True. Good music. But the only metal you've posted are 2 Soul Embraced songs. So.. yeah... so far i'm not seeing the metal man. I'm seeing fluff, fluff, fluff and one metal band. *sigh... i think this one has sold his soul for pop music lovin.
It seems like the only slightly more obscure stuff I've heard of, you've heard of too. You even posted ManufraQture. No rest for the Wicked was an awesome disc, although personally my favorite song off of it was Perseverence. When I heard it I kept hearing "I'll never look back, cause it's a crime to me, the nails crying out from the cross so violently" over and over in my head. I went back and checked too, those lyrics are accurate. I should transcribe them tomorrow. They are nowhere to be found on the internet.
Any chance you ever heard of an industrial artist known as Laing? I can't find any of his music on youtube anywhere. He was like.. super obscure. I talked to him via email and he was really cool, but it sounded like there were some health problems. We lost touch and I haven't heard of him since. He had the coolest logo ever too. He gave me his permission to make one of those crosses (for my own personal necklace) if I ever figured out how to make it turn out half as awesome as that. I have both of his albums on CD which were released via CDbaby. Ashes was first, and Groove was second, groove was basically remastered and re recorded ashes. My copy of Groove got damaged and all I have left are 320kbps MP3's of it, I have FLAC files for ashes.
I like a lot of metalcore though. Different styles. My hands are kind of tied behind my back. I have the habit of only liking what I like regardless of genre.
If say, Point of Grace, did an album with aggressive guitar backing, I would like it. A lot. I guess the same for *cough* Zoegirl.
Guess I could post some metalcore. I have only got The Showdown's first three albums. The first and third were the hardest of the ones I owned, but I really think the message was watered down on disc three. Disc two had a really cool southern rock thing going for it, so it was kind of a different style of music altogether (but not the least unwelcome).
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Will you destroy the righteous with the wicked
Shine your mercy on but 50 men
Show me 10 yet worthy to see the sun again
Though you're naught but dust and ash I will relent
Stand and be counted
Turn from these ruins
Run
Fire rains from the sky
The hand of justice falls
You spit in the face of one whose might is yet untold
Fire rains from the sky
The scales have tipped too far
A monument encased in ash naught but a grave
Where are these men that came to you this night
Bring them forth that we may know them
Be struck blind clear now a path for those I love
Await the brimstone that comes soon to fill your grave
Stand and be counted
Turn from these ruins
Run
Fire rains from the sky
The hand of justice falls
You spit in the face of one whose might is yet untold
Fire rains from the sky
The scales have tipped too far
A monument encased in ash naught but a grave
Whoa break it down
The stench of Sodom quenched in smoke and flame
Angels enraged bring judgment hence
Justice comes burning sear you from the face of the earth
Dead eyes raised to an ash choked sky
Stand and be counted
Turn from these ruins
Run
Fire rains from the sky
The hand of justice falls
You spit in the face of one whose might is yet untold
Fire rains from the sky
The scales have tipped too far
A monument encased in ash naught but a grave