Severed is a New York metalcore band with roots stretching back to 1980, making them one of the longer-standing acts in the genre's history. They blend aggression and structure in the metalcore mold, drawing on decades of East Coast heavy music tradition.

Merrick, New York's Shredded bridge heavy metal and metalcore, the Long Island outfit drawing on both the traditional metal riffing of their region and the modern extremity of metalcore to carve out a hybrid sound since 2018.

Queens-based act formed in 2013 working the heavier end of groove and nu-metal, blending thick downtuned riffs with metalcore intensity in the tradition of New York's hard-hitting heavy scene.

Spire is a progressive death metal and metalcore band from Syracuse, New York, formed in 2004, blending technical guitar work and complex song structures with the heaviness of death metal and the intensity of metalcore.

Stigmata is a metalcore band from Troy, New York, formed in 2008, incorporating strong influences from crossover thrash, groove metal, and traditional thrash metal. Their sound reflects the hybrid, street-level aggression common to the upstate New York underground metal community.

Brooklyn thrash and hardcore band formed in 2011, channeling the aggressive cross-pollination of New York hardcore and Bay Area thrash into a tight, pit-ready attack.

New York metalcore band formed in 2024, drawing on the genre's synthesis of hardcore aggression and metal riffing to produce confrontational, high-energy material.

New York hardcore outfit SubZero was formed in 1989 by veterans of the NYHC scene, including members of Breakdown and Up Front, with vocalist Lou di Bella completing the lineup. Their 1996 debut full-length Happiness Without Peace established them as a durable force in the metallic hardcore underground, and the track 'Boxed In' was later covered by Hatebreed on For the Lions. Despite di Bella's battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia halting the band in the late 1990s, SubZero resumed activity and released The Suffering of Man in 2004.

New York act with roots going back to the mid-1990s hardcore scene, Sworn Enemy evolved through hardcore and metalcore into a crossover thrash outfit known for their pit-ready aggression and unrelenting live energy.