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L.S. Dunes is a post-hardcore supergroup featuring Anthony Green of Circa Survive, Frank Iero and Travis Stever from Coheed and Cambria, and Tim Payne of Thursday. Their 2022 debut 'Past Lives' channels the raw urgency of early 2000s post-hardcore with Green's unmistakable vocal intensity soaring over urgent, melodic punk arrangements. The project represents a convergence of some of the most distinctive voices in the scene's history.
Lady Radiator were a New Jersey-born post-hardcore and progressive rock band whose short first run left a larger trace than their discography suggests. Formed by Kenny Collette and Adam Kobylarz with a full-band lineup, they released Bounce Energy Hear Me Out through Emerald Moon Records in 2007 and followed it with Party With Villains before going quiet. Their music came from the same mid-2000s ecosystem that rewarded nervous guitar lines, high-register vocals, sudden rhythmic pivots, and emotionally overheated arrangements, but Lady Radiator sounded stranger and less formulaic than many peers. Songs such as "Box Turtle, Magnificent Isn't She," "Ready Explode," and "Ships Are For Sailing Not For Leaving" mix post-hardcore urgency with theatrical melody, mathy guitar motion, and a loose sense of chaos that can feel both playful and desperate. A later streaming and TikTok resurgence brought the band back into discussion, with new activity reframing them as a cult act rather than a forgotten one. Their appeal is the sense of songs trying to outrun their own structures again now.
Marseille's LANDMVRKS have become one of France's most explosive metalcore exports, blending ferocious breakdowns with massive clean-vocal choruses that rival arena rock hooks. Their albums 'Fantasy' and 'Lost in the Waves' demonstrate a knack for crafting anthemic, emotionally charged metalcore that connects across language barriers. Frontman Florent Salfati's seamless shifts between guttural screams and soaring melodies give the band a dynamic range few in the genre can match.
Los Angeles' letlive. burned bright as one of the most incendiary post-hardcore bands of the 2010s, driven by Jason Aalon Butler's unhinged stage presence and the band's genre-defying fusion of hardcore, punk, and soul. Albums like 'Fake History' and 'The Blackest Beautiful' earned them a rabid cult following before Butler went on to form Fever 333.
Southern California post-hardcore outfit Letter Kills emerged from the Temecula desert in 2002 with a riff-heavy blend of hard-charged alternative rock, 80s hair-metal swagger, and punk energy. Their 2004 Island Def Jam debut 'The Bridge' landed them on MTV2 and the Nintendo Fusion Tour alongside My Chemical Romance before the band's untimely split in 2006. A 2023 reunion single co-produced by Joey Bradford of The Used signaled a long-awaited return for the SoCal rockers.
Columbus, Ohio's Like Moths To Flames deliver aggressive, hook-driven metalcore anchored by Chris Roetter's fierce vocal delivery and the band's razor-sharp guitar work. Since their 2010 formation from the ashes of several Ohio hardcore bands, they've released a steady stream of albums on Rise Records that balance vicious breakdowns with memorable melodic passages. Tracks like 'You Won't Be Missed' and 'Nowhere Left To Sink' showcase their ability to channel fury into catchy, purposeful songwriting.
Houston's Long Live The Lights deliver energetic post-hardcore and metalcore that channels the anthemic intensity of Beartooth and Bring Me The Horizon. With polished production and an emphasis on emotional, melodic songwriting backed by heavy breakdowns, the band is establishing itself as a rising voice in the Texas heavy music scene.
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