Metallic hardcore

Metalcore grew out of hardcore in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was pioneered by bands such as Integrity, Earth Crisis and Converge, whose style is sometimes referred to as metallic hardcore. These bands combined hardcore with elements of thrash and groove metal. During the decade, the genre diversified, with Converge, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Botch and Coalesce pioneering mathcore, while Overcast, Shadows Fall and Darkest Hour merged metalcore with melodic death metal to create melodic metalcore.