10 Viral Metal Bands That Didn't Stay Popular
4. Attack Attack!
Purveyors of the oft-maligned crabcore meme, Attack Attack! became the poster boys for the emerging American electronicore movement from the late 2000s; a polarizing scene that gave us The Browning, I See Stars, and Palisades, while the rest of the world contributed Electric Callboy, Crossfaith, and Enter Shikari. To say there were levels to this would be an understatement.
Attack Attack! were the talk of the town for a few years on the back of their debut, Someday Came Suddenly, bringing with them future Beartooth flag-runner Caleb Shomo and the ever-controversial future Of Mice & Men frontman, Austin Carlisle. The lead single for the album - “Stick Stickly” - would produce the parodical crabcore meme thanks to the group's very unique play style, which was somehow more ridiculous than the versions sported by blessthefall's Craig Mabbitt and Immortal's Abbath in the years prior.
It was a downhill slope for the band following the debut, with a revolving door of talent passing through the group, resulting in their breakup in 2013. However, AA! OGs Andrew Whiting and Andrew Wetzel revived the band in 2020, releasing tracks that have mashed together electronicore, J-pop, country and post-hardcore, which your writer can confirm is as bad as you think it is. The return EP, Dark Waves, was released in March 2023.