Easycore

Easycore (also termed popcore) is a musical genre that combines typical pop punk with metalcore characteristics or vice versa. Easycore tends to typically employ pop-like rhythm and composition (at least during one section of a song) with unclean vocals, breakdowns and other extreme metal elements included.
History
Origins (2000's)
The genre received the name "easycore" from the band New Found Glory, arguably the genre's founder. The band had a tour called the "easycore tour".
Some easycore bands are primarily metalcore, but include pop punk attributes, such as A Day to Remember; other bands, like New Found Glory and Four Year Strong, steer closer to normal pop punk music. The band Set Your Goals have mixed both melodic hardcore and pop punk evenly. Four Letter Lie showed easycore characteristics in their earlier material. All in all, the extent of the metalcore influence varies from band to band.
Recently the genre has become much more popular, and has put its influence on actual metalcore music. There are also a number of bands that have been formed since the early 2000s and are embracing easycore, including Fight Fair, All or Nothing and The Wonder Years.

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