Songs and videos from 110 bands and artists on Amplified, from emo, post-hardcore and metalcore to thrash, nu metal and Australian hip-hop. Almost every video comes from the band, its label or its distributor. Six Australian tracks, one each from Terra Firma, Lyrical Commission, Brad Strut and Superheist and two from Train of Thought, are fan uploads we've kept in as exceptions. Each band gets one line on who they are.
Christian heavy · 1995–2010
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Amplified: music videos from 110 bands
Songs and videos from 110 bands, from Hawthorne Heights and Zao to Parkway Drive, Metallica, Paramore and Adelaide hip-hop.
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Hawthorne Heights
Dayton, Ohio emo band whose breakout single Ohio Is for Lovers came out in 2004.
Hawthorne Heights again, with This Is Who We Are from If Only You Were Lonely (2006).
A Day in the Life
The Dayton band JT Woodruff fronted before Hawthorne Heights, opening track of the 2001 album Nine Reasons to Say Goodbye.
Zao
Pioneering metalcore band, with a single from The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here (2006).
BoySetsFire
Delaware post-hardcore band, with One Match from their self-titled 2015 album.
Nat Gray
Nat Gray, longtime BoySetsFire singer, with Wolves from their debut solo EP Nthn Gry (2015), released as Nathan Gray.
The Casting Out
The band Nat Gray formed after BoySetsFire first split, with Alone from their self-titled EP (2007).
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic death metal band, with the title track of War Eternal (2014).
Blue Medusa
The new band led by former Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz, with debut single Checkmate (2026).
Truth Corroded
Adelaide thrash and death metal band, filmed playing Hunt All Heroes at Fowlers in Adelaide in April 2011, from Worship the Bled.
Metallica
The biggest name in thrash, with Enter Sandman from their self-titled 1991 album.
Pantera
Texas groove metal band, with Walk from Vulgar Display of Power (1992).
Korn
The Bakersfield band that defined nu metal, with Freak on a Leash (1999).
Rammstein
German industrial metal band, with Du Hast from Sehnsucht (1997).
Limp Bizkit
Florida nu metal band, with Rollin' (2000).
Linkin Park
Californian rock band, with In the End from Hybrid Theory (2001).
I Killed the Prom Queen
Adelaide metalcore band, with Say Goodbye from Music for the Recently Deceased (2006).
A Day to Remember
Florida band mixing pop punk and metalcore, with The Downfall of Us All from Homesick (2009).
Killswitch Engage
Massachusetts metalcore band, with My Curse from As Daylight Dies (2006).
Australian acts
Parkway Drive
Metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, with Boneyards from Horizons (2007).
Northlane
Sydney metalcore band, with Quantum Flux from Singularity (2013).
The Amity Affliction
Queensland band formed in Gympie, with the title track of Chasing Ghosts (2012).
Thy Art Is Murder
Sydney deathcore band, with Reign of Darkness from Hate (2012).
Polaris
Sydney metalcore band, with Masochist, first single from The Death of Me (2019).
Make Them Suffer
Perth metalcore band, with Ether (2016).
Alpha Wolf
Hobart, Tasmania metalcore band, with Akudama from A Quiet Place to Die (2020).
Karnivool
Perth progressive rock band, with We Are from Asymmetry (2013).
Dead Letter Circus
Brisbane progressive rock band, with One Step (2010).
Deez Nuts
Melbourne hardcore band, with I Hustle Everyday from Stay True (2009).
Hellions
Sydney post-hardcore band, with Quality of Life (2016).
Ocean Grove
Melbourne band named after the Victorian coastal town, with Lights On Kind of Lover (2016).
Void of Vision
Melbourne metalcore band, with Kill All My Friends (2018).
Justice for the Damned
Sydney hardcore band, with the title track of Pain Is Power (2020).
Diamond Construct
Metalcore band from Taree, New South Wales, with Psychosis from the DCX2 EP (2020).
In Hearts Wake
Byron Bay metalcore band, with the title track of Earthwalker (2014).
Caligula's Horse
Brisbane progressive metal band, with The Stormchaser from Charcoal Grace (2024).
Ne Obliviscaris
Melbourne extreme progressive metal band, with Intra Venus from Urn (2017).
Bias B
Melbourne rapper, on Machete with Brad Strut, Mark "Chopper" Read and Bob Balans, from Obese Records' Australian hip-hop compilation Obesecity (2002).
Bias B again, with the title track of his graffiti-themed album Aerosol Era (2009).
Bias B with Creepin' from Behemoth (2022).
Matty B
Perth rapper from the Syllabolix crew, with Courageous, his first released track, from Obese Records' Culture of Kings compilation (2000).
Lyrical Commission
Melbourne hip-hop crew of Trem, Brad Strut and Bob Balans, with Hate the Scene from The Stage Is Set (2002).
Brad Strut
Melbourne rapper from Lyrical Commission, with Beast on the Mic, the opening track of his solo album Legend: Official (2007).
Terra Firma
Adelaide hip-hop crew from the Certified Wise collective, with The Night the Heavens Cried, a 1999 single later on Waking the Past (2003).
Terra Firma again, with Wise Guys, a posse track featuring fellow Adelaide acts Hilltop Hoods, Funkoars and Vents, from Music to Live By (2008).
Train of Thought
Adelaide hip-hop group from Blackwood, with Counter War Terrorism from Moving Heads (2004), also on the Peace Not War compilation.
Train of Thought again, with their self-titled track.
Superheist
Australian nu metal band, with Step Back from their debut album The Prize Recruit (2001).
More bands
Taking Back Sunday
Long Island emo band, with their 2002 breakout single.
Senses Fail
New Jersey post-hardcore band, with Buried a Lie from Let It Enfold You (2004).
Silverstein
Canadian post-hardcore band, with Smile in Your Sleep (2005).
The Used
Utah post-hardcore band, with The Taste of Ink from their 2002 debut.
Thursday
New Jersey post-hardcore band, with a track from Full Collapse (2001).
Saosin
Californian post-hardcore band, with Voices from their 2006 debut album.
Story of the Year
St. Louis post-hardcore band, with Until the Day I Die from Page Avenue (2003).
Thrice
Californian post-hardcore band, with Black Honey from To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere (2016).
As I Lay Dying
San Diego metalcore band, with Nothing Left from An Ocean Between Us (2007).
The Devil Wears Prada
Ohio metalcore band, with Danger: Wildman from With Roots Above and Branches Below (2009).
Haste the Day
Indiana metalcore band, with the title track of When Everything Falls (2005).
For Today
Iowa metalcore band, with the title track of Fight the Silence (2014).
Oh, Sleeper
Texas metalcore band, with Vices Like Vipers from When I Am God (2007).
Silent Planet
Californian metalcore band, with Antimatter (2023).
Deftones
Sacramento alternative metal band, with a single from White Pony (2000).
Disturbed
Chicago metal band, with Down with the Sickness from The Sickness (2000).
Papa Roach
Californian rock band, with Last Resort from Infest (2000), in its clean edit.
System of a Down
Los Angeles metal band, with Chop Suey! from Toxicity (2001).
Godsmack
Boston hard rock band, with I Stand Alone (2002).
Ill Niño
New Jersey Latin metal band, with How Can I Live from Confession (2003).
Slayer
Californian thrash band, with the title track of their final album Repentless (2015).
Megadeth
Los Angeles thrash band, with a single from Countdown to Extinction (1992).
Anthrax
New York thrash band, with Madhouse from Spreading the Disease (1985).
Testament
Bay Area thrash band, with Native Blood from Dark Roots of Earth (2012).
Lamb of God
Richmond, Virginia metal band, with Redneck from Sacrament (2006).
Machine Head
Oakland metal band, with Davidian from Burn My Eyes (1994).
Trivium
Florida metal band, with the title track of In Waves (2011).
In Flames
Swedish melodic death metal band, with The Quiet Place from Soundtrack to Your Escape (2004).
Dark Tranquillity
Swedish melodic death metal band, with Misery's Crown from Fiction (2007).
Soilwork
Swedish melodic metal band, with a single from Övergivenheten (2022).
Amon Amarth
Swedish Viking-themed death metal band, with the title track of their 2008 album.
Chiodos
Michigan post-hardcore band, with a song from All's Well That Ends Well (2005).
Alesana
North Carolina post-hardcore band, with The Thespian from The Emptiness (2010).
Pierce the Veil
San Diego post-hardcore band, with King for a Day featuring Kellin Quinn, from Collide with the Sky (2012).
Sleeping with Sirens
Florida post-hardcore band, with a song from With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear (2010).
Escape the Fate
Las Vegas post-hardcore band, with Situations from Dying Is Your Latest Fashion (2006).
Bring Me the Horizon
Sheffield band, with Can You Feel My Heart from Sempiternal (2013).
Becoming the Archetype
Atlanta Christian metal band, with The Magnetic Sky (2011).
Living Sacrifice
Arkansas Christian metal band, with Rules of Engagement from The Infinite Order (2010).
Sleeping Giant
Californian Christian hardcore band, with a 2018 video built from their farewell shows.
War of Ages
Erie, Pennsylvania Christian metalcore band, with All Consuming Fire, filmed in Erie in 2009.
Wolves at the Gate
Ohio Christian metalcore band, with Lights & Fire (2022).
Fit for a King
Texas metalcore band, with When Everything Means Nothing (2019 video).
Crown the Empire
Dallas metalcore band, with Machines from The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways (2014).
Spoken
Arkansas rock band, with In the Dark from Reflection (2024).
Mudvayne
Illinois metal band, with Dig from L.D. 50 (2000).
Static-X
Los Angeles industrial metal band fronted by Wayne Static until his death in 2014, with Push It from Wisconsin Death Trip (1999).
Static-X (Xer0)
The reunited Static-X with masked singer Xer0, with Hollow from Project Regeneration Vol. 1 (2020), built on Wayne Static's last vocal recordings.
Chevelle
Chicago-area rock band, with The Red from Wonder What's Next (2002).
Breaking Benjamin
Pennsylvania rock band, with The Diary of Jane from Phobia (2006).
Sevendust
Atlanta metal band, with Black from their self-titled 1997 debut.
Spineshank
Los Angeles metal band, with Synthetic from The Height of Callousness (2000).
Shadows Fall
Massachusetts metal band, with What Drives the Weak from The War Within (2004).
All That Remains
Massachusetts metalcore band, with Two Weeks from Overcome (2008).
Unearth
Massachusetts metalcore band, with Black Hearts Now Reign from The Oncoming Storm (2004).
Architects
Brighton metalcore band, with Animals from For Those That Wish to Exist (2020).
While She Sleeps
Sheffield metalcore band, with Silence Speaks featuring Oli Sykes, from You Are We (2017).
Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl's Seattle-born rock band, with Everlong from The Colour and the Shape (1997).
Foo Fighters playing Everlong at Wembley Stadium in London in 2008.
Foo Fighters playing Everlong on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Staind
Massachusetts rock band, with their breakthrough single from Break the Cycle (2001).
Staind with Outside from Break the Cycle (2001).
Staind with Fade from Break the Cycle (2001).
Staind with For You (2001).
Staind with So Far Away from 14 Shades of Grey (2003).
Staind with Here and Now from Confessions of the Fallen (2023).
The Highwaymen
Country supergroup of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson, playing Highwayman live in 1990.
Bobby Darin
American singer, with his 1966 version of the Tim Hardin song If I Were a Carpenter.
Bob Dylan
American songwriter, with the famous cue-card clip for Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965).
Bob Dylan with Like a Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited (1965).
Bob Dylan playing Like a Rolling Stone at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
Vanessa Carlton
American singer-songwriter, with her 2002 piano-pop hit A Thousand Miles.
Paramore
Tennessee rock band fronted by Hayley Williams, with Misery Business from Riot! (2007).
Paramore with crushcrushcrush from Riot! (2007).
Paramore with Decode from the Twilight soundtrack (2008).
Paramore with The Only Exception from Brand New Eyes (2009).
Paramore with Still Into You from their self-titled album (2013).
Paramore with Ain't It Fun from their self-titled album (2013).
Hoobastank
Californian rock band, with Crawling in the Dark from their 2001 debut.
Hoobastank with Running Away from their 2001 debut.
Hoobastank with Out of Control from The Reason (2003).
Hoobastank with their biggest hit, the title track of The Reason (2003).
Hoobastank with Same Direction from The Reason (2004 single).
Hoobastank with If I Were You from Every Man for Himself (2006).
Hoobastank with Inside of You from Every Man for Himself (2006).
Hoobastank with Born to Lead from Every Man for Himself (2006).
Hoobastank with My Turn from Fornever (2008).
Raised Fist
Swedish hardcore band from Luleå, with the title track of Sound of the Republic (2006).
Raised Fist with Friends and Traitors from Veil of Ignorance (2009).
Raised Fist with Flow from From the North (2015).
Raised Fist with Anthem from Anthems (2019).
Raised Fist with Into This World from Anthems (2019).
Raised Fist with Venomous from Anthems (2019).
Stone Sour
Iowa rock band fronted by Corey Taylor, with Bother from their self-titled debut (2002).
Stone Sour with Get Inside from their self-titled debut (2002).
Stone Sour with Through Glass from Come What(ever) May (2006).
Stone Sour with 30/30-150 from Come What(ever) May (2006).
Stone Sour with Say You'll Haunt Me from Audio Secrecy (2010).
Fear Factory
Los Angeles industrial metal band, with Replica from Demanufacture (1995).