Best Metalcore Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #161 Shogun (2008) #757 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #1058
2	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #191 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #313 The Great Misdirect (2009) #443
3	As I Lay Dying 2000, United States Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	An Ocean Between Us (2007) #635 Shaped by Fire (2019) #888 The Powerless Rise (2010) #1248
4	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #467 Iconoclast (2008) #1935 Veto (2013) #2140
5	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #219 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #297 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #337
6	August Burns Red 2003, United States Metalcore	Constellations (2009) #822 Phantom Anthem (2017) #938 Messengers (2007) #1478
7	Killswitch Engage 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore	As Daylight Dies (2006) #595 Alive or Just Breathing (2002) #702 Disarm the Descent (2013) #2452
8	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #614 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1439 Hand of Blood (2005) [Single]
9	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #936 All the Wounded and Broken (2020) #1207 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1894
10	Converge 1990, United States Mathcore, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Jane Doe (2001) #288 All We Love We Leave Behind (2012) #745 The Dusk in Us (2017) #1270
11	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #755 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1429 Behind Silence and Solitude (2002) #5463
12	Amaranthe 2008, Sweden Trance Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	Amaranthe (2011) #968 Damnation Flame (2023) [Single] Manifest (2020) #2996
13	Shadows Fall 1995, United States Metalcore	The War Within (2004) #1733 The Art of Balance (2002) #2858 Retribution (2009) #3120
14	Unearth 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore	The March (2008) #1936 Watchers of Rule (2014) #2588 III: In the Eyes of Fire (2006) #4230
15	Bring Me the Horizon 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Deathcore	Sempiternal (2013) #644 Suicide Season (2008) #1291 There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret (2010) #2176
16	Sonic Syndicate 2005, Sweden Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Synthesizer Rock, Alternative Metal	Jack of Diamonds (2008) [Single] Only Inhuman (2007) #2540 Psychic Suicide / Denied (2007) [Single]
17	Vassline 1996, Korea Metalcore	Blood of Immortality (2004) #2263 Permanence (2007) #3632 The Portrait of Your Funeral (2002) #3800
18	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Prisoners (2012) #2945 Eye of Providence (2015) #3142 Orphans (2019) #5322
19	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1452 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4396 The Human Romance (2011) #4865
20	Parkway Drive 2002, Australia Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	Horizons (2007) #810 Parkway Drive: the DVD (2009) [Video] Killing With a Smile (2005) #2642
21	Asking Alexandria 2008, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Hard Rock, Trancecore	Reckless & Relentless (2011) #2837 From Death to Destiny (2013) #2932 Where Do We Go from Here? (2023)
22	Blessed by a Broken Heart 2003, Canada Glam Metal, Metalcore	Feel the Power (2012) #795 Pedal to the Metal (2008) All Is Fair in Love and War (2005)
23	Born of Osiris 2003, United States Progressive Deathcore, Djent	Angel or Alien (2021) #495 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #2027 Soul Sphere (2015) #2731
24	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Augment (2013) #2924 Erra (2021) #3532 Impulse (2011)
25	Chimaira 1998, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	The Impossibility of Reason (2003) #2865 Chimaira (2005) #3400 The Age of Hell (2011) #5675
26	Hatebreed 1993, United States Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire (1997) #1821 The Rise of Brutality (2003) #3875 Perseverance (2002) #5427
27	Protest the Hero 2001, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1396 Fortress (2008) #3514 Palimpsest (2020) #5176
28	Breakdown of Sanity 2007, Switzerland Metalcore	Perception (2013) #579 Mirrors (2011) #1330 Chapters (2011) [Single]
29	Crossfaith 2006, Japan Trancecore, Metalcore	Zion (2012) [EP] #2286 Ex_Machina (2018) #6078 Apocalyze (2013) #6622
30	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #542 In Dreams (2010) #1304 Dig Deep (2016) #2193
31	Maximum the Hormone 1998, Japan Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock	Bu-ikikaesu (2007) #1118 Kusoban (2004) [EP] #4793 Rokkinpo Goroshi (2005) #5832
32	Architects 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore	Holy Hell (2018) #2470 Doomsday (2017) [Single] All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (2016) #4459
33	Samchung 1997, Korea Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore	Way of Men - 남도 (男道) (2005) #1386 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #5771
34	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #946 Nocturnal (2007) #1202 Ritual (2011) #1637
35	Crystal Lake 2002, Japan Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	The Sign (2015) #901 Cubes (2014) [EP] #1985 Helix (2018) #5783
36	The Sorrow 2005, Austria Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	Blessing From a Blackened Sky (2007) #704 Origin of the Storm (2009) Misery-Escape (2012) #3739
37	Phinehas 2001, United States Melodic Metalcore	Till the End (2015) #1278 The Bridge Between (2013) [EP] The Fire Itself (2021)
38	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2091 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3136 Monolith (2012) #3738
39	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #3281 Subject Zero (2013) [Single] [m]other (2023) #3770
40	Times of Grace 2007, United States Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Rock, Post-Rock	The Hymn of a Broken Man (2011) #1915 Songs of Loss and Separation (2021) #8683
41	Noeazy 2006, Korea Metalcore	Land of Abomination (2013) #2192 The Mirror (2008) [EP] Triangle (2018)
42	While She Sleeps 2006, United Kingdom Metalcore	You Are We (2017) #3530 Sleeps Society (2021) So What? (2019)
43	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #670 Nightmare (2010) #827 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1438
44	Caliban 1997, Germany Metalcore	Shadow Hearts (2003) #5952 Vent (2001) The Split Program II (2005) [Split]
45	Memphis May Fire 2006, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore	Sleepwalking (2009) #3052 The Hollow (2011) #3053 Remade in Misery (2022)
46	Of Mice & Men 2009, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal	The Flood (2011) #5518 Of Mice & Men (2010) Restoring Force (2014) #7943
47	Ninesin Korea Metalcore	Ninesin (2011) #2923 The Death, We Will Face (2009) #2964 Deathblow (2007) [EP]
48	Betraying the Martyrs 2008, France Deathcore, Metalcore	Breathe in Life (2011) #3806 Phantom (2014) #7815 The Hurt, the Divine, the Light (2009) [EP]
49	Escape the Fate 2004, United States Post-Hardcore, Melodic Metalcore	Ungrateful (2013) #3617 Out of the Shadows (2023) This War Is Ours (2008) #6859
50	Messgram 2011, Korea Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Trancecore	This Is a Mess, But It`s Us (2014) [EP] #2778 Cheers for the Failures (2020) #3642 Eternal Craving (2016) [EP]

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