List of metalcore bands

Metalcore is a broad fusion genre of extreme metal and hardcore punk. Its subgenres include mathcore and melodic metalcore. This incomplete list includes bands described as performing any of these styles, including those who also perform other styles (with the exception of deathcore bands, which fuse metalcore with death metal and are listed separately).

List

Name	Country	Formed	Disbanded
100 Demons	U.S.	2000	Active
108	U.S.	1991	Active
25 ta Life	U.S.	1991	Active
36 Crazyfists	U.S.	1994	Active
50 Lions	Australia	2005	Active
7 Angels 7 Plagues	U.S.	1999	2006
The Acacia Strain	U.S.	2001	Active
Adept	Sweden	2004	Active
Advent	U.S.	2005	2011
Affiance	U.S.	2007	Active
After the Burial	U.S.	2004	Active
The Afterimage	Canada	2012	Active
Aftershock	U.S.	1992	2004
Alesana	U.S.	2004	Active
The Algorithm	France	2009	Active
All Out War	U.S.	1991	Active
All That Remains	U.S.	1998	Active
Amaranthe	Sweden	2008	Active
American Me	U.S.	2006	2014
American Standards	U.S.	2011	Active
The Amity Affliction	Australia	2003	Active
Antagonist A.D.	New Zealand	2005	Active
Arcane Roots	UK	2007	Active
Architect	U.S.	2004	Active
Architects	UK	2004	Active
Arsonists Get All the Girls	U.S.	2005	2015
The Arusha Accord	UK	2005	Active
As I Lay Dying	U.S.	2000	2014
As They Sleep	U.S.	2003	Active
Asking Alexandria	UK	2008	Active
Asunto	Chile	1995	Active
Atreyu	U.S.	1998	Active
Attack Attack!	U.S.	2007	2013
Attila	U.S.	2005	Active
August Burns Red	U.S.	2003	Active
Avenged Sevenfold	U.S.	1999	Active
AxeWound	UK	2012	Active
Beartooth	U.S.	2012	Active
Behold... The Arctopus	U.S.	2001	Active
Beloved	U.S.	1999	2005
Beneath the Sky	U.S.	2004	2014
Betraying the Martyrs	France	2008	Active
Between the Buried and Me	U.S.	2000	Active
Betzefer	Israel	1998	Active
Bishop	U.S.	2004	2011
Black Veil Brides	U.S.	2006	Active
Blakfish	UK	2000	2010
The Bled	U.S.	2001	2012
Bleed from Within	UK	2005	Active
Bleed the Sky	U.S.	2002	Active
Bleeding Through	U.S.	1999	2014
Blessthefall	U.S.	2003	Active
Blind Myself	Hungary	1995	Active
Blind Witness	Canada	2005	Active
Blood Has Been Shed	U.S.	1997	Active
Botch	U.S.	1993	2002
Born from Pain	Netherlands	1997	Active
Born of Osiris	U.S.	2003	Active
A Breach of Silence	Australia	2010	Active
Breather Resist	U.S.	2002	2006
Bring Me the Horizon	UK	2004	Active
The Browning	U.S.	2005	Active
Bullet for My Valentine	UK	1998	Active
A Bullet for Pretty Boy	U.S.	2006	Active
Burden of a Day	U.S.	2000	2010
Buried in Verona	Australia	2006	Active
Burnt by the Sun	U.S.	1999	2011
Bury Tomorrow	UK	2006	Active
Bury Your Dead	U.S.	2001	Active
Butcher Babies	U.S.	2010	Active
Cable	U.S.	1994	Active
Caliban	Germany	1997	Active
Called to Arms	U.S.	2003	Active
Cancer Bats	Canada	2004	Active
Candiria	U.S.	1992	Active
Capture the Crown	Australia	2010	Active
Carajo	Argentina	2000	Active
Carpathian	Australia	2003	2011
Cataract	Switzerland	1998	2013
Catherine	U.S.	2003	2009
Cave In	U.S.	1995	Active
Century	U.S.	2005	Active
Changer	Iceland	1999	Active
The Chariot	U.S.	2003	2013
Chimaira	U.S.	1998	2014
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!	France	2007	Active
Coalesce	U.S.	1994	Active
Code Orange	U.S.	2008	Active
Coldrain	Japan	2007	Active
The Color Morale	U.S.	2007	Active
Come the Dawn	U.S.	2012	Active
Confession	Australia	2008	2016
Confide	U.S.	2004	2013
Converge	U.S.	1990	Active
Counterparts	Canada	2007	Active
The Crimson Armada	U.S.	2007	2012
Creation Is Crucifixion	U.S.	1997	Active
Crossfaith	Japan	2006	Active
Crown the Empire	U.S.	2010	Active
Cry in December	Indonesia	2008	Active
Crystal Lake	Japan	2002	Active
Dar Sangre	Argentina	2004	Active
Darkest Hour	U.S.	1995	Active
Darkness Divided	U.S.	2010	Active
A Day to Remember	U.S.	2003	Active
Dead by April	Sweden	2007	Active
The Dead Rabbitts	U.S.	2011	Active
Deadguy	U.S.	1994	1997
Deathgaze	Japan	2003	2014
Deez Nuts	Australia	2007	Active
Demenzia	Bulgaria	2003	Active
Demon Hunter	U.S.	2000	Active
Deny	Argentina	2007	Active
Design the Skyline	U.S.	2007	Active
Destroy the Runner	U.S.	2004	2010
Devil Sold His Soul	UK	2004	Active
The Devil Wears Prada	U.S.	2005	Active
Devil You Know	U.S.	2012	Active
The Dillinger Escape Plan	U.S.	1997	Active
Disembodied	U.S.	1995	Active
Drop Dead, Gorgeous	U.S.	2004	2011
Drowningman	U.S.	1995	2005
Earth Crisis	U.S.	1989	Active
Eighteen Visions	U.S.	1995	2007
Elysia	U.S.	2003	Active
Embrace the End	U.S.	2001	Active
Embrace Today	U.S.	1998	2006
Emmure	U.S.	2003	Active
En Nuestros Corazones	Argentina	2010	Active
The End	Canada	1997	2007
Enter Shikari	UK	1999	Active
Erra	U.S.	2009	Active
Escape the Fate	U.S.	2004	Active
Eskimo Callboy	Germany	2010	Active
Eso-Charis	U.S.	1995	2002
Eternal Lord	UK	2005	2008
Evergreen Terrace	U.S.	1999	Active
Every Time I Die	U.S.	1998	Active
Everyone Dies in Utah	U.S.	2008	Active
Evita	UK	2006	Active
The Eyes of a Traitor	UK	2006	2015
Eyes Set to Kill	U.S.	2003	Active
The Fall of Troy	U.S.	2002	Active
Falling in Reverse	U.S.	2006	Active
Famous Last Words	U.S.	2010	Active
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas	Japan	2008	Active
Fear Before	U.S.	2002	2010
Feed Her to the Sharks	Australia	2008	Active
Fellsilent	UK	2003	2010
Fit for a King	U.S.	2007	Active
First Blood	U.S.	2002	Active
Focused	U.S.	1990	Active
For All Those Sleeping	U.S.	2007	2014
For the Fallen Dreams	U.S.	2003	Active
For Today	U.S.	2005	Active
Forevermore	U.S.	2009	Active
From a Second Story Window	U.S.	2003	2008
From Autumn to Ashes	U.S.	2000	Active
From Her Eyes	UK	2012	2016
The Ghost Inside	U.S.	2004	Active
Gaza	U.S.	2004	2013
Get Scared	U.S.	2008	Active
Gideon	U.S.	2008	Active
Glamour of the Kill	UK	2007	Active
Glass Cloud	U.S.	2011	Active
Goodbye to Gravity	Romania	2011	2015
The Gorgeous	Canada	2003	2007
The Great Commission	U.S.	2007	Active
The Great Deceiver	Sweden	1999	Active
Graves of Valor	U.S.	2005	Active
Greeley Estates	U.S.	2002	Active
Gwen Stacy	U.S.	2004	2014
Haste	U.S.	1993	2007
Haste the Day	U.S.	2001	Active
Hatebreed	U.S.	1994	Active
He Is Legend	U.S.	2003	Active
Heart in Hand	UK	2008	2015
Heaven Shall Burn	Germany	1996	Active
Heavy Heavy Low Low	U.S.	2004	2012
Hesitation Wounds	U.S.	2012	Active
Himsa	U.S.	1998	2008
Hoods	U.S.	1994	Active
The Hope Conspiracy	U.S.	1999	Active
Hopes Die Last	Italy	2004	Active
Horse the Band	U.S.	1999	Active
House vs. Hurricane	Australia	2006	2013
The Human Abstract	U.S.	2004	2011
Hundredth	U.S.	2008	Active
I Killed the Prom Queen	Australia	2000	Active
I Prevail	U.S.	2013	Active
I See Stars	U.S.	2006	Active
I Set My Friends on Fire	U.S.	2007	Active
I, the Breather	U.S.	2009	2015
Ice Nine Kills	U.S.	2006	Active
In Dying Arms	U.S.	2006	Active
In Fear and Faith	U.S.	2006	Active
In Hearts Wake	Australia	2006	Active
In This Moment	U.S.	2005	Active
Integrity	U.S.	1988	Active
Interrogate	UK	1999	Active
Invent, Animate	U.S.	2011	Active
Ion Dissonance	Canada	2001	Active
Issues	U.S.	2012	Active
It Dies Today	U.S.	2001	Active
It Prevails	U.S.	2004	2014
Iwrestledabearonce	U.S.	2007	Active
Jamie's Elsewhere	U.S.	2005	2015
Jesuit	U.S.	1995	2011
Johnny Truant	UK	2000	2008
Keelhaul	U.S.	1997	Active
The Killing Tree	U.S.	1999	2006
Killswitch Engage	U.S.	1999	Active
Kingdom of Sorrow	U.S.	2005	Active
Knut	Switzerland	1994	Active
Lamb of God	U.S.	1994	Active
Lay It on the Line	UK	2012	Active
Letlive	U.S.	2002	Active
A Life Once Lost	U.S.	1999	2013
Ligeia	U.S.	2003	2011
Like Moths to Flames	U.S.	2010	Active
Living Sacrifice	U.S.	1989	Active
Lye By Mistake	U.S.	2004	2011
Madball	U.S.	1988	Active
Make Me Famous	Ukraine	2009	2012
Memphis May Fire	U.S.	2006	Active
Merauder	U.S.	1990	Active
Misery Signals	U.S.	2002	Active
Miss May I	U.S.	2007	Active
More Than a Thousand	Portugal	2000	2015
Morning Again	U.S.	1995	1999
Most Precious Blood	U.S.	2001	Active
Motionless in White	U.S.	2005	Active
Myka, Relocate	U.S.	2007	Active
Mutiny Within	U.S.	2002	Active
Narrows	U.S.	2008	Active
No Sin Evades His Gaze	UK	2013	Active
Nora	U.S.	1996	Active
Norma Jean	U.S.	1997	Active
Northlane	Australia	2009	Active
The Number Twelve Looks Like You	U.S.	2002	2010
Oathbreaker	Belgium	2008	Active
Oceans Ate Alaska	UK	2011	Active
Of Mice & Men	U.S.	2009	Active
Oh, Sleeper	U.S.	2006	Active
One Morning Left	Finland	2008	Active
Overcast	U.S.	1991	2014
Overcome	U.S.	1993	Active
Palisades	U.S.	2011	Active
Paria	U.S.	2001	2010
Parkway Drive	Australia	2002	Active
Phinehas	U.S.	2001	Active
Pin Drop Violence	India	2000	2009
The Plot in You	U.S.	2010	Active
Point of No Return	Brazil	1996	2006
Poison the Well	U.S.	1997	2010
Prayer for Cleansing	U.S.	1996	2003
Protest the Hero	Canada	2001	Active
Psyopus	U.S.	2002	Active
Pulling Teeth	U.S.	2005	2012
Pyrrhon	U.S.	2008	Active
Racetraitor	U.S.	1996	1999
Rafflesia	Belgium	2005	Active
Raunchy	Denmark	1994	Active
Ravenface	UK	2008	2014
Ringworm	U.S.	1989	Active
Rise and Fall	Belgium	2002	Active
Rise to Remain	UK	2006	2015
Rolo Tomassi	UK	2005	Active
Rorschach	U.S.	1989	Active
The Safety Fire	UK	2006	2015
Scarlet	U.S.	1998	2014
Scars of Tomorrow	U.S.	2000	Active
Secrets	U.S.	2010	Active
See You Next Tuesday	U.S.	2004	Active
Shadows Fall	U.S.	1995	Active
Shaped by Fate	UK	2001	2011
Shai Hulud	U.S.	1995	Active
Sikth	UK	1999	Active
Silent Screams	UK	2007	Active
Sirens and Sailors	U.S.	2005	Active
Sky Eats Airplane	U.S.	2005	2011
Skycamefalling	U.S.	1996	Active
Slapshock	Philippines	1996	Active
Society's Finest	U.S.	1997	Active
Some Girls	U.S.	2002	2007
Sonic Syndicate	Sweden	2002	Active
The Soulless	UK	2006	Active
The Sorrow	Austria	2005	Active
Starkweather	U.S.	1989	Active
Stick to Your Guns	U.S.	2003	Active
Stray from the Path	U.S.	2001	Active
Strife	U.S.	1991	Active
Sworn In	U.S.	2011	Active
Sympathy for Nothing	Austria	2006	Active
System Divide	U.S.	2008	2014
Tear Out the Heart	U.S.	2002	Active
Terror	U.S.	2002	Active
Texas in July	U.S.	2007	2015
Textures	Netherlands	2001	Active
These Arms Are Snakes	U.S.	2002	2009
This Day Forward	U.S.	1996	2003
This or the Apocalypse	U.S.	2005	Active
Threat Signal	Canada	2003	Active
Throwdown	U.S.	1997	Active
Times of Grace	U.S.	2007	Active
To Speak of Wolves	U.S.	2007	Active
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza	U.S.	2004	2012
Torn	U.S.	2013	Active
Trivium	U.S.	2000	Active
Twelve Gauge Valentine	U.S.	2003	2008
Twelve Tribes	U.S.	1998	2008
Unashamed	U.S.	1993	2011
Underoath	U.S.	1997	Active
Unearth	U.S.	1998	Active
Upon a Burning Body	U.S.	2005	Active
Upon This Dawning	Italy	2006	Active
A Vacant Affair	Singapore	2004	Active
Vassline	South Korea	1996	Active
Veil of Maya	U.S.	2004	Active
Versus Me	U.S.	2013	Active
Vision of Disorder	U.S.	1992	Active
Volumes	U.S.	2009	Active
Walls of Jericho	U.S.	1998	Active
War from a Harlots Mouth	Germany	2005	2013
War of Ages	U.S.	2002	Active
We Are Defiance	Germany	2000	2015
We Butter the Bread with Butter	Germany	2007	Active
We Came as Romans	U.S.	2005	Active
While She Sleeps	UK	2006	Active
Will Haven	U.S.	1995	Active
Within the Ruins	U.S.	2003	Active
Woe, Is Me	U.S.	2009	2013
The Word Alive	U.S.	2008	Active
Wovenwar	U.S.	2013	Active
Xibalba	U.S.	2007	Active
Your Demise	UK	2003	2014
Your Memorial	U.S.	2008	Active
Zao	U.S.	1993	Active

See also

• List of mathcore bands
• List of deathcore bands
• List of electronicore bands
• List of heavy metal bands
• List of hardcore punk bands
• List of crossover thrash bands

References