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Melbourne's Terminal Sleep formed in 2022, fronted by vocalist Bec Thorwesten, and quickly broke through the Australian hardcore scene with their debut EP Chapter 1: No Solace the same year. A viral live video earned international attention and endorsements from Matt Heafy and Anthony Fantano, and a companion EP Chapter 2: Elicit Fear followed just six months later. The band subsequently signed to Nuclear Blast Records, positioning them among the most prominent emerging acts in the Australian heavy music scene.
Testify is a thrash metal/metalcore band from Oelde/Ennigerloh, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
Tetrarch formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2007 when guitarists Diamond Rowe and Josh Fore began collaborating in middle school, evolving from a thrash-influenced early sound into a nu-metal and metalcore hybrid that helped drive the nu-metal revival of the late 2010s. Their 2017 debut full-length Freak, produced by Dave Otero, introduced polished production that balanced heavy riffing with melodic choruses, followed by Unstable (2021) and The Ugly Side of Me (2023). Diamond Rowe is among the few Black women to front a nationally recognized heavy metal act.
Hard-hitting Groove Metal / Metalcore out of Texas.
Formed in Montreal, Quebec, in 2004 under the name The Tempest, The Agonist built their reputation on a volatile blend of melodic death metal and metalcore distinguished by the contrast between screamed aggression and soaring clean vocals. The band rose to prominence with founding vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, releasing standout albums including Lullabies for the Dormant Mind (2009) and Prisoners (2012) before White-Gluz departed in 2014 to join Arch Enemy. Vocalist Vicky Psarakis fronted the band through three further records, culminating in Orphans (2019), before the group disbanded in May 2023.
Formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2000, The Agony Scene emerged from the Christian metalcore underground, initially drawing comparisons to Zao and Overcome before signing with Solid State Records. Their Roadrunner Records debut The Darkest Red (2005) broadened their audience with a punishing metalcore sound threaded with melodic death metal riffing and vocalist Mike Williams' raw delivery. The band released Get Damned on Century Media in 2007, went dormant for years, and returned with Tormentor in 2018 before announcing a fifth album in 2025.
Minneapolis' The Angle Obscure have been carving out a space between metalcore's emotional force and progressive metal's structural ambition since 2009, building songs that shift between crushing aggression and intricately arranged melodic passages. They're a product of a Twin Cities scene that has long prized musical craft alongside intensity.
The Black Goo is a thrash metal/metalcore band from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2022. They fuse thrash metal's speed with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
The Burial Chamber from Granollers near Barcelona deliver metalcore from the Catalan industrial belt since 2012. Over a decade of output, their sepulchral name has driven compositions that balance aggressive breakdowns with the melodic sensibility of the Barcelona satellite scene.
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