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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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Providence's Epochsis bring a Rhode Island perspective to metalcore, a scene more often associated with New York and New England's larger cities. Since 2022 they've been one of the younger acts working in a genre that rewards emotional directness and physical impact in equal measure.
Washington State's Equilibrium have been navigating black metal's cold terrain since 2001, channeling the Pacific Northwest's atmospheric bleakness into raw, uncompromising music. Their catalog reflects the region's tradition of isolation-bred intensity.
A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Saint Petersburg-based death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2014, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Death metal and metalcore band from Marseille, France active since 2011. They bring intense, modern extreme metal from the Mediterranean port city.
Thrash metal and metalcore act from Germany, formed in 2025, merging thrash velocity with metalcore's rhythmic intensity. Their concise name reflects a stripped-down, no-frills approach to aggressive metal.
Melodic death metal and metalcore act from Nuremberg, Germany, blending harmonic intensity with aggressive energy since 2007. Their nearly two-decade career reflects deep commitment to the fusion of melodic death metal and hardcore from Bavaria's second-largest city.
Thrash/groove metal and metalcore hybrid from Sion in Switzerland's Valais region, blending multiple aggressive styles since 2011. Their genre-crossing approach draws from thrash speed, groove heaviness, and metalcore dynamics.
Metalcore and death metal veterans from Maasmechelen, Belgium, one of the country's longest-running bands in the style with roots going back to 2003. Their two-decade career reflects deep commitment to the fusion of hardcore energy and death metal brutality.
Metalcore act from the Altenburger Land district of Thuringia, Germany, that evolved from hardcore origins since 2006. Their two-decade career reflects a long-running commitment to aggressive, emotionally charged music from eastern Germany.
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