i'm not into mall metal or trendy metal as Killswitch is lumped into but I just downloaded their song Holy Diver and I actually really like it. Anyone else hear it? not a fan of their original music as its pretty stale and trendy but they did good with the DIO cover.

Killswitch Engay covering Dio?

That's fucking blasphemy!

it is and killswitch is blasphemy to metal today but i have to say that one song came out good. as hard as it is to say the guy singing does a really cool job.

Someone send this my way, the masochist in me wants to hear it. My AIM's HiryuuZero.

http://images.kerrang.com/content/kerrang/audio/04killswitch.mp3

Killswitch Rules!!

KiLlSwItCh RuLz@11!!

The clip sounds pretty good actually.

that was pretty good...i like killswitch though so maybe i'm biased

Howard's clean vocals are awesome. Solo sounds decent. But the rest of it is an abomination, as expected.

i am not a fan of Killswitch Isgay but i do have to give them credit on this cover. they did good. and a simplistic guitar solo to boot!? those guys can't solo to save their lives.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...1822D3C0CE8E8FB

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=F1822D3C0CE8E8FB


SORRY CLICK ABOVE FOR THE WHOLE SONG.

HAHA THIS IS AWESOME!

toolazytologin said:


I think they play under their ability on purpose though, part of the many things that bothers me about them. I know that the dude with the jewish fro went to Berklee as a guitar performance major, so I'm sure somewhere along the way he learned to solo.

Oh well, I just made myself into more of a piece of shit by knowing background of Killswitch Engage.

My complaint with this cover is that the guitar tone is not right for the song.

i heard the drummer is some god at the drums but all i hear is ac/dc style drumming. i guess his prior bands showcase his talent but i haven't herd of them.

the guy went to a music school!? if they have the ability then they should at least show some of the talent, i mean they don't gotta go crazy show off playin. i read the guitarist of killswich isgay (sorry i like that name) teaches at $50 per hour

toolazytologin said:

pfft 50 is not a lot for an hour lesson... anybody good could be making that much. If I were the guitarist for Killswitch, I'd charge retarded metalcore kids 250 an hour or more.

i'm sorry $50 per 1/2 HOUR

there are a lot of metalcore kids, just walk into any mall and they crowd around Hot Topic. When I saw Overcast shirts in the Hot Topic window i just shook me head in shame.

why? wasn't overcast like the first metalcore band? wouldn't it make sense a place dealing in metalcore would have their shirts? plus you got members of killswitch and shadows fall in the band

$$$$$

toolazytologin said:


dude, get some culture...listen to Blood Has Been Shed

BHBS > KE

someone post the link to the otyg holy diver cover.

i bought a blood has been shed cd once...had some cool shit but overall was kinda "eh"

Suck covering suck. Oh joy!

sacreligion said:

If you ignore about a decade of metal/core crossover bands before them.

the accused was the first labeled "metal-core" bands.

yeah there were a lot of crossover bands but not what you would call "metalcore"

i never really got into the accused...i dunno why i just never really like em

the link to download the song is above.

ok, just downloaded some BHBS. Its decent. Kinda a rip off of Mesuggah if you ask me. Some crazy time sigs. Drums are pretty intense and complex. Also downloaded Red Tide and that stuff is pretty out there. The jazz stuff is really complex so ok this guy knows his drumming. I eat my words. Why dont he play like this in killgay?

metalcore = mallcore. the majority of fans are like 12-18.

I thought you meant Accuser the oldschool german thrash band. accused never heard of them either.

the last thing the world needs is to be able to mosh to Holy Diver.

the song is good but i too hate killswitch encrap. blood has been shed and red tide were great bands but killswitch is getting to be commercial and sucky

sacreligion said:

As the Rev said, the term did exist, and bands were called 'metal-core' even in the 80s (in addition to 'crossover'). The term is now bastardized to refer to a certain set of bands, and it's now a 'dirty word'. Some of my old bands were called 'metalcore' and we formed before Overcast did.

So we're just saying, the term existed for quite some time now, and if you hear some Revisionist Metal Historian tell you otherwise, slug him/her twice, once for you and once for me.

killswitch is not metalcore nor is unearth or shadows fall or all that remains! do you guys think they are? i like that term mall metal because it is true. big biz has turned this style of metal into a trend and target young kids and just walk into any mall, i see so many little kids wearing those shirts and acting like fools. but then again they are just kids.

Unearth is the definition of Metalcore.

DrinkHardThrashHard said:

Genre names change meaning over time. Hell, Metallica called 'emselves power metal in their early days.

If you listen to all of Killswitch Engage's music.. You will notice things that are kind of difficult.. not impossible to pull off musically. Seriously... But you have to listen.. It is all subltle shit here and there.
One of the biggest parts of playing good music with good song structure is to hold back from masterbating the neck for the whole song. And as you can tell it is alot easier to do just that than hold back.

i_am_not_me said:

Doesn't matter if the meaning changes over time, I even said as much in the last post (the bit about the bastardization of the term). Overcast is not the first metalcore band if there were bands earlier called metalcore. It's that simple.

wow! ur gay!