Noisecore is a fusion genre that merges hardcore punk and noise rock. Originally emerging in the mid-1980s, the genre is characterized by chaotic song structures, short track lengths, unintelligible lyrics, heavy guitar feedback and distortion, Blast beat, Noise music-laden soundscapes, as well as a rejection of Music theory.
Notable acts include Melt-Banana, Gore Beyond Necropsy, Fat Day and the Gerogerigegege.
Characteristics
Noisecore is characterized by a rejection of conventional song structures such as verse and choruses, embodying a
Lo-fi music aesthetic, accompanied by extremely fast and erratic drumming, often dominated by
Blast beat, alongside heavily distorted guitars, which incorporate
Guitar feedback and noise.
History
Noisecore emerged in the mid-1980s as a fringe development of the
Hardcore punk and early
thrashcore scenes. Pioneers of noisecore include bands such as Meat Shits,
who introduced
Death growl and
blast beats to the genre, Deche-Charge, and Seven Minutes of Nausea,
who released
Does Abstinence Kills in 1986 and later a split with
Seth Putnam's
Anal Cunt in 1989. Subsequently, Anal Cunt and Fear of God later pioneered,
noisegrind, a more grindcore-oriented noisecore derivative genre.
Legacy
Noisecore has been influential to later experimental music scenes and movements, with
the Guardian describing the work of
Shayne Oliver, as "a mix of dark noisecore, grungy sounds, bolshie hip-hop and dancefloor-ready tracks".
While underground and alternative music websites like
Vice and
Pitchfork have used the term numerous times on several reviews and articles.
Additionally, before the term "mathcore" was coined, mainly in the 1990s, the style had been referred to as "chaotic hardcore" or "noisecore".[Whitney Strub, "Behind the Key Club: An Interview with Mark "Barney" Greenway of Napalm Death ", PopMatters, May 11, 2006. [1] Access date: September 17, 2008.]["Botch ... a noisecore pioneer", 'Terrorizer , "Grindcore Special", #180, Feb. 2009, p. 63.]
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