A charitable take on hardcore dancing and crowdkilling within metalcore

Hardcore dancing can be traced back to the 80s in New York, and hasn’t gone anywhere. It’s always been a part of the scene, and will always remain a part of the scene. Metalcore might not be EXACTLY hardcore, but it still stands for metallic hardcore. It has its fundamental roots in hardcore and punk music, and therefore the hardcore dancing will stick around.

Is there a difference between hardcore dancing and crowdkilling? Absolutely. Hardcore dancing might be confused with crowdkilling, but keep in mind crowdkilling is the INTENTIONAL hitting of people outside the pit, whereas hardcore dancing is swinging, kicking, windmilling, etc. a safe distance away. If you stand on the edge of the pit, accidents are going to happen.

However, the metalcore scene has been infected by people who can’t take a hit, accidentally or intentionally. Personally, I think we should just hit people intentionally to see if they’re weak or not. If you’re throwing down monkey style in the pit, and see somebody half your size, make sure they know they’re half your size. If you see some loser boys too scared to throw down, you gotta show them the ropes.

We only want the TOUGHEST and HARDEST people in our scene and if you can’t take a hit then you shouldn’t be here. Metalcore is short for metallic hardcore for a reason and we gotta keep it that way.