Rock

59 genres · 75 relations

Family tree

Nested derivation, modernization and influence relationships within this category. Genres with multiple parents are placed under their primary parent; secondary parents are annotated as “(also from…)”.

Rock and Roll1950–
- Rock1960–
  - Psychedelic Rock1965–
    - Progressive Rock1969–
      - Djent2007–(also from Heavy Metal)
  - Hard Rock1968–
    - Heavy Metal1970–
      - Doom Metal1980–
        Sludge Metal1988–
        Post-Metal1992–
        Stoner Metal1990–
        Drone Metal1993–
      - J-Rock1985–(also from Punk Rock)
      - Technical Death Metal1989–
      - Black Metal1990–
        Symphonic Black Metal1992–
        Atmospheric Black Metal1995–
        Depressive Suicidal Black Metal1996–
        Blackgaze2005–
      - Brutal Death Metal1990–
        Slam Death Metal1995–
      - Melodic Death Metal1990–
      - Folk / Pagan Metal1991–
    - Grunge1988–(also from Punk Rock)
  - Krautrock1968–(also from Space Rock)
    - Neue Deutsche Welle1979–(also from Punk Rock)
  - Punk Rock1974–
    - Pop Punk1976–
      - Easycore2007–
    - New Wave1977–
      - Britpop1993–(also from Indie Rock, Madchester)
    - Post-Punk1978–(also from Dream Pop)
      - Goth Rock1980–
      - Indie Rock1980–
        Shoegaze1988–
        Slowcore1989–
      - Doomer Wave2018–
    - Movida Madrileña1980–(also from New Wave)
    - Crust Punk1981–
    - Emo1985–
      - Screamo1991–
      - Midwest Emo1994–
    - Grindcore1985–
      - Goregrind1987–
    - Post-hardcore1987–
      - Mathcore1995–
  - Post-rock1991–(also from Krautrock)
Country Rock1968–
Space Rock1969–
Rock Progressivo Italiano1971–
2 Tone1979–
Dream Pop1983–
Industrial Rock1988–
- Industrial Metal1989–
Madchester1988–
Powerviolence1988–
Math Rock1991–
Japanese Math Rock2000–
Russian Doomer2010–

Network diagram (supplementary)

All relationships (siblings, fusions and the rest) drawn as a graph. Use the family tree above for the overall structure; this view fills in the cross-links.

Legend

lineage (derived / modernized / regional)influencesibling / fused

Relationships between genres in the Rock category (all edge types included).

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Rock

Family tree

Network diagram (supplementary)

Genres in this category