Hailing from Manchester, England, Beecher are one of the few metal bands to emerge from that region's largely genteel pop music pool. The quintet formed in 2001 and the following year released its debut mini-album, Resention Is a Big Word in a Small Town. The streamlined aggression of the EP found an audience with fans of metal-minded hardcore... [+] 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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The members of metalcore outfit Avenged Sevenfold were still in high school when they formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, CA. Still, it didn't take long for M. Shadows (vocals), Zacky Vengeance (guitar), Synyster Gates (guitar), the Reverend (drums), and Johnny Christ (bass) to make an impression with their aggressive hybrid of metal and... [+] 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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Incredibly prolific punk-metal road dogs Converge were formed in 1990 and after several singles and the requisite growing pains, released their first full-length, Halo in a Haystack, in 1994. By the release of their fourth full-length, Jane Doe in 2000, Converge were regarded as one of the most original and innovative bands to emerge from the... [+] Read More

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Eighteen Visions' complex, often off-time, blasting metallic hardcore transforms bits of thrash, stomp, and acidic blackness into cohesive, pummeling compositions that occasionally break down and groove. All of their songs contain singalong-worthy bellowing from charismatic singer James Hart, who performs live with tongue-in-cheek pomposity... [+] Read More

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Hailing from Tucson, AZ, post-hardcore quintet Versus the Mirror had already self-financed and recorded their eponymous EP prior to inking a deal with Equal Vision Records in June 2005. The label released the EP that August, and the guys were back in the studio by the year's end to record their full-length debut. By this time, the band was... [+] Read More

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Christiansen began in the late '90s in Louisville, where it existed as a side project in between other bands, school, and real life. Vocalist/guitarist Brandon Bondehagen, guitarist Drew Sellers, bassist Brad Magers, and drummer Terry Campbell wrote a few songs and played a few shows, but it wasn't until the 1998 demo Up Front With the Girls... [+] Read More

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Hailing from Philadelphia, PA, death metal heroes Dark Day Dawning have performed in the area since 2001. Their debut album, Nothing That I Wouldn't Give, debuted in 2002. ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide

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Metalcore continued to rage in the mid-2000s, and Manntis fueled the fire. Active since 2000 in and around southern California, Manntis didn't gain a foothold nationally until 2004 and the band's participation in MTV's Battle for Ozzfest, a reality contest that pitted up-and-coming metal hopefuls against each other in competition for a record... [+] Read More

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Xan Sidorov - Guitar
Kenny Vincent - Bass,Samples,Programming
Aaron Smith - Vocals
Starting up in 2005, "PagesEND" founders - Xan and Vince, both having the basic knowledge to play a guitar and drums, sharing roughly the same ideologies and take on life, getting stoned and both previously being in and out of a band that was going... [+] Read More

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