What Is Meant By Genre?

What Is Meant By Genre?

A genre is a categorisation of music, into the style, such as rock, metal, indie etc. Within a genre you can have a sub-genre, such as metal has sub-genre's such as heavy metal, with bands like Bullet For My Valentine and Avenged Sevenfold, to nu metal with bands like Slipknot and Korn. There is also hybrids of genre, such as metalcore, which combines the elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, with bands like Killswitch Engage and Trivium.