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Best post-hardcore artists of the 2000s

The industry lost control of distribution and the music got stranger for it. Blogs did the job radio used to do. The South took the charts outright, and Kanye West began a run of reinventions that outlasted the decade he started it in.

Everyone who released a post-hardcore album in the 2000s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Fugazi№ 1Fugazi1 album here4.0Weighted score4.1 avg · 13 ratings
  1. 2EmbraceEmbrace9 albums here4.04.2 avg · 3 ratings
  2. 3VannaVanna2 albums here4.04.0 avg · 9 ratings
  3. 4AlexisonfireAlexisonfire2 albums here3.93.8 avg · 5 ratings
  4. 5A Skylit DriveA Skylit Drive2 albums here3.83.7 avg · 3 ratings
  5. 6HelmetHelmet4 albums here3.83.5 avg · 4 ratings
  6. 7FiddleheadFiddlehead2 albums here3.83.5 avg · 4 ratings
  7. 8A Day to RememberA Day to Remember4 albums here3.73.6 avg · 22 ratings
  8. 9Asking AlexandriaAsking Alexandria2 albums here3.63.5 avg · 48 ratings
  9. 10SilversteinSilverstein6 albums here3.12.6 avg · 7 ratings
  10. 11Escape the FateEscape the Fate2 albums here2.71.5 avg · 5 ratings
  11. 12letlive.letlive.2 albums here2 ratings
  12. 13mcluskymclusky4 albums here2 ratings
  13. 14At the Drive-InAt the Drive-In1 album here1 rating
  14. 15ThriceThrice12 albums here1 rating
  15. 16La DisputeLa Dispute1 album here1 rating
  16. 17NeurosisNeurosis8 albums here1 rating
  17. 18mewithoutYoumewithoutYou4 albums here1 rating
  18. 19MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGSMASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS3 albums here1 rating
  19. 20Hot SnakesHot Snakes4 albums here1 rating
  20. 21Funeral for a FriendFuneral for a Friend12 albums here
  21. 22SaosinSaosin2 albums here
  22. 23Dance Gavin DanceDance Gavin Dance4 albums here
  23. 24Senses FailSenses Fail3 albums here
  24. 25ChiodosChiodos5 albums here
  25. 26Young GunsYoung Guns1 album here
  26. 27coldraincoldrain1 album here
  27. 28Framing HanleyFraming Hanley1 album here
  28. 29I Set My Friends on FireI Set My Friends on Fire1 album here
  29. 30ThursdayThursday9 albums here
  30. 31The Fall of TroyThe Fall of Troy4 albums here
  31. 32ShellacShellac2 albums here
  32. 33BlindsideBlindside5 albums here
  33. 34SpartaSparta3 albums here
  34. 35He Is LegendHe Is Legend5 albums here
  35. 36BraidBraid5 albums here
  36. 37Fei ComodoFei Comodo1 album here
  37. 38Boys Night OutBoys Night Out3 albums here
  38. 39FaraquetFaraquet2 albums here
  39. 40Happy HourHappy Hour2 albums here
  40. 41Q and Not UQ and Not U3 albums here
  41. 42Small Brown BikeSmall Brown Bike2 albums here
  42. 43True NorthTrue North7 albums here
  43. 44The Life and TimesThe Life and Times2 albums here
  44. 45TraindodgeTraindodge4 albums here
  45. 46Cameron MizellCameron Mizell1 album here
  46. 47ReubenReuben2 albums here
  47. 48Fei Comodo1 album here
  48. 49Echoes1 album here
  49. 50AidenAiden4 albums here

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