Dutch hardcore's most recognisable mask — twenty-odd years of relentless gabber kicks and horror-film samples, with no interest in mellowing.
From Amsterdam, Netherlands · Sounds like Miss K8, Dr. Peacock, Radical Redemption
Wasteland 2026 Lineup
Two nights of hard dance at the NOS Events Center — hardstyle, rawstyle, hardcore and hard techno across three stages curated by Basscon, Mutate and Unreal.
About Wasteland 2026
Wasteland is Insomniac's hard-dance weekender — two September nights at the NOS Events Center with hardstyle, rawstyle, hardcore and hard techno spread across three stages curated by Basscon, Mutate and Unreal. Friday is topped by Sub Zero Project and the 200-BPM Lil Texas b2b Yosuf; Saturday belongs to Angerfist and Darren Styles.
The 48-act bill covers the hard spectrum end to end: euphoric and orchestral hardstyle (Atmozfears, Keltek), raw aggression (D-Sturb, Rooler, Vertile, Mad Dog), happy-hardcore heritage (Darren Styles, Hixxy), and a serious hard-techno wing headed by Berghain regular Kobosil with Trym and Fatima Hajji. Every act's night is published.
Expect techno, hardcore-techno, hardstyle and dance across 48 acts.
Wasteland 2026 lineup: all 48 acts
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UK hardcore royalty — piano riffs, pitched-up vocals and an unembarrassed grin, still the biggest name the genre has.
From UK · Sounds like Hixxy, Gammer, Dougal
American hard dance at full sprint — Lil Texas's 200bpm rave-metal hybrid traded back to back with Yosuf.
Sounds like Angerfist, Trym, Kobosil
Dutch duo who dragged rawstyle somewhere darker and more cinematic — kicks like a pile driver, melodies built to match them.
From Netherlands · Sounds like D-Sturb, Rejecta, Warface
Euphoric hardstyle's most melodic writer — the hooks are the point, and they're built to be sung back.
From Netherlands · Sounds like Keltek, Headhunterz, Da Tweekaz
The Xtreme alias pushes his trance sets into faster, harder territory — mashups stacked at maximum volume.
From UK · Sounds like Darren Styles, Ben Gold, Bryan Kearney
Raw hardstyle producer and label head whose sets run on relentless, driving kick patterns.
From Netherlands · Sounds like Sub Zero Project, Rooler, Vertile
One of Dutch hardcore's founding names, on the circuit since the '90s and still at the top of the bill.
From Netherlands · Sounds like Angerfist, Mad Dog, Sub Zero Project
Dual Damage
Welded hardcore punk and metal onto hard dance — screamed vocals over hardstyle kicks, and a live show built around the collision.
From Los Angeles, CA · Sounds like Excision, Subtronics, Sullivan King
Hardstyle with an orchestral streak — cinematic build-ups that hold off as long as possible before the kick arrives.
From Netherlands · Sounds like Atmozfears, Headhunterz, Sub Zero Project
Berlin hard techno at its most severe — a Berghain regular whose records are all pressure and no release.
From Berlin, Germany · Sounds like Sara Landry, I Hate Models, Perc
Italian hardcore veteran — uncompromising gabber built for the largest rooms in Europe and played like it.
From Italy · Sounds like Angerfist, Dr. Peacock, DJ Isaac
Rawstyle at its most aggressive edge — distorted kicks with no interest in subtlety or in slowing down.
From Netherlands · Sounds like Sub Zero Project, D-Sturb, Rejecta
French hard techno played fast and loud — one of the sound's most in-demand exports.
From France · Sounds like Kobosil, Sara Landry, Azyr
Rawstyle producer with a taste for euphoric melody sitting on top of genuinely brutal kicks.
From Netherlands · Sounds like Sub Zero Project, D-Sturb, Rooler
Alignment
Alyssa Jolee
Brother duo trading in borderless, pop-leaning dance music.
Bioweapon
Cara Elizabeth
Clawz Presents: For The Floor
CUTDWN
Dea Magna B2B Dani Thorne
Dead X
Not a fixed act — an open-call talent search whose winner takes the slot, so the name behind it changes each time it appears.
Dr. Donk
Fantasm
A fixture of Spain's techno scene for over two decades — hard, driving sets from a genuine veteran of it.
From Madrid, Spain · Sounds like Kobosil, Amelie Lens, Charlotte de Witte
Gothparade
UK hardcore lifer — the Bonkers compilations were his, and the piano-over-breakbeat template still is.
From UK · Sounds like Darren Styles, Dougal, Gammer
Johannes Schuster
Moves between hard techno, trap and hard dance with the same aggression whichever one he's in.
Sounds like Lil Texas, Trym, Kayzo
Kruelty
KUKO
Levenkhan
Naomi Luna
NOVAH
Onlynumbers
Polarity
Restricted
Serafina
Shmitty
Sihk B2B Water Spirit
Somewhen
SOREN
The Purge
Winson
The headliners
- Angerfist — Dutch hardcore's most recognisable mask — twenty-odd years of relentless gabber kicks and horror-film samples, with no interest in mellowing.
- Darren Styles — UK hardcore royalty — piano riffs, pitched-up vocals and an unembarrassed grin, still the biggest name the genre has.
- Lil Texas B2B Yosuf — American hard dance at full sprint — Lil Texas's 200bpm rave-metal hybrid traded back to back with Yosuf.
- Sub Zero Project — Dutch duo who dragged rawstyle somewhere darker and more cinematic — kicks like a pile driver, melodies built to match them.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- Vertile — Rawstyle's melodic wing — brutality with a chorus.
- Junkie Kid — Hard techno, trap and hard dance in one restless set.
- BEAUZ — Pop instincts at hard-dance tempo — the gateway set.
Other acts worth planning around
- Kobosil — Berghain severity meets SoCal hard dance — the crossover booking of the weekend.
- DJ Isaac — Thirty years of kick drums and no sign of mercy.
- Mad Dog — Italian gabber built for the biggest rooms in Europe, now pointed at San Bernardino.
- Hixxy — Bonkers-era happy hardcore — pure serotonin nostalgia.
- Atmozfears — The euphoric end of the spectrum — melody first, kicks close behind.
- Fatima Hajji — Spanish techno authority bringing the peninsula's hard school.
The lineup by day
- Friday, September 4: Lil Texas B2B Yosuf, Sub Zero Project, Atmozfears, Ben Nicky Presents Xtreme, Kayzo, Keltek + 18 more
- Saturday, September 5: Angerfist, Darren Styles, D-Sturb, DJ Isaac, Dual Damage, Kobosil + 18 more
Wasteland 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Wasteland 2026?
September 4–5, 2026 — Friday and Saturday nights.
Where does Wasteland take place?
The NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California, across three stages.
Who is headlining Wasteland 2026?
Friday: Sub Zero Project and Lil Texas b2b Yosuf. Saturday: Angerfist and Darren Styles.
What genres does Wasteland cover?
The hard spectrum end to end — hardstyle, rawstyle, hardcore and gabber, happy hardcore, and hard techno — across stages curated by Basscon, Mutate and Unreal.
How many acts are playing Wasteland 2026?
48 acts across the two nights, each with its night published.
How do I work out which acts I'd like?
Tell the finder at the top of this page a few artists you love — it'll match you with the acts on this lineup you shouldn't miss, with reasons why.
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