METALCORE THEN VS. NOW 2 - Riffs From The 2000s vs. Today (2022) Riff Battle

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  • čas přidán 23. 09. 2022
  • The results from round 1 were inconclusive! The only way to settle the score... is another round. Same premise, all new bands. Classic melodic metalcore from the 2000s vs. some of the best new metalcore from the last few years. Which riffs do you prefer? As always, let me know in the comments!
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Komentáře • 164

  • @antoniorodrigues4900
    @antoniorodrigues4900 Před rokem +99

    I love the fact that Trivium still has this thrashy and melodic sounding riffs.

  • @juanjoramirez01
    @juanjoramirez01 Před rokem +75

    Both are very technical but 2000's Metalcore was catchier and better in my opinion

  • @greysinclaire
    @greysinclaire Před rokem +37

    The fact that someone else listened to Darkest Hour still makes me very happy till this day.
    Lead guitarist Kris Norris had some of the most amazing guitar riff writing skills back then.

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Před rokem +4

      Indeed! Underrated riffs

    • @ryanpatrick3567
      @ryanpatrick3567 Před 2 měsíci

      this a million times. undoing ruin is my fav metal album of all time. something about how it is so insanely melodic and dark at the same time. a true masterpiece.

  • @Luminous083
    @Luminous083 Před rokem +89

    Your picks for the 2000's were so good. Definitely encapsulates a lot of my favorites.

    • @Nostalgiaforinfi
      @Nostalgiaforinfi Před rokem

      Man i must be a boomer cuz i love all the old songs and see no love in the new stuff

  • @JCSViperion
    @JCSViperion Před rokem +24

    Man, starting off with Unearth was the greatest idea ever.

  • @Idk_thoo
    @Idk_thoo Před rokem +43

    A quiet place to die was easily my top album of 2020. Glad to see metalcore going back towards it's hardcore roots lately.

    • @Mavvyd96
      @Mavvyd96 Před rokem +4

      Bands like Knocked Loose and Kublai Khan got that “hardcore-core” kind of sound where they are in between hardcore and metalcore.

    • @jac_b6569
      @jac_b6569 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@Mavvyd96sunami as well. I call it ARF-core lmao

    • @rdmptn3828
      @rdmptn3828 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Mavvyd96 Boundaries & Mouth for War, thank me later

  • @nihiabstracto
    @nihiabstracto Před rokem +20

    Undoing Ruin, from Darkest Hour, one of the best metalcore album ever !
    (Hidden hands of a sadist nation was awesome too)

  • @kode-man23
    @kode-man23 Před rokem +18

    That bleeding through riff though! And straight into Knocked Loose. Metalcore has always been great.

  • @Decept1onCheck
    @Decept1onCheck Před rokem +17

    What you are telling me, is I already lived through the best era of Metalcore when I was a teenager.

    • @jv-man3698
      @jv-man3698 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Yes. Nothing beats 2000s era metal core. It was at its peak.

  • @bribradt3450
    @bribradt3450 Před rokem +15

    I love that you threw in the old school bleeding through, darkest hour, and trivium. All of those albums bring me right back to high school

  • @johnnyanderson5906
    @johnnyanderson5906 Před rokem +16

    omfg Darkest Hour Undoing Ruin is such a fucking slamming album still listen to it till this day. Matter of fact listen to the whole album through 4 times at work about 5 days ago lol.

  • @twisstedriffs
    @twisstedriffs Před rokem +35

    These videos are the perfect blend of nostalgia and showing me new bands to check out! Love this series!

  • @jeremyschiesser7086
    @jeremyschiesser7086 Před rokem +14

    Much more melody is thr classics. Groove as well. They flowed so well. There's no denying it. A fantastic Era in metal we may never see again

  • @LEftbehind5
    @LEftbehind5 Před 8 měsíci +6

    Chimaira was also a great Metalcore band of the early 2000’s. They had alot of great shit! “The Impossibility of Reason” was a great album. Shadows Fall and Unearth f-ing great! Especially back in the day!

  • @Nishinga.
    @Nishinga. Před rokem +3

    I’m trying my best to enjoy modern metalcore but I’m having such a hard time with it. I wonder if it’s because 2000’s metalcore has my heart when it comes to anything heavy and nothing compares.
    Don’t get me wrong, I fucking love chugs and 0 tabbed riffs but when that’s everything, you get kinda desentized to it and it loses its pop.
    I don’t know man, I feel like modern day doesn’t have that same energy and that intensity old school did.
    With all that said, Thomas you still absolutely crushed this video and your talent is insane!! I’m excited for the future of this channel!

  • @ryanscott9959
    @ryanscott9959 Před rokem +18

    Funny that modern metalcore is very nu metal inspired, when at the time the old school metalcore stuff came out, nu metal was considered next to shit. I grew up on the older stuff, but do enjoy both flavors, personally.

  • @JDUBBY08
    @JDUBBY08 Před rokem +20

    Old stuff beats the shit out of the new metalcore

  • @rafly7sgaming537
    @rafly7sgaming537 Před rokem +7

    every old metalcore music always has the cloudy mood and gloomy weather in my imagination which is the best weather!

  • @Mavvyd96
    @Mavvyd96 Před rokem +4

    Oh man and Knocked Loose are on here too. A Tear In The Fabric of Life was one of the best EPs I’ve ever heard and made me fall in love with the band. KL fuck so hard.

  • @AsIfItNeverWas
    @AsIfItNeverWas Před rokem +14

    Bro, the quality of your videos are absolutely S tier. Hope you get bigger soon.

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Před rokem +1

      Thank you so much. I appreciate the support!

  • @TheDethhead
    @TheDethhead Před rokem +54

    Dude, do one more Thrash Metal then and now. You introduced me to Angelus Apatrida because of that. Can't thank you enough.

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Před rokem +8

      That could happen, definitely a lot of bands I didn't get to! Angelus Apatrida is great.

    • @crowsxxxcrows
      @crowsxxxcrows Před rokem +1

      Hometown band :) not my style but they are fckn great live!

    • @monkgole4727
      @monkgole4727 Před rokem

      have you seen them live yet? one of the best bands

  • @renansena4011
    @renansena4011 Před rokem +23

    Sometimes i feel like a boomer because i can't like modern metalcore. I miss the goddamnits 00's riffs

    • @spiritboxyxbox
      @spiritboxyxbox Před rokem

      Erra, after the burial, and polaris have some pretty good 0s filled riffs

    • @celecoxibnonsteroidal5659
      @celecoxibnonsteroidal5659 Před 5 měsíci

      after the burial still has righteous thrash parts! love that band. reminds me of the awesomeness of the chunky jams that happened in the 2010's but without a hint of nu metal that we all grew to loathe being from the early era.

  • @El_RafAAA
    @El_RafAAA Před rokem

    Always good stuff!

  • @corbindallas18
    @corbindallas18 Před rokem +2

    Great picks man!! Love it!!

  • @iSmell_Butthurt
    @iSmell_Butthurt Před rokem +1

    Another excellent video with great song selections!

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Před rokem +1

      Thanks for the support! Glad you liked it

  • @josefgriesch6875
    @josefgriesch6875 Před rokem +3

    I waited for this, great Video!

  • @edwardvillanueva4734
    @edwardvillanueva4734 Před rokem +22

    Love these videos for introducing me to great new songs. Keep it up!

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Před rokem +4

      That's what's up! Thanks for watching

  • @Afraidsolution7676
    @Afraidsolution7676 Před rokem +2

    You nailed this dude

  • @TheMetalheadHomestead
    @TheMetalheadHomestead Před 11 měsíci

    Excellent video, brought back some memories. I can recall hours upon hours spent in my late teens-early 20s attempting to learn all but one the "Then" songs. Good times.

  • @zekt976
    @zekt976 Před rokem +2

    and this is how my playlist grows... excellent

  • @kirisutegomen12
    @kirisutegomen12 Před rokem

    You killed it 🔥🔥

  • @tkman5000
    @tkman5000 Před 10 měsíci

    Love that shadows fall riff, the first metal song I ever heard! Great video

  • @dimagabriel3150
    @dimagabriel3150 Před rokem +1

    I was so worried that Unearth wasn't going to make your list. Well done.

  • @treytonjohnson1
    @treytonjohnson1 Před rokem +2

    Ascendancy is such a good album from start to finish

  • @ellyisonyoutube4017
    @ellyisonyoutube4017 Před rokem +4

    Today's metalcore is tuned lower and has more chugging and I love it.

  • @csimmerman
    @csimmerman Před rokem

    These videos fucking rock! Keep doing them! Maybe do a battle of the guitarists catalogs next??

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Před rokem +1

      Thanks! What would an example of that be?

    • @csimmerman
      @csimmerman Před rokem +1

      @@ThomasHogue like Omar Rodriguez-Lopez vs Jimi Hendrix (maybe bad example) ,Tom Morello vs Johnny Greenwood, James Hetfield vs Dimebag Darrell, Tosin Abasi vs Joe Satriani.. I’m older what can I say 🤷‍♂️

  • @suicidewhitechapel23
    @suicidewhitechapel23 Před rokem +3

    i loved see u playing darkest hour song dude

  • @billmoultos2970
    @billmoultos2970 Před 11 měsíci +1

    i love the old pure fast and melodic metalcore riffs so much

  • @DragoonStorm24
    @DragoonStorm24 Před rokem +2

    The light that blinds… Blew my middle school mind while playing it on guitar hero 2!

  • @adrianmarza4770
    @adrianmarza4770 Před rokem +2

    so good

  • @hhaste
    @hhaste Před rokem +2

    Would love to see a round 3 with a song from It Dies Today - The Caitiff Choir for the older side. There's some legendary breakdowns on that album.

  • @Wonderlandstudios13
    @Wonderlandstudios13 Před rokem +8

    ughhhh how freaking good was undying ruin tho 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

  • @AndrewJShirley
    @AndrewJShirley Před rokem +1

    YES! DARKEST HOUR!! Love it man. Also top notch using Unearth too. What about some Aftershock, Merauder, Reprisal, Length Of Time, Arkangel and maybe some eurocore? Heaven Shall Burn?

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Před rokem +1

      Will have to check some of those out! You did just give me an idea about doing a different country riff battle though too

    • @AndrewJShirley
      @AndrewJShirley Před rokem

      @@ThomasHogue fuck yeah! Look at the h8000 crew like Liar and all the Belgian bands on Good life records. Morning Again, old Poison The Well, eulogy records etc etc. Awesome stuff dude

    • @mrnordyk1125
      @mrnordyk1125 Před rokem +1

      Born From Pain is 🤘 and Angel Reich is🤘.
      I se you proposed bands which are also part of Hardcore scene. Good 👍

  • @johnbagielto8959
    @johnbagielto8959 Před rokem +2

    I was hoping you'd do some Norma Jean right after Knocked Loose to highlight their similarities despite a decade + between them.

  • @danieldavidson5447
    @danieldavidson5447 Před rokem +1

    Woah that Unearth song at the start reminded me a lot of Born Of Osiris. Wonder if that was one of the influences for their music

  • @herculeanhistorian
    @herculeanhistorian Před rokem

    Not really a metal pick, but I'm hopeful. My favorite band is 5FDP. They have grown and changed over the years, and I'd love to see you do a rendition. Either way dude, you have shown me so much music I never knew existed. I wish more people were subbed so you could get the recognition you deserve

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Před rokem

      That's what I like to hear! Thanks for the kind words. 5FDP gets a lot of hate but they do have some good moments. Will think about if I can work them in 🤘

  • @koki31
    @koki31 Před rokem +1

    i like like this series!

  • @bluewyvern3440
    @bluewyvern3440 Před 3 měsíci

    That MIW riff is so old school. Glad they still doin it

  • @TonyTheTruckGuy
    @TonyTheTruckGuy Před rokem

    You always pick some pretty killer songs to use 🤘 When I saw the Bleeding Through song, all I could think of was the Willem Dafoe sample from Boondock Saints 😂

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Před rokem +1

      Lmao had to google it. Not far off. Thanks for watching!

  • @jrcguitar
    @jrcguitar Před rokem

    Love the videos man! Do you make your own backtracks?

  • @709mash
    @709mash Před rokem

    The light that binds is still a banger!

  • @jrmundgandr9539
    @jrmundgandr9539 Před rokem +1

    Alright here we go :D

  • @Brustfetichrist
    @Brustfetichrist Před 6 měsíci +3

    Metalcore in the 2030s will be played with 3 Bass Guitars and a Snare Drum and the songs gonne be 95% Breakdown in agonisingly slow 20bpm. Saves a lot of songwriting time for a 3 Minute Song.

  • @Victorvonbass
    @Victorvonbass Před rokem

    Been getting into more metal again lately. Would love to see you do some riffs from Spiritbox, Sleep Token, Thornhill and Northlane.
    Also, not sure if Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! is metalcore enough, but they also have some pretty sick riffs. In the Pop Punk vein, Sum 41 has some heavy riffs too. ADTR is another with good breakdowns.
    And for an older band, Deftones has a lot of good breakdowns and riffs. Idk how much Nu Metal/Alt Metal stuff you have explored, but there is content there as well.

    • @ThomasHogue
      @ThomasHogue  Před rokem +1

      Hell yeah! Good suggestions. And coincidentally... I do have a metalcore vs. deathcore breakdowns video that includes both Chunk and ADTR 😃

    • @Victorvonbass
      @Victorvonbass Před rokem

      @@ThomasHogue Thanks ill check it out!

  • @SpaceBandit666
    @SpaceBandit666 Před rokem +4

    still prefer classic metalcore, I think its because I also really like powerful vocals (like old Queensryche, BlackBox, Lady Gaga, Dio are a few) so I want really passionate riffs if I can't have spectacular vocals. I find some gems but theyre artists that are inspired by the 80's (Air Raid, Sumerlands for ex), so I have a hard time finding newer stuff that appeals to me.

    • @Tybren
      @Tybren Před rokem

      Absolutely agree. I'm very picky about screaming vocals, and like a break from it with cleans. Which is why I love Trivium, ATR, and Killswitch. As much as I love other bands like Sylosis, I'm always hearing parts where clean vocals would be perfect.

  • @greggharmston8992
    @greggharmston8992 Před 2 měsíci

    Nice to see Unearth and Darkest Hour in there! I feel like those bands have some of the best riffs and don’t get mentioned very much at all

  • @aild8297
    @aild8297 Před rokem +7

    Old! Win!

  • @iStayKrafty
    @iStayKrafty Před rokem +1

    As a guy who spent most of his musical career playing with bands from the mid to late 2000's and some early 2010's I will just always prefer the sound of that era of metalcore. Perhaps its just a nostalgia thing and I'm just biased but I can only listen to a fraction of the newer stuff compare to the earlier stuff.

  • @tommyjones3109
    @tommyjones3109 Před rokem

    Fucking sweet

  • @MrMxyhem
    @MrMxyhem Před rokem

    🔥

  • @xxsomaa
    @xxsomaa Před rokem

    It Dies Today would be a banger of a band to include next time 👀

  • @alispie
    @alispie Před rokem +1

    Starting with Unearth is pretty appropriate, dude kinda looks like a young Buz lol

  • @hazielrendon3805
    @hazielrendon3805 Před rokem +4

    I saw alpha wolf and instantly clicked

  • @seanwald526
    @seanwald526 Před rokem

    Mad respect for choosing drowned and torn asunder, such a deep cut but I love that song. That said, idk I think Rain off that album would've been better for just showing off 2000s metalcore

  • @s.e.n3264
    @s.e.n3264 Před rokem

    Miss the old days

  • @omamero
    @omamero Před rokem

    Please do Punk Rock then vs now

  • @iDrinkJ4ck
    @iDrinkJ4ck Před rokem +1

    Metalcore after 2013= random fucking screeches and highs for no reason

  • @georgeparel5757
    @georgeparel5757 Před rokem

    SHADOWS FALL! missed those guys :(

  • @Benmendoza1
    @Benmendoza1 Před 7 měsíci

    Crystal Lake is an awesome band, I’d recommend them in a heartbeat to anyone that wants to get into newer metalcore. And they’re awesome live, I just saw them with Spite, Brand of Sacrifice, and August Burns Red. Killer show

  • @youarethecure3529
    @youarethecure3529 Před 10 měsíci

    Then I was a youngin, now I am old oooooffffff.

  • @AndrewsSneakySpaghetti
    @AndrewsSneakySpaghetti Před rokem +1

    Again, I was never a metalcore fan back in the day AT ALL, (thrash all day everyday!). But ironiclly, I like the newer stuff a lot more. More experimental and interesting imo.

  • @BonsaiRaygun21
    @BonsaiRaygun21 Před rokem

    Does anyone know what guitar he's using on the right? It's gorgeous

  • @emilybrooks4016
    @emilybrooks4016 Před rokem

    Wooo darkest hour

  • @luke9677
    @luke9677 Před rokem +1

    it really is just a completely different genre nowadays

  • @joshh694
    @joshh694 Před rokem +2

    I think the way modern metalcore downtunes really isn't my cup of tea. I like when the riffs are tight, punchy, technical, and melodic. I get the chugginess of downtuning but I say leave that for the death core and djent fans.

  • @elxslve8448
    @elxslve8448 Před 2 měsíci

    I hate that I love it all

  • @isaacmoura5106
    @isaacmoura5106 Před rokem

    IN THE NEXT VIDEO THERE HAS TO BE A PHINEHAS SONG FROM THE LAST ALBUM. PLEASEEEEEE

  • @Mavvyd96
    @Mavvyd96 Před rokem

    I’m so glad Ice Nine Kills got some love here. I truly think they’re the best modern metalcore band around.

  • @Earth-Worm-Tim
    @Earth-Worm-Tim Před měsícem

    I definitely prefer to metalcore of the 2000-2010 era much more than the more modern metal core. I'm still a deathcore dude all day every day though!

  • @mr.nobody6143
    @mr.nobody6143 Před měsícem

    Oldschool metalcore took a lot of influences from melodeath and thrash, nowadays they all try to become the next meshuggah with really technical stuff

  • @james_raj467
    @james_raj467 Před 2 měsíci

    Isnt Knocked Loose a deathcore band?

  • @zdf14
    @zdf14 Před 7 měsíci

    I miss when metalcore was basically melodeath with breakdowns.

  • @ThomasHogue
    @ThomasHogue  Před rokem +3

    A Quiet Place to Die* Undoing Ruin* 😅

    • @Szczauqa
      @Szczauqa Před rokem

      To be honest a quite place to die would be an interesting play on words

  • @carlsep17
    @carlsep17 Před 5 měsíci

    I’ll be that guy this one was pretty close.

  • @adrianpearcy8531
    @adrianpearcy8531 Před rokem +2

    Old metalcore better than new

  • @davekube3189
    @davekube3189 Před rokem

    FFaK... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @elecmetal987
    @elecmetal987 Před rokem +1

    now its better but before it was awesome too

  • @brunotortorello8530
    @brunotortorello8530 Před rokem

    I think ice nine kills kinda bridge the gap between the old and the new style

  • @IceThatJaw
    @IceThatJaw Před rokem +2

    There were a lot of terrible Metalcore bands in the 2000s. I sampled many bands in those days but really only stuck with August Burns Red and Throwdown to be honest.

  • @biebiekeianime5985
    @biebiekeianime5985 Před rokem +1

    It's me or the old metal core sounds a little bit like thrash metal? 🤔

    • @zxc521137210
      @zxc521137210 Před rokem +1

      old school metalcore literally just thrash metal with hardcore elements and some influences from melodic death.

    • @kirisutegomen12
      @kirisutegomen12 Před rokem

      Old school metalcore is heavily influenced by thrash and melodic death metal

    • @mrnordyk1125
      @mrnordyk1125 Před rokem

      @@zxc521137210 Well.. yes and no. For Metalcore bands which came from Hardcore scene that was the other way round.
      Bands which came out in 00's from Metal scene and was also labeled Metalcore so for them yes like you writing.
      Cheers

  • @chrisondrovic3106
    @chrisondrovic3106 Před rokem +90

    I'll always say Metalcore went way downhill. Deathcore has improved tremendously though.

    • @oceangilboa-way4163
      @oceangilboa-way4163 Před rokem +30

      Interesting opinion. Personally I think that older metalcore is great in terms of nostalgia and memorable riffs, modern metalcore is also just as good, idk why it just is for me, same with deathcore tbh

    • @brennyfb
      @brennyfb Před rokem +14

      Deathcore now is absolutely incredible. The best it’s been since 2008 MySpace deathcore

    • @clunt2548
      @clunt2548 Před rokem +2

      @@brennyfb Thats a fact

    • @storedmush
      @storedmush Před rokem +8

      New metalcore is pop mostly

    • @Mavvyd96
      @Mavvyd96 Před rokem +8

      I still enjoy some modern metalcore but 2000s and even 2010s core was way better. And you’re absolutely right, deathcore has consistently gotten better especially with bands like Shadow of Intent and Lorna Shore.

  • @theBOSpaladin101
    @theBOSpaladin101 Před rokem

    Could have picked more variety besides all the at the gates core bands lol

  • @ismailpsd5067
    @ismailpsd5067 Před 10 měsíci

    METALCORE NOW IS DJENT addict

  • @Matthew-px9nu
    @Matthew-px9nu Před 5 měsíci

    New stuff is so down tuned !

  • @cliffanderson7544
    @cliffanderson7544 Před rokem

    The early stuff is very influnenced by thrash!

    • @mrnordyk1125
      @mrnordyk1125 Před rokem

      Generally old stuff that was Thrash plus Hardcore but diffrent from Crossover Thrash

  • @Eirik36
    @Eirik36 Před rokem

    Not a huge fan of modern metalcore, but the last two bleed from within albums ripp

  • @ivanmerkushev704
    @ivanmerkushev704 Před rokem

    Modern metalcore is good.
    2000's metalcore is CLASSIC.
    It's obvious

  • @bobisadrummer
    @bobisadrummer Před rokem +2

    I feel like a metalcore boomer now cause the new stuff just sounds like AI generated metalcore to me 😐

  • @JokerCat9
    @JokerCat9 Před rokem +1

    2000's were way better. Didn't need fancy backing tracks and low ass tunings to sound good.

  • @grimheart666
    @grimheart666 Před rokem

    Funny how every modern Metalcore band basically plays a variation of the Doomsday Riff and every classic band plays a variation of that famous At The Gates record. Liked the old stuff better, tho. That alien sound sqealing in the modern stuff is kinda annoying.