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rosemary (2023)
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L'Envol (2024)
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Lisbon-based metalcore act active since 2025, merging hardcore punk's confrontational energy with heavy metal's technical ambition. Their compositions trade between aggressive breakdowns and melodic passages with the dynamic range that defines the genre.
Bratislava-based death metal/deathcore act active since 2012, fusing death metal's guttural extremity with modern breakdown-heavy dynamics. Their compositions alternate between blasting intensity and crushing, floor-dropping breakdowns.
Self-described thrashcore trio from Linz, Austria, featuring Michael Morawetz on guitar and vocals, Thomas Roithmayr on bass, and Christoph Berger on drums. Their 2019 album "Deception" delivers eleven tracks of socially conscious thrash-infused metalcore.
German metalcore band from Dinslaken, formed in 2017. They deliver aggressive metalcore with heavy breakdowns and intense vocal performances.
Finnish melodic death metal and metalcore band from Äänekoski, formed in 2014. They deliver dead-eyed melodeath with metalcore intensity from central Finland.
Békés-based melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2012, blending Gothenburg-inspired guitar harmonies with metalcore's dynamic structures and breakdown-driven intensity. Their sound bridges the melodic death metal tradition with modern extreme metal's visceral energy.
Spanish metalcore and crossover band from Mataró near Barcelona, formed in 2018. They combine metalcore heaviness with crossover energy from the Catalan coast.
Metallic hardcore from Austin.
Metalcore and melodic death metal band from Leyland near Preston, formed in 2022, described as one of Preston's heaviest. Their album Absolution Denied features a five-piece lineup delivering crushing metalcore with melodic death metal intensity.
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