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Genre
noise rock
Parent Genre: rock

Noise rock is a genre of music that combines elements of punk rock and experimental music. It is characterized by its use of dissonant and distorted sounds, unconventional song structures, and aggressive vocals. The genre often incorporates feedback, static, and other forms of noise into the music. It emerged in the 1980s and has since been popularized by bands such as Sonic Youth, HEALTH, and Fugazi. Noise rock is known for its raw and intense sound, and its rejection of traditional musical conventions.


Top artists of noise rock genre

Sonic Youth
HEALTH
Fugazi
Thee Oh Sees
Dinosaur Jr.
Butthole Surfers
Deerhunter
Built To Spill
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List of noise rock artists

Here is a list of noise rock artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the noise rock genre. You can find out what noise rock genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Sonic Youth
58 46 36 78 16 28 135 1016319
2
HEALTH
57 51 50 76 5 27 119 195629
3
Fugazi
56 47 43 69 9 45 126 469334
4
Thee Oh Sees
52 56 37 80 8 37 122 285464
5
Dinosaur Jr.
51 11 28 84 9 41 134 480917
6
Butthole Surfers
51 21 43 77 6 42 114 309975
7
Deerhunter
50 53 40 74 14 45 120 370280
8
Built To Spill
50 34 37 67 6 51 124 278944
9
Ty Segall
48 21 37 77 7 49 126 306982
10
black midi
48 23 41 69 19 30 124 217504
11
Swans
46 55 30 58 25 16 111 256572
12
Wavves
45 20 40 91 3 43 132 240575
13
Hüsker Dü
44 17 31 89 4 41 137 213958
14
Protomartyr
42 63 36 81 1 36 132 89819
15
Deerhoof
41 19 53 73 19 59 116 99169
16
Unwound
41 65 32 74 5 28 128 74297
17
Boris
41 59 22 71 11 18 118 125093
18
Cloud Nothings
41 32 31 90 3 48 127 160692
19
Suicide
40 55 49 60 11 50 140 153159
20
Chat Pile
39 31 26 82 0 26 113 40219
21
Daughters
38 24 32 88 0 26 134 124471
22
Pile
37 33 30 68 22 24 119 39468
23
Japandroids
35 21 23 94 1 21 148 121800
24
Iceage
34 9 25 81 2 29 122 88729
25
Metz
34 54 24 93 1 16 140 73586
26
Preoccupations
34 60 37 83 4 41 130 82678
27
The I.L.Y's
33 2 39 88 2 30 128 40020
28
Melt-Banana
33 48 39 94 5 28 120 78060
29
Botch
33 65 30 89 4 22 124 49768
30
Liars
33 38 49 62 24 35 132 79225
31
The Death Set
33 13 44 91 1 43 150 11999
32
The Jesus Lizard
33 40 45 75 0 62 120 81346
33
Hella
33 65 30 95 7 19 107 66351
34
Lightning Bolt
32 76 20 98 2 17 137 83449
35
Yuck
32 49 44 70 8 38 124 93114
36
sunn O)))
32 86 11 33 30 6 92 144628
37
Women
32 70 43 69 27 43 119 37727
38
The Body
31 77 29 59 3 8 112 53972
39
Pissed Jeans
31 27 28 89 1 22 125 37734
40
Japanther
31 15 56 83 7 56 120 20735
41
Mclusky
30 15 37 92 1 38 137 33193
42
Polvo
30 50 37 74 8 43 130 39620
43
No Age
30 51 29 85 11 28 146 51143
44
Unsane
29 72 27 94 0 25 117 29123
45
Merzbow
29 49 21 94 6 4 116 66904
46
Ought
29 37 47 82 9 54 128 52412
47
The Men
28 39 24 83 7 30 140 25347
48
Whores
28 40 36 90 0 19 139 24590
49
This Heat
27 49 38 58 35 20 98 28646
50
Brainiac
27 28 41 76 27 47 144 23789
51
Scarling.
27 46 35 77 4 23 127 23589
52
KEN Mode
27 56 30 90 0 19 133 22919
53
Uniform
27 76 27 94 2 8 113 19076
54
Sun City Girls
26 44 39 47 56 36 112 26128
55
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
26 51 40 61 29 44 122 9470
56
Flipper
26 19 31 94 10 27 136 43725
57
Black Eyes
26 19 42 83 7 47 115 14250
58
The Locust
25 48 32 85 0 19 125 34965
59
Gnod
25 81 28 85 0 30 131 14045
60
Scratch Acid
25 56 34 79 0 49 128 33147
61
Drive Like Jehu
25 51 26 93 1 22 124 45817
62
The Flying Luttenbachers
24 88 37 95 36 9 134 3903
63
Coachwhips
24 82 28 94 14 30 126 17435
64
Q And Not U
24 14 38 79 3 53 135 20694
65
TODAY IS THE DAY
23 54 24 75 7 24 120 18434
66
Oxbow
23 32 33 68 3 22 123 20229
67
Girls Against Boys
23 57 42 80 4 45 137 19411
68
Rodan
23 70 35 55 21 17 118 13401
69
Kim Gordon
22 38 51 67 10 38 122 41800
70
Bardo Pond
22 64 18 59 20 20 114 22170
71
Cherubs
22 80 26 88 0 24 124 12269
72
Young Widows
22 77 25 91 2 24 139 15688
73
Moor Jewelry
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 4750
74
Shit And Shine
22 68 66 63 22 34 122 7614
75
Brainbombs
22 51 19 79 1 16 133 12942
76
These Arms Are Snakes
21 6 35 92 0 44 125 21720
77
Wolf Eyes
20 62 23 49 6 10 128 16719
78
Cows
20 49 34 88 4 36 128 15454
79
The Intelligence
19 39 41 85 7 54 143 9656
80
No Trend
19 47 38 90 7 42 129 7206
81
Killdozer
19 48 30 65 0 52 113 11123
82
Cymbals Eat Guitars
19 20 37 72 20 31 120 26567
83
Cop Shoot Cop
17 15 32 78 20 30 156 10951
84
U.S. Maple
16 61 42 67 2 33 115 7391
85
Boredoms
16 49 29 61 13 24 119 39401
86
Glenn Branca
16 85 25 89 2 21 138 20870
87
Marnie Stern
16 19 43 91 23 42 112 13447
88
Six Finger Satellite
15 37 34 81 0 62 145 7869
89
Times New Viking
15 69 31 98 26 25 139 9547
90
Black Pus
15 81 21 99 0 16 160 9839
91
Black Dice
15 77 73 64 5 38 75 16224
92
Bitch Magnet
15 81 29 76 4 29 120 9556
93
USA Nails
15 64 31 85 0 31 126 6567
94
Part Chimp
14 80 25 76 5 29 130 10622
95
Laughing Hyenas
14 87 31 92 0 20 112 7170
96
Arab On Radar
14 42 35 88 0 42 135 9740
97
An Albatross
14 31 21 82 0 30 112 8800
98
Head Wound City
13 20 26 96 0 24 144 10585
99
Steel Pole Bath Tub
13 75 32 88 1 31 139 6449
100
Fiasco
13 1 75 48 55 45 120 3049
101
Bygones
13 24 23 98 4 9 117 8868
102
Pussy Galore
12 67 27 97 4 17 147 10637
103
Hammerhead
12 63 21 92 2 21 146 4659
104
Blacklisters
12 72 26 89 0 25 136 3138
105
Ruins
12 84 29 93 0 40 113 7900
106
Oneida
12 83 23 92 0 16 124 8619
107
The Mae Shi
12 0 63 84 4 32 116 3880
108
The Dead C
12 92 28 43 89 20 131 6953
109
Akimbo
12 83 23 93 0 11 93 2556
110
Dope Body
12 21 27 86 0 18 157 7867
111
Harry Pussy
12 87 25 40 0 12 102 5633
112
XBXRX
11 79 25 98 1 19 146 4056
113
Hey Colossus
11 88 31 87 0 28 160 6407
114
Perfect Pussy
11 57 17 99 2 8 143 15754
115
Zeni Geva
10 49 23 87 0 35 181 6380
116
Ex Models
10 22 49 84 21 41 144 4910
117
Old Time Relijun
10 1 54 81 0 51 124 5308
118
Harvey Milk
10 68 39 49 0 40 78 9872
119
Psychic Graveyard
9 30 42 81 0 25 162 2370
120
Distorted Pony
9 83 39 91 0 49 126 3939
121
Godheadsilo
9 86 26 79 1 15 96 3924
122
Male Bonding
9 74 24 92 1 48 134 4671
123
Indian Jewelry
9 86 55 75 3 51 110 4354
124
Coughs
9 77 44 85 3 44 107 3693
125
exhalants
9 73 34 89 0 35 99 2633
126
Uzeda
8 11 29 72 4 60 164 3938
127
Abe Vigoda
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4602
128
Aa
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 472
129
Ed Hall
7 4 34 94 1 39 114 2295
130
Dazzling Killmen
7 53 25 92 0 20 155 4518
131
Ponytail
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5084
132
Yowie
7 78 41 86 0 43 107 5234
133
The Chinese Stars
7 1 55 61 0 56 140 5204
134
Parts & Labor
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2723
135
Bodychoke
7 86 30 94 1 15 125 2098
136
Pre
7 86 25 88 0 69 187 2311
137
Heads.
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2673
138
Trumans Water
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1987
139
Skullflower
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6320
140
Mindflayer
6 60 31 99 5 9 106 4121
141
Magik Markers
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4306
142
OXES
6 25 33 81 1 29 78 4505
143
Helios Creed
6 88 16 92 0 29 149 3073
144
Grötüs
6 80 49 99 0 63 144 1932
145
God Bullies
6 77 38 90 0 37 165 3221
146
Holy Molar
5 13 34 92 0 28 132 4468
147
Guzzard
5 46 53 82 0 50 102 2504
148
Halo Of Flies
5 0 23 94 24 62 164 2642
149
Child Abuse
5 70 29 98 0 25 102 2248
150
Lake Of Dracula
5 28 51 92 11 23 108 2274
151
Buildings
5 47 46 67 1 29 101 2077
152
Sightings
4 43 38 97 1 20 130 2229
153
Multicult
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1172
154
Big'n
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1249
155
Live Skull
4 64 41 93 17 58 148 1222
156
Heroine Sheiks
4 12 34 97 0 42 145 3091
157
AIDS Wolf
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4013
158
The Austerity Program
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2312
159
Colossamite
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1635
160
Foot Village
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1440
161
Hair Police
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1460
162
Doomsday Student
2 29 33 96 0 18 138 1544
163
New Flesh
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 891
164
Qui
2 27 44 48 15 40 197 1893
165
Throat
2 83 40 64 0 24 120 850
166
Big Black
2 12 35 93 0 22 162 70047
167
Mount Shasta
2 90 13 93 0 27 168 389
168
STNNNG
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 833
169
New Brutalism
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 498
170
Three Second Kiss
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171
Brise-Glace
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172
Tar
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173
Sofy Major
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174
These Are Powers
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175
Shellac
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176
Gorge Trio
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177
Shakuhachi Surprise
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178
DUSTdevils
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