Going into this project, I wasn't sure what kind of music video I wanted to shoot, or what genre to choose, but I definitely wanted to choose something I liked. If you've been reading my blog posts, then you know I frequent local hardcore shows, and am in touch with several local and non-local bands! I asked around and then remembered Jade was in a band... and well. The rest is history.
Even though I know in depth what hardcore is and what its different aspects are, my beautiful blog readers don't! Let me educate you guys then. Hardcore, or more specifically, hardcore punk music (also abbreviated HxC) is a broad genre of music made up of multiple sub-genres, all consisting of faster-paced, more aggressive music. HxC isn't about the music as much as it is the mindset and views a person has. Hardcore lyrics often express ideas regarding anti-establishment, anti-authoritarian, anti-militaristic, and pro-environmentalist sentiments. Opinions and views in hardcore communities all tie into generally left-wing views, several bands taking stances on ideologies such as anarchism and other varieties of socialism.
More onto Soshe, it's hard to say, but judging by their drums, vocals, and guitar-playing styles, I would say they fit more into the metalcore, sasscore, and mathcore subgenres of HxC. What exactly is sasscore, metalcore, and mathcore, though? Allow me to explain: metalcore is the broad fusion of hardcore punk and heavy metal, with one of its subgenres including mathcore, which is exactly like metalcore, but includes complex and varied rhythms in songs with irregular time signatures, etc. Some of my favorite mathcore bands are Converge, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Skycamefalling. Then... there's their weird cousin: sasscore. Sasscore is it's own thing, honestly. It's so niche that it doesn't even have it's own wikipedia page and you have to go under the "sass" subgenre under the Screamo wiki to do research on it. Basically, sasscore is a fusion between hardcore punk and the sound of the San Diego screamo scene in the early 2000's, with bands such as Tower of Rome, Daughters, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, and The Jonbenet being some of my favorite sasscore bands. I forgot to mention this, but some good metalcore bands are On Broken Wings, A Long Winter, 7 Angels 7 Plagues, and Sleeping With Sirens.
Below are live performances from a few of the bands I had mentioned.
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