---
title: "Deathcore"
type: "MusicGenre"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/deathcore"
parent: "Metalcore"
bands: 505
era: "mid 2000s"
---

# Deathcore

**Deathcore** is a metal fusion genre, formative in the mid 2000s. TheMetalNet maps 505 bands and 868 albums under it.

Deathcore fuses death metal’s blast beats, tremolo riffs, and growls with metalcore’s breakdowns — slow, heavy, mosh-triggering passages that hit like a wall. It exploded in the mid-to-late 2000s with bands like Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, and Carnifex, played in low death-metal tunings with alternating guttural growls and high screams. The style is built for physical impact, balancing technical flurries against crushing breakdowns. Recent acts like Lorna Shore have added symphonic and blackened grandeur.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Genre | Deathcore |
| Level | Sub-genre |
| Parent genre | Metalcore |
| Formative era | mid 2000s |
| Fusion genre | Yes |
| Bands | 505 |
| Albums | 868 |
| Formation span | 1986 to 2026 |

## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence)

- [Suicide Silence](https://themetalnet.com/band/suicide-silence) (United States, 2002)
- [The Acacia Strain](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-acacia-strain) (United States, 2001)
- [Carnifex](https://themetalnet.com/band/carnifex-b463a831) (United States, 2005)
- [Whitechapel](https://themetalnet.com/band/whitechapel) (United States, 2006)
- [Emmure](https://themetalnet.com/band/emmure) (United States, 2003)
- [Despised Icon](https://themetalnet.com/band/despised-icon) (Canada, 2002)
- [Job for a Cowboy](https://themetalnet.com/band/job-for-a-cowboy) (United States, 2003)
- [Attila](https://themetalnet.com/band/attila) (United States, 2005)
- [Big Chocolate](https://themetalnet.com/band/big-chocolate) (United States, 1990)
- [After the Burial](https://themetalnet.com/band/after-the-burial) (United States, 2004)
- [Chelsea Grin](https://themetalnet.com/band/chelsea-grin) (United States, 2007)
- [All Shall Perish](https://themetalnet.com/band/all-shall-perish) (United States, 2002)
- [Veil of Maya](https://themetalnet.com/band/veil-of-maya) (United States, 2004)
- [I Declare War](https://themetalnet.com/band/i-declare-war) (United States, 2005)
- [Molotov Solution](https://themetalnet.com/band/molotov-solution) (United States, 2004)
- [The Red Chord](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-red-chord) (United States, 1999)
- [Winds of Plague](https://themetalnet.com/band/winds-of-plague) (2005)
- [Dr. Acula](https://themetalnet.com/band/dr-acula) (United States, 2005)
- [The Browning](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-browning) (2005)
- [We Butter the Bread With Butter](https://themetalnet.com/band/we-butter-the-bread-with-butter) (Germany, 2007)
- [Through the Eyes of the Dead](https://themetalnet.com/band/through-the-eyes-of-the-dead) (United States, 2003)
- [Thy Art Is Murder](https://themetalnet.com/band/thy-art-is-murder) (Australia, 2005)
- [Upon a Burning Body](https://themetalnet.com/band/upon-a-burning-body) (United States, 2005)
- [Oceano](https://themetalnet.com/band/oceano) (2006)
- [Oliver Sykes](https://themetalnet.com/band/oliver-sykes) (United Kingdom, 1986)
- [Salt the Wound](https://themetalnet.com/band/salt-the-wound) (United States, 2001)
- [See You Next Tuesday](https://themetalnet.com/band/see-you-next-tuesday) (United States, 2004)
- [Betraying the Martyrs](https://themetalnet.com/band/betraying-the-martyrs) (France, 2008)
- [The Breathing Process](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-breathing-process) (United States, 2003)
- [The Red Shore](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-red-shore) (Australia, 2004)
- [With Blood Comes Cleansing](https://themetalnet.com/band/with-blood-comes-cleansing) (United States, 2005)
- [Lorna Shore](https://themetalnet.com/band/lorna-shore) (United States, 2010)
- [Here Comes the Kraken](https://themetalnet.com/band/here-comes-the-kraken) (Mexico, 2007)
- [Medeia](https://themetalnet.com/band/medeia) (Finland, 2002)
- [Rings of Saturn](https://themetalnet.com/band/rings-of-saturn) (United States, 2009)
- [Rose Funeral](https://themetalnet.com/band/rose-funeral) (United States, 2005)
- [Glass Casket](https://themetalnet.com/band/glass-casket) (United States, 2004)
- [Animosity](https://themetalnet.com/band/animosity) (United States, 2000)
- [Misericordiam](https://themetalnet.com/band/misericordiam) (United States, 2004)
- [Fit for an Autopsy](https://themetalnet.com/band/fit-for-an-autopsy) (2007)
- [The Last Ten Seconds of Life](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-last-ten-seconds-of-life) (2010)
- [The Partisan Turbine](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-partisan-turbine) (United States, 2003)
- [Within Destruction](https://themetalnet.com/band/within-destruction) (2010)
- [Burning Skies](https://themetalnet.com/band/burning-skies) (United Kingdom, 2002)
- [Ease of Disgust](https://themetalnet.com/band/ease-of-disgust) (Russia, 2008)
- [King Conquer](https://themetalnet.com/band/king-conquer) (United States, 2002)
- [Last Chance to Reason](https://themetalnet.com/band/last-chance-to-reason) (United States, 2005)
- [Postmortem Promises](https://themetalnet.com/band/postmortem-promises) (United Kingdom, 2006)
- [With Dead Hands Rising](https://themetalnet.com/band/with-dead-hands-rising) (United States, 2001)
- [Jared Dines](https://themetalnet.com/band/jared-dines) (United States, 1989)
- [Slaughter to Prevail](https://themetalnet.com/band/slaughter-to-prevail) (2014)
- [Distant](https://themetalnet.com/band/distant) (2014)
- [Humanity’s Last Breath](https://themetalnet.com/band/humanity-s-last-breath) (Sweden, 2009)
- [Shadow of Intent](https://themetalnet.com/band/shadow-of-intent) (United States, 2013)
- [The HAARP Machine](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-haarp-machine) (2007)
- [A Breath Before Surfacing](https://themetalnet.com/band/a-breath-before-surfacing) (United States, 2006)
- [Alex Terrible](https://themetalnet.com/band/alex-terrible) (Russia, 1993)
- [Sumatra](https://themetalnet.com/band/sumatra) (2005)
- [Five Star Prison Cell](https://themetalnet.com/band/five-star-prison-cell) (2004)
- [From a Second Story Window](https://themetalnet.com/band/from-a-second-story-window) (United States, 2002)

## Where it is played

- [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 126 bands
- [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 20 bands
- [Australia](https://themetalnet.com/country/au): 13 bands
- [Japan](https://themetalnet.com/country/jp): 9 bands
- [Canada](https://themetalnet.com/country/ca): 9 bands
- [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 9 bands
- [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 8 bands
- [Italy](https://themetalnet.com/country/it): 8 bands

## Bands formed by decade

| Decade | Bands formed |
| --- | --- |
| 1980s | 3 |
| 1990s | 14 |
| 2000s | 144 |
| 2010s | 142 |
| 2020s | 79 |

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/deathcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/deathcore). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt