Hardcore
Hardcore is a generic term, used to describe something more extreme than mainstream versions.
Common uses include:
- Several (unrelated) styles of music;
- Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock, sometimes considered related to heavy metal
- Hardcore techno is a subgenre of techno closely related to the Gabba style, and includes Happy hardcore
- Hardcore hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop characterized by confrontational lyrics and gritty beats
- Hardcore pornography, a form of pornography that features explicit sexual acts
- Hard-core predicate, a mathematical term
- Hardcore wrestling, a style of professional wrestling
Other uses:
- Hard Core was Lil Kim's first album (1996)
- Rubble used in building, usually to fill foundation holes, is known as hardcore
- A 1979 film directed by Paul Schrader. See Hardcore (movie)