Deathcore

Deathcore is an amalgamation of two musical styles: Metalcore and death metal. While similar to slam death and deathgrind, deathcore typically has muted drumwork as well as a variation on its speed and heaviness. Deathcore receives its speed from death metal, and its minimal complexity and breakdowns are attributed to a metalcore influence, though death metal bands have often used breakdowns in the past, as can be heard on Morta Skuld's 1991 demo, Prolong the Agony.

Others, such as the band Abscess, have used the term "deathcore" to describe hardcore punk/death metal hybrids, though these groups have little in common with the deathcore bands of today.

Melodic deathcore
Melodic deathcore combines the melodies and guitar harmonies of melodic death metal bands such as In Flames and At the Gates with the aggressiveness and breakdowns of late 1980s American metalcore. This style is most commonly played by North American bands, though it has been made popular in Europe as well by bands like Caliban and Heaven Shall Burn.

List of deathcore bands

 * Abscess
 * All Shall Perish
 * Animosity
 * Arsonists Get All The Girls
 * As Blood Runs Black
 * Blueprint For A Torture Device
 * Crematorium
 * Despised Icon
 * From A Second Story Window
 * Glass Casket
 * Iscariot
 * My Son My Executioner
 * The Red Chord
 * Through the Eyes of the Dead
 * Unleash the Fury
 * Job for a Cowboy
 * Winds Of Plague