'''Deathcore''' adalah merupakan turunan dari genre [[metalcore]] yang terinfluence oleh genre [[death metal]].<ref name="whatis">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r704417 allmusic.com] Alex Henderson: "What is deathcore? ...it's essentially metalcore... Drawing on both death metal and hardcore..."</ref><ref name="ASP">[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.</ref><ref name="breakdown">[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..."</ref><ref>[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"</ref><ref>[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."</ref>
