OK, here's an example of how Wave II changed into Wave III. Luca Antolini is a DJ who was successful in both waves, and he's redone a few of his hits from Wave II as Wave III remixes. Check out "Heat."
First, the "Original Hardtrance Mix" from 2002, solidly in Wave II.
Here's "Heat 2012", redone as a collab with Steve Hill. It's not the complete track; you'll have to buy that on Amazon or Beatport or something, but it's enough of it that you can tell how it differs.
And here's 2016's "RVRS BASS Mix" which is more overtly hardstyle-like. Which is curious, because by 2016, hardstyle was past it's prime. Curiously, discogs calls this both hardstyle and hardtrance. It's a great example of the kind of Wave III stuff that really straddles the line.
If I had some Wave I hardtrance song that was remade or remixed in Wave II and Wave III, then we'd really be cooking with gas. For the most part, the 90s were characterized by really hyper BPMs across all kinds of EDM genres; 170, 180, sometimes even more. This ended up with the stupid parody that is speedcore music.
It's funny that I remember thinking in the 80s that 120 BPM was a solid dance tempo, and the 130 or so BPM songs I had were fast. Now I listen to some of those old 120 BPM tracks (like CCCP's "American-Soviets" or MCL's "New York") and they sound really slow to me now. I think my ideal BPM for hard trance is somewhere between 145-150.
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