easycore

Noun

easycore (uncountable)

1. (rare) Music that verges toward easy listening, or that is less hardcore than comparable styles.
   • […] the successful easycore DJs James and Martin Karminsky.1997, Dylan Jones, Ultra Lounge: The Lexicon of Easy Listening, page 18
   • The uncanny ability of "easycore" artists to swoon us into special realms, especially ones deep in our hearts, is a major theme of "Ultra Lounge." But as the genre offers a vacation from despair, looming heartache often comes with the ticket.1997, Billboard, volume 109, number 18, page 67
2. A pop punk subgenre that combines elements of metalcore, incorporating use of breakdowns, screams, major key progressions and riffs and synthesizers.
   • We have a forty-five minute slot, and the other bands are more easycore than we usually play with so there's a different crowd.2016, Jason Rossiter, March: A Good Man
   • While a bevy of MySpace bands who used the word "easycore" as a self-descriptor to mark their poppy hardcore tastes, ADTR [A Day to Remember] make the rest of the pile seem like amateurs thanks to their laser-precise songwriting.2017 August 31, John Hill, “A Day to Remember Albums Ranked”, in Loudwire