1. Music made for and bought by mall-going teenagers/young adults, characterized by a high level of angst and a low level of sincerity. The term dates back to the late 1990s when groups like Korn, Tool, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and the Deftones dominated rockradio and were incorrectly labeled "metal" by fans and the news media. In 2001-2002, these "nu-metal" bands took a nosedive in popularity and the metalcore rush took over, thus beginning the second generation of mallcore. While metalcore has more similarities to heavy metal than its precursor, the common aesthetics - angst, faux rebellion and generally repetitive musicianship - remain entact.
2. A style of dress associated with listeners of "mallcore" music. The "nu-metal" years were characterized by baggy pants, pocket chains, dredlocks and long goatees, while the "metalcore" era utilised unkempt hair, thick-rimmed glasses, tight pants and t-shirts of a "true" metal band that the wearer has never listened to.
3. Mallcore may also refer to a "true" metal band that changed the direction of their music to suit a "mallcore" audience.
2. A style of dress associated with listeners of "mallcore" music. The "nu-metal" years were characterized by baggy pants, pocket chains, dredlocks and long goatees, while the "metalcore" era utilised unkempt hair, thick-rimmed glasses, tight pants and t-shirts of a "true" metal band that the wearer has never listened to.
3. Mallcore may also refer to a "true" metal band that changed the direction of their music to suit a "mallcore" audience.
MALLCORE KID: I got Unearth's and The Black Dahlia Murder's new CD, and also this rad Judas Priest T-Shirt at Hot Topic ... I am SO metal it hurts.
METALHEAD: Y'mean, "so mallcore it hurts"?
MALLCORE KID: Hey I'm not mallcore, I have a Judas Priest t-shirt! They R metal!
METALHEAD: Uh-huh, OK. So what's your favorite Judas Priest song?
MALLCORE KID: I dunno, I'll have to check them out.
METALHEAD: Y'mean, "so mallcore it hurts"?
MALLCORE KID: Hey I'm not mallcore, I have a Judas Priest t-shirt! They R metal!
METALHEAD: Uh-huh, OK. So what's your favorite Judas Priest song?
MALLCORE KID: I dunno, I'll have to check them out.
by SaturnsSon May 20, 2007
Pathetic kids who spend all day at the mall (especially at Hot Topic), reeking of fake angst and despression and talk about how Slipknot is the greatest "death metal" band that ever lived.
You mallcore kids should shut up about stupid Slipknot and pick up a Blood Red Throne album for some real death metal.
by RID June 28, 2005
1.Mallcore is a term of derision that refers to nu-metal, since it is so closely associated with the Hot Topic stores at the malls of America. Such music, while having certain metallic tendencies, is simplistic, predictable, and, for the most part, uncreative. Thus, it cannot be considered true metal, however, these watered-down mainstream bands do lead some fans in the right direction towards true metal bands such as Slayer, Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Deicide, Iron Maiden, among countless others.
2. This term can sometimes be abused by certain metalheads. Some people will say a band has gone "mallcore" any time it releases a sub par album, even if the band has no hint of mallcore influences, still plays solos, and is much too heavy to have any mainstream acceptance.
2. This term can sometimes be abused by certain metalheads. Some people will say a band has gone "mallcore" any time it releases a sub par album, even if the band has no hint of mallcore influences, still plays solos, and is much too heavy to have any mainstream acceptance.
1. I used to listen to mallcore until I discovered Slayer.
2. According to Special K, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Opeth, Children of Bodom, and Cradle of Filth classify as "mallcore" since I have seen shirts sold at Hot Topic for all those bands.
2. According to Special K, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Opeth, Children of Bodom, and Cradle of Filth classify as "mallcore" since I have seen shirts sold at Hot Topic for all those bands.
by Conrad January 21, 2005
The emo or goth children who are afraid of what people will say about them, so, they run aroung whining "don't lable me!!" Those children also buy all their clothing from Hot Topic and Zumies.
I wish the mallcores would stop whining saying, "don't label me!" It is easier to just say "I don't care". But they are afraid of what people will say of them.
by Muhahahanafawnabanana November 05, 2005
Form of loud music (which its fans think to be metal, but its really not) with uninovative guitar riffs, electronic sampling, random screaming and "I-will-slit-my-wrists-because-my-life-sucks -boo-fucking-hoo" lyrics.
by Fyodor Sumkin January 13, 2005
an angsty , whiney pussy posing as a metalhead who listens to nu metal ( AKA poser metal ) and hangs out at malls while thinking slipknot is the most brutal deathgrind band in the entire world.
* guy punches metalhead *
metalhead : YOU LITTLE BITCH !!!!! * punches guy back *
* guy punches mallcore kid *
mallcore kid : oowww !!! why did you hit me ? what did i do to you ??! i'm gonna join a band called korn and write songs about you to express my painful feelings inside while pretending to be a hardcore metalhead and rapping over a 7 string guitar!!!
metalhead : YOU LITTLE BITCH !!!!! * punches guy back *
* guy punches mallcore kid *
mallcore kid : oowww !!! why did you hit me ? what did i do to you ??! i'm gonna join a band called korn and write songs about you to express my painful feelings inside while pretending to be a hardcore metalhead and rapping over a 7 string guitar!!!
by justsomeguyonthenet April 21, 2007
music, clothing trends etc (and the people who follow them) that are pre-manufactured heavily commercialized by big businesses
by Disgruntled Winnipeger March 14, 2005