hard rock

noun

: rock music marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances

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The first rap album to go platinum, and then the first rap album to go multiplatinum, was driven by the group’s historic collaboration with Aerosmith on a remake of their 1975 classic that helped return the Boston hard rock band to the pop charts. —

Al Shipley, SPIN, 28 Jan. 2025 Following Thin Lizzy's dissolution, Sykes was recruited by English hard rock band Whitesnake. —

Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025 The band broke up shortly after, and Sykes went on to form the hard rock supergroup Blue Murder, with Tony Franklin and Carmine Appice. —

David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2025 The band is rarely missing from the hard rock lists, especially with their Greatest Hits compilation, which typically ranks among the most successful albums in that genre. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hard rock