List of Rock Genres

This is a list of rock music sub-genres:

  • 2 Tone
  • Acid rock
  • Afro punk
  • Alternative country
  • Alternative dance
  • Alternative metal
  • Alternative rock
  • Anatolian rock
  • Art punk
  • Art rock
  • Baroque pop
  • Baggy
  • Bandana Thrash
  • Beat
  • Bent edge
  • Big beat
  • Bisrock
  • Black metal
  • Blues-rock
  • Brazilian thrash metal
  • Breakcore
  • Britpop
  • Canterbury sound
  • Cello rock
  • Celtic punk
  • Celtic metal
  • Celtic rock
  • Chicano rock
  • Christian metal
  • Christian punk
  • Christian rock
  • Coldwave
  • Comedy rock
  • Country rock
  • Cowpunk
  • Crossover thrash
  • Crunkcore
  • Crust punk
  • Dance-punk
  • Dance-rock
  • Dark cabaret
  • Dark rock
  • Darkwave
  • D-beat
  • Death 'n' roll
  • Deathcore
  • Death/doom
  • Deathgrind
  • Death metal
  • Death rock
  • Digital hardcore
  • Djent
  • Doom metal
  • Dream pop
  • Drone metal
  • Dunedin sound
  • Electric folk
  • Electronicore
  • Electronic rock
  • Electroclash
  • Emo
  • Ethereal Wave
  • Experimental metal
  • Experimental rock
  • Extreme metal
  • Folk metal
  • Folk punk
  • Folk rock
  • Funk metal
  • Funk rock
  • Garage punk
  • Garage rock
  • Glam metal
  • Glam punk
  • Glam rock
  • Goregrind
  • Gothabilly
  • Gothic metal
  • Gothic rock
  • Grebo
  • Grindcore
  • Grindie
  • Groove metal
  • Group Sounds
  • Grunge
  • Gypsy punk
  • Hard rock
  • Hardcore punk
  • Heartland rock
  • Heavy metal
  • Horror punk
  • Indie pop
  • Indie rock
  • Indietronica
  • Indorock
  • Industrial metal
  • Industrial rock
  • Instrumental rock
  • Jangle pop
  • Jersey Shore sound
  • Krautrock
  • Madchester
  • Manila Sound
  • Mathcore
  • Math rock
  • Medieval folk rock
  • Medieval metal
  • Melodic death metal
  • Melodic hardcore
  • Metalcore
  • Mod revival
  • Nardcore
  • Neue Deutsche Härte
  • Neue Deutsche Welle
  • Neo-classical metal
  • Neoclassical dark wave
  • Neo-prog
  • Neo-psychedelia
  • New rave
  • New Wave
  • New Wave of American Heavy Metal
  • New Wave of British Heavy Metal
  • New Wave of New Wave
  • New Weird America
  • Nintendocore
  • Noise pop
  • Noise rock
  • Nu gaze
  • Nu metal
  • Oi!
  • Ostrock
  • Pagan metal
  • Pagan rock
  • Paisley underground
  • Pinoy rock
  • Pop punk
  • Pop rock
  • Pornogrind
  • Post-Britpop
  • Post-grunge
  • Post-hardcore
  • Post-metal
  • Post-punk
  • Post-punk revival
  • Post-rock
  • Power pop
  • Power metal
  • Powerviolence
  • Progressive rock
  • Protopunk
  • Psychedelic rock
  • Psychobilly
  • Punk blues
  • Punk jazz
  • Punk rock
  • Punkcore
  • Queercore
  • Raga rock
  • Rapcore
  • Rap metal
  • Rap rock
  • Reggae rock
  • Riot grrrl
  • Rock Against Communism
  • Rock and roll
  • Rockabilly
  • Rock in Opposition
  • Roots rock
  • Sadcore
  • Samba-rock
  • Screamo
  • Shoegazing
  • Shock rock
  • Ska-core
  • Ska punk
  • Skate punk
  • Skate rock
  • Slowcore
  • Sludge metal
  • Soft rock
  • Southern metal
  • Southern rock
  • Space rock
  • Speed metal
  • Straight edge
  • Stoner doom
  • Stoner metal
  • Stoner rock
  • Street punk
  • Sufi rock
  • Sunshine pop
  • Surf music
  • Swamp pop
  • Swedish death metal
  • Symphonic black metal
  • Symphonic gothic metal
  • Symphonic metal
  • Symphonic power metal
  • Symphonic rock
  • Synthpop
  • Taqwacore
  • Technical death metal
  • Teutonic thrash metal
  • Third Wave Ska
  • Thrashcore
  • Thrash metal
  • Traditional heavy metal
  • Tulsa Sound
  • Twee pop
  • Unblack metal
  • Viking metal
  • Viking rock
  • Visual kei
  • Youth crew
  • War metal
  • Wizard rock
  • Zeuhl

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