When & where: 4th December 2021 Mannheim, Germanyįestival lineup (2019): Bad Company UK, Micropoint, Vandal, Detest, The Speed Freak, Neonlight, Miss Enemy, eDUB Each genre has its own dedicated stage in Mannheim's famous Mainmarkethalle, and all three stages are packed from start to finish with the scene's leading lights. Toxicator is very clear in its musical focus strictly hardcore, hardstyle and hard techno. Peacock, Warface, D-Ceptor, Partyraiser, Thorax When & where: 3rd December 2021 Munich, Germanyįestival lineup (2019): Miss K8, Atmozfears, Radical Redemption, Dr. Peacock, Ran-D, AftershockĬelebrate the hard side of life with this all night party in Munich alongside some of the scene's best DJs.
When & where: 25th - 27th June 2021 Biddinghuizen, Netherlandsįestival lineup (2019): Angerfist, Warface, D-Sturb, Sub Zero Project, DJ Coone, Dr. The fire has spread to Santiago de Chile and Sydney, though Q-dance's spirit and atmosphere will never find another home quite like the Netherlands. Over a decade of earth-shattering beats and sky-splitting visual effects, Defqon.1 has risen up as the biggest and greatest harder styles gathering on the planet.
The most famous, well-loved, and still the ultimate. To celebrate the scene's continued growth, we have a run down of the top festivals for hardstyle on the current circuit, all of which are guaranteed to have your hearts racing and fists pumping in no time.įestival lineup (2019): Brennan Heart, Angerfist, Ran-D, Noisecontrollers, DJ Coone, Da Tweekaz, Wildstylez, Mad Dog Having soundtracked the 90s European rave scene, the genre needed to reinvent itself, and artists such as Luna and The Prophet started experimenting during sets, turning down the BPM and also introducing something called a "reverse bass", which is essentially created by flipping round the kick drum beat.ĭespite this new sound taking on many of the traits of hardcore, its new direction was christened hardstyle due to its nuanced characteristics, and has gone onto become one of the most prominent sub-genres of EDM since its Dutch inception. At the turn of the millennium, hardcore was beginning to reach its commercial peak.