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…

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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…

Differentiating themselves from the 1999 beauty pageant movie of the same name with the strategic placement of a comma metalpost-hardcore outfit Drop Dead Gorgeous came together in Denver during the mid-2000s The group was comprised of Aaron Rothe vo…

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…

Formed in 1999 Amityville NYs Taking Back Sunday took their version of melodic hardcore from bands like Lifetime Endpoint and Sunny Day Real Estate as well as guitarist Ed Reyes emo band the Movielife The bands first demo a five-song CD was released …

Post-hardcoreemo-pop quintet Hawthorne Heights came to life in the summer of 2001 Originally called A Day in the Life the Dayton OH collective saw numerous lineup changes and shifting music styles before settling on its current formation Composed of …

Drawing heavy influence from Green Day and blink-182 early on pop-punk quartet All Time Low formed in the suburbs of Baltimore MD in 2003 around singerguitarist Alex Gaskarth and guitarist Jack Barakat The two soon added bassist Zack Merrick and drum…

Phoenix screamo outfit Greeley Estates formed in late 2002 A year after starting the quintet -- vocalist Ryan Zimmerman guitarist Dallas Smith guitarist Brandon Hackenson drummer Brian Champ and bassist Josh Applebach -- was already building a cultli…

Post-hardcorealternative rock outfit A Static Lullaby came together after a casual high school jam session led its members to quit their existing bands and come together as one Formed in 2001 in Orange County CA the group began with singer Joe Brown …

New Jersey hardcore band My Chemical Romance achieved a surprising degree of success with their Goth-tinged, woe-is-me take on punk. Labeled everything from emo and pop-punk to post-hardcore and screamo, My Chemical Romance are one of several bands f…

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…

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…

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…