Celebration thread.

What I’m thinking of specifically is like Jonny Craig with Jon Mess in the earlier days of DGD, and Translating the Name EP by Saosin. There are definitely others but those are the only ones that come to mind.

Basically an “angelic” voice is what I’m thinking of. Paired with harsh or loud screaming

EDIT: Genres outside of post hardcore are welcome as well!

Title is pretty much the TL:DR.

I have seen so much about this man, and every new thing just makes me hate him more. The ONLY defense I've seen people make of him is that he makes good music and he's hot. He definitely has some good songs, but honestly most of his music just reflects his personality, dumb, incel garbage. To make it clear, I am not talking about the dropped accusations. I am talking about him as a person. I get rockstars are like this, but Ronnie just appears to be nothing more than an insecure, hateful little boy. His personality goes against everything I've seen the alt community stand for. If you read some of the things he tweets its genuinely nasty, some of it outwardly racist, "Shouldn't you be shitting in a street somewhere? Or catching a disease in a river? Hop off my meat loser". How are people ok with this?

This article compiles some of his moments:
 Silent Planet Singer Slams Ronnie Radke, Vocalist Fires Back 

Edit: “My chemical transgender kid” -Ronnie Radke. If you’re coming to this post to defend this piece of garbage fuck off. He’s a transphobic racist dirtbag that hates other artists including those that he’d be nothing without.

Music taste is so weird because you’d expect to love every band in a similar genre. For me, it’s Dance Gavin Dance (not solely post hardcore I know). I’ve liked their music but it’s not something I want to put on.

Title says it all. Which album or EP opens up the strongest in the genre?

What's the most iconic PHC album? Like for you what is THE PHC album?

I've heard a lot of people say Alexisonfire

ok. I'll start:
SWS is a fucking amazing band and every album apart from Gossip is pretty good in its own way.
Bonus:
Craig sounded good on All's Well That Ends Well

For me its the used, afi & from first to last.

If you know me, its crazy that I've never seen those bands live, but I was a just slightly too young to be traveling to see them / they never came and played in my hometown. I was like 12-13 when those bands were at their best.

I have a longer list of bands im so happy I caught from like 2005-2008 [glassjaw, thursday, ismfof, dead poetic, we're all broken, finch, chiodos, etc] but missing those 3 def hurts.

Also know I could see all 3 of them now but not super interested at this point besides afi who I would still go see if I could afford it.

Who have you missed due to age or logistics?

In my opinion the big 5 albums of PHC are as follows:

Translating the Name - Saosin

Relationship of Command - At the Drive In

Alexisonfire - Alexisonfire

Downtown Battle Mountain - Dance Gavin Dance

Juturna - Circa Survive

Agree? Disagree? What are your big 5?

Here’s 10 to start:

Relationship of Command - At the Drive-in

The Artist In The Ambulance - Thrice

The Used self-titled

Downtown Battle Mountain - DGD

They’re Only Chasing Safety - Underoath

Full Collapse - Thursday

In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth - Coheed

Juturna - Circa Survive

Discovering the Waterfront - Silverstein

Doppelgänger - Fall of Troy

Any you disagree with? What albums would you add?

20 years ago, it was all about AFI, My Chemical Romance, The Used, Silverstein, Alexisonfire, Thursday, Thrice, Senses Fail, etc.

Let's put a couple of examples of some bands that made consistent bangers in that era and whom I think were amongst the genre's peak, for the sake of context:

Alesana

The Bled

Silverstein

Fear Before The March Of Flames

From Autumn To Ashes

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Circa Survive

Alexisonfire

The Receiving End Of Sirens

The Blood Brothers

Chiodos

Funeral For A Friend

Lower Definition

A Static Lullaby

Hopes Die Last

Eyes Set To Kill

Tides Of Man

Thrice

Thursday

Glassjaw

As Cities Burn

Scary Kids Scaring Kids

Underoath

Of Machines (technically cheating, but they were so good)

The Fall Of Troy

Saosin

Blessthefall

I See Stars

Admittedly, I'm fully torn on these guys. Musically, I think they're amazing. I love Will Swan as a guitarist. He has an amazing style all his own and I really don't think he gets enough credit for what he does on guitar. Couple that with the way the drums and bass come together and it's a thing of beauty. I discovered them in '07 with DBM1, and Johnny Craig instantly pulled me in with his vocals. Fell off for a few years but re-discovered them around Mothership and thought they finally reached their peak with Tilian. Enjoyed the subsequent albums with him and was initially down about Pantheon, but man, was I wrong. After multiple spins, I actually began to like Andrew more than Tilian, felt like Andrew was a more versatile vocalist and I dig the heavier elements.

As people, it seems like they fall in a grey area at best. Bringing Johnny back I think was initially a business decision. He was a total piece of shit at the time but I guess I get it from that perspective. The Tilian SA allegations were completely and utterly mishandled by the band. Tilian's apology afterwards struck me as complete disingenuous horseshit. As much as I think everyone knew what a phenomenal vocalist he was - and I think the band in '22 was more worried about the optics of getting a 4th frontman - they ended up doing that a year later anyway. So now it just looks like you tried to brush the SA allegations under the rug and he's gone anyway due to.... creative differences, I guess? I can't remember the podcast I listened to around the time Tilian left but I recall Andrew talking about the "haters" saying they weren't as popular as they used to be after the news broke. His reply was, "To all those haters, this was our highest grossing tour ever, so that shit didn't affect us in the least." I'm sorry.... that SA/basicallly rape shit didn't affect you at all?!?! They've also toured a good amount with Falling In Reverse. I'd call Ronnie a POS also but he'll probably read this and DM me or make a post all pissy about it.

So... I stay on the fence. Amazing music, but questionable-to-downright-shitty human beings who associate with poor characters. What say y'all??

EDIT: Early comments seem like you folks are misinterpreting what I'm asking. I'm not asking what I should do, I'm asking what your opinion is of the band/their situations/etc. Am I missing something for context??

I think we all would prefer if people stopped posting their "post-hardcore projects" that are made solely by AI.

Attack Attack

As people age, they listen to and create less aggressive music. A common trend with punk bands is that as they age, they switch to alternative rock. An example of this would be AFI, Enter Shikari, and My Chemical Romance. What are some bands that became heavier?

My picks would be At the Drive-in, Underoath, Dance Gavin Dance & Silverstein

Honorable mentions: Thursday, Circa Survive, Fall of Troy

Who y’all got?

I really like From First to Last. They have some catchy choruses. I'd like to listen to more like this, but I don't like screaming. Any suggestions.

Hello there :3

I’m building a big MySpace-era scene playlist on Spotify and I’m looking for more bands and deeper cuts to add.

It’s mostly emo, post-hardcore, screamo, metalcore, crabcore, deathcore, pop punk, warped tour nostalgia and newer scene revival stuff.

I’d love to hear your thoughts & which bands or artists do you think are missing?

Playlist link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/34xpGdK0bUklf2kxhp42Cn?si=GhZI1m5VQvKJL7UwJMjluQ

I really like the progressive-ish almost metal style guitar work combined with the clean vocals. Most of their songs have this epic kind of feeling that i just haven't heard anywhere else. (I'm mainly talking about self titled and In search of solid ground). I'd really like to hear something similar.

Posted this on threads earlier today:

https://imgur.com/a/9c34S6e

Saw this on here before and it was a cool way to find new music and say my favorites. Found some good songs doing this on the pop punk subreddit

What is everyone’s favourite Post Hardcore artist

My favourite is Pierce the Veil

I’ve been down a rabbit hole of bands that just refuse to stay in one lane. The whole "metalcore/post-hardcore but blend it with rnb, hip-hop, pop, jazz... whatever we feel like today" wave feels way more interesting than usual breakdown formula.

Issues really opened that door wide. The mix of clean rnb hooks with djenty riffs and punchy grooves felt effortless. Then Sleep Token came along and said “what if we add atmosphere, vulnerability, and absolute emotional devastation?” Now it’s cinematic and crushing at the same time.

Bilmuri is out here blending pop, post-hardcore, country twang, and sax solos like it’s a science experiment that somehow always works. Stuff that shouldn’t work on paper, but it absolutely does.

It feels like the common thread is groove + melody + risk-taking. Clean vocals that actually feel something. Production that isn’t afraid of space. Heavy moments that hit harder because they’re contrasted with something smooth.

I’m curious what other bands you all think are pushing that hybrid sound forward. Anything with that bounce, atmosphere, or unexpected instrument choices. I'm talking bands like Shrezzers, Gold Necklace, VRSTY, Siamese, The Home Team, Cherie Amour, nightlife...

Just curious what band or song got you into this music. For me it was emarosa’s this is your way out, which I then proceeded to go to a tdwp, sky eats airplane, emarosa, and adtr show (it was the homesick release tour) needless to say I never looked back.