---
title: "Metalcore"
type: "MusicGenre"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore"
bands: 2281
era: "2000s"
---

# Metalcore

**Metalcore** is a metal fusion genre, formative in the 2000s. TheMetalNet maps 2,281 bands and 4,568 albums under it.

Metalcore fuses heavy metal’s riffs with hardcore punk’s aggression and ethos, and is best known for the breakdown — a slow, heavy, syncopated passage built to trigger a pit. It grew from the 1990s marriage of metal and hardcore, with Integrity, Earth Crisis, and Converge laying the groundwork before Killswitch Engage’s melodic, clean-sung take made it a mainstream force in the 2000s. Vocals typically alternate harsh screams with melodic choruses over palm-muted, double-kick-driven riffing. It became one of the most popular heavy styles of its era.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Genre | Metalcore |
| Level | Macro genre |
| Formative era | 2000s |
| Fusion genre | Yes |
| Bands | 2,281 |
| Albums | 4,568 |
| Formation span | 1970 to 2026 |

## Sub-genres

- [Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic) (1,691 bands)
- [Melodic Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-metalcore) (47 bands)
- [Deathcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/deathcore) (505 bands)
- [Downtempo Deathcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/downtempo-deathcore) (1 bands)
- [Progressive Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metalcore) (9 bands)
- [Mathcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/mathcore) (210 bands)
- [Electronicore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/electronicore) (58 bands)
- [Thall Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thall) (13 bands)

## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence)

- [Killswitch Engage](https://themetalnet.com/band/killswitch-engage) (United States, 1999)
- [Atreyu](https://themetalnet.com/band/atreyu) (United States, 1998)
- [Bullet for My Valentine](https://themetalnet.com/band/bullet-for-my-valentine) (United Kingdom, 2003)
- [Lamb of God](https://themetalnet.com/band/lamb-of-god) (United States, 1999)
- [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (United States, 1990)
- [Enter Shikari](https://themetalnet.com/band/enter-shikari) (United Kingdom, 1999)
- [Hatebreed](https://themetalnet.com/band/hatebreed) (United States, 1995)
- [Trivium](https://themetalnet.com/band/trivium) (United States, 2000)
- [A Day to Remember](https://themetalnet.com/band/a-day-to-remember) (United States, 2003)
- [Silverstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/silverstein) (Canada, 2000)
- [Bring Me the Horizon](https://themetalnet.com/band/bring-me-the-horizon) (United Kingdom, 2004)
- [Underoath](https://themetalnet.com/band/underoath) (United States, 1997)
- [36 Crazyfists](https://themetalnet.com/band/36-crazyfists) (United States, 1994)
- [All That Remains](https://themetalnet.com/band/all-that-remains) (United States, 1998)
- [Caliban](https://themetalnet.com/band/caliban) (Germany, 1997)
- [Darkest Hour](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkest-hour) (United States, 1995)
- [August Burns Red](https://themetalnet.com/band/august-burns-red) (United States, 2003)
- [Poison the Well](https://themetalnet.com/band/poison-the-well) (United States, 1998)
- [As I Lay Dying](https://themetalnet.com/band/as-i-lay-dying) (United States, 2000)
- [Cave In](https://themetalnet.com/band/cave-in) (United States, 1995)
- [Every Time I Die](https://themetalnet.com/band/every-time-i-die) (United States, 1998)
- [Madball](https://themetalnet.com/band/madball) (United States, 1988)
- [Suicide Silence](https://themetalnet.com/band/suicide-silence) (United States, 2002)
- [The Devil Wears Prada](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-devil-wears-prada) (United States, 2005)
- [Throwdown](https://themetalnet.com/band/throwdown) (United States, 1997)
- [Unearth](https://themetalnet.com/band/unearth) (United States, 1998)
- [Demon Hunter](https://themetalnet.com/band/demon-hunter) (United States, 2000)
- [Eighteen Visions](https://themetalnet.com/band/eighteen-visions) (United States, 1996)
- [Parkway Drive](https://themetalnet.com/band/parkway-drive) (Australia, 2003)
- [Architects](https://themetalnet.com/band/architects) (United Kingdom, 2004)
- [Asking Alexandria](https://themetalnet.com/band/asking-alexandria) (United Kingdom, 2006)
- [Bleeding Through](https://themetalnet.com/band/bleeding-through) (1999)
- [The Dillinger Escape Plan](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-dillinger-escape-plan) (United States, 1997)
- [Blessthefall](https://themetalnet.com/band/blessthefall) (United States, 2004)
- [Dance Gavin Dance](https://themetalnet.com/band/dance-gavin-dance) (United States, 2005)
- [Earth Crisis](https://themetalnet.com/band/earth-crisis) (United States, 1989)
- [Norma Jean](https://themetalnet.com/band/norma-jean) (United States, 2002)
- [Walls of Jericho](https://themetalnet.com/band/walls-of-jericho) (United States, 1998)
- [Zao](https://themetalnet.com/band/zao) (United States, 1993)
- [Born of Osiris](https://themetalnet.com/band/born-of-osiris) (United States, 2003)
- [Integrity](https://themetalnet.com/band/integrity) (United States, 1988)
- [In This Moment](https://themetalnet.com/band/in-this-moment) (United States, 2005)
- [The Acacia Strain](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-acacia-strain) (United States, 2001)
- [The Fall of Troy](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-fall-of-troy) (United States, 2002)
- [Carnifex](https://themetalnet.com/band/carnifex-b463a831) (United States, 2005)
- [Death by Stereo](https://themetalnet.com/band/death-by-stereo) (United States, 1996)
- [Dry Kill Logic](https://themetalnet.com/band/dry-kill-logic) (United States, 1995)
- [HORSE the band](https://themetalnet.com/band/horse-the-band) (United States, 1998)
- [Our Last Night](https://themetalnet.com/band/our-last-night) (United States, 2004)
- [Stick to Your Guns](https://themetalnet.com/band/stick-to-your-guns) (United States, 2003)
- [The Bronx](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-bronx) (United States, 2002)
- [Whitechapel](https://themetalnet.com/band/whitechapel) (United States, 2006)
- [Botch](https://themetalnet.com/band/botch) (United States, 1993)
- [Dead by April](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-by-april) (Sweden, 2007)
- [Emmure](https://themetalnet.com/band/emmure) (United States, 2003)
- [Evergreen Terrace](https://themetalnet.com/band/evergreen-terrace) (United States, 1999)
- [From Autumn to Ashes](https://themetalnet.com/band/from-autumn-to-ashes) (United States, 2000)
- [Frontside](https://themetalnet.com/band/frontside-3a901353) (Poland, 1993)
- [Haste the Day](https://themetalnet.com/band/haste-the-day) (United States, 2001)
- [I See Stars](https://themetalnet.com/band/i-see-stars) (United States, 2006)

## Where it is played

- [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 586 bands
- [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 92 bands
- [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 84 bands
- [Japan](https://themetalnet.com/country/jp): 60 bands
- [Australia](https://themetalnet.com/country/au): 53 bands
- [Canada](https://themetalnet.com/country/ca): 46 bands
- [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 37 bands
- [Argentina](https://themetalnet.com/country/ar): 34 bands

## Bands formed by decade

| Decade | Bands formed |
| --- | --- |
| 1970s | 2 |
| 1980s | 22 |
| 1990s | 194 |
| 2000s | 616 |
| 2010s | 609 |
| 2020s | 299 |

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt