It's a genre that remains one of metal’s most divisive movements, but surely, on paper, the idea of melding gruesomely heavy, crushing death metal riffs with the groove, power and attitude of classic hardcore is a damn good one. But deathcore is unquestionably polarising, even more than two decades after its birth. From Antagony and Despised Icon’s early mixing of Dying Fetus and Madball, to the underground hype that catapulted Job for a Cowboy, the unlikely chart invading strides made by Whitechapel and Suicide Silence and the recent rebirth of the genre inspired by Lorna Shore and Slaughter to Prevail, deathcore has endured and thrived for many years now. Here’s its journey so far told over five key releases.
