Mathcore is a dissonant style of music characterized by rhythmic complexity and tempo changes (such as those found in free jazz and math rock) with the aggressiveness of hardcore punk and extreme metal. The genre is sometimes considered a subgenre of metalcore. Notable mathcore bands are listed here in alphabetical order.
Name | Country | Formed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
The Algorithm | France | 2009 | |
American Standards | United States | 2011 | [1] |
Antigama | Poland | 2000 | |
Arcane Roots | United Kingdom | 2006 | [2] |
Architect | United States | 2004 | [3] |
Architects (early) | United Kingdom | 2004 | |
The Armed | United States | 2009 | [4] |
Arsonists Get All the Girls | United States | 2005 | |
Beecher | United Kingdom | 2001 | [5] |
Benea Reach | Norway | 2003 | [6] [7] |
Between the Buried and Me | United States | 2000 | |
The Bled | United States | 2001 | [8] |
Blood Has Been Shed | United States | 1997 | [9] |
Botch | United States | 1993 | [10] [11] |
Burnt by the Sun | United States | 1999 | |
The Callous Daoboys | United States | 2016 | [12] |
Cable | United States | 1994 | |
Car Bomb | United States | 2002 | [13] |
Cave In | United States | 1995 | |
The Chariot | United States | 2003 | [14] |
Classically Handsome Brutes | United Kingdom | 2012 | [15] |
Coalesce | United States | 1994 | [16] |
Code Orange | United States | 2008 | |
The Color of Violence | United States | 2001 | |
Converge | United States | 1990 | [17] |
Dance Club Massacre | United States | 2004 | |
Daughters (early) | United States | 2001 | [18] |
Deadguy | United States | 1994 | [19] |
Design the Skyline | United States | 2007 | |
The Dillinger Escape Plan | United States | 1997 | [20] [21] |
Drowningman | United States | 1995 | |
Employed to Serve | United Kingdom | 2011 | [22] |
The End | Canada | 1999 | [23] |
The Esoteric | United States | 1996 | |
Every Time I Die (early) | United States | 1998 | [24] |
Exotic Animal Petting Zoo | United States | 2004 | |
Eyes Upon Separation | United States | 1998 | [25] |
The Fall of Troy | United States | 2002 | [26] |
Fellsilent | United Kingdom | 2003 | |
Frontierer | Scotland & United States | 2011 | [27] |
Gaza | United States | 2004 | [28] |
Genghis Tron | United States | 2004 | |
Heck | United Kingdom | 2009 | [29] |
The Human Abstract | United States | 2004 | [30] |
Into the Moat | United States | 2001 | [31] |
Ion Dissonance | Canada | 2001 | [32] |
Iwrestledabearonce | United States | 2007 | [33] |
Jesuit | United States | 1995 | |
Keelhaul | United States | 1997 | [34] |
Knocked Loose | United States | 2013 | |
Knut | Switzerland | 1994 | [35] |
Lethargy | United States | 1992 | [36] |
The Locust | United States | 1994 | |
Look What I Did | United States | 2001 | [37] |
Lye by Mistake | United States | 2004 | [38] |
Narrows | United States | 2008 | [39] |
The National Acrobat | United States | 1998 | [40] [41] |
Norma Jean | United States | 1997 | [42] |
The Number Twelve Looks Like You | United States | 2002 | [43] |
The Ongoing Concept | United States | 2009 | |
Paria (early) | United States | 2001 | |
Press to Meco | United Kingdom | 2011 | |
Protest the Hero | Canada | 2001 | |
Psychofagist | Italy | 2002 | |
Psyopus | United States | 2002 | [44] |
Pupil Slicer | United Kingdom | 2016 | [12] |
Pyrrhon | United States | 2008 | |
Rolo Tomassi | United Kingdom | 2005 | [45] |
Rorschach | United States | 1989 | [46] |
See You Next Tuesday | United States | 2004 | [47] |
SeeYouSpaceCowboy | United States | 2016 | [48] |
SikTh | United Kingdom | 1999 | [49] |
Some Girls | United States | 2002 | [50] |
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza | United States | 2004 | [51] |
Vein.fm | United States | 2013 | [52] |
War from a Harlots Mouth | Germany | 2005 | [53] |
Mathcore supergroup (ex-Botch and Unbroken) sounds too angry to calculate infinity, hulks out instead.
Mathcore is a dissonant style of music characterized by rhythmic complexity and tempo changes (such as those found in free jazz and math rock) with the aggressiveness of hardcore punk and extreme metal. The genre is sometimes considered a subgenre of metalcore. Notable mathcore bands are listed here in alphabetical order.
Name | Country | Formed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
The Algorithm | France | 2009 | |
American Standards | United States | 2011 | [1] |
Antigama | Poland | 2000 | |
Arcane Roots | United Kingdom | 2006 | [2] |
Architect | United States | 2004 | [3] |
Architects (early) | United Kingdom | 2004 | |
The Armed | United States | 2009 | [4] |
Arsonists Get All the Girls | United States | 2005 | |
Beecher | United Kingdom | 2001 | [5] |
Benea Reach | Norway | 2003 | [6] [7] |
Between the Buried and Me | United States | 2000 | |
The Bled | United States | 2001 | [8] |
Blood Has Been Shed | United States | 1997 | [9] |
Botch | United States | 1993 | [10] [11] |
Burnt by the Sun | United States | 1999 | |
The Callous Daoboys | United States | 2016 | [12] |
Cable | United States | 1994 | |
Car Bomb | United States | 2002 | [13] |
Cave In | United States | 1995 | |
The Chariot | United States | 2003 | [14] |
Classically Handsome Brutes | United Kingdom | 2012 | [15] |
Coalesce | United States | 1994 | [16] |
Code Orange | United States | 2008 | |
The Color of Violence | United States | 2001 | |
Converge | United States | 1990 | [17] |
Dance Club Massacre | United States | 2004 | |
Daughters (early) | United States | 2001 | [18] |
Deadguy | United States | 1994 | [19] |
Design the Skyline | United States | 2007 | |
The Dillinger Escape Plan | United States | 1997 | [20] [21] |
Drowningman | United States | 1995 | |
Employed to Serve | United Kingdom | 2011 | [22] |
The End | Canada | 1999 | [23] |
The Esoteric | United States | 1996 | |
Every Time I Die (early) | United States | 1998 | [24] |
Exotic Animal Petting Zoo | United States | 2004 | |
Eyes Upon Separation | United States | 1998 | [25] |
The Fall of Troy | United States | 2002 | [26] |
Fellsilent | United Kingdom | 2003 | |
Frontierer | Scotland & United States | 2011 | [27] |
Gaza | United States | 2004 | [28] |
Genghis Tron | United States | 2004 | |
Heck | United Kingdom | 2009 | [29] |
The Human Abstract | United States | 2004 | [30] |
Into the Moat | United States | 2001 | [31] |
Ion Dissonance | Canada | 2001 | [32] |
Iwrestledabearonce | United States | 2007 | [33] |
Jesuit | United States | 1995 | |
Keelhaul | United States | 1997 | [34] |
Knocked Loose | United States | 2013 | |
Knut | Switzerland | 1994 | [35] |
Lethargy | United States | 1992 | [36] |
The Locust | United States | 1994 | |
Look What I Did | United States | 2001 | [37] |
Lye by Mistake | United States | 2004 | [38] |
Narrows | United States | 2008 | [39] |
The National Acrobat | United States | 1998 | [40] [41] |
Norma Jean | United States | 1997 | [42] |
The Number Twelve Looks Like You | United States | 2002 | [43] |
The Ongoing Concept | United States | 2009 | |
Paria (early) | United States | 2001 | |
Press to Meco | United Kingdom | 2011 | |
Protest the Hero | Canada | 2001 | |
Psychofagist | Italy | 2002 | |
Psyopus | United States | 2002 | [44] |
Pupil Slicer | United Kingdom | 2016 | [12] |
Pyrrhon | United States | 2008 | |
Rolo Tomassi | United Kingdom | 2005 | [45] |
Rorschach | United States | 1989 | [46] |
See You Next Tuesday | United States | 2004 | [47] |
SeeYouSpaceCowboy | United States | 2016 | [48] |
SikTh | United Kingdom | 1999 | [49] |
Some Girls | United States | 2002 | [50] |
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza | United States | 2004 | [51] |
Vein.fm | United States | 2013 | [52] |
War from a Harlots Mouth | Germany | 2005 | [53] |
Mathcore supergroup (ex-Botch and Unbroken) sounds too angry to calculate infinity, hulks out instead.