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Underappreciated Metalcore Early 00s

So I've finally got around to doing this....I've restricted myself for 5 albums per year, and all of them had to be mostly unknown and underground records, there are some exceptions that are explained in the descriptions. The term ''metalcore'' is used very openly, so this list is basically stuff that I find interesting, yet I still think it belongs under the term. The list is mostly filled with mathcore-ish, fast, spastic and experimental side of the genre, because that is simply what I prefer.
1This Day Forward
The Transient Effects of Light on Water


2000
One of those extremely emotional immature releases that came out after the release of ''The Opposite Of December'', But still pretty fun record, I might not like it as much as I used to, but I can still enjoy the musicianship, plus I really dig those high screams
Similiar artists: Poison The Well, The Killing Tree
2Undying
The Whispered Lies of Angels


2000
Very metal-ish record that has great sense of melody, and often instrumentally crosses into melodeath, totally one of the more interesting records of this time
Similiar artists: Darkest Hour, Soilwork (instrumentally), Killswitch Engage
3Medulla Nocte
Dying From The Inside


2000
Painfully aggressive, heavy, fast album, that crosses into some grindcore speeds here and there.
Similiar artists: Martyr AD, Nostromo
4Drowningman
Rock And Roll Killing Machine


2000
Extremely ambitious Emotional Mathcore record.
This is one of the most instrumentally pleasing bands of its time
Similiar artists: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Deadguy, Early Botch
5Living Sacrifice
The Hammering Process


2000s fave
This is one of the exceptions. While fairly known record, I think it's falsely considered ''melodeath'' while It's pretty obviously metalcore release, it has great amount of groove and melody to it, but the hardcore influence is undeniable.
If you're fan of repetitive groovy music, check this one out...It has pretty undeniable Meshuggah influence too.
Similliar artists: Demon Hunter, Meshuggah
6The End (CAN)
Transfer Trachea Reverberations from Point: False Omniscient


2001
Extremely fast, dizzying, grind-y, and intense, contrast between beauty and ugliness in....14 minute long record
Similiar artists: Nostromo, Curl Up And Die
7Eighteen Visions
The Best of Eighteen Visions


2001
This is what should typical metalcore sound like...energetic, instrumentally proficient, incredibly heavy and well written.
Finally well produced Eighteen Visions record
Similiar artists: If Disembodied were converge, Bleeding through
8Candiria
300 Percent Density


2001
While I am not that much of a fan of the whole Rap metalcore thing that is happening on this record, when the band gets into their more melodic, jazzier passages they are uncomparable to anything, the beauty on this record is just flawless
Similiar artists: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Botch, Mudvayne
9All Else Failed
Archetype


2001
Pure chaos
Similiar artists: This Day Forward, Drowningman
10Martyr AD
The Human Condition in Twelve Fractions


2001 Fave
Intense, technical and mind-bending...might be difficult to listen all the way through
Similiar artist: Coalesce, Catharsis
11Knut
Challenger


2002
Combining Elements From early mathcore bands like Botch and atmospheric sludge of Neurosis....you get Knut
Similiar artists: Will Haven, Burst
12Burnt By the Sun
Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution


2002
Another record that seamlessly ranges from metalcore, mathcore to grindcore
Great tempo Changes, short songs, instrumental variety and intense vocals
Similiar artists: A life Once Lost, Number Twelve Looks Like You
13The Killing Tree
The Romance of Helen Trent


2002
Dirty, raw, Uncomfortable yet so accesible, lyrically appealing and strangely emotional
Similiar artists: Poison The Well, Cancer Bats, Deadguy
14Curl Up and Die
Unfortunately We're Not Robots


2002
There is something really funny about this record, it migh've not been intended that way, but to me this is almost parody record, and I love it, the extremely inaudible vocals...Four songs on the start just consisting of person screaming one word out...the overpowering double kick...just flawless
Similiar artists: I don't know...Nothing I guess
15Nostromo (CHE)
Ecce Lex


2002 Fave
This is the most intense album on the list by far...
Similiar artists: The End
16Nodes of Ranvier
Nodes of Ranvier


2003
Pretty much by the books metalcore...really consistent and fun
Similiar artists: Lamb Of God, Killswitch Engage
17Beecher
Breaking the Fourth Wall


2003
Accesible, Catchy, technical and heavy...it has everything
Similiar artists: Poison The Well, Underoath
18Keelhaul
Subject To Change Without Notice


2003
Extremely unique instrumental record. Mixture of really heavy sludge and mathcore...Basically if Don Caballero was Sludge Metal band.
Similar artists: No one
19Since By Man
We Sing The Body Electric


2003
This band has one of the best metalcore vocalists I've ever heard, his diversity is great and his energy and ferocity is otherworldly...plus the band tends to use some pretty cool noisy elements that I dig quite a big...other than that pretty accesible mix of hardcore with math elements
Similar artists: Botch, This day Forward
20Comity
The Deus Ex-Machina As A Forgotten Genius (Andy Wa


2003 Fave
I don't even know what to consider this record, it's just really great extreme metal album...and I want people to acknowledge that this exists, so it's here...It's like very strange mix of every extreme metal genre ever...into these 10 minute atmospheric, sludgey, fast, technical, proggy, heavy intense, yet melodic...I just don't know, but I LOVE THIS
Similar artists: Everything and Nothing
21Metronome Charisma
Notre Amour Est Assez Puissant Pour...


2004
Dark and emotional journey
Similiar artists: Zao
22The Spectacle
Rope or Guillotine


2004
Heavy, Booming and sludgey, yet so melodic, accesible, catchy and memorable
Similiar artists: Beecher, This Day Forward
23Moja Adrenalina
Nietoleruje - Bije


2004
Noisey as hell, intense, very abrasive and chaotic
Similiar artists: Will Haven, Breach, Burst
24The Secret
Luce


2004
The Darkest metalcore album I've ever heard, there is just something extremely unsettling about this record
Similiar artists: Converge
25Scarlet
Cult Classic


2004 Fave
Flawless Mathcore record
Similiar artists: Botch, Deadguy, Drowningman
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