ALBACORE… HARDY HAR HAR

An anonymous reader tipped us off to the existence of Georgia’s Amecca, a band whose MySpace bio makes the following claim:

Further on the newly developed genre of Albacore, we created the genre as a dedication to some of the most premium food on the planet, Seafood. We also used the creation of a new genre to display the fact that we are different from every other market band. With fast paced death metal riffs and heavy breakdowns merging styles of bands such as Whitechapel and Oceano as well as The Faceless and Veil of Maya. We step away from the popular “Deathcore” scene by titling our songs after seafood platters and bringing awareness to the dying breeds of the Sea.

Now, I think this is worth talking about for the following reason: while it’s clear that these dudes have a sense of humor, they do not have a sense of humor the way I think they should. Allow me to clarify:

1. Creating “Albacore” as a dedication to seafood ignores the already popular crabcore genre. Unless these guys don’t count crabs as seafood, in which case they’re retarded.
2. The creation of a new genre tag is not, as the band claims, “the creation of a new genre.” Nor does titling their songs after seafood platters really make them “step away from the popular ‘deathcore’ scene.” In fact, this band just plays terrible, third-rate deathcore that is in no way comparable to The Faceless or Veil of Maya. Hell, I don’t like Whitechapel or Oceano, but I’ll go on record right now as saying that both of those bands are better than Amecca.
3. They seem to be unaware of the existence of Jessica Alba’s Gorgeous Ass, the world’s true (and tr00) first Albacore band.

In conclusion: young bands need to take note that a not especially clever gimmick is not going to separate you from the pack. At least Slipknot were motivated enough to make costumes, fellas. All you get is one shitty post on one overrated website, and then poof!, no one remembers who you are.

-AR