Horse the Band is an American band from
Lake Forest, California who are best known for their
8-bit Nintendo-influenced sound combined with
metalcore. Frontman Nathan Winneke once jokingly described their sound as "
Nintendocore", although the band have gone to lengths reiterating that this merely describes the sound, not the substance. In early 2016 in a statement made from the band they hinted that a new album would be released in the summer, and that they no longer endorse the genre "Nintendocore" but now consider themselves "Prog-tendo".