(Sep. 28, 2008 12:31 AM)HEAVYARMS Wrote: (Sep. 27, 2008 10:42 PM)Evan Wrote: Slipknot, White Chapel, Lamb of God, and Dir en Grey are my favorite hardcore bands.
None of those are hardcore bands...
Hardcore is anything fast a heavy, which those bands are pretty much described perfectly...aside from Slipknot's new stuff. Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat. is Slipknot's heaviest album, and it does earn the title "Hardcore".
Wikipedia doesn't have one dedicated "Hardcore" page that I could find, but genres are usually listener defined. The few genres that can easily be described would be hiphop, capitalizing on repetitive drum beats, stylized vocals, booming bass. Ska with it's off beat guitar playing, triad bass, and simple drum beat. Reggae with muted barre chords, intricate drums, simple bass, and carefree vocals.