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Featured Album
Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Swedish band from Boras that evolved from melodic death/thrash metal origins in 2011 into metalcore territory. Their parasitic name captures the clinging, invasive character of their aggressive sound.
German metalcore act from Thuringia, combining crushing breakdowns with melodic passages since 2012. Their approach channels the genre's signature blend of hardcore aggression and metal technicality.
Hungarian groove metal/metalcore band from Budapest, formed in 2024 and combining rhythmic punch with hardcore aggression. Their evocative name captures the cold, withering character of their sound.
French groove metal/metalcore band from Nice, formed in 2020 and combining rhythmic heaviness with hardcore aggression. Their sound merges groove metal's head-nodding riffs with metalcore's breakdowns.
Romanian melodic death metal/metalcore band from Bucharest, formed in 2017 and combining harmonic precision with hardcore aggression. Their approach blends Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with metalcore's dynamic intensity.
British sludge metal/metalcore band from Crawley, active since 2003 and representing over two decades of abrasive heaviness. Their long-running career marks them as veterans of the UK sludge and metalcore underground.
French death metal/grindcore and metalcore band from Alencon, formed in 2020 and blending multiple strains of extremity. Their versatile approach spans the aggressive spectrum from deathgrind brevity to metalcore breakdowns.
German metalcore act from Bielefeld, combining crushing breakdowns with melodic elements since 2020. Their approach channels metalcore's signature blend of hardcore aggression and metal technicality.
Polish metalcore band from Swiecie, combining hardcore aggression with metal technicality since 2010. Their tidal name evokes the ebb-and-flow dynamic intensity of their metalcore approach.
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