June 2025 "Metalcore Revolution" Playlist - Metal Academy Radio

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1yFgscg5HWKGoIy2s0xRfG

Tracklisting:

1. ERRA - "Cure" from CURE (2024)

2. Architects - "Elegy" from The Sky, the Earth & All Between (2025) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

3. Like Moths to Flames - "Real Talk" from Sweet Talker (2010)

4. Undying - "Echoes" from The Whispered Lies of Angels (2000)

5. God Forbid - "Nothing" from Determination (2001) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

6. The Autumn Offering - "Embrace the Gutter" from Embrace the Gutter (2006)

7. Shadows Fall - "Souls Devoured" from Souls Devoured (2025)

8. Trivium - "Throes of Perdition" from Shogun (2008) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

9. Bleeding Through - "Dead But So Alive" from Nine (2025) [submitted by Saxy S]

10. Shadow of Intent - "Feeding the Meatgrinder" from Feeding the Meatgrinder (2025)

11. Parkway Drive - "Sacred" from Sacred (2025)

12. Carnifex - "Dead but Dreaming" from Until I Feel Nothing (2011) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

13. Imminence - "Death Shall Have No Dominion" from The Return of the Black (2025) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

14. 7 Angels 7 Plagues - "Silent Deaths, Crowded Lives" from Jhazmyne's Lullaby (2001)

15. LEVELS - "BREED" from PULSE (2024)

16. Invent Animate - "Forest Haven" from Everchanger (2014)

17. Spiritbox - "No Loss, No Love" from Tsunami Sea (2025)

18. I Prevail - "Violent Nature" from Violent Nature (2025)

19. Born of Osiris - "Through Shadows" from Through Shadows (2025)

20. Out of Vision - "Dissolve" from Deceiving Lights (2024)

21. Daughters - "Nurse, Would You Please Prep the Patient for Sexual Doctor?" from Canada Songs (2003)

22. Converge - "This is Mine" from The Poacher Diaries (1999)

23. The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza - "The Lost & Damned" from Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events (2010)

24. The Chariot - "Forgive Me Nashville" from The Fiancee (2007)

25. Rolo Tomassi - "Party Wounds" from Cosmology (2010) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

26. Car Bomb - "M6" from Centralia (2007)

27. The Ghost Inside - "Shiner" from Fury and the Fallen Ones (2008)

28. Allt - "The Orphan Breed" from From the New World (2024)

29. Aerial - "Foresight" from Foresight (2016)

30. Graphic Nature - "The Downpour" from A Mind Waiting to Die (2023)

31. Worm Shepherd - "Winter Sun" from Ritual Hymns (2022)

32. The Amity Affliction - "Stairway to Hell" from Severed Ties (2008) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

Here are my thoughts on all the selected tracks:

ERRA - "Cure" from CURE (2024)

5/5. A f***ing killer start to its original album and the playlist to listen to!

Architects - "Elegy" from The Sky, the Earth & All Between (2025)

5/5. It's then followed by another epic track to kick things off further!

Like Moths to Flames - "Real Talk" from Sweet Talker (2010)

4.5/5. Real talk, though: Screamed vocals are what keep many metalcore bands going, and I enjoy Chris Roetter's screams along with his cleans.

Undying - "Echoes" from The Whispered Lies of Angels (2000)

4/5. The guitar, vocals, and drums roll through in melodic passion is another great start.

God Forbid - "Nothing" from Determination (2001)

4.5/5. This one gives you a p*ssed flying kick in the face! Byron Davis' furious vocals alongside the pummeling music really shows you what a solid album its original album Determination is gonna be.

The Autumn Offering - "Embrace the Gutter" from Embrace the Gutter (2006)

5/5. Some of you might be familiar with this track from Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam. I enjoy the vocals by Dennis Miller and the guitar solo by producer Jason Suecof.

Shadows Fall - "Souls Devoured" from Souls Devoured (2025)

4.5/5. Shadows Fall, the guys behind The Art of Balance, continue their comeback! And their "male metalcore Rapunzel" lead vocalist Brain Fair still has his hair and strength like Samson.

Trivium - "Throes of Perdition" from Shogun (2008)

5/5. This longtime highlight has a nice heavy main riff that is once again as progressive as Dream Theater with a catchy chorus. This would work well as a radio single, if it wasn't too intense at some parts.

Bleeding Through - "Dead But So Alive" from Nine (2025)

4.5/5. This one erupts into thrashy chaos, evolving into blazing soloing and the vocals of Brandan Schieppati and keyboardist Marta Demmel together in the chorus that makes an epic standout imprinted in your mind.

Shadow of Intent - "Feeding the Meatgrinder" from Feeding the Meatgrinder (2025)

5/5. This single from Shadow of Intent's upcoming album Imperium Delirium is so f***ing brutal and doubling the brutality is the guest vocals by none other than Corpsegrinder from Cannibal Corpse.

Parkway Drive - "Sacred" from Sacred (2025)

4.5/5. A vicious new banger that shall never disappoint fans!

Carnifex - "Dead but Dreaming" from Until I Feel Nothing (2011)

5/5. Lots of aggressive anger in this track from the album that marks a transition from their earlier brutal deathcore to blackened deathcore.

Imminence - "Death Shall Have No Dominion" from The Return of the Black (2025)

4.5/5. Even Imminence is getting in on the epic blackened deathcore alongside their usual intense violin-infused metalcore. F*** YEAH!!!!

7 Angels 7 Plagues - "Silent Deaths, Crowded Lives" from Jhazmyne's Lullaby (2001)

5/5. 7 Angels 7 Plagues was another short-lived metalcore band from the early 2000s. It's highlights like this one that make me wish they were still active.

LEVELS - "BREED" from PULSE (2024)

4.5/5. Even with the chorus sounding like early Linkin Park, this is still an intense banger. Not only that, the music video can also be artistic.

Invent Animate - "Forest Haven" from Everchanger (2014)

5/5. Over 10 years and Invent Animate can still shape up the djent-core sound alongside ERRA. This band can make such riff-tastic songs. The more I listen to them, the more potential I find in them. While both the intro and chorus has that blend of While She Sleeps and Northlane, the brief midsection bridge is just BRUTAL.

Spiritbox - "No Loss, No Love" from Tsunami Sea (2025)

4.5/5. I love how heavy this track is, really throwing back to Courtney LaPlante's previous band Iwrestledabearonce.

I Prevail - "Violent Nature" from Violent Nature (2025)

4/5. New I Prevail single, and it's violently heavy and killer as f***, nothing but pure destruction.

Born of Osiris - "Through Shadows" from Through Shadows (2025)

4.5/5. Another journey awaits Born of Osiris. Impressive vocals here, both the screams and cleans!

Out of Vision - "Dissolve" from Deceiving Lights (2024)

4/5. The intro grabs you and drags you through the rest of this song that shows the band's talent. Once again, I enjoy the melodic singing and brutal growls. It's part of their album Deceiving Lights released last year. It might remind some of Our Mirage. As d*mn great as this is, the generic chorus is the only thing setting it back.

Daughters - "Nurse, Would You Please Prep the Patient for Sexual Doctor?" from Canada Songs (2003)

4.5/5. This song I'm already prepped for, thanks to my 4 years of listening to mathcore (that started with The Dillinger Escape Plan).

Converge - "This is Mine" from The Poacher Diaries (1999)

4/5. The lyrics are quite sick here, as is the rest of the song.

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza - "The Lost & Damned" from Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events (2010)

4.5/5. Same with this cool unique song. Enough said about that!

The Chariot - "Forgive Me Nashville" from The Fiancee (2007)

4.5/5. Most people in my generation would've discovered bands like this in their high-school, but I've only just heard of this band for a couple years now. This is one of my favorite tracks by The Chariot. I especially love the midsection breakdown that gets broken down further into sludgy levels.

Rolo Tomassi - "Party Wounds" from Cosmology (2010)

4/5. Another great hard-hitter, from this female-fronted British mathcore band.

Car Bomb - "M6" from Centralia (2007)

3.5/5. I think there's good chaos as the tempo ranges all over the place, from slow sludge to sonic blasting.

The Ghost Inside - "Shiner" from Fury and the Fallen Ones (2008)

3/5. This one breaks through the hardcore fire of Comeback Kid with a more metallic spin.

Allt - "The Orphan Breed" from From the New World (2024)

3.5/5. Heavy insanity in the music and vocals, especially the back-breaking breakdown at over the one-minute mark. D*mn, what a banger! But there are better ones around.

Aerial - "Foresight" from Foresight (2016)

4/5. Yet another great track from a band in the ERRA/Invent Animate-inspired league. The instrumentation and vocals are what more of this world needs to hear. Those guys are so talented as f***!

Graphic Nature - "The Downpour" from A Mind Waiting to Die (2023)

4.5/5. This one strikes with brutality and emotion, "I lost it because I trusted you". One of the best saved for one of the last that shall leave listeners wanting more!

Worm Shepherd - "Winter Sun" from Ritual Hymns (2022)

5/5. This epic can almost be a deathcore tribute to the band Wintersun with its blackened symphonic power metal-ish guitarwork. It might just be the strongest epic deathcore album ending track! But we still have one more track in this playlist...

The Amity Affliction - "Stairway to Hell" from Severed Ties (2008)

4.5/5. Although early The Amity Affliction has more of a post-hardcore sound than metalcore, the final track of their debut has similar vibes to Memphis May Fire and Imminence, the former in the intense first minute, and the latter in the epic two-minute outro. Perhaps my favorite song in the Troy Brady era!

Pretty good playlist I've made, huh? I recommend this to any metalcore fan and anyone who isn't into metalcore but is up to getting into a great start for the genre. Thanks to anyone who have contributed with their own submissions, and I hope the rest of you enjoy it like I've had!