# Noisecore
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{{Short description|Extreme subgenre of hardcore punk}}
{{distinguish|text=[Mathcore](/source/Mathcore), a subgenre of [Metalcore](/source/Metalcore)}} {{Infobox music genre
| name = Noisecore
| stylistic_origins = * [Hardcore punk](/source/Hardcore_punk)
* [grindcore](/source/grindcore)
* [noise rock](/source/noise_rock)
* [noise](/source/noise_music)
* [industrial](/source/industrial_music)
| cultural_origins = Mid-1980s
| instruments = Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, electronics, effects
| derivatives =
| fusiongenres = * [Noisegrind](/source/Noisegrind)
* gorenoise
| other_topics = * [Japanoise](/source/Japanoise)
* [noise rock](/source/noise_rock)
* [harsh noise](/source/harsh_noise)
* [industrial rock](/source/industrial_rock)
* [metalcore](/source/metalcore)
* [thrashcore](/source/thrashcore)
}}
'''Noisecore''' is a [fusion genre](/source/fusion_genre) that merges [hardcore punk](/source/hardcore_punk) and [noise rock](/source/noise_rock). Originally emerging in the mid-1980s, the genre is characterized by chaotic song structures, short track lengths, unintelligible lyrics, heavy [guitar feedback](/source/guitar_feedback) and [distortion](/source/Distortion_(music)), [blast beats](/source/Blast_beat), [noise](/source/Noise_music)-laden soundscapes, as well as a rejection of [musical theory](/source/Music_theory).
Notable acts include [Melt-Banana](/source/Melt-Banana), [Gore Beyond Necropsy](/source/Gore_Beyond_Necropsy), [Fat Day](/source/Fat_Day) and [the Gerogerigegege](/source/the_Gerogerigegege).
== Characteristics ==
Noisecore is characterized by a rejection of conventional song structures such as verse and choruses, embodying a [lo-fi](/source/Lo-fi_music) aesthetic, accompanied by extremely fast and erratic drumming, often dominated by [blast beats](/source/Blast_beat), alongside heavily distorted guitars, which incorporate [feedback](/source/Guitar_feedback) and noise.[{{cite web |year=2025 |title=Noisecore – genre overview |url=https://volt.fm/genre/4230/noisecore |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Volt.fm |quote=“Noisecore is a genre of experimental music that combines elements of noise music, hardcore punk, and extreme metal. It is characterized by chaotic, atonal, and often abrasive soundscapes…”}}][{{cite web |date=12 April 2023 |title=Noisecore and what it is |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/noisecore_and_what_it_is-42329 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Ultimate-Guitar.com |quote=“Noisecore is a term normally attributed to fast, aggressive, lo fi and often incomprehensibly noisy hardcore or grindcore with extremely short tracks.”}}]
== History ==
Noisecore emerged in the mid-1980s as a fringe development of the [hardcore](/source/Hardcore_punk) and early [thrashcore](/source/thrashcore) scenes. Pioneers of noisecore include bands such as Meat Shits,[{{cite web |date=2018 |title=MEAT SHITS – Ecstasy Of Death (Reissue) |url=https://redrumrecords.net/shop/meat-shits-ecstasy-death-reissue/ |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Redrum Records |quote=Reissue of a sold-out classic album from 1993, cult porn-grind...}}] who introduced [growling](/source/Death_growl) and [blast beats](/source/blast_beats) to the genre, Deche-Charge, and [Seven Minutes of Nausea](/source/Seth_Putnam),[{{cite web |date=4 October 2019 |title=MEAT SHITS – Whoreible Volume 1 (1993-1995) (CD) |url=https://albamusic.hu/termek/meat-shits-whoreible-volume-1-1993-1995-cd-2019/ |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=AlbaMusic.hu |quote=A kiadvány 1993 és 1995 között készített kislemez felvételek anyagát tartalmazza, 91 számos 70 perces lemez.}}][{{cite web |last=Scaruffi |first=Piero |date=2013 |title=Seven Minutes of Nausea |url=https://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/7mon.html |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=A History of Rock Music by Piero Scaruffi |quote=Seven Minutes of Nausea (aka 7MON) was formed in Australia by vocalist Mick Hollows. He then moved to Germany and refounded the band…}}] who released ''Does Abstinence Kills'' in 1986 and later a split with [Seth Putnam](/source/Seth_Putnam)'s [Anal Cunt](/source/Anal_Cunt) in 1989. Subsequently, Anal Cunt and Fear of God later pioneered, [noisegrind](/source/noisegrind), a more grindcore-oriented noisecore derivative genre.[{{cite web |year=2025 |title=ANAL CUNT discography (top albums) and reviews |url=https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/anal-cunt |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=MetalMusicArchives}}][{{Cite news |last=Cochrane |first=Lauren |date=2021-08-10 |title=Shayne Oliver: 'Being a Black weirdo is harder than being any other kind' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/10/shayne-oliver-being-a-black-weirdo-is-harder-than-being-any-other-kind |access-date=2025-07-26 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] While underground and alternative music websites like [''Vice''](/source/Vice_(magazine))[{{Cite web |last=Pessaro |first=Fred |date=2014-03-25 |title=Young Widows Lock Into A Noisy Post-Punk Groove With New Burner "King Sol" |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/young-widows-king-sol-stream/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |date=2015-09-17 |title=noisecore Archives |url=https://www.vice.com/nl/tag/noisecore/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Glazer |first=Joshua |date=2015-10-30 |title=The New Aucan Makes Us Miss Burial in All the Right Ways |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-new-aucan-makes-us-miss-burial-in-all-the-right-ways/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}] and [''Pitchfork''](/source/Pitchfork_(website))[{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Amy |date=2007-12-11 |title=The Year in News: Part 2 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/7462-the-year-in-news-part-2/?page=6 |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Pitchfork |date=2004-12-31 |title=Top 50 Albums of 2004 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5934-top-50-albums-of-2004/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}] have used the term numerous times on several reviews and articles.[{{Cite web |last=Oliphint |first=Joel |date=2013-02-18 |title=Permanent Press: The Story of Musicol Recording Studio |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9067-musicol/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Camp |first=Zoe |title=Enabler: La Fin Absolue Du Monde |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19378-enabler-la-fin-absolute-du-monde/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Violante |first=Isaiah |title=Cephalic Carnage: Lucid Interval |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1380-lucid-interval/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Leone |first=Dominique |title=Ruins: 1986-1992 |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6871-1986-1992/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Violante |first=Isaiah |title=Botch: An Anthology of Dead Ends EP |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/876-an-anthology-of-dead-ends-ep/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=2009-12-18 |title=Pavement, Big Boi, Lindstrøm, Major Lazer to Play Norway's Øya Festival |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/37437-pavement-big-boi-lindstrm-major-lazer-to-play-norways-ya-festival/ |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}]
Additionally, before the term "[mathcore](/source/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. [http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/napalm-death-060511.shtml [1]] Access date: September 17, 2008.]["Botch ... a noisecore pioneer", 'Terrorizer'', "Grindcore Special", #180, Feb. 2009, p. 63.'']
=== Gorenoise ===
Gorenoise is an offshoot of [goregrind](/source/goregrind) and noisecore that abandons rock-based sounds for [harsh noise](/source/harsh_noise).[{{Cite book |last=Tau|first=Michael|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Extreme_Music/y2ScEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22gorenoise%22|title=Extreme Music: Silence to Noise and Everything In between|date=2022-08-30|publisher=Feral House|isbn=978-1-62731-129-8|language=en}}][{{Cite web |last=Taylor-Lehman |first=Dylan |date=October 27, 2020 |title=Artist Profile: “I hope you enjoy my noise life” - The Fast Times of James F. Tarr, international gorenoise, and Elephant Man Behind the Sun |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/column/artist-profile-i-hope-you-enjoy-my-noise-life-the-fast-times-of-james-f-tarr-international-gorenoise-and-elephant-man-behind-the-sun/ |access-date=2026-02-04 |website=[New Noise Magazine](/source/New_Noise_Magazine) |language=en-US}}] ''[New Noise Magazine](/source/New_Noise_Magazine)'' characterized the genre as [drum machines](/source/Drum_machine) "hammer[ing] at 1,000 BPM over top of gurgling pitch-shifted toilet vocals".[{{Cite web |last=Enis |first=Eli |date=2024-06-19 |title=Band To Watch: Torture |url=https://stereogum.com/2267939/band-to-watch-torture/interviews/band-to-watch/ |access-date=2026-02-04 |website=[Stereogum](/source/Stereogum) |language=en}}] The band Anal Birth is credited as one of the progenitors of gorenoise.[{{Cite web |last=Harp |first=Loyd |date=2020-01-10 |title=Song of the Day: Meekness - Anointed Gorenoise! |url=https://www.indievisionmusic.com/news/song-of-the-day-meekness-anointed-gorenoise/ |access-date=2026-02-04 |website=Indie Vision Music |language=en-US}}] and Melanocytic Tumors of Uncertain Malignant Potential.