Hardcore

Music

Styles

• Hardcore punk, a heavier, faster version of punk rock
• Post-hardcore, a musical offshoot of hardcore punk.
• Hardcore dancing, a form of mosh dancing or slam dancing
• Melodic hardcore, a subgenre that's more melodic than traditional hardcore

• Hardcore techno, a style of electronic music typified by a fast tempo and the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal beats and samples
• Breakbeat hardcore, shares its rhythm lines with breakbeat
• Hardcore breaks, written in the style of old skool rave music or breakbeat hardcore using modern technology
• Happy hardcore, typified by a very fast tempo and 'happy' lyrics
• UK hardcore, born in the early 90s in the United Kingdom
• Hardcore hip hop, a subgenre of hip hop characterized by confrontational lyrics and gritty beats
• Hardcore dancing

Albums

• Hard Core, the 1996 debut album by Lil' Kim
• Hardcore (album), a 2004 album by Daddy Freddy
• Hardcore '81, a 1981 album by D.O.A.
• Hardcore, a 1997 album by Neophyte

Wrestling

• Hardcore wrestling, a style of professional wrestling

Pornography

• Hardcore pornography, a form of pornography that features penetration

Film and television

• Hardcore (film), a 1979 film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring George C. Scott

Comic books

• Hardcore (comics) a Marvel Comics villain.