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40-420: Ascendants is the fourth studio album by American deathcore band Oceano . It was released on March 23, 2015, via Earache Records . Adam Warren of Oceano commented "This album is an evolution of our brand of heaviness. It is our most focused release ever and contains a concept that elevates the band onto a higher plane." AllMusic gave the album a 0/5 rating with the review stating "the sound of Ascendants

80-489: A band not just at the peak of their performance, but towering with immensity and an iron rule over the remainder of [the] heavy music scene." Metalsucks had described the album as "having the same sound, the same rhythm, the same everything." Deathcore Deathcore is an extreme metal subgenre that combines death metal with metalcore . The genre consists of death metal guitar riffs , blast beats , and metalcore breakdowns . While there are some precursors to

120-589: A few earlier metalcore/death metal hybridizations, Antagony and Despised Icon are considered to be the true pioneers of deathcore, however both bands have rejected the label. Antagony founder and frontman Nick Vasallo is credited as being the "father of deathcore" due to his work in the band. The Red Chord is referenced as an early influential source for the genre due to their hybridization of metalcore and death metal sounds (among other genres). New Hampshire band Deadwater Drowning and Californian group All Shall Perish are also seen as notable early entries of

160-421: A heavier sound. Deathcore bands may also employ guitar solos as well. Low growls and shrieked screams are common types of vocals in deathcore. Some other techniques that deathcore vocalists have used include what is known as pig squeals . Sung vocals in the genre are rare and most bands seldom if ever use them, but the idea has been experimented with by a few bands such as All Shall Perish (in

200-672: A liking to being labeled "deathcore". In an interview with vocalist Vincent Bennett of The Acacia Strain about the deathcore label, he said "Deathcore is the new nu-metal. [...] It sucks. And if anyone calls us 'deathcore' then I might do something very bad to them." While in an interview with Justin Longshore from Through the Eyes of the Dead about the deathcore label, he said, "You know, I really hate that term. I know we've been labeled as that but I think there's so much more to our music than just

240-548: A metalcore sound combined with death metal influences, in 2019 music site The New Fury has even gone on record to credit Embodyment as "[pioneers] of the deathcore genre" due to their performance on Embrace the Eternal . Decibel magazine wrote that death metal band Suffocation were one of the main inspirations for the genre's emergence by writing: "One of Suffocation's trademarks, breakdowns, has spawned an entire metal subgenre: deathcore." The Belgian H8000 music scene

280-513: A mixture of death metal and hardcore ( [ sic ] ) even though we incorporate those elements in our music. To me it seems that is just the new and fresh thing that kids are following." In November 2013, Terrorizer wrote, "The term 'deathcore' is usually seen as a dirty word in metal circles" while interviewing vocalist Bryce Lucien of the Texas-based metal band Seeker. Lucien then stated: Much like what became of metalcore in

320-512: A musical style; Nick Terry of Terrorizer magazine that year publicized: "We're probably going to settle on the term deathcore to describe the likes of Earth Crisis (as well as the more NYHC -ish but still as deathly Merauder )." Embrace the Eternal (1998) by Embodyment , Yesterday Is Time Killed (1999) by Eighteen Visions , and Rain in Endless Fall (1999) by Prayer for Cleansing are early examples of albums that feature

360-485: A principal originator of body horror through early films such as Shivers and Rabid , and his remake of The Fly . However, body horror tropes existed within film prior to official recognition of the genre. Early examples of the body horror genre arose out of 1950s American horror cinema including The Blob and The Fly , both of which set the standard for the genre due to the films' primary focus on mutation and visceral special effects. Many contemporary films of

400-454: A self-description for their merger of hardcore punk and thrash metal . Outside of the US however, there also existed some early exampled uses; a German deathgrind band named Deathcore existed in the mid 1980s, and another German deathgrind band Blood, used the word as the title for a demo put out in 1986. However it wasn't until 1996 that "deathcore" eventually began gaining traction to describe

440-462: Is an early example of body horror within anime. The film uses the genre to explore the "notion of the adolescent body as a site of metamorphosis, a metamorphosis that can appear monstrous both to the figure undergoing it and to the outside world." Many manga authors, such as Junji Ito , specialize in writing within the horror genre and use body horror tropes in combination with narrative storytelling devices of Japanese horror . Highly influenced by

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480-417: Is an early example of the body horror subgenre within fictional writing. The success of gothic horror in the 19th century, in combination with the birth of science fiction as a literary form, is thought to be the origin of body horror as a literary genre. According to Halberstam, "By focusing on the body as a locus of fear, Shelley's novel suggests that it is people (or at least bodies) who terrify people...

520-418: Is pure pummeling deathcore, more closely aligned with the monstrous attack displayed on their 2009 debut, Depths ." Ultimate Guitar suggested the album as unoriginal, stating "there's very little that makes Ascendants feel like new music." The album was described as dark, grim, brooding, hopeless deathcore with an impressive demonstrated range of vocals. Connor Welsh of New Transcendence wrote "it showcases

560-580: Is seen on the screen". For example, an audience may experience feelings of terror through horror, sympathy through melodrama, or sexual arousal through pornography. Body horror specifically focuses on the limits and transformative capabilities of the human body. Body horror often overlaps with, but is distinct from, other horror subgenres. For example, while elements of mutilation may be present in body horror, other similar subgenres such as slasher , splatter , or monster horror may also share this trope, but differ in message and intent. A common difference in

600-421: Is to be in a band that can be labeled 'deathcore,' but honestly we have never given a fuck". Body horror According to the film scholar Linda Williams , body horror falls into one of three "gross" genres or "genres of excess" which also includes pornography and melodrama . Williams writes that the success of these body genres "is often measured by the degree to which the audience sensation mimics what

640-837: The Billboard 200 , number 12 on the Rock Albums Chart and number 6 on the Hard Rock Albums Chart, while their album The Black Crown peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200, number 7 on the Rock Albums Chart and number 3 on the Hard Rock Albums Chart. Whitechapel 's album This Is Exile sold 5,900 in copies, which made it enter the Billboard 200 chart at position 118. Their self-titled album peaked at number 65 on

680-438: The 2006 Kerrang! Award for "Best British Newcomer" shortly after the album's release, however the band abandoned the deathcore genre soon thereafter. In the mid-to-late 2000s, many deathcore groups began to embrace elements of nu metal , with Whitechapel and Suicide Silence making use of a "heavier and more groove-driven sound than their predecessors and increasingly bordered nu-metal", and Emmure , Winds of Plague and

720-635: The Canadian Albums Chart and also at number 47 on the Billboard 200. Their third album A New Era of Corruption sold about 10,600 copies in the United States in its first week of being released and peaked at position number 43 on the Billboard 200 chart. San Diego natives Carnifex witnessed success with their first album Dead in My Arms (2007), selling 5,000 copies with little publicity. On top of their non-stop touring,

760-403: The literary works of H. P. Lovecraft , Ito's manga depict obscene body horror through both aesthetic and narrative in order to invoke feelings of abject terror. In contrast, Canadian cartoonist Michael DeForge incorporates recurring body horror aspects within his work through less graphic aesthetic and narrative styles. Examples of videogames of this genre are The Forest and Sons of

800-525: The 1990s], and a decade before that, had done." In the mid 2000s, deathcore spiked in popularity shortly after Job for a Cowboy released their EP Doom in 2005, which is heavily credited as one of deathcore's most significant and influential releases for the genre. The genre saw an increase in popularity even further when English band Bring Me the Horizon released their deathcore debut full-length Count Your Blessings in 2006. The band were presented

840-674: The Acacia Strain embracing its urban, black aesthetics. As early as 2011, publications including MetalSucks had begun to use the term " nu-deathcore " or "nu-dethcore" to refer to a wave of bands combining nu metal and deathcore, including Emmure, Suicide Silence, Here Comes the Kraken , Upon a Burning Body and Gorelord . This wave led Japanese band Dir En Grey to return to their nu metal influence sound while also embracing deathcore on songs such as " Different Sense ". Suicide Silence's No Time to Bleed (2009) peaked at number 32 on

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880-512: The Contemporary Horror Film". He coined this term to describe an emerging subgenre which occurred during a short golden period for contemporary horror film. Although Brophy coined the term to specifically describe a trend within cinema, film director Stuart Gordon notes that the body horror trope had existed before its adaptation to the screen, most notably within fictional writing. Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein (1818)

920-465: The Forest . Since the eighteenth century, the horror genre has been popular among readers but dismissed as controversial by some critics who saw the genre and its thematic elements threatening or dangerous to society. Because of the use of graphic and gratuitous violence or themes that may be considered taboo , horror media that fall within the body horror genre are often censored or banned across

960-571: The Red Chord . Deathcore's expansion in the mid-2000s saw bands like All Shall Perish , Through the Eyes of the Dead , Bring Me the Horizon , Suicide Silence , Carnifex , Job for a Cowboy , Chelsea Grin and Whitechapel taking off. In the 2010s, deathcore bands began experimenting with an eclectic selection of other genres. The genre is noted for its criticism from longtime fans of heavy metal music , usually for its frequent use of breakdowns. Some musicians classified as deathcore have rejected

1000-562: The San Diego–based deathcore band Carnifex stated, "We're not one of those bands trying to escape the banner of deathcore. I know a lot of bands try and act like they have a big problem with that, but if you listen to their music, they are very 'deathcore.' I know that there is a lot of resentment towards deathcore and kind of younger bands." In a 2012 interview, former Chelsea Grin guitarist Jake Harmond said, "Everyone likes to flap their jaw and voice their own opinion how 'embarrassing' it

1040-795: The aforementioned include Veil of Maya , Born of Osiris , and After the Burial . Some bands, such as Make Them Suffer and Winds of Plague , mix deathcore with symphonic/classical elements. French band Betraying the Martyrs has been described as "[the] punishing brutality of deathcore with melodic flourishes pulled from symphonic and progressive metal, giving it a theatricality that feels distinctly European." Deathcore has been criticized, especially by longtime fans of other heavy metal subgenres , often because of its fusion of death metal with metalcore and use of breakdowns . Music journalist T Coles observed, "Whilst kids were eating this up,

1080-715: The band also performed a line of sold-out shows in China , which made the group the only foreign metal band to perform a sold-out concert in the country in all of 2020. Lorna Shore 's 2021 song " To the Hellfire ", saw the band gain significant attention, primarily through videos shared on TikTok , to the extent that in a 2022 article by Revolver , writer Eli Enis called the band "the new faces of deathcore". A variety of deathcore bands experimented with other genres into their music as influence and time progressed. Emmure has been credited to be heavily influenced by nu metal and

1120-614: The band's methodical songwriting resulted in Carnifex quickly getting signed to label Victory Records . Australian deathcore band Thy Art Is Murder debuted at number 35 on the ARIA Charts with their album Hate (2012), making them the first extreme metal band to ever reach the Top 40 of this chart. Russian deathcore group Slaughter to Prevail reportedly reached over 3.5 million streams on music services for their song "Hell" (2015);

1160-469: The body horror genre is that violations or distortions of the body are rarely the result of immediate or initial violence. Instead, they are generally marked by a loss of conscious control over the body through mutation, disease, or other tropes involving uncontrolled transformation. The genre can invoke intense feelings of physical and psychological disgust, or squick , and play upon anxieties of physical vulnerability. In addition to common tropes used within

1200-489: The broader horror genre, some tropes specific to the body horror subgenre may include invasion, contagion, mutation, transformation, disease, mutilation, or other unnatural or violent distortions of the human body. Body horror films, such as Crimes of the Future and Titane , have been likened to erotic horror . The term "Body-horror" was first used by Phillip Brophy in his 1983 article "Horrality: The Textuality of

1240-417: The concept of death metal fused with metalcore/hardcore elements seen in the 1990s, deathcore itself emerged in the early 2000s and gained prominence beginning in the mid-2000s within the southwestern United States , especially Arizona and inland southern California , which are home to many notable bands and various festivals. Some of the genre's earliest examples include Antagony , Despised Icon , and

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1280-622: The genre. Deadwater Drowning's 2003 EP was remarked as "basically the blueprint for every current deathcore band out today," while All Shall Perish's debut album Hate, Malice, Revenge (2003) "never got tied down to [simply] death metal or metalcore." Music journalist T Coles said, "in a similar fashion to their grindcore ancestors, cultural barriers melted away as kids with earnest interests in various heavy sounds melded ideas together [...] they were earnestly trying to be as ruthlessly heavy as possible, taking elements from everything they liked and pushing them as hard as they could, just as bands [in

1320-450: The horror genre (those produced after 1968), including body horror, are considered to be postmodern in contrast to classical horror. Because of this, delineations between the genres are difficult to define, since postmodernism is concerned with blurring boundaries between categories. The body horror genre is widely represented throughout Japanese horror and within contemporary media, such as anime . Katsuhiro Otomo 's 1988 film Akira

1360-525: The label. Compared to metalcore , the fulcrum of deathcore is "weight and volume". A fusion genre, deathcore combines death metal characteristics such as blast beats , down-tuned guitars, tremolo picking , and growled vocals with metalcore characteristics such as breakdowns . The genre is usually defined by breakdowns and death metal riffs or metalcore riffs played in the usual death metal tuning. Like in other extreme metal fusion genres, deathcore guitarists down-tune their guitars to give their music

1400-409: The landscape of fear is replaced by sutured skin." Franz Kafka 's The Metamorphosis is another early example of body horror literature. It shows Gregor Samsa transform into a large bug for unknown reasons. The work has influenced other body horrors like The Fly . The Quaternass Xperiment (1955) is considered the earliest body horror film. Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg is considered

1440-521: The mid-2000s, deathcore is an often maligned term that can instantly diminish a bands credibility. What once conjured images of ridiculously brutal, unapologetically heavy bands like Ion Dissonance and The Red Chord now brings to mind bands full of twenty-year-olds sporting throat tattoos, matching black T-shirts, and trying desperately hard to look tough while they jump in sync onstage. In contrast, some bands appear to be more lighthearted and less concerned over being described as deathcore. Scott Lewis of

1480-465: The old guard saw it as a further death blow. The established traditions were being tinkered with, old rules were being broken, and, having already lost out to Slipknot , it was now seeing its ideas taken and warped by a younger generation that was reaping the financial benefits." They also state that an oversaturation of artists within the scene during the 2010s "[homogenized]" the genre. In addition to this, members of certain deathcore bands do not take

1520-483: The song "Awaken the Dreamers") and Oceano (in the song "Incisions"). Some lyrical themes common in deathcore songs include antireligion , psychological pain and body horror . The term "deathcore" has had convoluted uses on-and-off in various metal/hardcore scenes far before it was considered an established or recognized genre. The earliest known use of "deathcore" as a word was by New York band N.Y.C. Mayhem ,

1560-666: Was also influential to the development of the sound, with bands like Deformity, and Liar helping to pioneer a prototype for the genre in the late-1990s and early-2000s. When writing about deathcore pioneers Despised Icon , Dom Lawson of Metal Hammer wrote: "blending death metal with hardcore was by no means a new thing when Despised Icon emerged." Suffocation bassist Derek Boyer says Suffocation "were influenced by many early metal and hardcore bands". Death metal bands like Dying Fetus , Suffocation, and Internal Bleeding were influential on deathcore due to their use of "crushing, mid-paced grooves and breakdowns", according to Lawson. Despite

1600-403: Was described as "the new Limp Bizkit ". Suicide Silence's 2011 album The Black Crown is a deathcore album with some nu metal influences. Other examples of nu metal-inspired deathcore bands include Here Comes the Kraken 's later material. The early 2010s saw bands fusing the genre with influences from djent and progressive metal , which began to achieve underground popularity. Examples of

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