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Join me as I rank some of the most important metalcore albums from 1995-1999 best to worst in this tier list. From the early chaos of Deadguy and Integrity, to genre-defining releases from Earth Crisis, Converge, Botch, Zao, and Poison The Well, this was the decade where metalcore really started to take shape. We’ll cover everything from the raw hardcore roots to the first glimpses of mathcore and melodic experimentation, looking at which albums still hold up today and which ones fall a little short. #metalcore #converge #zao #earthcrisis #shadowsfall #poisonthewell
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00:00 Intro
1995
00:14 Deadguy – Fixation On A Coworker (1995)
01:00 Zao – All Else Failed
01:40 Strongarm – Atonement
02:20 Integrity – Systems Overload
03:13 Earth Crisis – Destroy The Machines
1996
03:51 Converge – Petitioning The Empty Sky (1996)
04:57 Earth Crisis – Gomorrah’s Season Ends
05:30 Integrity – Humanity Is The Devil
05:54 Vision Of Disorder – Vision Of Disorder
1997
06:32 Coalesce – Give Them Rope (1997)
07:21 Integrity – Seasons In The Size Of Days
08:01 Zao – The Splinter Shards The Birth Of Separation
08:42 Strongarm – The Advent Of A Miracle
09:20 Kiss It Goodbye – She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
09:50 Living Sacrifice – Reborn
10:27 Aftershock – Letters
10:56 Shai Hulud – Hearts Once Nourished With Hope And Compassion
11:52 Disembodied – Diablerie
12:26 Snapcase – Progression Through Unlearning
12:50 Will Haven – El Diablo
13:59 Shadows Fall – Somber Eyes To The Sky
14:01 Hatebreed – Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire
1998
14:34 Zao – Where Blood And Fire Bring Rest (1998)
15:15 Earth Crisis – Breed The Killers
15:44 Blood Has Been Shed – I Dwell On These Thoughts Of You
16:27 Botch – American Nervoso
16:58 Morning Again – As Tradition Dies Slowly
17:35 Coalesce – Functioning On Impatience
18:03 Cave In – Until Your Heart Stops
18:33 Vision Of Disorder – Imprint
19:22 Converge – When Forever Comes Crashing
1999
20:02 God Forbid – Reject The Sickness (1999)
20:45 Integrity – Integrity 2000
21:37 Zao – Liberate Te Ex Inferis
22:12 Disembodied – Heretic
22:49 Coalesce – 0:12 Revolution In Just Listening
23:27 Will Haven – WHVN
23:54 Prayer For Cleansing – Rain In Endless Fall
24:34 The Dillinger Escape Plan – Calculating Infinity
25:19 Throwdown – Beyond Repair
25:50 Aftershock – Through The Looking Glass
26:18 Underoath – Act Of Depression
26:53 Himsa – Ground Breaking Ceremony
27:26 Botch – We Are The Romans
28:02 Caliban – A Small Boy And A Grey Heaven
28:42 This Day Forward – Fragments Of An Untold Story Born By Shunning The Opportunity
29:28 Hopesfall – Frailty Of Words
30:01 Vision Of Disorder – For The Bleeders
30:27 Poison The Well – Opposite Of December
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Join me as I rank some of the most important metalcore albums from 1995-1999 best to worst in this tier list. From the early chaos of Deadguy and Integrity, to genre-defining releases from Earth Crisis, Converge, Botch, Zao, and Poison The Well, this was the decade where metalcore really started to take shape. We’ll cover everything from the raw hardcore roots to the first glimpses of mathcore and melodic experimentation, looking at which albums still hold up today and which ones fall a little short. #metalcore #converge #zao #earthcrisis #shadowsfall #poisonthewell
@ConvergeOfficial @POISONTHEWELLOFFICIAL @officialzao
00:00 Intro
1995
00:14 Deadguy – Fixation On A Coworker (1995)
01:00 Zao – All Else Failed
01:40 Strongarm – Atonement
02:20 Integrity – Systems Overload
03:13 Earth Crisis – Destroy The Machines
1996
03:51 Converge – Petitioning The Empty Sky (1996)
04:57 Earth Crisis – Gomorrah’s Season Ends
05:30 Integrity – Humanity Is The Devil
05:54 Vision Of Disorder – Vision Of Disorder
1997
06:32 Coalesce – Give Them Rope (1997)
07:21 Integrity – Seasons In The Size Of Days
08:01 Zao – The Splinter Shards The Birth Of Separation
08:42 Strongarm – The Advent Of A Miracle
09:20 Kiss It Goodbye – She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
09:50 Living Sacrifice – Reborn
10:27 Aftershock – Letters
10:56 Shai Hulud – Hearts Once Nourished With Hope And Compassion
11:52 Disembodied – Diablerie
12:26 Snapcase – Progression Through Unlearning
12:50 Will Haven – El Diablo
13:59 Shadows Fall – Somber Eyes To The Sky
14:01 Hatebreed – Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire
1998
14:34 Zao – Where Blood And Fire Bring Rest (1998)
15:15 Earth Crisis – Breed The Killers
15:44 Blood Has Been Shed – I Dwell On These Thoughts Of You
16:27 Botch – American Nervoso
16:58 Morning Again – As Tradition Dies Slowly
17:35 Coalesce – Functioning On Impatience
18:03 Cave In – Until Your Heart Stops
18:33 Vision Of Disorder – Imprint
19:22 Converge – When Forever Comes Crashing
1999
20:02 God Forbid – Reject The Sickness (1999)
20:45 Integrity – Integrity 2000
21:37 Zao – Liberate Te Ex Inferis
22:12 Disembodied – Heretic
22:49 Coalesce – 0:12 Revolution In Just Listening
23:27 Will Haven – WHVN
23:54 Prayer For Cleansing – Rain In Endless Fall
24:34 The Dillinger Escape Plan – Calculating Infinity
25:19 Throwdown – Beyond Repair
25:50 Aftershock – Through The Looking Glass
26:18 Underoath – Act Of Depression
26:53 Himsa – Ground Breaking Ceremony
27:26 Botch – We Are The Romans
28:02 Caliban – A Small Boy And A Grey Heaven
28:42 This Day Forward – Fragments Of An Untold Story Born By Shunning The Opportunity
29:28 Hopesfall – Frailty Of Words
30:01 Vision Of Disorder – For The Bleeders
30:27 Poison The Well – Opposite Of December
Buy Metal Trenches MERCH (Sick design by CurlyArt): metaltrenches.bigcartel.com
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Join us on DISCORD! discord.gg/7QTAesh5Pp
Become a Supporter!
patreon.com/metaltrenches
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Connect:
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I do not own the rights to any of the featured song clips on this video. All credit to the artists and labels with specific permission granted. These fall under fair use based on sufficient transformation for the purpose of review, promotion, and commentary.
