hard rock

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Most of the fossil remains encased in hard rock, and manually removing it could take years.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Pop culture seemed ready to welcome back a breed of hitmaker thought lost to time — the sleeve-tatted, throat-shredding hard rock star.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Jack also recently announced alongside Sharon on their podcast that Ozzy's heavy metal and hard rock festival Ozzfest would be returning in 2027.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

"The estimated yield of the event was a 10 tonne nuclear explosion, or five tonnes conventional equivalent, which assumes the explosion was fully coupled in hard rock below the water table," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

This wasn’t hard rock against hard rock; harmonic tremors were earthquakes of solid rock against magma, “like squishy rock sliding on solid rock,” explained Malone.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone