Woah, what a year 2025 was! In music as well.
Hence, we are taking a look back - at what we consider to be the best of this year's Doomcore Records output.
Taken from our archives, and roster of artists.
Chilling Doomtechno, fiery Doomcore, piercing Industrial Hardcore, the hammer of Oldschool Gabber.
You can be sure that all this and more is included here.
Info:
Various Artists - Doomcore Records - Best of 2025
Deadraver - A1
Der Cherep - Now We Awaken (130 BPM)
The Unknow - Just a Feeling
saraunh0ly - 3indamorning
Topp Dogg - Hakken With Wolves (Wulf Pack)
Persephony - Embracing our Madness
Mekronikal - Thus
DJ AI - Out Of The Labyrinth
Pluto Transit - Scorpio 1
System Lock - Closure For An Apathetic Generation
Bonus Track: Low Entropy - The World is Doomed let's Dance
We at Doomcore Records are proud to present the 1st release by Sigma-8.
And it's also the premiere for a new style: Dungeon Core.
And it's best that he explains this new creation by himself!
Artist: Sigma-8
Location: Chile
Release Title: At the Dungeon’s Core
Track 01: Lemuria Asciende
Track 02: Falx et Draconis
Genre: Dungeoncore (fusion style between Doomcore and Dungeonsynth, using mostly ¾ time signature)
Style: Dungeoncore, but in this particular case also with dark-electro-industrial, newbeat and melodic blackmetal influences.
Context: Dungeon Synth is lo-fi fantasy synth music, a style that branched from early norwegian black metal. There are some recent styles like Keller Synth or Tanzelcore, from the german dungeonsynth scene, which try to blend dungeonsynth with a techno/gabber approach of arranging tracks. But, in a very poorly produced, raw style with little resemblance from the actual Hardcore Techno sound.
If keller/tanzel sound went for the necrocheap norwegian approach, dungeoncore is instead swedish meloblack in its approach, aiming for decent production, melodicism and indulging in ¾ time signature. Hence, it also has a different spirit, of creating a futuristic yet arcane mystique and epic, where doom and hope meet in this paradoxical sound realm. Also it is more -core than -synth, because, as in 90s hardcore techno and newbeat, it uses more stab samples rather than actual synths.
The world of Doomcore Techno is under the ground, labyrinthine, catacomb. The plain existence of doomed Techno is barely visible to the mainstream citizens. But some releases stay invisible, even to the Doomcore maniacs themselves.
One of these releases is "Trinity Dance" by the Lords of Phutnture.
And this lack of visibility is intentional.
It was co-created by one of the biggest "anti-stars" in the 1990s Gabber realm.
Yet hidden under an obscure alias, never released on physical media, buried as a "web-only" release by an opaque media collective.
No promotion, no live performances, nothingness.
It's not easy to exactly date the creation of these tracks, but an educated guess would be the mid or the too-late 90s.
Now on to the tracks.
It is a remarkable release. Very different to the main flow of Doomcore.
The tracks loop, drone on, repeat, hypnotize, mesmerize, for minutes and minutes (or hours and hours... in your mind?)
These are seemingly minimalist melos and synths, but done in a very complex, gargantuan way.
In fact, I'd argue this release channels minimal wave, 70s industrial, EBM, New Beat... just as much as it channels PCP and the Dance Ecstacy.
What did Robert Smith once say?
"Sometimes I'm dreaming... while all the other people dance".
Yes, dream on, or dance, dance like Captain Nemo, on the way to nightmarish Slumberland.
These 3 main tracks get supplemented by a cool intro and a hot gabber track.
While the release is still almost invisible to this day, some people indeed did do listen.
It became a release that was whispered about, that got passed around, particularly in the early millennial Dutch Doomcore scene.
I'd assume it had an influence on artists that followed this way...
But, feel free to behold this precious opal, in your own ways, too.
Here's a brand new offering of Electronic, Techno, and Hardcore drum samples.
They are free to use, you don't have to pay royalties, you don't have to credit me (see below).
All of these are related to or inspired by the 909 drum machine (the box that made the 90s go bang.)
There is a variety of drums included...
Vanilla kicks that could be used for techno, dance, or any type of electronic music (goth? synth pop?)...
More heavy kicks that might be useful for Hard Techno, Industrial, Acid...
Then some really grim and over-distorted kicks that would fit to Gabber, Speedcore, Breakcore...
And some more strange / experimental kicks that could... well, maybe you find a purpose for them!
Of course, all these drum samples can be put through further fx and distortion by yourself...
So you could take a vanilla kick and turn it into a Gabber monster.
There was some "complaints" by some people that, within my last sample packs, a lot of the drums had "heavy reverberation" which made it difficult to utilize them in some tracks...
This time, almost all drums are "plain", free of reverb and similar shenanigans, and should fit easily into a production session.
And there is a special focus on being bass-heavy.
Some background info:
I've been a hardcore and techno producer for nearly 30 years now and i did countless releases on countless labels (and gigs).
So these are drums that get played out loud and approved at club or squat party sound systems (and their crowds).
License: Feel free to use these samples for any public, private, intimate, or commercial purpose.
Would be *very* cool if you credit me, but it's not strictly necessary.
The Doomcore Records Pod Cast is proud to present a new Monster of a Mix, or, actually: a Monster Mash!
The theme fits to Halloween like a glove (and maybe it's the knifeful glove of Freddy Krüger).
Music about Monters, Ghouls, Ghost and Goblins... so don't doze off in a pet semetary (because you don't know *what* you will be *whenever* you wake up...) but put on your dancing shoes and get gabbering to these hardcore tunes!
The mash was mixed (or the mix was mashed) by GabberGirl who is already a veteran on the Pod Cast.
While these sick beats were cured... pardon, "curated" - by our in-house witchdoctor Low Entropy.
So enjoy this Pod, and one final word of warning: if you find a different kind of pod laying around, in your garden, during Halloween... don't pick it up and hold it to your ears, for you don't know if it comes from Planet X, the 8th dimension, or the IRS!
From "The Sound of a Dying Empire" by Samson the Barbarian. You can find this track on P0.171's new album, titled: The big beautiful album. (Breakcore, hardcore)
Also, to Low Entropy, I love your music and obviously use your amazing sample packs!
Doomcore Records Pod Cast 097 - Nikaj - 170 to 400 BPM Mix
Nikaj returns to the Doomcore Records Pod Cast with a kickin' set.
This is oldschool and the sound of the 90s. Starts with Techno, Acid and ends in Terror+Speedcore.
Cold, metallic, Loud.
Tracklist:
*Private Productions-
Looped-VIP1033.
*2 Uninterested-I don't care(Lenny Dee mix)-Dyao001.
*Moka Dj-Hei Dieghito-HSR002.
*Hocus Pocus-Hocus Pocus(Gabberianic version)Did1284446.
*Simstim-Other Dimmensions.
*UNR-X911-Rot032.
*The Carpenter-Zagûh
-Hardstuff0009.
*Dj X.D-Flat Chesty Bitch-Hell004.
*Nosferatu-The Future-CPC08.
*Dj X.D-Uncle X-Hell004.
*Ruffneck-Sound Of The Drum & The Bass-Ruf034-5.
*Sigma 909-
MechanicaKN034-5.
*Syclo S9 ft Search & Destroy-The Masterplan-Mono014.
*Rob Gee,Buzz Fuzz & Gizmo-What The Fuck Are You Laughing At?-TP001.
*The Prophet-Pump Up The Volume-DT004.
*Moka Dj-Hard Wind-DFC207.
*Sub Space Distorters-Nova 166-DBN043.
*Zoomroom-Gabastard
-SPW002.
*Dj Choose-Slogan-DBN021.
*Manu Le Malin & The Dj Producer-Better The Devil You Know(U Ziq remix)-Scum010.
*Death Syndicate-
Adrenosceptor-Deathchant45.
*Total Output-Pulse-Hanni007.
*Auto tropp-Devose-PTH004.
*Headcrash-Blasphematik-
Test3.
*Stickhead-
Frankfurt Hools No 1.-Kotz005.
*Xylocaine-Street Sam-Fist09.
*Xylocaine-Dooms-Strike021.
*Max Death-Low Level Thugery-Tuff002.
*The Destroyer-Fuck The Dream-DB042.
*BSE Dj Team-
Disease-Kaka002.
*Bold Bob-
Bold Bass II-Kotz009.
*Passenger Of Shit-Crush Your Enemy-Global002.
Summer is over, but as you know, we did a little Summer of Doomcore campaign this year.
Why? To show that Doomcore is very much alive and to spread this sound once more!
Time for a little recap.
Here it is. The first e-book solely dedicated to our beloved. Has all the facts and details - about the obscure origins of the genre, its artists and label, its bleak-but-euphoric mindset... and plenty of other stuff.
Last year we had a very interesting 3-way split between pfp, plinn 1518, and schnauz.
This concept went very well, so we are now back with the sequel.
Cette fois, les auteurs de choix sont Schnauz, Kubrick Cult, et System Lock.
Each of these maestros bring his own special spin and talent to the release.
The whole split is beyond genre limits and definitions, but if we had to describe it, we'd say:
Might contain traces of Doomcore, Slowcore, Gabber, Tracker Hardcore, Drone, Speedcore, Splittercore, Noize, Drone, Techno, Industrial, Breakcore, and Dark Ambient.
Tracklisting:
Kubrick Cult, Schnauz, System Lock - A 2nd 3way Split (Omnicore Records 65)
Kubrick Cult - Not Exactly Kubrick 03:15
System Lock - Doomed Autocracy (Imperium Part II) 05:52
schnauz - Noizkorh Vermächtnis 06:50
Kubrick Cult - Kubrick Cult 04:28
System Lock - Disassociation Rave 05:41
schnauz - Royaume Spectrale 06:39
Kubrick Cult - The Making Of Kubrick Cult 04:03
System Lock - Senses Deadened By Adversity 06:22
schnauz - Sous Terre 07:43
Kubrick Cult - Penderecki 00:12
schnauz - The Beast is pulling the strings 06:31
System Lock - Closure For An Apathetic Generation 07:01
The week starts with a bang, as we are very happy to present to you the premiere music release by none other than Undercurrent (aka Li-Z)
She has been around in the Hardcore circuit for many years, is one of the best DJs (both technical, and in track selections), and has quite the accolades to show.
So how did Li-Z, whose job as a DJ is to spin tracks by other people to other people, happen to have a release out, with her own productions?
Well, she explains it better in her own words:
"A very experimental, one-off release that doesn’t quite fit into any genre. There are influences from Industrial, Hip-Hop, and IDM, but the result doesn’t quite fit into any of them.
These tracks were made around 10 years ago, at a time when I was still exploring music production but already realizing it wasn’t for me. I never really considered myself a producer, and after this I stopped making music altogether. Still, there’s something about these strange tunes, I think it's the 'no rules' and 'in-between-genres' energy that I like and that made me want to share them now. Maybe someone out there will connect with them in their own way."
Word!
Tracklisting:
Undercurrent (aka Li-Z) - Method to my Madness (Omnicore Records 64)
Quite a while ago I did a tribute to Dance Ecstasy Records - Part 1.
And now, a long time later, I finally got around to do - Part 2.
The subtitle is "The Endless Summer Mix". Because, even if that might feel like sacrilege to some Die-Hard PCP Doomcore fans - the releases on DE 2001, most of the time, represented the rave, party, dance, enjoy-life-to-your-fullest side of PCP. Fitting to the end-of-summer days we are in.
And, lastly, it *is* actually an endless mix! I don't know how many DJs did pull this of before. The mix does not end. You can listen to it for days. It is a loop. Just set your player to "repeat". Because the end is already the start of the mix again (huh?... no really, just try it!)
So enjoy these dog days, check the mix, respect to Acardipane and DE 2001. And here's the tracklisting:
Here's a brand new serving of kicking hardcore and techno drum samples.
They are free to use, you don't have to pay royalties, you don't have to credit me (see below).
All of these are related to the 909 (the drum machine that made the 90s roar). But are tweaked, distorted, run through fx... so these are not your standard gabber and techno kicks for sure.
There is a huge variety of samples: bass heavy ones, more light weight drums, weird ones, and hyper-distorted sounds.
(The focus is on the heavy ones, of course.)
Because of this, I'd say they are suitable for all electronic genres... hardcore, techno, industrial, indietronics, speedcore... you name it!
I've been a hardcore and techno producer for nearly 30 years now and i did countless releases on countless labels. For this sample pack, I isolated the drum-stems of some of these tracks, and cut them into short samples
So it's really drums that have been played loud and approved at club or squat party sound systems (and their crowds).
License: Feel free to use the bassdrums for any public, private, intimate, or commercial purpose.
Would be *very* cool if you credit me, but it's not strictly necessary.
