MetalCore

Genre Overview - MetalCore.

What is Metalcore?

Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a sub-genre of Heavy Metal, which consists of a combination of elements from extreme metal and hardcore punk. Mainly, Metalcore is a distinguished form of the music genre, forming it's own branch off from the Metal Genre, with a fusion of punk and metal, and it's emphasis on general heavy metal elemtents, which leads to certain highlights of the metalcore genre, such as breakdowns, which tend to be a main characteristic which many followers tend to enjoy 'moshing', which consists of participants pushing and slamming into each other, with is generally associated with the metal genre.

Breakdowns:

This shows the typical variations of what breakdowns consist of.

Moshing:

The above video displays the content in which is displayed with moshing.

Foundations.

Starting mainly within the 1990's, with early bands such as Integrity, Deadguy and Earth Crisis, the earlist of these started in 1988, which influenced the form of more modern groups of today, such as Underoath, Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, The Devil Wears Prada and Killswitch Engage, etc.

Instruments (commonly used):

• Electric Guitar(s) - Harmonized guitars riffs.
• Bass Guitar.
• Drums (Double Kick.)
• Vocals.
• Drop Guitar Tuning.

Subgenres:

Mathcore.

Began in mid 90's, started with the Dillinger Escape Plan and Converge, suggested by analogy with math rock. Math core consists of technical riffing, speed and unusual time signatures.

Deathcore.

Deathcore is defined by breakdowns, blast beats and death metal riffs. Quite similar to metalcore, which incorporate guitar solos and odd time signatures, along with progressive elements. Deathcore consists of two various genres, which are hardcore punk and death metal.

Examples of Metalcore:

• Bullet For My Valentine
• Trivium
• As I Lay Dying
• Killswitch Engage
• August Burns Red
• Atreyu
• Parkway Drive