Metal Core

A genre of new age metal that began in the late 1990's with bands like Slipknot and Killswitch Engaged. It infuses Punk and Extreme Metal to create a strong, yet complex rhythm. It differs from Punk Metal by putting emphasis on the breakdown portion of the song, and often invoke a more depressed and somewhat hopeless feeling. Some other modern examples include Attack Attack, Underoath, Atreyu, Trivium, All That Remains, and many more.

Underoath Atreyu All That Remains Killswitch Engage Punk Metal Trivium All That Remain Attack Attack Metal Core

by ONTHEEDGE67 October 4, 2010

Metalcore

A blend of hardcore and metal music that evolved in the mid-to-late 90's with bands like Unbroken, Earth Crisis, Harvest, Endeavor, Poison The Well and Unearth. There is a liberal use of breakdowns in the music and the lyrical themes range from the political to the personal.

Often associated with the nu hardcore and fashioncore scenes.

"Bleeding Through is a present-day metalcore act."

by Straight Up June 18, 2004

Metalcore

Metalcore is a genre that has been around since the eighties but not totally popularized until the mid 90's with bands such as Unearth, the modern forerunners in the genre. It includes a mixture of hardcore punk and heavy metal and uses generally two guitarists, a bassist and double kick drums for the instrumentals. Many bands use more than one singer, one generally for more melodic lines and the other, lead singer, who carries many of the vocal burden and usually "screams".

Metalcore bands include: 36 Crazyfists, As I Lay Dying, Bleeding Through, Bloodsimple, Diecast, God Forbid, Haste The Day, Hatebreed, Lamb of God, Norma Jean, Still Remains, Unearth, Walls of Jericho.

by The One You Seek December 23, 2006

metalcore kid

how to spot a metalcore kid:

dress: tight, faded fashioncore band shirts (most likely to have the band name in front of a pool of blood) tight, faded/ripped jeans that cost way too much, bandana around neck or mouth, white studded belt.

appearance: shaved head/mid length hair covering eye, stupid looking tunnels in earlobes the sixe of your pinky, lip and/or eyebrow piercings optional.

music: Usually whatever faux metal/hardcore band it's cool to like at the time. Nowadays, it's Norma Jean, Underoath, Atreyu, etc.

dance: Hardcore dancing (Swinging your arms and legs around in a vain attempt to look HxC)

attitude: An air of great superiority due to their apparently "flawless" taste in music and fashion.

Screen name: includes too many X's, words like "gun", "bang", and "kill". Often including their current favorite band's name.

Known to take oddly angled myspace pictures that all look the same, edit them in photoshop, then post 20 of them on their HxC pimped out Myspace.

Metalcore kids should be euthanized.

by ThroatSlit November 4, 2006

metalcore

A genre of music that had began in the late 80s/early 90s. Originally combining elements of metal and hardcore, it has now evolved into a dime-a-dozen plethora of bands that sound exactly the same. New school metalcore bands borrow heavily from melodic European death metal combined with stolen Slayer riffs and vocals ranging from annoying screams to cupped-mike growls. Band names are usually longer than the songtitles (i.e. Between The Buried And Me, Every Time I Die, etc). Mostly caters to mallrat teens who are glued to Facebook, shop at Hot Topic, wear skinny jeans, skateboard, and play Call Of Duty all day long.

Old school metalcore: Insult II Injury, Merauder, Into Another

New school metalcore: Bullet For My Valentine, As I Lay Dying, All That Remains

by EmanNeercs August 17, 2012

metalcore kid

A kid who listens to metalcore. Band shirts, bandanas, faded jeans, long hair and Chuck Taylor's would be typical to wear. They enjoy hardcore dancing and going to shows. They're a little slow when it comes to music; as in, not cutting-edge. Usually, they don't limit themselves as to how much of their personality they choose to flaunt. They aren't emo, scene, or hardcore kids. They're metalcore kids.

"Hey man, Between the Buried and Me is coming to town so I'm gonna put on my Norma Jean shirt and go moshing" -random metalcore kid

by MollyMartyr. July 24, 2006

Nu Metalcore

nu metalcore is a fairly new fusion genre that blends modern metalcore with nu metal. The genre contains elements of both. Screaming, double bass, chugging guitars from metalcore. Aspects from nu metal can include rapping, turntablism, industrial electronics. Bands of this style include ( not in any particular order) Sylar, Blood Youth, Dropout Kings, Infected Rain, Afterlife, Noself, Tallah, My Ticket Home, Hotbox, King 810, Jynx, DED.

That new metalcore sounds very 90s nu metal. That because it's nu metalcore.

by c4lyp5089 September 1, 2019