Hardcore

Hardcore, hard core or hard-core may refer to:

Music

Hardcore punk, a subgenre of punk rock music
- some of its subgenres and derivatives such as metallic hardcore and melodic hardcore
- harDCore, a portmanteau abbreviation for hardcore punk music in Washington, D.C.
- hardcore dancing, a maneuver related to moshing, usually performed at hardcore punk and heavy metal shows
Hardcore techno, a style of electronic dance music
- some of its subgenres and derivatives such as breakbeat hardcore, happy hardcore, UK hardcore, industrial hardcore, early hardcore and mainstream hardcore
Hardcore hip hop, a subgenre of hip hop music
Digital hardcore, a fusion between hardcore punk and hardcore techno or other electronic music styles

Hardcore (1977 film), a British comedy film
Hardcore (1979 film), an American crime drama film starring George C Scott
Hardcore (2015 film), a Russian first-person action adventure/sci-fi film directed by Ilya Naishuller of the band Biting Elbows

Hardcore wrestling, a form of professional wrestling
Hardcore pornography, a form of pornography that is explicit
Hardcore (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Multiverse
Hard core, a type of semiconductor intellectual property core
Permanent death, sometimes called "hardcore mode", a video game style which doesn't allow a killed character to be restored
Construction aggregate, often referred to as "hardcore"
Hardcore Holly, the ring name of American professional wrestler Robert Howard (born 1963)