well im not a fan of all metalcore....but im a fan of more harder metalcore if that makes any sense to you guys....chimaira and kse are considered metalcore, but they are harder and heavier compared to bands like shadows fall or all that remains which is also considered metalcore, but not nearly as heavy in my opinion

but obviously im a fan of real metal too....you gotta throw it back to the guys who got everything started, the pioneers man...metallica (early metallica), slayer, pantera, megadeath....to me, thats what real metal is.....im not big on the "real" metal that is coming out today, bands like childen of bodom and lamb of god and the likes