Hard music is most commonly associated with the hard rock genre, but it may also refer to any number of subgenres with hard in the name, most of which have no connection to hard rock. These are:
Hard bop Hard dance Hard NRG Hard trance Hardbag Hardbass Hardstyle UK hard house Hard bounce UK hardcore Hard funk Hard pop (disambiguation) Hardcore (EDM) Breakbeat hardcore Digital hardcore Happy hardcore Hard techno Hardcore breaks Industrial hardcore Mainstream hardcore UK hardcore Hardcore punk Beatdown hardcore Christian hardcore Digital hardcore Japanese hardcore Heavy hardcore Horror hardcore Melodic hardcore New York hardcore Positive hardcore Washington D.C. hardcore Hardvapour Hardwave Post-hardcore
See also Hard rock (disambiguation) "Heavy Music", a 1967 song by Bob Seger & The Last Heard
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