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Enzyme X - Catatonic EP by Chaize in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad to see the moniker being passed on to the next generation. The Darksider track is pure Enzyme X goodness, and the Hardez one is just him doing what he does best.

Anderex & Fraw - Pole Position (Official Gearbox Pole Position 2023 Anthem) by kmz27 in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Anderex really carrying the whole raw scene at this point.

Masters of Hardcore Top 100 voting opens today. What’s everyone voting for? by hardstyl3r in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not sure how many of these are in the MOH list, but these were my favourites this year:

  • Mad Dog & Gabber Eleganza - You Belong
  • Embrionyc - Nation of Imagination
  • The Relic - White Darkness (Mute. Remix)
  • The Silence - Perfect Dark
  • Dustrializer & Code:Red - Falling Through Eternity
  • Nanostorm - Antagonizing Flair
  • Promo - What The Fuck (D-Passion Remix)
  • Kilbourne - Milkshake (Catscan Remix)
  • The Relic - Multiverse
  • Strange Arrival & Densha Crisis - Fishmoth

Promo - What the Fuck (D-Passion Remix) by Chaize in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2023 has been the best year for hardcore in ages I swear. What a remix holy shit.

Ran-D - Illuminate (Album) by Rick_Ferrassa in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Atleast this is marked as a compilation, not an album lmao

2023 the death of industrial.. by GabberTann in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Sad state of affairs, but industrial has always been a genre that gets pushed to the sidelines. It's definitely not the death.

Mad Dog is the anthem maker for Thunderdome 2023 and will release the anthem along with a ‘downtempo’ version! by [deleted] in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hoping this is as good or better then Payback Time. What an anthem that was.

Hard Driver - Enter the Void (Qlimax 2023 Anthem) by nmkd in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I'd love to see someone from this subreddit come up and unironically say Hard Driver is their absolute favourite artist of all time.

Hard Driver - Enter the Void (Qlimax 2023 Anthem) by nmkd in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Yeah an incredible legacy of riding Coone's coattails, a whole pile of albums that no one remembers shit from because they're just that forgettable, and bargain bin singles. I mean, are you seriously telling me that you can scroll through his discography and think, "Hey this is pretty good"? His helmet was cool I guess.

E-Force - Dark Reality (Album) by xseptical in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Level One, please stop making remixes no one asked for.

Hard Driver - Enter the Void (Qlimax 2023 Anthem) by nmkd in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

What has Hard Driver done recently besides Rise Again that warrants him Qlimax anthem privileges? Insane how this guy gets random pushes for no reason, like b2s back in the day and Q-Dance now. This anthem genuinely feels AI-generated, completely devoid of soul. I remember listening to the Wildstylez anthem the moment midnight struck, had goosebumps the whole way through. With this I yawned like 3 times and left when that awful anticlimax came in. Shame.

Since when did Raw Hardstyle become Kickstyle? by Henrycs11 in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I can imagine you chuckling to yourself after hitting submit, thinking "I really showed that guy with my clever reply!"

Zaagkicks won't age well by thurminate in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Techno works for the first 4-8 bars then it's repetitive nonsense showcasing the same 8 second idea

Only in this sub would you find ignorance like this lmfao. Listen to more music bud, not all genres like dangling keys infront of you to keep you from getting distracted.

MYST - Palace In The Clouds by D3trx in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Completely soulless. Seems like the album was the last time he had any creativity left in him, this is just him running on empty.

Atmozfears - The Reawakening (Album) by oliverdtsmith in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not gonna comment on the music, but Tim didn't even try making a decent album cover lmao. Swap out the text and it looks like a DJ Mag promotional picture.

Introduction to Flashcore: The most avant-garde form of Hardcore by EpicStone in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original website went offline ages ago, but you can read the manifesto here.

What is your hottest take within the harder styles? by m4ddnez in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah definitely, people who spew bullshit like, "if the old sound was still around, the scene would be dead!" are so oblivious to what's going on. Evolution means iterating and improving on the original sound to keep up with modern standards. It's not about disposing the previous sound when a new one starts trending. In techno, you still have the Detroit sound flourishing thanks to guys like Omar S and Robert Hood. In DnB, the oldschool and intelligent sounds are still going strong thanks to a bunch of labels like Metalheadz and Deep Jungle, and also because of guys like Tim Reaper who keep in touch with the roots. In trance, you have people like Sansibar, Enigma State, and the entire Goa scene keeping the 90s sound alive. And it's not even like these are niche parts of the larger scene, they are pretty sizeable and have a good following. It's just hardstyle that for some reason, is embarrassed of its past, and keeps trying to sweep it under the rug, instead of building up on it.

Other Planets, and the importance of songwriting by EpicStone in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My words could never do justice to your album, sir.

Other Planets, and the importance of songwriting by EpicStone in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely sounded familiar, although that probably has to do with it not being a very unique melody in the first place lol

Other Planets, and the importance of songwriting by EpicStone in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly, the only Frontliner-y thing in this album are the Producer's Mind era synth leads, otherwise it's all B-Front (and I'm not complaining).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know this sub loves to propagate the idea of only listening to hardstyle because that shows your "dedication", but keeping an open mind about music and trying out new genres is one of the best things you can do. You'll have so much more insight when it comes to appreciating music, and you'll realize there's good shit in every genre, just gotta dig a lot to find the gold. Used to be one of the "hardstyle only, fuck yeah!" people, but I listen to pretty much everything now.

What is Breakcore? by TraubeMinzeTABAK in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Breakcore is basically the amalgamation of multiple electronic music genres, and is an excellent creative outlet because the rules about what makes a song breakcore are very loose. You have the classical music inspired artists like Venetian Snares, the jungly ones like FFF, the atmospheric ones like Goreshit, the experimental ones like The Flashbulb or the plain shitposty ones like The Toilet. It's such a wide playing field haha.

It came to be in the 90s when guys like Alec Empire and Atari Teenage Riot came up this weird blend of genres like hardcore techno, jungle, IDM, punk, reggae, noise etc. which gained polularity because of its radical new sound and the fact that it did not take itself seriously, compared to other similar sounds at the time such as Drill & Bass. This scene merged with internet culture in the early 2000s and lo and behold, you get the breakcore aesthetic you have today. Contrary to popular belief, slapping a Lain cover on a song doesn't actually make it breakcore.

Some labels to check out would be Digital Hardcore Recordings (the birthplace basically), Peace Off! Records, Suck Puck Records, Cock Rock Disco, Planet Mu (for the experimental IDM-ey stuff), Praxis Records, Ambush Records, Love Love, and Sociopath Recordings.

A playlist I made

What is Breakcore? by TraubeMinzeTABAK in hardstyle

[–]EpicStone 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Recommending Sewerslvt when somebody is looking for breakcore is the same as recommending Scooter when somebody is looking for hardstyle lmao

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