Springfield, Ohio's This Blessed Hatred fuse the mid-tempo chug of groove metal with the high-tension dynamics of metalcore, producing a sound built for impact on both the stage and the pit.

A Seattle metalcore band carrying the Pacific Northwest's history of heavy music, This Dying Hour have been grinding since 2006 with a style that balances melodic tension against hardcore-derived aggression.

A Richmond, Virginia metalcore band since 2016, This Present Darkness channel the city's storied heavy music scene into dense, aggressive compositions built on thick riffs and high-contrast dynamic shifts.

Daytona Beach's This Solemn Vow have been sharpening their metalcore-meets-thrash attack since 2014, bringing a riff-forward intensity that leans into speed and groove in equal measure.

From Prestonsburg, a small town in Eastern Kentucky's coal country, This Town Has Ghosts channel melodic death metal hooks and metalcore heft into music that feels rooted in both regional identity and broader extremity.

Los Angeles, California metalcore act formed in 2022, entering a city with an enormous and competitive heavy music scene and aiming to carve out space within contemporary metalcore's blend of crushing breakdowns and melodic tension.

Newark, Delaware's Through Extinction blend melodic death metal's harmonic depth with the structural dynamics of metalcore, arriving at a hybrid sound that appeals to fans of both extremes since their 2019 formation. Their approach to brutality is tempered by melodic instincts and a taste for big, cathartic song structures.

Exeter, New Hampshire's Through Fear have been combining groove metal's mid-tempo punch with metalcore's dynamic intensity since 2014, producing a sound that is heavy without abandoning the melodic and structural accessibility of the metalcore tradition. They represent the kind of hardworking regional band that sustains the New England heavy music underground.

Sturgis, Michigan's Through the Ashes have been playing straight metalcore since 2018, bringing the genre's blend of heavy breakdowns and melodic passages to a small Michigan town better known for its proximity to Indiana than any music scene. They represent the kind of locally-rooted band that keeps metalcore's underground alive beyond the major market cities.