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Brand of Sacrifice's vocalist singing into the microphone in orange stage haze at O2 Academy Birmingham, 2025.

How Deathcore Bands Got Their Names

Jonah Pike · Sep 6, 2026

Broken By The Scream performing at Bitterzoet in Amsterdam, four vocalists in black and white stage outfits at their microphones under blue stage light, with the band's logo banner behind them.

Japanese Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike · Sep 5, 2026

Brand of Sacrifice's vocalist screaming into the microphone through stage smoke during the band's set at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts, March 2025

What Deathcore Sings About

Jonah Pike · Sep 3, 2026

The four members of Kardashev standing on disused railway tracks overgrown with dry grass beside a river, an old dock crane and a brick warehouse behind them

Deathgaze and Atmospheric Deathcore

Jonah Pike with Julien Vasseur · Sep 1, 2026

Carnifex's vocalist at Summer Breeze 2018, arms raised and one leg up, in front of the band's large white dripping logo banner, with the bassist and drummer behind.

Deathcore Album Covers and the Artists Behind Them

Jonah Pike · Aug 31, 2026

Necrotted's vocalist, tattooed, in a black cap, sunglasses and a black vest, stands at the front of the stage with his microphone in red light and haze at Rockharz festival, July 2026.

German Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike with Andrzej Sawicki · Aug 30, 2026

Veil of Maya bassist playing a headless multi-string bass under white spotlights and haze, hair over his face, black and white, Jannus Live, St. Petersburg, 2023

Clean Vocals in Deathcore, and Why They Divide

Jonah Pike · Aug 29, 2026

Slaughter to Prevail on stage at Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, masked guitarists on risers under a dripping logo backdrop flanked by two roaring bear heads, a crowd of raised hands in front

Deathcore Culture and Artwork: Logos, Covers, Pits and Memes

Jonah Pike · Aug 27, 2026

Emmure vocalist Frankie Palmeri, in cap and bomber jacket, mid-stride at the microphone on stage at Club Soda, Montreal

Nu-Deathcore: When the Bounce Came Back

Jonah Pike · Aug 26, 2026

Aversions Crown on the main stage at Summer Breeze in 2017: a guitarist leaning forward in the foreground, the vocalist and a second guitarist at right, the band logo on a banner behind them in smoke and stage lights.

Australian Deathcore: Thy Art Is Murder and the Wave That Followed

Jonah Pike · Aug 25, 2026

Chelsea Grin vocalist Tom Barber with the microphone at his mouth under orange and teal stage light, guitarist, bassist and drummer behind him.

The Highs: Fry Screams, Shrieks and the Low/High Trade-Off

Jonah Pike with Curtis Vance · Aug 24, 2026

Emmure guitarist leaning toward the camera with an extended-range guitar angled across the frame, headstock and fretboard in focus against stage smoke and the band's logo, Max Watts, Melbourne, 2024

Seven Strings, Eight Strings: The Deathcore Guitar Sound

Jonah Pike with Curtis Vance · Aug 23, 2026

The Traitors vocalist screams into the microphone while a crowd surfer is passed overhead at the front of the floor at Holy Diver in Sacramento, February 2019.

Downtempo Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike with Ilse Brandt · Aug 22, 2026

Slaughter to Prevail on the main stage at Hellfest 2024: vocalist Alex Terrible screaming into the microphone on the left, the drummer in the middle and a masked bassist on the right, in front of the band's logo backdrop.

Russian Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike with Andrzej Sawicki · Aug 21, 2026

Fit for an Autopsy's vocalist on stage at Impericon Festival 2025, one hand cupped to his ear and the microphone at his mouth, in stage haze.

Deathcore Around the World: The Scenes

Jonah Pike with Andrzej Sawicki · Aug 20, 2026

To the Grave's vocalist in a pig mask and black hooded jacket, hunched over the microphone mid-vocal under blue stage light.

Pig Squeals, Gurgles and Gutturals: The Lowest Sounds in Deathcore

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Aug 19, 2026

Ingested guitarist, seen from a low angle, playing a black seven-string guitar under orange stage lights on the stage of L'Olympia in Montreal

Brutal and Slamming Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Aug 17, 2026

Chelsea Grin's vocalist at the microphone in a backlit club, one hand raised, a guitarist in the foreground and the front row reaching toward the stage.

The Great Deathcore Vocalists

Jonah Pike · Aug 16, 2026

A Suffocation guitarist on the Summer Breeze Open Air stage, head bowed over a grey seven-string, fretting hand high on the neck mid-riff.

The Deathcore Riff: Tremolo, Chug and Chromatic Crawl

Jonah Pike · Aug 15, 2026

After the Burial on stage at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Boston: vocalist centre stage in front of the band's lit backdrop, guitarist left, bassist right, crowd hands raised

Progressive Deathcore and Djent

Jonah Pike with Julien Vasseur · Aug 14, 2026

Eddie Hermida of Suicide Silence screaming into the microphone, eyes shut, tattooed forearm raised, under blue stage light at Rock im Park 2017

Lows, Highs and Everything Between: Deathcore Vocals

Jonah Pike with Curtis Vance · Aug 13, 2026

Will Ramos of Lorna Shore on a riser at the front of the stage, microphone raised, bassist to his left and the drum kit behind him in red light and haze, Dissonance Festival, Padua, 2022.

Blast, Build, Breakdown: How a Deathcore Song Is Put Together

Jonah Pike · Aug 11, 2026

Within the Ruins guitarist bent over a white seven-string guitar, fretting hard, with the vocalist mid-scream behind him in green stage haze at Scout Bar, Houston

Technical Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Aug 10, 2026

Hatebreed singer Jamey Jasta mid-song on the With Full Force 2023 stage, fist clenched and microphone in hand, the band's flaming logo on the video wall behind him.

What Is a Breakdown? The Part Deathcore Is Built Around

Jonah Pike · Aug 8, 2026