art rock
Experimental guitar music
Art rock is rock music that aspires to artistic ambition beyond conventional pop structures, often incorporating classical influences, complex compositions, or conceptual themes.
The genre emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s with bands like Pink Floyd and Yes.
Their new album ventures into art rock territory with its twenty-minute suites and orchestral arrangements.
Pertaining to large-scale orchestral music
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- polyrhythmsOverlapping distinct beat patterns
- complexityState of being complicated
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
musicianship · counterpoint · leitmotifs · grandiose · epic
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- ambientOf the surroundings
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- droneUnmanned flying machine
soundscapes · collage · improvisation · atonal · microtonal · glitch · layering · texture
Favoring reform and innovation
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
- shoegazeDistortion-heavy ethereal rock
- neo-psychedeliaEighties revival of hallucinogenic rock
- alternativeAnother available choice
Flashy allure, abbreviated
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- spectacleVisually striking event
- showmanshipSkill at impressive presentation
- performanceCarrying out a task
Bowie · makeup · dramatic · androgyny · alter-ego · flamboyance · artifice · camp
First biblical book
Account of events
- themeCentral recurring concept
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- imageryVivid descriptive language
abstraction · interpretation · literary · philosophical · dystopian · mythology · allegory · lyrics
symphonic
Pertaining to large-scale orchestral music
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- polyrhythmsOverlapping distinct beat patterns
- complexityState of being complicated
orchestration · musicianship · counterpoint · leitmotifs · grandiose · epic
synthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- ambientOf the surroundings
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
drone · soundscapes · collage · improvisation · atonal · microtonal · glitch · layering · texture · avant-garde
progressive
Favoring reform and innovation
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
- shoegazeDistortion-heavy ethereal rock
- neo-psychedeliaEighties revival of hallucinogenic rock
glam
Flashy allure, abbreviated
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- spectacleVisually striking event
- showmanshipSkill at impressive presentation
performance · Bowie · makeup · dramatic · androgyny · alter-ego · flamboyance · artifice · camp · mime
Genesis
First biblical book
narrative
Account of events
- themeCentral recurring concept
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
imagery · abstraction · interpretation · literary · philosophical · dystopian · mythology · allegory · lyrics
- genresaction, comedy, detective fiction, fantasy, horror
- rock genresheavy metal, metal, punk, grunge, Britpop
- Alt Rockalternative metal, grunge, post-grunge, post-punk, new wave
- hybrid genresjazz fusion, folk metal, gothic metal, funk metal, pop punk
- Experimental RockSonic Youth, Velvet Underground, Wire, Faust, Swans
- Prog RockKing Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Jethro Tull, concept album
art rockpunk rock
Stripped-down aggressive rock genre
punk · garage rock · pub rock · roots rock · rockabilly
art rockpunk
Raw, fast rock genre
hardcore punk · street punk · Oi! · pub rock · protopunk
art rockpop rock
Catchy guitar-driven commercial music
arena rock · stadium rock · bubblegum pop · hair metal · soft rock
art, rock, rock art, glam rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock