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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Estonian melodic death metal and metalcore band from Tallinn, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of experience, they are a cornerstone of Estonia's melodic extreme metal scene.
Eindhoven-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2007, 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.
German melodic death metal and metalcore band from the Herford-Bielefeld-Cologne triangle, formed in 2018. They combine melodic death metal with metalcore across multiple West German cities.
Bristol-based thrash metal/metalcore act active since 2010, 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.
German groove metal and metalcore band from Herne in the Ruhr Valley, formed in 2019. They deliver provocatively named groove-metalcore from the industrial heartland.
Dnipro-based melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2013, blending Gothenburg-inspired guitar harmonies with metalcore's dynamic structures and breakdown-driven intensity. Their sound bridges the melodic death metal tradition with modern extreme metal's visceral energy.
Bristol-based deathcore act active since 2004, fusing death metal's guttural extremity with metalcore's breakdown-heavy dynamics and modern production aesthetics. Their compositions alternate between blasting intensity and crushing, floor-dropping breakdowns.
Metalcore band from Rouen in Normandy, formed in 2020, blending old-school death metal with stoner, thrash, and hardcore influences. Their EP No Peace No Redemption delivers six tracks of socially charged aggression across themes of overconsumption and systemic abuse.
Burnt by the Sun formed in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1999, founded by drummer Dave Witte (ex-Human Remains) and guitarist John Adubato, combining metalcore density with thrash aggression and flashes of dark humor. Signed to Relapse Records, the band released three studio albums — Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution (2002), The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good (2003), and Heart of Darkness — before disbanding in 2011. Their approach to extreme metal was considered influential in bridging hardcore and thrash.
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