Deathcore

Deathcore is an amalgamation of two musical styles: metalcore and death metal. While similar to slam death metal and deathgrind, deathcore's aesthetics and following are more closely related to metalcore, but is at the same time influenced by death metal in its speed, heaviness, and approach to riffing. The lyrics may not always be in the death metal vein, but traditional growls, pig-like vocals (known as "pig squeals"), and shrieks predominate, with metalcore vocals rarely being used. Though the genre's breakdowns are attributed to a metalcore influence, death metal bands have used breakdowns in the past, as can be heard on Morta Skuld's 1991 demo, Prolong the Agony. Death metal veterans Suffocation were also among one of the first death metal groups to make the breakdown a staple in their music.

Some bands, such as Abscess, Unseen Terror, and Six Feet Under, have used the term "deathcore" to describe hardcore punk/death metal hybrids, though these groups have little in common with the metalcore-derived bands of today. "Deathcore" was also used as early as the mid-1980s by at least one extreme metal band, Germany's Blood, though the group used "deathcore" only as the title for their 1986 demo. Others such as Norwegian industrial black/death metal act Amok have used the word "deathcore" without any relation to the currently developing homogenized American style of metal that goes by the same name, most recently in their 2006 release "Necrospiritual Deathcore". It should be noted that many of these earlier deathcore groups were formed by members (or future members) of established death metal acts, including Shane Embury of Napalm Death, Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse, and both Danny Coralles and Chris Reifert of Autopsy.

Early

 * Abscess
 * Dr. Shrinker
 * Six Feet Under
 * S.O.B.
 * Unseen Terror

Modern

 * All Shall Perish
 * Animosity
 * Despised Icon
 * Job For A Cowboy
 * The Red Chord
 * Through the Eyes of the Dead