Editing Mainstream hardcore (section)

==History==
[[File:Angerfist.jpg|thumb|225px|left|[[Angerfist]], one of the most famous [[Disc jockey|DJs]] of mainstream hardcore.]]
The mainstream hardcore sound derives from [[early hardcore]] (still called ''gabber'' at the time). In the late 1990s, early hardcore became less popular than [[Hardstyle]]. After surviving underground for a number of years, in 2002 [[Gabber]] regained some popularity in the Netherlands, although the sound is more mature, darker, and [[Industrial music|industrial]]. Some producers started embracing a slower style characterized by a deeper, harder bass drum that typically had a longer envelope than was possible in the traditional, faster style. In this aspect, this new form of gabber obviously cannot be considered less powerful than its precursor. This newer sound was referred to as "New Style" or "Mainstream" and as the tempo got slower and slower it began to become similar to [[Chicago hard house]]. Many hardcore enthusiasts hated Chicago hard house and the [[Nightclub|club]] scene it typified, and frequently DJs would be booed by one group of fans and cheered for by another at the same party, depending on the tempo and style of music they were playing. This is similar to the rivalry and mutual dislike that surfaced earlier between fans of "regular" hardcore and happy hardcore. Eventually the two styles met in the middle, and most gabber today is produced in a range of 160-180 bpm. This style is typically a bit slower than the Rotterdam style of the mid-1990s.
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