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== Artists ==
== Artists ==
Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' demonstrates a riff built into a studio construction, while Deep Purple's 'Highway Star' brings keyboards into the instrumental contest. AC/DC's 'Back in Black' reveals the effect of space and precision inside a heavy groove. Thin Lizzy offers melodic twin-guitar writing and storytelling; Heart challenges the idea that this sound belongs to male performers alone. These examples cover different musical approaches. Their records are useful points of entry rather than a compulsory canon or a measure of any country's cultural identity.
Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' demonstrates a riff built into a studio construction, while Deep Purple's 'Highway Star' brings keyboards into the instrumental contest. AC/DC's 'Back in Black' reveals the effect of space and precision inside a heavy groove. Thin Lizzy offers melodic twin-guitar writing and storytelling; Heart challenges the idea that this sound belongs to male performers alone. These examples cover different musical approaches. Their records are useful points of entry rather than a compulsory canon or a measure of any country's cultural identity.
== Representative performances ==
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
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| popular || regional || Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
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! Artist !! Performance / song / title !! Embedded player URL !! Notes !! Repertoire kind !! Repertoire date !! Recording date !! Format !! Opening !! Places !! Fit !! Evidence !! Review note !! MuGlobe favorite !! Current hit !! Authentic
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| AC/DC || Back in Black — Donington, August 17, 1991 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/6vImyP5EYc8 || The band’s official concert release presents riff-centred hard rock with a live rhythm section and lead guitar. It gives a direct performance example of the style’s blues-derived electric-band sound.<ref name="performance-hard-rock-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vImyP5EYc8 AC/DC — Back in Black — Donington, August 17, 1991]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18. Context: [https://www.acdc.com/video-category/live/page/5/ supporting source].</ref> Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vImyP5EYc8 Existing recording] || Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. || <muglobe-flag video="6vImyP5EYc8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="6vImyP5EYc8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="6vImyP5EYc8" field="authentic" />
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| Deep Purple || Highway Star — Come Hell or High Water || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y2qZJ3BHzjY || The band’s official concert release gives a keyboard-and-guitar-driven hard-rock example beside AC/DC. The extended instrumental passages provide a contrasting approach to hard rock’s rhythmic force and solo playing.<ref name="performance-hard-rock-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2qZJ3BHzjY Deep Purple — Highway Star — Come Hell or High Water]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2qZJ3BHzjY Existing recording] || Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. || <muglobe-flag video="Y2qZJ3BHzjY" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Y2qZJ3BHzjY" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Y2qZJ3BHzjY" field="authentic" />
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| Black Stone Cherry || Black Stone Cherry - I'm Fine (Live, Hamburg, Markthalle, 29.09.26) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/gcSR_p5Iuc0 || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: The Mailman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-29. Video publication: 2026-09-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcSR_p5Iuc0 Black Stone Cherry - I'm Fine (Live, Hamburg, Markthalle, 29.09.26)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-09-29 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcSR_p5Iuc0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: The Mailman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-29. || <muglobe-flag video="gcSR_p5Iuc0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="gcSR_p5Iuc0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="gcSR_p5Iuc0" field="authentic" />
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| AC/DC || AC/DC - THUNDERSTRUCK live in Philadelphia (29.09.2026) &#124; "Power Up"-Tour 2026 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/AlSOtdXwKTQ || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: ⚡Marco's HIGH VOLTAGE  Music Channel⚡. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-29. Video publication: 2026-09-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlSOtdXwKTQ AC/DC - THUNDERSTRUCK live in Philadelphia (29.09.2026) &#124; "Power Up"-Tour 2026].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-09-29 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlSOtdXwKTQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: ⚡Marco's HIGH VOLTAGE  Music Channel⚡. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-29. || <muglobe-flag video="AlSOtdXwKTQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="AlSOtdXwKTQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="AlSOtdXwKTQ" field="authentic" />
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| Black Stone Cherry || Black Stone Cherry - Me and Mary Jane / Burnin' LIVE at Rocklahoma 2026 (4K Front Row) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/QuNfh95V_bI || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Pics from the pit. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuNfh95V_bI Black Stone Cherry - Me and Mary Jane / Burnin' LIVE at Rocklahoma 2026 (4K Front Row)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuNfh95V_bI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Pics from the pit. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="QuNfh95V_bI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="QuNfh95V_bI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="QuNfh95V_bI" field="authentic" />
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| Black Stone Cherry || Black Stone Cherry - Blame It On The Boom Boom (live) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/xGLDRjXTWDk || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Mr.Waxwing. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGLDRjXTWDk Black Stone Cherry - Blame It On The Boom Boom (live)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGLDRjXTWDk Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Mr.Waxwing. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="xGLDRjXTWDk" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="xGLDRjXTWDk" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="xGLDRjXTWDk" field="authentic" />
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| Black Stone Cherry || Black Stone Cherry - Celebrate (Live In Prague 15-09-2026) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/r_8TC6EnAPw || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Anton. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-15. Video publication: 2026-09-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_8TC6EnAPw Black Stone Cherry - Celebrate (Live In Prague 15-09-2026)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-09-15 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_8TC6EnAPw Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Anton. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-15. || <muglobe-flag video="r_8TC6EnAPw" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="r_8TC6EnAPw" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="r_8TC6EnAPw" field="authentic" />
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| AC/DC || AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) (Live at PWR UP Tour in St Louis MO 09-08-2026) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/GlwK8ISzONg || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: bigconcertfan.com. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-08. Video publication: 2026-09-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlwK8ISzONg AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) (Live at PWR UP Tour in St Louis MO 09-08-2026)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-09-08 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlwK8ISzONg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: bigconcertfan.com. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-08. || <muglobe-flag video="GlwK8ISzONg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="GlwK8ISzONg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="GlwK8ISzONg" field="authentic" />
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| Airbourne || Airbourne - Kid In A Candy Store (Official Music Video) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/WRv78c41gbI || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRv78c41gbI Airbourne - Kid In A Candy Store (Official Music Video)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || music-video || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRv78c41gbI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="WRv78c41gbI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="WRv78c41gbI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="WRv78c41gbI" field="authentic" />
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| AC/DC || AC/DC Live 2026 🡆 You Shook Me All Night Long 🡄 August 31 ⬘ Houston, TX || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rx_UzFC4rrA || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: DeadMike.com. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-31. Video publication: 2026-09-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx_UzFC4rrA AC/DC Live 2026 🡆 You Shook Me All Night Long 🡄 August 31 ⬘ Houston, TX].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-08-31 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx_UzFC4rrA Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: DeadMike.com. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-31. || <muglobe-flag video="Rx_UzFC4rrA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Rx_UzFC4rrA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Rx_UzFC4rrA" field="authentic" />
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| Black Stone Cherry || Black Stone Cherry Performs 'White Trash Millionaire' in Underground Tennessee Cave! &#124; 8.16.26 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnw3jUIB5E || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Nashville Music Now. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-16. Video publication: 2026-08-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHnw3jUIB5E Black Stone Cherry Performs 'White Trash Millionaire' in Underground Tennessee Cave! &#124; 8.16.26].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-08-16 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHnw3jUIB5E Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Nashville Music Now. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-16. || <muglobe-flag video="oHnw3jUIB5E" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="oHnw3jUIB5E" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="oHnw3jUIB5E" field="authentic" />
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| Airbourne || AIRBOURNE - WACKEN 2026 - BACK IN THE GAME❤️ || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xz83V0jE5bA || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: 𝕮𝖔𝖘𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊𝖎𝖌𝖓𝖊𝖗. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz83V0jE5bA AIRBOURNE - WACKEN 2026 - BACK IN THE GAME❤️].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz83V0jE5bA Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: 𝕮𝖔𝖘𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊𝖎𝖌𝖓𝖊𝖗. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="Xz83V0jE5bA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Xz83V0jE5bA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Xz83V0jE5bA" field="authentic" />
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| Rival Sons || RIVAL SONS 🇺🇲🤘😎🤘🇺🇲 - "SECRET" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026 IN FULL 4K FRONT ROW ♥️ || https://www.youtube.com/embed/1NYPU0TPGCM || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NYPU0TPGCM RIVAL SONS 🇺🇲🤘😎🤘🇺🇲 - "SECRET" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026 IN FULL 4K FRONT ROW ♥️].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NYPU0TPGCM Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="1NYPU0TPGCM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="1NYPU0TPGCM" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="1NYPU0TPGCM" field="authentic" />
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| Airbourne || Airbourne - Here She Comes (Art Track) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/8bO75LnGEc8 || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bO75LnGEc8 Airbourne - Here She Comes (Art Track)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bO75LnGEc8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="8bO75LnGEc8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="8bO75LnGEc8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="8bO75LnGEc8" field="authentic" />
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| Rival Sons || RIVAL SONS 🤘😎🤘 - "PRESSURE AND TIME" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/i72WUmtM9OM || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i72WUmtM9OM RIVAL SONS 🤘😎🤘 - "PRESSURE AND TIME" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i72WUmtM9OM Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="i72WUmtM9OM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="i72WUmtM9OM" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="i72WUmtM9OM" field="authentic" />
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| Rival Sons || RIVAL SONS ❤️ ❤️ ❤️  - "WHERE I'VE BEEN" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/cYvc8XbCOVI || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYvc8XbCOVI RIVAL SONS ❤️ ❤️ ❤️  - "WHERE I'VE BEEN" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYvc8XbCOVI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="cYvc8XbCOVI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="cYvc8XbCOVI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="cYvc8XbCOVI" field="authentic" />
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| Dirty Honey || Dirty Honey - Get a Little High 4/19/2026 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/ywUOGcpAcD0 || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: The Acoustic Angle. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-19. Video publication: 2026-04-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywUOGcpAcD0 Dirty Honey - Get a Little High 4/19/2026].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-04-19 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywUOGcpAcD0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: The Acoustic Angle. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-19. || <muglobe-flag video="ywUOGcpAcD0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ywUOGcpAcD0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ywUOGcpAcD0" field="authentic" />
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| Dirty Honey || Dirty Honey - Lights Out (NEW SONG) (Monsters of Rock Brazil 04/04/2026) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/C2MMtPBr7VQ || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Igor Miranda. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-04. Video publication: 2026-04-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2MMtPBr7VQ Dirty Honey - Lights Out (NEW SONG) (Monsters of Rock Brazil 04/04/2026)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-04-04 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2MMtPBr7VQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Igor Miranda. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-04. || <muglobe-flag video="C2MMtPBr7VQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="C2MMtPBr7VQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="C2MMtPBr7VQ" field="authentic" />
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| Airbourne || AIRBOURNE : Live It Up - 11/03/2026 (LYON) LIVE METAL #airbourne #metalangus  #hardrock #livemusic || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dj58y9WfCoc || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: METALANGUS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-11. Video publication: 2026-03-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj58y9WfCoc AIRBOURNE : Live It Up - 11/03/2026 (LYON) LIVE METAL #airbourne #metalangus  #hardrock #livemusic].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-03-11 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj58y9WfCoc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: METALANGUS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-11. || <muglobe-flag video="Dj58y9WfCoc" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Dj58y9WfCoc" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Dj58y9WfCoc" field="authentic" />
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| Black Stone Cherry || Black Stone Cherry - Deep (Official Music Video) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/EWviZRYrwS8 || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWviZRYrwS8 Black Stone Cherry - Deep (Official Music Video)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || music-video || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWviZRYrwS8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="EWviZRYrwS8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="EWviZRYrwS8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="EWviZRYrwS8" field="authentic" />
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| Airbourne || Airbourne - Gutsy - Luxembourg - 17-02-2026 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/DDESDik4TsE || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Yannick Nicolas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-17. Video publication: 2026-02-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDESDik4TsE Airbourne - Gutsy - Luxembourg - 17-02-2026].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-02-17 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDESDik4TsE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Yannick Nicolas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-17. || <muglobe-flag video="DDESDik4TsE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="DDESDik4TsE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="DDESDik4TsE" field="authentic" />
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| Black Stone Cherry || Black Stone Cherry - Celebrate (Official Music Video) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/XFt9D_mgRoA || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFt9D_mgRoA Black Stone Cherry - Celebrate (Official Music Video)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || music-video || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFt9D_mgRoA Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="XFt9D_mgRoA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="XFt9D_mgRoA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="XFt9D_mgRoA" field="authentic" />
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| Black Stone Cherry || Black Stone Cherry - Neon Eyes (Official Music Video) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/yRTQE37lleY || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-09-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRTQE37lleY Black Stone Cherry - Neon Eyes (Official Music Video)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || music-video || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRTQE37lleY Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="yRTQE37lleY" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yRTQE37lleY" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yRTQE37lleY" field="authentic" />
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| Rival Sons || Rival Sons - Mirrors (Oosterpoort Groningen, 10-07-2025) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/M2-7EYWqDQ0 || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Johan Hoiting. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-07-10. Video publication: 2025-07-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2-7EYWqDQ0 Rival Sons - Mirrors (Oosterpoort Groningen, 10-07-2025)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2025-07-10 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2-7EYWqDQ0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Johan Hoiting. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-07-10. || <muglobe-flag video="M2-7EYWqDQ0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="M2-7EYWqDQ0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="M2-7EYWqDQ0" field="authentic" />
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| Rival Sons || Rival Sons - Shooting Stars (Oosterpoort Groningen, 10-07-2025) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/f_DycNP37h8 || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Johan Hoiting. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-07-10. Video publication: 2025-07-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_DycNP37h8 Rival Sons - Shooting Stars (Oosterpoort Groningen, 10-07-2025)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2025-07-10 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_DycNP37h8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Johan Hoiting. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-07-10. || <muglobe-flag video="f_DycNP37h8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="f_DycNP37h8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="f_DycNP37h8" field="authentic" />
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| Airbourne || GUTSY || https://www.youtube.com/embed/_u-ZxXgkcyQ || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-06-06; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2025-06-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u-ZxXgkcyQ GUTSY].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u-ZxXgkcyQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-06-06; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="_u-ZxXgkcyQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="_u-ZxXgkcyQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="_u-ZxXgkcyQ" field="authentic" />
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| Airbourne || Airbourne - Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast [OFFICIAL VIDEO] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/AkMZ6fV3T_0 || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2009-10-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMZ6fV3T_0 Airbourne - Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast [OFFICIAL VIDEO]].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || music-video || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMZ6fV3T_0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="AkMZ6fV3T_0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="AkMZ6fV3T_0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="AkMZ6fV3T_0" field="authentic" />
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Summary

Hard rock is a guitar-centered approach that emphasizes amplification, muscular riffs and an assertive rhythm section. It emerged from blues-based rock but expanded into music that could fill large concert spaces and support highly theatrical singing. The term is useful without drawing a perfectly fixed border: some recordings are also described as heavy metal, while others retain a loose blues or boogie feel. Compared with an umbrella such as rock, hard rock points listeners toward a recognizable weight and attack rather than one precise chord progression.

Contemporary and trending

Hard rock survives through touring repertories, local bands, specialist radio, festivals and newer groups interested in riff-based songwriting. Older recordings remain a substantial part of its musical life, while new acts often combine classic sounds with metal, garage rock or alternative styles. The distinction between a heritage audience and a newly active scene is therefore important. Commercial visibility alone cannot describe its place in a community, and a stadium performance in a city is not sufficient reason to put an isolated high-intensity circle around that venue.

History

During the later 1960s, British and US musicians pushed electric blues and psychedelic rock toward heavier amplification, forceful drumming and extended solos. Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath became reference points, although they did not all make the same kind of music. The following decades connected arena touring, album-oriented radio and recording technology with increasingly international audiences. Australian bands developed another influential route through stripped-back rhythm and touring discipline. Hard rock's story is consequently a set of overlapping developments, not simply a succession of British inventions exported unchanged. [1]

Musical characteristics

A short guitar riff often acts as the musical engine. Bass and kick drum give it physical weight; snare accents and cymbal patterns establish a strong forward motion. Guitar solos may draw on blues bends or more elaborate scales, while singers use projection, roughness and dramatic changes of register. Many songs alternate a relatively open verse with a large chorus, but instrumental passages can stretch the form. Listen for the way a band creates tension through timing and dynamics: loudness alone does not explain its impact.

Geography and communities

Britain provides an influential historical landscape connecting the Midlands, northern industrial regions and London rather than only a handful of studios. North American touring and radio created broad eastern, central and Pacific circuits. Australia has an enduring live-band culture extending through smaller communities as well as major cities. Continental Europe and Japan are substantial adopted landscapes. The map uses broad fields for those connected cultures, while keeping oceans between them visible. It illustrates enduring musical affinity and participation without claiming that every person inside the field prefers hard rock.

Artists

Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' demonstrates a riff built into a studio construction, while Deep Purple's 'Highway Star' brings keyboards into the instrumental contest. AC/DC's 'Back in Black' reveals the effect of space and precision inside a heavy groove. Thin Lizzy offers melodic twin-guitar writing and storytelling; Heart challenges the idea that this sound belongs to male performers alone. These examples cover different musical approaches. Their records are useful points of entry rather than a compulsory canon or a measure of any country's cultural identity.

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

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Repertoire Field use Notes
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MuGlobe representative performances
Artist Performance / song / title Embedded player URL Notes Repertoire kind Repertoire date Recording date Format Opening Places Fit Evidence Review note MuGlobe favorite Current hit Authentic
AC/DC Back in Black — Donington, August 17, 1991 https://www.youtube.com/embed/6vImyP5EYc8 The band’s official concert release presents riff-centred hard rock with a live rhythm section and lead guitar. It gives a direct performance example of the style’s blues-derived electric-band sound.[2] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Deep Purple Highway Star — Come Hell or High Water https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y2qZJ3BHzjY The band’s official concert release gives a keyboard-and-guitar-driven hard-rock example beside AC/DC. The extended instrumental passages provide a contrasting approach to hard rock’s rhythmic force and solo playing.[3] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry - I'm Fine (Live, Hamburg, Markthalle, 29.09.26) https://www.youtube.com/embed/gcSR_p5Iuc0 Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: The Mailman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-29. Video publication: 2026-09-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[4] popular unknown 2026-09-29 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: The Mailman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-29. false false false
AC/DC AC/DC - THUNDERSTRUCK live in Philadelphia (29.09.2026) | "Power Up"-Tour 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/AlSOtdXwKTQ Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: ⚡Marco's HIGH VOLTAGE Music Channel⚡. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-29. Video publication: 2026-09-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[5] popular unknown 2026-09-29 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: ⚡Marco's HIGH VOLTAGE Music Channel⚡. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-29. false false false
Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry - Me and Mary Jane / Burnin' LIVE at Rocklahoma 2026 (4K Front Row) https://www.youtube.com/embed/QuNfh95V_bI Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Pics from the pit. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[6] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Pics from the pit. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry - Blame It On The Boom Boom (live) https://www.youtube.com/embed/xGLDRjXTWDk Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Mr.Waxwing. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[7] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Mr.Waxwing. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry - Celebrate (Live In Prague 15-09-2026) https://www.youtube.com/embed/r_8TC6EnAPw Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Anton. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-15. Video publication: 2026-09-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[8] popular unknown 2026-09-15 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Anton. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-15. false false false
AC/DC AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) (Live at PWR UP Tour in St Louis MO 09-08-2026) https://www.youtube.com/embed/GlwK8ISzONg Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: bigconcertfan.com. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-08. Video publication: 2026-09-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[9] popular unknown 2026-09-08 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: bigconcertfan.com. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-08. false false false
Airbourne Airbourne - Kid In A Candy Store (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/embed/WRv78c41gbI Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[10] popular unknown unknown music-video unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
AC/DC AC/DC Live 2026 🡆 You Shook Me All Night Long 🡄 August 31 ⬘ Houston, TX https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rx_UzFC4rrA Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: DeadMike.com. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-31. Video publication: 2026-09-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[11] popular unknown 2026-08-31 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: DeadMike.com. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-31. false false false
Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry Performs 'White Trash Millionaire' in Underground Tennessee Cave! | 8.16.26 https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHnw3jUIB5E Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Nashville Music Now. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-16. Video publication: 2026-08-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[12] popular unknown 2026-08-16 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Nashville Music Now. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-16. false false false
Airbourne AIRBOURNE - WACKEN 2026 - BACK IN THE GAME❤️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xz83V0jE5bA Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: 𝕮𝖔𝖘𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊𝖎𝖌𝖓𝖊𝖗. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[13] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: 𝕮𝖔𝖘𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊𝖎𝖌𝖓𝖊𝖗. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Rival Sons RIVAL SONS 🇺🇲🤘😎🤘🇺🇲 - "SECRET" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026 IN FULL 4K FRONT ROW ♥️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/1NYPU0TPGCM Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[14] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Airbourne Airbourne - Here She Comes (Art Track) https://www.youtube.com/embed/8bO75LnGEc8 Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[15] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Rival Sons RIVAL SONS 🤘😎🤘 - "PRESSURE AND TIME" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/i72WUmtM9OM Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[16] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Rival Sons RIVAL SONS ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ - "WHERE I'VE BEEN" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/cYvc8XbCOVI Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[17] popular unknown unknown live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: BigWelshMark. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Dirty Honey Dirty Honey - Get a Little High 4/19/2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/ywUOGcpAcD0 Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: The Acoustic Angle. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-19. Video publication: 2026-04-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[18] popular unknown 2026-04-19 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: The Acoustic Angle. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-19. false false false
Dirty Honey Dirty Honey - Lights Out (NEW SONG) (Monsters of Rock Brazil 04/04/2026) https://www.youtube.com/embed/C2MMtPBr7VQ Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Igor Miranda. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-04. Video publication: 2026-04-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[19] popular unknown 2026-04-04 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Igor Miranda. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-04. false false false
Airbourne AIRBOURNE : Live It Up - 11/03/2026 (LYON) LIVE METAL #airbourne #metalangus #hardrock #livemusic https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dj58y9WfCoc Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: METALANGUS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-11. Video publication: 2026-03-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[20] popular unknown 2026-03-11 live unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: METALANGUS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-11. false false false
Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry - Deep (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/embed/EWviZRYrwS8 Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[21] popular unknown unknown music-video unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Airbourne Airbourne - Gutsy - Luxembourg - 17-02-2026 https://www.youtube.com/embed/DDESDik4TsE Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Yannick Nicolas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-17. Video publication: 2026-02-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[22] popular unknown 2026-02-17 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Yannick Nicolas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-17. false false false
Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry - Celebrate (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/embed/XFt9D_mgRoA Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[23] popular unknown unknown music-video unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry - Neon Eyes (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/embed/yRTQE37lleY Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-09-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[24] popular unknown unknown music-video unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Black Stone Cherry. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Rival Sons Rival Sons - Mirrors (Oosterpoort Groningen, 10-07-2025) https://www.youtube.com/embed/M2-7EYWqDQ0 Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Johan Hoiting. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-07-10. Video publication: 2025-07-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[25] popular unknown 2025-07-10 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Johan Hoiting. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-07-10. false false false
Rival Sons Rival Sons - Shooting Stars (Oosterpoort Groningen, 10-07-2025) https://www.youtube.com/embed/f_DycNP37h8 Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Johan Hoiting. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-07-10. Video publication: 2025-07-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[26] popular unknown 2025-07-10 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Johan Hoiting. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-07-10. false false false
Airbourne GUTSY https://www.youtube.com/embed/_u-ZxXgkcyQ Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-06-06; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2025-06-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[27] popular unknown unknown audio unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-06-06; reissue dates do not establish the original session. false false false
Airbourne Airbourne - Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast [OFFICIAL VIDEO] https://www.youtube.com/embed/AkMZ6fV3T_0 Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2009-10-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[28] popular unknown unknown music-video unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Hard rock musical recording. Source: Airbourne. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false

Related genres

Blues rock highlights a more explicit relationship to blues form and improvisation. Heavy metal grew alongside hard rock and often developed a tighter, darker or more stylized musical language. Southern rock, Psychedelic rock and Alternative rock overlap at particular points. Describing the overlap is more informative than insisting that a band must inhabit just one category. [29]

References and further reading

  1. ↑ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — Cities and Sounds.
  2. ↑ AC/DC — Back in Black — Donington, August 17, 1991. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18. Context: supporting source.
  3. ↑ Deep Purple — Highway Star — Come Hell or High Water. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  4. ↑ Black Stone Cherry - I'm Fine (Live, Hamburg, Markthalle, 29.09.26).
  5. ↑ AC/DC - THUNDERSTRUCK live in Philadelphia (29.09.2026) | "Power Up"-Tour 2026.
  6. ↑ Black Stone Cherry - Me and Mary Jane / Burnin' LIVE at Rocklahoma 2026 (4K Front Row).
  7. ↑ Black Stone Cherry - Blame It On The Boom Boom (live).
  8. ↑ Black Stone Cherry - Celebrate (Live In Prague 15-09-2026).
  9. ↑ AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) (Live at PWR UP Tour in St Louis MO 09-08-2026).
  10. ↑ Airbourne - Kid In A Candy Store (Official Music Video).
  11. ↑ AC/DC Live 2026 🡆 You Shook Me All Night Long 🡄 August 31 ⬘ Houston, TX.
  12. ↑ Black Stone Cherry Performs 'White Trash Millionaire' in Underground Tennessee Cave! | 8.16.26.
  13. ↑ AIRBOURNE - WACKEN 2026 - BACK IN THE GAME❤️.
  14. ↑ RIVAL SONS 🇺🇲🤘😎🤘🇺🇲 - "SECRET" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026 IN FULL 4K FRONT ROW ♥️.
  15. ↑ Airbourne - Here She Comes (Art Track).
  16. ↑ RIVAL SONS 🤘😎🤘 - "PRESSURE AND TIME" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026.
  17. ↑ RIVAL SONS ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ - "WHERE I'VE BEEN" LIVE AT STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2026.
  18. ↑ Dirty Honey - Get a Little High 4/19/2026.
  19. ↑ Dirty Honey - Lights Out (NEW SONG) (Monsters of Rock Brazil 04/04/2026).
  20. ↑ AIRBOURNE : Live It Up - 11/03/2026 (LYON) LIVE METAL #airbourne #metalangus #hardrock #livemusic.
  21. ↑ Black Stone Cherry - Deep (Official Music Video).
  22. ↑ Airbourne - Gutsy - Luxembourg - 17-02-2026.
  23. ↑ Black Stone Cherry - Celebrate (Official Music Video).
  24. ↑ Black Stone Cherry - Neon Eyes (Official Music Video).
  25. ↑ Rival Sons - Mirrors (Oosterpoort Groningen, 10-07-2025).
  26. ↑ Rival Sons - Shooting Stars (Oosterpoort Groningen, 10-07-2025).
  27. ↑ GUTSY.
  28. ↑ Airbourne - Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast [OFFICIAL VIDEO].
  29. ↑ Philharmonie de Paris — Metal exhibition.

Hotspot mushrooms

Riff-based hard rock belongs to connected British, North American and Australian band/listening cultures and major adopted European/Japanese circuits. Broad fields should cover their interurban and smaller-town audiences; studio locations are evidence of those cultures, not their boundaries.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
ID Location Latitude Longitude Radius (km) Strength Notes
hard-rock-british-band-culture British hard-rock landscape 53 -2 1150 1 Midlands, northern and southern band networks form one broad historical and continuing landscape.
hard-rock-north-america-east Eastern and central North American hard-rock circuits 38 -88 2300 0.9 Touring and radio connect multiple states and their intervening communities.
hard-rock-north-america-pacific Pacific North American hard-rock circuits 38 -120 1600 0.85 The western live-band landscape extends well beyond Los Angeles.
hard-rock-australian-circuit Southeastern and eastern Australian live-band culture -33 145 1800 0.88 A regional field represents the extensive pub, touring and listening tradition.
hard-rock-continental-circuit Continental European hard-rock circuits 50 11 1900 0.85 Substantial adopted audiences connect national and language boundaries.
hard-rock-japanese-circuit Japanese hard-rock listening and performance circuits 36 137 1200 0.72 Established domestic and adopted cultures across the main-island corridor.
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