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Let You Go (2024)
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Halo (2017)
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Emerging from Asbury Park, New Jersey in 2024, Shattered Realm grafts metalcore's intense breakdowns and melodic hooks onto a foundation of death metal brutality.
Cleveland, Ohio death metal unit formed in 2013, drawing from the Midwest's blue-collar underground to deliver punishing, no-frills death metal steeped in the tradition of the genre's American roots.
South Texas metalcore/thrash with interconnected members from Upon a Burning Body.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin's Shield the Survivors play mid-heavy metalcore with an earnest intensity, contributing to the Midwest's steady underground metalcore scene since their formation in 2012.
Metalcore/thrash metal band from Kortrijk with hardcore influences, active since 2017. Their aggressive fusion blends the rhythmic punch of metalcore with thrash metal's velocity and hardcore's confrontational attitude.
Melodic death metal/metalcore band from the Mons and Tournai area in Hainaut, active since 2012. Their blend of melodic death metal hooks with metalcore dynamics bridges two of modern extreme metal's most popular subgenres.
Shots of Blessing is a Guatemalan metalcore band formed in 2010, with Metal Archives placing their formation a decade before the listed 2012 date. Their recorded output includes the 2022 demo The First Breath and the single Delilah, both released independently. The band remains active on the Guatemalan underground scene as an unsigned act.
Florida-based metalcore act Shovelhead have been grinding since 2013, delivering the aggressive riff-and-breakdown formula of the genre with a regional hardness that reflects the state's densely competitive heavy music circuit.
Reykjavik's Show Me Wolves merge black metal, metalcore, and progressive elements into an eclectic hybrid since 2015. Their genre-blending approach reflects Iceland's tradition of musical boundary-crossing and creative fearlessness.
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