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hardcore punk

aggressive and fast subgenre of punk rock
Intangible music_genre Q10922
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Summary

hardcore punk is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,358 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Followed by: post-hardcore[3]
  • Subclass of: punk rock[4]
  • Commons category: Hardcore punk[5]
  • Country of origin: United States[6]
  • Inception: 1978[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hardcore punk[8]
  • Topic has template: Template:Hardcore punk[9]
  • Different from: hardcore[10]
  • Has list: list of hardcore punk subgenres[11]

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Influence

Things named for hardcore punk include mathcore[12], a music genre[13], founded in 1988[14].

Why It Matters

hardcore punk has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for it include mathcore[12], a music genre[13], founded in 1988[14].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0424766-hardcorepunk-hudba
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0424766-hardcorepunk-hudba, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Subreddit → Hardcore
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Hardcore punk
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ Yso id: 29637, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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