Hardcore
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Hardcore may mean:
Music
Styles
- Hardcore hip hop, a subgenre of hip hop characterized by confrontational lyrics and gritty beats
- Hardcore punk, a heavier, faster version of punk rock
- Post-hardcore, a musical offshoot of hardcore punk
- Hardcore dancing, a form of mosh dancing or slam dancing
- Metalcore, a heavy metal and hardcore punk crossover
- Melodic hardcore, a subgenre that's more melodic than traditional hardcore
- Hardcore techno, a style of electronic music typified by a fast tempo and the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal beats and samples
- Breakbeat hardcore, shares its rhythm lines with breakbeat
- Hardcore Breaks, written in the style of old skool rave music or breakbeat hardcore using modern technology
- UK hardcore, found at the start of the 21st century in the United Kingdom
Albums
- Hard Core, the 1996 debut album by Lil' Kim
- Hardcore (album), a 1997 album by Neophyte
- Hardcore (Daddy Freddy album), a 2004 album by Daddy Freddy
- Hardcore '81, a 1981 album by D.O.A.
Wrestling
- Hardcore wrestling, a style of professional wrestling
- For various hardcore wrestling titles, see the section Hardcore championship in the above article
Pornography
- Hardcore pornography, a form of pornography that features explicit sexual acts
Film and television
- Hardcore (film), a 1979 film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring George C. Scott