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Hardcore is really loud music. Think songs played really really fast with the bad parts of dance and R n' B.
Eg:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_techno
THEY ARE BOTH REFERRED TO AS "hardcore"
but i'm pretty sure the dude means the techno one, admittedly most which is pretty subpar. but just like in hardcore (punk), which, too, is filled with 90% sputum, there are a few exceptions to the rule. some emotional hardcore is pretty awesome (known as screamo/skramz [proper screamo, not what 13 yos call My Chemical Romance])