tocsin i think you needa check ya ego if you think theres nothin much new about the hardcore scene since the NYC sound.

i used to get into it sure but there is no denying that that sound was quite RAVE based in its sound and hardcore since then has moved forward for the better.

even back in ...95...stuff like Outcast Clan/Crapshoot was in my mind a hell of a lot better and pushing boundaries with their breed of Industrial Acid Hardcore..

i generally dont stay upfront with whats happening in any genre but the last hardcore i bought was stuff by John Dark and Psykotropp...some crazy phuturistic hardcore there!

old Skullblower **** that was some mad driving core to the bone! nothin like NYC Hardcore.

peace.