Best Metalcore Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #173 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #324 The Great Misdirect (2009) #433
2	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #163 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) #619 Shaped by Fire (2019) #793 The Powerless Rise (2010) #947
4	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #482 Iconoclast (2008) #1979 Veto (2013) #2195
5	Killswitch Engage 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore	As Daylight Dies (2006) #579 Alive or Just Breathing (2002) #600 The End of Heartache (2004) #2092
6	August Burns Red 2003, United States Metalcore	Constellations (2009) #760 Phantom Anthem (2017) #852 Messengers (2007) #1272
7	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #160 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #294 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #342
8	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #602 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1373 Fever (2010) #3591
9	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #972 All the Wounded and Broken (2020) #1264 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1935
10	Converge 1990, United States Mathcore, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Jane Doe (2001) #215 All We Love We Leave Behind (2012) #769 The Dusk in Us (2017) #1326
11	Bring Me the Horizon 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Deathcore	Sempiternal (2013) #656 Suicide Season (2008) #1415 There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret (2010) #1446
12	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #659 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1388 ...For We Are Many (2010) #5433
13	Amaranthe 2008, Sweden Trance Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	Amaranthe (2011) #1002 Damnation Flame (2023) [Single] Manifest (2020) #3109
14	Shadows Fall 1995, United States Metalcore	The War Within (2004) #1531 The Art of Balance (2002) #2968 Retribution (2009) #3231
15	Unearth 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore	The March (2008) #1980 Watchers of Rule (2014) #2666 III: In the Eyes of Fire (2006) #3744
16	Sonic Syndicate 2005, Sweden Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Synthesizer Rock, Alternative Metal	Jack of Diamonds (2008) [Single] Only Inhuman (2007) #2617 Psychic Suicide / Denied (2007) [Single]
17	Vassline 1996, Korea Metalcore	Blood of Immortality (2004) #2309 Permanence (2007) #3547 The Portrait of Your Funeral (2002) #3941
18	Parkway Drive 2002, Australia Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	Horizons (2007) #800 Parkway Drive: the DVD (2009) [Video] Killing With a Smile (2005) #2015
19	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Prisoners (2012) #3054 Eye of Providence (2015) #3068 Orphans (2019) #5542
20	Hatebreed 1993, United States Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire (1997) #1009 Perseverance (2002) #3900 The Rise of Brutality (2003) #4008
21	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1501 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4551 The Human Romance (2011) #5058
22	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Erra (2021) #2053 Augment (2013) #3035 Vanish Canvas (feat. Courtney LaPlante) (2021) [Single]
23	Asking Alexandria 2008, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Hard Rock, Trancecore	Reckless & Relentless (2011) #2947 From Death to Destiny (2013) #3042 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) #522 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #2070 Soul Sphere (2015) #2830
26	Chimaira 1998, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	The Impossibility of Reason (2003) #2976 Chimaira (2005) #3543 The Age of Hell (2011) #5915
27	Protest the Hero 2001, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1448 Fortress (2008) #3655 Palimpsest (2020) #5396
28	Breakdown of Sanity 2007, Switzerland Metalcore	Perception (2013) #607 Mirrors (2011) #1383 Chapters (2011) [Single]
29	Crossfaith 2006, Japan Trancecore, Metalcore	Zion (2012) [EP] #2336 Ex_Machina (2018) #6332 Apocalyze (2013) #6890
30	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #568 In Dreams (2010) #1358 Dig Deep (2016) #2256
31	Maximum the Hormone 1998, Japan Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock	Bu-ikikaesu (2007) #1158 Kusoban (2004) [EP] #4982 Rokkinpo Goroshi (2005) #6071
32	Architects 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore	Holy Hell (2018) #2051 All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (2016) #3672 Doomsday (2017) [Single]
33	Samchung 1997, Korea Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore	Way of Men - 남도 (男道) (2005) #1434 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #6005
34	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #962 Ritual (2011) #1225 Nocturnal (2007) #1250
35	Crystal Lake 2002, Japan Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	The Sign (2015) #931 Cubes (2014) [EP] #2022 Helix (2018) #6017
36	The Sorrow 2005, Austria Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	Blessing From a Blackened Sky (2007) #725 Origin of the Storm (2009) Misery-Escape (2012) #3882
37	Phinehas 2001, United States Melodic Metalcore	Till the End (2015) #1336 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) #2141 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3256 Monolith (2012) #3881
39	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #3424 Subject Zero (2013) [Single] [m]other (2023) #4578
40	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #677 Nightmare (2010) #814 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1222
41	Times of Grace 2007, United States Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Rock, Post-Rock	The Hymn of a Broken Man (2011) #1957 Songs of Loss and Separation (2021) #9036
42	Caliban 1997, Germany Metalcore	Shadow Hearts (2003) #6190 A Small Boy and a Grey Heaven (1999) The Split Program II (2005) [Split]
43	Noeazy 2006, Korea Metalcore	Land of Abomination (2013) #2255 The Mirror (2008) [EP] Triangle (2018)
44	While She Sleeps 2006, United Kingdom Metalcore	You Are We (2017) #3673 Sleeps Society (2021) So What? (2019)
45	Ninesin Korea Metalcore	Ninesin (2011) #3034 The Death, We Will Face (2009) #3077 Deathblow (2007) [EP]
46	Memphis May Fire 2006, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore	Sleepwalking (2009) #3158 The Hollow (2011) #3159 Remade in Misery (2022)
47	Of Mice & Men 2009, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal	The Flood (2011) #5739 Of Mice & Men (2010) Restoring Force (2014) #8278
48	Betraying the Martyrs 2008, France Deathcore, Metalcore	Breathe in Life (2011) #3947 Phantom (2014) #8150 The Hurt, the Divine, the Light (2009) [EP]
49	Escape the Fate 2004, United States Post-Hardcore, Melodic Metalcore	Ungrateful (2013) #3763 Out of the Shadows (2023) This War Is Ours (2008) #7137
50	Messgram 2011, Korea Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Trancecore	This Is a Mess, But It`s Us (2014) [EP] #2876 Cheers for the Failures (2020) #3785 Eternal Craving (2016) [EP]

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