Хардкор техно, так же часто именуемое просто "хардкор", зародился из техно (которое, в свою очередь ведет свои корни к диско) в начале 90х в нескольких странах, таких как Великобритания, Нидерланды, Германия. Стиль характеризуется высоким темпом, и ритмичным использованием атональных, и дисторшированых битов и семплов сродни индустриальным.
Делится на несколько поджанров (из Википедии):
Old Skool - This retrospective term is usually reserved for tracks produced in the early 90's, a large period of growth for Hardcore. Lots of piano rolls, bouncy basslines and breakbeats and plenty of female vocals and classic "rave" sounds.
Breakcore - Combines hardcore with elements of breakbeat and glitch music. Often played at extremely high tempo.
Gabber - Most popular in The Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Belgium, characterized by heavy bass drum sound, usually created with distortion, 150+ bpm.
Hardstyle - Characterized by hard synth riffs and the 4 to the floor bass line. Usually has a sample that is played multiple...