The genre often makes use of a combination of screamed and sung vocals, in addition to breakdowns, hip hop-influenced drum beats and electronic music elements.
In 2013, genre defining works such as Bring Me the Horizon's Sempiternal, My Ticket Home's Strangers Only and Sworn In's the Death Card were released.
Nu metalcore often makes use of both screamed and sung vocals, breakdowns, heavy guitar riffs, hip hop-influenced drum beats and electronic music elements.
[2] Loudwire described the style as mostly based around nu metal and hip hop, while also incorporating the breakdowns of hardcore punk and the guitar tones of djent.
[7] The same year, Chimaira released the This Present Darkness EP, which merged elements of nu metal and metalcore, a trend that would be continued on their debut album Pass Out of Existence (2001).
[9] Slipknot's 2001 nu metal album Iowa contained elements of late 1990s metalcore, being compared by PopMatters writer Ethan Stewart to Disembodied.
[15] Suicide Silence's 2011 album The Black Crown, which features elements of nu metal and metalcore/deathcore,[15] peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200 chart.
[16][17] This wave led Japanese band Dir En Grey to return to their nu metal influence sound while also embracing deathcore on songs such as "Different Sense".
[28][29] By 2016, nu metalcore had solidified itself as a movement,[10] with the fusion began to be embraced by Cane Hill,[10] Ocean Grove,[30] Alpha Wolf[31] and DangerKids.