Originally known as the Chiodos Bros the sextet better known as simply Chiodos pronounced chee-OH-dose -- named after an obscure 80s horror movie term -- came together during high school in their hometown of Davison MI located just outside of Flint C…

Since their inception Floridas Underoath has evolved from a run-of-the-mill Christian metalcore band into a fluid dynamic and energized rock group that adeptly blends emotive melody charged punk rock rhythm and chunky engaging bottom end Underoath fo…

Mystifyingly taking their name from a recently popular chick lit bestseller that was made into a blockbuster movie -- because apparently nothing says punk rock like Meryl Streep -- the Devil Wears Prada is easily one of the most bizarrely named bands…

Taking their name from a Capn Jazz song Phoenix sextet Scary Kids Scaring Kids began spewing impassioned post-hardcore that could be both shriekingly spastic and soothingly melodic in the early 2000s Known for a reckless incendiary live show the band…

Appearing amid the fertile screamo scene of the 2000s the Las Vegas quintet Escape the Fate prided itself above all else on an energetic and visceral live show The band came randomly together through MySpace when an outspoken Ronnie Radke vocals and …

Based in Los Angeles by way of Florida From First to Last formed in 2002 with guitarists Travis Richter and Matt Good With a rotating lineup early on the post-hardcorescreamo outfit released the EP Aesthetic on New York-based Four Leaf Recordings in …

As I Lay Dying are a California metal-hardcore crossover band from San Diego CA The group formed as a trio in 2001 with vocalist Tim Lambesis drummer Jordan Mancino and Evan White on guitar and shortly thereafter released Beneath the Encasing of Ashe…

Beginning in Baltimore and solidifying its lineup in Raleigh NC Alesana formed in October 2004 around guitaristvocalist Shawn Milke guitarist Patrick Thompson vocalist Dennis Lee bassist Steven Tomany and drummer Daniel Magnuson Their blend of post-h…

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 …

Silverstein formed in Ontario Canada in 2000 as a side project for vocalist Shane Told guitarist Josh Bradford drummer Paul Koehler guitarist Richard McWalter and bassist Bill Hamilton But after diving into the thriving Ontario hardcoreemo scene whic…

Hailing from rainy Seattle Aiden combines post-hardcore and punk attitudes with gothic aesthetics and a love of all things horror not to mention of course the Misfits to create surging darkly melodic music The group formed in the spring of 2003 while…

Bergen County NJs Senses Fail consisted of vocalist James Buddy Nielsen guitarists Dave Miller and Garrett Zablocki bassist Michael Glita ex-Tokyo Rose and drummer Dan Trapp Forming in 2002 SF developed a slick amalgam of post-hardcore chuggery and e…

California-based Saosin burst onto the post-hardcore scene in March 2003 with their explosive screamo-tinged debut EP Translating the Name on Death Do Us Part For the recording the band was comprised of vocalist Anthony Green former Slayer guitar tec…

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 drumsvocals Dan Jacobs guitar Chris T…

b. Norma Jean Beasler, 30 January 1938, near Wellston, Oklahoma, USA. Beasler showed an early interest in singing and after the family relocated to Oklahoma City, when she was five years old, she was given guitar tuition by an aunt. At the age of 13 …

Vocalist Michael Crafter guitarists Jona Weinhofen and Kevon Cameron bassist Sean Kennedy and drummer JJ formed the ingeniously named I Killed the Prom Queen in Adelaide Australia in 2003 Their Choose to Live or Die EP followed shortly afterward and …

Post-hardcore trio the Fall of Troy formed in Mukilteo WA in 2002 Singerguitarist Thomas Erak singerbassist Tim Ward and drummer Andrew Forsman previously collaborated in 30 Years War a screamo outfit they formed with fellow high school classmate Mik…

Buffalo-based metalcore quintet Every Time I Die formed in the winter of 1998 Spearheaded by brothers Keith vocals and Jordan Buckley guitar the founding lineup also included guitarist Andrew Williams bassist John McCarthy and drummer Michael Ratboy …