hard rock

noun

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

Examples of hard rock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And weak rocks break down to mud faster than hard rocks, so sand tends to be made of the harder types that break down slowly. —

David R. Montgomery, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2024 Cooper, 76, who broke big in the 1970s with his provocative hard rock and macabre stage shows, remains a fixture on the concert circuit. —

Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2024 Avenged Sevenfold Mohegan Sun Arena, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville Avenged Sevenfold, a key proponent of the old new wave of American heavy metal genre, merges fantasy and horror images with some strident hard rock sounds. —

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024 Speaking of hard rock guitarists switching things up, Bay Area thrash metal fixture Sven Söderlund now lives that crooner life with Sven & the Masterful Few, the former rocker’s point of entry into the martini lounge songbook. —

Aaron Davis, Sacramento Bee, 30 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for hard rock

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