Most Underrated Bands

[Hedgehog]

The Get Up Kids and Sunny Day Real Estate - they were pioneers of emo music but people seem to think it was bands like FOB and MCR which really frustrates me, TGUK and SDRE don't get the credit they deserve.

 

mewithoutYou and Paper Route are also incredible.

I love SDRE <3 Mineral is also a great band if you're into the early emo scene.

 

A few more underrated bands are Acroma and The Exies. Acroma is an alt metal band that is absolutely amazing and The Exies are a rock band that simply deserve a lot more fans.

[champion]

Hollywood Undead

I definitely don't see how they're underrated.

[nine naked men]

Mm. Wintersleep. And We Are Scientists.

[Harakiri]

I really enjoy Nile, which I just randomly found while reading stuff on Egypt. It's a combination of death metal and Egyptian mythology/sounds. It's probably got a very limited appeal, but I'm not much of a death metal fan but enjoy their music. I can't say they are popular are not because I've never heard of them and nobody I know have ever heard of them.

 

Hollywood Undead

I see people at Hot Topic wearing shirts for them and I have a lot of friends who enjoy them. They are fairly popular.

[Skully]

Hollywood Undead

I definitely don't see how they're underrated.

I do.

[RpgGamer]

I really enjoy Nile, which I just randomly found while reading stuff on Egypt. It's a combination of death metal and Egyptian mythology/sounds. It's probably got a very limited appeal, but I'm not much of a death metal fan but enjoy their music. I can't say they are popular are not because I've never heard of them and nobody I know have ever heard of them.

 

Hollywood Undead

I see people at Hot Topic wearing shirts for them and I have a lot of friends who enjoy them. They are fairly popular.

 

 

I've heard of Nile. Instrumetlaly, they're wonderful, but they're vocalist is god awful. The drumming in some of their songs...<3:

 

and I'm pretty into We Are Scientists.

 

I think people are confusing "underrated" with "unpopular". POD was underrated. 2 massive hits (youth of the nation, and Alive) and barely any credit. What on gods green earth did Hollywood Undead [as a recent example with a representative counter opinion] do taht was so underrated? Honestly, they sound like a lot of other bands, the masquerade theme is a complete rip-off slipknot, and they're anything but revolutionary. And what massive hits have they had that went rather underappreciated? More like hits they had went unnoticed.

 

[don't get me wrong, i do like Hollywood Undead, but with a willing participant to defend them, I'd like to argue this case]

[Skully]

If other bands sound like them, please let me know then, as I couldn't find anything like them anywhere.

[RpgGamer]

If other bands sound like them, please let me know then, as I couldn't find anything like them anywhere.

 

 

They're nU-metal with an MC, and a piano background. It's a stem from the classic "rapcore" genre of the '98-'02 region. Similarity can be found in bands like Papa Roach, P.O.D., and even Linkin Park. If you get rid of the more orchestrated parts, they even sound a little like Stone Sour at times. using the power of the internet, it is suggested that they also sound like Skillet.

 

My point is, its a less than metal instrument, a rapper, and a yelling guy that has the capacity to harmonize. Classic Nu-Metal. Not bad, just not revolutionary in any way, and without a major forgotten hit.

[Intriguing]

I've heard of Nile. Instrumetlaly, they're wonderful, but they're vocalist is god awful. The drumming in some of their songs...<3:

There's possibly a difference between a vocalist actually being awful, and you just not appreciating their style. I'm going to say in this case, it's possibly more the latter option.

[Skully]

If other bands sound like them, please let me know then, as I couldn't find anything like them anywhere.

 

 

They're nU-metal with an MC, and a piano background. It's a stem from the classic "rapcore" genre of the '98-'02 region. Similarity can be found in bands like Papa Roach, P.O.D., and even Linkin Park. If you get rid of the more orchestrated parts, they even sound a little like Stone Sour at times. using the power of the internet, it is suggested that they also sound like Skillet.

 

My point is, its a less than metal instrument, a rapper, and a yelling guy that has the capacity to harmonize. Classic Nu-Metal. Not bad, just not revolutionary in any way, and without a major forgotten hit.

I've listened to all of those bands and they are nothing like them.

[RpgGamer]

Obviously they're not going to sound exactly the same [not every band is going to sound the same despite bands like Good Charlette, Simple Plan, Zebrahead and Sum 41]. There's also the element taht I'm terrible at thkning of examples. but conceptually, Linkin Park and Hollywood Undead have a lot in common. Metal influences, yelling [almost screaming] vocals scattered among rapped verses, with light harmonization and contrast in the two vocal styles. Linkin Park also usees non-traditional metal instruments such as the piano, a violin, and even some sort of fife type thing in one song. Papa Roach is a little more on the metal side of this equation. P.O.D. also has a metal-type influence, more leaning towards the side of alternative, but also features some fast, rap like qualities and a lot of vamping. Stone Sour is like diet Slipknot [sharing a vocalist and former bass player, RIP Paul]. Early Slipknot had some very heavy instruments, alot of layering [even two percussion players!] but fgeatured some songs that had an almost rap quality to it. Stone Sour takes that quality, but takes away the heavy instruments, to be replaced with a more contemporary set up. Much softer songs that very well could have been Slipknot, were then released [ie. 'Through the Glass' , '30-30/150']. Point being, Hollywood Undead takes a lot from slipknot, not just the image. As for Skillet...I don't listen to them enough to really defend that point. The interenet picked that one for me.

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