Editing Mathcore (section)

===Music===
According to [[Metal Hammer]], "mathcore [is] the sound of [[Heavy metal music|metal]] being twisted into startling new shapes."<ref>{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Metal Hammer last |date=2020-03-26 |title=The 100 best metal albums of the 90s |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-100-best-metal-albums-of-the-90s/5 |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref> The genre emphasizes complex and fluctuant rhythms through the use of [[irregular time signatures]], [[polymeters]], [[syncopations]] and tempo changes, while at the same time the drummers play with overall loudness.<ref name=wang>{{cite web|access-date=February 17, 2018|url=http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/breakfastserial/2014/10/31/mad-for-mathcore-appreciating-a-subgenre-of-heavy-metal-rock-music/|publisher=[[Columbia University]]|title=Mad for Mathcore: Appreciating a Subgenre of Heavy Metal Rock Music|first=Angel|last=Wang|date=October 31, 2014|website=blogs.cuit.columbia.edu|url-status=live|archive-date=April 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402115327/http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/breakfastserial/2014/10/31/mad-for-mathcore-appreciating-a-subgenre-of-heavy-metal-rock-music/}}</ref><ref name=overdrive>{{cite web|access-date=February 17, 2018|url=https://overdrive-mag.com/2017/11/30/shaping-metal-top-3-influential-mathcore-albums/|title=Shaping Metal: Top 3 Most Influential Mathcore Albums|first=Brandon |last=Tadday |website=Overdrive-mag.com|date=November 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 17, 2018|url=http://www.themonolith.com/music/top-ten-songs-d-is-for-the-dillinger-escape-plan/|title=Top Ten Songs: "D" Is For The Dillinger Escape Plan|date=June 20, 2013|website=Themonolith.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320034311/http://www.themonolith.com/music/top-ten-songs-d-is-for-the-dillinger-escape-plan/|archive-date=March 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 17, 2018|url=https://gnartallica.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/exclusive-interview-car-bombs-greg-kubacki/|date=November 11, 2012|title=Exclusive Interview: CAR BOMB's Greg Kubacki |first=Lane |last=Oliver|website=Gnartallica.wordpress.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217183621/https://gnartallica.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/exclusive-interview-car-bombs-greg-kubacki/|archive-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref> In the words of [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] bassist [[Liam Wilson]], their "choppy rhythms that people get kind of tongue-twisted on" are "[[Latin jazz|Latin rhythms]]" mixed with the speed and "stamina" of [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], drawing a parallel between them and [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]]'s use of [[Indian classical music|Eastern]] sounds within a [[jazz]] context.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 18, 2018|url=https://www.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/liam-wilson-of-the-dillinger-escape-plan/26050|title=Liam Wilson of The Dillinger Escape Plan|date=March 9, 2010|first=Bryan|last=Beller|website=[[Bass Player (magazine)|Bass Player]]|url-status=live|archive-date=August 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806024920/http://www.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/liam-wilson-of-the-dillinger-escape-plan/26050}}</ref> Most pioneering mathcore drummers had jazz, [[Orchestral percussion|orchestral]] or [[music theory|academic]] backgrounds, including [[Dazzling Killmen]]'s [[Blake Fleming]],<ref name=dazzling>{{cite web|access-date=February 15, 2018|date=November 29, 2016|url=https://clrvynt.com/dazzling-killmen-interview/|title=How Dazzling Killmen Merged Avant-Garde Jazz and Punk Fury|first=Brad|last=Cohan|website=Clrvynt.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202191544/http://clrvynt.com/dazzling-killmen-interview/|archive-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> [[Craw (band)|Craw]]'s Neil Chastain,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 18, 2018|url=https://www.chastaincentral.com/content/music.html#Neil|website=Chastaincentral.com|title=Neil Chastain, Percussionist, Composer, and Music Director|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017210239/http://www.chastaincentral.com/content/music.html#Neil|archive-date=October 17, 2006}}</ref> [[Coalesce (band)|Coalesce]]'s [[James Dewees]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 21, 2018|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/45799/interviews-james-dewees-reggie-and-the-full-effect-the-get-up-kids-coalesce|website=Punknews.org|title=Interviews: James Dewees (Reggie and the Full Effect, The Get Up Kids, Coalesce)|date=January 11, 2012 |first=Sean |last=Mikula|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318120201/https://www.punknews.org/article/45799/interviews-james-dewees-reggie-and-the-full-effect-the-get-up-kids-coalesce|archive-date=March 18, 2013}}</ref> [[Botch (band)|Botch]]'s [[Tim Latona]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 15, 2018|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2015-09-16/botch-should-have-been-bigger-than-the-dillinger-escape-plan|title=Botch could have been bigger than The Dillinger Escape Plan|date=September 16, 2015 |first=Stephen |last=Hill |website=[[TeamRock.com]]}}</ref> The Dillinger Escape Plan's [[Chris Pennie]],<ref name=pennyblack2002>{{cite web|access-date=January 12, 2018|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/magsitepages/article/2953/Dillinger-Escape-Plan-Interview|title=Dillinger Escape Plan - Interview| first = Mark| last = Rowland| date = October 17, 2002| website=Pennyblackmusic.co.uk| url-status=live| archive-url = https://archive.today/20171225102115/http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/magsitepages/article/2953/Dillinger-Escape-Plan-Interview| archive-date = December 25, 2017}}</ref> and [[Converge (band)|Converge]]'s [[Ben Koller]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 18, 2018|url=http://sickdrummermagazine.com/the-drummers/sick-drummer-hall-of-fame/ben-koller/|title=Ben Koller|date=September 14, 2006|website=Sickdrummermagazine.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731043628/http://sickdrummermagazine.com/the-drummers/sick-drummer-hall-of-fame/ben-koller/|archive-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref> As with the rhythm section, the guitars perform [[riff]]s that constantly change and are seldom repeated after one section. Early bands were almost completely [[atonal]] with the guitars or all the instruments playing [[polyphonic]] dissonance.<ref name=wang/> After the first The Dillinger Escape Plan records, the guitar work of most bands became extremely technical as well and "not only musically challenging, but physically demanding."<ref name=wang/><ref name=cory>{{cite web|access-date=February 17, 2018|url=http://www.invisibleoranges.com/the-dillinger-escape-plan-a-body-of-work/|title=The Dillinger Escape Plan: A Body of Work|first=Ian |last=Cory |date=November 17, 2016 |website=[[Invisible Oranges]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119051806/http://www.invisibleoranges.com/the-dillinger-escape-plan-a-body-of-work/|archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>

In a 2016 article, Ian Cory of ''[[Invisible Oranges]]'' described mathcore's emphasis on technical complexity as "the means by which" they attain the aggressiveness of [[punk rock|punk]], "but never the end unto itself", distinguishing it from "the overflowing excess" of [[progressive metal]].<ref name=cory/> Writer [[Keith Kahn-Harris]] has described some mathcore bands as a mix between the aggressiveness of [[grindcore]] and the idioms of [[free jazz]].<ref name=":2">{{cite book | first = Keith | last = Kahn-Harris | author-link = Keith Kahn-Harris | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wwgd9y-Ww5UC&pg=PA4 | date = 2007 | title = Extreme Metal | publisher = [[Berg Publishers]] | page = 4 | isbn = 978-1-84520-399-3 | quote = Contemporary grindcore bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan [...] have developed avant-garde versions of the genre incorporating frequent time signature changes and complex sounds that at times recall free jazz. |access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref>