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What Post-Punk was to the original punk movement, this was to Hardcore Punk. Obviously Darker and Edgier version of Post-Punk (itself a Darker and Edgier version of New Wave Music).

It evolved basically the same way; by the 1980s hardcore bands started experimenting with the basic template by taking influences from other genres and playing around with song structures (among other things), with the Genre-Busting Minutemen, hardcore forefathers Black Flag and the fast-paced yet often introspective punk of Hüsker Dü being among the earliest bands to come out of this first wave. Many notable bands from this time also took influence from and overlaped with Noise Rock, such as Big Black and early Naked Raygun.

One important scene was concentrated around Washington D.C. and, in particular, Dischord Records, with bands such as Fugazi, Jawbox, Embrace, and in particular Rites of Spring. Rites of Spring began using more melodic riffs, shifting song structures, and deeply personal lyrics. And in this, a new post-hardcore subgenre was born — Emo.

"The Wave" of post-hardcore is a scene gradually building in popularity with bands like Defeater, La Dispute, and Touché Amoré. The style harks back to classic post-hardcore as well as elements of math rock and emo.

Some bands that are commonly referred to as post-hardcore:

Tropes Common In Post-Hardcore:

  • Alternative Rock: A major influence for the genre that, along with Post-Punk, help differentiate Post Hardcore from regular Hardcore. The softer examples of the genre often have songs that are just straight up Alt Rock.
  • Harsh Vocals: Some bands will throw in screamed verses in songs with otherwise normal singing.
  • Metalcore: Post Hardcore was a huge influence on the Metalcore waves that came out after the late 90s. Accordingly the overlap between the two is vast and often vague. While Melodic Metalcore bands generally only take elements from it here and there, other Metalcore bands like The Devil Wears Prada or early Of Mice and Men take deep inspiration from it and bands like Underoath blurs the line so much they can be considered both genres simultaneously.
  • Noise Rock: Both an influence and a close relative of this genre- the two often overlap (i.e. Unsane, The Jesus Lizard, any band Steve Albini was in...).
  • Older Than They Think: There are some casual listeners who believe this genre only came into being in the late 90s/early 2000s, when the truth of the matter is that it goes all the way back to the early-to-mid 80s. Though that can mostly be attributed to the fact that only in the last decade or so have Post-Hardcore bands really experienced commercial success.
  • Post-Punk: A pronounced influence on the genre, and some bands (i.e. the Minutemen, Big Black) can be thought of as both. There are also Post-Hardcore bands such as The Dismemberment Plan and Six Finger Satellite who helped kickstart the whole Dance-Punk / Post-Punk Revival genres.
  • Spin-Off: Both Math Rock and Emo are this to Post-Hardcore. In the case of the latter, it's also a More Popular Spin Off.
  • Trope Codifier: Probably Fugazi, as far as many people are concerned. It helps that Ian Mackaye, who's their lead singer, also runs Dischord Records, which is a key label in the genre's history and has released records by many of the genre's important bands (i.e. Rites of Spring, Embrace, Jawbox, Shudder To Think, etc.). Refused are also an example: their third album, The Shape of Punk To Come, introduced much of the sonical experimentation that many other bands in the genre have since replicated.

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