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Every genre in the corpus, hanging off the two it all descends from. A bigger name carries more below it.

152 genres and subgenres, on 2 roots.

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Noise rock

Rock › Alternative rock › Noise rock

Emerged
1983
Origin
USA
Subgenres
None

Alternate tunings, feedback as an instrument and rhythm sections that hit like machinery. The grandfather of sludge.

Heaviness
7
Speed
6
Melody
3

Key acts

  • Sonic Youth
  • Big Black
  • The Jesus Lizard
  • Melvins
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