Rhythmically complex and dissonant style of metal and punk
Mathcore
Stylistic origins
Metalcore
hardcore punk
post-hardcore
math rock
progressive metal
grindcore
experimental metal
Cultural origins
1990s, United States
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 pessimistic, defiant, resentful or sarcastic point of view.
In the 1990s, the hardcore punk scene started to embrace extreme metal openly. It also started to become highly ideological,[clarification needed] with most of the popular bands being part of subcultures. This led to bands such as Converge, Botch, Coalesce and The Dillinger Escape Plan to establish the genre.
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...
Mathcore is a dissonant style of music characterized by rhythmic complexity and tempo changes (such as those found in free jazz and math rock) with the...
progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria and former drummer and co-founder of mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan. Pennie began playing drums at the age of...
Inquest into Its Martyrdom, a 2018 book by Norman Finkelstein Gaza (band), a mathcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah Gaza (film), a 2019 Irish documentary film...
metal, and grindcore, in addition to being highlighted as one of the first mathcore albums. Its lyrical themes mostly revolve around failing relationships...
The Callous Daoboys are an American mathcore band from Atlanta, Georgia. Their name is a spoonerism of the football team the Dallas Cowboys. The Callous...
this early metalcore sound, which would go on to define noisecore and mathcore. In 1993, Earth Crisis released "Firestorm", a song which became one of...
groups were caricatured for their hipster connections. In the mid-1990s, mathcore groups such as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Some Girls, and Daughters began...
odd time signatures. List of musical works in unusual time signatures Mathcore Music and mathematics Noise rock Post-hardcore Progressive metal "Post-Rock...
Pupil Slicer (stylised in all caps) are a British mathcore band from London, currently signed to Prosthetic Records. Pupil Slicer formed after Kate Davies...
genre is typically described as grindcore, hardcore punk, powerviolence, mathcore and noise rock. About the band's aesthetic, vocalist/bassist Justin Pearson...
Under the Running Board is an EP by American mathcore band the Dillinger Escape Plan, released on October 22, 1998. The album shows a more experimental...
Miss Machine is the second studio album by American mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan released in July 2004 through Relapse Records. It is the first...
United States Derivative forms Art rock neo-psychedelia Subgenres Krautrock Mathcore neo-prog noise rock no wave post-rock Other topics Avant-punk avant-garde...
of the noise rock band Daughters and was formerly the frontman of the mathcore/grindcore band As the Sun Sets. Marshall formed Daughters in 2002 following...
Irony Is a Dead Scene is the third EP by American mathcore band, The Dillinger Escape Plan. It was recorded with Mike Patton and released on August 27...
palm-muted riffs. Some bands utilize keyboard or piano sections as a backdrop. Mathcore is a fusion of heavy metal and hardcore punk that is characterized by dissonant...
Blakfish was a mathcore band, also described as 'death pop' by the NME, The band from Birmingham, England formed in the year 2000 after meeting and becoming...
Industrial metal Kawaii metal Latin metal Math metal Metalcore Deathcore Mathcore Melodic metalcore Progressive metalcore Neoclassical metal Neue Deutsche...
grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and was the vocalist for the influential mathcore band Botch. He has since gone on to play drums for the folk-country band...
Mukiltearth is the sixth studio album by American mathcore band The Fall of Troy, released on August 7, 2020. The album is composed of six songs written...
S. Genres Metalcore hardcore punk heavy metal Southern rock hard rock mathcore (early) Occupation(s) Singer songwriter Years active 1998–present Member...
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