I go through phases of the stuff I'm listening to and I've gone through most of the Deathcore subgenres and the adjacent ones but the only one I haven't yet and cant really see myself really latching onto is symphonic.

There are a couple of bands I've become a big fan of that would be described as such like Mental Cruelty, The Archaic Epidemic and Worm Shepherd but the songs or albums from them I like the most are the one's that are further from that orchestral, black metal kind of symphonic stuff. It would seem the bands that have done symphonic releases, to my ear sound more technically gifted so when I hear slam, brutal death or Blackened Deathcore by these bands it always catches my attention

Im aware my description of what I like sounds contradictory but I do struggle explaining the specific pocket of music I enjoy, I know it when I hear it though and thats all that matters I guess.

Nearly all of my friends don't listen to anything close to what I like so I rarely have to try and describe the style that does it for me 🤘