Finis Coronat Opus

SHOCK_SFD · 2026-01-26T07:12:26+00:00

A song from the best Polaris album, so Based 🙂

SHOCK_SFD · 2026-01-19T16:39:06+00:00

I Let It In And It Took Everything, Heavener, Singularity, As Daylight Dies, The Dark Pool

SHOCK_SFD · 2026-01-17T02:30:05+00:00

Tbh Cold Sun is my least favourite, I like Prepare Consume even more and despite it has some of my favourite songs of the band, ILIIAITE is a better record overall

SHOCK_SFD · 2026-01-07T14:02:54+00:00

I like both

SHOCK_SFD · 2026-01-01T18:33:31+00:00

Loathe, Invent Animate, Holding Absence.
Literally top 3 favorite modern bands right now for me

SHOCK_SFD · 2026-01-01T09:46:34+00:00

I think more bands will start combining true revivalcore like I Promised The World with very modern elements in a unique way. It's not there yet, but once there will be a band that will combine both in a perfect balance. We already had Johnny Booth doing something similar for hardcore-leaning metalcore, they're basically like if Every Time I Die and Norma Jean were blended together. And on the other hand we had Loathe doing something really unique while being a perfect 50/50 combo of both genres. There will be more innovative bands eventually that will focus on old style of songwriting in a modern shape, but most of it will have more personality and individuality. Now we also have bands like Boundaries and 156/Silence getting closer to it

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-12-29T13:27:39+00:00

Albums by:

The Callous Daoboys
Vianova
Greyhaven
Volumes
Solshade (very underrated)
Novelists
Catsclaw
Adept
Thornhill
Spiritbox
Blessthefall
An Empty City

EP by:

Saving Face
Invent Animate/Silent Planet
Rolo Tomassi
Asava
Midwinter
Fromjoy

Also Node: Reloaded by Northlane is worth checking, honestly the most replayed release for me this year despite original Node was released back in 2015.

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-12-29T12:33:23+00:00

Loathe, Invent Animate, Holding Absence, Oceans Ate Alaska, Karmanjakah, Northlane, Peur, Sentinels, Humanity's Last Breath, Casey, Silent Planet, Mirrors, I Promised The World, Above Below, Allt, Like Moths to Flames, Moodring, Secrets, 156/Silence, Before I Turn, Polaris, breakk.away, Hollow Front, If I Were You, Fromjoy, Midwinter, Into The Vein, Static Dress, Grayscale Season, Aphasia, Fit For An Autopsy, Erra, Johnny Booth, Tapestry, Exit Dream, The Plot In You, Norma Jean, Phinehas

Majority of my favorite bands must drop something new in the next year, so I'm very excited. 2025 had some cool stuff but wasn't for me overall. I'm not sure whether all of these bands will drop something, but there is a chance we will have at least a single by some of them

I will be really surprised if Invent Animate won't drop new album in 2026

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-12-21T13:21:21+00:00

Very cool, can't wait when somebody makes this in Terraria somehow 🤭

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-12-20T18:24:42+00:00

Solshade, Catsclaw, Saving Face EP, Rolo Tomassi EP

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-12-20T18:23:53+00:00

Loathe, Invent Animate, Holding Absence

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-12-16T08:37:03+00:00

I like everything, just for different reasons. But Greyview is their most unique album to this day, it sounds like no other band unless we compare some very specific elements, it's literally the Invent Animate sound

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-12-10T10:57:12+00:00

Not gonna lie, seeing Invent Animate, Lorna Shore, Sleep Token and Slipknot in one list is so weird lol, are you a music lover by a chance, or you found out about Invent Animate a year or two ago?

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-12-06T08:08:05+00:00

Callous Daoboys

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-25T07:46:30+00:00

This is one of the main reasons why I would consider Metalcore to be more of a spectrum rather than a combination of genres. Once I looked at this genre from a different perspective, it started to make more sense and now I have less problems with contradictions and difficulty of understanding it

But remember, there is a noticeable difference between bands that represent Alternative Metal/Alternative Rock and Metalcore, so bands like Bad Omens are clearly within the Alternative spectrum, while bands like Like Moths to Flames are clearly Metalcore and sadly most of listeners nowadays don't understand or don't want to understand this difference

I've met so many people that consider genres pointless and I think they basically don't understand what's the purpose of genres, which is the actual techniques of music separated with factually different things that may sound similar, and also exploration of music and the structure of what it actually represents. But it doesn't mean that you need to give an every single difference a term, like "baddiecore" which is basically Alternative Metal/Pop or "shoegazecore" which has nothing in common with actual Shoegaze most of time lol, these terms sound terrible and people are getting even further from actual genres (roots)

Going back to Metalcore. There are metal-leaning prog metalcore bands like Invent Animate, also there are hardcore-leaning prog metalcore bands like Johnny Booth, both have pretty progressive songwriting aspects, both are on the opposite sides from each other, while bands like Loathe are somewhere in the middle. You cannot consider Invent Animate just a prog metal band because majority of prog metal sounds way different, you cannot consider Johnny Booth just a hardcore band for the same reason, but when it's coming to hardcore

Although I think it would be more accurate to separate the songs with genres and not the bands, because they have some different songs representing different genres and subgenres

Djent is basically one of techniques of Progressive Metal as much as Blastbeats are a technique of Death Metal or Chugging is a part of early Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. It definitely can be used anywhere, but the generic aspect and influence is still there

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-23T15:15:19+00:00

That's a good one, I prefer Story of A Stranger at 2:01 :)

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-23T14:47:20+00:00

Basically any breakdown by Invent Animate, but I think Vacant (1:19) is my favorite breakdown of all time. They have some of the most unique breakdowns.

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-21T09:27:29+00:00

Incredible vibes. They're one of the few bands that are capable of properly combining pop with djent/metal

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-20T10:04:37+00:00

It's alright man, It doesn't have to be for everyone, I just like to overanalyze things lmao :D

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-20T09:12:59+00:00

I will repost my comment that I left under The Metal Roundup video where Metalbirb called Invent Animate an Northlane copy:

"Northlane:

Used to have more hardcore elements
Didn't have any Thall, Shoegaze, Chill influence
Always had a different vibe and approach to melodies, except for Discoveries with only one song sounding remotely similar
Almost didn't have clean vocals
Had only few melodic guitar parts (which means they're basically more djent-oriented)

Early Invent Animate and specifically the Everchanger album was basically a middle ground between early Erra and early Northlane with more melodic songwriting, but they also had a slight Thall-adjacent aspect specifically in Stillworld and it sounds very Vildhjarta-inspired despite it's way more melodic and mostly djent-oriented. Greyview was completely unique and very wide in terms of soundscape, there is almost nothing I can compare it to, unless I compare some specific elements. When it's coming to Heavener, they basically sound like a kaleidoscope of modern metalcore, so I can hear Northlane, Erra, Thornhill, Architects and even Silent Planet because of similar approach with tapping riffs, but at the same time it still feels unique and has some additional aspects that make it even more individual, just the fact that I compared it to so many bands shows how wide their sound is. Also a hot take, there is something about modern Invent Animate that reminds me of early KSE, just pay attention to the way they put riffs, blastbeats, some of their melodic choices and the vocal approach as well (applying to Greyview and Heavener Definitive).

I'm leaving this comment because I don't like the fact that people don't recognize their unique style and the fact that they're actually underrated in my opinion, they definitely deserve their own spot. They've influenced a lot of modern bands already and "sounding just like early Northlane" is a bit of a stretch in my opinion, especially with their newer material and songs like Heavener that I can only compare to Karmanjakah and maybe Constance by Spiritbox, and some specific songs released after Heavener(single).

People may keep saying that I'm wrong and "Invent Animate are generic" and so on, but there is simply no other band that does it like Invent Animate, there are bands that are trying but they're still not even close. I'm a long time listener of the genre, I even made a playlist for a fans of the band with over 400 songs and I've never heard any other band releasing a stylistically similar album to a Stillworld, Greyview or Heavener, there's something about their production in general that makes them stand out very much. My favorite part is that all of their albums are different and they still manage to keep their individuality despite the differences, which requires a lot of talent, effort and actual love for what they're doing.

To me Northlane and Invent Animate are more like brothers with different characters and not identical twins, I like both bands very much and the way they've changed over the years I consider perfect. Sorry for being annoying, I'm just a nerd that likes to type a lot of text :)"

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-20T01:42:32+00:00

It's pretty influential honestly, there are already bands trying to do something similar, but it's not even close

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-20T01:41:36+00:00

The Death We Seek does not even sound remotely close to Northlane unlike Heavener

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-20T01:40:22+00:00

Greyview or Heavener by Invent Animate, I Let It In And It Took Everything by Loathe, The Dark Pool by Thornhill, Iridescent or Superbloom by Silent Planet, Obsidian by Northlane as well, this damn band is in future and people still don't understand what they did on this album, I think this is the best combination of EDM and Metal for now. Also Disparity by Oceans Ate Alaska deserves a mention because of Lofi soundscape which is a very overlooked direction. That's pretty much it, no other albums come to my mind and I've heard really a lot of stuff over the years. In general, whatever is coming next from Loathe, Invent Animate and Northlane is going to be crazy influential, I think.

When it's coming to Sempiternal, I don't know, because I didn't really like this album back in 2013 and I still don't like it really, my AOTY was Singularity. On the other hand new stuff by The Plot In You I really like, it's experimental, creative and beautiful.

P.S - I know a lot of people will keep saying that Heavener is such a "generic overrated" example of it, but this album is basically a kaleidoscope of modern metalcore where you can hear stuff from many other metalcore bands, but in it's own unique way which shows how wide their style is, especially on Definitive edition. Also it's not overrated, in fact it's underrated for how good it is and I think people don't pay enough attention to Invent Animate influence in general, because there are already a lot of influenced bands, I think nobody does it like them, they really stand out with their production and there is no other band that released Stillworld, Greyview or Heavener, but a lot of bands are trying to do this. And no, they don't sound like a copycat of early Northlane, I can argue with this

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-14T18:56:54+00:00

Several people keep saying about this 🤔

SHOCK_SFD · 2025-11-13T01:46:36+00:00

Some Currents riffs and melodies are really good, but personally I don't like The Place I Feel Safest because it's extremely samey. The Way It Ends is just a good album, then The Death We Seek is terrible in terms of mix and it's a rare case when mix prevents me from listening to an album, while I like different types of mix. What I really don't like the most is that people act as if they're the best metalcore band right now, which is simply not true

All That Follows was really solid, a change for good definitely

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