Mathcore

A sub-genre of contemporary heavy metal music, derivative of various forms of progressive metal and metalcore; mathcore is characterized by unusual time signatures, technically complex instrumentation, punctuated staccato playing and screamed rather than growled vocals.

He liked the Mathcore band Dillinger Escape Plan.

by QuincyBurts September 22, 2010

mathcore

A term used by someone who tries to make music genres too complicated to sound cool or like they know what they are talking about.

Person A-"Hey what's your favorite style of music?"

Person B-"I would have to say mathcore"

Person A-"What the fuck is mathcore?...."

by 1The1Wise1One1 November 29, 2009

mathcore

A style of music, where the music can range from piano melodies to intense guitar solos, growling and/or screaming vocals in the matter of seconds, which seems almost ADD in nature.

Music that is ADD as fuck.

Guy 1: Protest the Hero is so f***ing mathcore!
Guy 2: I know! One second I'm about to tear up because it's so beautiful, the next I'm headbanging!

by aliadesa October 14, 2011

mathcore

Mathcore is a euphemism used to describe talentless bands of the hardcore genre who use this term to fool you into thinking their inability to produce a coherent and catchy sounding rhythm was intentional. As such, mathcore songs are typically an amalgamation of riffs that don't sound well together with little or usually no attention paid to smooth transitions between them. Technical guitar work, complex time signatures, unorthodox chords, etc is just a more polite way of saying the band, especially the guitarist, sucks.

The Dillinger Escape Plan blows and anyone who says they like them does so because it makes them seem more "hardcore" and they want to impress their friends and other hardcore scene kids. Mathcore = sucks.

by xxxxStevexxxx May 23, 2008

mathcore

Like hardcore except with math. Mixing complex algebra with guitar chords and lynard skynard songs.

Yo ride is so mathcore yo

by rawk May 13, 2005

mathcore

-Someone who is good at math.
-hardcore calculus.

Mike:"Dude, see that kid? He's totally mathcore."

Adam:"Lets make him do our homework."

by manda... March 10, 2007

Mathcore

The most chaotic form of hardcore punk. It's metalcore (or post-hardcore) on drugs while drinking alcohol with grindcore and math rock.

Notable mathcore bands:
Dillinger Escape Plan
iwrestledabearonce
SeeYouSpaceCowboy...
Rolo Tomassi
and more lmao

by 7568ino November 13, 2023