What is Violincore?
Violincore is a genre Smoke-Oh built from scratch. It takes the lyrical lead of a violin— the kind of phrasing you'd hear in a film score or symphony hall — and lets it ride over the wall of sound that defines modern metal: distorted guitars, double-bass drums, cinematic builds, and breakdowns that hit you in the chest.
The result isn't novelty crossover. It's a self-contained sound: violin and guitar trading the lead, no vocals to crowd the melody, and arrangements that move from quiet hearthside passages into full orchestral storms. Whether it's Celtic battle anthems, Japanese-string crossovers, or symphonic tracks with full choir — every release is instrumental, hand-curated, and unmistakably Smoke-Oh.
The project lives at the intersection of three worlds: classical violin tradition, modern metal production, and the cinematic scale of a film score. If your playlist already jumps from Two Steps From Hell to Bring Me The Horizon to Lindsey Stirling — Violincore is the genre you didn't know you were waiting for.
Today, Smoke-Oh's catalogue spans seven curated subgenres and dozens of releases across Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. Below: a tour of every flavour, with a link to dive deeper into each.