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Suicide Silence's bassist playing, hair flying, in front of the band's ink-spattered logo backdrop at Milwaukee Metal Fest

Deathcore Band Logos

Jonah Pike · Oct 31, 2026

The Contortionist on stage at the Rosemount Hotel in Perth, 6 May 2018, under coloured stage light.

The Deathcore Concept Albums

Jonah Pike · Oct 14, 2026

Here Comes the Kraken's four members kneeling on the stage floor in front of a crowd with arms and horn signs raised, at the C3 Stage in Guadalajara, Mexico

Deathcore in Latin America

Jonah Pike · Oct 10, 2026

Suffocation vocalist with both arms raised before the band's red logo backdrop and drum kit, a guitarist at left and crowd silhouettes in front, live at El Teatrito in Buenos Aires.

Why Is Deathcore Hated? The Backlash, Explained

Jonah Pike · Oct 9, 2026

Vulvodynia on the Party.San Metal Open Air stage, the bassist lunging forward mid-scream beside a guitarist on a seven-string, the vocalist at right and the band's painted backdrop behind.

Aliens, Gods and the Cosmos: Science Fiction and Myth in Deathcore

Jonah Pike · Oct 8, 2026

A Chelsea Grin guitarist at centre stage under fans of green and red beam lights and vertical LED bars at The Palladium, Worcester, April 2025.

Deathcore Music Videos: From the Warehouse to the Film Set

Jonah Pike · Oct 7, 2026

Asking Alexandria singer Danny Worsnop in a white jersey and cap on a raised stage ramp, pointing toward a crowd of raised fists in stage haze

Is Deathcore Emo? Scenecore, Post-Hardcore and the MySpace Mix-Up

Jonah Pike · Oct 5, 2026

Alpha Wolf vocalist leaning out from the stage and pointing at the crowd, microphone in hand, in deep blue stage haze, Brisbane 2024

The Shirt Is the Flyer: Merch as Deathcore Culture

Jonah Pike · Oct 3, 2026

Betraying the Martyrs' vocalist with one arm raised at the front of the stage, the band's logo backdrop and the drummer behind him, Summer Breeze Open Air, Dinkelsbühl, 2018.

French Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike · Oct 2, 2026

Periphery guitarist playing a seven-string Jackson on stage in a dark hall, fretting hand on the neck, black and white, Nashville, 2024

Deathcore vs Djent: A Genre and a Guitar Technique

Jonah Pike with Julien Vasseur · Oct 1, 2026

Fit for a King vocalist Ryan Kirby kneeling on a stage monitor and singing into the microphone under blue and teal beams at The Pageant, St. Louis, 2025.

Depression, Addiction and Grief: The Confessional Turn

Jonah Pike · Sep 30, 2026

Bodysnatcher on stage at Red Flag in St. Louis in November 2023, vocalist and guitarists at the left while security staff in teal shirts pull crowd surfers over the barrier from a packed, green-lit pit.

Deathcore Memes: 5XL, Blegh and the Jokes the Scene Tells About Itself

Jonah Pike with Gareth Llewellyn · Sep 29, 2026

Tallah's vocalist in a hood and a blue flannel shirt screaming into the microphone, leaning forward on a club stage with the bassist behind him

Deathcore vs Nu Metal: The Bounce, the Rap and the Overlap

Jonah Pike · Sep 26, 2026

Necrotted's vocalist in a black cap, arm raised and microphone to his mouth, leaning over the crowd at Impericon Festival in red light, with the bassist and drum kit behind him and fans' arms in the foreground

Deathcore Festivals and the Package Tours

Jonah Pike with Saint Sylveszter · Sep 24, 2026

Two Fit for an Autopsy guitarists playing side by side on stage at the WAMU Theater in Seattle, one in a cap and one with long hair thrown forward, under green light

How Deathcore Is Produced: The Grid, the Samples and the Studio

Jonah Pike with Curtis Vance · Sep 21, 2026

Kublai Khan TX vocalist on stage with one arm raised, facing a crowd pressed against the barricade with hands and fingers pointing back at him, a balcony full of fans above.

Deathcore vs Hardcore, and Where Beatdown Sits

Jonah Pike with Gareth Llewellyn · Sep 20, 2026

Emmure on stage at With Full Force 2014: the vocalist singing at the left, guitarist and bassist beside him and the drummer behind, in front of the band's logo backdrop under purple lights

The Lyrics Deathcore Grew Out Of: Misogyny, Shock and the 2000s

Jonah Pike · Sep 19, 2026

Fans moving through an open pit on the floor of a Dallas venue while Slaughter to Prevail play under their lit logo at the far end of the room, July 2025.

The Deathcore Pit: Crowd Killing, the Wall of Death and the Breakdown

Jonah Pike with Gareth Llewellyn · Sep 18, 2026

Vincent Bennett of The Acacia Strain leaning off the front of the stage, microphone held out toward a crowd of raised hands, black and white, Roseland Theater, Portland, 2025

Is It Deathcore? The Bands on the Border

Jonah Pike · Sep 14, 2026

Cannibal Corpse on a red-lit stage, the bassist bent over a five-string bass in front while the vocalist headbangs bent double at right, the band's logo on the kick drum behind.

Gore, Horror and Misanthropy: The Old Deathcore Lyric

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Sep 13, 2026

Annotations of an Autopsy vocalist, tattooed and in a beanie, screaming into the microphone under green stage light at O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, January 2026

UK Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike · Sep 11, 2026

Knocked Loose vocalist holding his microphone out to the crowd while a guitarist plays behind him on stage at The Pageant in St. Louis, 21 May 2024

Is Deathcore Metal? Deathcore Against Everything It Gets Confused With

Jonah Pike · Sep 10, 2026

Decapitated's drummer behind a kit of Meinl cymbals at The Fleece in Bristol, stick raised, eyes up, with the band's logo banner behind him, 2023.

Blasts, Gravity Rolls and Triggers: How Deathcore Drums Work

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Sep 8, 2026

The five members of Ov Sulfur in black, with tattooed arms, standing in a row before a dark arched doorway, the tattooed singer at the centre and a masked member at the right.

Is Deathcore Satanic?

Jonah Pike · Sep 7, 2026