To those that claim deathcore is a fusion of hardcore and death metal and not metalcore with death metal, what (actual) hardcore bands have inspired deathcore bands?
I’d say it’s mostly agreed upon that deathcore is fusion of metalcore and death metal, but there are plenty that further reduce it to hardcore specifically ignoring the metal influence that metalcore brings to the table. Hardcore and metalcore go hand in hand obviously, but are fundamentally two different genres at the end of the day. That being said, you usually hear about the death metal and metalcore bands cities as influences, but hardly ever actual hardcore bands. Also deathcore bands are commonly either mistaken for death metal or metalcore, but rarely for hardcore.
Also, when I say hardcore I don’t mean hardcore leaning metalcore, I mean proper hardcore that cannot under any circumstances be confused for metalcore. It has to actually sound like a punk genre with punk riffs. This would be bands like Gorilla Biscuits, Sick Of It All, etc. Metalcore in this case also refers to that OG metalcore style to include bands like Earth Crisis, Hatebreed, Disembodied, etc. and not to melodic metalcore, scenecore, etc.