Best & WORST Metalcore / Deathcore Albums Of 2024 RANKED

[@unhalloweddeliverance]

Holy damn, thank you so much for putting us in "Perfection"! That's a huge honor for a small band like us and we truly appreciate it🙏🏻

[@MetalTrenches]

@@unhalloweddeliverance 🤘🏻

[@Djentyy]

incredible album lads !

[@BreakingTheFangs-pq7ki]

This channel is seriously underrated. The effort you put into this stuff is monumental.

[@WFly101]

New Fit For An Autopsy was fantastic and I'm not even that huge on deathcore

[@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125]

That video in the intro will never get old.

[@kilprez]

Love this list and not just because I'm on it! ❤ Although that definitely doesn't hurt. Seeing my album ranked side by side with some of my favourite releases of the year feels incredible! Thank you once more Mr Trenches ❤🖤❤

[@lordopeth7176]

Deathcore 1. Assemble The Chariots--Unyielding Nights 2. The Last Ten Seconds Of Life--No Name Graves 3. Drown In Sulphur-Dark Secrets Of The Soul 4. Worm Shepherd--Hunger 5. Distant--Tsukuyomi: The Origin 6. Underneath--From The Gut Of Gaia 7. Disembodied Tyrant--The Tower: Part One 8. Vulvodyniia--Entabeni 9. Enterprise Earth-Death:An Anthology 10. Ingested-The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams 11. A Wake In Providence-I Write To You My Darling Decay 12. Within The Ruins-Phenomena II 13. Fit For An Autopsy--The Nothing That Is 14. Oceano--Living Chaos 15. A Night In Texas-Digital Apocalypse 16. Immortal Disfigurement--King 17. Left To Suffer-Leap To Death 18. Umbra Vitae--Light Of Death 19. Entheos--An End To Everything 20. The Last Of Lucy--Godform

[@shorteststraw03]

I believe the Fillth you listed is not the one from 89. Enjoy your channel.

[@edgelordfox5262]

An album I feel you should have included was Like Moths to Flames’ The Cycles of Trying to Cope. That album was fire this year.

[@KingNyanCat]

I'm glad someone else noticed that beast of an album missing.

[@tjb8158]

Don't you dare ever stop making these videos!!!! Our music tastes are too similar and I need the recommendations!!!

[@kylewhitmore5954]

I saw A Wake In Providence, Cane Hill, and 156/Silence on tour with Signs of the Swarm, all sounded great and I was happy with all their new projects

[@Commentarianist]

Dude 156/Silence is so good, Product Placement has been on my on repeat all year

[@ryanhanlon7001]

The new a wake in providence and Assemble the Chariots both are in my top 10 albums this year. Amazing stuff

[@CraigMader]

A lot of good 2024 dethcore was buried in the EPs. DISEMBODIED TYRANT(2EPs), and MIRAR spring to mind immediately.The genre-core blending stuff is fun, too, like TURIN (blak) and DRAGONCORPSE and PHANTOM EXCALIVER (power).

[@MetalTrenches]

Loved the Dragoncorpse EP. Very interested for a full length when they are ready.

[@michaelc3656]

That Mirar EP is one of the best of the year. Came across that randomly on KZbin and was hooked immediately. So unique.

[@retrogamer41_sepiamta]

The releases of 156/Silence, Erra, Boundaries, Knocked Loose, Kublai Khan TX, Better Lovers, The Ghost Inside, Cane Hill & Fit For An Autopsy were definitely my fave choices for Deathcore/Metalcore releases for this year. Boundaries started out the year strong, Erra soothes things out(my first album I listen to them since their 2014 EP "Moments Of Clarity"), The Ghost Inside's 2nd release since their bus accident proves that it's business as usual(the album's still good IMO), Knocked Loose pummels hard with their 3rd album, 156's third offering solidifies the band further, Better Lover's debut full length continues they are forming their own identity from the ashes of TDEP & ETID after last year's debut EP release, Fit For An Autopsy's 7th Album finally made me a fan of them, Kublai Khan TX's new album continues their own brand of beatdown hardcore(it's worth the 5 year wait) and Cane Hill's first full length in 6 years is actually great.

[@bigboi8203]

ERRA Fan here. The most common negative thing I hear from people about ERRA is that they are just another djent band but if people actually listened to their albums they would know they are much more than that. Super technical guitar work and fun song structures make them a standout from bands like northlane and hollow front. I didn’t love the new album at first but the more I listened to it for what it is, I really like it now.

[@MetalTrenches]

I listen. I go back. I get nothing. Sometimes people just don’t care for things.

[@GFauxfox]

Erra is an amazing band. Cure was a solid change of pace with some excellent songs.

[@alucard3317]

In my opinion, they sadly Never released anything close to the Level of Augment After the fact. But that Album is incredible and at least to me, by far their best Release

[@GFauxfox]

@@alucard3317 Self-titled blows Augment out of the water.

[@drgenki6491]

I would like Erra if cleans weren't that atrocious

[@warriorthawitt9971]

I know obviously you can’t include every single one but, if you managed to check these albums out what did you think of them? 1-Windwaker - Hyperviolence 2-In Hearts Wake - Incarnation

[@masterknife8423]

I'm glad you didn't put Post Human Nex Gen so low on the tier list. For someone who's not really much of a BMTH fan that honestly surprised me a bit.

[@MetalTrenches]

Yeah I don't even really LIKE them but it was a really engaging and unique album.

[@mr.wednesday2271]

ZOMBIESHARK! is my favorite album of the year, Im glad that is Perfection but has not the right cover haha. As always a lot of albums that I didn't know they were released like Anna Pest or Kilprez and a lot of agreements in your ranks. Great tierlist!

[@a.pigeon]

Pretty happy with this list overall. I would have put Fit For An Autopsy and Make Them Suffer a little higher personally, but I do understand their placements. Also love to see more underrated bands like SYSC and Within the Ruins getting the respect they deserve.

[@drozdlukasz]

156/Silence "People Watching" is my favourite album of the year. Great record.

[@metalrob6713]

Nice to see that Assemble The Chariots is here. Finnish deathcore PERKELE!🤘🏻🔥🇫🇮

[@MrPsy0pus]

"And Now I'm Just Gnashing My Teeth" from The Barbarians Of California should have had a nice spot in the list imo ;)

[@Nope-gu3ph]

I think the biggest disagreement between you and me is that I LOVED Dan Watson's vocals on Enterprise Earth's last album lmao. As usual, amazing video. Absolutely love the channel, coming to end like the 5th year watching your videos

[@MetalTrenches]

@@Nope-gu3ph 🤘🏻

[@Volttikoira]

Thank you for your hard work making this video! I haven't really found a metal album this year that absolutely grabbed me, like Terrasite and Ashen did last year. Based on this list I'm going to check out stuff by Anna Pest and Weston Super Maim. Happy holidays!

[@tpags7398]

Regarding Wristmeetrazor, it’s a reference to the classic screamo band Usurp Synapse. It was a tongue in cheek band name and that’s in line with the original song title. In any case, pretty stoked on the new counterparts ep, and the best release of the year in metalcore was the Balmora/Since My Beloved split

[@Oneroombelow07]

Allt had the aoty with "from the new world" imo

[@Coolldown]

I listen to a lot of underground core stuff so none of it made it to this list. heres some recs that folks might enjoy if they like the stuff sticking to the genre roots! Contention - Artillery from Heaven, thrashy metalcore that take from the straight edge bands like arkangel and morning again xEdenisgonex - PAIN, Blackened melodic metalcore very influenced by the european straight edge bands like arkange again The God Awful Truth - All That Dark & All That Cold, Mathcore kinda like dillinger Heriot - Devoured by the Mouth of Hell, sludgy metalcore with ethereal atmospheric parts with a touch of industrial (ffo Thaw off of Ends last album) Starve - Life's Promise Dies, 21 min of angry metalcore Dark Icarus - Zealot, Alex of Atreyu's new band dropped a surprisingly good album that take a lot from the 2000s Foreign Hands - Whats Left Unsaid, Very poison the well, mis sigs, and 7 angels 7 plagues type stuff Terror Cell - All Quiet - Mathcore with converge parts and post metal parts Graphic Nature - Who Are You When No One is Watching?, Nu-Metalcore with sick drum and bass parts Duhkha - A Place You Cant Comeback From, Coalesce flavored mathcore

[@Holy_Frakula]

Hell yeah that Heriot album is badass. Foreign Hands too. I'll have to check out the rest.

[@LocDok]

Wrong "Filth" ;) This one is from 2015. I don't think the members were even born in '89 😝 Love your channel. Happy holidays, man 🎉❤

[@MetalTrenches]

@@LocDok whoopsy

[@malcolmrff]

Worm shepherd and the browning were my choices of the big names. Distant kind of let me down with that blanket of gain/distortion over the whole mix.

[@samuelblinne6040]

Cool list

[@forkheader]

The most underrated metalcore release this year for me was fallingwithscissors - the death and birth of an angel. Great combination of early Converge era metalcore with mathcore, with some emo/post hardcore moments and some really interesting electronic and drum and bass moments. It sounds like a lot on paper but in execution it was just wonderful.

[@enzogibertini8267]

i am a HUGE fan of the early 00's metalcore, so, this year, i search for some bands that are clinging to more of this style... so in this video has nothing of these bands... so i'm leave some recommendations for you because i know you are a huge fan of the melodic riffing with the hardcore breakdowns in the genre!!! Houses We Die In- Face of the Suffering Foreign Hands- What's Left Unsaid (Poison the Well of this decade) Pieces of Eden- Shards of Memory Watch You Fall- The Burden of Beign (EP of the year for me) Jane.- Romeo Is Dead (this band has been around since 1998, but the released a bunch of songs of them in the Spotify... and they are part of the H8000 HXC scene) Orion...Once Again- Lost you in the: season (sick japonese with the old school metalcore sound) Tears Seven Times- As Poryphia Once Went (my second contender on EP of the year) A Year Ago Today - Self Titled (sick 3 songs EP) Long Goodbye- i used to dream of drowning (sick EP with a lot of panic chords) The God Awful Truth- All That Dark & All That Cold (first full lenght of the band) Wocket Launcher- DEMO 2024 (The Black Dahlia Murder worship) Fifteen Rhema- Drawing Upon Last Time (Panic chords and melodic riffs fest) Balmora/ Since My Beloved- Six Pacts Etched in Blood (two of the best new bands with the OG metalcore sound done the right way) Nientara- This Is Goodbye (this band has been around since 2001 and they released an album full of their OG demos... they has super melodic riffs with ear piercing vocals) Divine Right- Salvation Ends (Underrated Straigh Edge HXC with an Angel on the album cover, super early 00's) DURENDAL- Monumental EP (this band is know as "VHS Metalcore" and one of the best RevivalCore bands) xEdenisgonex- PAIN (early 00's metalcore done right) .seeing.stars.- Behind The Veil of Innocence and Fragility (exquisite metalcore band with sick riffs) Four Winds Away- Self Titled EP (east bay metalcore) Suicide Revolver- Anoiting The Palms (sick Metallic HXC EP) Fallen God- Dismembered Thoughts and Memories (one of the best EP's of the year) Contention- Artillery From Heaven (Straight Edge Metalcore reminds of Arkangel) Daturas Embrace- Demo (Super Melodic Metalcore in the roots of Far From Forgiven) withpaperwings- Demo (OG Panic Chords fest with HXC mosh) Domain- Life's Cold Grasp (sick Metalcore with huge HXC influences and a guest from MEAN PETE (R.I.P) of Remembering Never) PLUS: Light Of The Final Dawn (a huge compilation with only new bands that have the 00's metalcore sound PERFECTED! and the album cover have an blue angel on it... so its the perfect album for OG metalcore heads) i'll also will leave the recommendation to follow the 4Ephyra Records... its a new label that its managed by young kids that signs new bands with the 90's/00's Hardcore/Metalcore/Deathcore sound! also they have one Nu-Metal band with the OG sound to it too... they are called Empty Shell Casing and they just have released their first EP! Love your channel dude, much love for u and sorry for your the loss of your doggo❤

[@MetalTrenches]

Thanks. I do disagree with the idea that there are no 2000's metalcore sounding bands in here though. Yellfire? 156/Silence? Boundaries? Also I don't generally include EP's in these.

[@sonicrules666]

have you heard of Defects' album Modern Error? Melodic metalcore I'd say, am checking these bands out, if any are like that let me know. I'm a big fan of Killswitch Engage from 2002 onwards, Shadows Fall from 2002 onwards, Trivium, Bullet both from 2005 onwards

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

Time to get my notebook out and start writing down albums thanks for the list.

[@Saucymanwastaken]

Curious though, thoughts on Umbrae Vitae’s newest release?

[@MetalTrenches]

Haven't heard it

[@Saucymanwastaken]

@@MetalTrenchesits really good, I’d put it in middle-to-higher amazing as its just the previous album but they improved upon what they’ve established. Goes hand-in-hand with Undeath’s record for me and its interesting that this is considered Deathcore, I don’t listen to much Deathcore so I don’t know how many other bands are out there that follows a more “OSDM” approach so thats kinda cool.

[@paradoxrift2600]

"The Browning" just sounds like someone shitting themselves tbh.

[@MetalTrenches]

For real

[@brendonlake1522]

I really got into Enterprise Earth, some amazing tracks!

[@Djentyy]

Where the heck did you find/listen to that Underneath - From the Gut of Gaia album because i cant find them anywhere lol

[@MetalTrenches]

@@Djentyy Spotify I think

[@Djentyy]

@MetalTrenches well I cant find them or the album to save my life lol

[@xangrycatmanx5104]

​@@Djentyy it might be up on Bandcamp

[@I-DEPRESSIONIST]

Unfortunately seems they did a rebrand and their old stuff is lost, fortunately I have their old EP downloaded because it's so damn good, and I might be able to send it through link wise​@@Djentyy

[@ding1r]

My favorites of the year so far are Chat Pile, Better Lovers, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Darko and of course Knocked Loose. I would include JFAC but they don't qualify as core anymore lol. I heard the 156/Silence album while i was working out and i liked it, but i didn't pay much attention to it. I gotta give it another spin. And new Erra was soooo disappointing for me lol, their songwriting just got bland as hell compared to their previous. Anyways, amazing list as always! So glad to see your channel growing more and more.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

Check out Error:925 by Stained With Silver, my favorite metalcore release of the year!

[@burdyyyyyyyyyy6047]

Also "Freaks" by Avralize is AOTY. Check out the Song "Canvas" or "Higher". Its Progressiv Metalcore but it still is extremly Catchy

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

I also love Enterprise Earth. I've never been a big fan of the singing but the rest of the song is so good I jam to it anyway. Only track they sing on I like is from the last album, Overpass.

[@Pyr0nEx]

Inertia’s “Second Shadow” is a banger album that I would’ve loved to see.

[@Saliva1]

Wristmeetsrazor album Degeneration is their 3rd album and yeah, I agree that the name is kind of corny but I loved this one. The 18 visions vibe on it is great and by far my favorite from them.

[@psychosis8429]

This was the video I was waiting for. Lots of great core albums this year

[@mangopie7602]

I was expecting to disagree with some but wow he actually have the same exact opinions

[@stephenserafino]

Wristmeetrazor gets their name from the screamo band usurp synapse. A song called "wrist meet razor". And also this is their 3rd album not sophomore album

[@kingrico7909]

3 of my favs of da year is not on here but they are great. 🤘 Lifesick - loved by none, hated by all. 🔥🔥 Saltwound - The Temptation of pain. 🔥 Crucifiction - Will to power

[@CH-ml4rz]

LIFESICK 🎉

[@StanThecaddy-w1z]

The Foreign Hands and Contention albums were really good too i thought.

[@GR682-n6y]

And I have been thinking that you can do a thrash metal tier list from 1983-1999 there by you can have enough time to see bands that you missed out on.

[@bhfromnh3914]

Best metal channel of all time

[@MetalTrenches]

Thanks!

[@freddymaierx2363]

My Unhallowed Boys Best Album of the year

[@Blubbbbbb1865]

I think the new Distant album is perfection, but I'm dumb, and I like dunk-dunk-dunk caveman core. Still, I respect your opinion.

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

I love that new Austrian Death Machine album. It's so good for lifting.

[@zoichi_kanoe6227]

Imminence - The Black?

[@WFly101]

Overhyped af

[@zoichi_kanoe6227]

It isn't in the video but should have been, I was curious to hear the opinion about it

[@MetalTrenches]

It was pretty good

[@bchil8738]

I'm still hoping for an actual full album from up and coming metalcore dethklok. LOST SOULS! ! ! ! ! This is completely unrelated from that, but I think it would be cool to rank every comedy metal band.

[@reabec10]

I think Enterprise Earths latest album was solid but for me The Chosen is superior

[@tomasaguiar8482]

Metalcore is the leading genre of metal today. They bring new people by combining other sounds and elements from different genres

[@VTM_isawesome]

Lmfao

[@EmberMcLain87]

nice to see set your sails on here. it was a fun little record, and speaking of it sounding a bit otep-ish R I P her career as otep officially retired. loved the Austrian death machine record, but yea it did sound like it was 10 years in the making. fun and enjoyable, but just doesn't have that fun factor like the original trilogy did.

[@Dax11eleven]

I’ve gone off deathcore/metalcore alot this year. Too much great death metal to dig through really. But within the ruins was amazing ❤ 156/silence, better lovers and few other great ones kept me interested including Exuvial which is partly death metal. But with core elements. Still awesome album

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

I love the new Erra. I'm a sucker for them. The Last Ten Seconds is amazing While she sleeps and Darko are a letdown

[@PatoIzquierdo]

Can we have the written down list of "Perfection" and "Fantastic" so we can follow up the top tier? Thanks!

[@MetalTrenches]

All albums are in the description

[@grayscaleseason]

Thank you dude!!!

[@madzialena1734]

Assemble the chariots are amazing. I hope they get more recognition and release another amazing album

[@organically_me]

Bloom made it on the list and that’s fine by me!

[@patrickstar6247]

Should give the ENMY record a spin. Pretty great!

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

Just saw Boundaries last week.

[@ScrilboBaggins]

My hot take of the year. Knocked Loose album wasn’t that good.

[@MetalTrenches]

You're not the only one who feels that way and I get it. Honestly when their debut came out I also wasn't too keen on them but that changed.

[@Forestgravy90]

Agree, it's ok but his vocals are grating and one dimensional

[@Cwin-ny6bp]

Incorrect.

[@Joshcoshbagosh]

Vocals are definitely the biggest problem for me

[@superstan3290]

I couldn’t get into them either

[@troyannells4642]

I'm not huge into core, but I've been listening to Black Pegasus and think they kick ass!

[@hectorThechilldudeonacouch]

I do agree with a lot of picks, have some on my lists.

[@Holy_Frakula]

Hard disagree on the new Darkest Hour. I personally think that album rips. Been digging it all year.

[@anap3333]

People watching is the best metalcore album in YEARS

[@pepsiman6425]

Everyone is sleeping on Consvmer. Easily had my album of the year

[@jeffreymercado2082]

I loved Many Eyes. Not saying it's what I expected but I think my Bias for Keith Buckleys vocals got the better of me. He's one of my favoeite vocalists and I don't think he can do any wrong. lol

[@Forestgravy90]

Good list, one I enjoyed that I dont think is on here is From the new world by Allt

[@matthewknight7180]

I'm a massive While She Sleeps fan but Self Hell was a complete disappointment sadly. The only song that I regularly come back to is To The Flowers.

[@maxeverblack]

I really wanted to like Boundaries, but that filter over the vocals absolutely ruins it for me. It’s the same thing with the last Acacia Strain full length, I just can’t listen to either

[@IFaceNapalm]

What's the left one on the thumbnail?

[@MetalTrenches]

156/Silence

[@843Core]

Next time I see Dustin from Filth I’ll ask him how he started a band a year before he was born 😂

[@MetalTrenches]

@@843Core lol I oopsied with that one. Too many bands with that name. Similar logo too

[@843Core]

@ no worries! Just cool to see my friends getting talked about :)

[@MrJacinto0512]

Again, Will Putney went hard twice IN ONE DAY. Oct 25, 2024 was one of, if not the, best new release fridays this year. Also, I know it's an EP, but Counterparts' Heaven Let Them Die might be my overall favorite release this year. They went into End-level heaviness but are still undeniably them. Also also, UK band Polar released Five Arrows just a few weeks ago. They're very similar to fellow brits While She Sleeps and Architects but that also meant they went the the Octane-core route with this album😞. There's way too much rapping and hip-hop infused shit for my taste. Such a shame a because their previous 2 albums sounded MASSIVE and pointed towards them finally breaking out of relative obscurity. Oh well. It is still miles better than Self Hell tho lol

[@Joshcoshbagosh]

Can anyone tell me the origin of that video in the intro?

[@MetalTrenches]

@@Joshcoshbagosh The source is in the corner

[@doneljeko7859]

Where's Mister Sister Fister: Re-Conception?

[@speakerdestroyer425]

Long-time ERRA fan here but 100% agreed on the new album, a massive dud in their discography.

[@dtm2078]

I can definitely appreciate some aspects of Deathcore when it comes to like Brand of Sacrifice and Shadow of Intent (definitely guilty of being a fanboy😅), but at the end of the day, I faithfully come back to Metalcore a lot more, especially the likes of early Killswitch Engage and early A7X, but that's me lol✊🏾🤷🏾‍♂️

[@BoneMachineMUC]

Unhallowed takes this one IMO. Liked Fit for an Autopsy a lot aswell

[@wheelsofmercury]

It was such a *DRY* year for metalcore and deathcore, but I did really enjoy Knocked Loose, 156/Silence, Fit For An Autopsy and Boundaries. An underrated deathcore-adjacent gem that more people should be checking out is the new album from Assemble The Chariots: a Bal-Sagoth-influenced deathcore-ish album with minimal to almost no breakdowns. Highly recommended! EDIT: Oh shit, Trenches talked about it!

[@Volttikoira]

Hey, thanks for the Assemble the Chariots recommendation! I listened to Evermurk and instantly liked it 👍

[@wheelsofmercury]

@@VolttikoiraNo problem!

[@Sevro720]

This year wasn’t at all dry for metalcore and deathcore lmao what?? I’m gonna be pretentious here but it just sounds like you aren’t tapped into the scene

[@wheelsofmercury]

@@Sevro720 I’ll chalk it up to not being as into the -core scene as I was when I was a teenager back in the early 2010’s. I’ll admit: I *have* been more interested in black metal these days because a lot of current metalcore just sounds the same to me.

[@mortuarymax]

Bro you are definitely not tapped into the scene if you really think any core is decent nowadays​@@Sevro720

[@apoplexiamusic]

33:12 "but c'mon this is 2024 here... autism is king on social media

[@apoplexiamusic]

ARF ARF is perfection!

[@curtisspivey234]

SOOO Down with the ARF ARF!

[@James.Maddock]

Great list but no gravemind 😢 great band and album some great features too

[@drankFoD]

I love metalcore. idgaf what old head iron maiden lovers like

[@MetalTrenches]

Where are the old head Iron Maiden lovers? I don't know any of them.

[@JoshieMadhatt]

aye Icarus, what is a deathcore vocalists favorite type of cheese?

[@MetalTrenches]

@@JoshieMadhatt what?

[@JoshieMadhatt]

@@MetalTrenches Brieeeeee! lol

[@ryanschug6699]

Wheres Imminence? The black is fantastic

[@korautoti60]

No Bilmuri? It doesn't belong in a core-adjacent genre?

[@MetalTrenches]

Didn't hear it. Hard to catch everything.

[@korautoti60]

@@MetalTrenches Yes, it´s imposible to hear everything. But Bilmuri made a lot of waves this year and for good reason. Listen to one song, Better hell. It will give you an idea

[@IlijaStajic]

no joke this was my AOTY in terms of play count.

[@villagewolf999]

If you like better lovers check out the barbarians of California. I enjoyed their new album more

[@xxErmis]

Imminence?

[@PaulvonderHeyden]

Don't want to sound like that kind of guy but where's Allt?

[@MetalTrenches]

Can't get 'em all.

[@PaulvonderHeyden]

@MetalTrenches Of course, but it was the most popular modern metal debut this year

[@robertpoole5652]

What about In Hearts Wake album "Incarnation"

[@warriorthawitt9971]

The last 2 tracks on that album ESPECIALLY Transmission hit me right in the feels.

[@robertpoole5652]

@warriorthawitt9971 that whole album is all killer, no filler

[@azrielmyangel]

Sir, no THC???

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

The new Oceano is there best. Sad they are breaking up due to a tour with Attila.

[@Greenignitor]

No Allt?