List of melodic hardcore bands

The following is a list of notable melodic hardcore bands. Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk with a strong emphasis on melody in its guitar work.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

• 7 Seconds ^[1]
• 88 Fingers Louie ^[2]
• AFI ^[3]
• Alexisonfire ^{[4] [5]}
• American Nightmare ^[6]
• Anxious ^[7]
• Atlas Losing Grip ^[8]
• Avail ^[9]
• Authority Zero ^[10]
• Bad Religion ^[11]
• Beartooth ^[12]
• Being as an Ocean ^[13]
• Belvedere ^[14]
• Blood Youth ^[15]
• The Carrier ^[13]
• Casey ^{[16] [17]}
• Casey Jones ^[18]
• Champion ^[19]
• Climates ^{[20] [21]}
• Comeback Kid ^[13]
• Consumed ^[22]
• Conveyer ^[23]
• Counterparts ^[13]
• CPM 22 ^[24]
• Crime in Stereo ^[25]
• Crown of Thornz ^[26]
• Daggermouth ^[27]
• Dag Nasty ^[13]
• Dead Swans ^[7]
• Defeater ^[13]
• Descendents ^[11]
• Dragged Under ^{[28] [29]}
• Energy ^[30]
• Evergreen Terrace ^[31]
• Farside ^[32]
• The Flatliners ^[33]
• Funeral Oration ^[34]
• Gideon ^[35]
• The Ghost Inside ^[13]
• Good Riddance ^[36]
• H2O ^[37]
• Have Heart ^[13]
• Heart in Hand ^[38]
• The Hope Conspiracy ^[13]
• Hundredth ^[39]
• Ignite ^[40]
• It Prevails ^[41]
• Kid Dynamite ^[42]
• Killing the Dream ^[13]
• Koyo ^[7]
• Landscapes ^[43]
• Latterman ^[44]
• Leatherface ^[45]
• Life in Your Way ^[46]
• Lifetime ^[13]
• Modern Life Is War ^[13]
• Much the Same ^[47]
• Napoleon ^{[48] [49]}
• No Bragging Rights ^[50]
• No Use for a_Name ^[51]
• None More Black ^[52]
• One Step Closer ^[7]
• Our Time Down Here ^[53]
• PEARS ^[54]
• Phinius Gage ^[55]
• Pianos Become the Teeth ^[56]
• Propagandhi ^[57]
• Rise Against ^[58]
• Ruiner ^[13]
• Saints Never Surrender ^[59]
• Sinking Ships ^[13]
• Smoke or Fire ^[60]
• Stick to Your Guns ^[13]
• Story of the Year ^[61]
• Strike Anywhere ^[58]
• Strung Out ^[62]
• Sum 41 ^{[63] [64] [65]}
• Svalbard ^[66]
• This Is Hell ^[67]
• Touché Amoré ^[13]
• Trash Boat ^[68]
• Trophy Eyes ^[69]
• Vanna ^[13]
• Verse ^[13]
• While She Sleeps ^[70]
• The White Noise
• A Wilhelm Scream ^[71]

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