Hard Rock
Hard rock is strongly influenced by blues music the most frequently used scale in hard rock is the pentatonic, which is a typical blues scale. Unlike traditional rock and roll (which takes elements of the "old" blues), hard rock incorporates elements of "British blues", a style of blues played with more modern instruments such as electric guitars, drums, keyboards and electric bass. A notable departure from traditional blues forms is that hard rock is seldom restricted to the I, IV, and V chords prevalent in twelve or sixteen bar blues, but includes other chords, typically major chords rooted on tones of the minor scale.
The term "hard rock" is often applied to many styles of rock music, their only common feature being that they deviate from pop rock, though this is generally incorrect. Two such examples are punk rock and grunge. Punk rock uses a faster tempo, less melody, fewer riffs (often using power chords), more aggression and anti-establishment lyrics.
Reviews HARD ROCK
Five Easy Pieces
Dirty Looks
Infinite
Deep Purple
Heavy Fire
Black Star Riders
Snakes of Eden
CETI
The Prelude Implicit
Kansas
Hollow Bones
Rival Sons
Wired
Station
Voyage
The Vintage Caravan
Streets of Danger
Wild Bitch
Youngblood
Audrey Horne (NOR)
Look What the Cat Dragged in
Poison (USA)
Call of the Wild
Sex Slaves
Black Butterfly
Buckcherry
Bad English
Bad English
Phobia
Breaking Benjamin