{{Short description|Extreme subgenre of hardcore punk}} {{distinguish|text=Mathcore, a subgenre of Metalcore}} {{Infobox music genre | name = Noisecore | stylistic_origins = * Hardcore punk * grindcore * noise rock * noise * industrial | cultural_origins = Mid-1980s | instruments = Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, electronics, effects | derivatives = | fusiongenres = * Noisegrind * gorenoise | other_topics = * Japanoise * noise rock * harsh noise * industrial rock * metalcore * thrashcore }}
'''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 == 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.<ref>{{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…”}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{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.”}}</ref>
== History == 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,<ref>{{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...}}</ref> who introduced growling and blast beats to the genre, Deche-Charge, and Seven Minutes of Nausea,<ref>{{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.}}</ref><ref>{{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…}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
== Legacy == 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".<ref>{{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}}</ref> While underground and alternative music websites like ''Vice''<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> and ''Pitchfork''<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> have used the term numerous times on several reviews and articles.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
Additionally, before the term "mathcore" was coined, mainly in the 1990s, the style had been referred to as "chaotic hardcore" or "noisecore".<ref name="greenway22">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 <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] Access date: September 17, 2008.</ref><ref name=":32">"Botch ... a noisecore pioneer", 'Terrorizer'', "Grindcore Special", #180, Feb. 2009, p. 63.''</ref>
=== Gorenoise === Gorenoise is an offshoot of goregrind and noisecore that abandons rock-based sounds for harsh noise.<ref name=":02">{{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}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{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 |language=en-US}}</ref> ''New Noise Magazine'' characterized the genre as drum machines "hammer[ing] at 1,000 BPM over top of gurgling pitch-shifted toilet vocals".<ref name=":1" /> Album cover art often incorporates graphic crime scene photos and depictions of entrails.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{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 |language=en}}</ref> The band Anal Birth is credited as one of the progenitors of gorenoise.<ref name=":02" /> Other projects noted for producing gorenoise are Elephant Man Behind the Sun,<ref name=":1" /> the early work of Torture,<ref name=":2" /> Meekness,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and Melanocytic Tumors of Uncertain Malignant Potential.<ref name=":02" />
== See also == * Harsh noise * Japanoise
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