Best Metalcore Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #172 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #324 The Great Misdirect (2009) #430
2	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #162 Shogun (2008) #706 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #945
3	As I Lay Dying 2000, United States Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	An Ocean Between Us (2007) #616 Shaped by Fire (2019) #794 The Powerless Rise (2010) #943
4	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #477 Iconoclast (2008) #1967 Veto (2013) #2186
5	August Burns Red 2003, United States Metalcore	Constellations (2009) #758 Phantom Anthem (2017) #850 Messengers (2007) #1265
6	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #158 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #290 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #342
7	Killswitch Engage 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore	As Daylight Dies (2006) #576 Alive or Just Breathing (2002) #597 The End of Heartache (2004) #2486
8	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #598 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1368 Fever (2010) #3579
9	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #968 All the Wounded and Broken (2020) #1256 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1923
10	Converge 1990, United States Mathcore, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Jane Doe (2001) #302 All We Love We Leave Behind (2012) #767 The Dusk in Us (2017) #1319
11	Bring Me the Horizon 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Deathcore	Sempiternal (2013) #653 Suicide Season (2008) #1409 There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret (2010) #1439
12	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #656 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1380 ...For We Are Many (2010) #5407
13	Amaranthe 2008, Sweden Trance Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	Amaranthe (2011) #999 Damnation Flame (2023) [Single] Manifest (2020) #3101
14	Shadows Fall 1995, United States Metalcore	The War Within (2004) #1525 The Art of Balance (2002) #2961 Retribution (2009) #3221
15	Unearth 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore	The March (2008) #1968 Watchers of Rule (2014) #2658 III: In the Eyes of Fire (2006) #3726
16	Sonic Syndicate 2005, Sweden Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Synthesizer Rock, Alternative Metal	Jack of Diamonds (2008) [Single] Only Inhuman (2007) #2605 Psychic Suicide / Denied (2007) [Single]
17	Vassline 1996, Korea Metalcore	Blood of Immortality (2004) #2298 Permanence (2007) #3537 The Portrait of Your Funeral (2002) #3931
18	Parkway Drive 2002, Australia Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	Horizons (2007) #801 Parkway Drive: the DVD (2009) [Video] Killing With a Smile (2005) #2005
19	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Prisoners (2012) #3048 Eye of Providence (2015) #3061 Orphans (2019) #5516
20	Hatebreed 1993, United States Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire (1997) #1006 Perseverance (2002) #3886 The Rise of Brutality (2003) #3997
21	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1494 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4525 The Human Romance (2011) #5033
22	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Erra (2021) #2043 Augment (2013) #3027 Vanish Canvas (feat. Courtney LaPlante) (2021) [Single]
23	Asking Alexandria 2008, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Hard Rock, Trancecore	Reckless & Relentless (2011) #2941 From Death to Destiny (2013) #3035 Where Do We Go from Here? (2023)
24	Blessed by a Broken Heart 2003, Canada Glam Metal, Metalcore	Feel the Power (2012) #830 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) #518 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #2062 Soul Sphere (2015) #2824
26	Chimaira 1998, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	The Impossibility of Reason (2003) #2968 Chimaira (2005) #3532 The Age of Hell (2011) #5891
27	Protest the Hero 2001, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1441 Fortress (2008) #3641 Palimpsest (2020) #5370
28	Breakdown of Sanity 2007, Switzerland Metalcore	Perception (2013) #603 Mirrors (2011) #1376 Chapters (2011) [Single]
29	Crossfaith 2006, Japan Trancecore, Metalcore	Zion (2012) [EP] #2323 Ex_Machina (2018) #6303 Apocalyze (2013) #6864
30	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #563 In Dreams (2010) #1353 Dig Deep (2016) #2248
31	Maximum the Hormone 1998, Japan Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock	Bu-ikikaesu (2007) #1150 Kusoban (2004) [EP] #4958 Rokkinpo Goroshi (2005) #6049
32	Architects 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore	Holy Hell (2018) #2041 All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (2016) #3657 Doomsday (2017) [Single]
33	Samchung 1997, Korea Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore	Way of Men - 남도 (男道) (2005) #1427 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #5984
34	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #957 Ritual (2011) #1220 Nocturnal (2007) #1241
35	Crystal Lake 2002, Japan Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	The Sign (2015) #925 Cubes (2014) [EP] #2012 Helix (2018) #5996
36	The Sorrow 2005, Austria Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	Blessing From a Blackened Sky (2007) #721 Origin of the Storm (2009) Misery-Escape (2012) #3870
37	Phinehas 2001, United States Melodic Metalcore	Till the End (2015) #1329 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) #2134 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3246 Monolith (2012) #3869
39	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #3415 Subject Zero (2013) [Single] [m]other (2023) #4551
40	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #673 Nightmare (2010) #814 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1218
41	Times of Grace 2007, United States Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Rock, Post-Rock	The Hymn of a Broken Man (2011) #1945 Songs of Loss and Separation (2021) #9008
42	Caliban 1997, Germany Metalcore	Shadow Hearts (2003) #6164 A Small Boy and a Grey Heaven (1999) Vent (2001)
43	Noeazy 2006, Korea Metalcore	Land of Abomination (2013) #2247 The Mirror (2008) [EP] Triangle (2018)
44	While She Sleeps 2006, United Kingdom Metalcore	You Are We (2017) #3658 Sleeps Society (2021) So What? (2019)
45	Ninesin Korea Metalcore	Ninesin (2011) #3026 The Death, We Will Face (2009) #3071 Deathblow (2007) [EP]
46	Memphis May Fire 2006, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore	Sleepwalking (2009) #3149 The Hollow (2011) #3150 Remade in Misery (2022)
47	Of Mice & Men 2009, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal	The Flood (2011) #5714 Of Mice & Men (2010) Restoring Force (2014) #8251
48	Betraying the Martyrs 2008, France Deathcore, Metalcore	Breathe in Life (2011) #3937 Phantom (2014) #8121 The Hurt, the Divine, the Light (2009) [EP]
49	Escape the Fate 2004, United States Post-Hardcore, Melodic Metalcore	Ungrateful (2013) #3745 Out of the Shadows (2023) This War Is Ours (2008) #7112
50	Messgram 2011, Korea Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Trancecore	This Is a Mess, But It`s Us (2014) [EP] #2871 Cheers for the Failures (2020) #3769 Eternal Craving (2016) [EP]

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