Chiodos lineup:
Craig Owens - vocals
Radley Bell - keys, vocals
Matt Goddard - bass
Pat McManaman - guitar
Jason Hale - guitar
Derrick Frost - drums
"Bone Palace Ballet" still has the elements that made listeners fall hopelessly in love with Chiodos' first album - riveting vocals, creative lyrics, addictive melodies. The first album ("All's Well That Ends Well," (2005) was in-your-face and attention grabbing. The band seemed like it was trying to prove itself. It worked, becoming a more hardcore approach to their style.
On this second attempt, the band has shown tremendous growth. To call a hardcore band "sophisticated" is a stretch, but for Chiodos, it fits. The band has definitely come into its own.
Released Sept. 4, the album has hit the charts with incredible success. It started at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Top Independent Albums. The week after its release, "Ballet" sold approximately 39,000 copies. By October, the album sold 61,000 copies. Not too bad for a sophomore attempt.
Chiodos, has toured the United States at least seven times, sharing the stage with bands such as New Found Glory, From First to Last, Coheed and Cambria, Atreyu, The Used, 30 Seconds to Mars and Aiden.
Many high-profile tours stand out from their virtually nonstop schedule - 2006's Take Action and Warped tours and Atreyu's World Championship 2007.
As a result, the band sounds more experienced; its members seem prepared to explore themselves and their musical limits. Fairly high-ranging vocals from Craig Owens set the mood for the tracks. His voice has a clearer undertone than many vocalists in the hardcore genre, and it's refreshing.
The lyrics are creative and well-versed, and don't repeat themes over and over again. Words are used creatively and verses rearranged continually. The titles even have their own story to tell. A waltz theme heads the album, so the title fits the album well. The musicians explore their instruments, using them in incredible ways.
Melodic metal is at its finest in this album.
Chiodus is not hardcore. Nothing about this band is even remotely hardcore. Check out some real hard core bands. Goggle Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Cro-Mags, Youth of Today, Righteous Jams, Blacklisted.
I'm fairly well-educated about my music and I did a lot of research for this article. Chiodos is classified as hardcore.
I love Minor Threat and Bad Brains. But I would not classify them as hardcore.
I guess it's because I tend to be emo, but I love "Intensity In Ten Cities." It's amazing.
Chiodos is in no way shape or form hardcore. If you think you are educated you are dead wrong. Rent the movie American Hardcore and maybe you will learn a little something. Bad Brains, Minor Threat, and Black Flag were the first hardcore bands. Chiodos is crappy mall core that has nothing to do with real hardcore at all. If you think this is hardcore you might as well apply for a job at Hot Topic.
I've researched hardcore music for nearly 47 years and according to my statistics, Chiodos is considered contemporary christian rock. Anyone who thinks otherwise can fall down a well.
MORE STAGE DIVES!!! MORE MOSH!!!
Well, at least I can say you guys read my articles. :)
Henry, all the bands you're listing are classified as hardcore/old school punk. I already told you I know a lot about the music you've listed and I appreciate it for what it is.
People are entitled to their opinions. I'm not telling you that you're wrong, but I consider Chiodos hardcore.
Thanks for your input.
I've been going to shows for over 10 years now. I think that makes me a little more qualified on the subject than someone who looked "hardcore" up on Wikipedia. Hardcore was born from punk rock, so of course those bands sound closer to punk than Chiodos. The problem is that while I was eating my cereal and drinking my delicious morning 100% Columbian coffee brew, just before I was about to browse the comics section and read some of my favorites, including Pearls Before Swine, I read something that bothered me. See the thing is, it has become common to young kids to mislable this disgraceful music that encourages size XS shirts and makeup-on guys as hardcore. Maybe it's because they read it in a Hot Topic ad, or the almighty AP Magazine. The problem is that these sources are uneducated and know nothing about hardcore. It's when people read things like this that they get the wrong impression of hardcore. I am not saying that you are an idiot an the only one to think this. I'm sure you are smart, but the fact is, you read something about a type music that you are not involved in, and then you wrote an article. I am not telling you that you are wrong (yes I am), but you considering Chiodos hardcore will make them a hardcore band when monkeys fly out my ass.
Thanks for your input as well.
well they most definitely should NOT be classified as hardcore
Chiodos is more Post-Hardcore/Emocore [and yes, emocore IS a genre now days]
Hardcore is more like
Comeback Kid =DD
Bane
Madball
Parkway Drive
Lower Than Atlantis
Chiodos has NOTHING of a sound like that
they're not hardcore
Hardcore has a very, VERY distinct sound
and Chiodos is nowhere near it
^^^ this kid is begininning to scratch the surface of hardcore. now just start going to b9board.com daily and there will be no turning back for you. haha
Henry is right, they aren't hardcore at all. Maybe to your wet little teenage ears they sound a bit heavy, but if you think they are hard core, you haven't heard anything!!!
Your review is much too general. It doesn't explain things clearly. For instance, you say "they explore their insturments wonderfully." Sounds kind of like a dirty sexual gesture...guess your not so wet behind the ears. But you need to explain the "how" or "why" in this article.