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Görlitz, DE · 2013–present · active
Take the Trash Out from Görlitz on the German-Polish border blend thrash metal, death metal, and metalcore into an aggressive hybrid since 2013. Their location at the easternmost edge of Germany infuses their sound with a cross-border energy drawn from both German and Polish metal traditions.
Leeds, GB · 2000–present · active
Tangaroa is a metalcore/mathcore band from Leeds, active since 2000. Named after the Polynesian god of the sea, their music blends the angular rhythms and dissonant complexity of mathcore with the aggressive intensity of metalcore, making them one of the longer-running acts in the Leeds heavy music scene.
Sofia, BG · 2016–present · active
Sofia melodic death/metalcore band founded in January 2013 by guitarist and vocalist Liubomir Kabakov alongside guitarist Teodor Dimitrov and bassist Nikolay Stoichkov. Their debut album Fighting Myself (2016), recorded at the Delusional Thoughts Studio in Sofia, draws heavily from the Swedish melodic death metal tradition alongside American NWOAHM acts like In Flames and Five Finger Death Punch. The eleven-track record established them as one of the more accessible melodic extreme metal acts in Bulgaria's capital.
Turón, ES · 2010–present · active
Teksuo is a death metal/metalcore band from Turón, Spain, active since 2010. They combine death metal's heaviness with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns from the Asturian mining region.
Barcelona, ES · 2017–present · active
Tempestat is a blackened grindcore/crust punk/metalcore band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2017. They fuse multiple extreme subgenres into a chaotic assault.
Antwerp, BE · 2015–present · active
Formed in Antwerp in 2011, Temptations for the Weak play modern metalcore that draws on Machine Head, Killswitch Engage, and Trivium while maintaining a distinctly aggressive identity. The band recorded their 2026 album The Venom Inside at Grindstone Studio in the UK with producer Scott Atkins, and it features a collaboration with Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage on the track 'Crossroads.'
Oelde, DE · 2018–present · active
Testify is a thrash metal/metalcore band from Oelde/Ennigerloh, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
Bremen, DE · 2022–present · active
The Black Goo is a thrash metal/metalcore band from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2022. They fuse thrash metal's speed with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
Granollers, ES · 2012–present · active
The Burial Chamber from Granollers near Barcelona deliver metalcore from the Catalan industrial belt since 2012. Over a decade of output, their sepulchral name has driven compositions that balance aggressive breakdowns with the melodic sensibility of the Barcelona satellite scene.

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