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Let You Go (2024)
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Halo (2017)
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Sound of Silence deliver melodic death metal and metalcore from the Asturian city of Gijon, combining Scandinavian melodeath with modern heaviness. Active since 2007, they bring Simon & Garfunkel-referencing intensity to the Cantabrian coast.
Metalcore band from Kapelle-op-den-Bos in Flemish Brabant, active since 2016. Their breakdown-heavy approach channels emotional intensity through the rhythmic aggression and dynamic shifts characteristic of modern metalcore.
Source of Mysteries is a metalcore band from Montevideo, Uruguay, originally formed in 2011 and reconstituted in late 2016. The five-piece lineup — featuring two guitarists, drums, bass, and vocals — has released two albums, Resiliencia and Trauma, available on Bandcamp.
South Arsenal is a Chicago, Illinois band formed in 2017 that blends thrash metal's speed and aggression with metalcore's structural dynamics, carving out a hard-edged sound in the city's active heavy music scene.
Space Monkey is a metalcore outfit from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2018. They operate within the aggressive riff-driven sound of the Midwest metalcore scene, blending heavy breakdowns with melodic sensibility.
Space of Variations formed in Ukraine in 2009, establishing themselves within the modern metalcore and alternative metal landscape before an early hiatus and reformation in 2015. Their full-length debut Mind Darknet (2018) announced a sound that blends metalcore aggression with electronic textures and progressive atmospheres. The band signed to Napalm Records and released IMAGO followed by Poisoned Art in February 2026, continuing to build their profile as one of Ukraine's most internationally visible metal acts. The band's output through the years of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has also given their music an added layer of cultural weight.
Dallas, Texas outfit Sparrows began in 2011 with a foundation in melodic death metal and metalcore before evolving toward a heavier blackened death metal sound, reflecting the broader evolution of the Dallas extreme metal scene.
Speak in Whispers blend progressive groove metal with metalcore from Larnaca, combining rhythmic heaviness with dynamic song structures. Emerging in 2025, they represent the cutting edge of Cyprus's growing metal community.
Wolverhampton's SpeedTheory have blended groove metal's rhythmic crunch with metalcore intensity since 2006. Nearly two decades of activity have sharpened their crossover sound into something reliably punishing.
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