I have to confess that although I’ve been into metal for ages now, I’ve never really listened to hardcore — I don’t mean hard stuff, but sub-genre hardcore — and so I was kinda surprised as I listened to Converge for the very first time. Converge is a four-piece American band, formed in the winter of 1990 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Playing a blend of extreme metal and hardcore punk, this pioneer outfit helped define a lot of the rudiments of the fast-burgeoning metalcore and mathcore genres.

You can say that I’ve got a weakness for technical skilled musicians and so they hit me directly, though I think I will need a bit more time to get used to the singers voice and style, but see for yourself:

By the way, thanks goes out to Andy for commending and pointing my interest to them!

Drone is a german Trash Metal/Metalcore Band that won the international metal battle contest of 2006 at the Wacken Open Air. Here’s the opening track of their debut album “Juggernaut”:

Some of you may already noticed that I’m a big fan of those youtube-guitar-cover-nerds. Here’s another one that really kicks ass and has some good styles: KillrBuckeye. He’s covering mostly metalcore stuff like All That Remains, Killswitch Engage or Parkway Drive.

A small example of his skills; playing “The Sound Of Truth” by As I Lay Dying:

Check him out on KillrBuckeye on YouTube or his personal website at killrbuckeye.com.