Post-Hardcore

The post-hardcore , as its name suggests it, is a kind of music derived from the movement Punk hardcore.

General information

It is with Washington that this kind of music appeared in the middle of the Années 1980, with the label Dischord Records for example, but there remained relatively confidential until the beginning of the Années 1990.

The post-hardcore, like musical genre, is characterized by precise rhythmes and sounds of guitar powerful accompanied by vocal performances which are often a mixture of whispers and cries piercing. This kind of music rests on a single balance of dissonance and melody, a alternace of strong and fast rates/rhythms hardcore with calmer and more subtle sonorities. With its hardcore roots, it Miss intensity and social conscience as well as the punk ethics of DIY.

This kind also gathers groups having inclinations for the art rock'n'roll like Fugazi, Alesana, Drive Like Jehu, Rites off Spring, Bear vs. Shark, Moss Icon, Quicksand, Hot Water Music, The Blood Brothers, Unsane, Defdump, The Fall off Troy, Glassjaw, After Words, At the Drive-In or Hoover.

The post-hardcore lost its popularity throughout the years 1990 and almost disappeared today, even if the kind always thrives in more underground circles or in more radical forms. It is the case of the Emo and the Math rock'n'roll, which derive from the post-hardcore but which since diverged and developed in distinct kinds themselves.

Song

In the post-hardcore, the song is a mixture of melody harmonies, cries and whispers what explains why the music post-hardcore has the reputation to be an emotive style. This style of song developed with characters as Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat which mélangait the song with the cries.

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