THE METAL BUZZ

10) P.O.D. - Fundamental Elements of Southtown (1999) 9) Drowning Pool - Sinner (2001) 8 ) Mushroomhead - XIII (2003) 7) Motograter -...

10) Left Behind - A unique hybrid of Pantera groove and heavy hardcore influences 9) Bloodbather - Insanely chaotic, channeling the 90's...

10) Thick and Thin- Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (2001) 9) Critical Acclaim - Avenged Sevenfold (2007) 8) Turn the Other Way - Sounding...

10) Knocked Loose 9) Avenged Sevenfold 8) Cane Hill 7) Trivium 6) Pantera 5) Code Orange 4) White Zombie 3) Slipknot 2) Korn 1)...

10) Earth Crisis - Largely responsible for making the majority hardcore that followed become heavily metal influenced, now it's rare to...

Deftones are easily one of the most critically respected and revered bands of the 90's generation of metal. The band has released eight...

10) As Cities Burn - Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest (2005) 9) Saosin - Translating the Name (2003) 8) Chiodos - All's Well That Ends...

10) Vein - Partially responsible for the recent craze of nu-metal aesthetics in hardcore, very experimental and willing to push...

10) Motionless In White - Reincarnate (2014) - The band transitioned to a very industrial style at a time it was considered very uncool...

10) War From A Harlots Mouth - MMX - (2010) 9) The Last Ten Seconds Of Life - INVIVO[EXVIVO] - (2013) 8) And Hell Followed With -...

10) Sevendust - The band has aged like fine wine, their experimentation with progressive metal and metalcore has kept them fresh over the...

2019 was an outstanding year for heavy music, the best in quite some time in our opinion. This list was extremely difficult to make with...

10) Michael Paget - Bullet For My Valentine 9) JB Brubaker - August Burns Red 8) Jeff Ling - Parkway Drive 7) Jason Richardson - All That...

Scene metalcore was a phenomenon that lasted roughly from 2007-2013, combining scene culture and metalcore, quickly gaining popularity on...

10) Bring Me The Horizon - Antivist 9) Sevendust - Face to Face 8) Suicide Silence - No Pity For A Coward 7) Slipknot - Spit It Out 6)...

10) Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison (2005) - Top-notch guitar work, technically proficient, huge choruses. 9) I Killed The Prom...

Many of our readers may not remember a very weird trend to come along in the metalcore scene from roughly 2003-2010, that trend was...

10) Rings Of Saturn - Lugal Ki En (2014) - Greatly impacted deathcore, shifting the genre to a more technical and progressive approach....

10) Valentino Arteaga (Of Mice & Men) 9) Thomas Rindlisbacher (Breakdown of Sanity) 8) Jerod Boyd (Miss May I) 7) Luke Holland...

10) As I Lay Dying - Redefined 9) Carnifex - All Roads Lead To Hell 8) Saving Vice - Hell Here 7) Of Mice and Men - Mushroom Cloud 6)...