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8kids is a German post-hardcore band formed in Darmstadt in 2013 by vocalists and guitarists Hans Koch and Jonas Jakob. The band signed to Napalm Records in 2016 and released their debut studio album Denen die wir waren in 2017, followed by Blüten and the live release Wir bleiben Kids in 2019. Sung primarily in German, their music blends post-hardcore intensity with melodic accessibility, earning them a dedicated following in the German-speaking rock and metal underground.
AXTY is a metalcore and nu-metalcore band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2016 by vocalist Felipe Hervoso as a solo project originally named Anxiety, later expanding into a full quartet with guitarist Felipi Grivol, bassist Jonathas Peschiera, and drummer Gabriel Vacari. Their music draws on contemporary metalcore acts such as Architects and Bring Me the Horizon, incorporating electronic elements and alternating between harsh screams and clean vocals. Their 2024 album Hannya spans nu-metalcore, post-hardcore, and electronic territory, with lyrics centered on mental health and personal resilience.
Cave In formed in Methuen, Massachusetts in 1995, beginning as a metalcore act before undergoing one of the more dramatic stylistic evolutions in underground heavy music, shifting from the technical aggression of Until Your Heart Stops (1998) to the sprawling space-rock of Jupiter (2000). They signed to RCA Records and released the alternative rock-oriented Antenna in 2003, then went on hiatus in 2006 before reforming in 2009 and returning to heavier territory. The band remains active and is regarded as a key bridge between hardcore, progressive rock, and post-metal.
CELESTE formed in Lyon, France in 2005, emerging from that city's hardcore punk scene and gradually fusing black metal harshness, sludge heaviness, and post-hardcore dynamics into an unrelenting and emotionally suffocating sound. The band released their debut full-length Nihiliste(s) in 2008 on Denovali Records and followed it with a series of similarly dense French-language records, before signing to Nuclear Blast for Assassine(s) in 2022. All of their albums carry stripped grammatical titles that function as singular aesthetic statements.
Ceremony formed in Rohnert Park, California in 2005, releasing their debut EP Ruined on Malfunction Records that same year and quickly establishing themselves in the California hardcore underground with a raw powerviolence-adjacent approach. Over subsequent albums, the band underwent a deliberate stylistic migration through 1980s-influenced hardcore, garage rock, and post-punk, exploring a range of sounds while retaining an underlying confrontational energy. They have released six studio albums and remain active.
City of Caterpillar formed in Richmond, Virginia in 2000, becoming one of the central acts in the early American screamo movement alongside Pg. 99 and Majority Rule, building lengthy compositions that shifted between near-ambient quiet and shattering emotional climaxes. The band released a self-titled full-length and split releases before disbanding in 2003, with the recordings gaining wider recognition in subsequent years as touchstones of the form. The band reunited in 2016 and released their second album Mystic Sisters in 2022.
Cloakroom formed in Indiana in June 2012, developing a sound that drew equally from shoegaze's textured reverb, 1990s slowcore melancholy, and hardcore's physical weight, with reference points including Hum and Red House Painters. Their debut Further Out appeared in 2015, and the band went on to release Time Well (2017) and Dissolution Wave (2022) on Relapse Records. Their 2025 album Last Leg of the Human Table continued their exploration of heavy, introspective guitar music.
Orlando thrash metal project from the Florida underground.
Formed in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2016, Erdve play a corrosive blend of sludge metal and post-hardcore rooted in the city's underground scene, with members drawn from acts including Nyksta and Spirale. Their debut album Vaitojimas (2018) on Season of Mist established them as one of Eastern Europe's most confrontational extreme bands, a reputation sharpened on the abrasive follow-up Savigaila (2021). Lyrically, the band confronts domestic violence, systemic cruelty, and extremism, and they are known for performances in unconventional spaces such as a Soviet-era prison and a medieval Vilnius church.
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