The Detroit-Hardcore Connection - Sonic Mayhem in the Earliest Days of Techno

Detroit was there, right at the beginning of Techno music; or, to be more exact, even before that beginning.
The sound of Detroit (in such incarnations as Cybotron or Model 500, for example) was one of the few major strains of music (together with a variety of other paths - like EBM, 80s Electro "Funk", House music, Synth Pop...) that led to the formation, evolution, and tenacity of what we now consider to be Techno music.

Fans, maniacs, and music journalists often oppose "Detroit Techno" to 'later' music genres, such as Hardcore Techno, Rotterdam Gabber, and so on; with Detroit often being considered the prodigious brainchild, while Gabber... well, it is denominated to be more of a "dirty rave bastard" then.
But little do they know that even in the earliest days of "Detroit", numerous releases got put out which are fairly hardcore, rave-y, almost "proto-gabber" themselves...

In sonic aesthetics definitely comparable to "Hardcore vibes" that were being transmitted out of Europe or UK in these same years. And quite parallel in sheer power, force, and punch of the kickdrum, too!
"Hardcore Detroit" is very much a thing.

And that's what we will be looking at now.
Showcasing 10 tracks that fit the bill.

1. X-103 - Curse Of The Gods (Thera EP - AX-103)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCdpzKkihbA

2. X-103 - Eruption (Thera EP - AX-103)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ShY9RIboc

3. Underground Resistance - Riot (Riot EP - UR-010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUoRXLrcl10

4. Underground Resistance - Assault (Riot EP - UR-010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC51_ZZpQhc

5. X-102 - Groundzero (The Planet) (OBX-A - UR-019.5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhT2O67Pm3M

6. X-101 - Sonic Destroyer (Sonic Destroyer - UR-013.5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtqJdISUEtE

7. Jeff Mills - Data 06 (The Mayday Compilation Vol. III - Low Spirit 519 361-1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoB40bwnSCs

8. Brother From Another Planet - Planet Earth (Planet Earth / Trance Missions - SC-001)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDKSmpe1rhQ

9. The Subjects vs. Jeff Mills - Dark Matter (Dark Matter - TOW-003-XXX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki1ivktBnk8

10. Missing Channel - Onslaught (Decision 2) (Onslaught - HW-001)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQJzcWfUbgE

(We'd like to thank to traffic_cone for extra suggestions).

Do you know more tracks like these? Let us know in the comments!