Birds in Row: We Already Lost the World
A French trio that deliberately keeps a low profile, Birds in Row has established itself as one of the most respected names…
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Being as an Ocean: Dear G-d
The debut album of the American band Being as an Ocean, Dear G-d appeared in 2012 and immediately laid the foundations of…
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Killswitch Engage: The End of Heartache
The End of Heartache, released in 2004, marks a decisive turning point in the history of Killswitch Engage and, more broadly, of…
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As I Lay Dying: An Ocean Between Us
Released in 2007, An Ocean Between Us stands as a peak in the discography of As I Lay Dying. The California band…
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Unearth: The Oncoming Storm
With The Oncoming Storm, released in 2004, the Massachusetts band Unearth established itself as one of the spearheads of American metalcore of…
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Shadows Fall: The War Within
Released in 2004, The War Within stands as the commercial and creative peak of Shadows Fall, the Massachusetts band that played a…
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All That Remains: The Fall of Ideals
The third album from the Massachusetts band, The Fall of Ideals is the 2006 record where All That Remains finally locked in…
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Bleeding Through: This Is Love This Is Murderous
In 2003, Bleeding Through released This Is Love, This Is Murderous, an album that concentrates the energy of the Orange County metalcore…
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Norma Jean: Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
Norma Jean’s debut, released in 2002, Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child arrives like a chaotic jolt out of Georgia. The…
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The Dillinger Escape Plan: Calculating Infinity
Released in 1999, Calculating Infinity, the debut album from the New Jersey band, redefined what extreme metal could attempt. The Dillinger Escape…
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Every Time I Die: Hot Damn
The second album from the Buffalo band, Hot Damn! arrives in 2003 and establishes Every Time I Die as one of the…
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He Is Legend: I Am Hollywood
The debut album from the North Carolina band, I Am Hollywood arrives in 2004 and offers a metallic hardcore steeped in Southern…
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Botch: We Are the Romans
Released in 1999, We Are the Romans is the second and final studio album from the Tacoma band, and it stands as…
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Coalesce: Give Them Rope
The debut album from the Kansas City band, Give Them Rope arrives in 1997 and lays one of the first stones of…
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Zao: Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest
Released in 1998, Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest marks a turning point for Zao and for a whole swath of late…
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Underoath: Define the Great Line
Released in 2006, Define the Great Line marks a major evolution for Underoath. The Florida band sheds part of its accessibility to…
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The Chariot: Long Live
When The Chariot released Long Live in 2010, the Atlanta band had already built a reputation resting as much on their live…
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Misery Signals: Controller
Misery Signals’ third album, Controller, appeared in 2008 and marked a pivotal step for this North American act devoted to a dense,…
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Architects: Lost Forever // Lost Together
With Lost Forever // Lost Together, released in 2014, Architects crossed a decisive threshold. The Brighton band, led by Sam Carter’s vocals…
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Bring Me the Horizon: Sempiternal
Sempiternal, released in 2013, marks the moment when Bring Me the Horizon left the deathcore of their early days for good to…
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Bury Tomorrow: Cannibal
Released in 2020, Cannibal is the sixth album by Bury Tomorrow, a British band that had become one of the pillars of…
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Heaven Shall Burn: Iconoclast
Released in 2008, Iconoclast is one of the most emblematic albums by Heaven Shall Burn, a German act that built its reputation…
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Caliban: The Undying Darkness
With The Undying Darkness, released in 2006, Caliban confirmed their place among the major figures of German metalcore. The band refined their…
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Code Orange: Forever
Released in 2017, Forever propelled Code Orange to the forefront of the extreme hardcore scene. The Pittsburgh band unfolds a radical vision…
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Jesus Piece: Only Self
Released in 2018, Only Self is the debut album by Jesus Piece, a Philadelphia act that established itself as one of the…
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Kublai Khan TX: Lowest Form of Animal
Hailing from Texas, Kublai Khan TX has spent years carving out a reputation as one of the heaviest names in modern beatdown…
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Gulch: Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress
Coming out of California, Gulch left a deep mark on the underground with a small run of exceptionally intense releases before calling…
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Sunami: Sunami
Coming out of the San Francisco Bay Area scene, Sunami made a name for themselves in very little time with a beatdown…
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Drain: California Cursed
Formed in Santa Cruz, Drain brought a welcome breath of fresh air to the hardcore scene with California Cursed, their debut album…
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End It: Unpleasant Living
Hailing from Baltimore, End It embody a hardcore proud of its urban roots and its local footing. Unpleasant Living, released in 2022,…
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One Step Closer: This Place You Know
Coming out of Pennsylvania, One Step Closer has established itself as one of the standard-bearers of melodic hardcore’s revival. This Place You…
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Anxious: Little Green House
Formed in Connecticut, Anxious belongs to that wave of young bands reinventing melodic hardcore by tinting it with emo and pop sensibility.…
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Koyo: Would You Miss It
Hailing from Long Island, New York, Koyo draws on a particularly rich regional heritage, that of a scene that gave birth to…
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Mindforce: Excalibur
Hailing from the Hudson Valley in New York State, Mindforce carved out a solid reputation in hardcore through a punchy blend of…
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Higher Power: 27 Miles Underwater
Coming out of Leeds, England, Higher Power surprised more than one observer with 27 Miles Underwater, released in 2020. Where the band…
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Chubby and the Gang: Speed Kills
When Speed Kills arrived in 2020, it sounded like a record beamed in from another decade, and that is exactly its strength.…
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