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As people above me said : 2008/09/10 . So many incredible tracks that got released.

2006 was the most groundbreaking year.

2007,2008,2009,2010, but 2009 was the most incredible moment in hardstyle i love that year, those Scantraxx or fusion, torque beats, Explosive, kattiva, Activa, ipnotika, A2 records, bazz implant releases, qlimax anthem, BH album, Dblck & stfn album,activator album, defqon 1 anthem, heady, wildstylez and the Frontliner tracks what a year

Got into Hardstyle somewhere in 2002 but personally 2006 was the best for me, pretty much went to every party (Defqon on a HOT beach, 16h of Q-base madness, last 'dark themed' qlimax, etc etc) and all of them were epic. It was basically also the year that got me working in the Hardstyle scene with many memorable moments since

2006 till 2010 were the best years imo, after that hardstyle got split up by raw/euphoric and commercial (Year of Summer still got played on dutch radio..)
Imo 2014 till 2016 were not that great years where Raw took the upperhand and euphoric losing grounds quite fast (resulting in canceling parties, and 20/80% euphoric/raw on mainstages).

But I notice a change this year as Euphoric is taking back it grounds and pioneers returning with great tracks (Headhunterz, D-Block & S-te-Fan - Spirit Of Hardstyle Label).
So maybe at the end of this year i can add 2017 to the 'best year of hardstyle'

I've been following hardstyle since 2009/2010 and since that, maybe the 2010-12 period was the most intense to me: the majority of raw tracks got me with those awesome atmospheres, no useless kickrolls (although I dig some of those tracks nowadays) and not hardcoreish, but crunchy kicks... or just take a look at the Theracords/Therabyte releases, full of goldies

As having the opportunity to take a look at the previous stages of hardstyle, I'd say the early hardstyle era is just right after that with the beginning of nu-style era also, just not with that intensity.

And I know it's pretty much a cliché thought, because people like to mention something as best what they're living in right now, but even at halfway of this year, 2017 is going to the right direction to be one of the most memorable years in the history of hardstyle with all those comebacks that shake up the scene a little bit, mixed with nostalgia and excitement

Found out about HS around 2004, liked a few tracks. Got more interested around 2005-06, liked the tracks that paved the way to what would become nu-style. My favorite years would be 2006-07 for the excitement in the air - you never knew if the artist next track would be nustyle, reverse bass, gated kick based (except Hhz ofcourse ). Add to that all the madness going on at GHF at the time .
Also parties/livesets were fun, had to guess how much hs how much nustyle before attending/downloading.

For me it started going downhill around 2009, too much singalong shit, too much focus on production quality instead of the idea. Lost completely contact with the genre for years. Have been mildly interested again since like 2014. Excited to see what future brings.