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Santa Paula, California band formed in 2019 that merges the aggression of death metal with metalcore structure, delivering a hard-hitting sound from the Ventura County underground.
Boden's Slowgate have evolved from heavy/thrash metal to groove metal/metalcore from the Norrbotten garrison city since 2023. Their measured-passage name channels the deliberate pace of restricted entry into compositions of military-town intensity.
Chaparral, New Mexico melodic deathcore and metalcore band formed in 2012, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal guitar work with the breakdowns and dynamics of modern metalcore.
Florida Southern metal and metalcore band whose Bandcamp handle references the number 666, merging the groove-heavy riffing of Southern metal with the aggressive breakdowns of metalcore.
Vienna-based melodic death metal outfit with metalcore leanings, Snatched Cord debuted in 2012 with the single "Focus," a five-and-a-half-minute track demonstrating their blend of melodic death metal hooks and modern metal dynamics. Their sound draws from the Scandinavian melodeath tradition filtered through a Viennese perspective.
Metalcore band from Midland, Texas, active since 2013, operating out of the West Texas oil country with a sound rooted in aggressive riffing and melodic intensity common to the genre.
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Solace and Stable is a technical melodic death metal and metalcore band from St. Louis, Missouri, formed in 2012, merging intricate guitar work and melodic songwriting with the rhythmic intensity of metalcore.
Solar Impulse is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Tempe, Arizona, formed in 2013, fusing melodic extremity with metalcore dynamics in the Arizona desert's active heavy music community.
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