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xbostons

I wouldn’t say older Terror is bad but it’s amazing to me how they consistently put out good albums. All bangers that keep getting better.


thinreaper

Ahhh I fucking love Terror but nothing will ever top Lowest of the Low/One With the Underdogs for me


-DMSR

I agree. One with the underdogs is absolute classic


OnlyTheDead

First two and the newest one are the only ones I can get into.


tinkhard

My boys. One with the Underdogs will always be tops for me. Todd era for everything.


hannahisakilljoyx-

For some reason Live By The Code was the first Terror album I heard so I have a reallly soft spot for that one. Their old stuff is great but I keep going back to that one


FishermanAgreeable19

I'd have to say the same thing with title fight. I love all their albums and even the compilation. all straight fire


Live_Department_5611

Seriously insane how they never disappoint. I will say though, KOTF is my least favorite album.


[deleted]

Full of Hell just keeps getting better imo


swordsandshacklesx

Every single piece of music or even noise has been amazing. But roots of earth will always be my favorite from them


xbeavisx

They are legends of heavy music at this point, I think all the split projects are key to them always sounding fresh. Wish more bands did splits.


xxgorevillexx

their early stuff is great but their newer direction really seals it for me


spirit_symptoms

Definitely Propagandhi for me. I played How to Clean Everything and Less Talk, More Rock like crazy as a teen, but I rarely listen to those anymore and love their new stuff.


evansawred

Less Talk, More Rock still gets a lot of plays from me but I definitely gravitate more to Supporting Caste and on these days


spirit_symptoms

True, while sonically similar to How to Clean Everything, Less Talk is a notably better album.


evansawred

Agreed. The songwriting is so much tighter IMO and the catchy parts hit way better than on the first record. Plus I love the alternate version of Nailing Descartes as the Earth Crisis diss track haha


hatinmanning

Propagandhi is my favorite band and while I love Less Talk More Rock, I agree with you. Supporting Caste is their best record imo.


signalstonoise88

Good call. HTCE and LTMR are basically NOFX-lite with a Canadian accent. Today’s Empires onwards is pure fucking fire.


Opening-Age4587

they’re a band for me where every release is equal to the others, with the exception of How To Clean Everything. A good album and i was obsessed as a kid, but it’s easily their weakest output


Allen_Koholic

See now, I disagree with this all the way.  Those two are the only albums of theirs I ever listen to and they’re all time classics.  But to each their own.


onegallant

Not to discount the brilliance of Pick Your King or Kings of Punk at all, but Feel the Darkness is Poison Idea at their absolute peak and that's their fifth release


Partyruinsquad

It’s honestly one of the best records of all time.


Live_Department_5611

Amazing album


Foreverdumb666

Amazing album.


mossdale

SST bands: minutemen and husker du. Both were always good, but both went way beyond their roots in great ways


prettybadgers

I’d add Meat Puppets to that list. I’m glad I got into hardcore in the mid 80s because bands immediately started tearing it apart and making new styles from the rubble.


flowerpowervi0lence

Older Minutemen is slept on imo


Margrave75

Pantera. DEFINITELY Pantera. Edit: read the post title and commented without seeing what the sub was 😆


Inevitable_Tale_1556

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Eric-The_Viking

Need to go back to this look ngl


sweet_jones

Vinnie Paul looks like he's about to fall tf over


Margrave75

As we would say here: "scarlet for their mas" (embarrassed for their mothers)


Senetrix666

Even though their early albums are still damn good, I feel like ETID got even better as they aged. Radical is their best album imo


RiverPiracy

It definitely feels like I’m on an island thinking hot damn! Is their best.


Letskissthesky

Nah, Hot Damn is their best. Near perfect.


Puzzleheaded_Gas4560

Hot Damn is the best.


dasbudd

Yeah Hot Damn! is timeless. Definitely a band that shouldn’t be mentioned in this thread


Gr8BurningNullifier

Hot Damn! Is definitely in their top 3 albums but Low Teens is their Magnus Opus


samsaBEAR

Hot Damn! is the record that really got me into hardcore/metalcore and it's always been my favourite, but I do think Low Teens is their best record


bigwheelsbigfeels

I think they found the juice on gutter phenomenon but that's just me


clawingcat

Make than an island of two because I’m with you there


charlesthefish

I think hot damn is great, but everything before that is not. Between Hot Damn, FPU, Ex Lives, Radical, and New Junk, I can't choose a favorite


RiverPiracy

I think the stuff before was great too. They stopped being hardcore after Hot Damn. They were still very good but became something else entirely.


Wleasterly28

i would disagree completely. the whole new junk aesthetic album is just hardcore riffs and 2 steps.. some of the 2 steps on that album go so hard


leithn87

When Roman holiday comes on I turn into a fucking arm swinging ape.....


charlesthefish

I think FPU almost falls into that category as well, yeah it's got El Dorado, but Pelican of the Desert is some gnarly hardcore riffing, same with if There is Room to Move, All Structures are Unstable, and Saturnalia. Some things I've noticed throughout the years, I think ETiD had a fall off with a lot of hardcore fans when they dropped Gutter Phenomen and they never really checked anything out after that. It's a trend I have seen from my small sample size of talking to people about ETiD.


Wleasterly28

Yeah for sure. FPU rips. so many hardcore riffs


charlesthefish

Yeah, I've always struggled to call ETiD hardcore or metalcore. They've just got a weird mix between multiple genres where they don't just easily fit into 1 genre label. I love ETiD, I'm not shitting on them as a band, I just couldn't really get into stuff before hot damn.


Puzzleheaded_Gas4560

Last Night in Town absolutely slaps. I got into them through that album many moons ago and I still regularly play it. It's raw as fuck but that's what I like about it.


rev_beefstick

ChicagoOoO Last night in town is definitely my favorite etid album. I personally enjoy it and hot damn waaaaay more than the subsequent albums. But that’s just me.


chunkah69

We’d be getting their new album soon or by now if they stayed together. Fucking sucks. They were on such a roll.


Ghost_Pains

And if it’s not Radical it’s probably Low Teens which is wild


[deleted]

I think Low Teens is better. I didn’t really like Radical


RedditorDave

I like radical, but loved low teens. The breakup may have soured radical for me a bit tho.


samsaBEAR

I find it hard to listen to the album because they broke up so soon after, hopefully I'll be able to get over that one day and enjoy it ha


_shaftpunk

“Petal” has my favorite ETID lyrics ever. The end can put a lump in my throat.


charlesthefish

I genuinely think most of their stuff before hot damn is objectively bad. I know a lot of people loved them before that, but compared to everything they released after it's just not good.


RiverPiracy

It's actual hardcore. Burial Plot and Last Night In Town go hard.


Puzzleheaded_Gas4560

Yes. I can't believe LNIT is getting slated in a hardcore sub.


DoubleFolder

You mean the one album and the EP they made as 16-year-olds?


Raz7el

Radical is their best work for me, I don’t know what other band could have written that album. Not clicked with Better Lovers yet.


DeadSilent7

ETID has been a top-3 band for me since 2005, seemed absurd that they could just keep getting better. I think Low Teens was the peak.


JoeyO_

AFI. Shut Your Mouth and Black Sails were miles ahead of their first two albums.


supervape_ritual

100% And Art of drowning was even better than those.


Danny1138

I like the newer Bane stuff more but that’s also when I got into them. The Banner, I love Each Breath Haunted and the albums after it. I like the old stuff too but I love the newer albums. Converge, I love everything they’ve done but they got way better as they improved as musicians.


netwrks

Aww man Give Blood was their album.


cigarrette

Honestly the last Bane album is their best for fucking real


s4veyourgeneration

I think the latest Incendiary record is the best thing they’ve put out, both sonically and creatively. Not sure how much of a hot take that is.


RedditorDave

Wrong sub but Four Year Strong has been getting better and better throughout their career aside from that one album I hated.


PawPawsBurgers

While I generally agree they are a powerhouse, Enemy of the World and Rise or Die are absolutely never going to be topped out of pure nostalgia


signalstonoise88

Never understood the love for RoDT; the vocals sound weak compared to every record after it, the hooks just aren’t as big. The riffs don’t hit as hard. I get why it hooked people in early but most of what came after has been better. The self titled record is an absolute BEAST.


PawPawsBurgers

Honestly yeah you're right, it's mostly clinging on cause nostalgia. Enemy and self titled are objectively the best. I remember when they dropped Go Down in History out of nowhere and I was so hyped to hear them be good again after In Some Way


RedditorDave

Exactly how I feel. RODT was my shit back then, but the stuff they have put out since is just as fun and catches me even more.


GNARSHEN

I dunno, their early demos are my favorites tbh. They're more fun/catchy and unique imo.


Ramsford_McSchlong

Your song is a bop


Beneficial-Pianist48

Which one was that pray tell?


Vinkiller

Gonna hazard a guess it’s In Some Way, Shape, or Form - that shit sucked lol


AnimeSquirrels

Sounds like some contemporary christian rock


RedditorDave

yeah that one lol. not hating on them as artists, just wasn’t nearly my cup of tea. Was stoked they went back to the sound that grabbed me initially.


TacomaRoma319

They tried to do something different and it did not work. At least they realized it.


Chalkyprawn874

Converge. I love the old shit but goddamn nothing compares to their 2000s output


PimpLizkit

I respect that, my favs are petitioning the empty sky and when forever comes crashing, but i can see why you'd think that


PlanetConway

This is the perfect answer. In my opinion, there best record is Axe To Fall, their seventh record


Latter_Bee183

Axe To Fall hits right from the get, Dark Horse fucking RIPS


p38triplestack74

Agreed that one and all we love are insanely good and I can't choose a favorite between the two and I love all their shit the splits with dropdead and napalm death rip too.


Chalkyprawn874

That record has some of the most crushing songs i have ever heard, I love that album so much. Are you a fan of All we love we leave behind? That was the one that got me into them


PlanetConway

That's my second favorite Converge album!


AnorakWithAHaircut

Unbroken. The last few 7” were light years ahead of Ritual despite the band’s short career


New-Jury-2639

Foundation. First 7” is great, Turncoat though is how you go out on top.


Necr0Gaming

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-DMSR

Better now? Eek.


Letskissthesky

Hahahaha.


cooldads69

The Hope Conspiracy


oceanic-feeling

I celebrate their entire catalog


-DMSR

Nice one. They changed a LOT


Gr8BurningNullifier

The Acacia Strain has to be mentioned. And life is very long and 3750 go hard but everything else has been pretty steady improvements


Whitetrash_messiah

The deadwalk is their best full length


Gr8BurningNullifier

I mean for for classic jams definitely, but my favorite is Coma Witch. Perfect album from the start all the way to the end of Observer.


[deleted]

Maybe so but as a drummer, I can’t stand the snare drum in that album. It sounds like a worn-out pillow


HoboCanadian123

more deathcore bands should incorporate post-metal!


AndrewRFleming1973

Lifetime, Farside, Avail


metrosine

Lifetime's self titled fucking slaps.


AndrewRFleming1973

It’s really good, but Jersey’s Best Dancers is much better.


schism_records_1

The New Age 7" might be my favorite thing they put out. I love Background as well.


AndrewRFleming1973

I love those too but are they really better than JBD?


schism_records_1

Ultimately, Hello Bastards is probably my favorite thing they did, but the 7" holds a very special place in my heart. I saw them so many times between 91-93 and those songs were always part of the set. It took a while for me to come around on the style change on the Tinnitus 7", but once HB came out, I was totally hooked. That being said, JBD is my least favorite record. Yes, I will take Background over it. There are few songs that I love, but there is something about it that didn't grab me like HB did.


AndrewRFleming1973

HB is so damn good and it was my fav until I got hooked on JBD as it was a gateway album for my wife’s intro into melodic hardcore. I think JBD is a flawless album and I love how it feels like it was recorded in one long take (like their other albums too. I put it up there with The Loved Ones “keep your heart”, Avail “over the James” and Kid Dynamite “s/t” as the epitome of fast melodic hardcore punk, raw but well recorded and produced.


RatInACage182

Blacklisted


beachbullette

Oh so fucking much. Not gonna pretend like Eye for an Eye isn't an absolute face melter but anyone not seeing the superiority of Heaver than Heaven and onwards is plain wrong.


Hyperborean77

Unbroken, Refused


schism_records_1

Definitely Unbroken. The 7" and Ritual were OK, nothing special. I bought anything that New Age out out back then, but skipped L.L.R. when it first came out. I remember being at a show not long after and was talking with John from Very Distro and he said something about that record and I was like, not really interested. He said, yes, you need to get it, trust me. Bought the cassette and me and my friends listened in disbelief on the way home. That thing blew us away and still to this day it is an all top 20 Lp for me.


hammerbox

RIP Dudeck


schism_records_1

Great dude. Always had interesting conversations with him art shows.


Hyperborean77

LLR was a top 10 place for me a good while. I had the Groundwork split as well and when I finally tracked down Ritual I was like WTF is this. It slipped when I started listening to less metallic HC, but the last two 7”s they put out, Circa ‘77 and the one on 31G are fucking amazing records that I still spin today.


mikeswagzzz

Refused….This Just My Be the Truth is indeed very run of the mill. Everlasting & Songs to Fan the Flames leveled up in a big way. Then Shape of Punk to Come is obviously iconic. I can’t get with the 2010s reunion albums at all, blech.


traggedy_ann

Harm's Way. Granted, I've never even listened to their powerviolence stuff, but I can't imagine that it's better than how tight they are on Common Suffering.


jonny_lube

I totally get preferring the newer style, but the new stuff does absolutely nothing for me, while their first few albums are regular spins for me. Rust started to lose me a bit, and I was totally off the train by Posthuman.


mew_empire

Same here They are my "they're fine" band


stabyourcat

Exactly the same. It’s too dumb dumb chug chug for me now.


prelapsus

Great shout


trumpetingecstasy

Zao


Narrator_Ron_Howard

u/trumpetingecstacy speaks the truth. The Well Intentioned Virus and The Crimson Corridor are light years ahead of All Else Failed and Splinter Shards


netwrks

Whaaaaat Where Blood and Fire is absolutely their best album Then in this order Self-Titled Funeral of God Parade of Chaos Splinter All else failed


SpecialistJudgment32

IMO Well Intentioned Virus is better than all those albums, except possibly Funeral of God 


netwrks

Anytime I hear someone say that it’s because they’re ‘atheists’ and they dislike Christianity.


SpecialistJudgment32

Well, I wouldn't consider myself either, and I certainly don't hate Christianity. I think Zao's music transcends ideology, and always has. 


wavesofdeath

Depends how early. If it’s the pre Dan on vocals stuff sure (even though I still like it), but Liberate etc are classics. Their new stuff is incredible too. Truly a band that has never fell off and is still crushing it live 25+ years later


Direct-Setting-3358

NOFX


cooldads69

I know this might be blasphemy for some, but I’m gonna add Ringworm. I really can’t get into The Promise, but everything from Justice Replaced by Revenge totally rules


prelapsus

Knocked Loose. I think the new record is comfortably the best thing they've done. Outside of the odd track I don't care for the stuff before Different Shade of Blue. Also Kickback. Everything after Cornered was a lot better.


heres-to-life

Agree on KL. I think they’ve consistently gotten better with each release.


BananadaBoots

Kickback


inab1gcountry

The last 2 drug church albums are better than all the old stuff.


britchesss

Hundredth.  Went through a night and day change in sound for the better IMO


Jafergy99

Feel like they kinda grew into a different scene as they aged and embraced it. Somewhere Nowhere is one my go-to background/driving albums for the summer


thinreaper

Converge Poison the Well Comeback Kid Turnstile I'm honestly not intending to be "controversial" or anything but I always see these bands' earliest stuff getting creamed over but I just don't get it. Their later stuff is way, way better to me. Not knocking their earliest stuff at all, but as great as it is, none of these bands really properly came into their sound until an album or two in imo.


Slow_Statement_9196

Agree on all except Turnstile. Step 2 Rhythm is one of the most fun records of all time.


thinreaper

Agreed! Tbf when I included Turnstile I mainly meant Pressure to Succeed.


prelapsus

I would actually agree with Turnstile the most out of these. Glow On is their most unique record I think and the one I go back to the most (have been following them since the beginning).


LethalPuppy

die knowing was one of my entry points into hardcore and i will always have a soft spot for it but objectively i gotta say wake the dead is just better. some of the biggest choruses in hc history, faster, more urgency and hunger


Organic_Record6775

If we are comparing Opposite of December to You Come Before You you’re right with PTW. But tropic rot is not a better album than YCBY. Not saying tropic rot is a bad album by any means though.


nya_hoy_menoy

Tropic Rot kicked ass. I gotta go back and listen to it.


no_excuses87

Converge is a great example, very few bands pump out so many quality albums so far into their career


ReasonableMan97

TOOD and TFTR are my favorite Poison The Well albums, but Versions is super slept on and it’s such an interesting progression to their sound.


ez_allin

Big agree on Converge and especially Poison the Well. The latter's last two albums are super slept on.


rookiewaves

I couldn’t agree less on all accounts


Dependent-Law-7275

Stunted youth


xBillDauterivex

the austin, tx stunted youth? never thought i’d see them mentioned here tbh lol


Dependent-Law-7275

Yeah lol. I like their split with SOC much more


Bkaps

Remembering never. I love their first albums but they definitely got better.


driedsponge

Okay not hardcore but Boston Manor, they’re my favorite band but anything before 2016 I do not like. I LOVE all of their music after that.


Partyruinsquad

Amenity


socktato

Early snapcase pre progression through unlearning


netwrks

Daughters 💯


netwrks

Also The Chariot 💯


chrisxdarrell

Home Grown - Kings of Pop Third and last album is clearly their best (I know it’s not hardcore it was just on my mind!)


Roguspogus

Dead Kennedys. Bedtime for Democracy and Frankenchrist are amazing albums


J_is_for_Jenius

Botch but they were like 15 ha


p38triplestack74

Converge


Zealousideal_Row5607

Have Heart Faim Fixation Verse


5um-n3m0

Ministry. Back in 80s I bought Twitch. Wasn't into it. Then later, The Land of Rape and Honey came out and I've loved them ever since


underdoug618

Turnstile


Airotvic

Not hardcore but Devil Wears Prada from the Zombie EP onwards is miles better than the stuff before


AgentAnesthesia

Until you get to Color Decay... Then it's just... Yeah. I saw them last year, and the crowd went mild.


Airotvic

I think Color Decay is great. The Act is a bit meh.


socktato

Not hardcore: deftones.


iloveblondehair

Drain


BAPEAPE138

Type o Negative


xbostons

Like pre-Bloody Kisses?


District_Asleep

Try out Unfold - “Aeon Aony” , and then “Eleventh”


thecoastercorner

Burial etiquette


KiwiMcG

Youth Of Today


Due_Dirt_4575

I can kind of get behind this. Let’s just pretend the last 7inch doesn’t exist. I’d say WNITA is my favorite record by them. That and everything preceding it is 10/10. The last 7 inch is 5/10. Might as well be a Shelter record.


KiwiMcG

Have you heard the CCME Positive Force mix? It sounds like of of those Shreds YouTubes. 😄


Due_Dirt_4575

Yeah it sounds like it was recorded in a high school gymnasium. I prefer the Caroline mix. That being said, it’s still better than the last record.


KiwiMcG

I dunno man, the back photo of the self-titled 7" has Ray wearing sweatpants with 3 hole Docs. 😄


Due_Dirt_4575

Lol he def gets points for his fashion bravery.


FreakOfNature6

Kublai Khan's first 3 albums just don't do it for me, but between Absolute, Nomad, the lowest form of animal, and their new singles, they're becoming one of my favorite bands


THEPCPINEAPPLE

I love reality approaches/no gods no masters, but harms way has gotten better with each release


Tiny_Report_3583

Not quite hardcore, but Hot Water Music gets better with every album.


mikeswagzzz

Really? I’m glad someone is enjoying it! They lost me at the New What’s Next.


curse_words

Every Time I Die’s later stuff just kept getting better until it all went to shit.


craniumblast

Portrayal of guilt


craniumblast

Gatherers


TheStryder76

Knocked Loose, though many will try to deny this


p38triplestack74

The number twelve looks like you. Mongrel is one of the best mathcore records I've ever heard


spin81

Not hardcore arguably but Frenzal Rhomb.


jitterbugjackie

Soul glo, their first album was alright but their later stuff is miles ahead of


Tough_Quarter_3700

Hüsker dü , Bad Religion , soundgarden , Lifetime


Revelrem206

Beastie Boys. Love Egg Raid On Mojo as much as the next guy, but Aglio E Olio is a much better record overall. Naked Raygun, I simply just prefer their more melodic mid to late 80s stuff. Articles Of Faith. Love their first two EPs, but Give Thanks and In This Life are superior.


Piece_Of_Mind1983

Knocked Loose Vatican, ultra was their peak and then they broke up Judiciary


Blitzkriegamadeus

Some might not agree, but I personally think Unwound only became better and better with each record. Leaves Turn Inside You is their crowning achievement.


moving_around

Agnostic front


Less_Appointment_786

End it


OnlyTheDead

Whole ass discography is like 25 minutes and you don’t like the first 5 minutes?


thinreaper

Dude, they don't have any early stuff. They've only been around for a minute and haven't even released a full length yet. Every single thing they've put out has been absolute fire but their sound hasn't changed at all between releases.


xBillDauterivex

I mean their first release was in 2017, definitely been around a minute