Best Metalcore Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #168 Shogun (2008) #729 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #919
2	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #202 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #334 The Great Misdirect (2009) #440
3	As I Lay Dying 2000, United States Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	An Ocean Between Us (2007) #623 Shaped by Fire (2019) #809 The Powerless Rise (2010) #1010
4	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #525 Iconoclast (2008) #1998 Veto (2013) #2166
5	Killswitch Engage 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore	As Daylight Dies (2006) #461 Alive or Just Breathing (2002) #643 Holy Diver (2013) [Split]
6	August Burns Red 2003, United States Metalcore	Constellations (2009) #785 Phantom Anthem (2017) #872 Messengers (2007) #1254
7	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #161 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #298 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #351
8	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #610 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1393 Hand of Blood (2005) [Single]
9	Converge 1990, United States Mathcore, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Jane Doe (2001) #256 All We Love We Leave Behind (2012) #786 The Dusk in Us (2017) #1351
10	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #989 All the Wounded and Broken (2020) #1272 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1953
11	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #667 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1405 ...For We Are Many (2010) #5811
12	Bring Me the Horizon 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Deathcore	Sempiternal (2013) #545 Suicide Season (2008) #1436 Post Human: Survival Horror (2020) [EP] #2886
13	Amaranthe 2008, Sweden Trance Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	Amaranthe (2011) #981 Damnation Flame (2023) [Single] Manifest (2020) #3171
14	Shadows Fall 1995, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The War Within (2004) #1551 The Art of Balance (2002) #3048 Retribution (2009) #3311
15	Unearth 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore	The March (2008) #2000 Watchers of Rule (2014) #2722 III: In the Eyes of Fire (2006) #3842
16	Sonic Syndicate 2005, Sweden Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Synthesizer Rock, Alternative Metal	Jack of Diamonds (2008) [Single] Only Inhuman (2007) #2545 Psychic Suicide / Denied (2007) [Single]
17	Vassline 1996, Korea Metalcore	Blood of Immortality (2004) #2356 Permanence (2007) #3628 The Portrait of Your Funeral (2002) #4057
18	Parkway Drive 2002, Australia Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	Horizons (2007) #820 Parkway Drive: the DVD (2009) [Video] Killing With a Smile (2005) #2044
19	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Eye of Providence (2015) #3139 Prisoners (2012) #3127 Orphans (2019) #5724
20	Architects 2004, United Kingdom Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore	Holy Hell (2018) #1530 All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (2016) #3765 Doomsday (2017) [Single]
21	Hatebreed 1993, United States Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire (1997) #1022 The Rise of Brutality (2003) #4125 Perseverance (2002) #4473
22	Asking Alexandria 2008, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Hard Rock, Trancecore	From Death to Destiny (2013) #2646 Reckless & Relentless (2011) #3335 See What's on the Inside (2021) #6274
23	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1516 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4714 The Human Romance (2011) #5206
24	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Erra (2021) #2295 Augment (2013) #3107 Vanish Canvas (feat. Courtney LaPlante) (2021) [Single]
25	Blessed by a Broken Heart 2003, Canada Glam Metal, Metalcore	Feel the Power (2012) #854 Pedal to the Metal (2008) All Is Fair in Love and War (2005)
26	Born of Osiris 2003, United States Progressive Deathcore, Djent	Angel or Alien (2021) #538 Tomorrow We Die ∆live (2013) #2103 Soul Sphere (2015) #2900
27	Breakdown of Sanity 2007, Switzerland Melodic Metalcore, Deathcore	Perception (2013) #615 Mirrors (2011) #1400 Chapters (2011) [Single]
28	Chimaira 1998, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	The Impossibility of Reason (2003) #3055 Chimaira (2005) #3420 The Age of Hell (2011) #6090
29	Protest the Hero 2001, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1465 Fortress (2008) #3748 Palimpsest (2020) #5562
30	Crossfaith 2006, Japan Trancecore, Metalcore	Zion (2012) [EP] #2379 Ex_Machina (2018) #7117 Apocalyze (2013) #7532
31	After the Burial 2004, United States Metalcore, Deathcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #575 In Dreams (2010) #1378 Dig Deep (2016) #2294
32	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #979 Nocturnal (2007) #917 Ritual (2011) #1223
33	Maximum the Hormone 1998, Japan Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock	Bu-ikikaesu (2007) #1224 Kusoban (2004) [EP] #5133 Rokkinpo Goroshi (2005) #6266
34	Samchung 1997, Korea Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore	Way of Men - 남도 (男道) (2005) #1708 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #6194
35	Crystal Lake 2002, Japan Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore	The Sign (2015) #941 Cubes (2014) [EP] #2052 Helix (2018) #6208
36	The Sorrow 2005, Austria Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	Blessing From a Blackened Sky (2007) #740 Origin of the Storm (2009) Misery-Escape (2012) #3997
37	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2176 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3334 Monolith (2012) #3996
38	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #609 Nightmare (2010) #750 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1113
39	Phinehas 2001, United States Melodic Metalcore	The Bridge Between (2013) [EP] The Fire Itself (2021) The Last Word Is Yours to Speak (2013) #3235
40	Veil of Maya 2004, United States Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore, Djent	The Common Man's Collapse (2008) #3512 Subject Zero (2013) [Single] [m]other (2023) #4735
41	Times of Grace 2007, United States Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Rock, Post-Rock	The Hymn of a Broken Man (2011) #1979 Songs of Loss and Separation (2021) #9319
42	Caliban 1997, Germany Metalcore	Shadow Hearts (2003) #6386 A Small Boy and a Grey Heaven (1999) The Split Program II (2005) [Split]
43	Noeazy 2006, Korea Metalcore	Land of Abomination (2013) #2293 The Mirror (2008) [EP] Triangle (2018)
44	While She Sleeps 2006, United Kingdom Metalcore	You Are We (2017) #3766 Sleeps Society (2021) So What? (2019)
45	Currents 2011, United States Metalcore, Djent	I Let the Devil In (2018) [EP] It Only Get's Darker (2025) [Single] All That Follows (2025) [EP]
46	Ninesin Korea Metalcore	Ninesin (2011) #3106 The Death, We Will Face (2009) #3148 Deathblow (2007) [EP]
47	Memphis May Fire 2006, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore	The Hollow (2011) Sleepwalking (2009) #3227 Remade in Misery (2022)
48	Of Mice & Men 2009, United States Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal	The Flood (2011) #5923 Of Mice & Men (2010) Restoring Force (2014) #8545
49	Betraying the Martyrs 2008, France Deathcore, Metalcore	Breathe in Life (2011) #4064 Phantom (2014) #8419 The Hurt, the Divine, the Light (2009) [EP]
50	Escape the Fate 2004, United States Post-Hardcore, Melodic Metalcore	Ungrateful (2013) #3870 Out of the Shadows (2023) Escape the Fate (2010)

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