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'''Mathcore''' is a dissonant fusion of [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and [[hardcore punk]]<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|ref=harv|last=Magazines|first=SPH|title=The High Chancellor of Rumours|magazine=GameAxis Unwired|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=weoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69|date=July 2008|publisher=SPH Magazines|issn=0219-872X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2014/10/03/news/watch-the-dillinger-escape-plan-release-new-video-for-rage-featuring-jarren-benton/|title=The Dillinger Escape Plan Release New Video For “Rage” Featuring Jarren Benton {{!}} mxdwn.com|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-05-30|quote="Mathcore brings together the rhythmic complexity and uncommon or experimental musical time signatures found in math rock, a subgenre of indie rock that emerged in the 1980s, and the heavy sound in instrumentation that is found in metalcore, a genre that fuses extreme styles of metal with hardcore punk."}}</ref> characterized by unusual [[Time signature#Complex time signatures|time signatures]], experimentation, and rhythmic complexity.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The genre has been shaped primarily by [[math rock]] and [[metalcore]].<ref name=":1" /> The term ''mathcore'' is a [[portmanteau]] of the terms ''math rock'' and ''hardcore''. The fusion has also been referred to as '''noisecore'''<ref name=":0" /><ref name="greenway">Whitney Strub, "Behind the Key Club: An Interview with Mark "Barney" Greenway of Napalm Death ", ''PopMatters'', May 11, 2006. [http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/napalm-death-060511.shtml] Access date: September 17, 2008.</ref><ref name=":3" /> and '''experimental metalcore'''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/ken-mode/entrench/|title=Album review: Ken Mode – Entrench|work=Scene Point Blank|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.pennlive.com/afterdark/2008/09/horse_the_band_invade_lancaste.html|title=Horse the band invade Lancaster's Chameleon Club|last=|first=|date=|work=PennLive.com|access-date=2017-05-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref> Prominent mathcore groups have been influenced by [[free jazz]],<ref name=":2" /> [[noise rock]],<ref name="ksp" /> and [[grindcore]].<ref name=":2">{{cite book | first = Keith | last = Kahn-Harris | authorlink = Keith Kahn-Harris | url = https://books.google.cl/books?id=wwgd9y-Ww5UC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false | publicationdate = 2007 | title = Extreme Metal | publisher = [[Berg Publishers]] | page = 4 | ISBN = 1-84520-399-2 | quote = Contemporary grindcore bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan [...] have developed avant-garde versions of the genre incorporating frequent time signature changes and complex sounds that at times recall free jazz. }}</ref><ref name="greenway" /><ref>Epitaph Records, Dillinger Escape Plan artist info, [http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/72/The_Dillinger_Escape_Plan#albdesc] Access date: September 16, 2008.</ref><ref>Vik Bansal, Miss Machine review, ''Music OMH'', 2 August 2004. [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/dillinger-escape-plan.htm] Access date: September 16, 2008.</ref><ref>Jason Buchanan, [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=16:96692 ''The Dillinger Escape Plan: Miss Machine - The DVD''] review, Allmovie. Access date: September 17, 2008.</ref>
'''Mathcore''' is a dissonant fusion of [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and [[hardcore punk]]<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|ref=harv|last=Magazines|first=SPH|title=The High Chancellor of Rumours|magazine=GameAxis Unwired|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=weoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69|date=July 2008|publisher=SPH Magazines|issn=0219-872X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2014/10/03/news/watch-the-dillinger-escape-plan-release-new-video-for-rage-featuring-jarren-benton/|title=The Dillinger Escape Plan Release New Video For “Rage” Featuring Jarren Benton {{!}} mxdwn.com|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-05-30|quote="Mathcore brings together the rhythmic complexity and uncommon or experimental musical time signatures found in math rock, a subgenre of indie rock that emerged in the 1980s, and the heavy sound in instrumentation that is found in metalcore, a genre that fuses extreme styles of metal with hardcore punk."}}</ref> characterized by unusual [[Time signature#Complex time signatures|time signatures]], experimentation, and rhythmic complexity.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The genre has been shaped primarily by [[math rock]] and [[metalcore]].<ref name=":1" /> The term ''mathcore'' is a [[portmanteau]] of the terms ''math rock'' and ''hardcore''. The fusion has also been referred to as '''noisecore'''<ref name=":0" /><ref name="greenway">Whitney Strub, "Behind the Key Club: An Interview with Mark "Barney" Greenway of Napalm Death ", ''PopMatters'', May 11, 2006. [http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/napalm-death-060511.shtml] Access date: September 17, 2008.</ref><ref name=":3" /> and '''experimental metalcore'''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/ken-mode/entrench/|title=Album review: Ken Mode – Entrench|work=Scene Point Blank|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.pennlive.com/afterdark/2008/09/horse_the_band_invade_lancaste.html|title=Horse the band invade Lancaster's Chameleon Club|last=|first=|date=|work=PennLive.com|access-date=2017-05-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref> Prominent mathcore groups have been influenced by [[free jazz]],<ref name=":2" /> [[noise rock]],<ref name="ksp" /> and [[grindcore]].<ref name=":2">{{cite book | first = Keith | last = Kahn-Harris | authorlink = Keith Kahn-Harris | url = https://books.google.cl/books?id=wwgd9y-Ww5UC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false | publicationdate = 2007 | title = Extreme Metal | publisher = [[Berg Publishers]] | page = 4 | ISBN = 1-84520-399-2 | quote = Contemporary grindcore bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan [...] have developed avant-garde versions of the genre incorporating frequent time signature changes and complex sounds that at times recall free jazz. }}</ref><ref name="greenway" /><ref>Epitaph Records, Dillinger Escape Plan artist info, [http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/72/The_Dillinger_Escape_Plan#albdesc] Access date: September 16, 2008.</ref><ref>Vik Bansal, Miss Machine review, ''Music OMH'', 2 August 2004. {{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/dillinger-escape-plan.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-10-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926173209/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/dillinger-escape-plan.htm |archivedate=2008-09-26 |df= }} Access date: September 16, 2008.</ref><ref>Jason Buchanan, [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=16:96692 ''The Dillinger Escape Plan: Miss Machine - The DVD''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426195934/http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg |date=2006-04-26 }} review, Allmovie. Access date: September 17, 2008.</ref>


Mathcore was pioneered by bands such as [[Converge (band)|Converge]],<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/usa/boston/converge |title=Converge biography |publisher=Rockdetector.com |accessdate=2007-08-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102244/http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/usa/boston/converge |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> [[Coalesce (band)|Coalesce]], [[Botch (band)|Botch]],<ref>[http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/botchwearethe.htm Botch - We Are The Romans Review<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?catid=85&entry_id=3030 San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : The Gap's attack on kids<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]].<ref name="newshub">{{ cite web | accessdate = March 26, 2017 | url = http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/mathcore-band-the-dillinger-escape-plan-visit-nz-2008052022 | title = Mathcore band the 'Dillinger Escape Plan' visit NZ | publicationdate = May 20, 2008 | website = [[Newshub]] }}</ref>
Mathcore was pioneered by bands such as [[Converge (band)|Converge]],<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/usa/boston/converge |title=Converge biography |publisher=Rockdetector.com |accessdate=2007-08-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102244/http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/usa/boston/converge |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> [[Coalesce (band)|Coalesce]], [[Botch (band)|Botch]],<ref>[http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/botchwearethe.htm Botch - We Are The Romans Review<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?catid=85&entry_id=3030 San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : The Gap's attack on kids<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]].<ref name="newshub">{{ cite web | accessdate = March 26, 2017 | url = http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/mathcore-band-the-dillinger-escape-plan-visit-nz-2008052022 | title = Mathcore band the 'Dillinger Escape Plan' visit NZ | publicationdate = May 20, 2008 | website = [[Newshub]] }}</ref>

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Mathcore
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly to mid-1990s, United States
Typical instruments
Other topics

Mathcore is a dissonant fusion of heavy metal and hardcore punk[1][2] characterized by unusual time signatures, experimentation, and rhythmic complexity.[2][3] The genre has been shaped primarily by math rock and metalcore.[2] The term mathcore is a portmanteau of the terms math rock and hardcore. The fusion has also been referred to as noisecore[1][4][5] and experimental metalcore.[6][7] Prominent mathcore groups have been influenced by free jazz,[3] noise rock,[8] and grindcore.[3][4][9][10][11]

Mathcore was pioneered by bands such as Converge,[12] Coalesce, Botch,[13][14] and The Dillinger Escape Plan.[15]

History

Precedents and early development (1980s - 2000s)

An early antecedent to mathcore was practiced by Black Flag, in 1984, with the album My War; "Its seven-minute metal dirges and fusion-style time signatures proved too much for many fans".[16] Many groups from the mathcore scene paid tribute to Black Flag for the album Black on Black.[17]

The Dillinger Escape Plan in 2005

In the 1990s, groups now often described as mathcore were commonly called "noisecore." Kevin Stewart-Panko of Terrorizer referred to groups such as Neurosis, Deadguy, Cave In, Today Is the Day, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, Coalesce, Candiria, Botch, and Psyopus as falling under this label.[8] Stewart-Panko described the sound of these bands as a "dynamic, violent, discordant, technical, brutal, off-kilter, no rules mixture of hardcore, metal, prog, math rock, grind and jazz."[citation needed]

The earliest known bands to record this hybrid include Rorschach, Starkweather, Botch, and Converge. Throughout the 1990s, several other groups started to emerge: Cave In from Massachusetts, Cable from Connecticut, Coalesce from Kansas City, and Knut from Switzerland. The Dillinger Escape Plan is often considered the "pioneer" of mathcore.[15][18][19] Before the term "mathcore", the style had only been referred to as "noisecore",[4][5] though the genre's existence before this time is generally recognized.

Contemporary influence (2000s - present)

In the early 2000s several new mathcore bands started to emerge. Norma Jean's earlier records are often compared to Converge and Botch.[20][21][22] Other new mathcore bands that cite older mathcore bands as an influence or are compared to them include Car Bomb,[23] The Locust,[24] Daughters,[25] Some Girls,[26] Look What I Did,[27] and The Number Twelve Looks Like You.[28]

The term is generally applied by journalists, rather than by musicians themselves. Jacob Bannon of Converge stated:

I really don't know what mathcore is. Converge is an aggressive band. We have elements of hardcore, punk, and metal for sure. But I think trying to define our efforts and other bands with a generic subgenre name is counter productive. We all have something unique to offer and should be celebrated for those qualities rather than having them generalized for easy consumption.[29]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Magazines, SPH (July 2008). "The High Chancellor of Rumours". GameAxis Unwired. SPH Magazines. ISSN 0219-872X. {{cite magazine}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ a b c "The Dillinger Escape Plan Release New Video For "Rage" Featuring Jarren Benton | mxdwn.com". Retrieved 2017-05-30. Mathcore brings together the rhythmic complexity and uncommon or experimental musical time signatures found in math rock, a subgenre of indie rock that emerged in the 1980s, and the heavy sound in instrumentation that is found in metalcore, a genre that fuses extreme styles of metal with hardcore punk. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ a b c Kahn-Harris, Keith (2007). Extreme Metal. Berg Publishers. p. 4. ISBN 1-84520-399-2. Contemporary grindcore bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan [...] have developed avant-garde versions of the genre incorporating frequent time signature changes and complex sounds that at times recall free jazz. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c Whitney Strub, "Behind the Key Club: An Interview with Mark "Barney" Greenway of Napalm Death ", PopMatters, May 11, 2006. [1] Access date: September 17, 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Botch ... a noisecore pioneer", 'Terrorizer, "Grindcore Special", #180, Feb. 2009, p. 63.
  6. ^ "Album review: Ken Mode – Entrench". Scene Point Blank. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  7. ^ "Horse the band invade Lancaster's Chameleon Club". PennLive.com. Retrieved 2017-05-30. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ a b Kevin Stewart-Panko, "The Decade in Noisecore", Terrorizer no. 75, Feb 2000, p. 22-23.
  9. ^ Epitaph Records, Dillinger Escape Plan artist info, [2] Access date: September 16, 2008.
  10. ^ Vik Bansal, Miss Machine review, Music OMH, 2 August 2004. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-10-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Access date: September 16, 2008.
  11. ^ Jason Buchanan, The Dillinger Escape Plan: Miss Machine - The DVD Archived 2006-04-26 at the Wayback Machine review, Allmovie. Access date: September 17, 2008.
  12. ^ "Converge biography". Rockdetector.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2007-08-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Botch - We Are The Romans Review
  14. ^ San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : The Gap's attack on kids
  15. ^ a b "Mathcore band the 'Dillinger Escape Plan' visit NZ". Newshub. May 20, 2008. Retrieved March 26, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Steven Blush, American Hardcore: A Tribal History, "Thirsty and Miserable", Los Angeles: Feral House, 2001, p. 66
  17. ^ Mark Prindle, Citizine interview with Greg Ginn, June 7, 2003. [3] Access date: October 8, 2008.
  18. ^ Mendez, Sam (October 10, 2016). "Mathcore Pioneers The Dillinger Escape Plan Mark an End to Their 20-Year Run". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved March 26, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ Weiss, Dan (August 5, 2016). "The Dillinger Escape Plan, Pioneers of Mathcore, Are Breaking Up". Spin. Retrieved March 26, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ Bosler, Shawn. Christian metalcore heavyweights Norma Jean make new believers with O’ God, the Aftermath." Decibel Magazine. Retrieved on August 3, 2008.
  21. ^ Bansal, Vik. "Norma Jean - O God The Aftermath (Abacus)" musicOMH.com. Retrieved on August 3, 2008.
  22. ^ Heisel, Scott. "Listening Station" Alternative Press. Issue 242 Page 168.
  23. ^ Angle, Brad. Centralia review. Guitar World. Retrieved 2009-12-17. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  24. ^ Ken McGrath. "Destruction and Chaos are Never Far Behind". Interview with Bobby Bray. Sorted Magazine. 2003. [4] Access date: October 4, 2008.
  25. ^ Steve Carlson, Hell Songs review, "Blog Critics", October 19, 2006. [5] Access date: September 13, 2008.
  26. ^ "San Diego Reader"[6] Access date: September 13, 2008.
  27. ^ Harris, Chris. "Look What I Did Name Upcoming LP 'Atlas Drugged'"Noisecreep
  28. ^ Miller, Kirk. "The Number Twelve Looks Like You: Put on Your Rosy Red Glasses - You know, the kind Bootsy Collins wears..." Decibel Magazine. Retrieved on August 3, 2008.
  29. ^ Huval, Rebecca (October 28, 2009). "Axe to Grind: Four Tense Questions with Converge". New York Press. Press Play (blog). Archived from the original on June 6, 2011.
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