Haste The Day Comes Back to the Metalcore World with New Album "Dissenter" & We Preview It Here

About this episode

Stephen from Haste The Day discusses the band's return to metalcore with their new album 'Dissenter' and the evolution of the genre.

Haste The Day has been around pretty much since metalcore got its jump back in the early 2000's, creating music throughout the entirety of the decade. But in 2011, they split, as it seemed that there was no much futher progression in the metalcore world to be had. Of course an album came out back in 2015, but that has been it. However, times change, and things change. As metalcore has become much more expressive and creative since October 2018 when Architects released Holy Hell, a reinvigoration of the want to make music thanks to a reunion show at Furnace Fest in 2023, and enjoying being together again, it's time to come back. Stephen from the metalcore band Haste The Day is on the Chord Progression Podcast. As the band is set to release their new album, Dissenter, on May 1st, we get into it with Stephen as we talk about: - Why Haste The Day broke up thinking that metalcore was over, realizing that the genre wasn't dead and coming back after a reunion show at Furnace Fest in 2023. - Why the band feels less pressure making new music on Dissenter, able to have fun and not have their entire lives, and identities, tied up in the band anymore. - If waiting to release quality music in…

People in this episode

Guest: Stephen

Topics covered

• metalcore reunion
• new album preview
• music industry changes
• band dynamics
• creative expression

Keywords

• Haste The Day
• Dissenter
• metalcore
• Furnace Fest
• music industry
• reunion
• album release

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Haste The Day

Books & works: Dissenter

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