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  • noun music An extreme fusion genre of death metal and metalcore.

Etymologies

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death +‎ -core

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Examples

  • This isn't one of those "chug chug" kind of deathcore bands, or one of those hyper-technical "let's see if this is even physically possible" deathcore bands.

    All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 2010

  • This isn't one of those "chug chug" kind of deathcore bands, or one of those hyper-technical "let's see if this is even physically possible" deathcore bands.

    All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 2010

  • What sets you apart from the "deathcore" bands out there?

    PlugInMusic.com 2010

  • This isn't one of those "chug chug" kind of deathcore bands, or one of those hyper-technical "let's see if this is even physically possible" deathcore bands.

    All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 2010

  • This isn't one of those "chug chug" kind of deathcore bands, or one of those hyper-technical "let's see if this is even physically possible" deathcore bands.

    All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 2010

  • Up 'til now, Sumerian Records has seemed to exist solely to prove that not all music labeled "deathcore" is bad.

    MetalSucks 2009

  • British metalcore ... or er ... "deathcore" band, Bring Me the Horizon, is Exhibit A.

    Punknews.org 2009

  • I followed Gus on his first ever rock and roll tour—with his deathcore quintet Funereal Winch—which took him and his $150 bass paid for by a miserable summer working at Quiznos through suburban Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania, and I followed him through all the exploded friendships and busted feelings that resulted from it.

    Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006

  • I followed Gus on his first ever rock and roll tour—with his deathcore quintet Funereal Winch—which took him and his $150 bass paid for by a miserable summer working at Quiznos through suburban Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania, and I followed him through all the exploded friendships and busted feelings that resulted from it.

    Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006

  • Impression: I've been ignoring most of the deathcore being released this year.

    All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 2010

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