Metalcore

Some people can look past the screaming intelligible vocals, and some can't. I cannot, therefor I don't like it.

A scream is like an exclamation mark or a curse word. If you use it too often, it loses all its meaning. If everything is double fortissimo, than nothing is. You have to have rises and falls for the highs to have meaning. Metalcore is typically all highs. Just not my thing. A little screaming at the right place goes a long way.

I can agree that some of the names are ridiculous. I got into Shadows Fall about 12-13 years ago, and that's what sort of introduced me to this genre. However, Shadows Fall strikes me as a bit different.

Link some metalcore stuff I have no idea what we are discussing

Shadows Fall

All That Remains

Early Avenged Sevenfold

Its basically shitty Killswitch Engage ripoffs. Vocals tend to be harsh verse, clean chorus. The music is based around the breakdown in the middle of the song, no solos or anything technical. Its all about bringing the sick mosh, good music is secondary. Oh and the "moshing" consists mainly of spin kicks and other karate moves. The fans tend to wear skinny jeans, have emo hair, and a ton of piercings.