Terrorcore
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Terrorcore is a term used by a listener to describe a piece of hardcore techno. Compared to other hardcore genres like breakcore, which uses the influence of breakbeat, and speedcore, which concentrates on exceedingly high beats per minute, terrorcore is a difficult term to define as each listener has a different definition of what terror is. Terrorcore employs the use of "scary" samples and synthesised sounds to give the tunes their "terror" edge. Terrorcore can utilise both sped-up d'n'b samples and four-to-the-floor drum patterns, frequently with tunes switching between both styles and then "dropping" with both simultaneously.
Terrorcore has been used to describe:
- Tracks between 120 to 500 beats per minute.
- Tracks with varying numbers of layers to their sound. ie, a simple construction of bassline and ambient sounds versus tracks that use many sound sources, all often played at the same time (a "busy" track).
- Tracks will often contain samples from films, mainly horror, and other such "dark" media sources.de:Terrorcore