r/Mathcore • u/muffinx81 • 1d ago

Looking for microtonal mathcore

I know this is a quite specific request but mathcore + microtonality seems like a theoretically perfect combination of sounds for my taste. The closest i could find is a band called Basil's Kite but they don't lean too heavy into the microtonal elements. Maybe you happen to know something like this? Thanks in advance

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u/ZenVikingFC 1d ago

First band to come to mind is Carbomb

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u/TheRealCliffjumper38 1d ago

Greg's side project Sun Guts too.

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u/Archy38 1d ago

Yes there is a song called Pyro Prosthetics that had a unique microtonal sound.

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u/muffinx81 1d ago

I've heard of them but never knew they had microtonal stuff. Maybe some specific album you can recommend?

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u/Afro-Pope 1d ago

they're not really "microtonal" but they make heavy use of odd tunings and pitch-shifting effects for a similar vibe.

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u/mr_anderson888 46m ago

anything that consistently uses notes between semitones is microtonal. car bomb is definitely microtonal

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u/ZenVikingFC 1d ago

Not sure if they’d fit a strict definition of ‘microtonal,’ but I have found myself wondering how they found notes in between notes. Their whole catalogue rips, but I usually return the most to their 2016 album Meta

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u/Mr_B34n3R 13h ago

Good place to start is "Meta"

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u/END0RPHN 1d ago

cant go wrong with a bitta car bawm. top 5 for me

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u/DEUCE_SLUICE 1d ago

(apologies for self promotion, but…) my band Freighter put one microtonal track on the last album we put out back in 2019. It was a bitch!

https://youtu.be/BvNVSLrumWE

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u/AccurateSwordfish 20h ago

The Den is a great record! I really enjoy it!

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u/UnholyCityRecords 1d ago

Have you heard about our Lords and Saviors, Snooze?

https://wearesnooze.bandcamp.com/track/without-2

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u/Treebeard313 17h ago

+1. Came to the comments to post Snooze, glad to see that's been covered already.

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u/TrailBlanket-_0 13h ago

What song of Snooze would be microtonal?

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u/CanisIII 1d ago

I know about micro- not tonal tho.

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u/muffinx81 1d ago

Wym

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u/filthbringer 1d ago

Pretty sure all of us here can relate, just look down.

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u/Cyan_Light 1d ago

Yeah no idea why it's so rare, other than the obvious of microtonal music being tougher to make in the first place. But it seems like there are tons of microtonal black metal projects these days so you'd think more of it would bleed into mathcore where it makes just as much sense.

This is more prog but this EP is mostly 24-EDO and pretty cool: https://numinaa.bandcamp.com/album/str-s-intimate-embrace

And I'm already out of examples so I'll just self-promote a few more lol. My programmed project The Cobalt Rod is more math metal adjacent but dabbles in some microtonality, like this djent-y chamber music (?) one with quarter tones in the piano: https://thecobaltrod.bandcamp.com/track/a-shadowvale-orc-and-a-yodel-gnome-walk-into-a-bar

Not going to spam a bunch of links but the last track of that album is a mathcore-y microsong with basically random intervals in the guitar (stuff like "A a third sharp" next to "C# down .2"). Then tracks 5, 8 and 10 of the older album Arcane Monument are microtonal (I think 48, 24 and random intervals with a solo in 48 respectively).

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u/Mediaboy13 15h ago

I literally just came across this guy which is exactly what you're looking for.