Melodic Metalcore

Melodic metalcore is a subgenre of metalcore characterized by its fusion of aggressive, palm-muted guitar riffs and soaring, anthemic choruses. Emerging in the early 2000s, it evolved from the metalcore scene, incorporating elements of melodic death metal and post-hardcore. The genre thrived in the mid-to-late 2000s, with its popularity peaking around 2010. Melodic metalcore's cultural significance lies in its ability to balance brutality and beauty, resonating with a generation of young adults seeking intense, emotive music. The genre's relationship to other styles, such as metalcore, death metal, and post-hardcore, is evident in its use of breakdowns, blast beats, and screamed vocals, while its focus on melody and catchy choruses sets it apart. Notable for its blend of heavy, distorted guitars and clean, singing vocals, melodic metalcore has become a staple of modern metal, appealing to fans seeking a mix of aggression and accessibility.

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THE WHEEL
Album - 14 Tracks - Released September 12, 2025

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A Greater Danger
Against All Ødds
All That Remains
And Phobos Falls
Atreyu
Aversions Crown
Bearpit
Beartooth
Between The Buried And Me
Black Out The Sun
Bleed From Within
Born Of Osiris
Breakdown of Sanity
Bring Me The Horizon
Bury Tomorrow
Caliban
ChuggaBoom
Cloudcage
Coldhaven
Coldwards
Comastatic
Currents
Curveless
Dark Below
Dear Fiend
Distant
Distantic
Divine Fallacy
Dreamwake
Embrace The Fire
Emmure
Enquire Within
Enterprise Earth
Eternal Returns
Existenter
Face Yourself
Fallujah
Fit For A King
Freeze the Fall
Ghost Kill
Gideon
Godmode
HENSEI
Hatebreed
I See Stars
IMPVLSE
Impending Doom
In Waves
In the Kingdom of Nightmares
Inimical Drive
Invent Animate
Judge & Jury
Last Call Chernobyl
Left to Suffer
Less Than Hollow
LethalNeedle
Lift The Curse
Memphis May Fire
Miss May I
Molotov Solution
NOVELISTS
Nature Pleads Revenge
Neveragain
Next Door To Heaven
Norma Jean
Odd Obsessions
Of Mice & Men
Of Shadows And Lights
Parkway Drive
Plugs of Apocalypse
SANITY
Saving Vice
Saylem
Sick Century
Silent Planet
Slow Degrade
Stray From The Path
Taking Back August
The Acacia Strain
The Amity Affliction
The Browning
The Cage in Your Head
The Devil Wears Prada
The Word Alive
Thornhill
Torn From Oblivion
Traitors
Trivium
Underoath
Unmute
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War Of Ages
We Came As Romans
Whitechapel
Wind Walkers
World Divided
Your Spirit Dies
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held under.
weknewnothing
Bring Me The Horizon
Asking Alexandria
In Flames
Memphis May Fire
Parkway Drive
Beartooth
We Came As Romans
Trivium
The Amity Affliction
Currents
Of Mice & Men
Underoath
Polaris
As I Lay Dying
Atreyu
All That Remains
The Word Alive
Thornhill
Fit For A King
Hatebreed
The Devil Wears Prada
The Ghost Inside
Emmure
Wind Walkers
While She Sleeps
Alpha Wolf
Miss May I
Whitechapel
Distantic
Suicide Silence
I See Stars
Northlane
Light The Torch
Bury Tomorrow
August Burns Red
Attila
blessthefall
Silent Planet
Judge & Jury
Thy Art Is Murder
Invent Animate
Fit For An Autopsy
Brand of Sacrifice
Chelsea Grin
Left to Suffer
Attack Attack!
Counterparts
The Black Dahlia Murder
Kingdom Of Giants
Godmode
DevilDriver
Bleed From Within
Volumes
The Browning
Born Of Osiris
Veil Of Maya
Any Given Day
Distant
Darko US
Gideon
NOVELISTS
Comeback Kid
Bodysnatcher
Sylosis
Norma Jean
The Acacia Strain
Crystal Lake
In Hearts Wake
Stick To Your Guns
Spite
Sick Century
Oceans Ate Alaska
To The Grave
Oceano
Aviana
Hollow Front
Within The Ruins
A Skylit Drive
Between The Buried And Me
All Shall Perish
Woe, Is Me
36 Crazyfists
Carcosa
Rings of Saturn
Carnifex
Caliban
Breakdown of Sanity
For Today
Job For A Cowboy
Stray From The Path
Dreamwake
The Color Morale
Haste The Day
As Blood Runs Black
Bleeding Through
Phinehas
Gravemind
The Faceless
Misery Signals
War Of Ages