Artist
Vertile
- Followers:
- 63,505
- Popularity:
- 52/100
- Tracked releases:
- 48
- Latest release:
- 11 Jun 2026
Vertile is hardstyle's singer-producer: a Dutch artist who writes and performs his own vocals over brutal kicks, and co-created the Defqon.1 2023 closing theme with Headhunterz.
Releases (48)
48 tracks
About Vertile
Vertile (Mees van den Berg) brought something genuinely rare to hardstyle: a producer who fronts his own records. On most Vertile tracks, the voice over the kicks is his.
Engineer first, artist second
Van den Berg’s route in was technical: he learned mixing, mastering and engineering young, working with semi-professional bands, and by 15 with international pop, rock and metal artists. His own releases began in 2015 in future-bass and house territory before hardstyle claimed him, and that engineering pedigree still shows in productions that are unusually clean for how hard they hit.
The voice
His signature is the combination of self-written, self-performed vocals with brutal kick work: songcraft and violence in one arrangement. The scene’s legends noticed: with support from Headhunterz, Ran-D and Adaro, Vertile’s rise culminated in co-creating ‘Lost Without You’, the Defqon.1 2023 closing theme, alongside Headhunterz and vocalist Sian Evans, the most-watched slot in hardstyle handed to a new-generation artist.
The new normal
Vertile has framed his mission as pushing “the new normal” of hard dance: genre lines treated as suggestions, vocals treated as instruments, euphoric beauty and rawstyle weight in the same track. It is a template the next generation is already borrowing.
Every new Vertile release lands on the Hardstyle Release Radar the day it hits Spotify. The full tracked catalogue is listed above.
Questions, answered
Who is Vertile?
Vertile is the alias of Mees van den Berg, a Dutch producer with an audio-engineering background: at 15 he was already working with international pop, rock and metal acts. He found hardstyle after starting out in other genres in 2015.
Does Vertile sing his own vocals?
Yes, on most of his tracks Vertile writes and performs the vocals himself, a rarity in hardstyle that has become his signature.
What is Vertile's biggest track?
'Lost Without You', the Defqon.1 2023 closing theme made with Headhunterz and Sian Evans, is his most prominent release to date.
What genre is Vertile?
Hardstyle that blends beautiful harmonies with brutal kicks, often crossing between euphoric and rawer territory, always vocal-led.