Un antecedent al mathcor-ului a fost practicat de trupa Black Flag, în 1984, cu albumul My War. Multe trupe de mathcore și-au arătat respectul față de Black Flag pe albumul Black on Black.[10]
În anii '90, trupe care adesea erau descrise ca fiind mathcore erau puse in aceeași grupa cu trupele noisecore.
^"Contemporary grindcore bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan [...] have developed avant-garde versions of the genre incorporating frequent time signature changes and complex sounds that at times recall free jazz." Keith Kahn-Harris (2007) Extreme Metal, Berg Publishers, ISBN 1-84520-399-2, p. 4.
^Epitaph Records, Dillinger Escape Plan artist info, [1] Access date: September 16, 2008.
^Vik Bansal, Miss Machine review, Music OMH, 2 August 2004. [2] Access date: September 16, 2008.
^Whitney Strub, "Behind the Key Club: An Interview with Mark "Barney" Greenway of Napalm Death ", PopMatters, May 11, 2006. [3] Access date: September 17, 2008.
