In these branches you will hear hardstyle more often

If you are a big fan of hardstyle, you will no longer have to surf around the web and try to figure out which websites support the community. In the past few years, more and more people have closed hardstyle in their hearts. Also, for the commercial market, hardstyle has become more pronounced than ever. You will find the harder styles of music in more places. It became more interesting for those who market hardstyle products with merchandising, but there are also more festivals than ever.

Hardstyle becomes more popular for many markets

Looking 5 years back, it was not easy to find communities that love hardstyle. Back in these days, other, ‘softer styles’ such as EDM or house were the styles that were mostly common. But the market has changed, and more and more DJs are embracing harder styles. Looking for a live party on Twitch? There’s a big chance you will find a stream that is fully about the genre, mostly from DJs from Austria and Germany. Also, hardstyle is heard more often in games with a big rush, to make a game even more exciting. Moreover, more event organizers organize events with a more hardstyle line-up. This way, you will not have to go to hardstyle only festivals anymore. You will find it more often at the mainstream festivals.

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Hardstyle DJs on Twitch

More and more DJs are experimenting with other styles than only EDM and House. Looking at the releases of the past year, even mainstream DJs have decided to embrace hardstyle. This also reflects on the livestream on Twitch. Twitch is not only a website to stream your gameplay, there is an own category that lets you listen to live DJ’s giving away their best sets.

Those DJs are experimenting with hardstyle more often. Especially the German and Austrian streamers have shifted away from mainstream EDM and are embracing this genre. Good recommendations would be the live stream of German AnastasiaRoseOffical and Syntica. Also GregorleDahl and Captain Horren are great recommendations.

Hardstyle in online casino games

Another market that is embracing hardstyle, is the online casino market. Especially when you are playing an exciting bonus game or another minigame in which the stakes are high, hardstyle is one of the best music formats to use. These styles have a more psychological effect on the brain. It is the perfect way to excite players who are gambling more. When gamblers play a game with high-speed graphics or a big rush, manufacturers of online casino games choose more often for harder styles, such as hardstyle.

According to Super Big Win, a website that let you compare all online casino’s and also informs you about the ins and outs of online gambling, more providers are integrating hardstyle music into their games. Gone are the days in which boring music was used for a chill game. Gambling became more exciting than ever, a great result of this development.

More hardstyle events for mainstream public

Are you planning to go to a festival? You could always choose for the known hardstyle events, such as Defqon.1 in Biddinghuizen (The Netherlands). Also, other festivals, such as Intens Festivals and Nexus Festival in Spain, are the largest hardstyle only festivals in the world.

But not all of your friends will enjoy this style, so you could also decide to go to other festivals, such as UNTOLD in Romania. But here’s the good news: you will not be dancing all evening in slower styles of dance music. Instead, more DJ’s such as David Guetta and Steve Aoki are embracing hardstyle. Even the more ‘mainstream’ producers are leaning more and more towards hardstyle. We could definitely spot the differences between tracks 10 years ago, and tracks now. This also leads to another trend: more and more mainstream radio stations are playing hardstyle-like songs. The BBC even came with a hardstyle special, back in 2012. This way, there is more acceptance than ever when it comes to listening to hardstyle.

Merchandising and hardstyle

Now hardstyle slowly is taking over the world, there are also more people who never came in touch with hardstyle music before. But once they have listened to the harder styles, they are embracing hardstyle. This is good news for the merchandising markets, as there are more businesses who will promote the music style. This way, you will not need to look very far to find t-shirts, caps and wristbands to support your favorite artists. You could buy merchandising from many artists, such as Angerzam, Dimiri K, Major Conspiracy and Noxiouz.

It is as cool way to show your support to the community, but also a nice gift to give away to someone who has just discovered the community and is exploring more about it now.