Sound / Hard dance family

Hardstyle

Hardstyle is fast and built on a distorted kick drum that carries the rhythm. Tracks pair that kick with big melodies. The kick stays distorted and the tempo stays fast.

Main-sound artists: 42
Festivals: 2
Neighbouring sounds: 6

Other sounds on the same artists

Neighbouring sounds

Full crossover chart

Dubstep3 artists
Hard techno3 artists
Trap3 artists
Big room2 artists
House1 artist
Trance1 artist

Counted from artists tagged with both hardstyle and the other sound.

Artists / main sound, by lineup count

Who plays it

01
Kayzo
6 lineups across 5 festivals
AlsoDubstep Trap
Boo! Seattle, Wasteland Southern California, Nocturnal Wonderland, Bass Canyon, and 1 more
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
02
Coone
4 lineups across 2 festivals
Escape Halloween, Wasteland Southern California
03
DJ Isaac
4 lineups across 2 festivals
Escape Halloween, Wasteland Southern California
04
Yosuf
3 lineups
Forbidden Kingdom, Freaky Deaky, Wasteland Southern California
05
Darren Styles
3 lineups across 2 festivals
AlsoTrance
Escape Halloween, Wasteland Southern California
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03
06
TNT
3 lineups across 1 festival
Wasteland Southern California
07
Frontliner
2 lineups
Escape Halloween, Wasteland Southern California
08
Lady Faith
2 lineups
Escape Halloween, Wasteland Southern California
09
Atmozfears
2 lineups across 1 festival
Wasteland Southern California
10
Bioweapon
2 lineups across 1 festival
Wasteland Southern California
11
Da Tweekaz
2 lineups across 1 festival
Wasteland Southern California
12
Sub Zero Project
2 lineups across 1 festival
Wasteland Southern California
Open on Spotify ↗Loads only when you press play · checked 2026-10-03

Also taggedWarface 2 Brennan Heart 1 Adaro 1 AniMe - No Boundaries 1 Audiofreq 1 Code Black 1 D-Block & S-te-Fan 1 D-Sturb 1 Dead X 1 DJ Anime 1 DJ The Prophet 1 Dr Phunk 1 Dual Damage 1 Gammer 1 Hartshorn 1 Headhunterz 1 Hpnotic 1 Keltek 1 Kruelty 1 Kutski 1 Levenkhan 1 LNY TNZ 1 Mish 1 Radical Redemption 1 Rooler 1 Sihk 1 Soren 1 Sound Rush 1 The Purge 1 Vertile 1

These artists are tagged with hardstyle 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.

Festivals / ranked by share of the lineup

Where it plays

Wasteland Southern California
40%
San Bernardino, CA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 17 of 43 tagged names play hardstyle as a main sound.
Escape Halloween
10%
San Bernardino, CA. Tagged lineup, 2026. 9 of 94 tagged names play hardstyle 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.