hard rock

noun

: rock music marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web On their debut, Transnational Speedway League: Anthems, Anecdotes and Undeniable Truths, Clutch were still perched between Helmet-y post-hardcore and the groove-centric hard rock that would define their later career. —

Hank Shteamer, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2023 Yeah Yeahs, and the pounding hard rock of Queens of the Stone Age. —

Dave Brooks, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2023 Weirdly, a few tracks feature interpolations of hard rock classics by Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, and Blue Oyster Cult, which come off campy and forced. —

Al Shipley, SPIN, 6 Jan. 2023 Enter Sick New World, the nü-metal, hard rock and goth fest headlined by essential acts like System of a Down, Korn, Deftones, Incubus and Evanescence. —

Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2023 His hard rock band Set Fire won the Rock & Roll Rumble in 2019; his latest project, Blood Lightning, features members of Sam Black Church, Gozu, and Worshipper. —

James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022 Meanwhile, systemizers enjoyed more intense music, including punk, heavy metal, and hard rock. —

Andy Berger, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2015 He was drawn to nu-metal and hard rock as well as rap, and tried to teach himself how to play the guitar and the piano. —

Corinna Burford, Vulture, 9 June 2022 Grunge, a righteous new subset of hard rock, made a point of rejecting the excess and dumbness of the eighties: no more women writhing across the hoods of cars, no more peacocking in skintight leather trousers. —

Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022 See More

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