Lol wtf. Subgenres upon subgenres upon subgenres. People get so fucking ridiculous with that..
What the fuck is hardstyle anyway? I feel like it is somehow related to screamo
Well, all genres are a subgenre of one genre...
It's a form of electronic dance music (EDM) with a tempo typically consisting of 150bpm. It isn't particularly popular but it is becoming increasingly popular every year, last year was a good year for hardstyle and I believe it's audience has expanded drastically compared to it's audience in 2012. How? I believe it's because of festivals in America (EDM Las Vegas and artists touring America) and Headhunterz (he's like the most known producer) being signed to Ultra Records. Hardstyle has also become less 'raw' in the last year with tracks like 'Wildstylez ft. Neils Geusebroek - Year of Summer', which in fact got a Gold Record this year at X-Qlusive Wildstylez and made it on Dutch radio (alongside of Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - Lose My Mind). To me I feel that Gabber is hardstyle sister/brother style which is much much more hard/raw. Good festivals are Defqon 1 (which I am going to this year) and Qlimax, both which are hosted by Q-Dance and held in The Netherlands.
Raw hardstyle track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-2TcNJMfdwNon-raw hardstyle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA0t6ErCtusEuphoric hardstyle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EENk51ofvMg (Wasted Penguinz just released their album Wistfulness, my favourite artist)
and now what will be becoming mainstream over the coming year or two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HcvRIMU_Xs I hope you can determine the differences.