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Jun 3, 2013 3:29 PM
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hi i am wanting to form a band and am having trouble with the name.So far i have a few decent ones like:behind wounded eyes,suffering i stand,depraved to the grave,and farewell to sanity.please tell me which one sounds the best.also tell me any other band names you can come up with.Thanks ^~^
Jun 3, 2013 7:07 PM
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Those names are very very stereotypical of the genre. The whole Bring me the Horizon sound is already considered very dated, so by using a name like that you'd be lumping yourself into a fad that's not even very fresh anymore. My advice is go for something less melodramatic. (and Depraved to the Grave isn't melodramatic, but it's based on a really corny rhyme.)
Jun 3, 2013 7:31 PM
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You should make a band with a more standout name, try something like Necronomicopter, Destroying the fish of God, or The European Killing Swallow.
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Jun 3, 2013 7:59 PM
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I'm going to give you the best band name I ever thought of, so I hope you appreciate it!

THE FRIGHTEENS!

Get it... like frightened teens... or frightening teens...

On second thought fuck you I'm keeping it!

Depraved to the Grave is clearly the best one. Stick with that.
Jun 3, 2013 8:25 PM
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"The European Killing Swallow" i like this one
Jun 3, 2013 8:56 PM
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Defecate On My Face.
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"Pure Sexism"
Jun 3, 2013 9:01 PM
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"Hitler did nothing wrong" with your soon to be hit first single "If her age is on the clock shes ready for the cock". Only on fuckmyass records

Hey this way people will remember your band more than others

In all seriousness just name it whatever, name doesnt matter if you're music is worth giving a shit about. You already got your names so pick whatever one you like best
JizzyHitlerJun 3, 2013 9:05 PM

Immahnoob said:
Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

tokiyashiro said:

Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

Jun 3, 2013 9:10 PM
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MyLonesomeCowboy said:
I'm going to give you the best band name I ever thought of, so I hope you appreciate it!

THE FRIGHTEENS!

Get it... like frightened teens... or frightening teens...

On second thought fuck you I'm keeping it!

Depraved to the Grave is clearly the best one. Stick with that.


OP, listen to the Big Black album in this guy's avatar to hear post-hardcore done right.
Jun 3, 2013 9:11 PM

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Cbubbles said:
MyLonesomeCowboy said:
I'm going to give you the best band name I ever thought of, so I hope you appreciate it!

THE FRIGHTEENS!

Get it... like frightened teens... or frightening teens...

On second thought fuck you I'm keeping it!

Depraved to the Grave is clearly the best one. Stick with that.


OP, listen to the Big Black album in this guy's avatar to hear post-hardcore done right.
since when was songs about fucking a post hardcore album? Post hardcore wasnt even a thing when that album came out

And seeing how the original posthardcore sound sounded like this

I dont see how songs about fucking can count as one.
JizzyHitlerJun 3, 2013 9:17 PM

Immahnoob said:
Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

tokiyashiro said:

Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

Jun 3, 2013 11:37 PM
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Post-hardcore is an umbrella term. BB obviously came from the hardcore punk scene, yet they couldn't easily be pigeonholed as just a hardcore band (pretty much what the genre means in a nutshell). Same with The Jesus Lizard, Cows, etc. Back in the day they were either called post-whatever or noise rock.

The term was also used to refer to early emo music (Rites of Spring etc) and then even later used to refer to emo-leaning metalcore.

tldr post-hardcore wasn't always skinny teens with scene hair crying about wetting their beds, and it really doesn't have a distinct "sound". It's one of the most misused terms out there.
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Jun 4, 2013 1:44 AM

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@Cbubbles: Please stop. You're ruining music.
Jun 4, 2013 2:05 AM

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Pet rock shenanigans.
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Jun 4, 2013 5:39 AM

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MyLonesomeCowboy said:
@Cbubbles: Please stop. You're ruining music.
more like he's helping people understand certain aspects of music and their origins
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MyLonesomeCowboy said:
@Cbubbles: Please stop. You're ruining music.


Hey, I was replying to someone who got all pedantic about how I labelled a band. I shouldn't have to add some hippie disclaimer like "but at the end of the day genres are meaningless, it's all music maaaaan :D" to talk a little about terminology.

quack.
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No,

what you were doing was flaunting your "sophisticated" taste music in a way that is 1. totally unrelated to the topic at hand (we're here to talk about hypothetical band names...), and 2. embarrassingly dogmatic.

Getting all anal about genre names (especially any names containing words like post-,proto-, gaze, wave, etc.) is pointless. Music journalism has become obsessed with nomenclature and it has effected the way in which people think about and stratify music, but obviously very few musical artists go about naming their sound.

So it's your attitude, that you are some kind of authority on the true meaning of "post-hardcore" and that your version of "post-hardcore" is somehow so superior to the OPs that your comment was somehow warranted, is what I take issue with.

Also, Big Black is Pigfuck. Idiot.
Jun 4, 2013 7:14 PM

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Double meanings are always fun. Try something like "Groundbreaking"

Obviously with a name like this, you must create an amazing sound or influence the genre in some way unimaginable.

Of course, if you end up sucking ass, you can always just go by the second meaning "Ground Breaking" which in the world of death can mean the shovel that breaks the ground of the grave that you and your fellow band-mates will have dug for yourselves.

GLHF
Jun 4, 2013 7:31 PM

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How about, As I Bail Murder?
Jun 4, 2013 7:55 PM

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IntervisioN said:
How about, As I Bail Murder?


I see what you did there.
Jun 4, 2013 10:47 PM

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Cbubbles said:
Those names are very very stereotypical of the genre.

Of the post-hardcore genre. Not death metal.

Just sayin'. Two different worlds.

Jun 5, 2013 2:19 AM

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Death's Embrace ?
Jun 5, 2013 2:02 PM

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"behind wounded eyes"

Generic.

"suffering i stand"

Wat

"depraved to the grave"

lol, are you 5? You don't make your band name a fucking nursery rhyme XD

"farewell to sanity"

Meh.

Jun 5, 2013 2:20 PM

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Fart Troopers.
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Defecate On My Face.


+1
Jun 5, 2013 2:31 PM

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QueenJenny said:

Dude! The Queen Jennys! That could totally work as an alt rock band name! It kinda has that Queens of the Stone Age appeal.

Jun 5, 2013 2:49 PM

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QueenJenny said:

Dude! The Queen Jennys! That could totally work as an alt rock band name! It kinda has that Queens of the Stone Age appeal.

I'm being completely sincere when I say I actually like this idea. Wouldn't fit a death metal band nearly as well though.
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These metal bands always have such corny names. I'm not a metal fan, but I think you'd be better suited to come up with a more personal name instead of trying hard to be hardcore.
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Jun 5, 2013 3:55 PM

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QueenJenny said:
FacelessVixen said:
QueenJenny said:

Dude! The Queen Jennys! That could totally work as an alt rock band name! It kinda has that Queens of the Stone Age appeal.

I'm being completely sincere when I say I actually like this idea. Wouldn't fit a death metal band nearly as well though.


It would fit the genre a lot better than "Fart troopers" :\

Also "Die to Kill"?
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ixsetf said:

It would fit the genre a lot better than "Fart troopers" :

Also "Die to Kill"?

Fart Troopers is still a good name in and of itself.
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katsucats said:
These metal bands always have such corny names.

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I'm not a metal fan...

Then please, for the sake of Meshuggah, don't talk.

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FacelessVixen said:
katsucats said:
These metal bands always have such corny names.
katsucats said:
I'm not a metal fan...
Then please, for the sake of Meshuggah, don't talk.
LOL

If a band needs a hardcore name to be hardcore, then I think we both know the problem with the music industry -- metal fans who go, "Yeah!! I like XzSephirothzX's music because they're named Suffering I Stand.", instead of, "Yeah!! I like Suffering I Stand because they're playing XzSephirothzX's music." And we know it's the former, because if it were the latter, there wouldn't be so many bands with all these tryhard names. XzSephirothzX's band could be named Rain and Roses for anyone cares, and no one would say, "Dude! Rain and Roses are so soft. Go join a boy band faggots."

The fact that metal bands are somewhat expected to have hardcore names is kind of funny...
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Jun 5, 2013 5:21 PM

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katsucats said:
These metal bands always have such corny names. I'm not a metal fan, but I think you'd be better suited to come up with a more personal name instead of trying hard to be hardcore.


LOL!
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katsucats said:
If a band needs a hardcore name to be hardcore, then I think we both know the problem with the music industry -- metal fans who go, "Yeah!! I like XzSephirothzX's music because they're named Suffering I Stand.", instead of, "Yeah!! I like Suffering I Stand because they're playing XzSephirothzX's music." And we know it's the former, because if it were the latter, there wouldn't be so many bands with all these tryhard names. XzSephirothzX's band could be named Rain and Roses for anyone cares, and no one would say, "Dude! Rain and Roses are so soft. Go join a boy band faggots."

The fact that metal bands are somewhat expected to have hardcore names is kind of funny...

*groan*



Maybe Five Finger Facepalm can work as a band name.

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Jun 15, 2013 1:19 AM

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Ive managed to come up with a few more that are a bit more unique death metalish names like drown out the masses,as it splatters,swimming in nitrogen,mortify and demoralize,cripple the caring,and as hell breaks free. and i know the name doesnt matter that much but it can make a difference because nobody will listen to a band if the name is shitty.
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Perhaps you can just search for random words on DarkLyrics.com or Metal-Archives.com to see what comes up.

That, and you don't really have to try so hard to come up with something original. There are plenty of bands out there who have the same name as another band but play different genres and sub-genres of music. ...Though most of them seem to be European based on a quick two item search.


Just name your band Evangelist. It's a cool word. Use it.

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''The swordswallowers''
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