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Thrash metal and metalcore band from Marseille, France, emerging in 2025 with a sound that fuses thrash speed with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns. Their Mediterranean base brings southern French energy to their aggressive crossover sound.
Electronic metalcore and melodic death metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2016. Their sound integrates electronic production with the aggressive dynamics of metalcore and melodic death metal.
Until the Death is a metalcore band from Kaliningrad, Russia, whose 2013 Darkest Hour EP blends melodic death metal elements with metalcore aggression across four tracks. The band operates from Russia's westernmost exclave on the Baltic Sea.
Metalcore band from the northern German town of Aurich, active since 2015 with their single Reminded recorded at Juz Schlachthof Aurich. Their sound fuses metalcore and deathcore with hardcore energy, produced alongside Henning Ukena.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Nice on the French Riviera, active since 2014. Their sound fuses Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with the breakdowns and energy of metalcore against the unlikely backdrop of the Mediterranean coast.
Uphill Battle formed in Santa Barbara, California in 1999 under the name Crawlspace before adopting their final name, playing a style that drew from grindcore's velocity and metalcore's structural tension. Their two Relapse Records albums — a self-titled debut (2002) and Wreck of Nerves (2004) — were noted for combining the dissonance of Discordance Axis with hardcore intensity recalling early Converge. The band split in 2005 and undertook a brief reunion in 2010.
San Antonio deathcore/metalcore with Texas swagger. Unapologetically heavy with Latin influences.
Metalcore band from Manchester, England, active since 2012, delivering atmospheric and dynamic metalcore from one of England's most musically fertile cities. Their sound channels metalcore's blend of melody and aggression.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Southampton, England, active since 2012 with over a decade of experience. Their sound bridges the melodic richness of Scandinavian death metal with the energetic hooks of metalcore.
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