Subgenres
Rock by Genre garage to grindcore
Rock isn't a single sound — it's an evolving family of subgenres in conversation with each other. Pick a genre to see the bands assigned to it as a primary or secondary tag in the Top 500.
- 44 subgenres in use
- 49 subgenres tracked
- 1,000 artists tagged
Classic Rock 287 Alternative Rock 180 Pop Rock 163 Indie Rock 104 Hard Rock 82 Folk Rock 65 Psychedelic Rock 54 Blues Rock 53 New Wave 50 Art Rock 46 Post-Punk 35 Post-Hardcore 34 Nu Metal 30 Progressive Rock 30 Punk Rock 30 Glam Metal 23 Rap Rock 23 Power Pop 21 Garage Rock 17 Britpop 15 Hardcore Punk 14 Grunge 13 Dream Pop 12 Rockabilly 12 Thrash Metal 12 Emo 9 Funk Rock 9 Southern Rock 9 Symphonic Metal 9 Metalcore 8 Power Metal 8 Death Metal 7 Post-Rock 6 Roots Rock 6 Shoegaze 6 Black Metal 5 Industrial Rock 5 Ska Punk 5 Doom Metal 4 Stoner Rock 4 Math Rock 3 No Wave 2 Noise Rock 2 Krautrock 1