Deathcore

Deathcore is a subgenre of metalcore characterized by its intense, technical sound, often featuring complex time signatures, polyrhythms, and dissonant harmonies. Emerging in the early 2000s, deathcore drew from the brutality of death metal and the breakdowns of metalcore, with prominent use of growls, screams, and pig squeals. The genre gained popularity in the mid-2000s to 2010s, particularly among the younger generation, who were drawn to its aggressive, emotive sound. Deathcore's cultural significance lies in its cathartic release of angst and frustration, resonating with fans seeking intense sonic experiences. While often associated with metalcore, deathcore distinguishes itself through its increased emphasis on technicality, brutality, and atmospheric texture, setting it apart from its more straightforward metalcore counterparts.

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A Greater Danger
AconRiffs
Acranius
Alex Terrible
Appeal To Authority
Architects
Archspire
As I Lay Dying
August Burns Red
Balmora
Bastion
Between The Buried And Me
Blegh! Label
Bodysnatcher
Boundaries
Brand of Sacrifice
Bring Me The Horizon
Bury Tomorrow
CABAL
Carnifex
Comastatic
Cruel Company
Cryptworm
Currents
Cursed Form
Dal Av
Darko US
Dead/Awake
Deadwood
Dealer
Despite Exile
Disfiguring The Goddess
Distant Shores
Drag Me Out
Echoes Of Misanthropy
Enquire Within
Enterprise Earth
Equilibrium Falls
Exophobos
Fabricator
Fire from Heaven
Fracturus
Freeze the Fall
Gutrectomy
Impending Doom
In Waves
Inferi
Ingested
Inhuman 666
Invent Animate
Jackson Rose
Judge & Jury
Kanine
Kraanium
Less Than Hollow
Lift The Curse
Like Moths To Flames
Lindsay Schoolcraft
Malcontent
Matthew K. Heafy
Midwinter
Mire Lore
Miss May I
NECROTTED
Nights of Malice
Nik Nocturnal
Northlane
Oli Sykes
Orbit Culture
Our Common Collapse
PeelingFlesh
Pintglass
Reminitions
Rev3rent
Rose Funeral
SANITY
SHIFTER
Sammy SlamDance
See You Next Tuesday
Sever Red
Signs of the Swarm
Slow Degrade
Stoort Neer
Suffocation
Suicide Silence
The Last Ten Seconds of Life
The Wise Man's Fear
Traitors
Underoath
Until We Die
Upon A Burning Body
VCTMS
Violence System
Vulvodynia
Wage War
Will Ramos
With Blood Comes Cleansing
bleak.
sepulcher.
thrown
Bring Me The Horizon
Architects
Slaughter to Prevail
Lorna Shore
LANDMVRKS
Kublai Khan TX
Knocked Loose
Underoath
Currents
The Devil Wears Prada
Wage War
Paleface Swiss
Orbit Culture
Emmure
ERRA
Cannibal Corpse
As I Lay Dying
Alpha Wolf
Make Them Suffer
Whitechapel
Suicide Silence
Alex Terrible
Shadow of Intent
PeelingFlesh
thrown
Silent Planet
Oli Sykes
Counterparts
Thy Art Is Murder
Invent Animate
Bleed From Within
Chelsea Grin
Heaven Shall Burn
Brand of Sacrifice
Bury Tomorrow
August Burns Red
Judge & Jury
The Black Dahlia Murder
Dal Av
Northlane
The Browning
After The Burial
Darko US
Fit For An Autopsy
Attila
Like Moths To Flames
PSYCHO-FRAME
Godmode
Signs of the Swarm
Cattle Decapitation
Veil Of Maya
Dying Wish
Miss May I
Born Of Osiris
Decapitated
Jackson Rose
Will Ramos
Abbie Falls
The Acacia Strain
ten56.
Malevolence
Between The Buried And Me
Archspire
Norma Jean
Unearth
Carnifex
Resolve
Nik Nocturnal
Volumes
Boundaries
Spite
Left to Suffer
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Sick Century
Aborted
Gideon
Varials
Upon A Burning Body
Angelmaker
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Bodysnatcher
Oceano
To The Grave
Suffocation
sepulcher.
Within The Ruins
Within Destruction
200 Stab Wounds
Darkest Hour
Sanguisugabogg
Berried Alive
CALYPSO
Crystal Lake
Rings of Saturn
Cryptopsy
Carcosa
Lindsay Schoolcraft
All Shall Perish
Despised Icon
Tallah