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About Hardcore
Hardcore is a music genre that emerged in Germany in the 1980s. It is usually classed as a form of electronic dance music.
Artists closely associated with the genre include Angerfist.
Hardcore has given rise to 8 subgenres on this site, such as Happy hardcore, Gabber, Breakcore and Speedcore.
From Wikipedia
Hardcore (also known as hardcore techno) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany in the early 1990s. It is distinguished by faster tempos (160 to 200 BPM or more) and a distorted sawtooth kick, the intensity of the kicks and the synthesized bass (in some subgenres), the rhythm and the atmosphere of the themes (sometimes violent), the usage of saturation and experimentation close to that of industrial dance music. It would spawn subgenres such as gabber.
Genre family tree
Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Hardcore.
Key artists
- Angerfist
Related genres
Frequently asked questions
What is Hardcore?
Hardcore is a music genre that emerged in Germany in the 1980s. It is usually classed as a form of electronic dance music.
Where and when did Hardcore originate?
Hardcore originated in Germany in the 1980s.
Who are famous Hardcore artists?
Angerfist.