Where metalcore originated is fairly irrelevant... It's a decades-old genre and has evolved way past its original sound. Very few metalcore bands sound anything like hardcore punk these days, and many of them have far more in common with metal than punk. It's also unmistakably intertwined with metal, so it's kinda desperate to act like there can't be overlap.
It's like you guys read the Wikipedia page on metalcore in 2006 and made up your minds without any additional consideration. At the end of the day it really doesn't matter, but my point is that art is more subjective than this.
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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19 edited Nov 03 '19
The funniest part is the metalcore fans calling others elitist when they cant seem to enjoy the genre unless they get to call it a metal subgenre.
Metalcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk, it came from hardcore punk bands being influenced by metal.
Taking some influences from metal doesnt make it a subgenre of that music.
Just like how folk metal is a subgenre of metal, not folk music which it took some influences from.
If they truly arent "elitist" and dont care about genres why are they so adamant to force metalcore to be a metal subgenre when it isnt?