Rock branch
Hard rock
Rock › Blues rock › Hard rock
- Emerged
- 1968
- Origin
- UK / USA
- Subgenres
- 4
Louder volume, thicker riffs, vocals pushed to the edge. Heavy metal splits off from it, but hard rock stays closer to the blues and to the chorus.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 8
Key acts
- Led Zeppelin
- Deep Purple
- AC/DC
- Guns N' Roses