History Main / DUBSTEP

->''Skrillex got famous for creating an album that tries to sonically represent the sound of two fax machines fucking."''
-->-- '''{{Website/Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-artists-who-should-probably-just-take-break-while 4 Artists Who Should Probably Just Take a Break For a While]] (Music/{{Skrillex}} was not among said artists.)

+ HouseMusic, {{Techno}}, {{Trance}}, occasional {{Industrial}}, HarshNoise and HeavyMetal influences on harder-edged artists, and occasional {{Ambient}} and ClassicalMusic influences on the softer artists

** Music/{{Skrillex}} has become this, [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny thanks in part to the proliferation of artists who produce brostep and his generally formulaic songwriting]].

* Music/{{Distance}}

* Music/LiquidStranger

There are two popular varieties of dubstep; the aforementioned "brostep", which is harder and more abrasive, featuring a "filthy" sound, start-stop basslines, heavy drops and more emphasis on heavily distorted riffs as opposed to the conventional "wobble" sound of classic dubstep, and often with significant HeavyMetal influences (hence the alternative name "metalstep"); and "chillstep", a LighterAndSofter take on traditional dubstep which features less distorted bass, a more spacey sound, little to no wobble riffs, less emphasis to near-absence of drops and a generally "angelic" or "uplifting" feel, although many other varieties exist, such as drumstep (dubstep + DrumAndBass), glitchstep (dubstep + {{glitch}} music, occasionally with some chiptune thrown in) and noisestep (dubstep + noise/{{industrial}}). Dubstep is known among artists for its ease of fusion with non-electronic music genres, such as classical, hip-hop and soul music. Its influence has also been felt in other genres of electronic music, particularly in EBM (electronic body music), IDM (intelligent dance music), IndustrialMetal and some hard varieties of {{Techno}} and {{Trance}}.

There are two popular varieties of dubstep; the aforementioned "brostep", which is harder and more abrasive, featuring a "filthy" sound, start-stop basslines, heavy drops and more emphasis on heavily distorted riffs as opposed to the conventional "wobble" sound of classic dubstep, and often with significant HeavyMetal influences (hence the alternative name "metalstep"); and "chillstep", a LighterAndSofter take on traditional dubstep which features less distorted bass, a more spacey sound, little to no wobble riffs, less emphasis to near-absence of drops and a generally "angelic" or "uplifting" feel, although many other varieties exist, such as drumstep (dubstep + DrumAndBass), glitchstep (dubstep + glitch music, occasionally with some chiptune thrown in) and noisestep (dubstep + noise/{{industrial}}). Dubstep is known among artists for its ease of fusion with non-electronic music genres, such as classical, hip-hop and soul music. Its influence has also been felt in other genres of electronic music, particularly in EBM (electronic body music), IDM (intelligent dance music), IndustrialMetal and some hard varieties of {{Techno}} and {{Trance}}.

* Destroid (supergroup consisting of Music/{{Excision}}, Music/{{Downlink}} and [[Music/{{Pendulum|Band}} KJ Sawka]])

* Music/{{Excision}} (TropeCodifier for death metal-influenced brostep, also known as deathstep)[[/index]]

* Destroid (supergroup consisting of Music/{{Excision}}, Music/{{Downlink}} and [[Music/{{Pendulum}} KJ Sawka]])

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: While most dubstep makes use of melodies, they tend to sound more simple in comparison with other ElectronicMusic genres. This trope comes into play in many "bass drops" where musicality is dropped in favor of rhythmic "wobble" bass riffs. Brostep takes this UpToEleven by eschewing bass wobbles for heavily distorted riffs reminiscent of {{industrial}} music, although there are exceptions: some artists, such as Flux Pavilion and Borgore, subvert this trope, as they keep a certain amount of musicality in the drop. Chillstep artists, and even a handful of brostep artists[[note]]Examples are Feed Me and Monsta[[/note]], however, avert this trope altogether.

* Music/{{Excision}} (TropeCodifier for death metal-influenced brostep, also known as deathstep)
* [[/index]] Music/FarTooLoud (mixed with breakbeat and IDM; Co-TropeCodifier for drumstep)
* Music/FeedMe

* Music{{Shackleton}}

* Vexare

* Xtrullor, made popular due to his music's inclusion in VideoGame/GeometryDash.

* Ephixa

* Getter

* Horsepower Productions
* Ill Gates
* [[/index]]Infected Mushroom (overlaps with {{trance}} and AvantGardeMetal)[[index]]
* Jack Sparrow
* James Blake
* Joe Ford
* Joker

* Katy B
* Kill Paris
* Kill the Noise
* Killsonik (formerly known as Chasing Shadows)

* KOAN Sound (though they mostly do Glitch-Hop)

* Kromestar
* Kuedo
* Lazer Sword
* LD

* Loefah
* Liquid Stranger
* [[/index]]Magnetic Man (a {{Supergroup}} comprising Artwork, Benga and Music/{{Skream}})
* Mala
* Modestep - Full-fledged live band which plays brostep very blatantly influenced by {{hard rock}} and {{thrash metal}}.
* Monsta (brostep trio led by R&B singer Bryn Christopher[[note]]Yes, their songs do have full, discernible lyrics[[/note]]; renamed in 2013 as I See Monstas)[[index]]

* Mount Kimbie

* OMNI
* Pegboard Nerds (though they usually venture into other EDM genres)
* Peverelist
* Pinch
* Posij
* Reso (Started out as this, but now mostly creates more experimental material)
* [[/index]]Rusko (Either the TropeMaker or UrExample of brostep)[[index]]
* Savant
* Scuba (originally, now he does UK garage mixed with deep house)

* Seven Lions (mixed with trance, making music that can best be described as either "bassy trance" or "melodic dubstep")
* Shackleton
* [=SKisM=]

* Stoger
* Sub Focus
* Submotion Orchestra (a vocal jazz band featuring dubstep producer Ruckspin at the helm)

* Terravita - A prime example of the hardest side of Glitchstep
* [[/index]]Varien - [[GenreBuster Genre steamrolling]] artist with one foot in high classical[=/=]opera and BigBand, and the other firmly in {{metalcore}}, EDM, and hard core brostep. Described her song "The Scarlet Dawn" as "[[GenreBusting It's Finnish-Viking-Epic-Orchestral-Nightwish-Trance-Metal-Movie-Trailer-EDM at 140bpm.]]" [[note]]This is a highly accurate description.[[/note]]

* Virtual Riot
* Xilent - Polish rising star who fuses {{chiptune}} music with pounding brostep, with influences from [[MelodicDeathMetal melodeath]] and {{metalcore}} here and there.
* [[index]]xKore
* Xtrullor, made popular due to his music's inclusion in VideoGame/{{Geometry Dash}}.

* [[/index]]Zomboy - Mixes Dubstep with {{Grindcore}}, {{Trance}}, {{Industrial}}, SynthPop, Reggaeton, SpeedMetal, and [[ClassicalMusic classical (yes, as in symphony) influences]]. [[GenreBusting All in a single song, when possible.]] Particularly known for producing demented wacky upbeat hardcore brostep tracks, rapid-fire {{Song Style Shift}}s capable of causing whiplash, and [[HiddenDepths complex, melancholy melodic lines bordering on tone poems]].

* Alex S

* Alvin Risk
* Antiserum
* Appleblim
* Artwork

* Barely Alive
* [[/index]]Bassnectar (Major contributor for modern dubstep; possibly a TropeMaker for brostep)[[index]]
* Benga
* Blackleg

* Black Tiger Sex Machine
* [[/index]]Borgore (TropeCodifier for brostep)[[index]]
* Boxcutter

* Caspa
* [[/index]]Chase & Status (mixed with UK garage, drum and bass and electro house; Co-TropeCodifier for drumstep)
* Coki
* Cookie Monsta
* Culprate
* Darkstar
* Datsik
* Delta Heavy
* Destroid (supergroup consisting of Excision, Downlink and [[Music/{{Pendulum}} KJ Sawka]])
* Dillon Francis (mixed with moombahton; TropeCodifier for moombahcore)[[index]]
* Downlink
* Doctor P (one of the heavier brostep artists around)
* Dodge and Fuski
* Digital Mystikz
* Dirtyphonics (mixed with drum and bass)
* Distance
* DZ

* Eptic

* [[/index]]Far Too Loud (mixed with breakbeat and IDM; Co-TropeCodifier for drumstep)
* Feed Me
* Figure (mixed with drum'n'bass and frequently samples from classical horror movies)
* Flux Pavilion (Co-TropeCodifier for noisestep, though he is much more influenced by reggae music than other dubstep artists)[[index]]
* [=FuntCase=]
* Gemini

* Deathstep (mix between death metal guitar and dubstep)

* Reso (Originally did, but now mostly creates more experimental material)

* [[/index]]Zomboy - Mixes Dubstep with {{Grindcore}}, {{Trance}}, {{Industrial}}, SynthPop, Reggaeton, {{Speedmetal}}, and [[ClassicalMusic classical (yes, as in symphony) influences]]. [[GenreBusting All in a single song, when possible.]] Particularly known for producing demented wacky upbeat hardcore brostep tracks, rapid-fire {{Song Style Shift}}s capable of causing whiplash, and [[HiddenDepths complex, melancholy melodic lines bordering on tone poems]].

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: One of the non-metal genres that have crept up in the scale, due to its many similarities (and crossovers) with rock and metal music, and one of the few genres that covers (almost) the entire scale. The lowest reached was with Burial, a 1-2, and the hardest dubstep artist on the scale is an ex-aequo between Kill The Noise, Datsik, Excision and Downlink, all usually having songs residing at levels 10-[[UpToEleven 11.]][[note]]If you want to know, Skrillex is mostly a hard 9-standard 10.[[/note]]
** Chillstep (like {{Trance}}, only more window-rattling) is usually a 1-2, most traditional dubstep can be found at levels 3 to 5, modern dubstep typically ranges from 6 to 7, and brostep (doubles as paint remover) starts at 8 and can go up to 10, with the [[HarshNoise noisier]] and more [[DeathMetal slam]]-influenced varieties going [[UpToEleven up to 11.]]

* Music/LindseyStirling

* Music/SelfInsert mixes elements of dubstep with experimental hip-hop, industrial, and electronic music overall. They are known for throwing dubstep hits around their altered and pitched vocals, and building entire songs where the instrumental is a pounding and crackling hyperactive dubstep synth.

* Xtrullor, made popular due to his music's inclusion in VideoGame/{{GeometryDash}}.

* Xtrullor,a musician extremely popular due to Geometry Dash. He makes arguable the hardest ever beat drops made.

* Varien - [[GenreBuster Genre steamrolling]] artist with one foot in high classical[=/=]opera and BigBand, and the other firmly in {{metalcore}}, EDM, and hard core brostep. Described her song "The Scarlet Dawn" as "[[GenreBusting It's Finnish-Viking-Epic-Orchestral-Nightwish-Trance-Metal-Movie-Trailer-EDM at 140bpm.]]" [[note]]This is a highly accurate description.[[/note]]

* Virtual Riot[[/index]]