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darkcore

darkcore noun: a subgenre of jungle music with morbid, horror-based themes.

Noun

darkcore (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of jungle music with morbid, horror-based themes.
    • Of course, even amid the beeps and beats good old guitar music never went away, and there are plenty of indie, punk and alternative bands gigging to appreciative audiences, as well as the resolutely grim Gothic and darkcore fringe.2002, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Berlin, page 36
    Synonyms:
    darkside

Synonyms of darkcore

Origin of darkcore

From dark + -core, perhaps from the 1993 track Darkcore by Two Dark Troopers, released on Basement Records.

Questions about darkcore

What does darkcore mean?
Darkcore means a subgenre of jungle music with morbid, horror-based themes.
What part of speech is darkcore?
Darkcore is a noun.

Words near darkcore in the dictionary

  1. dark-skinned
  2. dark-zilla
  3. dark-zillas
  4. Darkala
  5. Darkar
  6. darkcore
  7. darkcutter
  8. darkcutters
  9. darkcutting
  10. darke
  11. darke age

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