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Denver's Met by Moonlight are a young band formed in 2023 working the boundary between traditional heavy metal and metalcore, bringing melodic instincts and structural ambition to a style that often trades in blunt force alone. Their dual influences give them flexibility — the ability to write heavy, hook-driven material that draws on metal's classic vocabulary while incorporating the rhythmic intensity and emotional directness associated with the harder end of metalcore.
Metamedic is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Hjørring, Denmark, formed in 2011. They combine Scandinavian melodic death metal sensibilities with metalcore's structural intensity.
Midnight Realm is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2012. They blend melodic death metal with metalcore's structural dynamics.
A goregrind, death, black, and thrash metal act from the Thracian city of Komotini, Buubhosh emerged in 2020 with a deliberately chaotic approach that mashes multiple extreme genres together. The band brings visceral underground extremity to northeastern Greece.
A metalcore act from the Extremaduran city of Cáceres, Mind Traveller formed in 2025 with a sound that bridges heavy breakdowns and melodic passages. The band represents the newest wave of Spanish metalcore emerging from smaller cities.
Minded Fury is a metalcore act from the Flemish town of Zwevegem, active since 2015. The band delivers breakdown-heavy compositions from the West Flanders underground.
A black metal and hardcore act from the northern Croatian city of Varaždin, Bednja has been blending the aggression of black metal with hardcore intensity since 2019. Named after a local river, the band channels the spirit of the Zagorje region.
Mindfak is a groove metal and metalcore act from Wrocław, active since 2010. The band delivers thick, rhythmically charged compositions from Lower Silesia's capital.
Mindfight is a thrash metal and metalcore band from the Copenhagen area of Denmark, formed in 2014. They fuse thrash metal's velocity with metalcore's breakdown-driven aggression.
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