Electronicore (also known as synthcore or trancecore) is a fusion genre of metalcore music with elements of various electronic music genres, often including Trance music, electronica, and dubstep. Electronicore emerged in the early 2000s. The British band Enter Shikari, founded in 2003, is considered a pioneer. However, several online magazines attribute a pioneering role in this genre to the band I See Stars, due to their debut album 3-D, which was very well-known within the scene.
Reception
Attack Attack! is often recognized as the primary American contributor of the style,
being inspired by British band
Enter Shikari.
Enter Shikari is an electronicore band that began in 1999 as Hybryd, adding their last member and adopting their current name in early 2003, in
St Albans,
England.
[James Birtles, The Mancunion Album: Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood of Colour ] The group has received international
radio airplay and a substantial number of musical awards, from Kerrang!,
NME,
Rock Sound and BT Digital Music Awards.
They express a relationship with
electronic music genres such as trance and have been referred to as the "kings of trancecore."
[ Their second album, titled Common Dreads, was released in June 2009 and debuted on the UK Albums Chart at 16.]
Characteristics
Electronicore is characterized by typical metalcore instrumentation, breakdowns, and heavy use of Music sequencer, conventional instrument recorded-note samplers, electronic tone-generating , singing, and screamed vocals.[
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Related musical styles
See also
