Noisecore
| Noisecore | |
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| Cultural origins | Mid-1980s |
| Typical instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, electronics, effects |
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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 beats, noise-laden soundscapes, as well as a rejection of musical theory.
Notable acts include Melt-Banana, Gore Beyond Necropsy, Fat Day and the Gerogerigegege.
Characteristics
[edit | edit source]Noisecore is characterized by a rejection of conventional song structures such as verse and choruses, embodying a lo-fi aesthetic, accompanied by extremely fast and erratic drumming, often dominated by blast beats, alongside heavily distorted guitars, which incorporate feedback and noise.[1][2]
History
[edit | edit source]Noisecore emerged in the mid-1980s as a fringe development of the hardcore and early thrashcore scenes. Pioneers of noisecore include bands such as Meat Shits,[3] who introduced growling and blast beats to the genre, Deche-Charge, and Seven Minutes of Nausea,[4][5] 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.[6][2]
Legacy
[edit | edit source]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".[7] While underground and alternative music websites like Vice[8][9][10] and Pitchfork[11][12] have used the term numerous times on several reviews and articles.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
Additionally, before the term "mathcore" was coined, mainly in the 1990s, the style had been referred to as "chaotic hardcore" or "noisecore".[19][20]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ 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.