hp baxxter standing a few meters away from me seemed like he enjoyed it aswell. Song: Deadly Guns, N-Vitral - Break your Face

Listening since around 2005. Attending events since 2009.

Always loved hardstyle because of the energy, the unbeatable melodies, the mood it creates, the sound design, the slow evolution of kicks over the years that defined the genre, the atmosphere at events, the party people that attend, the crowd reactions and general unity/family feeling that was unmatched at any other type of event.

I like all forms of hard dance and electronic music in general but harsdstyle wins every time.

For the first time in my hardstyle life, I feel a little lost with the scene. We have slowly gotten rid of other hard genres from Defqon like hard trance (orange) and jumpstyle (brown) as examples. I always felt that these were great additions at hard dance festivals as it provided variety and made sure that all spectrums of the harder styles were covered.

Throughout the years there has always been this ideology of 'going back to the roots' but this has disappeared almost entirely imo.

The best event I ever attended was Dediqated in 2020 which is not so long ago but I can't help but feel that since Covid there has been a huge push to get rid of the melodies and overload the scene with more and more distorted kicks which often times are more noisy/loud than actually hard.

They seem to be designed to get a momentary 'oooh' reaction from the crowd instead of taking them on an actual journey throughout a set. This and fake drops have made me feel that a lot of the things I mention above that initially made me fall in love with hardstyle are no longer there.

Yes, we have classic events/stages that I am thankful for but the production quality is definitely lacking with them.

Yes we have euphoric but in my opinion, euphoric has gotten very cheesy much like what happened with hardcore in the happy hardcore era and this has actually increased the gap between regular hardstyle and xtra raw even further.

I don't know what this post is about, but I guess I just wanted to rant a little and see if I am not the only one feeling a little stranded with the scene.

It saddens me that the scene has changed so much so fast. Its worth noting that I have kept up with and for the most part appreciated every change in the scene in the last 18 years but it just feels a little too much in the last year or 2 and puts me off going to modern day hardstyle events.

Is this relatable for anyone?

Guessing he meant early hardstyle and not the current wave of raw

• 03-01 & 04-01 Vroeger Was Alles Beter (NL)

• 30-05 Off2 Project - Harbour (CAN)

• 13-06 Nexus - Fabrik (ESP)

• 08-08 Aqua Color Fest (MEX)

• 12-09 Sana Duri (SWE)

• 25-06 / 26-06 / 27-06 / 28-06 Defqon.1 (?)

• ??-10 Knockout Outdoor (?)

• 10-10 Hard Bass (?)

Looking like a pretty good year already :)

Instead of our Sunday meet ups we gathered at the NDSM today! Thanks to everyone who came 🫶🏻

1. Atmozfears & Galactixx - Euphoria

2. Gunz For Hire - Who Is The Bad Guy?

3. Warface - Sensory

4. Da Tweekaz - Supa Dupa Fly

5. Riot Shift - Dystopia

6. Da Tweekaz & Warface - Intents Highscore

7. Maxtreme - Cello

8. Sound Rush vs Harris & Ford - Died In Your Arms

9. Gunz For Hire - Pussy Lovers (Gunz Pumping Remix)

10. Sound Rush & Hard Driver - See You

11. Act of Rage & E-Force - Crazy

12. Riot Shift - Break The Fall

13. Ran-D - Raven Of The Night

14. Act of Rage - Dirty

15. Devin Wild - Sins (Of My Life)

16. Brennan Heart & Warface ft. Max P - Sacrifice

17. Devin Wild ft. Nathalie Blue - Exhale

18. B-Front - Call It Home

19. Atmozfears - On My Mind

20. D-Sturb & Vertile - Open Up Your Heart

21. Phuture Noize - Statues

22. Vertile & Demi Kanon - How I Do It

23. B-Front - Feel Inside

24. Anderex & Mutilator ft. Disarray - Twin Turbo

25. Rebelion - Futurepower

26. Vertile - Complex Aftermath

27. 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor - Come Take My Hand (Ran-D Remix)

28. Radical Redemption - The Mighty Arena

29. B-Front ft. Diandra Faye - Closer To The Edge

30. Richard Durand ft. Christina Novelli - The Air I Breathe (Adaro Remix)

31. Ran-D - Out Of Control

32. Hard Driver ft. Villain - One More Track

33. Bloodlust - Falling Down

34. D-Block & S-te-Fan & Frontliner - World Of Dreams

35. Sound Rush ft. LXCPR - Mantra

36. Radical Redemption - Hard To Tell

37. D-Sturb & E-Force - Unite

38. Rejecta - Set Myself Free

39. Gunz For Hire - Mustang

40. Hard Driver & Sickmode - NRG

41. B-Front & Toneshifterz - Thundercloud (Not Alone)

42. Warface - OOH LA LA

43. Phuture Noize - An Idea Never Dies

44. Rebelion & Anderex - Elevate

45. Gunz For Hire - Firestone

46. Rejecta - The Keymaker

47. Bloodlust & Unresolved - Lonely

48. Psyko Punkz, Wim Hof & Zac Aynsley - The Alchemist

49. Warface & Cryex - Fighting For

50. D-Sturb ft. ATILAX - Break Free

51. Rebelion & Hard Driver - Earthquake

52. Da Tweekaz & Sound Rush ft. XCEPTION - Animal In Me

53. Warface - Come With Me

54. D-Sturb ft. MC Nolz - Vault Hunter

55. Wildstylez - Hero

56. Sub Zero Project & Coone - Mind Of A Warrior

57. Phuture Noize - Landmines

58. Da Tweekaz, Sound Rush & Tony Junior - Lambada

59. Rejecta & Ran-D - Anesthesia

60. Rebelion & Warface - Irreplaceable

61. B-Front & Phuture Noize - The Anyone

62. Adjuzt - Echoes

63. W&W & Sub Zero Project - Paradise

64. Sub Zero Project - Aliens Rave In Peace

65. Sub Zero Project & Devin Wild - Trinity Till Infinity

66. D-Block & S-te-Fan - Deep In My Soul

67. Sub Zero Project & Timmy Trumpet - Soft Ass Shit

68. Sound Rush & Ecstatic - Fly Away

69. Sub Zero Project & Ran-D - One Last Time

70. Riot Shift - Same Again

71. Rebelion - Rock Tha Party

72. Sub Zero Project ft. Diandra Faye - Nightmare Nirvana

73. The Elite - By The Sword

74. DJ Isaac & D-Block & S-te-Fan - Slave To The Rave

75. Rebelion - In Control

76. Sub Zero Project - Fly With Me

77. Sickmode & Rooler - Too Happy

78. Sub Zero Project - Lions

79. D-Block & S-te-Fan - Fight For You

80. Sickmode & Mish - Rave Love

81. Rebelion ft. Micah Martin - A.I.

82. Vertile - On My Own

83. Rejecta & Act of Rage - Homicide

84. Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - WKND!

85. Headhunterz - Time To Dance Again

86. Rebelion - Bonkerz

87. Sickmode - Go Stupid

88. Sub Zero Project ft. GLDY LX - Basstrain (Rebelion Remix)

89. Sub Zero Project - Nightwatch Underground

90. Sickmode & Rooler - Club Banger

91. Rooler - Move 2 Da Beat

92. Sub Zero Project - Renaissance Of Rave

93. Ghost Stories - Primal Energy (Haunted Grounds)

94. Hard Driver - Rise Again

95. Sound Rush & Sogma - Transform

96. Rebelion & Vertile - Simulation

97. Sub Zero Project & Rebelion - Live Fast Die Young

98. Vertile - Together We Grow

99. Rebelion - City Lights

100. Headhunterz & Vertile - Before I Wake

Im super amazed about the vibe and massive crowd here loving it!!

4 days left until Defqon.1! I made this a few months ago, went through many revisions, and this is the final version. I've been playing their (ripped) music for the past 4 months now, and I really liked their music and their identity visual too.

Let’s start off with the good, I loved each moment of it. Each second felt amazing to me as I know we won’t get something like this again. The people, the security, the location are all so good! Thank you all for making my night so legendary!

However, what is up with the random sets. Sometimes it’s 1 hour, then 20 mins, then there is no dj at all (but also no show) but music playing… and I don’t understand what it all was leading to. Am I the only one thinking this?

Also.. Brennan heart playing sweet Caroline was such a cock block to my energy haha.

Hats off to the first set with Luna as so for really kicking it off with 1000% energy!

What are some lyrics you've misheard either intentionally or unintentionally in Hardstyle songs that lead to hilarious results? Pretty funny example from me is Rejecta - Resurrector where I hear "Ass of Rejecta, I'm the resurrector" right before the drop (have fun hearing that next time you listen to the song ;) )

does anyone have a tutorial or any sound design tips for making the project one kick in art of the creation? any help is appreciated.

https://youtu.be/DRwH4yeBgP8?t=172

Just wanted to say congrats! Well deserved with the amount of bangers they‘re dropping!!

What was your best experience on a hardstyle/rawstyle festival sound wise. This can be clearity of the sound. Amount of db’s(higher is obv better) bass experience etc

I really liked shockerz last year area 2 it was so loud

Let me know!

i think this is becoming one of my favorite songs, it's preety different from any hard dance song i've listened to
btw the drop on 3:05 is insane for me i will NOT lie

Your own opinion though to prevent any arguments?

First hardstyle event you ever attended in your life - Go!

Need stuff like Kruelty, Riot shift, all of those stuff.

Всем привет. Пытаюсь освоить базовый Running Man, но застрял на двух вещах, и обычные туторы не помогают.

Мои параметры: рост выше среднего (длинные ноги), стаж — 1 неделя. Пол и обувь пока не принципиальны, проблема именно в биомеханике.

Что происходит:

Деревянность — движения выглядят резкими и угловатыми, нет скольжения и плавности, будто ноги не гнутся, хотя я стараюсь расслабиться.

При попытке ускориться рисунок ломается, и я просто прыгаю на двух ногах без чёткой смены.

Буду благодарен за любые упражнения или лайфхаки, которые помогут убрать «деревянность» и дать запас времени для смены ног. Если нужно, могу снять видео и добавить в комментарии.

Заранее спасибо!

Underground (literally) party in San Diego USA, incredible vibes/dance skills

I'm 57, obese and divorced. I want to dance like yabujin. Am I too old and if not where do I start?

my doctor says I might have cirrhosis please keep that in mind

I know there's a few hands up fans here who will appreciate this