"sceneXcore", "deathXcore", "hardcore", or whatever, its all the same thing referring to the trendy style of playing either emo crap mixed with open breakdowns, or brutal death, mixed with dumbass open breakdowns, and having shaggy 70s hair, tight jeans, and usually "sleeve" tattoos covering the whole forearm usually including a coy fish. Another important thing to remember is this new "hardcore" has little or nothing to do with hardcore of the 80's, like black flag, gang green, or minor threat.
The other uniting factor is a funny way of dancing called 2 step, that everytime one of these "breakdowns" happens, everybody stops 2 stepping and starts practicing punching the air or spin kicking, an important part of this is not hitting each other, that is considered disrespect and may end up in a gang beat down by the other guys crew.
To see examples of this just go to youtube and type in hardcore dancing, two step, or even hardcore mosh, it should bring up many examples of the gayness that is corrupting the current metal scene.
I'm going out on a limb here and saying that this current trend is as bad as, if not worse, than the former trend of "nu" metal that many people confused as real metal for years.
