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And we shall determine it in bloody combat!<\/p>\n

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Over the past year or two, I’ve noticed more and more bands that play a mix of styles which tickles my fancy in a manner it has not been tickled before. I’ve since tried to unite them all under an umbrella term because a) compartmentalizing is a human thing to do and b) as a fan of underground music, I need to be able to shout, “This isn’t even true [genre name]!” when I come across bands I find lacking in some regard (which is, like, 90% of bands). We shall fill that placeholder today, and I’ll start by setting the perimeter that these bands (most of which you’ve admittedly already heard of ’round these parts) fall into.<\/p>\n

A while ago, Bandcamp Daily ran a piece on something called “Dark Punk<\/a>“, which was described as “a style of darkwave-, post-punk- and anarcho-influenced punk that\u2019s grown out of the hardcore scene.” Post-Punk and hardcore punk do indeed make up a good deal of the backbone of the mysterious genre we’re trying to determine. Zorn<\/strong> and Bleach Birth<\/strong> in particular have undergone a development from more straightforward (if never thoroughbred) hardcore punk to something that brandishes a much darker, more goth- and post-punk-oriented atmosphere without losing those punk roots, and the influence is similarly palpable in newcomers like Devil Master<\/strong><\/a> and Majestic Mass<\/strong> who don’t have as many releases under their belt.<\/p>\n

That goth aspect of the sound brings the music a tad closer to what Richter – himself going off of former research<\/a> in the field – has determined to be Loud Guitar Goth<\/a>; a tightly interwoven mix of a wee bit of metal and a lot of post punk aesthetic, yet still refusing to really fit the term death rock. Indeed, he went so far as to lump in Devil Master<\/a> with that branch of music, but I’m not so sure that that works, because they already fall into the territory of bands that dial up that “wee bit of metal” to “a whole lot of metal.” Namely, black metal. Sure, you won’t hear tremolo riffs and blast beats, but the lo-fi aesthetic and vocal approach do a big part in pushing the music in that direction.<\/p>\n

From all this jibber jabber, we can derive the core tenants of the genre in question and put them in a simple equation: goth\/deathrock + punk + black metal = x<\/em>, but instead of solving for x with boring-ass math, let’s assign points to our contestants arbitrarily<\/del> based on their individual strengths. Winner gets to be the namesake of the genre. Deal? Deal. Let’s go.<\/p>\n


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