Editing Metalcore (section)

{{short description|Genre of music}}
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| name              = Metalcore
| other_names       = Metallic hardcore
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| stylistic_origins = <!-- The genres have wide consensus among editors to this article. Please do not change any of the genres, their placement or add any more without first discussing it on the talk page. Any changes without explanation or discussion WILL be reverted -->
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* [[Extreme metal]]
* [[hardcore punk]]
* [[tough guy hardcore]]
* [[crossover thrash]]
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| cultural_origins  = Late 1980s to early 1990s, United States 
| derivatives       = *[[Sass music|Sass]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=ROA |first1=RAY |title=WTF is sasscore, and why is SeeYouSpaceCowboy bringing it to St. Petersburg's Lucky You Tattoo? |url=https://www.cltampa.com/music/show-previews/article/21012214/wtf-is-sasscore-and-why-is-seeyouspacecowboy-bringing-it-to-st-petersburgs-lucky-you-tattoo |website=[[Creative Loafing]] |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
*[[hyperpop]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/why-hyperpop-owes-its-existence-to-heavy-metal/ |title=Why hyperpop owes its existence to heavy metal|last=Chaudhury|first=Aliya|date=14 April 2021|work=Kerrang!|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref>
| subgenres         = [[Mathcore]]
| fusiongenres      = * [[Deathcore]]
* [[easycore]]
* [[electronicore]]
* [[melodic metalcore]]
* [[progressive metalcore]]
* [[nu metalcore]]
* [[Nintendocore]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/chicago/events/horse-the-band-super-8-bit-brothers-endless-hallwa,178414/ |title=Horse the Band, Super 8 Bit Brothers, Endless Hallway, and Oceana &#124; Music &#124; Events &#124; the A.V. Club Chicago |website=www.avclub.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315121824/http://www.avclub.com/chicago/events/horse-the-band-super-8-bit-brothers-endless-hallwa,178414/ |archive-date=15 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/new_8_bit_metalcore_album_revives_nintendocore_with_brutal_n64_themelisten/|title = New 8-bit metalcore album revives nintendocore with brutal N64 theme—listen|website = [[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date = 17 July 2016}}</ref>
| regional_scenes   =
*[[Hardcore punk in the United Kingdom#South East England|South East England]]
*[[Ohio metalcore|Ohio]]
| local_scenes      = *[[Boston hardcore|Boston]]
* [[Chicago hardcore|Chicago]]
* [[New York hardcore|New York]]
* [[Hardcore punk in the United Kingdom#Sheffield|Sheffield]]
| other_topics      = *[[Post-hardcore]]
*[[beatdown hardcore]]
* [[melodic hardcore]]
}}
'''Metalcore''' is a broadly defined<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kennedy |first1=Scott |title=Functions of Genre in Metal and Hardcore Music |publisher=University of Hull |date=January 2018 |pages=56–57 |quote=The consciously hybrid nature of metalcore resulted initially in a somewhat amorphous version of the genre. Commentary on metalcore of the 1990s tends to construct the genre as stylistically indistinct, referring to a general mixing of metal and hardcore that variously incorporates elements of hardcore, crossover, thrash metal, groove metal, and death metal. Berelian’s wideranging conception of metalcore includes artists as dissimilar as Sick of It All, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Mastodon (2005, p. 223), grouped as such primarily (it would seem) as a result of each artist mixing elements drawn from various metal/hardcore genres. A more stable interpretation of metalcore emerged during the New Wave of American Heavy Metal period that codified metalcore into a recognisable form (the subject of chapter six) with identifiable style characteristics. A product of metal/hardcore symbiosis, metalcore’s overt hybridity is also conspicuous in the related genres of mathcore and deathcore, both of which amalgamate aspects of diverse metal/hardcore genres.}}</ref> fusion genre combining elements of [[extreme metal]] and [[hardcore punk]], that originated in the early 1990s and became popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined with [[Breakdown (music)|breakdowns]] – which are slow, intense passages conducive to [[moshing]]. Other defining traits are low-tuned, percussive guitar riffs, [[double bass drumming]], and polished production. Vocalists typically switch between roaring or [[Screaming (music)|screaming]] and clean, melodic, emotional singing. Lyrics are often personal, introspective and emotive.<ref name="Smialek">{{cite book |last1=Smialek |first1=Eric |editor1-last=Herbst |editor1-first=Jan-Peter |title=The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music |date=2023 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |pages=282-290 |chapter=Contempt-of-Core: A reception history of Metalcore}}</ref>

In the late 1980s to early 1990s, pioneering bands such as [[Integrity (band)|Integrity]], [[Earth Crisis]] and [[Converge (band)|Converge]], whose hardcore punk-leaning style is sometimes referred to as '''metallic hardcore''',<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bennett |first1=J |title=Converge's "Jane Doe" |journal=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |date=June 2008}}</ref> were founded. These bands took influence from a range of styles and genres such as hardcore punk, [[thrash metal]] and [[death metal]]. During the decade, the genre diversified, with Converge, [[the Dillinger Escape Plan]], [[Botch (band)|Botch]] and [[Coalesce (band)|Coalesce]] pioneering [[mathcore]], while [[Overcast (band)|Overcast]], [[Shadows Fall]] and [[Darkest Hour (band)|Darkest Hour]] merged the genre with [[melodic death metal]] to create [[melodic metalcore]]. During the early 2000s, melodic metalcore bands such as <!-- DO NOT name-drop your favorite band here; following groups are all this section needs --> [[Killswitch Engage]], [[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]], [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]], [[As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying]], [[Atreyu]], [[Bullet for My Valentine]] and [[Parkway Drive]] found mainstream popularity. In the subsequent years, the genre saw increased success through [[social networking]] on [[Myspace]] and [[internet meme]]s such as [[crabcore]]. During this time, artists began to draw influence from a wide variety of sources, which led to genre cultivating a plethora of fusion genres including [[electronicore]], [[deathcore]], [[Nintendocore]], [[progressive metalcore]] and [[nu metalcore]]. In the 2010s and through to the 2020s, the genre saw even greater commercial success, with albums by [[Bring Me the Horizon]], [[Architects (British band)|Architects]], [[Asking Alexandria]], [[the Devil Wears Prada (band)|the Devil Wears Prada]] and [[Of Mice & Men (band)|Of Mice & Men]] penetrating the top 10 of international albums charts.