Rock genres and metal genres: every style, with bands to listen to

From rock and roll to progressive rock: the styles that came straight from guitar, bass and drums.

• Alternative Rock 321
• Rock and Roll 226
• Hard Rock 210
• Grunge 163
• Garage Rock 108
• Progressive Rock 85
• Rock Ballad 78
• Psychedelic Rock 74
• Post-Grunge 72
• Experimental Rock 65
• Stoner Rock 47
• Acid Rock 36
• Instrumental Rock 35
• Arena Rock 32
• Soft Rock 32
• Rock Opera 30
• Christian Alternative Rock 27
• Christian Rock 27
• Glam Rock 26
• Power Ballad 19
• Jam Rock 18
• Symphonic Rock 18
• Pub Rock 17
• Album-Oriented Rock 16
• Comedy Rock 16
• Math Rock 15
• Neo-Psychedelia 14
• Beat 13
• Cello Rock 12
• College Rock 12
• Neo-Progressive Rock 12
• Space Rock 9
• New Prog 8
• Geek Rock 7
• Krautrock 6
• Trip Rock 5

Metal was born inside rock and grew into a family of its own, from classic heavy metal to extreme metal.

• Heavy Metal 208
• Nu Metal 143
• Thrash Metal 101
• Death Metal 88
• Progressive Metal 78
• Industrial Metal 50
• Black Metal 43
• Doom Metal 41
• Crossover 33
• Christian Metal 33
• Deathcore 30
• Gothic Metal 30
• Nu Metal Revival 29
• Progressive Death Metal 28
• Glam Metal 27
• Grindcore 25
• Djent 21
• Sludge Metal 21
• Mathcore 17
• Trap Metalcore 17
• Trap Metal 14
• Horrorcore 12
• Thrashcore 12
• Beatdown 10
• Hatecore 10
• Groove Metal 9
• Metalcore 9
• Blackgaze 8
• Pornogrind 7
• White Metal 5
• Powerviolence 5

Fast, short and direct: punk, the hardcore that came from it and the emo that came from hardcore.

• Punk Rock 195
• Hardcore 153
• Hardcore Punk 95
• Pop Punk 80
• Melodic Hardcore 56
• Emo 55
• Garage Punk 52
• Post-Hardcore 35
• Skate Punk 35
• Ska Punk 30
• Horror Punk 22
• Rapcore 20
• Street Punk 19
• Folk Punk 18
• Crust Punk 15
• Screamo 15
• Emo Rap 14
• Glam Punk 13
• Psychobilly 11
• Dance-Punk 10
• Christian Hardcore 10
• Celtic Punk 9
• R&B Punk 9
• Synthpunk 8
• Christian Emo 7
• Christian Punk 7
• Gypsy Punk 6
• Oi! 6
• Cowpunk 5
• Electronicore 5
• Pop Punk Trap 5
• Protopunk 5
• Queercore 5

Rock away from the radio: indie, post-punk, goth, new wave and the layered guitars of shoegaze.

• Indie Rock 156
• Post-Punk 72
• Goth 39
• Indie Pop 38
• Gothic Rock 27
• Indie Folk 26
• New Wave 25
• Post-Rock 24
• Shoegaze 23
• Christian Indie Rock 19
• Noise Rock 19
• Britpop 18
• Dream Pop 15
• Darkwave 14
• Lo-Fi 14
• Death Rock 13
• New Romantic 12
• Sadcore 11
• Synthpop 11
• Post-Punk Revival 10
• New Rave 8
• Noise Pop 7
• Coldwave 6
• No Wave 6
• Post-Britpop 6
• Mod Revival 5

Rock mixed with pop, blues, folk, country, rap, reggae, funk and electronic music.

• Pop Rock 232
• Blues Rock 132
• Folk Rock 68
• Blues 61
• Rap Rock 54
• Country Rock 48
• Reggae 42
• Funk Rock 34
• Jazz Rock 33
• Surf Rock 31
• Country Blues Rock 29
• Electric Blues Rock 22
• Rockabilly 22
• Electric Folk 19
• Surf Music 19
• Electronic Rock 18
• Trap Rock 18
• Southern Rock 15
• Manguebeat 14
• Southern Blues Rock 14
• Power Pop 13
• 2 Tone 10
• Bubblegum Pop 9
• K-Rock 8
• Neofolk 8
• Roots Rock 8
• Freak Folk 6
• Heartland Rock 6
• Indorock 6
• Baroque Pop 6
• J-Rock 5
• Psych Folk 5

The rock that grew outside the major labels in the 80s and 90s, with distorted guitars and freedom of form.

Song-driven rock with melody and chorus, halfway between pop and guitar.

The root of it all: guitar, bass, drums and a chorus, the way it started in the 50s.

Heavy rock built on riffs and guitar solos, halfway between classic rock and heavy metal.

Classic metal: heavy guitars, powerful vocals and solos, since the late 60s.

Short, fast, direct rock with few chords and protest lyrics.

The dirty rock that came out of Seattle in the early 90s, mixing punk and metal.

Rock with rawer production and a focus on melody, far from the radio sound.

Punk made even faster and more aggressive, born in the early 80s.

Groove-based, down-tuned metal with hip hop influence that exploded in the late 90s.

Rock played with the scale and accent of the blues.

Raw, direct rock recorded with little gear, sounding like a garage rehearsal.

Fast, aggressive metal with picked riffs and speeding drums.

Extreme metal with growled vocals, low tuning and very fast drums.

Long songs, changing time signatures and influences from jazz and classical music.

Punk with pop melodies and sing-along choruses.

Technical metal with long songs and time signatures that keep changing.

Rock of trippy tones, effects and improvisation, born in the late 60s.

The sound that came after punk: darker, with the bass up front and synthesizers.

Rock with acoustic guitar and the tradition of folk music.

Fast hardcore with melody and clean vocals.

Hardcore with emotional, confessional lyrics: the root of emo.

Rock with rap vocals over the guitars.

Metal mixed with electronics, synthesizers and mechanical beats.

Slow, low rock with down-tuned guitars and riffs repeated until they turn into a trance.

Extreme metal with fast guitars, harsh vocals and a dark atmosphere.

Slow, heavy metal with a melancholic mood.

The hardcore that opened up to melody, dynamics and experimentation.

Dark rock with a pounding bass, echoing guitars and deep vocals.

Metal mixed with hardcore: heavy riffs, breakdowns, screams and sung choruses.

The main rock genres are rock and roll, hard rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock, grunge, indie rock, punk rock and pop rock. Heavy metal was born inside rock and became a family of its own. On Tribhus they show up as 158 styles with bands to listen to.

The main metal genres are heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, black metal, doom metal, power metal, progressive metal, nu metal and metalcore. Each one has its own page on Tribhus, with the bands that play it.

Metal was born inside rock in the late 60s and kept getting heavier: more distorted guitars, lower tuning and faster drums. Today it is a family of its own, with subgenres like heavy, thrash, death, black and doom metal.

There is no official count, because new styles are born from mixing the old ones. On Tribhus, bands choose from 178 rock genres, and 158 of them already have enough bands to get their own page.