Since their inception in 2003, the Welsh quartet Bullet for My Valentine have been taking cues from '80s metal bands and the punk-infused metal of the new millennium to make melodic, dark rock with, well, metal tendencies. Coming from Bridgend, South Wales -- breeding ground for the likeminded Funeral for a Friend and LostProphets -- the group... [+] Read More

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Gabriel (lead vocals, lead/rhythm guitar)
Lexx (lead/rhythm guitar)
Zakk (bass)
Steven (drums)

Ever since he was eight years old, Gabriel Garcia knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life — write songs, sing lead and play shredding guitar for a hard-rocking band. “My cousin used listen to Iron Maiden, Megadeth,... [+] Read More

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"6 Top Guns, spewing forth the power of heavy metal".

There once was a time where 'heavy metal' was not about how low your tuning was, how brutal your vocals were or how much double kick action the drummer could belt out. Once upon a time, heavy metal encompassed more - the passion, the conviction, belief in the god of metal... oh,... [+] Read More

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"Gates of Affliction" is a heavy alternative metal band originally formed under the name Harlequin Thirst in early 2005. the band name was later changed to Gates of Affliction when the band parted ways with it's drummer. Later the band experienced numerous lineup changes until the only remaining members were Max Faith(Guitar) and Kevin... [+] Read More

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Originating in 2004 as a 6 piece band out of Salinas,Ca (3 guitars, bass, drums, and vox) Give Her The Gun has gone through as many band members as Joan Rivers has had face-lifts. Within the first year they rotated through 4 drummers, 3 guitar players, 2 bass players, and 2 vocalists. In April of 2005 Give Her The Gun recorded a 4 song Demo in... [+] Read More

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Oddly Enough began in the smallest of towns; Kennard, Indiana. Jake Cullison, Sean McRoberts, and James Bray started the band. McRoberts and Bray, New Castle residents, brought in long time friend, Spencer Stevens. The band was good, but seemed to be missing something. Thats when Knightstown resident, C.J. Blue Hines entered the scene. Now, with... [+] Read More

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Alexisonfire is a post-hardcore combo formed in Ontario, Canada, in 2001. Vocalist George Pettit, guitarist/vocalists Dallas Green and Wade MacNeil, bassist Steele, and drummer Jesse Ingelevics debuted in 2002 with a self-titled effort for the Toronto-based Distort imprint. The album did very well in Canada, garnering a lot of support for the... [+] Read More

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Coming out of Southern California during the rap-metal explosion around the turn of the century, Atreyu crafted a sound much closer to Agnostic Front or Hatebreed. The metalcore quintet was formed by Brandon Saller (drums/vocals), Dan Jacobs (guitar), Chris Thomson (bass), Travis Miguel (guitar),... [+] Read More

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Between the Buried and Me was a thinking man's hardcore unit that hailed from Raleigh, NC. The band began in 2000 after the dissolution of vocalist Tommy Rogers and guitarist Paul Waggoner's previous group, Prayer for Cleansing. Rogers and Waggoner completed their new lineup with the addition of guitarist Nick Fletcher, bassist Jason King... [+] Read More

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Death by Stereo is an aggressive metal/hardcore hybrid from Southern California. After debuting in 1998 with If Looks Could Kill, I'd Watch You Die, Efrem Shulz (vocals), Paul Miner (bass), Jim Miner (guitar), Dan Palmer (guitar), and Bill Bender (drums) watched their fan base quickly expand. Epitaph was watching too, and soon signed them up.... [+] Read More

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Not to be confused with either the late-'70s disco diva (who sang with Chic in 1977 before going solo and having a hit with 1978's "Saturday") or the country singer (who had some hits in the '60s), this Norma Jean is a Christian alternative metal/metalcore band that used to go by the name Luti-Kriss. At first, Norma Jean went with a rap-metal... [+] Read More

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Florida's Poison the Well arose quickly within the underground hardcore punk scene, becoming a major touring act in several U.S. markets on the strength of their first full-length album and incredibly energized live performances. They play a style of metalcore that evokes the guitar histrionics of Slayer and the brutal stomp of Hatebreed, while... [+] Read More

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Publik Affairs is a three piece Alternative Punk Rock group that was formed in late 2003.Members include T.Scum(Bass and Vocals),Puck(Guitar and Vocals),and V.F.L(Drums).Originally playing covers, they finally began working on creating their own sound and in 2005 they release their first album RED-NECK NATION.The album included many fast, upbeat... [+] Read More

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Jordan Karlinski is our lead singer/ guitarist. Ryan King is bassist and Cole Luebrecht is our drummer. We're more hardcore than punk right now but we're not exactly metal so... whatever.

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Stutterfly called Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, home. Vocalist Chris Stickney, guitarist Bradyn Byron, bassist Jordan Chase, and drummer Craig Langerud issued the Hollow demo in 2000, and by the issue of the Broken in Pieces LP two years later they had build a solid following for their righteous, hybridist brand of alt-metal and... [+] Read More

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Your Murder Mixtape, the Banner's 2003 full-length for Blackout, opened with a song called "Zombie Onslaught." That should give you an idea of what the quartet's particular take on metalcore sounds like -- guts and ghouls and screaming death, delivered over jagged hardcore melodies and amplified with death metal intensity. Weird breakdowns and... [+] Read More

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Genuinely shocking or tasteless, campy fun? It was sometimes hard to tell which way the Misfits wanted to be taken, and the immense cult following that has grown up in the years after their actual existence (1977-1983) seems divided in its own assessment. It certainly wasn't the Misfits' musicianship -- which was as crude as the recording... [+] Read More

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There’s a reason fans have come to their shows wearing Viking helmets and brandishing both real and plastic swords. Born out of a love for pure metal, weaned on a diet of fantasy and mythology, 3 Inches of Blood have been slaying the infidel and defending the faith for nearly eight years.
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Unwritten Legacy is a band that started in the fall of 2007, after the collapse of a seven year project that had tasted mild success in a group called Hellish Hounds. Once Unwritten Legacy got things going, they were quickly on the move, playing over 50 shows in a year, opening for major acts such as Alien Ant Farm, Drowning Pool, and Flaw, and... [+] Read More

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