post-hardcore

This definition applies to modern post-hardcore, not the old school one.

Post-hardcore contains elements of hardcore, punk, and metal, with slightly heavy, fast-paced guitar riffs. Screaming is the main vocal feature, but there are also melodic breakdowns sung in clean vocals at other times, usually in a fairly high voice.

The lyrics are often regarded as what people believe as "emo" nowadays, but if emo really did stand for "emotional", then practically all music out there should be called emo as well, like Britney Spears. The real emo is actually very different compared to the emo that MTV brainwashed everyone with, but I won't go into depth about that because there are plenty of entries of emo that talk about the real deal.

A lot of people like to associate modern post-hardcore with emo and screamo, especially since some post-hardcore bands selected those as their genres on their Myspace, but that is because Myspace doesn't have anything near post-hardcore as a selection, so selecting emo and screamo are probably the only other closest genres that people would familiarize with post-hardcore (although the real emo and screamo aren't very similar to modern post-hardcore at all). Please don't call post-hardcore "emo" and "screamo". It's post-hardcore.

Some modern post-hardcore bands include:
Alesana
Funeral For A Friend (before Tales Don't Tell Themselves)
A Skylit Drive
Lovehatehero
Escape The Fate
Chasing Victory
Alexisonfire
Underoath
Before Their Eyes
Eyes Set To Kill
Blessthefall
Dear Whoever
I Am Ghost

by liklibo January 3, 2009

post-hardcore

A genre that was started by emo kids that hated other emo kids, but stayed true to the punk and hardcore roots, thereby emerging as one of the greatest genres of music of all time.

Great post-hardcore bands? Why, try;
Bear Vs. Shark
Thursday
Thrice
Glassjaw
Circa Survive
mewithoutYou
Fugazi
The Rites of Spring
and, of couse, At The Drive-In.

by xMaxx June 14, 2006

post hardcore

A respectable genre, that combines the heavy musical structure of hardcore with more melodic vocals. Post Hardcore generally contains the same guitar structure as hardcore, for example; the breakdown. This Genre is in no way another way of classifying 'emo'. And doing so would illustrate ones ignorance in relation to this branch of alternative music. Although post hardcore often contains, emotional lyrics.

Some post hardcore bands:

-alesana
-a skylit drive
-Behind Crimson Eyes (good aussie band)
-Chiodos
-Drop Dead, Gorgeous
-Emanuel
-Escape The Fate
-The Fall of Troy (experimental)
-From Autumn to Ashes
-The getaway plan (good aussie band)
-Protest the Hero
-Saosin
-Story of the Year
-Underoath

Some hardcore/Metalcore bands:

-Bring Me the Horizon
-Destroy the Runner
-Haste the Day
-I Killed The Prom Queen (aussie hardcore, GETSOME!)
-Mortal Treason
-Parkway Drive (aussie hardcore)

emo kid: omg taking back sunday are so post-hardcore!!

post hardcore kid: *round house kick*

by Haydie July 20, 2008

Post Hardcore

It all starts with punk rock, see, and rock 'n roll. From rock 'n roll spawned a style of music called "hard rock" which is basically rock 'n roll but deeper. When hard rock is blended with punk rock, we get hardcore rock which essentially pre-emo punk rock with heavier rhythms. Also spawning from rock 'n roll and classical music we get metal. Now, when we blend hardcore with metal, we get "metalcore" which is hardcore but with harmony elements and the occassional guitar solo. Now it gets complicated. When we blend hard rock with metal, we get thrash metal. If we take thrash metal, add some more emo and myspace, and blend it with hardcore rock, we get "post hardcore" which can very very easily be confused with screamo. The main difference between post hardcore and screamo is that in post hardcore, the singer still "sings" but doesn't go into a crying fit at some point during the song. Now, there is one more style that is left un-discussed. A style called "hXc'mo" (prounounced "aytch ex see mo". I'm not quite sure, but I think that hXc'mo is the product of blending screamo and post hardcore...that's the only logical way I can figure this shit out.

Classifying post hardcore and all these other genres was a real pain.

by Sceir July 29, 2008

post-hardcore

Euphemistic term for emo.

Emo: "No, I don't listen to mallcore emo, I listen to post-hardcore..."

by _fraek April 18, 2010

post-hardcore

A. A genre of punk rock based in hardcore, but more experimental. Has a lot in common with emo, but less introspective.

B. A word scene kids who don't even know who fugazi was use to describe their music

A- "At the drive-in is a pretty good post-hardcore band."

B- trendy kid: "Chiodos is a good post-hardcore band."
punk kid: "fuck you."

by leonardkoehn August 27, 2008

post-hardcore

A musical genre that often goes hand in hand with screamo, metalcore and hardcore punk. A main feature of the genre is the contrast of melodic and/or emotional singing with screaming, and sometimes other vocal styles, like whispering, yelling, etc. Fast-paced hardcore/thrash metal guitar riffs and high-pitched, heartfelt melodies are another example of the contrast commonly used within this genre. Kind of like a mixture of emo and thrash.
Some good examples of post-hardcore are:
From Autumn to Ashes
Thursday
My Chemical Romance (on their first album)
Glassjaw
Alesana
Haste the Day
Underoath
Atreyu

Post-Hardcore evolved from hardcore punk.

by Pieces Mended April 30, 2007