Heavy rock

A very broad term which can refer to any heavier type of rock music, often used to describe bands that range from grunge to metalcore, and also to describe hard rock music with alternative influences such as nu metal and alternative metal. Edit this Artist photo: AC/DC

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  • BlackMetallizer

    fake tag

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  • web-knows

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  • panda_polaco

    i wonder if there is a hard metal genre [2]

    March 2013

  • hauzzer

    I agree. Heavy rock is early metal.

    January 2013

  • CJBroetto

    heavy rock = proto-metal

    December 2012

  • Moorzilko

    i wonder if there is a hard metal genre

    October 2012

  • PeculiarOne

    fyi, early (proto-)metal bands such as Deep Purple and Black Sabbath referred to themselves as "heavy rock".

    September 2012

  • nospr

    Not all tags have to be genres.

    June 2012
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