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Swedish melodic death metal and metalcore band formed in 2022, bridging the Gothenburg-style melodic death metal tradition with modern metalcore breakdowns. Their approach combines dual-guitar harmonies with the heaviness and rhythmic attack of contemporary metalcore.
Chico, California's Kattattak blur the line between melodic death metal and metalcore, bringing driving rhythms and melodic hooks together with enough extremity to satisfy fans of both worlds since 2016.
Death metal/metalcore band from Paris, active since 2013 and blending death metal's brutality with metalcore's dynamics. Their confrontational, conflict-driven name matches the combative energy of their genre-crossing sound.
Santa Cruz, California's Kavalkade marry melodic death metal's lead-driven drama to metalcore's rhythmic punch, carving out a sound with both melodic ambition and heavy impact since their 2022 formation.
Boston's Kazmi draw from an unusually wide arsenal — melodic death, thrash, metalcore — blending these into a hybrid sound that captures the ambition of the city's dense and competitive extreme metal scene since 2016.
Moscow melodic death metal and metalcore band founded in 2014 by experienced musicians from various metal backgrounds. Each song is devoted to a specific science fiction novel — drawing from authors like Robert Sheckley, Silverberg, George Martin, and Frank Herbert — as heard on their debut EP 6 Fragments of Apocalypse.
Five-piece melodic thrash outfit from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2017 with releases including Rise. Their sound blends thrash metal's aggressive velocity with metalcore's dynamic structures and groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Death/thrash/groove metal and metalcore band from Copenhagen, formed in 2018 and delivering a versatile, multi-genre assault. Their direct, action-oriented name captures the immediate, aggressive energy of their sound.
When Kholm emerged in 2015 from Chełm, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
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