Top 10 Hybrid Music Genres
These genres are mostly underrated and shouldn't be passed up by anyone who has a good ear for music.Epic orchestra music with a mix of electronic and rock. Many big orchestras experiment with this style, such as Two Steps From Hell, KPM Music, and Killer Tracks. A lot of anime music fits into this category, as well.
I am a huge fan of this genre, as I grew up listening to artists like Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Chick Corea, and Lenny White (basically all 4 members of the compilation group Return To Forever). I also listen to Larry Coryell (the Godfather of Fusion) and Jean-Luc Ponty. Fusion Jazz is a hybrid between jazz and rock music.
Modern swing and jazz mixed with house, hip-hop, and EDM. Caravan Palace, Waldeck, and Alice Francis are some artists of this interesting genre.
Best style ever!
Four80East got me highly interested in this genre. Many songs are insanely catchy and soothing. Definitely deserves to be heard by many people.
Hip-hop mixed with electronic and house
Alternative rock is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. In this instance, the word "alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music. Alternative Rock changed my life
The band Gorillaz mainly mixes in with alt. hip-hop and rock, including electronica and trip hop
Many people hate it because it's a "disgrace" to real metal, but I think it's a creative hybrid between metal and other genres that would be odd to combine with, such as rap and funk
Any artist from the anime series Samurai Champloo would be in this genre.
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. Sounds like metal covers of folk songs.
Thrash Metal is a Heavy Metal subgenre developed during the early 1980s and an early precursor of Extreme Metal. Thrash Metal features a faster and more aggressive guitar work than Traditional Metal with shredding and double-bass drums and can range from melodic singing to loud shouts.The English band, Venom is credited for laying the groundwork for Thrash Metal with their debut album "Welcome... read more
A mix of speed/power metal and hardcore punk.
This sounds awesome to me especially the Blind Guardian version of symphonic metal. Examples:
Blind Guardian - Wheel Of Time, The Throne, Sacred Worlds.
Rock music is a music genre that was created in the 1940s. The genre was popular during the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. Rock bands generally consists of a guitar player, a drummer, bass player and singer. There are many rock subgenres - such as heavy metal, alternative, hard rock, grunge, and more. Notable rock bands and music artists include The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, Van Halen, Foo Fighters,... read more
Gypsybilly is a hybrid of Gypsy Jazz (like Django Reinhardt), Rockabilly, Country and Jazz and blends the elements seamlessly. It was created by a group called "The Vignatis". Check out their website https://www.thevignatis.com/. I believe they have a 4th album coming out in the spring or summer 2019. This style really deserves some recognition!