Best Screamo/Death Metal/Metalcore Bands

The Top Ten
1 Bullet For My Valentine Bullet for My Valentine are a Welsh metalcore band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matthew Tuck (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Paget (lead guitar, backing vocals), Michael Thomas (drums) and Jamie Mathias (bass guitar). Former members include Nick Crandle and Jason James; both were on bass. They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica and Nirvana. Jeff Killed John recorded six songs which were not released; two of these tracks were reworked later in their career as Bullet for My Valentine. Financial difficulties dictated the name change, which was followed by a change in music direction. In 2002, ...read more.

This band. Oh my. What can I say about them. Words do not come close to being able to describe them. They have the type of sound that makes you go "This is a band? I thought they were gods! " Waking the Demon is definitely the anthem for epicness. But you should also try "My Fist, Your Mouth, Her Scars, " "Room 409, " or "Her Voice Resides. " Great lineup. Great songs. Great band.

Laugh out loud, what a joke. Number 1?
Bullet For My Valentine are far from what I would call screamo.
As I lay Dying is screamo, Deadlock is screamo, Bullet for my Valentine, while an excellent band should not be number one.

I love this band so much. It not only has screamo in their songs but it also has cool guitar rhythms and has a nice flow to it. This is my all time favorite band. I would recommend this band to anyone who loves music.

These guys create a sound that can't be matched by any other band in the world. Even though it is one of the less popular songs, Breaking out breaking down is awesome. So is waking the demon and scream aim fire.

2 As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying is an American metalcore band from San Diego, California. Founded in 2000 by vocalist Tim Lambesis, the establishment of the band's first full lineup, which included drummer Jordan Mancino, occurred in 2001. As I Lay Dying has released six albums, one split album, and two compilation albums.

Bring me the horizon should not be higher than them. Hell they shouldn't even be in the top 10. These guys are the best ever!
This is how the list should be. :-
1. As I lay dying
2. Killswitch engage
3. Bullet for my valentine
4. The Devil wears prada
5. August burns red
6. Parkway Drive
7. All that remains
8. Underoath
9. Chiodos
10. Asking Alexandria.

Most of the bands mention here in top 10 are posser band... Come on if your a musician or not we all know who legit or not whos better or not...
Good metalcore bands - AS I lay dying, all that remains, killswitch engage, parkway drive, august burns red

Typical metalcore bands who are trying to be brutal and some are always over use of breakdowns... = asking Alexandria, BMTH, The Devil Wears Prada, underoath BVB miss may I

There only getting heavier and still just as good as they did ten years ago. All that remains isn't even screaming anymore and live they're garbage. As I Lay Dying is shows nothing but nonstop momentum during there great performance and sound perfect.

The band is the best to me, the first time I heard them, I got hooked. Their playing style and writing technique is very indifferent to other bands. If you are looking to strengthen your playing style, and you play by ear, listen to these guys first.

3 Bring Me the Horizon Bring Me the Horizon is a British rock band from Sheffield, Yorkshire. Formed in 2004, the group currently consists of vocalist Oliver Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia, bassist Matt Kean, drummer Matt Nicholls, and keyboardist Jordan Fish. They are signed to RCA Records globally and Columbia Records exclusively ...read more.

I love many bands on this list but under the top tens are a bunch of non screamo metalcore bands. Don't get me wrong I love most bands here but they are just not the genre. About BMTH... They are the BEST screamo band here in my opinion. I love these guys so much. I don't like their old stuff so much though but their new stuff is beautiful. They are amazingly poetic songwriters... Best lyrics I have ever seen on a song comes from BMTH songs. They have such beautiful compoisitons especially the song Suicide Season.. So beautiful and deep it will make you cry. AASnother beautiful song is Crucify Me and Don't Go. Those are the deepest and most beautiful songs I have ever heard in my life. Definintely best band here

Something must be wrong here. Bring me the horizon is an all time known screamo band, same as asking alexandria, give these bands the respect they deserve. Bullet For My Valentine isn't truly considered screamo. Step up to the plate and take a second look at which band you vote for. BMTH is Forever in my heart and blood.

Bring me the Horizon is the best band and they play the best music. It's impossible to explain how great they are and how much do I love them! I especially like It Never Ends, Suicide Season, Sleep with One Eye Open etc, I love all of their albums, Bring me the Horizon is just really awesome!

Original lyrics, original vocals. The vocals are so far off that it's just amazing, no other band can come close to these guys. Their newest album is the BEST and I don't understand why Bullet For My Valentine is on top.

4 The Devil Wears Prada The Devil Wears Prada is an American metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio, formed in 2005. It consists of members Mike Hranica, Jeremy DePoyster, Andy Trick, and Daniel Williams.

You simply can't beat the devil wears Prada. From dear love, to dead throne they have mastered the style of pure American metalcore and being one of the first metalcore bands to top the billboard 200 charts at number 4. These guys know what there doing and are spreading the word of god one song at a time. In my opinion they are the greatest metalcore band that will ever live

Mike Hranica by far is the greatest screamer in metalcore. Anyone that disagrees is ignorant. Him and Austin Carlile from Of Mice & Men are the most unique screamers, but of course Mike is better. The Devil Wears Prada is untouchable. Enough said.

I choose The Devil Wears Prada over Killswitch engage because KE doesn't have breakdowns like other Metalcore bands do. Real metal core is The Devil Wears Prada and they kick ass at it. They were my first favorite "Screomo" band and they kick ass a million times over.

Mike is the best screamo/vocalist currently and he is still pretty young. He has amazing voice is going to shows more. What is for sure is that he definitely has an awesome character above all

5 Asking Alexandria Asking Alexandria are an English metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire formed initially in 2008 by lead guitarist Ben Bruce along with former lead singer Danny Worsnop, bassist Joe Lancaster, keyboardist and synth player Ryan Binns, and current members drummer James Cassells and rhythm guitarist Cameron Liddell. Lancaster and Binns later departed from the band in 2009 with Lancaster joining heavy metal band With One Last Breath. Bassist Sam Bettley joined the band that same year, and in January 2015 Worsnop departed to focus on his new band We Are Harlot and was later replaced by Denis Stoff of Down & Dirty and Make Me Famous. The band has released four studio albums, their most recent being ...read more.

I'm going to be apart of the crowd here and say that Asking Alexandria should be number one on this list, not no fourth place. I can't even begin to understand how or why Bullet For My Valentine is first, that's just ridiculous.

I love AA, got all merchandise, all albums and seen them 5 times, best band ever, their lyrics tell a story and have saved me from doing things I now regret, love this band loads! Please vote for them!

I first listened to "The final episode" and now they are my favorite band.
They are so talented and I have no clue why people waste their time on "Bullet For My Valentine" or some other stuff.
I have nothing against 'BFVM', just, AA is way much beter.

There a sound all there own. They use so many compnets in there music. There lyrics tell a story. Word for word. There music isn't thrown togther. There's timeand thought put in every lyric. Vote AA please... Or give them a listen thank you for your time.

6 Trivium Trivium is an American Heavy Metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 1999. Their frontman, Matt Heafy, lead guitarist Corey Beaulieu and Bassist Paulo Gregoletto are the band's most consistent members and have appeared in every album since. ...read more.

Trivium was the band that brought me into screamo. I like a lot of other bands on this list but Trivium will always be number 1. Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr enough said.

They have been at this since Matt was 17. They. Deserve. Better. They really care about their fans. Check them out. NOW!

Master of the puppets

7 August Burns Red August Burns Red is an American metalcore band from Manheim, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2003, the group began their first performances while a majority of the members were attending their senior year of high school, and soon began playing shows around Lancaster, before being signed to CI Records. Afterwards, ...read more.

They are just brilliant. They just ooze talent in every conceivable way. Unmatched instrumental talent, and Jake Luhrs, the screamer is second only to Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada. The Lyrics are genius and very inspired. Also, they are very very good people. They constantly go out of their way to help others in need, and their organization called Heart Support is something you should all check out.

To the guy who voted Killswitch Engage, they have tons of terrible songs. As a matter of fact they only have a few good ones. But august burns red has been one of my favorite bands for years. In my opinion one of the best drummers out there, and I can't describe their stuff other than "magnificent. " Especially constellations.

August Burns Red is definitely the greatest band ever!
They have the best combination of breakdowns and riffs ever and Jake is probably the second best screamer, only second to Prada, everyone in this band is a musical genius.

Matt greiner is the best metal drummers ever and jb provides amazing licks on guitar. Not to mention they actually have meaningful lyrics and play perfectly live. Most talented band ever.

8 All That Remains All That Remains is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1998. They have released eight studio albums, a live CD/DVD, and have sold over a million records worldwide.

They are the best! They should be on top... Donno why it's rank here is so down! Seiously ATR is the best screamo metal ever! Their rhythm solo, lyrics, vocal everything is just awesome!

What seriously? At Least top 3 along with killswitch engage. Lame ass voters that don't know good music

Yeah aATR needs to be higher. And atreyu should at least be on here somewhere.

Sick band! Definitely worthy of a top 5!

9 Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast and Aftershock.

Killswitch Engage is so amazing especially with Jesse Leach and this coming from a guy that really doesn't like Metalcore. They were pretty much the start and it kinda went downhill with the bands from there.

Killswitch Engage is great! Doesn't really matter who their vocalist is (Jesse Leach or Howard Jones). Their songs have awesome lyrics and music. They strike a balance between screaming and melody.

Bullet for my valentine? Really? Really? Really?... killswitch engage will kick their teeth down their throats with songs like this fire burns, this is absolution, in due time, etc.

What is up with this list. KE ARE metalcore. Bullet For My Valentine are just some average posers. Plus screamo is not a genre its just the American term for post hardcore.

10 Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse is a American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1988. The band is known for their graphic album covers, explicitly violent lyrics and song titles like "I C** Blood" The group got into mainstream after performing the song "Hammer Smashed Face" in the 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. In 1995, vocalist Chris Barnes left the band to focus on his new death metal project Six Feet Under. He was replaced by George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of the band Monstrosity, who has remained as the frontman since. ...read more.

Every single other band in this list is metalcore/screamo. In not quite sure why the author of this page included death metal in the title because it is a completely different beast than the other two.

Screamed vocals does not equate to metal. An emphasis on aggression over melody, blast beats, high tempos, and an idgaf attitude do (among other things, those are just what came to mind).

I have no problem with your music tastes, I enjoy trivium and used to like Bullet For My Valentine, but please do not call them metal. They have more in common with pop than metal.

A good rule of thumb: if it has a catchy sing-along chorus, it is not metal.
Another: if every guy in the band has long black hair, it is also not metal. It is all about the music, not the appearance.

The pioneers, most widely recognized death metal band, and for a good reason. Musicianship is increadable and they are far superior to any other lame band in the top 10 list here.

Best death metal band of all time.
All the other bands on this list are for emo teen girls.
LAMMEE
Cannibal Corpse are the kings of death metal!

First true metal band on this list so far... The rest is Emo material for teen girls that wants to be rebel.

The Contenders
11 Parkway Drive Parkway Drive is an Australian metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, formed in 2003. As of 2015, Parkway Drive has released five full-length albums, one EP, two DVDs, a split album and one book, titled Ten Years of Parkway Drive.

Best live show I've ever seen. Ball of jeff! This band destroys all the others on this list. And bullet!? Really!? The poison was epic, but now they are filthy sellout Metallica wannabes, waking the demon is so bad it's embarrassing, the lyrics make me cringe.

Best metal band ever. My favourite band and I am so proud to be living in the same country as these musical magicians. They are truly spectacular and perfect live. BEST BAND EVER!

Really? 23rd for probably the best band in the world! Breakdowns awesome, guitar that rivals anybody and a drummer that just does it to hang out with his mates. No metal band is better.

Hands down one of the best heavy metal bands around. Their instrumentals are amazing along with perfect vocals that flow with the killer music!

12 Death Death was an American death metal band formed in 1983 by Chuck Schuldiner. Death is considered to be one of the most influential bands in heavy metal and a pioneering force in death metal. Its debut album, Scream Bloody Gore, has been widely regarded as the first death metal record, while the band's driving force, Chuck Schuldiner, is acknowledged as the "Godfather of Death Metal." Death released 7 studio albums, and are the band that started the Florida Death Metal scene. They were known for their death metal classics Lack of Comprehension and Crystal Mountain. Death ended in 2001 when Schuldiner died of Brain Cancer.

Death is the band that took the blueprints Possessed put down and evolved death metal into a clearly separate genre from the thrash that was more popular at the time. Possessed may have invented death metal, but in my opinion, Death defined it.

Are they great simply because they had such a major part of creating a genre of music? That might be a part of it, but no. What makes them so great is the fact that their music still stands up today because of the quality of musicianship, the vocal performance of Chuck Schuldiner, and the incredible songwriting that came together to make some of the best death metal, and possibly music in general, that you'll ever hear.

The complex drumming, abrasive edge to their guitars, monstrous growling by Chuck, and the pure technical skill showed by their musicians made the music great, but their ability to use actual melody without giving up any of the threatening, evil feel of the music they made is why they're able to stand up to any ...more

R.I.P. Chuck Schildiner, the best band ever, I love this guys, I'm going to see them in Hellfest, I love lot's of bands there but I'm going because of Death, these guys are Death Metal, better than lot's of those little angry kids bands like BMTH, this is a true band, just like Amon Amarth, Sepultura, Six Feet Under, Arch Enemy, Decapitated, Hypocrisy, Suffocation, Children of Bodom, In flames, Nile, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Opeth, Morbid Angel, Possessed, Carcass, Behemoth, Obituary, Foul Body Autopsy, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Bloodbath, Kataklysm, The Black Dahlia Murder, Dissection, Sacrificium, Gojira, ETC.

Why the hell is this band not at the top! Chuck is an amazing musician, and an incredibly nice guy. This band is beautiful in a musical sense. How this is lower than that joke of a band named asking Alexandra Is beyond a joke and absurd! This band created death metal, and, in my opinion the greatest death metal band, second being a band called revocation. If you're looking for death metal, you have found it, and must check them out immediately!

Awesome band, but you can't mix death metal and metalcore, two completly different genres (even though I love both) but Death deserves no. 1. Metal wouldn't be the same without them.

13 Underoath Underoath is an American rock band from Tampa, Florida. Founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton on November 30, 1997, in Ocala, Florida; subsequently its additional members were from Tampa.

Amazing screamo band! But I'm not sure bullet for my valentine is a screamo band...Sure they have a scream every here and there but not enough to be at the top of the list...

Simply brilliant. They should be in the top ten based on their chart success alone. By far have he most masterpieces in their catalogue!

Underoath is the greatest Metalcore band of all time. Aaron's vocals mixed with Spencer's gritty scream gives me the chills.

Simply great...
Writing on the walls is also awesome... Paper lung... Reinventing your exit... Great piece of work..

14 Of Mice & Men Of Mice & Men is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. The band's lineup currently consists of lead vocalist and bassist Aaron Pauley, guitarists Phil Manansala and Alan Ashby, and drummer Valentino Arteaga.

Of Mice and Men are epic! Their cover of Jamie Foxx's song "Blame It" is awesome and I truly hope that they come out with a new song in 2013 because most bands don't meet the qualifications that Of Mice and Men meet. For that Of Mice and Men should be number one

Seriously? Of Mice and Men is the band that got me into metalcore etc! Shayley Bourget is the best clean vocalist ever, and his voice always makes me want to cry. Austin Carlile is boss, enough said, and all the instrument playing dudes are pretty awesome too!

They are one of my favorite bands. I have been listening to them since they came out and they never fail to let me down. Even though Shayley left, they still try there best for the fans, and that's what they do.

This Is my favorite band. Their cover of "Blame It" is incredible. I have no clue why these guys are so far down on this list. Bands such as, "A Day To Remember, " can not touch these guys.

15 Black Veil Brides Black Veil Brides is an American rock band currently consisting of Andy Biersack (vocals), Jinxx (guitar), Jake Pitts (guitar), Christian Coma (drums) and Ashley Purdy (bass), that formed in 2006 in Ohio. In the beginning of their career, the band was heavily associated with the emo subculture, and had strong metalcore, screamo and alternative influences, however got more metal oriented over the years. Their songs usually carry a message of acceptance, believing in yourself and being individual and different. Among their most well known songs are "Knives and Pens", "Rebel Love Song", "In the End" and "Fallen Angels".

Dude... Knives and pens. Savior. These guys are so much better than asking alexandria... They don't completely ruin all of their songs with incessant raspy junk screaming

I love their songs. They know what some people go through and can relate to that. I love all of their songs, love the violin solos and guitar solos. Just awesome

Black veil brides songs are so meaning full!
U should check out savior and Carolyn
And maybe check
Knives and pens,
Fallen angels,
We stitch these wounds

Unfortunately, my mum won't let me listen to black veil brides or falling in reverse. But I still listen to them. What she doesn't know won't hurt her

16 Children of Bodom Children Of Bodom was a melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland. Formed in 1993, the final lineup consisted of Alexi Laiho, Janne Wirman, Henkka Seppälä, Jaska Raatikainen and Daniel Freyberg.

Best heavy metal screamo band out better than the new screamo bands aka bmth etc alexi laiho knows how to scream and is gret guitarist as well children of bodom rule.

Most of these bands *cough cough bvb, bmth, om&m, etc. sound exactly like a constipated toddler taking a dump. I don't even know how it's possible to group core and screamo bands with death metal, it's plain disrespectful

Amazing instrumentation with an incredible voice and a touch of comedy at the end of a couple songs.

Way too below... Heavily underrated band... Should have easily made its way to the top 5.

17 Silverstein Silverstein (/ˈsɪl.vər.stiːn/) is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 2000. Their band name is a reference to the famous children's author Shel Silverstein, whom the band had admired and whose work they had read as children. They have released a total of 11 studio albums, seven EPs, a compilation album and a live DVD/CD. Their lineup remained unchanged for eleven years from December 2001 to September 2012, then consisting of lead vocalist Shane Told, lead guitarist Neil Boshart, rhythm guitarist Josh Bradford, bassist Billy Hamilton, and drummer Paul Koehler. In September 2012, the band had announced that Neil Boshart had been fired and would be replaced by Paul Marc ...read more.

They absolutely rock off the billboard charts... From the roots of my heroine, to the melody of burning hearts and a punk driven and one of my favorite song the artist... God job guys! 1 I can't wait for short songs

What on earth is this band doing in 26th? This is one of the best post harcore bands around! And their lyrics are deep... Put this up further!

18 Sleeping With Sirens Sleeping with Sirens is an American rock band from Orlando, Florida currently residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The band currently consists of Kellin Quinn, Gabe Barham, Jack Fowler, Nick Martin, and Justin Hills.

Sleeping With Sirens use creativity for their music videos, it's more than them just rocking out. They express their thoughts and words in a way that correctly portrays how anyone could feel at that moment. Kellin Quinn has amazing vocals, and this helps them very much to their advantage of conveying their ideals. Not only that, they're amazing when they preform live, and are kind to their fans overall. When Kellin screams... It's quite amazing

Kellin's high voice is perfect and I love them. Kellin's screams are amazing and the whole band truly loves their fans.

They are the atmost amazing band of all time, they are the definition of perfection there music is above quality. They bring an indivivual outlook and I believe they deserve recoginition for there amazing music

Dude this should be at least in the top 15!

19 Slipknot Slipknot is an American metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa in 1996. The band is best known as one of the pioneers of the New Wave of American Alternative Metal during the late 1990s - 2000s and are distinguishable by the band's clothing choices, consisting of black/red jumpsuits and horror inspired masks. ...read more.

Slipknot has got to be one of the best heavy metal bands ever! people call you weird for listening to slipknot bur in just like well mate your even more weird for listening to justin bieber. I am only 15 but have grown up listening to slipknot all my life and I'm proud.!

Best songs in my opinion of this legendary band: psychosocial, people = s***, and the negative one. there are plenty other amazing ones, but these are the best

... Really? This band has more Grammys than any of the bands on this list..

20 Alexisonfire Alexisonfire is a five-piece Canadian post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario in 2001. The band consists of George Pettit, Dallas Green, Wade MacNeil, Chris Steele, and Jordan Hastings.

- Absolutly Amazing band, very talented and every album is excellent, needs to be in at least top 10!

21 Five Finger Death Punch Five Finger Death Punch, often shortened to Five Finger or Death Punch, also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2005, the band's name comes from the kung fu movie The Five Fingers of Death.

This band shouldn't be in this list. This band is not screamo/metalcore or even death metal. This is groove metal band with their own sound. These guys used to be my favourite, but I've found other bands. This band, however, is a really good band to check out though

Best band every they are hands down the best live band and best videos!

This is the best band EVERR! I hve been listening to them since iwas six years old they are one of my favorite bands ever!

22 Cattle Decapitation Cattle Decapitation is an American Deathgrind band from San Diego, California formed in 1996. Cattle Decapitation's songs protest the mistreatment and consumption of animals, the abuse of the environment and touch subjects such as misanthropy and genocide of the human race. Much of their music is based ...read more.
23 Dark Tranquility
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25 Atreyu

Worth listening 2. Love sum other bands 2 but this one every screamo fans dream. Try the song your private war, when two are one. THE BEST. Guarantee satisfaction. Totally rad

Not some much core, but it's still metal, check first albums for screamo, last for melodic metal, and some awesome chorus.. All in all, after Bullet For My Valentine and ATR, this band is on my list

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