The 1980s saw the development of post-hardcore, which took the hardcore style in a more complex and dynamic direction, with a focus on singing rather than screaming.

1995's King for a Day ... Fool for a Lifetime varies greatly from song to song in style ; post-hardcore / punk, country, jazz, along with other signature FNM elements, are woven together seamlessly throughout the album, making it a favorite among loyal fans.

According to Stewart Mason of Allmusic, the " increasingly melodic " style of Swedish death metal combines the post-hardcore aggression and guttural vocals of black metal with melodic and technically proficient guitar lines.

The Cooper Temple Clause had been associated by some with the revival of prog-rock, although their influences also included the post-hardcore style of At the Drive-In, as well as the typical 1990s-era Britpop sound of bands such as Blur and Oasis.

Since its beginnings, No Idea has remained a foundation of the Gainesville punk scene and is considered by many to have spawned its very own style of punk rock, sometimes half-jokingly referred to as " beard punk " or " beardcore ," due to the large proportion of members in bands having beards, or more commonly as variations of emo, post-hardcore, and pop-punk.

Their style of less aggressive, melodic hardcore was influential to emocore, as well as post-hardcore ; they being influenced by The Faith and their 1983 EP Subject to Change.

Stewart Mason of Allmusic stated that the " increasingly melodic " style of Swedish death metal combines the post-hardcore aggression and guttural vocals of black metal with melodic and technically proficient guitar lines.

Some metalcore and post-hardcore bands such as Horse the Band, Asking Alexandria, Attack Attack !, and Enter Shikari incorporate synthesizers that add a dance beat style to the breakdown.

The band kept a similar sound on their second album, Cries of the Past, featuring occasional traces of black metal, but the band later moved away from this style to embrace a more melodic-leaning post-hardcore sound.

A review by Alex Henderson of Allmusic classifies the album under an alternative rock style which could be described as screamo, post-hardcore, or melodic hardcore, and which differed from full-out metalcore.

Naked Raygun began in the hardcore punk style, later branching out into post-hardcore territory.

Their musical style has been labeled as emo, screamo, post-hardcore, alternative rock, pop-punk, punk rock, hard rock, and metalcore.

Their style is influenced by art rock and post-hardcore.

Their musical style has been labeled as post-hardcore, emo, screamo, metalcore, alternative metal and southern rock.

The band is often described as post-hardcore because this genre encompasses a wide range of musical styles, making it a general enough term to be applied to Hawthorne Heights ' diverse style.

Yourcodenameis: milo's style has been influenced by earlier post-hardcore / progressive bands, especially Cave In, Shellac, Fugazi and At the Drive-In.

The former style of song often featured vocalist Jamie Lenman switching between shouting and whispering, a technique often used in heavy metal and post-hardcore music.

It is notable for showcasing the band's expansion in style, towards a more post-hardcore sound with a Bad Brains influence, and also for having some of the first compositions of Dave Grohl.

The Fall on Deaf Ears played in the post-hardcore style typical of bands such as The Nation of Ulysses and Circus Lupus.

13 Songs is a compilation of all the songs from the American post-hardcore band Fugazi's first two EPs.

Embrace was a short-lived post-hardcore band from Washington, D. C., which lasted from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986 and was one of the first bands to be dubbed in the press as emotional hardcore, though the members had rejected the term since its creation.

Influenced by the post-hardcore group At The Drive In, the band's first release also featured a guest appearance from Dr. Know of the hardcore-punk band, Bad Brains, as well as the revised " Delirium Trigger ", " 33 ", and " Junesong Provision " from the Delirium Trigger EP.

Alternative Press gave the album four-and-a-half out of five stars, commenting that " with new guitarist Jade Puget adding a sense of brooding, thespian eloquence to the disc's shadowy post-hardcore, AFI all but reinvented themselves ," and " With longer, deeper, richer, more complex compositions than they've ever attempted before, Black Sails tackles everything from brooding hardcore ... to shimmering balladry ..." The publication also went as far as to say that Black Sails is " their first epic.

Alexisonfire is the first studio album released by the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire.

Recently, he produced the EP Deer Strutter, the first from the UK band Cars As Weapons, and a full length titled Days Above Ground from Australian post-hardcore band, Paper Arms.

The album develops the strong sci-fi / post-hardcore sound of the group from their first mini album, All Roads to Fault.

Bloom was the second drummer, although technically the first official drummer of post-hardcore band From First to Last.

* British post-hardcore punk band Million Dead took their name from a line in the Refused song The Apollo Programme was a Hoax

The genre took shape in the mid-to late-1980s with releases from bands from cities that had established hardcore punk scenes, in particular from the scenes in Washington, D. C. such as Fugazi as well as slightly different sounding groups such as Big Black and Jawbox that stuck closer to the noise rock roots of post-hardcore.

Formed by Tomas Squip, Fred " Freak " Smith, Dug E. Bird ( Birdzell ) and Bruce Atchley Taylor, they were pioneers of the post-hardcore genre and the Revolution Summer which took place in the Washington D. C. hardcore in the mid -' 80s with similar bands like Embrace, Rites of Spring and Gray Matter, among others.

* Gauge ( band ), post-hardcore band from Chicago, Illinois, USA

Chicago, which alongside the Midwestern United States has been important to the progression of math rock, also saw the birth of post-hardcore acts such as the examples of Shellac, Tar, Trenchmouth, and the Jade Tree-released group Cap ' n Jazz ( as well as the subsequent related project Joan of Arc, which also released their work through Jade Tree ).

Their second album, Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby, was a heavy yet nuanced entry into early 1990s post-hardcore, and was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series, and at the 25th anniversary concert for Touch and Go Records held in Chicago in September 2006.

Their B Sides & Rarities compilation includes cover songs from favorite artists, ranging from metal, hard rock ( Lynyrd Skynyrd ) and post-hardcore ( Helmet and Jawbox ), to gothic rock, art rock and new wave ( Duran Duran, Cocteau Twins and The Cure ), R & B ( Sade Adu ) and hip hop ( a collaboration with B-Real of Cypress Hill ).

Big Black has also been closely associated with post-hardcore and noise rock.

AFI's volatile sound has been described with many genres, including hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk rock, horror punk, post-punk revival and alternative rock.

* American post-hardcore band La Dispute's song " Four " is written about an alternative version of this story, with a Great King taking the role of separating the lovers, due to her neglecting her duties at the loom.

Thursday announced on April 2, 2008 via a MySpace bulletin and their official website a new split album with Japanese post-hardcore band, Envy.

Brand New, from the New York City suburb of Levittown, has gained critical acclaim by emerging from their post-hardcore roots to becoming one of the more unique indie rock bands with their most recent release, The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me ( 2006 ).

Richmond also has a small post-hardcore scene with bands such as Remaniscense, Wow, Owls!

The label is known for its role in the evolution of hardcore and metallic post-hardcore with important releases by bands such as Youth of Today, Warzone, Sick of It All, Quicksand, Side By Side, Chain of Strength, Shelter, Judge, No For An Answer, and End of a Year.

The band, which has been classified as post-hardcore, embraced " pop influences and a skewed sense of songwriting " while coming from a hardcore punk background " courtesy of their affiliation " with Dischord.

Manny has recently been playing shows with influential New Jersey post-hardcore band Thursday.

Their new label had started off with mostly post-hardcore and noise rock bands, but later incorporated emo, punk, melodic hardcore and experimental groups into their line-up.

Bassist Adam Russell was announced to be the bassist of post-hardcore band Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, along with Craig Owens ( lead vocalist, ex-Chiodos ), Matt Good ( guitarist, From First to Last ), Nick Martin ( guitarist, Underminded ), and Aaron Stern ( drummer, Matchbook Romance ).

It combines post-hardcore influences with melodic elements and personal, emotional lyrics.

Prior to Brand New's official formation, in the late 1990s Jesse Lacey, Garrett Tierney, Brian Lane were all members of the post-hardcore band The Rookie Lot, along with Brandon Reilly and Alex Dunne of Crime in Stereo.

" The band gained exposure in the local scene through playing shows with alternative rock contemporaries Midtown and post-hardcore bands like Glassjaw, while also self-releasing a four-song demo.

* Bridge and Tunnel are a New York punk / post-hardcore band, with a number of releases on the No Idea Records label.

Sense Field has been largely credited with bringing post-hardcore / emo to a more mainstream audience alongside contemporaries like Sunny Day Real Estate, Jimmy Eat World and Texas Is the Reason.