Horrorcore

Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music.

The term "Horrorcore" was coined by Russell Simmons, t

Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music.

The term "Horrorcore" was coined by Russell Simmons, the man behind The Flatlinerz, who referred to Horrorcore as being "hardcore rap with some horror movie themes". Around the same time, The Gravediggaz lead by Wu-Tang Clan's RZA (as RZArector) embraced the genre. Although this was the first time that the word Horrorcore was officialy used, many artists had been doing Horrorcore themed music for some time. Horrorcore artists often have ties with heavy metal, specifically black metal and death metal. Horrorcore is not a descriptive word such as hardcore it's a combination of the words Horror (The dictionary defines "horror" as: An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear/Intense dislike; abhorrence.) and Core (The dictionary defines "core" as: The central or innermost part/The basic or most important part; the essence).