Meanings
- humoroussometimesuncountableentertainmentA hard alternative rock style that was popular in the 2000s and played by bands such as Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, and Evanescence.
amvcore album where everything sounds like linkin park and evanescence
2015 March 4, easynam, Twitter, retrieved 21 Nov 20232 more examples
Yeah I was listening to a lot of Scenecore, AMVcore, and Fourth Wave Emo/"Mall Emo" type stuff back then and even back then I never got the appeal for AA.
2018 December 16, MoogInRow, Last.fm, retrieved 21 Nov 2023I was already listening to the incredibly popular AMVcore songs (Skillet, Three Days Grace and Evanescence).
2022 November 22, tankdempsey_, Reddit, retrieved 21 Nov 2023Synonyms: nu metal
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hard alternative rock style that was popular in the 2000s and played by bands such as Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, and Evanescence.
Origin
From AMV + -core, because of its later prominence in anime music videos.
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AMVcore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AMVcore
“AMVcore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AMVcore. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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