Danny Masseling (born 20 June 1981), better known by his
stage name
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Angerfist, is a
Dutch hardcore producer and
DJ.
Aside from his main alias, he also produces for other genres and subgenres under various aliases and is part of the following groups: ''The Supreme Team'' (with Outblast, Tha Playah & Evil Activities), ''Masters Elite'' (with Catscan and Outblast), and ''Roland & Sherman'' (with Outblast).
During live acts, he is accompanied by MC Prozac (Minne Roos).
Career
Angerfist started making music at the age of 16. Beginning with
4-beat
Happy hardcore, also known as 4-beat or happycore, is a subgenre of hardcore dance music or "hard dance". It emerged both from the UK breakbeat hardcore rave scene, and Belgian, German and Dutch hardcore techno scenes in the early 1990s.
H ...
programmed loops and breakbeats, his interest in producing music started to grow. He began his career in 2001 after sending a demo to Mark Vos, also known as DJ Buzz Fuzz, director of BZRK Records. Vos liked the tape and signed Angerfist, who then released his first EPs under the names "Menace II Society" and "Angerfist". Angerfist soon gained popularity in the "gabber scene" because of the aggressive ''nustyle'' sound he made. His style is characterized by hard bass drums and vocals sampled from various media, especially films. He already has some hardcore hits to his name, including: "Dance With The Wolves", "Raise Your Fist", and "Riotstarter". His increasing popularity gave him the opportunity to produce the anthem for Masters of Hardcore in 2005, titled "The World Will Shiver".
Angerfist has performed at many well known events such as
Sensation Black,
Masters of Hardcore,
Defqon. 1,
Mysteryland
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, and Dominator. He gained the prestigious 39th spot in
DJ Mag
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's Top 100 DJ edition of 2011, dropping to 42nd on the following year and rising to 34th place in 2013, thus being the number 1 hardcore act in the list. As of 2020, his highest ranking on the list was