English barber and serial killer who, while seeking revenge on Judge Turpin who wrongfully convicted and exiled him to steal his wife, murders his customers and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, processes their corpses into meat pies.”

Pretty gruesome stuff, but we really shouldn’t be surprised here. Essentially, the story is about a man who was once gentle and kind and has since been twisted into something cruel and evil. Sound familiar? Perhaps like a certain protagonist of a ballet movie previously mentioned? It’s also worth mentioning that, at the end of the musical, Todd ends up being killed because his blind lust for revenge has distracted him.

Now, I didn’t think there was much to this, I thought Andy’s Instagram captions were simply alluding to Sweeney Todd because he is, as we know, a big fan.

We have “Attend the tale” which is the first line that’s sung in the opening number The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (“Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd”) and “My friends” which is the title of a song about midway through Act 1/the first half of the movie where Todd first swears revenge. His “friends” that he’s referring to are his razors, his murder weapons.

But this all changed with yesterday’s (9/29) post.

Simply captioned “Epiphany”, that could mean anything, right? Epiphany is a pretty common word. WRONG.

“Epiphany”, in Sweeney Todd, is a major turning point in Act 1. Before this point in the musical, Todd was very self-controlled and precise. At this point in the musical, Todd had the object of his revenge (the Judge) in his grasp, but he escapes. This breaks Todd and that earlier precision is gone. Losing out on one chance of revenge has ruined his already fragile mind so much that here is where he decides to indiscriminately murder anyone he can get his hands on. These snippets from a (semi-negative) review of one production of Sweeney Todd from the Washington Post and a musical analysis of the show by From Score To Stage explain it better than I could.

What gets me is that it is not just a turning point for Todd's character, but for his musical structure. Oh? A change in music you say? A reference to a change in music when the band has teased that their new music will have some changes? Interesting.

But these are just coincidences, right? Let’s take one look further at this band and what they’ve been doing. On the recent Mexico leg, their intro music for when they come onto the stage was just The Phantom Tomorrow (Introduction). But they changed that for the US leg. And what did they change it to? Take a listen (y'know, outside of the various screams of yours truly)

Don’t recognize it? Take a listen to this.

That’s right, they’re using the opening title of Sweeney Todd as their introduction music for this leg. Now, I don’t know about you guys, but that is far too many “coincidences” to not at least make a note of. (Shout out to Tal @sonsofnight for picking up on this btw because I did not recognize it)

IV. CONCLUSION 

So where does this leave us? We have an album we know is in the works and two pieces of media that focus on the twisting of human desires into something darker. Perfection into obsession and controlled anger into revenge. Both end negatively for the protagonist in question, with either an ambiguous or confirmed death.

There is one last point I want to bring up- The Mourning. What started out as The Phantom Tomorrow part two that then morphed into its own thing. And one of the songs on there? The Revival, which has the lyrics “Did you find what you need in the solace? / Is the pain worth the soul and promise?” and “Did you find what you need in the solace? / Is the soul worth the pain of a world we can’t revive?”

Or, maybe in a different interpretation, was what you were striving for worth it? Was that perfection you were seeking worth the mental breakdown? Was that revenge you sought worth carving through the world and spilling its blood? Was all of that worth it, only for you to die at the end?

Whether this was meant to be a tease, I can’t say for certain. But for these themes to pop up in the transition release between TPT and what will (hopefully soon) be BVB 7? All I am going to say is that it lines up just a little too well for my liking to be a set of coincidences. And now that we’ve had the stories of our heroes and antiheroes told, maybe it’s time for the villains and antagonists to take the spotlight.

[withacapitalp]

liam can i pls ask you a question. i am a person who listens to metal and has listened to metal for most of my life, including classic 80s metal but now i listen to more like deathcore stuff. it KILLS me when people in fics describe 80s metal as “screaming” or something like “how do you even know what they’re saying??” bc to me 80s metal is very clear and barely harsh speaking!! like master of puppets (which i’m sure is a lot of peoples reference point for fic writing) is so intelligible and clear! am i biased bc i’m used to it or do people just hear “metal” and use contemporary connotations ahistorically?

Ooooo I really like this question!!!

I think that people confuse metal with screamo a lot? ESPECIALLY 80s Metal bc 80s Metal is a lot more synonymous with hard rock? It really depends on what you're talking about like if you get into the subgenres there is some that is just screaming, but not Eddie's general subgenres

Eddie tends to be into heavy metal and doom metal based on the bands that he likes and the bands CC has on their shirts, and both of those subgenres are pretty clear and distinct? Doom metal especially. Overall I think that a lot of people just don't actually listen to the music, bc if they gave it a shot they might really enjoy it!

Now as far as 'how do you know what they're saying' I think I've used that question in my fics occasionally but solely for Steve and more as a nod to my fave head canon of HOH Steve because what I DO think is accurate is that the vocals in metal aren't the sole focus.

The cool thing about metal is that the entire band really is equal in focus a lot (I mean think bout how important guitar and drum and bass solos are in so many famous metal songs) but that means that vocals are mixed in with a lot of heavy instrumentals, and as someone that has audio processing issues, it CAN be hard for me to hear what is being sung sometimes on the first few go arounds. I think Steve might say things like that, but it's not really the music, and more his hearing issues.

I don't know if I answered the question nonnie, but I do love this convo!!1

[khlur]

there should be a vibrator setting called 'deathcore' n it's just drum patterns typical of the genre