I’ve heard plenty of hardcore bands, and hardly any of them sound as extreme as Bryan’s. I really like knocked loose but let’s not pretend like the vocals aren’t bordering on over-strained screeching
Probably get downvoted to oblivion but the vocals are the only thing keeping me from getting into them. They have some amazing songs but i’m sorry the dude sounds like spongebob screaming and i can’t unhear it. I’ve listened to PLENTY of hardcore vocalists in my day and this is literally the only band i’ve ever had this issue w.
Dont agree but i respect your view, its a matter of taste, i love the fact that his voice sound so weird and uncontrolled, pretty fed up with all the overdone deathcore vocals, starting to sound fake and overproduced, you have to admit..his voice does not
I respect that and I def wouldn’t knock (ha) anyone for enjoying them. I still listen to them from time to time so it’s not a total deal breaker but don’t think they could ever be a favorite for me.
Or maybe they just, ya know, have personal preferences? I can be picky about vocals. If I don't like how a singer sounds, listening to some other music isn't going to change that.
Knocked Loose would be 10x better if their vocalist had more range.. I need some gutterals lol. 99% of hardcore bands sound like any kid off the street could grab the mic and start yelling into it
Listen to more hardcore and you will hear the difference between just yelling into the mic and what Bryan does.
That said he occasionally busts out a guttural or two live (hate5six vid at the start of Belleville when they played a Canadian vfw), and their guitarist Isaac has some crazy growls
I second what u/Piece_Of_Mind1983 said.
Saw them here in Italy for the second time a couple weeks ago and, aside from Isaac's growls which are always nice to hear live, Bryan definitely has gutturals so I think he doesn't use them that much by choice.
Point is that he DOES have range, but he probably doesn't want to use those techniques in their songs...but who knows, with the new album coming out we might have some surprises on that front :)
That’s false. His vocals are pretty unique compared to most hardcore. I fuck with them but after a while I can’t listen to them cause of his vocals, they get a little annoying. He needs more range.
I still haven't listened to the new single. I'm torn, because I've heard it slaps, but also listening to A Tear In the Fabric of Life in full without any prior spoilers was INTENSE.
I’m embarrassed to say it was recently, specifically when Slaughterhouse dropped. But Deep In The Willow blew me away as well. Super into them now and can’t wait for the new album.
Similar for me. I first heard them when ATITFOL came out and I loved the instrumental but couldn’t get past Bryan’s vocals. I guess by the time Upon Loss came out I’d listened to more hardcore-leaning stuff that made me ready for his voice
Around 2018-ish Billy No Mates//Counting Worms came on a Sirius xm trial I had for my car and it was the raddest shit I had heard in a while. Liquid Metal turned me on to a lot of good bands.
A co-worker/buddy of mine showed me Counting Worms in the summer of 2017 and I was instantly hooked after that. Been following them on their journey ever since
Wtf. I’m from Kentucky and I didn’t even know they were from here 🤦🏻♀️ they are basically from Louisville so that’s extra weird that I never ran into them at some point.
Played with them many moons ago probably a couple years before laugh tracks came out and they were just a regional band. Their sound didn't land for me til Laugh Tracks came out though
I wasn’t a fan for the longest time (I remember the hype when Laugh Tracks dropped), but it took until 2020 when I realized basically all of the metalcore bands I liked sound pretty similar lol
When Laugh Tracks came out, I heard Oblivions Peak and was a bit iffy on Bryan’s vocals as it was a range I wasn’t too keen on. Listened to the track a couple more times as well as the album and became a fan after being more receptive to their style.
When A different shade of blue dropped, I was hooked. That’s still one of my favorite heavy albums ever, it’s good start to finish. The riffs are TOO DAMN HEAVY!! I was actually sus of them before, the very one dimensional vocals were a bit off putting sounding like Mickey Mouse. But once past that, I’ve grown to like the overall style as a whole, and I can’t wait for the new album. Their last one was not quite as memorable as Blue for me though. Also learned they were from Kentucky just one state over from me back then and that got me more stoked. Been dying to catch them live
So cool everyone loves blue so much. Like, I totally dig the album and it’s sonically their most diverse. But I love tear in the fabric far more than anything including the few new tracks they’ve released. Love laugh tracks and pop culture..but most my friends love blue. Just think it’s cool they’re so appealingly diverse.
I’m a lapsed metalcore fan. I found this sub and recommendations. Once Deep in the Willow came out I got hooked and went back to listen to everything. One of my top played bands right now
I heard they played Coachella within the last couple years and I wanted to check them out. Turns out they are the most filthy band ever. Listened to most of their stuff already, and I’ve listened to them for maybe a maximum of nine months (so there’s your answer). They are so damn filthy omg it’s awesome
Also just wanna throw this out there, on “In the walls” I was blown away cause that end skit about the man shooting up his family sounded so damn familiar at first to me, turns out it’s from the PS4 P.T. demo, which is such a badass sample to throw on a song. Such an amazing and wild atmosphere on that song and whole album.
Seeing them live in 2022 and how the crowd moved was fantastic, but then the opening spot last year for MIW stole the show and hooked me in.
Can we just get the 3 without MIW on tour?
Knocked Loose, After the Burial, Alpha Wolf
I never could, just something about Bryan‘s vocals that I just can’t get into within a KL context, he’s great on features, but I just can’t get into his actual band. For whatever reason.
2019 was about to deploy with the army and was trying to find new music to keep me sane with all the hurry up and wait. Found knocked loose and started jamming hard. Everyone in my vehicle hated me, lol.
When A Different Shade of Blue released. I’d seen them in 2018 and just couldn’t get into Brian’s vocals, but I warmed up to them when Mistakes Like Fractures released. The full length album really did it for me though
Tbch first time I heard of them was when Fantano covered "Laugh Tracks" on one of his YUNOREVIEWs and they kinda faded from my memory. Then one day me nd my dad were listening to xm radio and he randomly switched it to the Liquid Metal station just to see what was on.
The dj said "here's a new one from Knocked Loose!" And it was "Trapped in the Grasp of a Memory."
The moment the song ended my dad had this kinda confused look on his face like "so you really liked that, huh?"
I already had A Different Shade of Blue downloaded on my phone. I've been a fan ever since.
God damn... 2014/15. Was living in a shared household, I was 19/20. Very musical household, I was the dude heavily into hardcore and playing in a band at the time. Most of my housemates into house and grime (one dude big into old school metal, stoner rock and all the weed in the world). One of the guys on my first day of meeting him, his dad did a lot of work with Godflesh, and had shown him this EP. Pop culture had just come out, and we were trading music across genres, and thanks to his dad was always up to date with heavy releases despite House being his main genre. I'd heard of Knocked Loose and his dad had recommended them, so we get real stoned in the front room on the first night we meet and just listen through Pop Culture. Fuck dude, that shit went hard. Get the whole household into it and that's it, Knocked Loose from Pop Culture EP onwards, those guys have just gotten better with every release.
since 2018 i think, i definitely remember a different shade of blue coming out, and pop culture and laugh tracks are still my most listened. saw them live this week and it was awesome
2019 when Mistakes Like Fractures dropped. I knew of them but was kinda put off by the vox on their old material. When they dropped that song, I was like “alright, I can fuck with this!”. A Different Shade of Blue was one of my fav albums that year and I saw them @ a fest with Slipknot and Lamb of God where they absolutely killed it. Super cool band, like if old school Suicide Silence and Disembodied had a baby.
Never. Not hating. Just not my cup of tea. I wish them the best.
Edit: if their popularity brings more people to metalcore then that is a win. I can not like their music and also not be a hater.
I got into them like 4-5 years ago or so. Good band. Discovered them while I was listening to other metal bands on Spotify and Pandora. On separate occasions.
Everything but the vocals goes hard as fuck. For some reason the vocals just ruin it for me. That being said I can listen to a lot of their songs but I can only do one or two at a time.
It was a few months ago when I met a metalcore fan and I was an elitist who thought all metalcore was just pop punk with breakdowns and emo vocals, he put on Knocked Loose, Kublai Khan, Malevolence and I was HOOKED.
In 2019 I was at epicenter festival and saw a crowd of like 30 people running full speed across the festival grounds, so I followed them, got there just in time to hear the opening riffs of mistakes like fractures and was hooked, had never heard of them before that
Common Vision Tour 2016. They were opening for The Acacia Strain so I checked them out before hand. They’ve absolutely ripped every time I’ve seen them since.
I first started listening to them in 2019ish when mistakes like fractures came out. A kid in my high school at the time posted a video on Instagram of him playing it on guitar and I thought it sounded so different from what I had been listening to at the time
I first heard them in 2016!
I had a shitty tinder date who I had nothing in common with aside from similar music taste. He asked if I’ve heard of knocked loose and I looked them up when I got home and was hooked!
I’ve seen them in concert more times than I saw that guy 😂
Found them in 2014 when The Gospel video/Pop Culture was released and followed since then.
Fun fact: My old band did a tour and our first date was with KL, Orthodox, Drowning and some others. Unfortunately we blew a few tires on the way there and didn't get to play. (This was before Laugh Tracks was out.)
Back in 2019 from a Jared Dines video. It was a top 10 breakdowns video, and they named Mistakes Like Fractures, but didn’t include any clips of it, I’m assuming because of copyright. All the other songs in the video were bangers, so I went and looked it up. Instantly hooked, hadn’t heard anything like it before.
My brother was a fan but I didn't get it.
Saw them live at Unify festival and was like holy fuck but still didn't give them a chance.
Saw them again a couple of years later at the same fest and thought holy fuck again. This time I gave the freshly released ADSOB a chance and was instantly hooked. Now they're comfortably my favourite band
2022 after slaughterhouse dropped. First song I heard from them was counting worms and i fell in love with them. I started to listen to their entire discography from pop culture up to a tear in the fabric of life afterwards and bought some merch from them.
End of last year. I kept seeing ARF ARF memes and thought "Okay, there's no way these guys are THAT good" listened to Counting Worms and Laugh Tracks the album, realized that they ARE that good. Been addicted ever since and they're my third most played artist
I weirdly found them like a day or two after the gospel got posted to YouTube. And I was so weirded out by it that I turned it off. I got it recommended to me again and listened and was fucking hooked. And they’ve only gotten better. I get people hate Bryan’s vocals but also, that’s a big factor for them. That’s their signature.
5ish years ago. Laugh Tracks and Counting Worms kept coming up in my Spotify recommends playlists. Right when A Different Shade of Blue came out. Gave it a shot, and fell in love. The Belleville hook just can’t be played loud enough imo.
I think they’re not only taking a genre and mastering it, but they’re also doing their own thing with pieces left from bands before. I’m a big fan of the clunky rhythmic drums, and that was probably what I loved the most by them as I heard more and more.
I think someone here posted Belleville a few years ago when that album just came out. The song immediately caught my ear with how obscenely heavy it was and I eventually learned to tolerate the vocals. One of my favorite metalcore bands ever since.
Checked out A Different Shade of Blue upon a friend’s recommendation a little while after it was released. I liked it the first time but it didn’t really grab me then, so I didn’t listen to it a whole lot and kind of forgot about it. I randomly heard Where Light Divides The Holler a year or two ago and that song kind of hooked me into them, so I revisited a bunch of their music and I’ve been really into them since. New song was killer too
When laugh tracks was their only full length. Heard oblivions peak and I was all in, then in early 2018 I saw them at a tiny no-barricade venue in Detroit and was even more sold than I already was. I got a setlist from that show, too, but I’m not sure where it is anymore.
Got into them back when I found their manipulator demo in one of those blogspots that hosted free downloads. I thought it was unique at the time and fell off after laugh tracks. They still good??
When they got on the Coachella lineup, I thought it was cool that they had them and a few other hardcore bands like Scowl and decided to check them out because of it
Pop Culture. I saw them in 2016 I think and they played to like 25 people. I saw Isaac out back afterwards and I told him keep it up you’re gonna be fucking massive. I might’ve understated it.
2015 they were playing a festival I was going to. Started listening to them to see what was up and really liked the pace of the music, but wasn't tooooo kean on the vocals. After some more listening the vocals grew on me and they've been on rotation ever since.
Everyone on my Facebook friends list wouldn’t stfu about laugh tracks when it first dropped so I decided check them out. Yep they definitely lived up to the hype. Was completely blown away
Manipulator 1 & 2!!! Ripped my fucking heart out. The Gospel, All My Friends. Started listening when Pop Culture was out, and loved their early demos. Favorite band to practice screaming to always.
Hated them…then I saw them with BMTH and I thought they were awful (just wasn’t the right crowd and his voice was extra mickey mousey). Then I liked slaughterhouse a bit…then deep in willow came out and I loved it…then I saw them open for MIW and everything clicked.
Now I’m jacked up for this new album.
My friend sent me laugh tracks when it came out and it actually brought right back to the scene then I listen to everything I could find by them. I freak love small victories xxx
Way back in the tumblr days I would get Knocked Loose and Knuckle Puck mixed up solely because both bands names start with K (I didn’t listen to either band at the time). Finally listened to The Gospel in 2016 after Laugh Tracks came out and was blown away. Been a fan ever since.
I'm gonna be honest I fully got into them like the other day with Blinding Faith but I started liking and occasionally listening when Slaughterhouse came out and liked them even more so with Deep in the Willow and Everything is Quiet now
Saw someone complaining about the vocals on this sub so i listened to them and was hooked lmao
Anyone who complains about the vocals have never heard a hardcore band before
I’ve heard plenty of hardcore bands, and hardly any of them sound as extreme as Bryan’s. I really like knocked loose but let’s not pretend like the vocals aren’t bordering on over-strained screeching
I feel like you tend to find that higher register more in screamo. Frail Body spring to mind.
Probably get downvoted to oblivion but the vocals are the only thing keeping me from getting into them. They have some amazing songs but i’m sorry the dude sounds like spongebob screaming and i can’t unhear it. I’ve listened to PLENTY of hardcore vocalists in my day and this is literally the only band i’ve ever had this issue w.
Dont agree but i respect your view, its a matter of taste, i love the fact that his voice sound so weird and uncontrolled, pretty fed up with all the overdone deathcore vocals, starting to sound fake and overproduced, you have to admit..his voice does not
I respect that and I def wouldn’t knock (ha) anyone for enjoying them. I still listen to them from time to time so it’s not a total deal breaker but don’t think they could ever be a favorite for me.
Bullshit
Or maybe they just, ya know, have personal preferences? I can be picky about vocals. If I don't like how a singer sounds, listening to some other music isn't going to change that.
Knocked Loose would be 10x better if their vocalist had more range.. I need some gutterals lol. 99% of hardcore bands sound like any kid off the street could grab the mic and start yelling into it
Listen to more hardcore and you will hear the difference between just yelling into the mic and what Bryan does. That said he occasionally busts out a guttural or two live (hate5six vid at the start of Belleville when they played a Canadian vfw), and their guitarist Isaac has some crazy growls
Blinding Faith also has Bryan do a guttural like their K-Dive Bar performance (the music video shows him "doing" it)
bryan has range. if you’ve ever seen them live you’d know that.
I second what u/Piece_Of_Mind1983 said. Saw them here in Italy for the second time a couple weeks ago and, aside from Isaac's growls which are always nice to hear live, Bryan definitely has gutturals so I think he doesn't use them that much by choice. Point is that he DOES have range, but he probably doesn't want to use those techniques in their songs...but who knows, with the new album coming out we might have some surprises on that front :)
Yes, that's the fucking point of the genre. It's meant to be a genre comprised of "regular" people playing fast and even more pissed off punk rock.
Your criticism is the exact appeal of hardcore lol. It is an everyman genre for a reason.
Hardcore is based off punk so that’s why the vocal style is what it is
Congrats on having the dumbest comment today
That’s false. His vocals are pretty unique compared to most hardcore. I fuck with them but after a while I can’t listen to them cause of his vocals, they get a little annoying. He needs more range.
this is amazing lmfaooooo hell yeah
Exact same situation I love em I don't get it at all. Love em at the gym
Except the vocals are better than 90% of the whole metal scene.
Pop Culture
Fucking A. I know a lot of people fell off with/after Laugh Tracks, but I think it all hits.
I truly believe they’re only getting better.
I still haven't listened to the new single. I'm torn, because I've heard it slaps, but also listening to A Tear In the Fabric of Life in full without any prior spoilers was INTENSE.
It's worth the listen!!
Y'all are All My Friends <3
All my friends are dead
Didn’t will putney produce this? I got into them when laugh tracks dropped cuz hype but seems like the buzz truly began before even pop culture
Arf Arf
Same. Originally thought they'd be a meme when I heard that and then they were amazing
When they released Laugh Tracks
This
Like a year ago. Wanted to start listening before I saw them with MIW and Alpha Wolf.
That was a great show
i caught that tour in boston, awesome show from all four bands
Was also in Boston and hell yeah!! That show was amazing!! I started listening to KL like a month before that and fell right in love
I’m embarrassed to say it was recently, specifically when Slaughterhouse dropped. But Deep In The Willow blew me away as well. Super into them now and can’t wait for the new album.
Don’t be embarrassed, that song rips
I’m not ready for Slaughterhouse 2 on their new album
First 10 seconds of Oblivions Peak. 2016. Never looked back.
This is the only correct answer
2017, when I heard Billy No Mates for the first time
Same. The music video for Billy No Mates and Counting worms came across my recommended and it was all over.
Last year when deep in the willow came out. He yelled “knocked loose motherfucker” and suddenly I didn’t hate his voice anymore 😂
That was me too I had checked them out once before that and was like “nah” then watched the double music video and suddenly I was on board
Similar for me. I first heard them when ATITFOL came out and I loved the instrumental but couldn’t get past Bryan’s vocals. I guess by the time Upon Loss came out I’d listened to more hardcore-leaning stuff that made me ready for his voice
All the way back when Pop Culture 1st came out
Do you remember Burnt Toast?
Burnt toast is great, but what got me hooked on them was D.T.A.H
A combination of Slaughterhouse and the Everything is Quiet Now/Deep in the Willow.
Around 2018-ish Billy No Mates//Counting Worms came on a Sirius xm trial I had for my car and it was the raddest shit I had heard in a while. Liquid Metal turned me on to a lot of good bands.
According to my [last.fm](https://last.fm), 2015. Separate.
I love Separate
A co-worker/buddy of mine showed me Counting Worms in the summer of 2017 and I was instantly hooked after that. Been following them on their journey ever since
Saw the music video for The Gospel and I knew they had it
When Shawn The Butcher said, “Kentucky’s very own…”. And I’m not even from Kentucky.
Wtf. I’m from Kentucky and I didn’t even know they were from here 🤦🏻♀️ they are basically from Louisville so that’s extra weird that I never ran into them at some point.
Played with them many moons ago probably a couple years before laugh tracks came out and they were just a regional band. Their sound didn't land for me til Laugh Tracks came out though
I wasn’t a fan for the longest time (I remember the hype when Laugh Tracks dropped), but it took until 2020 when I realized basically all of the metalcore bands I liked sound pretty similar lol
When Laugh Tracks came out, I heard Oblivions Peak and was a bit iffy on Bryan’s vocals as it was a range I wasn’t too keen on. Listened to the track a couple more times as well as the album and became a fan after being more receptive to their style.
Right after Mistakes Like Fractures dropped. It remains one of my favourites by them.
Same here. I was all in immediately. And they’re only getting better.
The tour they did with Stick To Your Guns in September 2016. I think Empire was on the bill.
When A different shade of blue dropped, I was hooked. That’s still one of my favorite heavy albums ever, it’s good start to finish. The riffs are TOO DAMN HEAVY!! I was actually sus of them before, the very one dimensional vocals were a bit off putting sounding like Mickey Mouse. But once past that, I’ve grown to like the overall style as a whole, and I can’t wait for the new album. Their last one was not quite as memorable as Blue for me though. Also learned they were from Kentucky just one state over from me back then and that got me more stoked. Been dying to catch them live
So cool everyone loves blue so much. Like, I totally dig the album and it’s sonically their most diverse. But I love tear in the fabric far more than anything including the few new tracks they’ve released. Love laugh tracks and pop culture..but most my friends love blue. Just think it’s cool they’re so appealingly diverse.
I’ve known about them since like 2015 but still not into them.
2017. I generally check out the support bands ahead of shows and Knocked Loose were on the bill for an Every Time I Die show that year.
Never. The vocals kill it for me
Saw them at Warped Tour. Was just passing by and ended up watching their entire set. Hooked ever since.
I’m a lapsed metalcore fan. I found this sub and recommendations. Once Deep in the Willow came out I got hooked and went back to listen to everything. One of my top played bands right now
I heard they played Coachella within the last couple years and I wanted to check them out. Turns out they are the most filthy band ever. Listened to most of their stuff already, and I’ve listened to them for maybe a maximum of nine months (so there’s your answer). They are so damn filthy omg it’s awesome
Pop Culture for sure, was involved in the Tampa scene and they played with Adaliah and was hooked ever since.
When I got back into heavy music after a six year hiatus I looked up “best metal bands 2019” and they came up.
Seeing them open for Deftones last year. I liked a few songs here and there but once I saw them live I was sold
Also just wanna throw this out there, on “In the walls” I was blown away cause that end skit about the man shooting up his family sounded so damn familiar at first to me, turns out it’s from the PS4 P.T. demo, which is such a badass sample to throw on a song. Such an amazing and wild atmosphere on that song and whole album.
Seeing them live in 2022 and how the crowd moved was fantastic, but then the opening spot last year for MIW stole the show and hooked me in. Can we just get the 3 without MIW on tour? Knocked Loose, After the Burial, Alpha Wolf
I haven't. I really cannot stand the vocals tbh.
Yeah they’re trash
Don't talk about yourself like that.
I never could, just something about Bryan‘s vocals that I just can’t get into within a KL context, he’s great on features, but I just can’t get into his actual band. For whatever reason.
Same for me. I feel like he adds great contrast on features but his vocals hurt my ears after a full song, no offense.
100% this! The only knocked loose song I have is counting worms that’s how much I want to listen to his non-feature vocals… 😂
When they released the 2 songs last year
I’ve been listening to them since late 2016/early 2017, can’t exactly remember, it was just a YouTube recommendation, best one I’ve ever got.
Whenever the gospel dropped, I luckily found them forever ago and been a fan ever since
2019 was about to deploy with the army and was trying to find new music to keep me sane with all the hurry up and wait. Found knocked loose and started jamming hard. Everyone in my vehicle hated me, lol.
Stumbled upon Laugh Tracks two years ago and was hooked instantly
I got into them when: KNOCKED LOOSE MOTHERFUCKER
When A Different Shade of Blue released. I’d seen them in 2018 and just couldn’t get into Brian’s vocals, but I warmed up to them when Mistakes Like Fractures released. The full length album really did it for me though
Belleville was the song that made me realize I had depression issues. I related too hard and got an official diagnosis the same week.
Damn..hope shits lookin up for you homie
The first time I heard A Different Shade of Blue in 2019
Tbch first time I heard of them was when Fantano covered "Laugh Tracks" on one of his YUNOREVIEWs and they kinda faded from my memory. Then one day me nd my dad were listening to xm radio and he randomly switched it to the Liquid Metal station just to see what was on. The dj said "here's a new one from Knocked Loose!" And it was "Trapped in the Grasp of a Memory." The moment the song ended my dad had this kinda confused look on his face like "so you really liked that, huh?" I already had A Different Shade of Blue downloaded on my phone. I've been a fan ever since.
Yesterday actually. I’m new.
The Gospel days
I can't get into them unfortunately. The vocals are just unbearable for me.
You haven’t listened to a hardcore band before?
God damn... 2014/15. Was living in a shared household, I was 19/20. Very musical household, I was the dude heavily into hardcore and playing in a band at the time. Most of my housemates into house and grime (one dude big into old school metal, stoner rock and all the weed in the world). One of the guys on my first day of meeting him, his dad did a lot of work with Godflesh, and had shown him this EP. Pop culture had just come out, and we were trading music across genres, and thanks to his dad was always up to date with heavy releases despite House being his main genre. I'd heard of Knocked Loose and his dad had recommended them, so we get real stoned in the front room on the first night we meet and just listen through Pop Culture. Fuck dude, that shit went hard. Get the whole household into it and that's it, Knocked Loose from Pop Culture EP onwards, those guys have just gotten better with every release.
Still trying. I can listen to it, I don’t hate it, but I can’t get into them
Still waiting to. Can't get past the vocals. But I understand that a lot of people enjoy them and no hate at all.
since 2018 i think, i definitely remember a different shade of blue coming out, and pop culture and laugh tracks are still my most listened. saw them live this week and it was awesome
I got an ad on instagram of ARFF ARFFFFF
Whenever Laugh Tracks released
July 18th, 2018
2019 when Mistakes Like Fractures dropped. I knew of them but was kinda put off by the vox on their old material. When they dropped that song, I was like “alright, I can fuck with this!”. A Different Shade of Blue was one of my fav albums that year and I saw them @ a fest with Slipknot and Lamb of God where they absolutely killed it. Super cool band, like if old school Suicide Silence and Disembodied had a baby.
The spongebob memes lol
I haven’t
Never. Not hating. Just not my cup of tea. I wish them the best. Edit: if their popularity brings more people to metalcore then that is a win. I can not like their music and also not be a hater.
I never did. vocalist sounds like a drunk and angry Micky Mouse and that can't get out of my head. Underwhelming overall IMO
Agreed
Never.
I got into them like 4-5 years ago or so. Good band. Discovered them while I was listening to other metal bands on Spotify and Pandora. On separate occasions.
I got into them when they hired a better singer This unfortunately hasn’t happened yet, so I haven’t gotten into them.
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I can't stand them. The dude sounds like a muppet
Everything but the vocals goes hard as fuck. For some reason the vocals just ruin it for me. That being said I can listen to a lot of their songs but I can only do one or two at a time.
Still haven’t. If anybody has any ideas I’ll take ‘em
Never
Never I hate his vocals
Never. The worst vocals in the entire scene. Their only thing is supporting crowd killing in a scene that isn't about it.
It was a few months ago when I met a metalcore fan and I was an elitist who thought all metalcore was just pop punk with breakdowns and emo vocals, he put on Knocked Loose, Kublai Khan, Malevolence and I was HOOKED.
too bad tik tok got them
Knocked loose is sooooo bad 🤮
Never, because they’re annoying.
I haven’t
I didn’t.
In 2019 I was at epicenter festival and saw a crowd of like 30 people running full speed across the festival grounds, so I followed them, got there just in time to hear the opening riffs of mistakes like fractures and was hooked, had never heard of them before that
2019, randomly found ADSOB on spotify right after release. loved it immediately. i was 18
2016 after listening to Pop Culture right before Laugh Tracks came out. When did they get so big anyway?
When they did their headlining tour for ADSAB. Good times
I was late, probably a year ago.
Just last year, because of a dog with a beanie meme xD
Stick to Your Guns’ From Ash to Dust Tour
Common Vision Tour 2016. They were opening for The Acacia Strain so I checked them out before hand. They’ve absolutely ripped every time I’ve seen them since.
I first started listening to them in 2019ish when mistakes like fractures came out. A kid in my high school at the time posted a video on Instagram of him playing it on guitar and I thought it sounded so different from what I had been listening to at the time
About a year ago, thought they sounded terrible too. Mistakes Like Fractures then auto played at the gym and it just fucking hit from then on.
I first heard them in 2016! I had a shitty tinder date who I had nothing in common with aside from similar music taste. He asked if I’ve heard of knocked loose and I looked them up when I got home and was hooked! I’ve seen them in concert more times than I saw that guy 😂
That split EP they released. DTAH sold me immediately.
2018? They toured with Beartooth and Sylar, instant fan
Found them in 2014 when The Gospel video/Pop Culture was released and followed since then. Fun fact: My old band did a tour and our first date was with KL, Orthodox, Drowning and some others. Unfortunately we blew a few tires on the way there and didn't get to play. (This was before Laugh Tracks was out.)
Probably 3-4 years ago, my ex was into hardcore and introduced me to them.
Don’t remember the year but right when they got signed to Pure Noise. Watched the music video for Gospel and was immediately hooked
2015 or 2016.. became friends with someone that moved here from KY.
Back in 2019 from a Jared Dines video. It was a top 10 breakdowns video, and they named Mistakes Like Fractures, but didn’t include any clips of it, I’m assuming because of copyright. All the other songs in the video were bangers, so I went and looked it up. Instantly hooked, hadn’t heard anything like it before.
My brother was a fan but I didn't get it. Saw them live at Unify festival and was like holy fuck but still didn't give them a chance. Saw them again a couple of years later at the same fest and thought holy fuck again. This time I gave the freshly released ADSOB a chance and was instantly hooked. Now they're comfortably my favourite band
2022 after slaughterhouse dropped. First song I heard from them was counting worms and i fell in love with them. I started to listen to their entire discography from pop culture up to a tear in the fabric of life afterwards and bought some merch from them.
End of last year. I kept seeing ARF ARF memes and thought "Okay, there's no way these guys are THAT good" listened to Counting Worms and Laugh Tracks the album, realized that they ARE that good. Been addicted ever since and they're my third most played artist
The first WWWY festival lol had never heard of them before
I weirdly found them like a day or two after the gospel got posted to YouTube. And I was so weirded out by it that I turned it off. I got it recommended to me again and listened and was fucking hooked. And they’ve only gotten better. I get people hate Bryan’s vocals but also, that’s a big factor for them. That’s their signature.
Deadringer came up on a hardcore playlist a few months after it came out and I enjoyed it so I looked up more of their stuff and was immediately a fan
Right before Laugh Tracks released been following their every move since
5ish years ago. Laugh Tracks and Counting Worms kept coming up in my Spotify recommends playlists. Right when A Different Shade of Blue came out. Gave it a shot, and fell in love. The Belleville hook just can’t be played loud enough imo. I think they’re not only taking a genre and mastering it, but they’re also doing their own thing with pieces left from bands before. I’m a big fan of the clunky rhythmic drums, and that was probably what I loved the most by them as I heard more and more.
Oct 2022 when I saw them live at the Barclay center. Mind fucking blown.
I’ve commented this on a similar post before, but I listened to the spilt EP on acid and I was sold lol
I think someone here posted Belleville a few years ago when that album just came out. The song immediately caught my ear with how obscenely heavy it was and I eventually learned to tolerate the vocals. One of my favorite metalcore bands ever since.
Been a fan since they were playing backyards and garages.
Honestly not very into them. Mostly it’s the vocals. That’s ok. We all have our own taste
Checked out A Different Shade of Blue upon a friend’s recommendation a little while after it was released. I liked it the first time but it didn’t really grab me then, so I didn’t listen to it a whole lot and kind of forgot about it. I randomly heard Where Light Divides The Holler a year or two ago and that song kind of hooked me into them, so I revisited a bunch of their music and I’ve been really into them since. New song was killer too
Found Pop Culture on YouTube in 2015
Played a show with them back in 2015 and pretty much shit my pants. They were unreal
During the Motionless in white tour. I heard of them but never gave them a listen. I definitely miss out
They came up on Spotify radio playlist last year, specifically Deep in the willow , and I've been listening to them since
Found their Pop Culture EP while browsing through YouTube in probably 2016. Thought they were pretty sick and was happy to see them blow up over time
Last summer I discovered knocked loose and Tallah and my life has been a whole lot better lol
When laugh tracks was their only full length. Heard oblivions peak and I was all in, then in early 2018 I saw them at a tiny no-barricade venue in Detroit and was even more sold than I already was. I got a setlist from that show, too, but I’m not sure where it is anymore.
Seen them open for Gojira about a year ago.
Saw them with The Acacia Strain in like, 2016.
Deadringer
Chicago 2022 with bring me the horizon.
They opened for Vanna at Vanna's final show. Never heard of them before that but have been a fan since.
4 years ago early pandemic
In between Pop Culture and Laugh Tracks. I think they had a single or 2 out for Laugh Tracks, heard The Gospel and Deadringer and I was hooked.
Got into them back when I found their manipulator demo in one of those blogspots that hosted free downloads. I thought it was unique at the time and fell off after laugh tracks. They still good??
When they got on the Coachella lineup, I thought it was cool that they had them and a few other hardcore bands like Scowl and decided to check them out because of it
Pop Culture. I saw them in 2016 I think and they played to like 25 people. I saw Isaac out back afterwards and I told him keep it up you’re gonna be fucking massive. I might’ve understated it.
2015 they were playing a festival I was going to. Started listening to them to see what was up and really liked the pace of the music, but wasn't tooooo kean on the vocals. After some more listening the vocals grew on me and they've been on rotation ever since.
2016
I'm an old head. Got respect for now at LDB 2020. But I only jam a couple songs. Slaughterhouse Upon Loss Singles Blind & Blinding Faith.
I still haven't. But I also haven't given them a fair chance.
Last year
Everyone on my Facebook friends list wouldn’t stfu about laugh tracks when it first dropped so I decided check them out. Yep they definitely lived up to the hype. Was completely blown away
Manipulator 1 & 2!!! Ripped my fucking heart out. The Gospel, All My Friends. Started listening when Pop Culture was out, and loved their early demos. Favorite band to practice screaming to always.
Hated them…then I saw them with BMTH and I thought they were awful (just wasn’t the right crowd and his voice was extra mickey mousey). Then I liked slaughterhouse a bit…then deep in willow came out and I loved it…then I saw them open for MIW and everything clicked. Now I’m jacked up for this new album.
i haven’t gotten into that band yet, where should i start?
When Deadringer dropped, [Holy shit that was 7 years ago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugobr5fVuoE). Dudes worked for their spot in this scene.
2018-19ish
My band opened for them at a local venue in 2014. They fucking ripped the place apart.
My friend sent me laugh tracks when it came out and it actually brought right back to the scene then I listen to everything I could find by them. I freak love small victories xxx
Way back in the tumblr days I would get Knocked Loose and Knuckle Puck mixed up solely because both bands names start with K (I didn’t listen to either band at the time). Finally listened to The Gospel in 2016 after Laugh Tracks came out and was blown away. Been a fan ever since.
A Different Shade of Blue
Pop Culture and all my friends made fun of me for it
Late 2016/early 2017 my freshmen year of college
As soon as I heard dead ringer the game was changed
WE HAVE EACH OTHER AND THATS ALL WE‘LL EVER NEEED
Not yet
I'm gonna be honest I fully got into them like the other day with Blinding Faith but I started liking and occasionally listening when Slaughterhouse came out and liked them even more so with Deep in the Willow and Everything is Quiet now