(from TheChive.com)

Like it or hate it, dubstep has made its presence felt in the metal scene and it is not going anywhere any time soon. Ever since I first posted about “djentstep” it seems like we’ve been getting just about one reader “this is so aewsome you gotta check it out their the best!!!” email per day with another link to a metal/dubstep mash-up. And as Axl reported yesterday, even Korn are getting in on the dubstep party to the displeasure of ears everywhere.

One of the better dubstep jamz to come our way is this interpretation of one of my favorite Darkest Hour songs, “Convalescence,” done by Arkturus. Reader Isaac Lunsford sent this in, and apparently the DH dudes were so tickled by it they posted it on their own Facebook page:

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Last week I posted about “djentstep,” a sub-genre hybrid that sounds exactly like what you’d expect and is exactly as bad as you’d expect. Shockingly, most of you seemed to share in my disapproval, which was actually more of the “who needs this? meh” variety than outright haterade.

Reader Tony Manka responded by emailing me a whole list of horrible dubstep bastardizations. The worst of those, a dub medley of Pantera riffs, is posted below. Theoretically I could envision that sample-thingy that opens “Cowboys From Hell” being turned into some kind of cool dub remix… but this just isn’t it. Feel free to disagree with me, tell me that I’m just being old, or to show your age by claiming that Pantera suck.

-VN