Following our lists on ’90s metalcore and 2000s post-hardcore, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at 15 classic albums from metalcore’s most popular era. Check out five songs we recommend ...

Despite what Atreyu may think, the roots of metalcore go back to the late ’80s and it was a fully formed genre by the early-to-mid ’90s, way before the mainstream metalcore boom of the early 2000s ...

On February 7, 2026, New Music Friday announced a slate of singles and EPs that put the underground scene back on the map.

As metalcore took over as the most prominent subgenre within metal, the new wave of bands became increasingly younger, and now nü metal is the new nostalgia. Instead of bands looking to the ’80s and ...

Christian metalcore act August Burns Red is coming to Denver tonight to celebrate the tenth anniversary of seminal album Messengers. The metalcore sound, characterized by rage-filled, hardcore-style ...

The word "metalcore" is one of the few subgenres of music that conjures up an incredibly different range of sounds depending on who you ask. For old heads, it brings up a moment in time when the ...

From the mid-’00s to the mid-’10s, metalcore and deathcore were looking like the future of heavy music, with bands like Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men, Whitechapel and The Devil Wears Prada ...

First things first: screamo is literally worse than the Holocaust in my book. With a few notable exceptions, I absolutely cannot stand this shit. That said, with bands like The Devil Wears Prada and ...