Editing Speedcore (section)

{{Short description|Form of hardcore electronic music genre}}
{{About|the electronic music genre|the faster form of [[hardcore punk]]|Thrashcore}}
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{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Speedcore
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[hardcore (electronic dance music genre)|Hardcore]]<ref name="ishkur" />|[[breakcore]]|[[gabber]]}}
| cultural_origins  = Mid-1990s<ref name="ishkur" />
| derivatives       = 
| subgenrelist      = 
| subgenres         = {{hlist|Extratone|Flashcore|Splittercore}}
| fusiongenres      = [[electrogrind|Cybergrind]]
| regional_scenes   = {{hlist|[[Germany]]|[[Japan]]<ref name="Jenkins">{{Cite web |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/04/26/j-core-japanese-electronic/ |title=Beyond J-Core: An Introduction to the Real Sound of Japanese Hardcore |last=Jenkins |first=Dave |date=April 26, 2018 |website=Bandcamp |access-date=April 26, 2018}}</ref>|[[Eastern Europe]]}}
| local_scenes      = 
| other_topics      = {{hlist|[[Digital hardcore]]|[[grindcore]]}}
}}
'''Speedcore''' is a form of [[electronic music]] that is characterized by a high [[tempo]] and aggressive themes.<ref name="ishkur">{{Cite web |author=Ishkur |authorlink=Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music |url=https://music.ishkur.com/?query=Speedcore |title=Ishkur's guide to Electronic Music |date=2005 |accessdate=August 9, 2015}}</ref> It was created in the early to mid-1990s and the name originates from the [[Hardcore (electronic dance music genre)|hardcore genre]] as well as the high tempo used. Songs are usually classified as speedcore at around 300+ [[beats per minute]] (BPM), but this can vary.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bennett |first=Andy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt14bt9rd |title=Music, Style, and Aging: Growing Old Disgracefully? |date=2013 |publisher=Temple University Press |jstor=j.ctt14bt9rd |isbn=978-1-4399-0807-5}}</ref>