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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 act from Puttershoek in South Holland, active since 2012. Constructivist brings hardcore-infused heaviness to the Dutch metal scene.
Tampa, Florida metalcore band channeling the intense energy of the South's underground scene through heavy breakdowns and melodic aggression. Their music balances crushing heaviness with dynamic song structures.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Valencia, Spain, formed in 2020. They blend heavy grooves with metalcore dynamics from the Mediterranean coast.
Metalcore band from Schleiz in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver heavy breakdowns and dynamic songwriting from the forested hills of eastern Thuringia.
Green Bay's Conundrum merge metalcore's emotional intensity with progressive metal's technical reach, crafting songs that shift between crushing breakdowns and elaborately structured passages. Their Wisconsin roots give them a down-to-earth directness even within the more ambitious corners of their sound.
Formed in Salem, Massachusetts in 1990 by vocalist Jacob Bannon and guitarist Kurt Ballou, Converge are the foundational architects of metalcore and mathcore, forging a sound of almost unbearable intensity that melds hardcore punk fury with the structural complexity of extreme metal. Their 2001 masterpiece Jane Doe — a howling, fractured record built around Bannon's raw emotional catharsis — is widely regarded as one of the defining albums in heavy music history, ranking among the best metal records of all time in numerous critical polls.
Indiana's Conviction deliver meat-and-potatoes thrash metal from Noblesville with an earnest, fists-forward attack rooted in the genre's classic period. Their music is unpretentious and direct, prioritizing energy and heaviness over technical complexity.
Cincinnati, Ohio band threading together melodic death metal hooks, metalcore structure, and death metal weight into a sound that hits from multiple angles. The Midwest scene's appetite for heavy music with craft and melody is evident throughout.
Denver, Colorado band blending melodic death metal sweep with metalcore structure and death metal brutality, navigating the high-altitude scene's taste for ambitious extreme music. Their sound balances ferocity with melodic reach.
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