What is Hard Rock?

Loud, riff-driven and swaggering. Heavy distorted power chords, powerful vocals, prominent guitar solos.

Rock110–150 BPM typical

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Listen for

big distorted riff as the hook
belted vocals
guitar solo section
driving backbeat

Reference artists

AC/DCFoo FightersRoyal Blood

Anchors rather than an exhaustive canon — if your track sits near these, this is probably the right label.

Usual tempo 110–150 BPM. Sitting outside that range does not disqualify a track; it just makes the tells matter more.

Easy to confuse with

The nearest neighbours in Rock, by tempo. If Hard Rock does not quite fit, one of these usually does.

Indie Rock100–150 BPM
Guitar rock with a scrappy, independent feel. Jangly or fuzzy tones, conversational vocals, modest production.
Alternative Rock90–140 BPM
Melodic guitar rock outside the mainstream template — moody, dynamic, often quiet verses into loud choruses.
Post-Rock70–140 BPM
Instrumental rock built on long crescendos. Clean delayed guitars slowly stack into an enormous distorted climax, usually with no vocals at all.
Psychedelic Rock90–130 BPM
Swirling, hazy and exploratory. Phaser and reverb-drenched guitars, modal jams, tape effects and a drifting, trippy atmosphere.