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Butterflies (2025)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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Hard-hitting Groove Metal / Metalcore from Dallas.
Summers End is a melodic metalcore band from Bowie, Maryland, formed in 2012, combining aggressive metalcore structures with melodic hooks and emotional lyrical themes.
Suncrusher is a Chicago, Illinois groove metal and metalcore band formed in 2017, built on heavy mid-tempo riffs and melodic sensibilities that bridge the aggression of metalcore with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2023, Sunmancer blend melodic death metal with metalcore in a style that pairs melodic guitar work and aggressive rhythmic chug, reflecting the active underground extreme metal scene of the American South.
Suppressed Intentions is a San Luis Obispo, California band formed in 2022, fusing metalcore aggression with groove and thrash metal to produce a hybrid sound rooted in the Central Coast's emerging heavy music scene.
SVNTN is a metalcore band from Round Lake Beach, Illinois, formed in 2022, delivering the genre's characteristic blend of aggressive riffing, breakdowns, and melodic vocal dynamics from the Chicago suburbs.
Swamp Lion is a metalcore band from St. Louis, Missouri, formed in 2020, working within the aggressive rhythms and melodic intensity central to contemporary American metalcore.
Switchback is a sludge and stoner metal band from Hyrum, Utah, active since 2013, delivering slow, heavy riffs shaped by the isolation of Cache Valley's rural landscape.
New York act with roots going back to the mid-1990s hardcore scene, Sworn Enemy evolved through hardcore and metalcore into a crossover thrash outfit known for their pit-ready aggression and unrelenting live energy.
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