Best Metalcore Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #199 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #328 The Great Misdirect (2009) #438
2	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #165 Shogun (2008) #711 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #950
3	As I Lay Dying 2000, United States Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	An Ocean Between Us (2007) #618 Shaped by Fire (2019) #793 The Powerless Rise (2010) #997
4	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #482 Iconoclast (2008) #1985 Veto (2013) #2214
5	Killswitch Engage 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore	As Daylight Dies (2006) #578 Alive or Just Breathing (2002) #597 The End of Heartache (2004) #2103
6	August Burns Red 2003, United States Metalcore	Constellations (2009) #759 Phantom Anthem (2017) #855 Messengers (2007) #1268
7	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #162 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #296 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #344
8	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #599 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1376 Fever (2010) #3669
9	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #973 All the Wounded and Broken (2020) #1260 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1939
10	Converge 1990, United States Mathcore, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Jane Doe (2001) #214 All We Love We Leave Behind (2012) #767 The Dusk in Us (2017) #1332
11	Bring Me the Horizon 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Deathcore	Sempiternal (2013) #553 Suicide Season (2008) #1420 There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret (2010) #1451
12	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #662 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1388 ...For We Are Many (2010) #5684
13	Amaranthe 2008, Sweden Trance Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	Amaranthe (2011) #1004 Damnation Flame (2023) [Single] Manifest (2020) #3123
14	Shadows Fall 1995, United States Metalcore	The War Within (2004) #1538 The Art of Balance (2002) #2989 Retribution (2009) #3249
15	Unearth 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore	The March (2008) #1987 Watchers of Rule (2014) #2683 III: In the Eyes of Fire (2006) #3771
16	Sonic Syndicate 2005, Sweden Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Synthesizer Rock, Alternative Metal	Jack of Diamonds (2008) [Single] Only Inhuman (2007) #2631 Psychic Suicide / Denied (2007) [Single]
17	Vassline 1996, Korea Metalcore	Blood of Immortality (2004) #2326 Permanence (2007) #3578 The Portrait of Your Funeral (2002) #3968
18	Parkway Drive 2002, Australia Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	Horizons (2007) #801 Parkway Drive: the DVD (2009) [Video] Killing With a Smile (2005) #2024
19	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Prisoners (2012) #3070 Eye of Providence (2015) #3084 Orphans (2019) #5601
20	Hatebreed 1993, United States Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire (1997) #1014 Perseverance (2002) #3931 The Rise of Brutality (2003) #4036
21	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1507 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4596 The Human Romance (2011) #5106
22	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Erra (2021) #2273 Augment (2013) #3048 Vanish Canvas (feat. Courtney LaPlante) (2021) [Single]
23	Asking Alexandria 2008, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Hard Rock, Trancecore	Reckless & Relentless (2011) #2967 From Death to Destiny (2013) #3057 Where Do We Go from Here? (2023)
24	Blessed by a Broken Heart 2003, Canada Glam Metal, Metalcore	Feel the Power (2012) #832 Pedal to the Metal (2008) All Is Fair in Love and War (2005)
25	Born of Osiris 2003, United States Progressive Deathcore, Djent	Angel or Alien (2021) #522 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #2081 Soul Sphere (2015) #2851
26	Chimaira 1998, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	The Impossibility of Reason (2003) #2995 Chimaira (2005) #3574 The Age of Hell (2011) #5967
27	Protest the Hero 2001, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1453 Fortress (2008) #3688 Palimpsest (2020) #5456
28	Breakdown of Sanity 2007, Switzerland Metalcore	Perception (2013) #605 Mirrors (2011) #1385 Chapters (2011) [Single]
29	Crossfaith 2006, Japan Trancecore, Metalcore	Zion (2012) [EP] #2350 Ex_Machina (2018) #6399 Apocalyze (2013) #6962
30	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #568 In Dreams (2010) #1364 Dig Deep (2016) #2272
31	Maximum the Hormone 1998, Japan Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock	Bu-ikikaesu (2007) #1097 Kusoban (2004) [EP] #5030 Rokkinpo Goroshi (2005) #6132
32	Architects 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore	Holy Hell (2018) #2062 All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (2016) #3705 Doomsday (2017) [Single]
33	Samchung 1997, Korea Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore	Way of Men - 남도 (男道) (2005) #1439 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #6061
34	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #962 Ritual (2011) #1219 Nocturnal (2007) #1243
35	Crystal Lake 2002, Japan Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	The Sign (2015) #931 Cubes (2014) [EP] #2032 Helix (2018) #6076
36	The Sorrow 2005, Austria Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	Blessing From a Blackened Sky (2007) #725 Origin of the Storm (2009) Misery-Escape (2012) #3913
37	Phinehas 2001, United States Melodic Metalcore	Till the End (2015) #1343 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) #2157 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3275 Monolith (2012) #3912
39	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #3453 Subject Zero (2013) [Single] [m]other (2023) #4623
40	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #645 Nightmare (2010) #815 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1215
41	Times of Grace 2007, United States Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Rock, Post-Rock	The Hymn of a Broken Man (2011) #1961 Songs of Loss and Separation (2021) #9143
42	Caliban 1997, Germany Metalcore	Shadow Hearts (2003) #6255 A Small Boy and a Grey Heaven (1999) The Split Program II (2005) [Split]
43	Noeazy 2006, Korea Metalcore	Land of Abomination (2013) #2271 The Mirror (2008) [EP] Triangle (2018)
44	While She Sleeps 2006, United Kingdom Metalcore	You Are We (2017) #3706 Sleeps Society (2021) So What? (2019)
45	Ninesin Korea Metalcore	Ninesin (2011) #3047 The Death, We Will Face (2009) #3091 Deathblow (2007) [EP]
46	Memphis May Fire 2006, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore	Sleepwalking (2009) #3175 The Hollow (2011) #3176 Remade in Misery (2022)
47	Of Mice & Men 2009, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal	The Flood (2011) #5795 Of Mice & Men (2010) Restoring Force (2014) #8377
48	Betraying the Martyrs 2008, France Deathcore, Metalcore	Breathe in Life (2011) #3975 Phantom (2014) #8249 The Hurt, the Divine, the Light (2009) [EP]
49	Escape the Fate 2004, United States Post-Hardcore, Melodic Metalcore	Ungrateful (2013) #3791 Out of the Shadows (2023) This War Is Ours (2008) #7214
50	Messgram 2011, Korea Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Trancecore	This Is a Mess, But It`s Us (2014) [EP] #2897 Cheers for the Failures (2020) #3813 Eternal Craving (2016) [EP]

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