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Friends don’t let friends slamdance
Fuck hardcore.
I’ve listened to hardcore, deathcore, and post-hardcore bands. They’re OK, they have their thing. Not really my style, but I understand that diversity adds to the scene as a whole, and obviously they believe in what they’re doing. But their fans can all fucking die, every one of them.
At the Summer Slaughter show this week, there was one core-influenced band that brought out all the 14-year-olds from New Jersey in their basketball shorts and sideways caps, and those little tykes kept trying to hardcore dance at a technical and brutal death metal show. It wasn’t a good time for anyone.
Now please, tell me that looks anything but tragically ridiculous.
It got to the point where as soon as a kid would start to slamdance, a death metal fan would step in and punch him in the head. The freaking security guards were sick of the slamdancing! I saw one grab a hardcore kid by the collar and yell, “Mosh right!” and then throw him back in the pit. Everyone has their own style, but this is just about respect and social mores. I’d never go to a hardcore show and start death metal moshing with everyone there. If I did try, I’d expect hostility from the crowd.
The tension built up throughout the night, with hardcore kids repeatedly getting punched in the face. Because they’re from Jersey, they’re all about “representing,” and so they wanted to make a scene. Check out this awesome video of a pit evolving. At first it’s a pretty lame circle pit. The hardcore crowd is standing in the middle of it, representing. The circle pit dissolves around them and they begin to slamdance, fending off invisible ninjas. Then the death metal kids move in again and revive their type of moshing.
What absolutely fascinates me about that video is that the moshing style shifts with the music! Right before the hardcore kids start doing their thing, the band on stage (Cryptopsy, for those interested) launches into a very slam-like breakdown. The death metal fans come back when the faster riffing starts again, right before the guitar solo. Did they plan this?
To get that nasty taste of slamdancing out of your mouth, I present you with a wall of death. (They moneyshot is at 1:10, so hang in there.)
And for anyone wondering why I was in the upper level making videos instead of punching hardcore kids in the head, I’d just come up after watching Psycroptic, Born Of Osiris, and The Faceless. When Kataklysm came on, I went back down and murdered people.
They played “Like Angels Weeping (The Dark)” and “Blood On The Swans”! Goddamn it was a heavy set.
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- Jun 27 2008 / 22:24
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- metal culture
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