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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
05/07 @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Heerlen-based thrash metal/metalcore act active since 2005, bridging old-school thrash's riff-driven attack with metalcore's modern dynamics and breakdown-heavy structures. Their sound draws from both traditions with aggressive conviction.
Termoli (Campobasso)-based death metal/deathcore act active since 2011, fusing death metal's guttural extremity with modern breakdown-heavy dynamics. Their compositions alternate between blasting intensity and crushing, floor-dropping breakdowns.
Spanish progressive death metal and metalcore band from Castalla in Alicante province, formed in 2015. They push death metal into progressive territory with metalcore elements.
British groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2025, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
Progressive metal and metalcore act from Sofia, Bulgaria, active since 2012. They blend progressive complexity with metalcore's dynamic shifts and heavy breakdowns.
England-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2021, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
Parisian death/groove metal outfit formed in 2019, incorporating metalcore breakdowns into their dense, rhythmic attack. They represent the younger generation of the French extreme metal scene.
German metalcore and hardcore band from the Saxony-Thuringia border region, formed in 2011. They play aggressive, hard-hitting metalcore.
Bravecore is a metalcore band from the São Paulo and Guarulhos area of Brazil, formed in 2021. Drawing influence from acts such as As I Lay Dying, Lamb of God, and Asking Alexandria, the band writes lyrics in both Portuguese and English covering motivational, introspective, and political themes. They released their debut EP "Devastação" in 2021 and have appeared at multiple editions of the Metalcore Fest in São Paulo.
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