Songs move between fast metal riffs and breakdowns, where the band drops to a slow, chugging rhythm made for the crowd to move to. Many bands scream the verses and sing the choruses. It began in the American hardcore scene in the 1990s and became a mainstream metal style in the 2000s. It is more metallic than hardcore punk and more punk in spirit than traditional metal.
Artists it is known for: Converge, Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive, Architects.
About 6,500 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have metalcore among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Metalcore artists
Bring Me The Horizon
Sleeping With Sirens
Bad Omens
Falling In Reverse
Sleep Token
Motionless In White
Dance Gavin Dance
Bullet For My Valentine
Spiritbox
Architects
The metalcore artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
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