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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The Way We Get It
Single - Released January 15, 2025

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A Minute To Die For
After Hour Animals
Against All Ødds
All
American Standard
Attendant
Avalanche Effect
Bad Astronaut
Bad Friends
Bane
Bane'
Beauty Is Betrayal
Billy & The Kidz
Black Out The Sun
Bleeding Malice
Brave Ones
Bucketlist
Casey
Chad Tepper
Cloudcage
Coldhaven
Coldwards
Comastatic
Coping Method
Craig Owens
Curveless
Deadheat
Dear Fiend
Defects
End of All
Engrave
Existenter
FOURPL4Y
Face Yourself
Favors The Brave
Freeze the Fall
From Fall to Spring
From Inside
GREYSKIIN
GUTS.
Godmode
HENSEI
Hang Your Hate
Harper
Hearts & Hand Grenades
Hot Water Music
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
RED Hands
REVERSE
Random Heroes
Revenant
SANITY
SPIRIT LINK
SUCKERPUNCH!
Say Now
Seek Harbour
Serpents
Sick Century
Stateside
Stay Safe
Such Gold
Sugar Pit
Sugar Spine
The American Scream
The Funeral Portrait
The Ninth Empire
The Stinkeyes
This Frontier Needs Heroes
Touché Amoré
WISNER
We Found The Wreck
We the Least
Welt
What Matters Most?
Where Feet Fail
Where Giants Fall I Rise
Wind Walkers
Wither Away
Your Broken Hero
YÖU
cutback!
eightFour
thrown
weknewnothing
thrown
Wind Walkers
Letdown.
Mars
Judge & Jury
Banda Go Home
Normandie
The Funeral Portrait
Godmode
Peer Pressure
Hot Water Music
SLAVES
Touché Amoré
Comeback Kid
Dragged Under
Sick Century
Propagandhi
Being As An Ocean
Craig Owens
Strung Out
The Bronx
88 Fingers Louie
From Fall to Spring
Your Broken Hero
Boysetsfire
The Flatliners
Lionheart
People R Ugly
Mark Hoppus
Casey
Dead Lakes
Deez Nuts
Hundredth
Alex Gaskarth
L.S. Dunes
Brandon Saller
Have Heart
Harper
Chad Tepper
REVERSE
Bane
Face Yourself
Death By Stereo
LASTELLE
Pulley
Corpore
Lift The Curse
All
letlive.
Cruel Hand
AFTERMYFALL
Strike Anywhere
Say Now
Cloudcage
weknewnothing
Satanic Surfers
Idle Days
New Years Project
The Swellers
Polar Bear Club
The Hope Conspiracy
Blood Youth
Wither Away
Dag Nasty
Avalanche Effect
Belvedere
WISNER
Sugar Pit
Avail
RED Hands
Letters Sent Home
Parkwood
Defects
Roseburg
Engrave
SUCKERPUNCH!
Almost Never Dead
Afterglow
Cigar
Welt
Shai Hulud
Comastatic
Such Gold
Crime In Stereo
Your Demise
Bad Astronaut
Indecent Behavior
Bad Friends
Much The Same
American Nightmare
Blacklisted
No Trigger
SPIRIT LINK
Against All Ødds
Choirdon
Down To Nothing
American Standard
Liferuiner
After Hour Animals
Venerea