Blackened hardcore is the fusion of black metal's chaos, dark atmosphere and melodies with the energy, aggression and speed of hardcore sub-genres such as crust and grindcore or the urgency and emotional expressionism of screamo.
Blackened hardcore is closely related to post-black metal, blackened sludge metal and neocrust.
Such bands include Celeste, Regarde Les Hommes Tomber, This Gift Is a Curse, The Secret, Hexis, Plebeian Grandstand, Oathbreaker, Dephosphorus, Wolvhammer, Downfall of Gaia, Tempest, Hierophant, Cowards, Cohol, Vestiges, Niboowin and Young and in the Way.
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