hard rock
noun
: rock music marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances
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Mining from hard rock remains costly and environmentally damaging, while conventional brine extraction depends on vast evaporation ponds that consume land and water.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Just two weeks before his death, Osbourne performed a farewell show that reunited the original lineup of his trailblazing hard rock band Black Sabbath — guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward — at Villa Park in Birmingham.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
Becoming Led Zeppelin, a doc about Led Zeppelin, hard rock gods of the late ‘60s and ‘70s, is nominated for best documentary.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2025
Frontman David Coverdale, who co-founded the multiplatinum hard rock band in the late 1970s, co-wrote most of its songs and also sang with Deep Purple and Jimmy Page, announced his retirement today.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Just two weeks before his death, Osbourne performed a farewell show that reunited the original lineup of his trailblazing hard rock band Black Sabbath — guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward — at Villa Park in Birmingham.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
Becoming Led Zeppelin, a doc about Led Zeppelin, hard rock gods of the late ‘60s and ‘70s, is nominated for best documentary.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2025
Frontman David Coverdale, who co-founded the multiplatinum hard rock band in the late 1970s, co-wrote most of its songs and also sang with Deep Purple and Jimmy Page, announced his retirement today.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Hard rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20rock. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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