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River Black are a New Jersey metalcore and hardcore band formed around 2016 by guitarist John Adubato and drummer Dave Witte (Municipal Waste) following the dissolution of Burnt by the Sun, completing the lineup with bassist Brett Bamberger (Revocation) and vocalist Mike Olender. The band released their self-titled debut on Season of Mist in 2017, channeling post-hardcore intensity through a technical lens informed by their members' extensive backgrounds in death metal and hardcore.
RXPTRS are a metalcore and punk band from Bristol, UK, formed in 2018 and blending abrasive hardcore punk with melodic metalcore energy and aggressive riffing. The band released their debut full-length Living Without Death's Permission through Blacklight Media / Metal Blade Records in 2022, touring Europe alongside established acts and building a following on the strength of their explosive live performances.
Ryker's are a hardcore punk band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 1992, who became one of the defining acts of the European hardcore scene through relentless touring and a catalog of ten studio albums. Known for their technical precision within a hardcore framework — shifting velocities and incorporating metallic riffing without sacrificing punk directness — the band released records through Century Media before a hiatus and subsequent return, remaining active and influential across three decades.
Scene Queen turns metalcore into a hyperfeminine, neon-pink confrontation, using the self-coined bimbocore tag as both joke and manifesto. Hannah Collins builds songs from breakdowns, bounce riffs, trap-pop cadences, glossy synths, and choruses that land like internet slogans sharpened into hooks. The early Bimbocore EPs established the template: exaggerated sweetness crashing into screamed vocals, down-tuned guitars, and lyrics that treat sexism, scene hypocrisy, sexuality, and revenge fantasy with theatrical bluntness. Hot Singles in Your Area expanded that world into a full album, keeping the camp while adding more focused songwriting and bigger heavy-pop production. Scene Queen's music works because the humor is not a retreat from anger; it is the delivery system. A track can feel bubblegum, abrasive, ridiculous, and genuinely furious within a minute, and that whiplash is part of the identity. The project draws from metalcore and alternative metal while refusing their usual visual codes, making spectacle, satire, and breakdowns operate as one loud personality.
Self Revolution is a UK-based Killswitch Engage tribute band formed in 2021, faithfully recreating the full legacy of one of metalcore's most influential acts by covering material spanning both the Howard Jones and Jesse Leach eras. Their live performances capture the intensity and melodic power that made Killswitch Engage a genre-defining force.
Richmond, Virginia's Set for Tomorrow carve a unique space in modern heavy music by blending metalcore aggression with cinematic scope, heavy rock muscle, and even hyperpop flourishes. Signed to Thriller Records after their 2025 EP 'ARCS,' the band has shared stages with Crown The Empire and made their mark at festivals including Blue Ridge Rock Fest and Inkcarceration.
Pompano Beach, Florida's Shai Hulud, named after the sandworms of Frank Herbert's 'Dune,' have been one of melodic hardcore's most respected and influential bands since their seminal 1997 debut 'Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion.' Despite constant lineup changes revolving around founding guitarist Matt Fox, the band's signature blend of metallic hardcore with intricate, harmonized guitar leads and passionately delivered philosophical lyrics has remained remarkably consistent. Shai Hulud's impact on the melodic hardcore and metalcore scenes is disproportionate to their profile, with countless bands citing them as a formative influence.
Siamese are a Copenhagen rock and metal band who developed from the earlier Siamese Fighting Fish name into a streamlined modern alternative-metal act. Their music centers on clean, soaring vocals, tight rhythmic production, and heavy guitars that often sit beside electronics, pop structure, and polished choruses. Albums such as Siamese, Shameless, Super Human, Home, and Elements trace a move from broader alternative rock toward a sharper metalcore-adjacent identity, with songs like "The Shape of Water," "Ocean Bed," "Home," "Rather Be Lonely," "Vertigo," and "Unravel" showing how the band balances accessibility with weight. A distinctive part of Siamese's sound is the way they treat hooks as the main event without abandoning breakdowns, low-tuned pressure, or darker lyrical themes. They fit metal-adjacent and alternative-metal scope through their riffing, touring context, and connection to modern heavy music scenes. Siamese are not an old-school metal band, but their best work makes contemporary heaviness feel sleek, emotional, and disciplined, with choruses built to carry beyond the pit.
Azusa, California's Silent Planet have emerged as one of metalcore's most intellectually ambitious acts, with vocalist Garrett Russell's lyrics drawing from theology, philosophy, psychology, and social justice to create dense, allusion-rich narratives over the band's technically adventurous instrumentation. Albums like 'Everything Was Sound' and 'Iridescent' pair progressive metalcore with post-rock atmospherics and spoken-word passages, creating a listening experience that rewards deep engagement. Their willingness to tackle subjects like systemic racism, PTSD, and existential crisis with scholarly rigor sets them apart in a genre often accused of lyrical shallowness.
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