Country of origin
Belgium music genres
Explore music genre guides with documented origins in Belgium.
4 genre guides
1977Coldwave
A lean, icy corner of post-punk that found its clearest shape in France and Belgium, coldwave trades warmth for distance and lets atmosphere do the heavy lifting.
1990Hard Dance
A broad, scene-based label for the harder edge of EDM, with its strongest documented roots in European rave culture and its clearest modern use as an umbrella over hardstyle, hard trance, hard house, and hardcore.
1990Speedcore
A fast, abrasive corner of hardcore techno that crystallized in the 1990s and still lives mostly through underground labels, artist pages, and scene-specific releases.
1997Hardstyle
A concise, evidence-constrained hardstyle entry centered on the Dutch-origin festival scene, with artist examples linked to official platform pages.