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Saturday, October 12, 2024

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!

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