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Suicide Silence's vocalist performing on stage at Full Force festival in Ferropolis, Germany, in June 2022, one hand raised to his head and a microphone in the other.

November 2012: How Deathcore Lost Mitch Lucker

Jonah Pike · Jul 8, 2026

Brand of Sacrifice guitarist leaping in mid-air in front of the drum riser under white, blue and magenta light beams, the band's logo banner behind the stage, on the Summer Slaughter tour in 2024

Summer Slaughter: The Tour That Put Deathcore Next to Death Metal

Jonah Pike with Saint Sylveszter · Jul 7, 2026

A Bring Me the Horizon guitarist on stage in 2007, a long black swoop fringe over his face, full tattoo sleeves and a white graphic tee, mid-strum on a black guitar

Swoops, Snakebites and Black Skinny Jeans: Deathcore and Scene Fashion

Jonah Pike · Jul 5, 2026

Fans packed against the front barrier at a Thy Art Is Murder show at the Academy in Manchester, one man shouting with a raised fist in the stage lights, 2023

Is Deathcore Dead? Every Time It Was Declared Over

Jonah Pike · Jul 4, 2026

The Faceless playing live on the open-air stage at Tuska Open Air Metal Festival: guitarist with a green guitar, bassist, vocalist and second guitarist under blue and orange stage lights, crowd hands raised in front.

Sumerian Records and the Sound of Late-2000s Deathcore

Jonah Pike · Jul 3, 2026

Fit for an Autopsy on a club stage in blue haze, the vocalist pointing out over the crowd from a monitor wedge, a guitarist headbanging over a seven-string Chapter 3

Splinters: Deathcore in the 2010s

Jonah Pike · Jul 2, 2026

Whitechapel bassist Gabe Crisp playing a black bass on stage at Mayhem Festival 2009, shot from a low angle against the stage truss

A Deathcore Timeline: Every Year That Mattered

Jonah Pike · Jul 1, 2026

Chelsea Grin's vocalist points out into the crowd from the front of the stage under blue and green lights, the band's logo backdrop and drum kit behind him, New Century Hall, Manchester, December 2025.

Doom, Demos and the EP: The Format That Built Deathcore

Jonah Pike · Jun 30, 2026

Ion Dissonance on a club stage, the bassist in a white shirt lit blue in front, the drummer and a guitarist behind him in red stage fog

Before the Word: The Proto-Deathcore Records

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Jun 29, 2026

Bring Me the Horizon on a dark, smoke-filled stage in red light, the vocalist on a riser with an arm raised toward a crowd of raised hands, the bassist beside him and the drummer behind

Was Bring Me the Horizon Ever Deathcore?

Jonah Pike · Jun 28, 2026

Atreyu bassist playing a white bass at full stretch on the Rock am Ring stage, drum kit and a skull backdrop behind him, 9 June 2019

Orange County and the Metalcore Boom: What Deathcore Grew Out Of

Jonah Pike · Jun 27, 2026

Arsonists Get All the Girls on a club stage in Minneapolis in April 2011, a bassist leaning over his instrument in red light while a vocalist in a wolf mask works the keyboard stand

The MySpace Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike · Jun 26, 2026

Winds of Plague on an outdoor daytime festival stage, the vocalist mid-scream between two guitarists, the crowd at the barricade Chapter 2

The MySpace Years: How Deathcore Became a Scene

Jonah Pike · Jun 25, 2026

Earth Crisis vocalist Karl Buechner leans off the stage with the microphone toward a wall of raised hands, one fan's forearm marked with a black X, at the Firestorm 30th anniversary show in Syracuse.

Earth Crisis, Integrity and the Hardcore Roots of Deathcore

Jonah Pike with Gareth Llewellyn · Jun 24, 2026

A Dying Fetus guitarist on stage at Filmstudion in Gothenburg in January 2026, head bowed over a black seven-string guitar, his shaved head and beard lit from the side against a dark stage

Suffocation, Dying Fetus and the Death Metal Roots of Deathcore

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Jun 23, 2026

Despised Icon's two vocalists at the front of a smoky, backlit festival stage, one in a cap leaning out with the microphone, the other bearded beside him, the bassist at the right edge

The First Deathcore Album

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Jun 22, 2026

Suicide Silence vocalist Hernan Hermida on stage with both hands cupped around the microphone, mid-scream against a dark backdrop

Why Is It Called Deathcore? Where the Word Came From

Jonah Pike · Jun 21, 2026

Job for a Cowboy on stage at Hellfest, two guitarists with black V-shaped guitars in front and the bassist and drummer behind them, under red light and smoke

When Did Deathcore Start?

Jonah Pike · Jun 20, 2026

Despised Icon's two vocalists in black caps on a smoky, backlit festival stage, one in front with his arm out, the other behind him with the microphone to his mouth

Who Invented Deathcore?

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Jun 19, 2026

Despised Icon on the stage of Club Soda in Montreal, five musicians across the stage, the vocalist at centre with a knee raised, crowd hands in the foreground Chapter 1

Before the Name: Where Deathcore Came From

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Jun 18, 2026

A packed crowd at the Hollywood Palladium faces a smoke-lit stage with hands and phones raised, the band small in the distance Overview

Blast Beat Meets Breakdown: The History of Deathcore

Jonah Pike · Jun 15, 2026