Hopesfall

Inspired by the release of Hum's first album in 22 years, we put together a list of 30 essential songs that occupy the middle ground between shoegaze and heavier music - a sound which has existed for decades but is now more prominent than ever.

Following our lists on '90s metalcore and 2000s post-hardcore, this edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at 15 classic albums from metalcore's most popular era.

It features Taking Back Sunday, Underoath, Killswitch Engage, mewithoutYou, Thursday, Converge, Cave In, Every Time I Die, Zao, The Bled, Hopesfall, Touche Amore, Turnstile, Darkest Hour, Be Well, The Casket Lottery, Piebald, Knocked Loose, Further Seems Forever, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, and much more...

Hopesfall's list includes Hum, Deftones, Shiner, Run The Jewels, IDLES, and more...

“When it came time to mix the EP, Mark asked who would be at the top of the list and we jokingly threw Ken's name out there thinking there's zero possibility it would ever happen,“ Ryan Parrish says.

This edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at 15 albums that defined the melodic style of post-hardcore that took off in the early 2000s thanks to bands like At the Drive-In, Thursday, and Glassjaw, many of whom are still breaking ground and/or influencing new bands today

A roundup of all the February installments of punk/pop punk/emo/etc column In Defense of the Genre, along with a list of the five best songs of the month.

Atmospheric post-hardcore vets Hopesfall were doing the post-hardcore-goes-Hum thing way before it became a trend in the 2010s, and their new nine-minute single finds them pushing their sound even further in that direction...

Plus: Saves the Day/Anxious, Nicole Atkins, Deftones, The Decemberists, Andrew Bird/Calexico and Iron & Wine, Laura Marling, and more tour news.

It's Mineral's first show announcement of 2020 and first US show in over a year, and FATA's first show in over four years. They join Converge, Cave In, Boysetsfire, The Casket Lottery, Hot Water Music, Knocked Loose, and more...