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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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Metalcore band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2022 and contributing to the growing Irish heavy music scene. Their sound channels metalcore's blend of melodic hooks and aggressive breakdowns.
London-based stoner, sludge, and metalcore band active since 2018, blending the heaviness of sludge with metalcore's dynamic structures. Their cross-genre approach creates a uniquely heavy sound from the British capital's diverse metal scene.
V.I.D.A. is a melodic death/thrash/metalcore trio from Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina, built around brothers Jorge and Javier Cybula on bass/vocals and guitar/vocals respectively, alongside drummer Javier Cuello. The band released the album "Mentes Enfermas" in 2018, followed by "Memorias" in 2021, and earned second place at the Wacken Open Air Metal Battle in 2022.
Uzhhorod's Vaginnal Headshot merges raw black metal's lo-fi aggression with metalcore's breakdown-heavy approach from Ukraine's westernmost city on the Slovak border. Their confrontational hybrid channels the Transcarpathian underground's uncompromising spirit.
Vanaxul is a melodic death metal and metalcore project from Brussels, Belgium, started in 2019 as an amateur solo endeavor. Releases like "Second Sight" and "Glimpse of Another World" explore the intersection of melodic death metal riffing with metalcore structures.
Vancouver is a sludge metal/metalcore band from Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, formed in 2005. They combine the abrasive heaviness of sludge metal with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdowns.
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