Loathus - Self Titled

listen to The Dream of The Fisherman's Wife by Loathus

kind of late, to post about a DIY band that has been defunct for so long, but Loathus (myspace) were a Belgian band that played the Screamo/Post-Hardcore splendor. apocalyptic and melodramatic down tempo Hardcore, like City Of Caterpillar or Funeral Diner. not the Envy post-rock, but the Mihai Edrisch epic screamo style. with only 3 members, they had dual-vocal elements, very diverse drum patterns and the guitar and bass sound very asymmetric, individually. the sum of these elements gave the band a very 'full' sound and would give today's bands in the broad spectrum of this style quite the run for their their money. 2 members went on to form a (modern) Post-Punk style band OLD WOUNDS (myspace)
Last fm tags as screamo, belgian, hardcore, need to download,real screamo

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Isaïah - Ils consomment, tuent et prient mais ne pensent pas

 listen to Des enfants, j'aurais dû le tuer deux fois by Isaïah

Isaïah (Bandcamp) is an epic(-sounding) screamo band from the southern french-speaking part of Belgium (yes, french is not every belgian's native language), with a lot of influences from the french skram bands. in stead of the ambient twinkly sound of most screamo bands that build their sound around post rock with long soundscapes, these guys also master a more down-tempo dissonant post-metal style and juggle with both succesfully. with those twinkly bands like Envy, Heaven In Her Arms and Pianos Become The Teeth, that seem so popular, I always get a feeling of 'hit or miss' with every song. with this band's style each song hovers somewhere in between at worst.

Last fm tags as screamo, belgian, progressive rock

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