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Mathcore (also known as technical metalcore and technical hardcore) is a style of metalcore recognized for a high level of technical musicianship. The subgenre has its roots in bands like Converge and The Dillinger Escape Plan. The term mathcore is derived from the use of many different and irregular time signatures within one piece of music.

The music is usually filled with discordant but still very solid and harmonic, somewhat technical riffing, complex time signatures and song structures, and passionate, energetic vocals although bands often use additional fading out hollow-like background vocals. Songs played by bands of this style tend to vary from mere seconds in length to over 15 minutes and rarely feature a conventional verse-chorus song structure. Bands of the mathcore genre, because they are not commercially viable, are often categorized differently depending upon the whims of journalists. Because metalcore is a hardcore punk/heavy metal crossover, bands such as Converge, and The Dillinger Escape Plan are often referred to as "hardcore," and still others, such as As the Sun Sets and Daughters, are labeled as grindcore and noisecore, though only influenced by one or both genres. An Important part of the mathcore genre consists of punk-influenced bands focusing on the lyrical side like Some Girls or Head Wound City. While lyrically bands are on the verge of psychedelic punk stream, these bands are fully mathcore from technical point of view. This group is clearly separated from the metal or metalcore genre as well as from commerce. Other styles of music, such as blues-rock and free jazz, have been known to inspire various mathcore bands. Coalesce have been influenced by the former, to the extent of releasing a Led Zeppelin cover EP named There Is Nothing New Under the Sun, whereas The Dillinger Escape Plan are known to credit the latter. Training for Utopia derived a sound that was more reminiscent of bands like Neurosis and Today is the Day, then fused synthesizers and odd tempo changes. There is also strong source connection between mathcore and math rock, which is considered to be a "lighter" form of mathcore. Many images of mathcore bands are deeply rooted in the post-hardcore and post-rock scenes. Still, being quite a young and flexible genre, mathcore outlines as an original and interesting musical style which is still evolving.

• List of mathcore bands
• Math rock
• Progressive metal
• Grindcore
• Metalcore
• Deathcore

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