Digital hardcore is a fusion genre that combines hardcore punk with electronic dance music genres such as breakbeat, techno, and drum and bass while also drawing on heavy metal and noise music. It typically features fast tempos and aggressive sound samples. The style was pioneered by Alec Empire of the German band Atari Teenage Riot during the early 1990s, and often has sociological or leftist lyrical themes.
German band Atari Teenage Riot are considered progenitors of the style.
Drum and bass is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast breakbeats with heavy bass and sub-bass lines, samples, and synthesizers. The genre grew out of the UK's jungle scene in the 1990s.
DJ Dextrous, a trailblazer in the early days of Jungle music, seen here showcasing his skills behind the decks during a performance in Switzerland in 2015.
Adam F performs at Listen at Club Alchemy in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 3, 2006.
The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, produced 1980–1984, had a bass drum sound which became very important in drum and bass.
Pendulum performing live in 2010