mathcore
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Mathcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk and metalcore that developed during the 1990s, influenced by post-hardcore, extreme metal and math rock. The genre features complex and variable rhythms with songs featuring irregular time signatures, polymeters, syncopations and tempo changes. Bands such as Converge, Botch, Coalesce and The Dillinger Escape Plan helped to establish the genre.
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- Music genre.name
- Mathcore
- Music genre.other_names
- Noisecore (early)
- Music genre.caption
- The Dillinger Escape Plan performing live at Le Transbordeur in 2013
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- 1990s, United States
- Music genre.other_topics
- Jazz metal jazzcore noise rock progressive metal progressive metalcore technical death metal screamo
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- 1988-01-01
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14 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Instrumentation
- Lyrics
- Live performances
- Etymology
- History
- Precedents (1980s to early 1990s)
- Early development (1990–1995)
- Establishment, milestone albums and first scene (1996–2002)
- Contemporary influence (early 2000s)
- 2010s–present
- See also
- References
- Works cited
Mathcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk and metalcore that developed during the 1990s, influenced by post-hardcore, extreme metal and math rock. The genre features complex and variable rhythms with songs featuring irregular time signatures, polymeters, syncopations and tempo changes. Bands such as Converge, Botch, Coalesce and The Dillinger Escape Plan helped to establish the genre.
== Characteristics == Mathcore has been referred to as the "nerdy fusion cousin" of metalcore by Ultimate Guitar. According to the staff of Metal Hammer, the genre is akin to "the sound of metal being twisted into startling new shapes." but Loudwire stated that the genre is "almost indistinguishable from progressive metal."