![]() ![]() This classic record earned Killswitch Engage significant attention, and cemented guitarist Adam D as one of the genre's most influential songwriters and producers (a name you'll be seeing a lot more of in this list!). ![]() The band's sophomore LP (and debut Roadrunner release) had everything you could want from the genre - balls to the wall metal riffs, huge breakdowns and catchy choruses. With that said, and in no particular order, here's our list of 12 of the very best metalcore albums out there: Killswitch Engage - Alive Or Just Breathing (2002)Īlive or Just Breathing was a monumental release which really paved the way for metalcore over the decade to come. Since then, countless bands have thrown their hat in the ring (remember MySpace?), and while the sound has changed somewhat since the turn of the millennium, some just did it better than the rest and have stood the test of time since. While the genre's origins can be traced way back to the late 1980s with New York hardcore bands like Agnostic Front and Cro-Mags, metalcore really took off during the latter half of the 1990s with bands like Converge, Shai Hulud, Zao, Earth Crisis and others finding underground success. Metalcore has become one of the most popular sub-genres of heavy music over the last few decades, fusing the raw energy found in hardcore punk music with metal riffs and breakdowns. Photos: (Jesse Leach, Killswitch Engage) - Mark Horton + (Winston McCall, Parkway Drive) - Classic Rock Magazine / Getty Images
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