Hard techno
Hard techno takes techno faster and harder. Kicks are distorted and the pace rarely drops. It is harsher and quicker than club techno.
Neighbouring sounds
Counted from artists tagged with both hard techno and the other sound.
Who plays it
AlsoTechno
Boo! Seattle, Lightning in a Bottle, Movement Music Festival, Proper NYE, and 5 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
Decadence Arizona, Lights All Night, Wasteland Southern California
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
Countdown NYE, Forbidden Kingdom
Boo! Seattle, Wasteland Southern California
Wasteland Southern California
Wasteland Southern California
Also taggedCUTDWN 1DJ Mad Dog 1Fantasm 1GRAVEDGR 1Johannes Schuster 1JOWI 1Mad Dog 1MADGRRL 1Water Spirit 1
These artists are tagged with hard techno as their main sound, then ranked by how many festival lineups record them. A Spotify player is shown only when a confirmed embed already exists. Tags cover 739 artists. Names without a tag are left off this list.
Where it plays
Wasteland Southern California
23%San Bernardino, CA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 10 of 43 tagged names play hard techno as a main sound.
Movement Music Festival
20%Detroit, MI. Tagged lineup, 2026. 2 of 10 tagged names play hard techno as a main sound.
2 of 2 rows use tagged names. A tagged share is used when at least 5 names are tagged and they cover at least 30% of the bill. The other rows use the genre mix in the festival file. Each row says which.