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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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Merrick, New York's Shredded bridge heavy metal and metalcore, the Long Island outfit drawing on both the traditional metal riffing of their region and the modern extremity of metalcore to carve out a hybrid sound since 2018.
Palm Springs, California's Shrine of Resurrection, formed in 2021, pursue progressive death metal filtered through metalcore's structural sensibility — ambitious compositions that balance technical complexity with the direct aggression of the modern heavy underground.
Johnson City, Tennessee metalcore and groove metal band formed in 2022, blending the melodic aggression and dynamic shifts of metalcore with the heavyweight mid-tempo chug of groove metal — a young act from the Appalachian edge of the state's emerging heavy music scene.
Sickness Within blend metalcore with thrash metal from the Silkeborg/Aarhus area of central Jutland, combining modern breakdowns with old-school velocity. Active since 2010, they bring internal infection to the Danish heavy music scene.
New England groove metal and metalcore hybrid formed in 2014, mixing heavy, syncopated riffing with metalcore's melodic sensibility for a sound built for the pit.
Sideburn delivers metalcore from Rennes, the Breton capital, where they formed in 2014. Their rhythmically driven sound combines heavy breakdowns with the melodic sensibility cultivated in western France's vibrant heavy music community.
Rogue River, Oregon symphonic groove metal and metalcore band active since 2009, weaving orchestral ambition into heavy, rhythmically driven material from the rugged Rogue Valley.
Sierranegra is a metalcore and groove metal band formed in Buenos Aires in May 2019, featuring members Leandro Andrizzi, Sebastian Mella, Nicolas Petkovich, Javier Veron, and Juan Villarreal. Signed to Carnivale Records, the band released a self-titled album in 2020 followed by the six-track EP "La Alquimia del Rencor" in February 2024.
Devastating Melodic Death Metal / Metalcore (early); Deathcore (later) from San Antonio.
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