Cursed

Not to be confused with a melodic, Doors-influenced New York City goth rock outfit called Curse, Cursed is a Canadian hardcore band that is fronted by singer/lyricist Chris Colohan (who is well-known on Canada's hardcore scene and is a former member of three different bands: Left for Dead, the Swarm, and Ruination). Cursed isn't quite metalcore -- not in the way that Hatebreed and Every Time I Die are metalcore -- but their loud, raucous, harsh, generally fast material does pack a very metallic punch. Hardcore (in a pre-metalcore sense) is their orientation, but Cursed have th...