While everyone knows the output of The Mover, Miro, Dr. Macabre, The Horrorist, etc., here is a look at some tracks on the rarer and more obscure side of things. These tracks helped to shape the Doomcore genre in the 90s and / or were simply magnificent.
Some of our picks are still deeply rooted in the Techno / Rave era and just bubbling over into darker territories a bit, while others take an experimental and / or very unusual approach to the Doomcore sound (or Dark Hardcore in general). But, either way, they are not to be missed.
These are tracks that you could drop in a modern Doomcore set and it would sound fresh all the same.
Current 909 - The Lockdown
The classic "Ghosts of the civil dead" sample. Don't we love it?
A very unique sound. Reverberated drums, graveyard melody, weird and disturbing noises.
Most people know this track from being the into to Manu Le Malin's second chapter of the "Biomechanik" series".
The Central Industrial prison is now under permanent lock-down!
Yes, Early Breakcore heroes Sonic Subjunkies actually made a Doomcore smasher, too!
Great use of the two-tone choir pad melody concept. Effective drums, and a nice addition of Acid squealing, as well as the Subjunkies' affection for anime samples.
But... "this chapter is finished".
Radioactive Goldfish - Pink Potassium
Robert Armani - Hit Hard
Fuse - Substance abuse
X-101 - Rave new world
X-101 is the master of harder Detroit Techno productions (remember Sonic Destroyer?), and this track incorporates very dark synths, as well.
Lorenz Attractor - Complexity Crisis
Very PCP-influenced. But also reminiscent of Aphex Twin in a way.
Great Techno-Doomcore track. Wait until the melody truly unfolds in the second act.
Lorenz Attractor also gained notoriety for his Disciples of Belial project.
But for now, go ahead and gaze into the dark abyss that is the history of Doomcore, and don't be shocked when this abyss gazes back at you.
Very fine track by US Hardcore pioneer DJ Repete. Has all elements of the Doomcore formula already, distorted, nasty 909 drums, frantic percussion and dark, brooding, sweeping saw-tooth pads.
This track was cained a lot by PCP's Miro at Hardcore parties (and other DJs, of course!)
Aftermath - The Aftermath
Very fine track by US Hardcore pioneer DJ Repete. Has all elements of the Doomcore formula already, distorted, nasty 909 drums, frantic percussion and dark, brooding, sweeping saw-tooth pads.
This track was cained a lot by PCP's Miro at Hardcore parties (and other DJs, of course!)
The classic "Ghosts of the civil dead" sample. Don't we love it?
A very unique sound. Reverberated drums, graveyard melody, weird and disturbing noises.
Most people know this track from being the into to Manu Le Malin's second chapter of the "Biomechanik" series".
The Central Industrial prison is now under permanent lock-down!
Sonic Subjunkies - Confusion
Yes, Early Breakcore heroes Sonic Subjunkies actually made a Doomcore smasher, too!
Great use of the two-tone choir pad melody concept. Effective drums, and a nice addition of Acid squealing, as well as the Subjunkies' affection for anime samples.
But... "this chapter is finished".
Radioactive Goldfish - Pink Potassium
A track to die for. Yes, this is very Techno, almost House-y, but the pads that come in are just scary, disturbing. A true Horror Techno exposition.
In his acid house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
In his acid house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
Robert Armani - Hit Hard
This early track by Robert Armani hits hard, indeed. 909 pounding, rave signals - and a dark, mystic, almost oriental melody, adding a Doom touch to this classic track.
Fuse - Substance abuse
Could've be mistaken for a "regular" early techno, acid affair... but then some dark, strange chanting comes in, almost like a bunch of nuns trying to summon the devil... so this is a very somber affair here, indeed.
X-101 - Rave new world
X-101 is the master of harder Detroit Techno productions (remember Sonic Destroyer?), and this track incorporates very dark synths, as well.
Pascal - The Future Is Ours
Zombie Rave at its best. Ecstatic, dark, punishing, relentless. Definitely from the huge space rave arena period. Definitely twisted. Something to fuel the doomed dancefloor, indeed.
Very PCP-influenced. But also reminiscent of Aphex Twin in a way.
Great Techno-Doomcore track. Wait until the melody truly unfolds in the second act.
Lorenz Attractor also gained notoriety for his Disciples of Belial project.
Cybermouse - My Dorectives
Droney Dark Techno. I just love this track. Very unusual sounds, and the brooding bass line really adds to it.
Proto / Early Doomcore is still on!
Do you know more examples of tracks like this? Let us know!
Do you know more examples of tracks like this? Let us know!
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