Hardcore
Hardcore is the short name for hardcore punk, a fast, loud and aggressive style that grew out of punk rock in the late 1970s.
In current use the word often points to the modern scene, where bands mix the original speed with heavier, metal-influenced riffs, shouted vocals and slow, pounding breakdowns made for moshing. The culture values independent labels and small, intense live shows. The same word is also used for hardcore techno, an unrelated fast electronic dance style.
Artists it is known for: Black Flag, Agnostic Front, Turnstile.
- Family
- Punk & Emo
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- United States, late 1970s
- Also called
- hardcore punk
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 3%
About 2,300 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have hardcore among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Hardcore artists
Turnstile
Knocked Loose
Minor Threat
Sickmode
Vieze Asbak
Lil Texas
Boundaries
Lekkerfaces
Hatebreed
Kublai Khan TX
The hardcore artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.