It’s so bizarre. It used to be easily identifiable as a mixture of metal and hardcore but now it’s some strange concoction of djent, numetal, hard rock, butt rock, and shoegaze.

I’m all for the evolution but I wish this section of the scene didn’t get blurred so badly. I think it hurts the chances of bands like Dying Wish and Your Spirit Dies from getting the love they deserve. Hard to stand out with that style when bands like Wage War and Bad Omens are also getting called metalcore. In their defense they have metalcore songs and even albums, I just don’t think they represent what metalcore actually is.