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| x Classic rock |
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Rock music | Classic metal | Steve Miller Band |
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format was originally developed as an oldies format featuring the British Invasion era music of the...
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| x Blues |
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Country | Steve Miller Band |
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and...
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| Neotraditional country | Stevie Ray Vaughan | ||||
| Psychobilly | Jimmie Vaughan | ||||
| Psychedelic rock | Grand Funk Railroad | ||||
| Bluegrass | Cream | ||||
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| x Black metal |
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Heavy metal | Folk metal | Negură Bunget |
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structures.
During the...
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| Thrash metal | National Socialist black metal | Mercyful Fate | |||
| Viking metal | Grand Belial's Key | ||||
| Melodic black metal | Benighted Leams | ||||
| Blackened death metal | Graveland | ||||
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| x Country |
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Old-time music | Country-rap | Cowboy Slim Rinehart |
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and southeastern American folk music. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with...
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| Celtic music | Jug band | The Bacon Brothers | |||
| Blues | Alternative country | Old Crow Medicine Show | |||
| Spiritual | Psychobilly | Little Big Town | |||
| Outlaw country | Kevin Sharp | ||||
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| x Christian alternative rock | Christian music | The Prayer Chain |
Christian alternative rock is a form of alternative rock music that is lyrically grounded in a Christian worldview. Some critics have suggested that unlike CCM and older Christian rock, Christian alternative rock generally emphasizes musical style...
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| x Disco |
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Soul music | West Coast hip hop | McFadden & Whitehead |
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. Its initial audiences were club-goers from the African American, Latino, gay, and psychedelic communities in New...
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| New Wave | CHIC | ||||
| East Coast hip hop | Datarock | ||||
| Russian pop | Los Amigos Invisibles | ||||
| House music | The Average White Band | ||||
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| x Drum and bass |
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Ambient music | Techstep | Aphex Twin |
Drum and bass (/ˈdrʌm ənd ˈbeɪs/) (also written as drum 'n' bass and commonly abbreviated to D&B;, D+B or DnB) is a type of electronic music which emerged in the mid 1990s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats (typically between 160–180 bpm...
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| Techno | Clownstep | Future Prophecies | |||
| Samba | Neurofunk | Ethnician | |||
| Breakbeat | Downtempo | The Moody Boys | |||
| Oldschool jungle | Raggacore | Mechanikal Element Foundation | |||
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| x Death metal |
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Heavy metal | Brutal death metal | Matt Bachand |
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
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| Thrash metal | Avant garde metal | Suffocation | |||
| Dark metal | Vader | ||||
| Blackened death metal | Behemoth | ||||
| Deathcore | Nile | ||||
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| x Electronic art music |
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20th century classical music | Electroacoustic music | Josef Anton Riedl |
Electronic art music refers to those forms of electronic music that fall within the general category of art music. The term encompasses a range of experimental music forms, both historical and contemporary, created by means of electronic instrument...
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| Computer music | Enore Zaffiri | ||||
| Live Electronics | Toshiro Mayuzumi | ||||
| acoustic pop | Vladimir Ussachevsky | ||||
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| x Funk |
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Brown-eyed soul | West Coast hip hop | Rosie Gaines |
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B; into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of...
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| Soul music | Funk metal | Bob. | |||
| Guitar Mashing | New Wave | Danger:Radio | |||
| Drum and bass | East Coast hip hop | Mofro | |||
| Funkcore | Bomba | ||||
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| x Flamenco |
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Sephardic music | Tientos | Paco de LucÃa |
Flamenco (Spanish pronunciation: [flaˈmeŋko]) is a genre of music, song and dance from Andalusia in southern Spain, noted for its energetic, staccato style. It grew from Andalusian music, song and dance styles, influenced by the song and dance of...
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| Mozarabic chant | New Flamenco | Sabicas | |||
| Tangos | Enrique Morente | ||||
| AlegrÃas | Camarón de la Isla | ||||
| Siguiriyas | Carmen Linares | ||||
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| x Grindcore |
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Heavy metal | Deathgrind | Painkiller |
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise music and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
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| Thrash metal | Goregrind | Lull | |||
| Thrashcore | Power violence | Genghis Tron | |||
| Crust punk | Porn rock | Cripple Bastards | |||
| D-beat | C-Mental | ||||
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| x Heavy metal |
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Blues-rock | Funk metal | Led Zeppelin |
Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and in the United States. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the...
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| Hard rock | Progressive metal | Solace | |||
| Emo | Black metal | Suicidal Tendencies | |||
| Rock music | Neo-classical metal | Tommy Lee | |||
| Alternative metal | Meliah Rage | ||||
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| x House music |
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Soul music | Booty House | Real McCoy |
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the American city of Chicago, Illinois in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to African-Americans and Latinos in Chicago circa 1984....
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| Synthpop | Electronica | Dave Seaman | |||
| Funk | Tribal house | Masters At Work | |||
| Disco | Neurofunk | Zeeteah Massiah | |||
| Electro | Game Boy music | Jody Watley | |||
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| x Mambo | Son montuno | Salsa music | Lou Bega |
Mambo is a musical form and dance style that developed originally in Cuba and then later in Mexico. The word "mambo" means "conversation with the gods" in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba.
Modern mambo began with...
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| Son | Cha-cha-cha | Tego Calderón | |||
| Big band | Boogaloo | Lenny Hambro | |||
| Swing | Pachanga | Beny Moré | |||
| Danzón | Tito Puente | ||||
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| x New Wave |
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Glam rock | Synthpop | Terry Bozzio |
New Wave is a subgenre of rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and...
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| Disco | Mod Revival | The Cars | |||
| Punk rock | New Romantic | Å arlo Akrobata | |||
| Ska | Electropop | Tubeway Army | |||
| Funk | Synthpunk | Simple Minds | |||
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| x Nu metal |
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Funk metal | Skrape |
Nu metal (also known as nü-metal, aggro-metal, neo-metal or new metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal. It is a fusion genre which combines elements of alternative metal with other genres, including hip hop, electronic music or funk. .
Rock bands of...
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| Alternative metal | Dry Kill Logic | ||||
| Heavy metal | Baroque | ||||
| Rapcore | The Blank Theory | ||||
| Groove metal | Coal Chamber | ||||
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| x Punk rock |
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Glam rock | Gothic rock | GG Allin |
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses...
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| Mod | Punkabilly | Constantines | |||
| Rockabilly | Paisley Underground | Tazers | |||
| Rock music | Funk metal | Solabeat Alliance | |||
| Hard rock | New Romantic | We Make Thunder | |||
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| x Psychedelic rock |
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British rock | Goa trance | Steve Miller Band |
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It often uses new recording techniques and effects and draws on...
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| Jazz | Paisley Underground | Cream | |||
| Garage rock | Art rock | Shalabi Effect | |||
| Blues | Kosmische Musik | Spacemen 3 | |||
| Mod | Desert rock | Quicksilver Messenger Service | |||
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| x Pop music |
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Dance music | New Wave | Panoramics |
Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll. The terms popular music and pop music are often used...
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| Rhythm and blues | Pop-rap | Steve Miller Band | |||
| Rock music | Traditional pop music | Sting | |||
| Russian pop | Power pop | Cecilia | |||
| World music | Pop punk | Toše Proeski | |||
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| x Rock music |
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Rockabilly | Punkabilly | The Police |
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country...
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| Glam rock | Alan Murphy | ||||
| Psychobilly | Mikoto | ||||
| Glam punk | Haircut 100 | ||||
| Sleaze rock | Office | ||||
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| x Rapcore | Heavy metal | Nu metal | SEV |
Rapcore (sometimes referred to as punk rap) is a subgenre of rap rock fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with punk rock (sometimes hardcore punk).
Rapcore originated from rap rock, a genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip...
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| Techno | E-Town Concrete | ||||
| Grunge music | Weapons | ||||
| Psychedelic rock | The X-Ecutioners | ||||
| Punk rock | Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. | ||||
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| x Reggae |
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Rocksteady | Zouk | The Police |
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the...
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| Ska | West Coast hip hop | Solabeat Alliance | |||
| Mento | New Wave | Sounds Like Chicken | |||
| World music | Dub | Soldiers of Jah Army | |||
| Post-punk | Andrijana Janevska | ||||
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| x Rhythm and blues |
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Black gospel | West Coast hip hop | The Troggs |
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B; and RnB, is a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans...
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| Soul music | East Coast hip hop | Rosie Gaines | |||
| Zouk | Psychobilly | SOUL'd OUT | |||
| Glam punk | McFadden & Whitehead | ||||
| Hard bop | Jody Watley | ||||
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| x Samba |
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Maxixe | Drum and bass | SambaDá |
Samba (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃bɐ] ( listen)) is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil (Rio De Janeiro) and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is...
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| Batucada | Bossa nova | Nelson Gonçalves | |||
| Choro | Samba-canção | Cibo Matto | |||
| Semba | Samba-enredo | Marcelo D2 | |||
| Modinha | Pagode | Zeca Pagodinho | |||
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| x Speed metal | Heavy metal | Power metal | Gama Bomb |
Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from NWOBHM and hardcore punk roots. It is described by Allmusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music.
Motörhead is often credited as the...
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| New Wave of British Heavy Metal | Thrash metal | Kylähullut | |||
| Crossover thrash | Rage | ||||
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| x Trip hop | Electronica | shackgroove | Portishead |
Trip hop (or trip-hop) is a genre consisting of downtempo electronic music, originating in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a...
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| Psychedelic music | Trip rock | Moonlight | |||
| Hip hop music | Illbient | Karmacoda | |||
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| x Techno |
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Synthpop | Detroit techno | Jeff Mills |
Techno is a form of electronic dance music (EDM) that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno in reference to a genre of music was in 1988. Many styles of techno now...
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| Industrial music | Minimal techno | Underground Resistance | |||
| Chicago house | Tech house | Carl Craig | |||
| Electro | Acid techno | Richie Hawtin | |||
| Electronic dance music | Trance music | Kevin Saunderson | |||
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| x Trance music |
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Techno | Goa trance | Orbital |
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. It is usually characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 beats per minute.
It is unknown where the dance music genre of trance evolved from. The origin of the term "trance...
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| Industrial music | Game Boy music | Toby Emerson | |||
| House music | Uplifting trance | Andy Hunter° | |||
| Electronic dance music | Futurepop | Gabriel & Dresden | |||
| Hardstyle | Brooklyn Bounce | ||||
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| x Glam rock |
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Garage rock | Gothic rock | Sigue Sigue Sputnik |
Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform...
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| Folk rock | Glam metal | Slade | |||
| Rock music | Glam punk | Sweet | |||
| Pop rock | Punk rock | London | |||
| New Wave | Specimen | ||||
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| x Britpop | Mod | New wave of new wave | Jarvis Cocker |
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
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| Madchester | Lion Pop | Cast | |||
| Glam rock | Grebo | Venini | |||
| Indie rock | Post-punk revival | Ultrasound | |||
| New Wave | Embrace | ||||
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| x Breakbeat hardcore | Breakbeat | Darkcore | Brown Brigade |
Breakbeat hardcore (aka oldskool rave hardcore) is a derivative of acid house and techno music, of the late 1980s and early 1990s, that combines four-on-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats, and is associated with the UK rave scene.
The scene was...
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| Ragga | 4-beat | Dave Baksh | |||
| Techno | Oldschool jungle | Vaughn Lal | |||
| Reggae | Drum and bass | Cess Rock | |||
| Italo house | Hardcore Breaks | SL2 | |||
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| x Progressive rock |
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Psychedelic rock | Progressive metal | The Raspberries |
Progressive rock (also referred to as prog rock or prog) is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of "a mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in...
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| Blues-rock | Alternative metal | GARNET CROW | |||
| Hard rock | Art rock | Tiles | |||
| Free jazz | Avant-progressive rock | Sandhan | |||
| Rock music | Canterbury Scene | By The End Of Tonight | |||
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| x Grunge music |
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Punk rock | Post-grunge | Line Lokr |
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged as a fusion of punk, alternative, and heavy metal during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired...
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| Hardcore punk | Rapcore | Pond | |||
| Heavy metal | Grunk | Oddzar | |||
| Alternative rock | Duman | ||||
| Indie rock | Eric's Trip | ||||
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| x Ambient music | Psychedelic rock | Ambient industrial | Aphex Twin |
Ambient is an electronic music genre which originated in the United Kingdom. Developing in the 1970s, ambient stemmed from the experimental and synthesizer-oriented styles of the period, while being influenced by Kraftwerk and Klaus Schulze;...
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| 20th century classical music | Ambient house | Brian Eno | |||
| Krautrock | Dark ambient | Dead combo | |||
| Techno | Black ambient | Deep Forest | |||
| Minimalist music | Chill out music | Apse | |||
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| x Bluegrass |
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Progressive Southern Gospel | Jam band | The Stanley Brothers |
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. Bluegrass was inspired by the music of Appalachia. It has mixed roots in Scottish, Irish and English traditional music, and also it was influenced by the music of...
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| Country | Traditional bluegrass | Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | |||
| Neotraditional country | Progressive bluegrass | Lester Flatt | |||
| Old-time music | Sweet Sunny South | ||||
| Blues | Old Crow Medicine Show | ||||
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| x Soul music |
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Black gospel | East Coast hip hop | Rosie Gaines |
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the 1950s and early 1960s, combining elements of African American gospel music and rhythm and blues.
According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose...
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| Rhythm and blues | Mod | Mofro | |||
| Gospel music | Jazz-funk | Dionne Farris | |||
| Blues | Brown-eyed soul | Jody Watley | |||
| Chicago soul | Joe Henry | ||||
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| x Modal jazz |
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Jazz | Herbie Hancock |
Modal jazz is jazz that uses musical modes rather than chord progressions as a harmonic framework. Originating in the late 1950s and 1960s, modal jazz is characterized by Miles Davis's "Milestones" (1958), Kind of Blue (1959), and John Coltrane's...
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| x Post-rock |
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Electronica | Post-metal | Shalabi Effect |
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock. Post-rock musicians...
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| Art rock | Houlton Road Trio | ||||
| Jazz | Soar | ||||
| Shoegazing | Calla | ||||
| Krautrock | By The End Of Tonight | ||||
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| x Progressive metal |
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Progressive rock | Avant garde metal | Negură Bunget |
Progressive metal (sometimes known as prog metal or prog-metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s. Progressive metal blended elements of heavy metal and progressive rock music, taking...
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| Heavy metal | Melodic death metal | The Ladies | |||
| Jazz fusion | Symphonic metal | Zach Hill | |||
| Technical death metal | Disillusion | ||||
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| x Breakbeat |
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Rave music | Techstep | Mental escape |
Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straightened 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house). These rhythms may...
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| Techno | Drum and bass | Mechanikal Element Foundation | |||
| Dancehall | Breakbeat hardcore | Dj Abstract | |||
| Hip hop music | Nu skool breaks | Blue Hand | |||
| Broken beat | Brown Brigade | ||||
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| x Hardcore punk |
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Punk rock | Funkcore | Mikoto |
Hardcore punk (sometimes referred to simply as hardcore) is a music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the...
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| Rock Against Communism | Vision of Disorder | ||||
| Thrash metal | Rollins Band | ||||
| Grunge music | Broken Bones | ||||
| Punk blues | Avskum | ||||
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| x Folk metal | Black metal | Oriental metal | Elvenking |
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser...
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| Heavy metal | Medieval rock | Graveland | |||
| Power metal | Ancient Rites | ||||
| Folk music | Silent Stream of Godless Elegy | ||||
| Folk rock | Žalvarinis | ||||
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| x Thrash metal |
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Classic metal | Black metal | Slayer |
Thrash metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work. Lyrics of...
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| Speed metal | Blackened thrash metal | Megadeth | |||
| Heavy metal | Groove metal | Metallica | |||
| Hardcore punk | Grindcore | Suicidal Tendencies | |||
| New Wave of British Heavy Metal | Deathrash | Gama Bomb | |||
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| x Progressive psytrance | Microhouse | Ticon |
Progressive psytrance (also referred to as minimal psytrance, psyprog, or simply prog or 'minimal) is a style of psychedelic electronica developed in the early 2000s, developed as a sub-genre of psychedelic and Goa trance. Progressive psytrance is...
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| Progressive electronic music | Perfect Stranger | ||||
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| x Salsa music |
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Rumba | Vallenato-salsa | Brenda K. Starr |
Salsa music is a general term referring to what is essentially Cuban popular dance music created outside of Cuba. Salsa was initially recorded, promoted and marketed in New York City during the 1970s. The various musical genres comprising salsa...
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| Son | Songo-salsa | El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico | |||
| Mambo | Timba | Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez | |||
| Son montuno | Charanga-vallenata | Celia Cruz | |||
| Mereng-house | Eddie Santiago | ||||
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| x Electronica | Techno | Dubtronica | Broken Radio |
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities. Unlike electronic dance music, which is sub-genre...
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| House music | Chiptune | Kraftwerk | |||
| Experimental classical music | Glitch | Orbital | |||
| Rock music | Intelligent dance music | The Knife | |||
| Electronic music | Bitpop | Remergence | |||
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| x Christian rock |
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Rock music | Christian metal | The Benjamin Gate |
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies...
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| Christian music | Christian punk | My Red Hot Nightmare | |||
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| x Industrial music |
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Noise music | Goa trance | Soar |
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan ...
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| Fluxus | Hardcore techno | High Blue Star | |||
| Electronic dance music | Electronic body music | Mursic | |||
| Drum and bass | Martial music | Kode IV | |||
| Techno | Terrorfakt | ||||
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| x Emo |
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Post-hardcore | Screamo | Texas Is the Reason |
Emo ( /ˈiːmoʊ/) is a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement of Washington, D.C., where it was known as "emotional hardcore" or ...
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| Punk rock | Heavy metal | Self Against City | |||
| Rock music | acoustic pop | Christie Front Drive | |||
| Hardcore punk | Umbrellas | ||||
| Pop rock | Desaparecidos | ||||
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| x Hard rock |
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Rock music | Classic metal | AC/DC |
Hard rock (or heavy rock) is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock. It is typified by a heavy use of distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often...
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| Deathrock | Van Halen | ||||
| Neo-Psychedelia | Deep Purple | ||||
| Sleaze rock | Eddie Van Halen | ||||
| Heavy metal | Meliah Rage | ||||
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| x Gothic rock |
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Punk rock | Gothabilly | Carfax Abbey |
Gothic rock (also referred to as goth rock or simply goth) is a musical subgenre of post-punk that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes. According...
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| Glam rock | Dark Cabaret | Gene Loves Jezebel | |||
| Post-punk | Pagan rock | The Sisters of Mercy | |||
| Rock music | Strange Boutique | ||||
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| x Industrial rock | Industrial music | Industrial metal | Trent Reznor |
Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused. The early fusions of industrial music and rock were practiced by a handful of post...
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| Electronic body music | Angelspit | ||||
| Hard rock | Slick Idiot | ||||
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| x Deathrock |
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Punk rock | Dark Cabaret | Theatre of Ice |
Deathrock is a term used to identify a sub-genre of punk rock incorporating horror elements and spooky atmospherics, that emerged on the West Coast of the United States in 1979.
Deathrock songs use simple chords, echoing guitars, a prominent bass,...
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| Glam rock | Gothabilly | The Last Days of Jesus | |||
| Post-punk | 45 Grave | ||||
| Hard rock | Specimen | ||||
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New Wave | New Romantic | De/Vision |
Synthpop (also known as electropop, or technopop) is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of...
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| Industrial music | Techno | Monolithic | |||
| Pop music | Detroit techno | Lowe | |||
| Post-punk | House music | Colony 5 | |||
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| x Post-punk |
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Glam rock | Gothic rock | Garrison |
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental. Post...
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| World music | Deathrock | Sigue Sigue Sputnik | |||
| Punk rock | Dark Cabaret | Gene Loves Jezebel | |||
| Krautrock | Punk blues | The Sisters of Mercy | |||
| Dub | Madchester | Theatre of Ice | |||
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| x Indie rock |
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Psychobilly | Alternative metal | The Shins |
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include indie pop, grunge, jangle pop, C86, and lo-fi, among others. Originally...
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| Post-punk | Geek rock | Texas Is the Reason | |||
| Rock music | Grunge music | Constantines | |||
| Alternative rock | New Prog | The Show is the Rainbow | |||
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| x Psychedelic trance |
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Goa trance | Dark psytrance | Mindelight |
Psychedelic trance, psytrance or just psy (derived from the Ancient Greek word ψυχή "psyche", mind; soul; breath; spirit) is a form of electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and complex layered melodies created...
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| Psychedelic rock | Progressive psytrance | Entheogenic | |||
| Instrumental rock | Melodic psytrance | Vibe Tribe | |||
| Industrial music | Psybient | X-Dream | |||
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| x Garage rock |
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Mod | Paisley Underground | The Troggs |
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name. In the late 1970s, some rock...
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| Rockabilly | Glam rock | The Second Guess | |||
| Soul music | Psychobilly | The Tah Dahs | |||
| Surf rock | Glam punk | Key Witness | |||
| Folk rock | Psychedelic rock | Luv'd Ones | |||
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| x Calypso music | Kaiso | Oratorical calypso | Mighty Sparrow |
Calypso is a style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from African and European roots. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of enslaved Africans, who, not being allowed to speak to each other, communicated through song....
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