Back to a Nü Future: A Small Primer on Metalcore
Bring Me The Horizon’s Suicide Season (2008) and Horizons (2007) are some of the albums that both define and influenced the subgenre. With the background laid out, now we can jump to the small history lesson. By the early 2000s, the subgenre of nu metal was running out of steam, for 3 different main reasons. Reason #1 was that, while the genre still sold well, the material released at the start of the new millennium was poorly received by critics, sometimes being judged weaker in comparison to records previously produced. Reason #2 was the Hollywood-like drama that occurred between bands ...