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There is some absolutely incredible Emo/Screamo adjacent music being made right now. In particular, the screamo genre has turned into something very special. If
by DontchaKnowit 3y ago
There is some absolutely incredible Emo/Screamo adjacent music being made right now. In particular, the screamo genre has turned into something very special. If you like screamo or black metal, check out Ostraca. Some of the most interesting new music I've heard in the last few years.
- justinator 3y agoI thought Screamo turned into DubStep which I think we can all agree was a terrible move.
- arcanemachiner 3y agoI thought that was just Skrillex.
- timeon 3y agoObligatory: Skrillex is BroStep not DubStep.
- nyolfen 3y agothis feels like the 'USian'/'American' dichotomy
- pxc 3y agoDubstep generally still has some recognizable traces of reggae in it and is not nearly as aggressive. Listen to some reggae and some older dub, then traditional dubstep, and you will see why it's useful to have different terms. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music
- nyolfen 3y agoi am familiar with the distinction, but for most of the world, dubstep is what you call brostep. this battle is long lost.
- pxc 3y agoIt's best not to pull your hair out over it, but introducing the wider range of terms is low effort and it gives you a chance to introduce brostep fans to ancestrally related genres that they might also like, so I don't see the harm in gentle insistence here.
- justinator 3y agoIs this like a "No True DubStep" situation?
- Auracle 3y agoPretty sure it’s a “people discuss musical genres” thing. I used to get mildly annoyed with my friends - who were all in to music more than me - when they were discussing which bands were in which genres. In the end each of their little (sub)genres had just a couple of bands each. It kind of defeats the point of a genre.
- pferde 3y agoI mean, noise from /dev/urandom by any other name would smell just as rank.
- Tade0 3y agoDubstep seemed to have existed exclusively for people born in the same year as Skrillex and thus had a very short mainstream career.
- actionfromafar 3y agoNot sure, but I think UK would like a word. Also, Skrillex isn’t really a Scotsman, at all.
- DontchaKnowit 3y agoyeah absolutely not. Two very different genres. Also dubstep is fun. Its music made for raging at shows. its very good for that. otherwise it sucks, yeah.
- Escapado 3y agoOstraca sounds like a heavier mix of Saetia and the old stuff from Raein. I dig it!
- DontchaKnowit 3y agoNever heard of either of these bands, but just checked em out. Definitely see the comparison. good stuff! When you explore music in this genre, there are honestly just countless small acts that put out some really intense and well orchestrated music. Most people think of like, evanescence when they think of screamo, but its actually something entirely different that is closer to like 90s black metal.
- dinosaurs 3y agoPortrayal of Guilt is another band that lives somewhere between screamo and black metal, especially on their early releases. If you liked the sound of Raein, there are some other suggestions I’d like to offer. These are (were, sadly) all, like Raein (Italy), European screamo bands and while often named together with their American contemporaries (bands like City of Caterpillar, Circle Takes The Square, Neil Perry, …), I’ve always felt their sound is quite a bit different. France: Daïtro, Sed Non Satiata, Aussitôt Mort, Belle Epoque, Amanda Woodward, Mihai Edrisch Italy: Raein, La Quiete Germany: Louise Cyphre, Tristan Tzara, Zann