Information AboutMallcore |
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Mallcore is a derogatory term used to describe Nu Metal , Metalcore and similar genres, most often used by critics claiming the genre has no noteworthy resemblance with Heavy Metal . MEANING Some use the term in the context that the music is only modestly unsuited to be heard in a Shopping Mall as opposed to the more aggressive, louder "extreme metal" bands, and that it is marketed to angsty, depressed mall-going teenagers. A related term, "Mallcore Kid" refers to fans of Nu Metal and Metalcore bands, who are typically mall-going teenagers, and who often shop at Hot Topic . When used in this way it refers to them as being "mall-core" as opposed to "hard-core." , former band Deicide , DragonForce , newly signed Death Metal band Daath, etc.), as opposed to the death metal and Speed Metal they started with in the 1980s. Thus, veteran listeners or those who claim to listen to the "true" metal dismiss the company as appealing to the "mall crowd", or " Mall Goths ". The term is used typically only by detractors and not " Mall Goths " themselves. Examples of mallcore labeled bands are Korn , Slipknot and Disturbed . |
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