List of music genres suffixed -core
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This is a list of music genres suffixed -core, most of which are probably derived from the term hardcore, which denotes a style more extreme than the mainstream. While most of these terms are pointless and only apply to one or two bands in existence, many music snobs and elistists feel the need to create a new genre for every slight difference in music. The following lists contain many of these pointless definitions.
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[edit] Hardcore
- Tribal Hardcore - A subgenre of Hardcore Metal
- Hardcore punk - an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often angry songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes.
- Hardcore techno - a form of techno music closely related to gabber music
- Breakbeat hardcore - an offshot of acid house that uses breakbeats for its rhythm lines
- Happy hardcore - an evolution of breakbeat hardcore that uses twee sounding instrumentation and lyrics
- Hardcore trance a fusion of breakbeat/happy hardcore and trance music
- Hardcore hip hop
- UK hardcore - a form of dance music that evolved after breakbeat hardcore and it's subgenres declined in popularity
[edit] -core
- Acidcore - an alternative name for freeform hardcore.
- Breakcore - fusion of hardcore, jungle and techno AKA Noizecore
- Christcore - Christian hardcore punk or metalcore.
- Cuddlecore - punk-influenced twee pop
- Cuntcore - Genre of female driven music aimed towards Equalism.
- Darkcore - style of hardcore techno
- Discore - alternate term for D-Beat punk.
- Drillcore - a cross between breakcore and drill 'n bass
- ElectroCore - fusion of Hardcore Electro, or Hardcore Electro Funk - Nu Sckool Hardcore Electro
- Emocore - another name for emotional hardcore, later shortened to emo
- Funcore - a term used by Dutch based Babyboom Records label to describe bouncy techno
- Epicore - fusion of gothic and melodic hardcore
- Folkcore - fusion of hardcore punk and folk music
- Funkcore - fusion of hardcore punk and funk
- Gamecore - fusion of classic video game music & hardcore
- Glamcore - fusion of riot grrl, thrash metal, and glam rock
- Gloomcore - simple music, with a story that usually has to do something with drugs
- Gorecore - goregrind played in a more traditional grindcore style
- Gothcore - fusion of hardcore punk and gothic music
- Grindcore - a thrashcore/crossover thrash hybrid
- Groovecore- fusion of melodic vocals with staccato metal riffs
- Happycore - variety of swift, hard trance music AKA Happy Hardcore
- Hatecore - white power hardcore punk
- Hopcore - fusion of hardcore punk and hip hop music
- Homocore - alternate term for queercore
- Horrorcore - style of hip hop with graphically violent and sexual lyrics
- Horror hardcore a style of Misfits influenced hardcore punk
- Japcore - Japanese hardcore punk
- Jazzcore - hardcore punk with jazz flourishes
- Mathcore - a fusion of metalcore and math rock
- Meatcore - heavy music with meat full lyrics. Mostly decapitation.
- Metalcore - fusion of hardcore punk and heavy metal
- Nerdcore - style of hip hop with nerd-themed lyrics
- Nintendocore - Metalcore with 8-bit video game music influences
- Noisecore - a largely anti-technical, anti-clean sounding form of grindcore, sometimes an alternate term for noise music AKA Breakcore
- Norsecore - style of black metal
- Polkacore - fusion of hardcore punk and polka
- Popcore - fusion of hardcore punk and pop punk
- Pornocore - a style of hardcore rap with sexually explicit lyrics and often containing samples of pornographic films.
- Punkcore - anarchistic hardcore techno mixed with punk rock samples
- Queercore - style of hardcore punk with gay and lesbian-themed lyrics
- Raggacore - fusion of breakcore and ragga
- Rapcore - fusion of punk, heavy metal, hip hop, and funk
- Sadcore - style of late '80s indie rock with sadness and loneliness-themed lyrics
- Skacore - fusion of hardcore punk and ska punk
- Skatecore - alternate term for skate punk
- Slowcore - alternate term for sadcore
- Sludgecore - a music style similar to sludge metal
- Speedcore - music with very fast bpm (250bpm and faster)
- Spazzcore - term for over-the-top spastic and volatile punk.
- Synthcore - alternative name for electroclash. also a type of coldwave without guitars.
- Stenchcore - early term for crust punk
- Terrorcore - a subgenre of hardcore techno with "scary" or horror themed samples
- Thrashcore - fast(er) hardcore punk
- Trancecore - uplifting and epic music, close to freeform
- Tribal Hardcore - A subgenre of Hardcore Metal, fusion with world music and hardcore
- Twangcore - alternate term for alternative country
- Thugcore - fusion of hip hop and metalcore or hardcore punk
- Yardcore - an alternative name for raggacore
- Whistlecore - style of music using a recorder and screaming
- Whorecore - used to describe bands who put the "whore" in hardcore
[edit] Record labels
- There are record labels called Bubblecore, Housecore Records, and Punkcore Records, and bands called Bloodcore and Redcore. Major indie labels also focus on this genre. One such label is *Sonic Wave International.
[edit] Misc
The terms gaycore and fagcore are used as an insult for any of the above listed genres.
The terms angstcore, brocore, progcore, whorecore, gospelcore, fightcore, cowcore, soulcore, skincore, wavecore, discocore, Celticore, discore, junglecore, bluecore, groovecore, countrycore, downcore, spacecore, altcore, indiecore, latincore, surfcore, christcore, zydecore, bonecore, ragecore, bubblecore, electrocore, technocore, dudecore, corecore, dubcore and psychocore may be in use, but without a clear meaning.
[edit] See also
- Post Hardcore
- Hardcore music
- Tribal Hardcore
- Hardcore dance music
