Deathcore

Deathcore is an amalgamation of two musical styles: metalcore and death metal. While similar to slam death metal and deathgrind, deathcore usually contains song structure and aesthetics more closely related to metalcore, and takes from death metal its speed, heaviness, and approach to riffing. The lyrics may not always be in the death metal vein, but traditional growls, pig-like vocals (pig squeals), and shrieks predominate, with metalcore vocals rarely being used. Deathcore receives its speed and technicality from death metal, while its breakdowns are attributed to a metalcore influence. However, 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 bands in the genre to make the breakdown a staple in their music. For this reason, some argue the deathcore label has more to do with image and "scene" than 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. It should be noted that many of these 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.

List of deathcore bands

 * ABACABB
 * Abscess
 * All Shall Perish
 * Animosity
 * Beneath the Massacre
 * Bring Me the Horizon
 * Burning Skies
 * Despised Icon
 * Elysia
 * Glass Casket
 * Job for a Cowboy
 * Misericordiam
 * Suicide Silence
 * The Faceless
 * The Red Chord
 * Through the Eyes of the Dead
 * Waking the Cadaver
 * Whitechapel
 * Years Spent Cold