History Main / Deathcore

* '''Djentcore''': Deathcore that overlaps with djent (and often also modern metalcore); clean vocals and symphonic or atmospheric synths are common, and while most of these acts are lighter, heavier examples do exist, often with some mathcore and/or downtempo overlap. Famous acts include Born of Osiris, later Music/ChelseaGrin, After the Burial, early Veil of Maya, later Ion Dissonance, Betraying the Martyrs, and Humanity's Last Breath.

* {{Hatedom}}: At the moment, it's the metal fandom's favorite target genre-wise.

* Music/{{Whitechapel}} (started moving towards GrooveMetal and NuMetal with the self-titled, though still deathcore as a whole)

* '''Technical deathcore''': Another self-evident tag: more overtly TechnicalDeathMetal-influenced deathcore. Runs the gamut from more melodic acts all the way to overlapping with brutal deathcore, but is generally on the more brutal end. Famous acts include Rings of Saturn, Music/BeneathTheMassacre, Music/InfantAnnihilator, early Music/TheFaceless, Within the Ruins, Ovid's Withering, Aversions Crown, and Wretched.

* Down the Drain (short-lived obscure side project of the late Bret Hoffmann of Malevolent Creation; notable for being one of the only (if not the only) unambiguously deathcore releases featuring a singer from the early days of death metal)

* UrExample: The Red Chord and Antagony, while Despised Icon, All Shall Perish, Animosity, and Deadwater Drowning came along a little later. Furthermore, while none of them have ever been deathcore (save for Cryptopsy on ''The Unspoken King''), it can generally be agreed upon that without Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/DyingFetus, Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder, Music/{{Cryptopsy}}, Music/{{Behemoth}}, Music/{{Devourment}}, Music/{{Decapitated}}, Music/{{Skinless}}, Music/{{Aborted}}, and Internal Bleeding, the genre probably wouldn't exist.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: One thing that helped deathcore reach a young audience was having far more conventionally attractive musicians (mostly frontmen) than other forms of extreme metal. [[Music/BringMeTheHorizon Oli Sykes,]] [[Music/SuicideSilence Mitch Lucker,]] and Alex Koehler (ex-Chelsea Grin, before [[HairTodayGoneTomorrow he cut his hair)]] were easily the most famous for their good looks. Other examples include [[Music/EnterpriseEarth Dan Watson,]] Victor Guillet (Betraying the Martyrs), Kagami (DEXCORE), and Brandon Butler (ex-Veil of Maya).

* '''Nu deathcore''': Deathcore combined with nu metal, usually involving groovier and bouncier riffing, droning atmospheric textures, and possibly some sort of clean vocal or rapping presence. Famous examples include modern Music/SuicideSilence, Music/{{Emmure}}, Spite, Music/BrandOfSacrifice, Music/TheLastTenSecondsOfLife, later Within Destruction, and Left to Suffer.

* '''Slamming deathcore''': An offshoot of brutal deathcore with prominent slam elements, usually involving a more gurgly vocal approach and slam breaks in addition to more traditional deathcore breakdowns. Famous acts include Music/WakingTheCadaver, Disfiguring the Goddess, Music/{{Vulvodynia}}, early Music/SignsOfTheSwarm, mid-era Within Destruction, Music/{{Acrania}}, and early Music/MentalCruelty.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndy8KXh9wb0 Darko US - Dragon Chaser]] (nu-deathcore)

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI7lt_xtP3k Methwitch - Burn Victim]] (brutal deathcore)

* '''Brutal deathcore''': ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: deathcore with a far less melodic and more brutal approach, usually with faster and more overtly brutal death-influenced riffing and slower, "chuggier" breakdowns, as well as a more guttural vocal approach. Famous acts include early Music/SuicideSilence, early Music/{{Whitechapel}}, Music/{{Oceano}}, early Impending Doom, I Declare War, and early Music/SlaughterToPrevail.

* MetalScream: Is known for a variant of Type 2 that is colloquially referred to as "tunnel throat"; while the origins are unclear, it is likely that [[Music/{{Whitechapel}} Phil Bozeman]] and [[Music/{{Oceano}} Adam Warren]] popularized this approach. The "pig squeal" or "bree" is another Type 2 genre hallmark that was originally taken from slam and brutal death (primarily Devourment and Cryptopsy) and was introduced by Steve Marois and Marie-Helene Landry of Despised Icon before being popularized by All Shall Perish and Job for a Cowboy. Type 3s are also exceedingly common and are usually screechier and more shrill than they would normally be in death metal; [[Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder Trevor Strnad]] is the most likely influence, while [[Music/JobForACowboy Jonny Davy]], [[Music/AllShallPerish Eddie Hermida]], and [[Music/SuicideSilence Mitch Lucker]] are all roughly equally responsible for popularizing it. Another variant of the Type 3 emerged in the 2010s as a throaty squawk; this was influenced almost exclusively by the vocals of [[Music/CattleDecapitation Travis Ryan]], with famous proponents of the style including [[Music/InfantAnnihilator Dickie Allen]], [[Music/SignsOfTheSwarm Dave Simonich]], [[Music/LornaShore Will Ramos]], and [[Music/MentalCruelty Lucca Schmerler]]. Type 1s are somewhat more rare, but they do still show up reasonably often; famous vocalists who primarily use them include [[Music/TheRedChord Guy Kozowyk]], [[Music/DespisedIcon Alex Erian]], [[Music/ThyArtIsMurder CJ McMahon]], [[Music/FitForAnAutopsy Joe Badolato]], Anthony Notarmaso (After the Burial), and [[Music/TheLastTenSecondsOflife John Robert Centorrino]].

* Musix/{{Distant}}

* Nitheful

* Music/AWakeInProvidence

* Bermuda

* Carcosa

* Music/EnterpriseEarth

** When Despised Icon got big, bands bumped up the wiggerdom. When Bring Me The Horizon got big, bands started adopting an {{Emo}} look. When Veil of Maya got big, bands started adding in lots of Djent. When The Faceless made it big, bands started going [[TechnicalDeathMetal tech]]. When Born of Osiris made it big, bands started infusing [[{{Ambient}} atmospheric]] and {{electronic|Music}} elements into their music. When Carnifex got big, bands started adding in blackened death elements. When Whitechapel got big, bands started including nu metal elements in their sound. When Ingested got big, bands started mixing in slam elements. When Black Tongue got big, bands began to slow down and take a more downtempo approach. When Brand of Sacrifice got big, bands began using whammy pedals heavily in their riffs and leads. In short, when a band in this genre gets big, a higher-than-normal amount of copycats show up.

* In Gloom (strong overlap with slam death metal)

* PROJECT: VENGEANCE (supergroup featuring the vocalists of Music/Lorna Shore, Music/InfantAnnihilator, Traitors, Left to Suffer, and Spite, formerly known as The Big Six)

* Music/TheBigSix (supergroup featuring the vocalists of Music/Lorna Shore, Music/FitForAnAutopsy, Music/InfantAnnihilator, Traitors, Left to Suffer, and Spite)

* '''Technical deathcore''': Another self-evident tag: more overtly TechnicalDeathMetal-influenced deathcore. Runs the gamut from more melodic acts all the way to overlapping with brutal deathcore, but is generally on the more brutal end. Famous acts include Rings of Saturn, Music/BeneathTheMassacre, Music/InfantAnnihilator, early The Faceless, Within the Ruins, Ovid's Withering, Aversions Crown, and Wretched.

* '''Blackened deathcore''': Deathcore with prominent blackened death metal and/or black metal influences; runs the gamut from heavily Behemoth-influenced acts all the way to acts with prominent black metal riffing and melodic ideas, and typically overlaps with SymphonicMetal. Famous acts include Music/ThyArtIsMurder, later Music/{{Carnifex}}, Music/LornaShore, later Music/MentalCruelty, Nitheful, The Breathing Process, and Worm Shepherd.

* '''[=MySpace=] deathcore''': The most famous variant of the 2000s, so named because it gained its popularity through [=MySpace=]. Heavily melodic death metal-influenced, with lots of pedalpoint riffing, a prominent high/low vocal approach, faster and more overtly hardcore-influenced breakdowns, and occasional chaotic technical passages that heavily emphasize sweep picking and tapping. Famous acts include Music/AllShallPerish, As Blood Runs Black, Winds of Plague, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Suffokate, Rose Funeral, and Molotov Solution.

* '''Downtempo''': Another offshoot of brutal deathcore, focusing almost exclusively on very slow tempos (often with dissonant lead themes laid over the top) and extremely long breakdowns, while more nu metal-oriented acts tend to take a somewhat faster and groovier approach. Also frequently involves very little actual death metal influence, as many acts are far more rooted in beatdown hardcore and/or nu metal. Famous acts include Music/BlackTongue, early Bodysnatcher, Traitors, Falsifier, Bound in Fear, Distant, and Cabal.
* '''Nu deathcore''': Deathcore combined with nu metal, usually involving groovier and bouncier riffing, droning atmospheric textures, and possibly some sort of clean vocal or rapping presence. Famous examples include modern Music/SuicideSilence, Music/{{Emmure}}, Spite, Brand of Sacrifice, Music/TheLastTenSecondsOfLife, later Within Destruction, and Left to Suffer.

* Music/FitForAnAutopsy (some overlap with GrooveMetal on ''Absolute Hope Absolute Hell'' and fully jumped into that genre with ''The Great Collapse'')

* Music/TheLastTenSecondsOfLife (also NuMetal, GrooveMetal, and [[DoomMetal stoner metal]])

* Music/OvSulfur (bordering on {{Metalcore}})

* NoodlePeople: For some reason, there are an awful lot of real-life examples of these in the genre. The stereotype of the skinny deathcore kid exists for a reason, and on the musician side of things, [[Music/SuicideSilence Mitch Lucker]], Ricky Hoover (ex-Suffokate) and Aaron Matts (ex-Betraying the Martyrs) are among the more famous (and extreme) examples.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Deathcore vocalists who use highs tend to have a very shrill, screechy style; [[Music/AllShallPerish Eddie Hermida]], [[Music/SuicideSilence Mitch Lucker]], and [[Music/JobForACowboy Jonny Davy]] most likely popularized this approach. Other well-known purveyors include [[Music/{{Carnifex}} Scott Ian Lewis]], Alex Koehler (ex-Chelsea Grin), Ian Bearer (Rings of Saturn), [[Music/ShadowOfIntent Ben Duerr]], Luke Griffin (Acrania, Human Error), Guillaume Villeneuve (Beyond Deviation), Rheese Peters (ex-A Night in Texas, Babirusa), and Ray Jimenez (ex-Abiotic).

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2S1p7wUfQ In Gloom - God The Animal]] (slamming deathcore)

* [=ten56.=] (Aaron Matts's current project after leaving Betraying the Martyrs)