Hard Kryptic Records is a hard dance label based in both New York and Washington D.C. and was formed by US producers/DJs Howard Grene (How Hard) and Jimmy Navarro (Jimmy X/Da X). Its initial focus was Hardcore Techno, though has branched off into other areas including industrial, hard house, jumpstyle, techno, and drum & bass.

Hard Kryptic Records is overseen by its music publishing parent company Hard X Music, Inc. which supervises much of the music and writers featured on HKR’s recordings.