--- title: "Mathcore" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/mathcore" parent: "Metalcore" bands: 210 era: "late 1990s" --- # Mathcore **Mathcore** is a metal fusion genre, formative in the late 1990s. TheMetalNet maps 210 bands and 517 albums under it. Mathcore is metalcore’s most chaotic, cerebral offshoot, built on jarring time-signature changes, dissonant riffs, stop-start rhythms, and whiplash tempo shifts. The Dillinger Escape Plan’s 1999 debut Calculating Infinity codified it, blending grindcore aggression with jazz- and electronica-inspired complexity, while Converge and Botch brought raw, emotional intensity. Songs feel deliberately unstable, demanding virtuosic playing and rewarding close listening. It pushes heavy music toward its technical and abrasive limits. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Mathcore | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Metalcore | | Formative era | late 1990s | | Fusion genre | Yes | | Bands | 210 | | Albums | 517 | | Formation span | 1970 to 2025 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (United States, 1990) - [The Dillinger Escape Plan](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-dillinger-escape-plan) (United States, 1997) - [The Fall of Troy](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-fall-of-troy) (United States, 2002) - [Botch](https://themetalnet.com/band/botch) (United States, 1993) - [Rolo Tomassi](https://themetalnet.com/band/rolo-tomassi) (United Kingdom, 2005) - [The Algorithm](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-algorithm) (France, 1989) - [The Saddest Landscape](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-saddest-landscape) (United States, 2002) - [The Number Twelve Looks Like You](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-number-twelve-looks-like-you) (United States, 2002) - [KEN mode](https://themetalnet.com/band/ken-mode) (Canada, 1999) - [SikTh](https://themetalnet.com/band/sikth) (United Kingdom, 2000) - [Coalesce](https://themetalnet.com/band/coalesce) (United States, 1994) - [Genghis Tron](https://themetalnet.com/band/genghis-tron) (United States, 2004) - [Drewsif](https://themetalnet.com/band/drewsif) (1993) - [Ion Dissonance](https://themetalnet.com/band/ion-dissonance) (Canada, 2001) - [Heavy Heavy Low Low](https://themetalnet.com/band/heavy-heavy-low-low) (United States, 2004) - [iwrestledabearonce](https://themetalnet.com/band/iwrestledabearonce) (United States, 2007) - [Deadguy](https://themetalnet.com/band/deadguy) (United States, 1994) - [The Chariot](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-chariot) (United States, 2003) - [The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-tony-danza-tapdance-extravaganza) (United States, 2004) - [The Bled](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-bled) (United States, 2001) - [Car Bomb](https://themetalnet.com/band/car-bomb) (United States, 2002) - [Fear Before](https://themetalnet.com/band/fear-before) (United States, 2002) - [PsyOpus](https://themetalnet.com/band/psyopus) (United States, 2002) - [See You Next Tuesday](https://themetalnet.com/band/see-you-next-tuesday) (United States, 2004) - [A Life Once Lost](https://themetalnet.com/band/a-life-once-lost) (United States, 1999) - [Down I Go](https://themetalnet.com/band/down-i-go) (United Kingdom, 2005) - [The Hirsch Effekt](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-hirsch-effekt) (Germany, 2008) - [Into the Moat](https://themetalnet.com/band/into-the-moat) (United States, 2001) - [Psykup](https://themetalnet.com/band/psykup) (France, 1995) - [Star of Ash](https://themetalnet.com/band/star-of-ash) (Norway, 2001) - [Arsonists Get All the Girls](https://themetalnet.com/band/arsonists-get-all-the-girls) (United States, 2005) - [Narrows](https://themetalnet.com/band/narrows) (United States, 2008) - [The Armed](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-armed) (United States, 2009) - [The Secret](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-secret) (2003) - [American Heritage](https://themetalnet.com/band/american-heritage) (United States, 1997) - [Racebannon](https://themetalnet.com/band/racebannon) (United States, 1996) - [The Sawtooth Grin](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-sawtooth-grin) (1999) - [A Textbook Tragedy](https://themetalnet.com/band/a-textbook-tragedy) (Canada, 2002) - [Glass Casket](https://themetalnet.com/band/glass-casket) (United States, 2004) - [MoRkObOt](https://themetalnet.com/band/morkobot) (2004) - [Psychofagist](https://themetalnet.com/band/psychofagist) (2001) - [The Arusha Accord](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-arusha-accord) (2005) - [Marmozets](https://themetalnet.com/band/marmozets) (United Kingdom, 2006) - [Curl Up and Die](https://themetalnet.com/band/curl-up-and-die) (United States, 1998) - [Greg Puciato](https://themetalnet.com/band/greg-puciato) (United States, 1980) - [Duck Duck Goose](https://themetalnet.com/band/duck-duck-goose) (United States, 2006) - [Crowpath](https://themetalnet.com/band/crowpath) (1997) - [Gaza](https://themetalnet.com/band/gaza) (United States, 2004) - [Last Chance to Reason](https://themetalnet.com/band/last-chance-to-reason) (United States, 2005) - [me and him call it us](https://themetalnet.com/band/me-and-him-call-it-us) (2003) - [The Crinn](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-crinn) (United States, 2004) - [Cyclamen](https://themetalnet.com/band/cyclamen) (Japan) - [Howard Jones](https://themetalnet.com/band/howard-jones) (United States, 1970) - [Beecher](https://themetalnet.com/band/beecher) (United Kingdom, 2001) - [Employed to Serve](https://themetalnet.com/band/employed-to-serve) (United Kingdom, 2012) - [Tangaroa](https://themetalnet.com/band/tangaroa) (United Kingdom, 1998) - [Blood Has Been Shed](https://themetalnet.com/band/blood-has-been-shed) (United States, 1997) - [Exotic Animal Petting Zoo](https://themetalnet.com/band/exotic-animal-petting-zoo) (2004) - [Fellsilent](https://themetalnet.com/band/fellsilent) (2003) - [Five Star Prison Cell](https://themetalnet.com/band/five-star-prison-cell) (2004) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 69 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 16 bands - [Canada](https://themetalnet.com/country/ca): 8 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 7 bands - [Sweden](https://themetalnet.com/country/se): 2 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 2 bands - [Switzerland](https://themetalnet.com/country/ch): 2 bands - [Norway](https://themetalnet.com/country/no): 2 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1970s | 2 | | 1980s | 2 | | 1990s | 19 | | 2000s | 68 | | 2010s | 36 | | 2020s | 14 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/mathcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/mathcore). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt