You know, I was just thinking that even though we have sites like pandora.com or Last FM, musical recommendation are hard to go by for getting into new bands. I'm not sure if this thread has been done before, but if not I think one good contribution to the music forum is letting people come in here and ask experienced people of certain genres of music and what's the best to check out. I just find it more interesting to ask an actual person about something they know more about than a computer. In a nutshell, anyone can come in here and ask what would be the best recommendations for a certain genre. I thought of this because I'm once again searching for new bands I want to add to my collection.

Now, of course we all know it is all mainly opinions so I do NOT want flaming, trolling, or any disrespect to anyone else because of something they like and you don't. However, I stress that when someone answers a person's call to be professional and detailed about what they should look for. No one-liners or "this [insert band name] is col!". Replies should be intelligent. Keep it mature, keep is smart, and don't ruffle any feathers. That's all I ask.

So to start us off I'll move on to why I created this thread. Fairly recently, I've been getting into metalcore since metal + hardcore punk is pretty awesome to me, so I'm wondering what metalcore bands would be best to start off with?