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| {{Infobox music genre | {{Infobox music genre | ||
| | name = Nintendocore | | name = Nintendocore | ||
| | other_names = {{hlist|Nintendo rock<ref name="Crimson" /><ref name="NYT" />| |
| other_names = {{hlist|Nintendo rock<ref name="Crimson" /><ref name="NYT" />|nerdcore<ref name="Quest" /><ref name="Math the band">{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/04/math-the-band-live-tour/|title=Math the Band Strive to 'Take Fun Seriously' Exclusive Video|last=Yun|first=Elizabeth|date=4 January 2011|publisher=]|work=]|access-date=30 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117121102/http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/04/math-the-band-live-tour/|archive-date=17 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=nerd>{{cite web|url=http://nerdsontherocks.com/nerdcore-fight-dragons|title=Nerdcore: I Fight Dragons|first=Josh|last=Raj|website=nerdsontherocks.com|date=28 April 2012|access-date=December 18, 2020|quote=The type of music is called “Nerdcore” sometimes “Nintendocore.” Basically, this is a genre of music that takes today's rock music and adding in chiptune, the few note songs from classic video games, and creating a very unique style.}}</ref><ref name=louder>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/dinosaurs-pirates-and-porno-11-of-the-weirdest-metal-subgenres|title=11 of the weirdest metal subgenres|date=30 March 2020|access-date=January 12, 2021|via=Louder}}</ref>|video game rock<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/minibosses-celebrate-15-years-of-gaming-centric-music-7415831|title=Minibosses Celebrate 15 Years of Gaming-Centric Music|last=Moses|first=Jeff|date=2015-06-16|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>|video game metal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/the-most-intolerable-fan-bases-in-music-7077761|title=The Most Intolerable Fan Bases in Music {{!}} Dallas Observer|access-date=January 5, 2021|via=Dallas Observer}}</ref>|8-bit metalcore<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/new_8_bit_metalcore_album_revives_nintendocore_with_brutal_n64_themelisten/|title=New 8-bit metalcore album revives nintendocore with brutal N64 theme—listen|date=July 17, 2016|accessdate=February 15, 2021|via=]}}</ref>}} | ||
| | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|]|]|]|]|]|]|]}} | | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|]|]|]|]|]|]|]}} | ||
| | cultural_origins = Early 2000s, United States | | cultural_origins = Early 2000s, United States | ||
| | instruments = {{hlist|]|]|]|]|]}} | | instruments = {{hlist|]|]|]|]|]}} | ||
| | derivatives = | | derivatives = | ||
| | subgenres = | | subgenres = | ||
| | fusiongenres = | | fusiongenres = | ||
| | other_topics = {{hlist|]|]|]|]|]|]}} | | other_topics = {{hlist|]|]|]|]|]|]}} | ||
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| '''Nintendocore'''{{refn|group=note|Always intentionally spelled capitalized.}} is a broadly defined style of music that most commonly fuses ] and ] with ] and/or ]. The genre is sometimes considered a direct subgenre of ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/horse-the-band-mn0000266530|title = HORSE the Band Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website = ]}}</ref> and a fusion genre between ] and chiptune.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/new_8_bit_metalcore_album_revives_nintendocore_with_brutal_n64_themelisten/|title = New 8-bit metalcore album revives nintendocore with brutal N64 theme—listen|website = ]|date = 17 July 2016}}</ref> The genre originated in the early 2000s and peaked around the late 2000s<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Trends|url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=/m/090l0_|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Google Trends|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723225024/https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=/m/090l0_|url-status=dead}}</ref> with bands like ], ], ], ], The NESkimos and ] pioneering the genre. | '''Nintendocore'''{{refn|group=note|Always intentionally spelled capitalized.}} is a broadly defined style of music that most commonly fuses ] and ] with ] and/or ]. The genre is sometimes considered a direct subgenre of ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/horse-the-band-mn0000266530|title = HORSE the Band Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website = ]}}</ref> and a fusion genre between ] and chiptune.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/new_8_bit_metalcore_album_revives_nintendocore_with_brutal_n64_themelisten/|title = New 8-bit metalcore album revives nintendocore with brutal N64 theme—listen|website = ]|date = 17 July 2016}}</ref> The genre originated in the early 2000s and peaked around the late 2000s<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Trends|url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=/m/090l0_|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Google Trends|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723225024/https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=/m/090l0_|url-status=dead}}</ref> with bands like ], ], ], ], The NESkimos and ] pioneering the genre. | ||
| == Characteristics == | == Characteristics == | ||
| {{Listen|filename=|title="Computer Game" - Yellow Magic Orchestra|description=An example of early arcade game sampling by ].}} | {{Listen|filename=|title="Computer Game" - Yellow Magic Orchestra|description=An example of early arcade game sampling by ].}} | ||
| Nintendocore frequently features the use of ]s, ]s, and typical rock instrumentation alongside ]s, |
Nintendocore frequently features the use of ]s, ]s, and typical rock instrumentation alongside ]s, ], 8-bit sounds, and electronically produced beats.<ref name="Crimson" /><ref name="Quest">{{cite web|last=Wright|title=Subgenre(s) of the Week: Nintendocore (feat. Holiday Pop)|url=http://www.reedquest.org/subgenres-of-the-week-nintendocore-feat-holiday-pop/|publisher=The Quest|access-date=2 January 2015|date=2010-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102193220/http://www.reedquest.org/subgenres-of-the-week-nintendocore-feat-holiday-pop/|archive-date=2 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|title=HORSE the Band|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/horse-the-band-p596753/biography|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=2011-03-14}}</ref> It originated primarily from ] and ],<ref>{{cite web|last=Sutherland|first=Sam|title=Horse the Band - Pizza EP|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/horse_band-pizza_ep|publisher=]|access-date=10 July 2011|date=December 2006}}</ref><ref name="Quest" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Turull|first=Alisha|title=New Releases: Lita Ford, the Fall of Troy, Horse the band, Immortal, Inhale Exhale|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/10/06/1new-releases-lita-the-fall-of-troy-horse-the-band-immortal/|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=30 March 2011|date=6 October 2009}}</ref> and subgenres of those styles such as ],<ref name="allmusic" /><ref name="AV Club" /> ],<ref name="AV Club">{{cite web|title=Horse The Band, Super 8 Bit Brothers, Endless Hallway, and Oceana|url=http://www.avclub.com/chicago/events/horse-the-band-super-8-bit-brothers-endless-hallwa,178414/|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=January 2, 2015|date=8 November 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120315121824/http://www.avclub.com/chicago/events/horse-the-band-super-8-bit-brothers-endless-hallwa,178414/|archive-date = 15 March 2012}}</ref> and ].<ref name="Quest" /><ref name="amg borlax">{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|title=R. Borlax <nowiki></nowiki>|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r-borlax-bonus-tracks-r661548|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref> Artists in the genre have also incorporated elements of ],<ref name="Quest" /> ]<ref name="LoftusAM" /> ],<ref name="Crimson" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Leahey|first=Andrew|title=A Natural Death|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1067818|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=8 May 2011}}</ref> and ].<ref name="AV Club" /><ref name="LoftusAM" /> Nintendocore groups vary stylistically and come from a wide array of influences. ] combines metalcore, heavy metal, ], and post-hardcore with post-rock passages.<ref name="Quest" /><ref name="AV Club" /><ref name="amg borlax" /> "The Black Hole" from Horse the Band's third album, '']'', is an example of Nintendocore, featuring screamed vocals, heavy "Nintendo riffs," and "sound effects from numerous games."<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Weber|first=Scott |title=Horse the Band - The Mechanical Hand|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=97383|publisher=]|access-date=2011-05-07}}</ref> ] includes ] and ] styles.<ref name="Trivett2">{{cite web|last=Trivett|first=Ben|title=Math the Band Play Blistering Set at CMJ -- Exclusive Photos|url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/21/math-the-band-cmj-pictures/|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=30 March 2011|date=21 October 2010|archive-date=1 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101133143/http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/21/math-the-band-cmj-pictures/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ] use ]-inspired heavy metal ]ing,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Borges|first=Mario Mesquita|title=Minibosses|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/minibosses-p511940|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref> and The Advantage is associated with styles such as noise rock and post-rock.<ref name="Trivett">{{cite web|last=Trivett|first=Ben|title=Math the Band Play Blistering Set at CMJ -- Exclusive Photos|url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/21/math-the-band-cmj-pictures/|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=30 March 2011|date=21 October 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110101133143/http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/21/math-the-band-cmj-pictures/|archive-date = 1 January 2011}}</ref> ] was an ] band that incorporated 8-bit sounds, video game music, and elements of ].<ref name="Pitchfork" /> | ||
| Some bands feature singing, such as |
Some bands feature singing, such as The Depreciation Guild, whose frontman Kurt Feldman provides "ethereal" and "tender vocals,"<ref name="Pitchfork" /> and ], who write lyrics that mirror video game storylines.<ref name="Gibson">{{cite web |author=Bayer, Jonah |date=2009-03-05 |title=Like Video Games? You'll Love Nintendocore |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/like-video-games-305/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511183339/http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Features/like%2Dvideo%2Dgames%2D305/ |archive-date=2009-05-11 |access-date=2011-03-15 |publisher=]}}</ref> Others, such as Horse the Band and Math the Band, add screamed vocals into the mix.<ref name="Quest" /><ref name="Math the band" /><ref name="AV Club" /><ref name="amg borlax" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Synyard|first=Dave|title=Horse the Band - A Natural Death|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/horse_band-natural_death|publisher=]|access-date=10 July 2011|date=September 2007}}</ref> But yet other groups are strictly instrumental, such as Minibosses,<ref name=":0"/> and ].<ref name="Crimson" /><ref name="LoftusAM">{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|title=The Mechanical Hand|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-mechanical-hand-r789059|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref> While otherwise diverse, all Nintendocore groups "use specific instruments to mimic the sounds of Nintendo games."<ref name="allmusic" /> | ||
| == Etymology == | |||
| The term "Nintendocore" is a ] of ], the popular gaming company from which many of the genre's ] originate and the "core" suffix, which is often used to denote the various subgenres of ].<ref>{{cite web|date=2015-04-07|title="-core" Is the Suffix of Our Time {{!}} Washingtonian (DC)|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/04/07/core-is-the-suffix-of-our-time/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Washingtonian|language=en-US}}</ref> The term was first used in 2001,<ref>{{cite web|title=Strange Music Genres You Need to Know|url=https://vocal.media/beat/strange-music-genres-you-need-to-know|access-date=2020-10-01|website=Beat}}</ref> when the frontman of ], Nathan Winneke,<ref name="Sputnik" /> originally coined the term "Nintendocore" as a joke and the term appeared on the band's ''I Am a Small Wooden Statue on a Patch of Crabgrass Next to a Dried Up Riverbed'' demo.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://portalternativo.com/2009/06/entrevista-a-horse-the-band-somos-mas-que-nintendocore/|title=Entrevista a HORSE the band: "Somos más que nintendocore"|language=Spanish|website=portalternativo.com|access-date=March 15, 2004|date=2010}}</ref> However, several members of the group have since attempted to distance themselves from the descriptor, such as bassist Dashiel Arkenstone, who stated: "I reject it because it cheapens our music."<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-03-13|title=The Death of Nintendocore|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/03/the-death-of-nintendocore/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Kotaku Australia|language=en-AU}}</ref> Winneke later explained: "It sucks when everybody is just like 'Oh this song about your mom getting beat, what game is this about?' we're very serious most of the time about our music and art, it's only a reference to the idea of blending the digital music of the games and things we grew up on with all the other music we love. It was just a fun idea at the time but everyone took it a hundred yards too far."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwrR610NnsA|title=Horse the Band (Last.fm Live)|website=]|access-date=September 3, 2022}}</ref> | |||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| ] was an early pioneer of Nintendocore and the originator of the term, which frontman Nathan Winneke coined as a joke.<ref name="Quest" /><ref name="AV Club" /> According to ], the group's "contorted roars, metal-core hysterics, esoteric video game references, and crusty 8-bit-style synth became inextricably linked to the nebulous genre."<ref name="AV Club" />] | |||
| ===Precursors (late 1970s-1990s)=== | |||
| ⚫ | Another Nintendocore pioneer is ],<ref name=":3">{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Josiah|title=Hella guitarist Spencer Seim releases solo album as sBACH|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/hella_guitarist_spencer_seim_releases_solo_album_as|publisher=]|access-date=10 July 2011|date=August 2008}}</ref> whom '']'' praises as one of the groups who brought video game music into the mainstream modern music spotlight.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last=Weingarten|first=Marc|title=Resurrecting the Riffs, A Nintendo Rock Band|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/29/technology/resurrecting-the-riffs-a-nintendo-rock-band.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 March 2011|date=29 April 2004}}</ref> The Advantage is an ] band formed by two students attending ].<ref name=NYT/> ] first heard the original two band members play at a 1999 Nevada Union High School talent show, beginning his musical career, and continued to lead the group forward after high school.<ref name="NYT" /> The group "plays nothing but music from the original ] ]."<ref name=NYT/> By creating rock cover versions of video game sound tracks, they have "brought legitimacy to a style of music dubbed Nintendocore."<ref name="Crimson">{{cite web |last=Payne |first=Will B. |date=2006-02-14 |title=Nintendo Rock: Nostalgia or Sound of the Future |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/2/14/nintendo-rock-nostalgia-or-sound-of/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143335/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/2/14/nintendo-rock-nostalgia-or-sound-of/ |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=2011-03-14 |website=]}}</ref> | ||
| Emerging in the late 70's,<ref>{{cite web|title=ymo.org|url=http://www.ymo.org/biography/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=ymo.org}}</ref> synthpop pioneers ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/04/electronicmusic.filmandmusic11|title = John Lewis meets the trio that is Yellow Magic Orchestra|website = ]|date = 3 July 2008}}</ref> sampled Space Invaders sounds in their influential 1978 debut album (self-titled), particularly the hit song "Computer Game." In turn, the band would have a major influence on much of the video game music produced during the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, often referred to as the ]. Former Yellow Magic Orchestra member ] also released a 1984 album produced entirely from ] arcade game samples entitled ‘Video Game Music’, an early example of a chiptune record.<ref>{{cite web|title=Haruomi Hosono|url=https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/haruomi-hosono|access-date=2020-10-01|website=redbullmusicacademy.com|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| The pop group ] can also be considered a precursor to the genre, as they are the first band to write and record an entire album about video arcade games, and even used sampled arcade game sound effects in their songs. Their 1981 album called ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bio {{!}} Buckner Garcia Pac-Man Fever|url=https://bucknergarcia.com/bio/|access-date=2020-10-01|language=en-US}}</ref> contained songs such as Do The Donkey Kong (based on a game which was produced by ]). | |||
| The first known rock band to cover a video game song from an actual game however was the all-female indie rock group ] with their cover of the theme song from the popular video game '']'' which was recorded in 1990.<ref>]</ref> The second rock group known to cover a video game song was the band ], with their live cover of the '']'' theme song, which was a regular staple throughout their 1990s’ live concert setlist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bunglefever.com/faq.html#VII.1|title=Mr. Bungle Frequently Asked Questions|website=bunglefever.com|access-date=2016-03-27}}</ref> Mr. Bungle also sampled sounds from video games on their ].<ref>]</ref> | |||
| ===Origins and recent developments (2000s-present)=== | |||
| ],<ref name="Sputnik">{{cite web|last=Greer|first=Nick|title=HORSE the band R. Borlax|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/1730/HORSE-the-band-R.-Borlax/|publisher=Sputnikmusic|access-date=2011-03-14|date=2005-01-24}}</ref> the group who originally coined the term<ref name=":2">{{cite web|last=Willschick|first=Aaron|title=Interview with HORSE The Band bassist Dash Arkenstone|url=http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/horse-the-band1|work=PureGrainAudio|publisher=ProtogenLabs|access-date=2011-03-14|date=2007-06-03|archive-date=2012-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330191707/http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/horse-the-band1|url-status=dead}}</ref> have released five studio albums in the Nintendocore style, starting with 2000's '']''.<ref name="Sputnik" /><ref name="Gibson">{{cite web |author=Bayer, Jonah |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/like-video-games-305/ |title=Like Video Games? You'll Love Nintendocore |date=2009-03-05 |publisher=] |access-date=2011-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511183339/http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Features/like%2Dvideo%2Dgames%2D305/ |archive-date=2009-05-11 }}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| ⚫ | Another Nintendocore pioneer is ],<ref name=":3">{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Josiah|title=Hella guitarist Spencer Seim releases solo album as sBACH|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/hella_guitarist_spencer_seim_releases_solo_album_as|publisher=]|access-date=10 July 2011|date=August 2008}}</ref> whom '']'' praises as one of the groups who brought video game music into the mainstream modern music spotlight.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last=Weingarten|first=Marc|title=Resurrecting the Riffs, A Nintendo Rock Band|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/29/technology/resurrecting-the-riffs-a-nintendo-rock-band.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 March 2011|date=29 April 2004}}</ref> The Advantage is an ] band formed by two students attending ].<ref name=NYT/ |
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| ] at Penny Arcade Expo 2005 (now ]).]] | ] at Penny Arcade Expo 2005 (now ]).]] | ||
| The Phoenix-based rock group, ], |
The Phoenix-based rock group, ], " one of the most well-established bands in the Nintendocore genre, with an impressive roster of covers including '']'', '']'', '']''," and covers of other video game themes.<ref name=Gibson/> Minibosses is known as one of the primary representatives of Nintendo rock,<ref name="RiseNR">{{Cite episode|title=The Rise of Nintendo Rock |url=http://kjzz.org/news/arizona/archives/200408/minibosses |credits=Rene Gutel |network=] |station=KJZZ 91.5 |location=], ] |airdate=August 26, 2004 |access-date=10 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040903183150/http://kjzz.org/news/arizona/archives/200408/minibosses |archive-date=September 3, 2004 }}</ref> performing at various video game expositions.<ref name=Gibson/> In addition to covers, the band has also produced original work.<ref name=Gibson/> ''The Harvard Crimson'' refers to Minibosses as "sworn rivals" of The NESkimos,<ref name=Crimson /> another Nintendocore practitioner.<ref name=Gibson/> | ||
| The 2007 debut album by ], ''In Her Gentle Jaws,'' has been referred to as Nintendocore by ]. The website wrote that "''In Her Gentle Jaws'' sticks its neck out further than Nintendocore staples like The Advantage or Minibosses", and that the album's instrumental title track "could plausibly come from an ] cartridge."<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Moerder|first=Adam |title=The Depreciation Guild - In Her Gentle Jaws|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11143-in-her-gentle-jaws/|publisher=]|access-date=2011-05-09}}</ref> | |||
| ] formed in 2002 and made use of "analog synthesizers, vintage drum machines, old video game systems and shitty guitars" which helped define the sound that is commonly associated with Nintendocore.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=Math the Band|url=https://super.magfest.org/musical-guests-2020/math-the-band|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Super Magfest|date=21 November 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> Having played shows in the U.K., Mexico, and Canada with a variety of artists and rappers, they have helped spread the genre to venues outside of the United States.<ref name=":4" /> Math the Band is one of the bands with the Nintendocore sound still active today, performing at ] 2020<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite web|title=MAGFest 2020: Math the Band|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtl2FjHgHUU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Gtl2FjHgHUU |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|access-date=December 15, 2020|website=]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and their latest album ''Flange Factory Five'' releasing in October 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/maththeband/status/1311785617576153089|title=Math the Band on Twitter:Album premier tonight!! Streaming live at 9est , and sticking around to answer any questions|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| In 2016 a |
In 2016, a group of artists, under the Nintendocore Lives label, released a compilation album, ''Smash 64'', themed after the original ] game, in an attempt to revitalize the genre.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/new_8_bit_metalcore_album_revives_nintendocore_with_brutal_n64_themelisten/|title=New 8-bit metalcore album revives nintendocore with brutal N64 theme—listen - Alternative Press|date=2016-07-17|work=Alternative Press|access-date=2018-10-15|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Nintendocore is a broadly defined style of music that most commonly fuses chiptune and video game music with hardcore punk and/or heavy metal. The genre is sometimes considered a direct subgenre of post-hardcore and a fusion genre between metalcore and chiptune. The genre originated in the early 2000s and peaked around the late 2000s with bands like Horse the Band, The Advantage, Math the Band, An Albatross, The NESkimos and Minibosses pioneering the genre.
Characteristics
Nintendocore frequently features the use of electric guitars, drum kits, and typical rock instrumentation alongside synthesizers, chiptune, 8-bit sounds, and electronically produced beats. It originated primarily from hardcore punk and heavy metal, and subgenres of those styles such as post-hardcore, metalcore, and screamo. Artists in the genre have also incorporated elements of electro, noise, noise rock, and post-rock. Nintendocore groups vary stylistically and come from a wide array of influences. Horse the Band combines metalcore, heavy metal, thrash metal, and post-hardcore with post-rock passages. "The Black Hole" from Horse the Band's third album, The Mechanical Hand, is an example of Nintendocore, featuring screamed vocals, heavy "Nintendo riffs," and "sound effects from numerous games." Math the Band includes electro and dance-punk styles. Minibosses use Kyuss-inspired heavy metal riffing, and The Advantage is associated with styles such as noise rock and post-rock. The Depreciation Guild was an indie band that incorporated 8-bit sounds, video game music, and elements of shoegaze.
Some bands feature singing, such as The Depreciation Guild, whose frontman Kurt Feldman provides "ethereal" and "tender vocals," and The Megas, who write lyrics that mirror video game storylines. Others, such as Horse the Band and Math the Band, add screamed vocals into the mix. But yet other groups are strictly instrumental, such as Minibosses, and The Advantage. While otherwise diverse, all Nintendocore groups "use specific instruments to mimic the sounds of Nintendo games."
History
Horse the Band was an early pioneer of Nintendocore and the originator of the term, which frontman Nathan Winneke coined as a joke. According to The A.V. Club, the group's "contorted roars, metal-core hysterics, esoteric video game references, and crusty 8-bit-style synth became inextricably linked to the nebulous genre."
Another Nintendocore pioneer is The Advantage, whom The New York Times praises as one of the groups who brought video game music into the mainstream modern music spotlight. The Advantage is an instrumental rock band formed by two students attending Nevada Union High School. Spencer Seim first heard the original two band members play at a 1999 Nevada Union High School talent show, beginning his musical career, and continued to lead the group forward after high school. The group "plays nothing but music from the original Nintendo console games." By creating rock cover versions of video game sound tracks, they have "brought legitimacy to a style of music dubbed Nintendocore."
The Phoenix-based rock group, Minibosses, " one of the most well-established bands in the Nintendocore genre, with an impressive roster of covers including Contra, Double Dragon, Excitebike," and covers of other video game themes. Minibosses is known as one of the primary representatives of Nintendo rock, performing at various video game expositions. In addition to covers, the band has also produced original work. The Harvard Crimson refers to Minibosses as "sworn rivals" of The NESkimos, another Nintendocore practitioner.
The 2007 debut album by The Depreciation Guild, In Her Gentle Jaws, has been referred to as Nintendocore by Pitchfork Media. The website wrote that "In Her Gentle Jaws sticks its neck out further than Nintendocore staples like The Advantage or Minibosses", and that the album's instrumental title track "could plausibly come from an NES cartridge."
In 2016, a group of artists, under the Nintendocore Lives label, released a compilation album, Smash 64, themed after the original Super Smash Bros. game, in an attempt to revitalize the genre.
See also
- List of Nintendocore bands
- Chiptune
- Nerdcore
- Video game music cover bands
- Koji Kondo
- MAGFest
- Metalcore
Notes
- Always intentionally spelled capitalized.
References
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