Hardstyle Future
Description
Hardstyle is a high-energy electronic dance music genre that blends the aggression of hardcore with the melodic drive of trance and hard trance. Emerging in the early 2000s, particularly from the Dutch and Italian scenes, it quickly developed a distinct identity built around huge, distorted kicks, euphoric melodies, and dramatic build-ups designed for big festival sound systems.
The most iconic element of Hardstyle is its kick drum: heavily distorted, often pitched, and carrying both the low-end bass and a crunchy midrange tone. Instead of a traditional bassline, the kick itself usually provides the groove, sometimes combined with reverse-bass patterns in early and classic Hardstyle, or ultra-compressed “tokky” kicks in modern and raw styles. Tempos typically sit between 140–160 BPM, giving the genre its relentless, driving feel.
Melodically, Hardstyle is known for big, emotional lead lines built from supersaws, layered plucks, and atmospheric pads. Euphoric Hardstyle leans into uplifting chords, anthem-style hooks, and sing-along toplines, often with long, cinematic breakdowns before the kick returns in full power. On the other side, Rawstyle (a harder branch of Hardstyle) emphasizes darker sound design, gritty screeches, dissonant riffs, and a more aggressive overall tone.
Structurally, Hardstyle tracks are crafted for DJ performance: intros and outros built from stripped-back kicks and percussion, impactful mid-sections, and huge drops that pay off the main melody. Sound design is heavily processed, with distortion, multiband compression, sidechain pumping, and creative use of pitch modulation and automation.
Culturally, Hardstyle is tied closely to large-scale festivals and dedicated fan communities. The music often features themed concepts, storytelling intros, and even “anthem” tracks written specifically for events. Whether euphoric and melodic or dark and raw, Hardstyle is all about intensity, emotional release, and a powerful, physical connection on the dancefloor.
Product Details
488 x Total Files
333 x Wav Files.
71 x MIDI Files.
84 x Serum 2 Presets
100% Royalty-Free.
589MB Unzipped | 540MB Zipped
Bass Loops / Shots
20 x Bass Loops [150BPM – 155BPM]
20 x Bass Loops MIDI
20 x Bass One-Shots Key Labelled
Drum Loops / Shots
5 x Build-Up Loops [145BPM – 155BPM]
20 x Full Loops [145BPM – 155BPM]
20 x Kick Loops [145BPM – 155BPM]
20 x Top Loops [145BPM – 155BPM]
10 x Claps
10 x Percussion
5 x Snares
20 x Kicks One-Shot Punch & Bass
20 x Kicks One-Shot Punch
5 x Crashes
10 x Hi-Hats
10 x Rides
FX
5 x Atmosphere Loops
5 x Downlifters
5 x Impacts
5 x Reverse Synths
5 x Uplifters
Synth Loops / Shots
58 x Synth Loops (Some Variants)
51 x Synth Loops MIDI
50 x Synth Shots
Serum 2 Presets
84 Total x Serum 2 Presets (Labelled)
5 x Atmosphere Loops
20 x Bass Loops - (Types - Reese, Hard, Soft, Sub
19 x Kick Loops
40 x Synth Loops - (Types – Leads, Layers, Pads, Plucks, Arps)
*Please use Serum 2 Version 2.0.24 or later.
