Quote Originally Posted by dirty_bass View Post
I love that fast and distorted = hard to some people

Yet, clean and crisp, deadly slow, but really well produced beats, such as dubstep, when played on a proper soundsystem, can be the hardest thing ever. Kicks with so much presence, and bass, and crispness they just knock you out.

Hardness is an attitude in the approach to sound and composition, and fast + distortion often in the wrong hands just ends up mushy and bland, the complete opposite of hard.
it's a question of taste innit.
some people have none.