Hard dance is an umbrella term for the harder-edged variants of dance music that fall between trance and hardcore in tempo (140–155 BPM) and aggression. It includes hard trance, hard house, jumpstyle, and the more melodic end of hardstyle. The term consolidated in the UK in the late 1990s through events like Tidy Trax's parties. Hard dance prizes high energy, anthemic melodic builds, and pounding kicks. The form is most active in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia, with labels like Tidy Trax, Riot! Recordings, and Toolbox driving releases. Hard dance is closely related to hardstyle but tends to be slightly faster and less reverse-bass-driven; the boundaries between the two are often fuzzy at festivals.