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A metalcore band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, formed in 2018, Written in Gray work within the genre's dual-mode language of aggression and melody without veering into the pop-adjacent territory that defines many of their peers. They represent the more earnest, guitar-driven wing of the contemporary metalcore scene.
San Jose, California's Wrvth have one of the more interesting trajectories in extreme metal, beginning as a technical death metal and deathcore act before gradually shifting toward progressive post-metal and metalcore over the course of their career since 2010. The evolution is genuine rather than expedient, with each era of the band producing work that's stylistically distinct but consistently ambitious.
Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Saint Petersburg, Russia formed in 2020. Wrymind blends Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with modern metalcore from Russia's northern capital.
Four-piece progressive metalcore and thrash outfit from Bruges, Belgium drawing from Lamb of God, Meshuggah, and Testament. Their 2024 debut Interromezzo I combines modern metal riffing with thrashy influences, time-signature changes, dissonance, and ferocious vocals across six tracks.
X.Kernel is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2013 and heavily influenced by the Gothenburg MDM scene. Their 2017 debut album "Face the Truth" on Cimmerian Shade Recordings was praised for its techy, grooving melodic death metal that explores themes at the intersection of physical and virtual realities.
Xaar is an industrial groove metal and metalcore band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2022. Self-described as "Dark Metal From Scotland," they release hard-hitting tracks like "Leper Messiah" and "Destabilize" that blend industrial heaviness with groove-laden metalcore aggression.
xDevourx is a straight edge metalcore band from Belgium, active since 2015 and deeply rooted in the hardcore punk and straight edge community. Their discography includes releases like "Flowers Of Fire, Walls Of Water" and "Defiant Until The End," as well as splits with other edge bands like XREIGNX.
Xenocracy is a melodic death metal band from Graz, Austria, founded in 2020. They released their debut EP "Time's Drowning" in 2021, followed by a full-length album "Impermanence" in 2023, blending different metal genres into a unique and aggressive sound.
xHeartfeltx is a five-piece straight edge metalcore band from Alken, Belgium, playing 90s-influenced metalcore since 2013. Their 2017 album "Strange New World" was released through Mark My Words Records and tackles themes of manipulation, societal hypocrisy, and personal integrity across five hard-hitting tracks.
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