Deathcore

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Deathcore
Stylistic origins:	Death metal - Metalcore
Cultural origins:	United States
Typical instruments:	Guitar – Bass guitar – Drums
Mainstream popularity:	None. <tr><th align="center" bgcolor="#BB0022" colspan=2 valign="top">Regional scenes</th></tr><tr><td align=center colspan="2" valign="top">United States</td></tr>

Deathcore is an amalgamation of two musical styles: metalcore and death metal. While similar to slam death metal and deathgrind, deathcore usually contains song structure and aesthetics more closely related to metalcore, and takes from death metal its speed, heaviness, and approach to riffing. The lyrics may not always be in the death metal vein, but traditional growls, pig-like vocals, and shrieks predominate, with metalcore vocals rarely being used. Deathcore receives its speed and technicality from death metal, while its breakdowns are attributed to a metalcore influence. However, death metal bands have used breakdowns in the past, as can be heard on Morta Skuld's 1991 demo, Prolong the Agony, not to mention their routine use by death metal veterans Suffocation.

Some of the bands involved in this new wave of extreme metal don't necessarily follow the deathgrind/brutal death metal blueprint. Abigail Williams, for example, have been known to acquire much of their sound from Norwegian black metal and Swedish death metal.

Some bands, such as Abscess, Unseen Terror, and Six Feet Under, have used the term "deathcore" to describe hardcore punk/death metal hybrids, though these groups have little in common with the metalcore-derived bands of today. It should also be noted that these groups were formed by members (or future members) of established death metal acts, including Shane Embury of Napalm Death, Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse, and both Danny Coralles and Chris Reifert of Autopsy.