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Deathcore is an amalgamation of two musical styles: metalcore and death metal.[http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifqxqesld0e allmusic.com] Alex Henderson: "What is deathcore? ...it's essentially metalcore... Drawing on both death metal and hardcore..."[http://metalinjection.net/blog/2007/10/29/cd-review-whitechapel-the-somatic-defilement/ metalinjection.net] Cosmo Lee: "...All Shall Perish...Alienacja (Poland), Despised Icon (Montreal), and Whitechapel (Knoxville, TN)... They?re all textbook "deathcore,? fusing death metal and hardcore punk.[http://www.lambgoat.com/albums/view.aspx?id=2517 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..."[http://www.metaleater.com/albumreviews-despisedicon2005.php metaleater.com] Ciaran Meeks: "'Deathcore' is apparently a mixture of Death Metal, Hardcore, and Grind, all mixed 'n mashed together to create a brutal and extreme 'new' hybrid"[http://decibelmagazine.com/reviews/dec2007/animosity.aspx decibelmagazine.com] Shane Mehling: ""Deathcore? is the subset of metalcore kids playing death metal. ...sounds pretty much like any late ?90s death. ... But what makes this more of a metalcore record is that, unlike most death metal, the songs seem spliced together."
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Though an early hybrid of death metal and crossover thrash was practiced by Michigan's Repulsion,Matthew Widener, "Scared to Death: The Making of Repulsion's Horrified", Decibel no. 46, August 2008, p. 63-69. New York death metal veterans Suffocation and Maryland's Dying Fetus were among the first death metal groups to make the breakdown a staple in their music.[http://shop.relapse.com/content/resound.aspx?EditorialID=144 Dying Fetus band page @ relapse.com] Deep growls, grindcore chaos and huge breakdowns have all been elements of DYING FETUS for years... "SUFFOCATION did breakdowns, so did PYREXIA and INTERNAL BLEEDING...we just fell into that crowd..." Additionally, the straight edge hardcore group Earth Crisis borrowed a great deal from death metal, as did ConvergeKarl Buechner of Earth Crisis cites Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, and Obituary as prime influences. Converge has cited Entombed. Mudrian also discusses Converge's relationship to death metal. See Mudrian, Albert (2000). Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore. Feral House. ISBN 193259504X. p. 223. and Hatebreed.Hatebreed cites Entombed and Bolt Thrower. Q&A with Jamey Jasta, Miami New Times, May 27, 2008. [http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2008/05/qa_with_jamey_jasta_of_hatebre.php] Access date: June 22, 2008 Before the rise of deathcore, bands such as AbscessThirst for Blood, Hunger for Flesh and Unseen TerrorHuman Error reissue used the term to describe hardcore punk/death metal hybrids. Germany's Blood also released a 1986 demo entitled Deathcore[http://home.arcor.de/bloodeisen/releasesframeenglish.htm Blood discography], while another German group, formed in 1987 and related to Blood, used "Deathcore" as a band name.See also
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