The Early Doomcore Techno And Dark Hardcore Canon

This canon covers the first generation of Doomcore Techno (i.e. Planet Core Production) and the second generation (the tenebrous contemporaries of PCP). It does not cover the later generations, i.e. those who were directly inspired by PCP and actively tried to build on their doomed legacy in one way or the other.

Or, in other words. It tries to cover the very beginnings of dark and shadowy Hardcore Techno emissions; that created a movement that is, to this day, as legendary as it is invisible. "Members only", so to say.

It contains both the more introverted, technoid sounds - and the all out twisted hardcore. The slower stuff - and the faster. The minimalist, and the monumental.

It also includes general dark hardcore tracks and those that are more "doomcore-adjacent", on the cusp, than pure breed doom sounds; but that we felt are important, too.

Of course such a list can only be incomplete and highly subjective.
Each Doomhead might have different tracks that they consider to be their very personal favorites.

You can read more about the doomcore genre here:

https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/p/the-90s-gabberpedia-underground.html#Doomcore
https://pcplegendsintheirlife.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-beginning-of-doomcore.html

P.S.
The interested person might also check the Early Hardcore Techno canon:

https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-early-hardcore-techno-canon-kickin_24.html

But for now... here we go again.

The Early Doomcore Canon

This canon is also accessible as a Youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvgSYgoYaFC_eL2pXuidlNKeQUCGk3rdf

1. Freez-E-Style - Enter The Gates Of Darkness (Stay Strong, Raise The Flag And Spread The Spheres Of Light) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdLhYfjWyJk
2. Aftermath - The Aftermath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Cvj3t7mOU
3. Arrivers - Dark Invader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ6qSKNNwoo
4. Arrivers - The Arrival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD8P0_7m76k
5. Arrivers - The Things To Come https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yly91eMxY84
6. Superpower - Innocent Minds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD5n2OlbYhQ
7. Superpower - By The Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF01F41lAYM
8. Superpower - In The Midnight Hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzzS4zrkNss
9. Miro - Purple Moon (Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l54irfablXg
10. E-Man - XTC Express (Higher Level Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjmGLB7YMcY
11. Renegade Legion - Torsion
12. Renegade Legion - Dark Forces
13. Miro - Blue Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yanWyEYyklA
14. Disintegrator - In The Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AyvjLrw1uc
15. Miro - Purple Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMKbCf8gXmk
16. Pascal II - The Future Is Ours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP04JHjpl9s
17. Frozen - Soul Saver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKtmTT3rTAM
18. Reign - Hall (Maximum Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfEHhHoKUjo
19. Neuroviolence - Surfing On A Sea Of Blood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC5eh2FXggk
20. Reign - The Final https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WJOWKmnGMg
21. Evidence - Inspirit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMScljzpbvw
22. The Overlord - Master Of The Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q54KkVhE0tc
23. ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCzroN2ZzHk
24. DrMacabre - Dance Macabre https://hauntedhouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/danse-macabre
25. Lunatic Asylum - Seven https://hauntedhouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/seven
26. Cybermouse - My Dorectives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LAQpjPLdTE
27. Sonic Subjunkies - Confusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxRQWxdWQ0Y
28. Miro - Understand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T5VX9fT7vk
29. Taciturne - Phenylphrin-Hydrochlorid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7mx7KEa0B0
30. Neuroviolence - Baal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2dmeTl5U9M
31. Neuroviolence - Das Boot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geIDYy_KItI
32. Neuroviolence - ETA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrxy7iZXbGo
33. Frozen - Into The Light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPioPBCsWTA
34. I-F - Shadow Of The Clown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUBFAkBbwhU
35. Taciturne - Haematopan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J-TGMJ2yuc
36. Robert Armani - Hit Hard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUoHrGDFcqg
37. Lorenz Attractor - Shadow Fax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkdHFP0nXEk
38. Lorenz Attractor - Complexity Crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pqUqp_P6ks
39. The Mover - Track 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dna578Br2cE
40. I-F - Envy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPoEKSxY-5M
41. X-101 - Rave New World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoKARg1efEw
42. Dr Macabre - Macabre https://www.hardtunes.com/tunes/dr.-macabre-meets-rotterdam-terror-corps-macabre-remastered/49145
43. The Horrorist - Mission Ecstasy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRoA8O5m6_Q
44. Manga Corps - The Hunter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qer_ygpcnZE
45. T-Bone Castro - Return 2 Planet E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNq300IPGpU
46. Manga Corps - First Wave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcjUHbPmEWA
47. Manga Corps - War Dancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJUfjXQyECM
48. Superpower - Molecule Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2SnAvyeCew
49. The Horrorist - Flesh Is The Fever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK-i-O-REPA
50. Superpower - Dark Germany https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptHGg_pxr88
51. Rat Of Doom - Untitled (A1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7csOBKpqdY
52. Taciturne - Der Toten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXYVBKo63ZE
53. Rat Of Doom - Before The Breakdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QgjAxf_bVk
54. Rat Of Doom - Untitled (B2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QgjAxf_bVk
55. Current 909 - The Lockdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zttXZgPLe2Q
56. Manu Le Malin & The Horrorist - The Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFNymDEzWi8
57. Tanochinjaii - Fallen Angel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmn9TST5cAw
58. Evidence - Arctic Rider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gqwe4QqpVs
59. Evidence - Black Ice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf3T52qCuBo
60. French Connection - French Connection https://hauntedhouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/french-connection
61. Arrivers - I Declare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-1i7Lhe_Fs
62. Arrivers - Baptism of Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkK6q7obsv0
63. Negative Burn - Gates of Hell https://hauntedhouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/gates-of-hell
64. Negative Burn - Gates of Heaven https://hauntedhouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/gates-of-heaven
65. Dr. Macabre - Night of the Living Dead https://hauntedhouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/night-of-the-living-dead
66. Arrivers - The Sky Is Falling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIGaf_nSGFk
67. Marc Acardipane ft. The Horrorist - Human Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IY-rt9tt5k
68. Acrosome - Akros Soma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHGQE7ThKAA
69. The Horrorist - Into the Moonbeam - Arena Mix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B5bpsr_1jk
70. The Horrorist - The Real World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMYBBcfGDZo
71. The Horrorist - We Are All Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDzn2iqFaxs
72. The Horrorist - Ice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG_YYav1-Nc
73. 8 A.M. - The Fog Track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a_ctvNWiik
74. Miro - Rizing High https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuYna6gmo9Q
75. Miro - Shining https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEB0o_pvDX0
76. Dr Macabre - You Must Die
77. Superpower - Move: Don't Stop! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Ud0m9HUf8
78. The Horrorist - Can You Hear The Sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdSY6gaEhzk
79. Current 909 - Hospitalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifn-ObDCz6A
80. Reign - Light and Dark (The Next Dimension) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JxZ_qc5O7Q
81. Reign - Skeletons March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMSoMCBHDp0
82. Taciturne - Den Toten (97 Hammel Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN0A7xB9WLM
83. Current 909 - Information War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFNRs-Ybg8A
84. Current 909 - Golden Dawn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIpvd7XQEmc
85. The Horrorist - Run For Your Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZnXnVE-yyU
86. The Horrorist - It Goes Like This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fx1b_V8ItU
87. Corrosion Of Conformity - King Of The Rotten (Kotzaak Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4H78JuizFM
88. Somatic Responses - Axon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsMILhciNas
89. Reign - Start Level 99 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K6bu6KYNHs
90. Cypher - Marchin' into Madness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7U3wa4_Iuc
91. Rave Creator - Thru Eternal Fog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neyGgKMqa8g
92. Temper Tantrum - Africa 4010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A2MYc_n1xg
93. Reign - Hall (Huge Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De4sHmNO3eU
94. Program 1 - Betrayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfhzlAKfLTM
95. Taciturne - Mourning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8oQYVpWpDg
96. Zekt - Explorers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-lMcdwoS90
97. Zekt - Exp. Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGKRlwiignQ
98. Zekt - Phantom In The Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwfs96sfNrI
99. Reincarnated Regulator - The Hiding (Reanimated Chicago Dub) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwfs96sfNrI
100. FFM Shadow Orchestra - D.N. Acid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs7YFn9M93c
101. FFM Shadow Orchestra - A Second Split https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx_e6-eyhEY
102. FFM Shadow Orchestra - French B*tch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSRqekH_Yds
103. FFM Shadow Orchestra - Dead Man Walking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkWeX-mdxmc
104. The Mover - Gatecrusher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5LDbKDUwhY
105. The Mover - Nightflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otMIaSNgpQg
106. DJ Jappo & Lancinhouse - Sacrifice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqtrA14IwlA
107. The Horrorist - Symphony #9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2--8ymMEM0
108. DJ Silence - I Got The Beat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1zZoCG3oVc
109. DJ Silence - Terra Firma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5z24C3D4PI
110. DJ Silence - Immortal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUN6KM7r7kI
111. Planet Phuture - 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8_POK8Zb1A
112. Cold Blooded Split - Untitled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDeAGkM-_Vo
113. Cold Blooded Split - Invaders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8arS-6NQoA
114. Program 1 - MF Skulls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7NJ_Oq3Bdw
115. Dusty Angel - Acid Bitch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlUTXCGfzFA
116. The Mover - At The Abyss Of Deception https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njAy9a9g-pE
117. PCP - The Phuture (Live 28.1.94 FFM Festhalle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQUvqT5vKkY
118. Planet Phuture - Suburban Survival System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKXORonR6ZM
119. Darius G - Dead Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMVyUcaZqdg
120. Darius G - Final Cut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUJI3tP_9TQ
121. Darius G - Industrial Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lCVGBHhbmw
122. Program 1 - World's Hardest MF (Leathernecks Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMs40jhWBcI
123. Epoch 90 - Last Night of the World (War Zone) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6mEWPOGsiE
124. Mask ‎– Behind The Line A1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPHSgcWpSy8
125. Reincarnated Regulator - Untitled A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt8o9jjJemA
126. Reincarnated Regulator - Untitled B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA4l14xQlV8
127. Zekt - True Hard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC9HPrK7Ap8
128. Zekt - The Outside World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryJpTaS7peU
129. Terrorists - America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvMsvNu4HrY
130. 303 Nation - Dos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDwGeBzDRVk
131. 303 Nation - A World Noire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltgybSBCQBc
132. The Overlord - Countdown 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBhyeOsnj68
133. The Overlord - Kill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM35nYUhVJ0
134. Noface - Master Of The Lost Souls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkjiXe-6FaY
135. Noface - Torment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-2bd_Jm_Mo
136. Lorenz Attractor - Dissonance And Disorder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l2Rr67vs6U
137. George Sabellicus - B1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAzmL8Mcigc
138. George Sabellicus - B2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Ux-sH2wJg
139. Spurious - Morpheus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-mpt_oZgPY
140. Evidence - Resist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSNBmba_Itw
141. Miro - Understand (Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKdOhHl-oc4
142. Miro - Arize https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFOUFFWXWus
143. Miro - Destroy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhNoywmHfRE
144. The Mover - Astral Demons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSMT2KdQt5Q
145. The Mover & Rave Creator - Astral Demons 94 (Cold Planet Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSz84WbjfkQ
146. The Mover - Into Wasteland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofpZbYp72U
147. The Mover - Reconstructin' Instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZXDqKhSmBU
148. Alien Christ - Of Suns & Moons Phase II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRu4Mezxsjw
149. Alien Christ - Interracial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_HYDNpaVww
150. Barracuda - Braineaters (Craig Tayaffo Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOK0pf-SK0
151. Barracuda - Braineaters (Bellini Uno Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXfuuHZJigg
152. The Mover - World Downfall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJXSZmrELRs
153. The Mover - The Emperor Takes Place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpTMIdTHcZc
154. The Mover - Over Land & Sea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb3mAoaPjz4
155. The Mover - Changing Platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFakkMXHfiM
156. Ultra Spaceman - Electric (Cross) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FwbxoIOkhU
157. Frozen & Dr Macabre - Dimension Of The Doomed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qry87sLIhMw&t=2984

When it comes to the 90s era, another important factor was Fifth Era Records.
But due to the unique nature of their releases, we felt it would not do them justice to try to catalogue and list them in any way; thus, feel very free to explore these highly recommendable sounds on your own!