The following is a list of deathcore artists. Deathcore is an extreme metal fusion genre that combines the characteristics of death metal and metalcore and sometimes hardcore punk.[ allmusic.com] Alex Henderson: "What is deathcore? ...it's essentially metalcore... Drawing on both death metal and hardcore..."lambgoat.com "This is deathcore. This is what happens when death metal and hardcore, along with healthy doses of other heavy music styles, are so smoothly blended..." It is defined by death metal riffs, blast beats and use of metalcore breakdowns. Deathcore gained most prominence within the southwestern United States, especially Arizona and inland southern California (mostly the Coachella Valley), which are home to many notable bands and various festivals.Official SoCal DeathFest banner - held in Santa Ana, California roadrunnerrecords.com "Ferret Music has announced the signing of ELYSIA. The California-based deathcore outfit is composed of Zak Vargas (vocals), Mark Underwood (guitar), Steven Sessler (drums), Danny Lemonsqueeze (guitar) and Jeremy Chavez (bass, backing vocals) and formed four years ago" Spiritech: "..., meet Californian quintet Suicide Silence, who have just released their debut album, 'The Cleansing'."
Artists
A Abated Mass of Flesh The Acacia Strain After the Burial The Agony Scene All Shall Perish AngelMaker Animosity Annotations of an Autopsy Antagony Arsonists Get All the Girls As Blood Runs Black Assemble the Chariots Attila The Autumn Offering Aversions Crown
B Beneath the Massacre Betraying the Martyrs (early) Bhayanak Maut The Black Dahlia Murder (early) Black Tongue Bleed from Within (early) Born of Osiris (early) Brand of Sacrifice The Breathing Process Bring Me the Horizon (early) The BrowningSpringorum, Bjorn (2011) "The Browning", Metal Hammer (German edition), December 2011
C Carnifex Chelsea Grin The Concubine The Contortionist (early) The Crimson Armada Crown Magnetar Cryptopsy (The Unspoken King)
D Dance Club Massacre Deadwater Drowning Despised Icon A Different Breed of Killer Dir En Grey Disembodied Tyrant Distant Distinguisher Dragoncorpse Drown in Sulphur
E Elysia Embodyment (early) Emmure End Enterprise Earth Eternal Lord Extortionist
F The Faceless (early) Fit for an Autopsy Forgetting the Memories Frontside
G Glass Casket God Forbid Gulch
H Heaven Shall Burn Here Comes the Kraken Humanity's Last Breath
I I Declare War Immortal Disfigurement Impending Doom Infant Annihilator Ingested In the Midst of Lions Ion Dissonance Iwrestledabearonce
J Job for a Cowboy (early) Justice for the Damned
K Knights of the Abyss
L The Last Ten Seconds of Life Left to Suffer Lorna Shore
M Make Them Suffer Malefice Maroon Mendeed Mental Cruelty Molotov Solution Mortal Treason Mud Factory
N A Night in Texas Nights Like These
O Oceano Ov Sulfur
P Paleface Swiss Prayer for Cleansing
R The Red Chord The Red Death The Red Shore Rings of Saturn
S Salt the Wound Saltwound See You Next Tuesday Shadow of Intent Showing Teeth Signs of the Swarm Slaughter to Prevail Suicide Silence Synestia
T Through the Eyes of the Dead Thy Art Is Murder To the GraveBrutal Assault "To the Grave", Brutal Assault, August 2025
U Underoath (early) Upon a Burning Body
V Veil of Maya (early) Vexed Voluntary Mortification Vulvodynia
W A Wake in Providence We Butter the Bread with Butter Whitechapel Winds of Plague Within Destruction Within the Ruins With Blood Comes Cleansing Worm Shepherd
See also List of death metal bands List of metalcore bands List of hardcore punk bands
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