Mathcore

Mathcore
Mathcore
Stylistic origins	Metalcore; hardcore punk; post-hardcore; math rock; progressive metal; grindcore; experimental metal;
Cultural origins	1990s, United States
Other topics
	Jazz metal; Jazzcore; noise rock; progressive metal; progressive metalcore; technical death metal; screamo;

Mathcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk and metalcore influenced by post-hardcore, extreme metal and math rock that developed during the 1990s. Bands in the genre emphasize complex and fluctuant rhythms through the use of irregular time signatures, polymeters, syncopations and tempo changes. Early mathcore lyrics were addressed from a realistic worldview and with a pessimistic, defiant, resentful or sarcastic point of view.

In the 1990s, the hardcore punk scene started to embrace extreme metal openly. It also started to become highly ideological, with most of the popular bands being part of subcultures. This led to bands such as Converge, Botch, Coalesce and The Dillinger Escape Plan to establish the genre.

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