A broad genre focused on rhythm and beat, designed for movement in clubs or social settings. It includes elements from house, techno, disco, and EDM.
A Jamaican genre featuring upbeat rhythms, digital production, and toasting (rhythmic talking or chanting), often with party or political themes.
A catchy fusion of pop song structure with danceable beats and polished electronic production, aimed at mainstream audiences.
A mix of punk rock energy and danceable grooves, often using funky basslines, fast tempos, and angular guitar riffs.
A genre combining rock instrumentation with disco or funk-inspired rhythms, popularized in the late '70s and early '80s.
A Swedish genre intended for partner dancing, blending pop, schlager, and light rock influences with romantic themes.
An internet-born microgenre mixing hyperpop, breakcore, and meme culture with chaotic, glitchy edits and fast transitions.
An atmospheric, often eerie subgenre of ambient music, focusing on drone textures, minimal melody, and a sense of foreboding.
A gothic-tinged fusion of cabaret, vaudeville, and punk with theatrical vocals, piano, and dark lyrical themes.
A moody and somber form of folk music using acoustic instruments, often exploring themes of mysticism, melancholy, and nature.
A fusion of jazz with ambient and noir aesthetics, using slow tempos, haunting melodies, and minimal instrumentation.
A brooding variation of plugg trap music with low-key melodies, distant drums, and emotional or sinister tones.
Pop music with a darker mood or aesthetic, often featuring haunting melodies, introspective lyrics, and minor key progressions.
R&B that blends moody production with emotional, often melancholic vocals and atmospheric sound design.
Trap music with a grim or sinister edge, using minor scales, eerie samples, and deep 808s to create a tense mood.
A post-punk and new wave offshoot characterized by gloomy synths, melancholic lyrics, and gothic aesthetics.
A raw, fast-paced punk subgenre based on a drum beat popularized by the band Discharge, often aggressive and politically driven.
A hybrid of death metal and metalcore, featuring breakdowns, growled vocals, blast beats, and downtuned guitars.
A fusion of death metal's growls and heaviness with the slow tempos and bleakness of doom metal.
A mix of death metal and grindcore with extremely fast drumming, guttural vocals, and short, intense tracks.
A subgenre of industrial music combining dark ambient textures with harsh noise and mechanical rhythms.
An extreme form of metal with guttural vocals, fast riffs, blast beats, and themes of death, horror, or existentialism.
An experimental form of club music that dismantles traditional song structure, using abstract beats, glitchy sound design, and industrial textures.
A subgenre of house music with smooth chords, jazzy elements, and soulful vocals, often more laid-back than traditional house.
A fast-paced rhythm from the Dominican Republic, foundational to reggaeton, with repetitive percussive loops and party-oriented themes.
A quirky, high-pitched Japanese music style with surreal, sometimes nonsensical lyrics, often associated with anime culture.
Hip-hop created by South Asian artists, blending local languages, cultural references, and traditional instruments with global beats.
One of the earliest forms of techno, originating in Detroit, featuring futuristic synths, repetitive rhythms, and minimal structure.
Trap music rooted in Detroit, known for its gritty realism, minimalist beats, and distinctive flows.
German-language pop music with catchy melodies and emotional lyrics, often blending traditional pop with contemporary trends.
German R&B featuring smooth vocals, modern beats, and lyrics sung in German, often influenced by American soul and trap.
German hip-hop with diverse styles, ranging from boom bap to trap, often reflecting urban life, identity, and social issues.
Rock music sung in German, typically straightforward and melodic, often with emotionally direct or anthemic lyrics.
An online-born genre blending hyperpop, emo rap, and experimental sounds, usually created by young artists in digital communities.
A chaotic fusion of hardcore punk and electronic music, combining fast tempos, distorted sounds, and shouted vocals.
Southern US hip-hop characterized by booming bass, crunk influences, and lyrics about Southern life, luxury, or struggle.
A 1970s dance music genre with four-on-the-floor beats, orchestral instrumentation, and feel-good lyrics designed for the nightclub scene.
A Polish genre of upbeat, danceable pop with simple melodies and lyrics, often played at weddings and parties.
A challenging death metal subgenre that emphasizes atonal and dissonant riffs, creating a chaotic, unsettling sound.
An early form of jazz with collective improvisation, upbeat rhythms, and a New Orleans brass band influence.
Punk music produced independently with minimal resources, embodying the do-it-yourself ethic in both sound and attitude.
A modern metal subgenre featuring palm-muted, rhythmic guitar riffs, complex time signatures, and progressive song structures.
A continuous mix of tracks blended by a DJ, often for clubs or festivals, featuring beatmatching, transitions, and live effects.
A UK subgenre of bounce music known for its hard-hitting kick drums and high-pitched synths, often humorous or over-the-top.
A slow, heavy form of metal with thick distortion, deep vocals, and themes of despair, sorrow, and existential dread.
A vocal harmony-driven style of R&B from the 1950s, featuring simple beats, romantic lyrics, and often a cappella performance.
A relaxed form of electronic music with slower BPMs, atmospheric textures, and chill, introspective moods.
An ethereal subgenre of alternative rock featuring soft vocals, ambient textures, and lush, reverberated guitars.
A dark and distorted form of phonk often used in car drifting videos, featuring heavy bass, Memphis samples, and slow tempos.
A gritty, aggressive form of trap rap with minimalist beats, violent or confrontational lyrics, and distinct regional styles (UK, Chicago, NYC, etc).
Brazilian adaptation of drill rap, featuring Portuguese lyrics, local slang, and influences from baile funk.
Persian-language drill rap incorporating Iranian social themes, often performed with a mix of global and regional production.
A minimalist genre emphasizing sustained tones and gradual changes in pitch or volume, often meditative or hypnotic.
A slow, heavy style of metal built on long, sustained guitar notes and minimal structure, often experimental and atmospheric.
A high-tempo electronic genre with breakbeats, deep basslines, and rapid rhythms, popular in club and rave scenes.
A minimalist hip-hop production style that omits drums entirely, often to highlight vocals, melody, or atmosphere.
A fusion of dubstep and drum & bass, combining halftime dubstep rhythms with the speed and energy of DnB.
A deeply emotional subgenre of black metal focusing on themes of depression, isolation, and despair, with lo-fi production and anguished vocals.
A Jamaican-originated subgenre of reggae with instrumental remixes, echo effects, and heavy bass, often created by manipulating studio tracks.
A spoken word style set to reggae or dub rhythms, often political or socially conscious, performed with rhythmic intonation.
An electronic genre with deep basslines, wobbles, and syncopated rhythms, often associated with heavy drops and club settings.
A fusion of techno and dub, marked by echoing effects, minimalist beats, and a spacious, immersive atmosphere.
A dark, medieval-inspired subgenre of ambient music often used to evoke fantasy themes, dungeons, and solitude.
A thematically dark form of metal exploring post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk, or nihilistic themes, often with industrial or black metal influences.