To be honest this sounds like mixmag dont really know what there talking about and like u say havnt done enough research into Hard style, Mark i have noticed on your trance reviews that the tracks on there change around the start of 2001 and started to get more harder and from then on u have been playing more and more harder style tracks. I dont think hard style is anything like Slow hardcore, hard style has it owns feelings and sound to it, i first noticed harder tracks from mauro picotto and mario piu, and i thought it sounded pretty good and more people have started to produce it. (im not sayin mauro picotto started hard style im just sayin he played some hard tracks quite awhile ago which got my attention)

Its abit like some people classing all electronic dance music as Techno which is another mistake, ive talked to alot of people who think techno is - hard house, hard trance, trance etc... which really annoys me.

If u follow the music scene and know what ur talking about then its quite clear that Hard style has nothing to do with Hardcore at all, how someone could even think it does beats me.

Mark give em a big slap