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West Covina · 2004–present · active
West Covina, California metalcore project. The dramatic name — love's conclusion driving self-destruction — channels emotional devastation through heavy music from the San Gabriel Valley.
San Diego · 2014–present · active
A Truth Betrayed is a melodic death metal and metalcore act from San Diego, California. Their 2014 EP "Hybrid" fuses the melodic sensibilities of Scandinavian death metal with the aggressive energy of American metalcore.
Los Angeles · 2019–present · active
Adonis is a speed and thrash metal band from Los Angeles. Their sound nods to the classic speed metal revival while incorporating modern production sensibilities, drawing from LA's rich tradition of high-velocity metal.
Irvine · 2017–present · active
Adora is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Irvine, California that has been steadily building a body of work since their earliest demos in the mid-2010s. With two full-lengths — "...of Serpentine Forces" and "Ophidian Kult" — alongside EPs, demos, and a split, the band has refined a serpent-themed aesthetic married to tight melodic death metal riffing with metalcore intensity.
Los Angeles · 2016–present · active
Los Angeles southern metal/metalcore hybrid blending swampy, groove-laden riffs with hardcore intensity. Feed the Pigs established their brand of whiskey-soaked aggression that splits the difference between Down and Hatebreed.
San Luis Obispo · 2012–present · active
San Luis Obispo, California groove metal/metalcore act from the Central Coast. Today We Fight delivers the muscular riffing and breakdown-heavy approach that defined early 2010s metalcore.
Los Angeles · 2008–present · active
Los Angeles metalcore project. Aquatic-sounding heaviness from the City of Angels.
Oakland · 2018–present · active
Oakland death metal and metalcore fusion named after the suborder containing dragonflies. Their 2018 debut Spawn of Odonata continues the entomological theme, building an insectoid mythology through aggressive, technically accomplished heavy music from the East Bay.
Irvine · 1987–present · active
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