Melodic Hardcore

Melodic hardcore is a dynamic and emotive genre that emerged in the 1990s, characterized by its fusion of aggressive hardcore punk rhythms with soaring, anthemic melodies. The genre's defining sound features driving guitar work, often incorporating intricate arpeggios and harmonized leads, alongside pummeling drumbeats and intense, heartfelt vocals that oscillate between screams and clean singing. Born out of the DIY ethos of hardcore punk, melodic hardcore gained popularity in the early 2000s, particularly in the US and UK, as a response to the commercialization of punk rock. This genre's cultural significance lies in its ability to convey vulnerability, introspection, and community, resonating with fans seeking authenticity and emotional release. Melodic hardcore draws from post-hardcore, emo, and metalcore, but its distinct blend of aggression and melody sets it apart, making it a staple of the underground music scene.

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Something Something
Single - Released November 8, 2024

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A Minute To Die For
After Hour Animals
Against All Ødds
All
American Standard
Asylum 213
Attendant
Avalanche Effect
Bad Astronaut
Bad Friends
Bane
Beauty Is Betrayal
Billy & The Kidz
Black Out The Sun
Brandon Saller
Brave Ones
Bucketlist
Casey
Chad Tepper
Cloudcage
Coldhaven
Coldwards
Comastatic
Common Vision
Coping Method
Deadheat
Dear Fiend
Defects
End of All
Engrave
Enquire Within
Existenter
FOURPL4Y
Face Yourself
Favors The Brave
Freeze the Fall
From Fall to Spring
GLASSFIRES
GREYSKIIN
GUTS.
Godmode
HALF CAB
Hang Your Hate
Harper
Hearts & Hand Grenades
Hundredth
Idle Days
In Vivid Clarity
In Your Absence
Judge & Jury
Kids Don't Float
L.S. Dunes
LASTELLE
LOVELOST
Last Call Chernobyl
Letdown.
Lift The Curse
Lives Lost
Lost Like Lions
Nature Pleads Revenge
Neveragain
Of Shadows And Lights
People R Ugly
RED Hands
REVERSE
Revenant
SANITY
SPIRIT LINK
SUCKERPUNCH!
Say Now
Seek Harbour
Serpents
Sick Century
Stateside
Stay Safe
Such Gold
Sugar Pit
Sugar Spine
Swipe Right
The American Scream
The Funeral Portrait
The Hope Conspiracy
The Ninth Empire
The Stinkeyes
This Frontier Needs Heroes
Touché Amoré
WISNER
Watching the Abyss
We Found The Wreck
We the Least
Welt
What Matters Most?
Where Feet Fail
Wind Walkers
Your Broken Hero
cutback!
eightFour
never easy
thrown
weknewnothing
thrown
Wind Walkers
Mars
Letdown.
Banda Go Home
Judge & Jury
Normandie
The Funeral Portrait
Peer Pressure
Godmode
SLAVES
Comeback Kid
Touché Amoré
Hot Water Music
Sick Century
Dragged Under
Propagandhi
Being As An Ocean
Craig Owens
Strung Out
The Bronx
88 Fingers Louie
Boysetsfire
The Flatliners
Your Broken Hero
From Fall to Spring
Lionheart
People R Ugly
Mark Hoppus
Casey
Dead Lakes
Alex Gaskarth
Deez Nuts
Hundredth
Have Heart
Brandon Saller
Harper
L.S. Dunes
Chad Tepper
REVERSE
Face Yourself
Bane
Death By Stereo
Pulley
LASTELLE
Lift The Curse
Corpore
letlive.
All
Cloudcage
weknewnothing
Strike Anywhere
Say Now
Cruel Hand
AFTERMYFALL
Idle Days
The Swellers
Satanic Surfers
New Years Project
The Hope Conspiracy
Blood Youth
Belvedere
WISNER
Wither Away
Avalanche Effect
Polar Bear Club
Dag Nasty
Avail
RED Hands
Letters Sent Home
Sugar Pit
Parkwood
Engrave
Defects
Almost Never Dead
SUCKERPUNCH!
Cigar
Roseburg
Afterglow
Welt
Indecent Behavior
Your Demise
Such Gold
Bad Astronaut
Comastatic
Crime In Stereo
Shai Hulud
Much The Same
Blacklisted
American Nightmare
Choirdon
SPIRIT LINK
Against All Ødds
Down To Nothing
No Trigger
Bad Friends
Venerea
American Standard
Coping Method
After Hour Animals