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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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Metalcore, melodic power, and death metal hybrid from the Traun/Linz area of Austria, active since 2015. They weave together the catchiness of power metal melodies with metalcore breakdowns and death metal intensity.
French death metal and metalcore band from Perpignan, formed in 2015. They deliver insane death metal with metalcore elements from the Catalan-French border city.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Newcastle upon Tyne, formed in 2021. They bring aggressive melodic extremity to the northeast England heavy music scene.
French metalcore and thrash metal band from Valenciennes in northern France, formed in 2013. They combine metalcore breakdowns with thrash aggression.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Leobersdorf, Austria, founded in 2014 by guitarists Martin and Gabriel. Their releases like "Eclipse" and "The Frozen Choir" blend old-school melodic death metal with modern metalcore, emphasizing technical precision and emotional depth.
Four-piece metalcore band from Derby, formed in 2019, influenced by Arch Enemy, Darkest Hour, and Trivium. Their prolific output including Together We Rise and United We Fall combines powerful riffs, thrashy drums, and melodic hooks with socially meaningful messaging.
Danish death/groove metal and metalcore band from Copenhagen, formed in 2013. They merge death metal, groove metal, and metalcore into a venomous cocktail.
San Antonio metallic hardcore influenced by NYHC. Released on Deathwish Inc.
Värnamo-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.
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