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metalcore

metalcore noun: a subgenre of rock music which fuses extreme metal and hardcore punk.

Noun

metalcore (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of rock music which fuses extreme metal and hardcore punk.

Origin of metalcore

From metal + -core.

Questions about metalcore

What does metalcore mean?
Metalcore means a subgenre of rock music which fuses extreme metal and hardcore punk.
What part of speech is metalcore?
Metalcore is a noun.

Words near metalcore in the dictionary

  1. metalbearing
  2. metalbillies
  3. metalbilly
  4. metalbumin
  5. metalclad
  6. metalcore
  7. metalcraft
  8. metalcrafts
  9. metaldehyde
  10. metalearner
  11. metalearners

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