'''هارد روك''' '''Hard rock''' عبارة عن نوع من الموسيقى الغربية المشتقة من موسيقا الروك, بدأ في منتصف ستينيات القرن الماضي .<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Jim|title=The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll|year=1980|publisher=''[[Rollingرولينغ Stoneستون]]''|location=New York|isbn=0394513223|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ZEUAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=5 July 2012|quote=Black country bluesmen made raw, heavily amplified boogie records of their own, especially in Memphis, where guitarists like Joe Hill Louis, Willie Johnson (with the early Howlin' Wolf band) and Pat Hare (with Little Junior Parker) played driving rhythms and scorching, distorted solos that might be counted the distant ancestors of heavy metal.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=RIAA Gold & Platinum database|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=no%20more%20tears&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25|accessdate=16 February 2009}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5pxTb3YtB-gC&pg=PA119 page 19], [[مطبعة جامعة كامبريدج]]</ref>
يمكن تمييز موسيقا الهارد روك من اللحن الصاخب نوعاً ما [[جيتار كهربائي|للجيتار الكهربائي]] و[[غيتار البيس]] و[[طقم طبول|درامز]] وأحياناً [[بيانو]] و[[أورغ كهربائي|أورغ]]
