Genre

MusicBrainz does not currently supported genres on its own, though some [ editors] are using [ the tagging system] for this.

Integrating genre support is planned though, see below for more information on this.

Genre support in MusicBrainz

Various places where discussion has happened surrounding the topic.

• Summit session notes
  • Session notes from Summit 11
  • Session notes from Summit 12
• Tickets
  • MBS-3738: Genre as a first-class entiry
• Mailing lists
  • Genre support @ mb-style (Nabble) (discussion about MBS-3738)
• Forum
  • Support for genres (discussion about MBS-3738)

Lists of genres elsewhere

• Rate Your Music - extensive genre tree, which mostly has good descriptions and occasional examples
• AudioGalaxy (Wayback Machine, 2010) - not-as-extensive (and by now a bit dated) genre tree, which also features descriptions and example artists etc.