Editing Mathcore (section)

{{Short description|Rhythmically complex and dissonant style of metal and punk}}
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{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Mathcore
| other_names       = 
| stylistic_origins = <!-- Please do not add any genres that aren't backed by a source -->{{hlist|[[Metalcore]]|[[hardcore punk]]|[[math rock]]|[[post-hardcore]]|[[noise rock]]|[[progressive metal]]|[[grindcore]]|[[avant-garde metal|experimental metal]]}}
| cultural_origins  = 1990s, United States
| derivatives       = 
| fusiongenres      = 
| regional_scenes   = 
| other_topics      =
* [[Jazz metal]]
* [[jazzcore]]
* [[noise rock]]
* [[progressive metal]]
* [[progressive metalcore]]
* [[technical death metal]]
* [[screamo]]
}}

'''Mathcore''' is a subgenre of [[hardcore punk]] and [[metalcore]] influenced by [[post-hardcore]], [[extreme metal]] and [[math rock]] that developed during the 1990s. Bands in the genre emphasize complex and fluctuant rhythms through the use of [[irregular time signatures]], [[polymeters]], [[syncopations]] and [[tempo]] changes.  Early mathcore lyrics were addressed from a realistic worldview and with a [[Pessimism|pessimistic]], [[wikt:defiant|defiant]], [[Resentment|resentful]] or [[Sarcasm|sarcastic]] point of view.

In the 1990s, the hardcore punk scene started to embrace extreme metal openly. It also started to become highly ideologically driven,{{Clarify|date=September 2020}} with most of the popular bands being part of [[subculture]]s. Bands such as [[Converge (band)|Converge]], [[Botch (band)|Botch]], [[Coalesce (band)|Coalesce]] and [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] helped to establish the genre.