Music comes in many different types and styles, ranging from traditional rock music to world pop, easy listening, and bluegrass. Many genres have a rich history or geographical significance, a cult following, or music roots far beyond the 20th century. What is a music genre? The Music Genres...
Indie Rock:This genre embodies a DIY ethos rooted in independent music and often features a more introspective and artistic approach to rock music. Punk Rock: A rebellious and energetic genre known for its fast-paced and stripped-down sound, with lyrics often addressing political and societal issu...
genres, listen to music examples, find top artists in each genre, and explore similar genres. Choose a genre to see a playlist and a list of artists who belong to that subgenre, sorted by popularity. You will also get a list of genres that are similar or somehow related to that genre....
Rock Informer is a website that celebrates the amazing genre of rock music. Created by a team of passionate writers and rock fans, Rock Informer covers news, reviews, and stories about rock music, covering a wide range of topics, styles, and eras. We're not just here to inform; we're...
Genre: Pure DEATH METAL, with some 'Thrash Metal' influence. Though I consider them to be pioneers of Polish Death Metal genre, and the best DM band to spawn out of Poland. Because Polish DM sound differs from the original DM notes, and old school Death Metal from...
There is also a wink and a nod to more popular bands like Skid Row and Guns N Roses but basically HARD KNOX was the epitome of a generic glam metal band that could check off all the boxes but offered little in terms of taking the genre in a new direction. PSCYHO’S R US sounds ...
to Ball’s visionary use of electronics. Throughout the ensuing album, Ball used either modified presets or built sounds from scratch (as did The Human League withDare). This organic approach flew in the face of the anti-synth brigade’s reduction of the genre to ‘preening n’ presets'(...
Metal, or Heavy Metal, is a sub-genre of rock music that has become a genre in its own right and spawned countless other sub-genres. Featuring a band setup with electric guitars, bass and drums, the distorted guitar sounds to give it the ‘heavy’ non-commercialised and aggressive sound...
Young musicians bought blues and R&B records, studied the music, and soon learned to play it. Before long, they were combining these older styles with rock and roll to create a new genre called "rock music" or "rock".Photo: Neil Young performing in Barcelona, September 2007. Photo: F....
Heavy metal, genre of rock music that includes a group of related styles that are intense, virtuosic, and powerful. Driven by the aggressive sounds of the distorted electric guitar, heavy metal is arguably the most commercially successful genre of rock m