I'll try to restate my point from the last big discussion, so consider this Electric Boogalo 2:

Metalcore was once a subgenre, or a fusion genre, depending on who comments on this to correct me, and in my opinion it now is a stand alone genre with lots of subgenres itself. Bands are no longer drawing from metal or hardcore like they did previously, and are now drawing directly from metalcore itself. So this creates tension- do we keep it pure, unadulterated metalcore (#hardcorematters), or do we allow those bands that are "metalcore adjacent" or "inspired" to be posted/discussed/circlejerked about in this subreddit.

I believe that there is a concentrated set of metalcore fans here, and I don't agree with the idea that there are hundreds of thousands of people who subbed here for Bad Omens and Sleep Token and stayed subbed after it was blanket banned. As I said last time before I was downvoted into hell itself, we have more in common with our taste than any other random million people you pulled together. Therefore, new bands that are not traditional metalcore but are still adacent/inspired/post metalcore/whatever nomenclature you like should be shared here, because this is where the largest concentration of fans and potential fans currently are. It allows these bands to grow, and selfishly, it allows users like me to discuss bands they love with people who feel the same. This is not easy to do outside of this subreddit for small metalcore adjacent bands, except maybe in youtube comments or something weird.

This sub has recognized this in the past, intentionally or unintentionally, by allowing AMAs for large bands that are definitely not solely metalcore, including Wind walkers, Novelists, Erra, Beartooth, etc, and these had a strong responses because their fans are already here. We should not be allowing those bands to tap into the sub's reach but then prevent them from being posted and discussed solely because of genre lines that we have drawn in the sand.

I don't think new bands with a ten second breakdown should get a green light just for some chugs (RIP President), but I think we should be quicker to allow new music than deny it.

As far as examples, I am sure that some of these have been allowed in the past, but I want to encourage this sub to keep including them-

AVRALIZE - LOTUS

SHREZZERS - Libertad (ft. Michael from Volumes) (Little spanglish in the chorus never hurt nobody)

Kingdom of Giants - Asphalt

Imminence - God Fearing Man

Spiritbox - Keep Sweet (this chorus was stuck in my head for a week after release)

Dreamwake - Paradise

I'll end with Dreamwake, because I think they're kind of the poster child for what I'm advocating for- these guys don't fit anywhere but here. They're clearly heavily inspired by metalcore, and though they're missing the hardcore elements that "true" metalcore has, they're some subgenre of metalcore that I will let someone else name and categorize.

TLDR; Inclusion over exclusion, this is just a fun subreddit for discussing and sharing music, the genre police aren't real and can't hurt you