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] #330 The Great Misdirect (2009) #435
2	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #168 Shogun (2008) #720 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #956
3	As I Lay Dying 2000, United States Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	An Ocean Between Us (2007) #624 Shaped by Fire (2019) #798 The Powerless Rise (2010) #998
4	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #485 Iconoclast (2008) #1991 Veto (2013) #2227
5	Killswitch Engage 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore	As Daylight Dies (2006) #580 Alive or Just Breathing (2002) #603 The End of Heartache (2004) #1916
6	August Burns Red 2003, United States Metalcore	Phantom Anthem (2017) #856 Constellations (2009) #868 Messengers (2007) #1263
7	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #164 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #300 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #347
8	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #605 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1376 Hand of Blood (2005) [Single]
9	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #892 All the Wounded and Broken (2020) #1256 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1946
10	Converge 1990, United States Mathcore, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Jane Doe (2001) #238 All We Love We Leave Behind (2012) #774 The Dusk in Us (2017) #1331
11	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #663 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1389 ...For We Are Many (2010) #5740
12	Amaranthe 2008, Sweden Trance Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	Amaranthe (2011) #972 Damnation Flame (2023) [Single] Manifest (2020) #3141
13	Bring Me the Horizon 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Deathcore	Sempiternal (2013) #554 Suicide Season (2008) #1418 There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret (2010) #1608
14	Shadows Fall 1995, United States Metalcore	The War Within (2004) #1537 The Art of Balance (2002) #3014 Retribution (2009) #3274
15	Unearth 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore	The March (2008) #1993 Watchers of Rule (2014) #2702 III: In the Eyes of Fire (2006) #3803
16	Sonic Syndicate 2005, Sweden Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Synthesizer Rock, Alternative Metal	Jack of Diamonds (2008) [Single] Only Inhuman (2007) #2645 Psychic Suicide / Denied (2007) [Single]
17	Vassline 1996, Korea Metalcore	Blood of Immortality (2004) #2342 Permanence (2007) #3599 The Portrait of Your Funeral (2002) #4008
18	Parkway Drive 2002, Australia Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	Horizons (2007) #806 Parkway Drive: the DVD (2009) [Video] Killing With a Smile (2005) #2033
19	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Prisoners (2012) #3096 Eye of Providence (2015) #3107 Orphans (2019) #5653
20	Hatebreed 1993, United States Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire (1997) #1011 Perseverance (2002) #3973 The Rise of Brutality (2003) #4075
21	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1502 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4640 The Human Romance (2011) #5147
22	Asking Alexandria 2008, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Hard Rock, Trancecore	From Death to Destiny (2013) #2631 Reckless & Relentless (2011) #3300 See What's on the Inside (2021) #6193
23	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Erra (2021) #2284 Augment (2013) #3073 Vanish Canvas (feat. Courtney LaPlante) (2021) [Single]
24	Blessed by a Broken Heart 2003, Canada Glam Metal, Metalcore	Feel the Power (2012) #835 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) #529 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #2094 Soul Sphere (2015) #2871
26	Chimaira 1998, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	The Impossibility of Reason (2003) #3019 Chimaira (2005) #3595 The Age of Hell (2011) #6013
27	Protest the Hero 2001, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1447 Fortress (2008) #3717 Palimpsest (2020) #5506
28	Breakdown of Sanity 2007, Switzerland Metalcore	Perception (2013) #611 Mirrors (2011) #1386 Chapters (2011) [Single]
29	Crossfaith 2006, Japan Trancecore, Metalcore	Zion (2012) [EP] #2366 Ex_Machina (2018) #6448 Apocalyze (2013) #7442
30	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #568 In Dreams (2010) #1363 Dig Deep (2016) #2283
31	Maximum the Hormone 1998, Japan Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock	Bu-ikikaesu (2007) #1090 Kusoban (2004) [EP] #5072 Rokkinpo Goroshi (2005) #6186
32	Architects 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore	Holy Hell (2018) #2071 All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (2016) #3734 Doomsday (2017) [Single]
33	Samchung 1997, Korea Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore	Way of Men - 남도 (男道) (2005) #1694 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #6115
34	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #970 Ritual (2011) #1212 Nocturnal (2007) #1238
35	Crystal Lake 2002, Japan Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	The Sign (2015) #936 Cubes (2014) [EP] #2041 Helix (2018) #6128
36	The Sorrow 2005, Austria Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	Blessing From a Blackened Sky (2007) #732 Origin of the Storm (2009) Misery-Escape (2012) #3953
37	Phinehas 2001, United States Melodic Metalcore	The Bridge Between (2013) [EP] The Fire Itself (2021) The Last Word Is Yours to Speak (2013) #3203
38	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2168 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3299 Monolith (2012) #3952
39	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #3479 Subject Zero (2013) [Single] [m]other (2023) #4666
40	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #647 Nightmare (2010) #821 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1210
41	Times of Grace 2007, United States Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Rock, Post-Rock	The Hymn of a Broken Man (2011) #1968 Songs of Loss and Separation (2021) #9216
42	Caliban 1997, Germany Metalcore	Shadow Hearts (2003) #6309 A Small Boy and a Grey Heaven (1999) The Split Program II (2005) [Split]
43	Noeazy 2006, Korea Metalcore	Land of Abomination (2013) #2282 The Mirror (2008) [EP] Triangle (2018)
44	While She Sleeps 2006, United Kingdom Metalcore	You Are We (2017) #3735 Sleeps Society (2021) So What? (2019)
45	Ninesin Korea Metalcore	Ninesin (2011) #3072 The Death, We Will Face (2009) #3115 Deathblow (2007) [EP]
46	Memphis May Fire 2006, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore	The Hollow (2011) Sleepwalking (2009) #3196 Remade in Misery (2022)
47	Of Mice & Men 2009, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal	The Flood (2011) #5847 Of Mice & Men (2010) Restoring Force (2014) #8446
48	Betraying the Martyrs 2008, France Deathcore, Metalcore	Breathe in Life (2011) #4014 Phantom (2014) #8316 The Hurt, the Divine, the Light (2009) [EP]
49	Escape the Fate 2004, United States Post-Hardcore, Melodic Metalcore	Ungrateful (2013) #3826 Out of the Shadows (2023) This War Is Ours (2008) #7267
50	Messgram 2011, Korea Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Trancecore	This Is a Mess, But It`s Us (2014) [EP] #2914 Cheers for the Failures (2020) #3853 Eternal Craving (2016) [EP]

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