Hard Rock

Genre of rock music often characterized by chordal guitar riffs accompanied by root notes on the bass guitar and "big" drums. Emerged 1967. Wikipedia

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50 artists with 2.3M combined listeners. 22% of them sit in the Modern Rock / American Metalcore / Metalcore community on the map. It shares the most artists with Modern Rock.

Where Hard Rock sits on the map

• Modern Rock / American Metalcore / Metalcore · 11 artists (22%)
• Christian Alternative Rock / Christian Metal / Pop Punk · 8 artists (16%)
• Psychedelic Trance / Brazilian House / Brazilian Bass · 4 artists (8%)
• Power Metal / Fantasy Metal / Symphonic Rock · 3 artists (6%)
• Grungegaze / Nu Gaze / Shoegaze · 3 artists (6%)
• Metalcore / Melodic Metalcore / Alternative Metal · 2 artists (4%)

Strongest pairings in Hard Rock

Hard Rock artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Halestorm & The Pretty Reckless · 32 shared playlists
2. Silent Theory & From Ashes To New · 16 shared playlists
3. Next Door To Heaven & Non-Divine · 16 shared playlists
4. Silent Theory & Nothing More · 15 shared playlists
5. Nothing More & From Ashes To New · 11 shared playlists
6. The Pretty Reckless & The Warning · 7 shared playlists
7. THE DIRTY YOUTH & Icon For Hire · 4 shared playlists
8. Fit For Rivals & Icon For Hire · 3 shared playlists
9. Eric Schenkman & Non-Divine · 3 shared playlists
10. Richard Lewis & Lacey Sturm · 2 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Hard Rock, for their size.

• Modern Rock · 18 shared artistsBoth: The Pretty Reckless, Halestorm, Lacuna Coil
• Symphonic Rock · 5 shared artistsBoth: Icon For Hire, Fit For Rivals, Onlap
• Album Rock · 2 shared artistsBoth: Daniel Montgomery, Eric Schenkman
• Alternative Metal · 5 shared artistsBoth: Electric Callboy, From Ashes To New, Nothing More
• Rock · 9 shared artistsBoth: The Pretty Reckless, Halestorm, Starset
• American Metalcore · 3 shared artistsBoth: Silent Theory, Ladrones, Jessie Smith
• Christian Rock · 2 shared artistsBoth: Lacey Sturm, Spoken
• Metalcore · 4 shared artistsBoth: Electric Callboy, Beartooth, Victor Borba

Artists

50 artists tagged Hard Rock, ranked by listeners.

1. The Pretty Reckless453.6K listeners · Modern Rock
2. Sabaton411.8K listeners · Power Metal
3. Halestorm226.6K listeners · Modern Rock
4. Lacuna Coil221.7K listeners · Gothic Metal
5. Electric Callboy154.5K listeners · Metalcore
6. Starset146.0K listeners · Modern Rock
7. Flyleaf138.6K listeners · Rock
8. Beartooth81.2K listeners · Metalcore
9. From Ashes To New68.8K listeners · Modern Rock
10. The Warning54.1K listeners · Modern Rock
11. Richie Kotzen44.5K listeners · Rock
12. Icon For Hire42.3K listeners
13. Fit For Rivals35.1K listeners
14. Nothing More31.6K listeners · Modern Rock
15. Damn Yankees24.8K listeners · Glam Metal
16. Amy23.4K listeners
17. Chad Kroeger18.9K listeners · Rock
18. Onlap18.4K listeners · Modern Rock
19. Thundermother10.9K listeners
20. Lacey Sturm10.5K listeners
21. Spoken8.8K listeners
22. THE DIRTY YOUTH7.3K listeners
23. Sershen&Zaritskaya5.6K listeners · Modern Rock
24. DOGSTAR4.5K listeners · Rock
25. Liliac4.0K listeners · Modern Rock
26. Dexter and The Moonrocks3.6K listeners · Alternative Rock
27. Silent Theory3.0K listeners · Modern Rock
28. Return to Dust2.4K listeners
29. Victor Borba2.1K listeners
30. The Rock Orchestra2.1K listeners
31. Ladrones1.8K listeners
32. Royale Lynn1.6K listeners · Modern Rock
33. Judge & Jury1.5K listeners · Modern Rock
34. Cenobia1.2K listeners
35. Non-Divine1.0K listeners · Rock
36. Next Door To Heaven1.0K listeners · Rock
37. Sergio Hernandez1.0K listeners
38. The Star Prairie Project1.0K listeners · Modern Rock
39. STEROID SOUND1.0K listeners
40. LIPPMAN1.0K listeners · Soft Rock
41. Milton1.0K listeners
42. Paulo Roberto1.0K listeners · Modern Rock
43. Joe H1.0K listeners
44. Matt H1.0K listeners · Classic Rock
45. Daniel Montgomery1.0K listeners · Album Rock
46. Jessie Smith1.0K listeners
47. Eric Schenkman1.0K listeners · Album Rock
48. Josh K1.0K listeners
49. Richard Lewis1.0K listeners
50. SinHeresY1.0K listeners