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Chicago thrash-metalcore band Hurtlocker formed in 1998 and released a series of demos before issuing Fear in a Handful of Dust (2005) and Embrace the Fall (2007) on Napalm Records. Their sound bridged the aggressive thrash metal of the Bay Area with the metalcore aggression prominent in the mid-2000s American heavy scene. The band has since dissolved, leaving behind a compact catalog that reflected the crossover moment between those two worlds.
Hybrid Sheep is a death metal/metalcore band from Arenthon, France, formed in 2014. They blend death metal's ferocity with metalcore's structural dynamics.
Groove Metal/Metalcore outfit rooted in Exeter, channeling thunderous underground intensity since 2012. Their sound delivers the intensity their genre demands with focused execution.
Hyperomm is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2017 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Castle Rock, Colorado's Hämärä — Finnish for "twilight" or "dim" — bring a brooding intensity to their metalcore that earns the name. Formed in 2019, they craft emotionally charged, hard-hitting songs that sit in that uncomfortable space between light and dark.
I Am Heresy formed in 2011 in Delaware as a new project from Nathan Gray, known for his work in boysetsfire and The Casting Out, with his son Simon Gray also among the members. Their self-titled debut (2012) channeled the passionate fury of early boysetsfire filtered through the metallic hardcore of Integrity and Converge, and a second album followed in 2014. The project carries the politically and personally engaged songwriting approach Gray established through his earlier work.
Ripping Progressive Death Metal / Metalcore from Denton.
Nashville's answer to the crossroads of southern grit and metalcore aggression, channeling courthouse swagger and chainsaw riffs into a sound that feels like a front-porch confrontation gone sideways.
Melodic death/power metal/metalcore band from Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle, formed in 2019. Their multi-genre approach channels melodic aggression from Finnish Lapland's capital.
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