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Fusion music genres

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musical subgenre of alternative metal

psychedelic rock

genre of rock music

progressive metal

genre of heavy metal music

music genre combining elements of blues and rock

industrial metal

Music genre; fusion of heavy metal and industrial music

alternative metal

music subgenre of heavy metal and alternative rock

symphonic metal

music genre that blends heavy metal with classical music

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Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of heavy metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined with slow, intense passages called breakdowns. Other defining traits are low-tuned, percussive guitar riffs, double bass drumming, and highly polished production. Vocalists typically switch between clean vocals (melodic, emotional singing) and harsh vocals (including shouting and screaming). Lyrics are often personal, introspective and emotive. It is deb

genre of heavy metal music

genre of electronic music

music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre, it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blues, leading to what is considered "classic" rock and roll. Some have also described it as a blend of bluegrass with rock and roll. The term "rockabilly" itself is a portmanteau of "rock" (from "rock 'n' roll") and "hillbilly", the latter a reference to the country music (often called "hillbilly music" in the 1940s and 1950s) that contributed strongly to t

Pop-punk (also punk pop, alternatively spelled without the hyphen) is a rock music genre that combines elements of punk rock and pop. It is defined by its fast-paced, energetic tempos, and emphasis on classic pop songcraft, as well as adolescent and anti-suburbia themes. It is distinguished from other punk-variant genres by drawing more heavily from 1960s bands such as the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Beach Boys. The genre has evolved throughout its history, absorbing elements from new wave, college rock, ska, hip hop, emo, boy band pop and even hardcore punk and metalcore. It is sometimes cons

subgenre fusion of rock music and country music

Dance-pop (also known as club-pop and EDM-pop) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a combination of dance and pop with influences of disco, post-disco and synth-pop, it is generally characterised by strong beats with easy, uncomplicated song structures which are generally more similar to pop music than the more free-form dance genre, with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes. The gen

cross-genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip-hop with various forms of rock

Deathcore is an extreme metal subgenre that combines death metal with metalcore. The genre consists of death metal guitar riffs, blast beats, and metalcore breakdowns. While there are some precursors to the concept of death metal fused with metalcore and hardcore elements seen in the 1990s, deathcore as a distinct genre emerged in the early 2000s and gained prominence beginning in the mid-2000s.

electronic rock

subgenre of funk rock and alternative metal

cross-genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip-hop with various forms of metal

fusion music genre

music genre that fuses funk and rock elements

industrial rock

crossover thrash

music genre; musical fusion of thrash metal and hardcore punk

Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") is a genre of pop music sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption. The genre began in the 1970s and became associated with Hong Kong popular music from the middle of the decade. Cantopop then reached its height of popularity in the 1980s and 1990s before slowly declining in the 2000s and shrinking in the 2010s. The term "Cantopop" itself was coined in 1978 after "Cantorock", a term first used in 1974. In the 1980s, Cantopop peaked with a fanbase and concerts all over the world, e

Psychobilly (also known as punkabilly) is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock. It has been defined as "loud frantic rockabilly music", it has also been said that it "takes the traditional countrified rock style known as rockabilly, ramp[ing] up its speed to a sweaty pace, and combin[ing] it with punk rock and imagery lifted from horror films and late-night sci-fi schlock,... [creating a] gritty honky tonk punk rock."

genre of heavy metal music that is stylistically close to the sound of black metal, but whose artists are either directly against the Satanism prevalent in black metal, or promote Christianity in their lyrics and imagery

fusion of folk music and punk rock

Mathcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk and metalcore that developed during the 1990s, influenced by post-hardcore, extreme metal and math rock. The genre features complex and variable rhythms with songs featuring irregular time signatures, polymeters, syncopations and tempo changes. Bands such as Converge, Botch, Coalesce and The Dillinger Escape Plan helped to establish the genre.

Mandopop or mandapop refers to popular music sung in Standard Mandarin. The genre originated from the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; later influences included Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop, and particularly the campus folk song folk movement of the 1970s. "Mandopop" may be used as a general term to describe popular songs performed in Mandarin. Though mandopop predates cantopop, the English term "mandopop" was coined around 1980 after "cantopop" became a popular term for describing popular songs in Cantonese. "Mandopop" was used to

punk rock mixed with traditional Celtic music

fusion of electronic and jazz music

fusion genre of hip hop and emo

genre of music which combines hip-hop music with elements of pop music

Nintendocore is a broadly defined style of music that most commonly fuses chiptune and video game music with hardcore punk and/or heavy metal. The genre is sometimes considered a direct subgenre of post-hardcore and a fusion genre between metalcore and chiptune.

British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s

subgenre of metal music

melodic metalcore

musical subgenre of metalcore

genre that emerged through a fusion of Turkish folk music and rock

Electronicore (also known as synthcore or trancecore) is a fusion genre of metalcore music with elements of various electronic music genres, often including trance, electronica, and dubstep. Electronicore emerged in the early 2000s. The British band Enter Shikari, founded in 2003, is considered a pioneer. However, several online magazines attribute a pioneering role in this genre to the band I See Stars, due to their debut album 3-D, which was very well-known within the scene.

Dance-rock is a dance-infused genre of rock music. It is a post-disco genre connected with pop rock and new wave with fewer rhythm and blues influences. It originated in the early 1980s, following the decline in popularity of both punk and disco.

musical genre that mixes elements of house music and hip hop music

alternative dance

dance music genre

occult-themed dark electronic music genre; emerged in the late 2000s and early 2010s; uses synthesizers, drum machines, obscure samples, droning repetition and heavily altered, ethereal, indiscernible vocals

subgenre of house

commercial heavy metal and hard rock style

Cowpunk (or country punk) is a subgenre of country music and punk rock that began in the United Kingdom and Southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It combines punk rock or new wave with country, folk, and blues in its sound, lyrical subject matter, attitude, and style. Examples include Social Distortion, the Gun Club, the Long Ryders, Dash Rip Rock, Violent Femmes, the Blasters, Mojo Nixon, Meat Puppets, the Beat Farmers, Rubber Rodeo, Rank and File, and Jason and the Scorchers. Many of the musicians in this scene subsequently became associated with alternative country, roots r

fusion genre of reggae

Crunkcore (also known as crunk punk, screamo crunk, and scrunk) is a musical fusion microgenre characterized by the combination of musical elements from crunk, post-hardcore (particularly pop screamo), heavy metal, pop, electronic and dance music. The genre often features screamed vocals, hip hop beats, and sexually provocative lyrics. The genre developed from members of the scene subculture during the mid-2000s.