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The Best Hard Rock, Metal and Alternative Rock Albums of All Time
Sometimes nothing sounds better than an overdriven electric guitar matched by a powerful gritty voice and a pulsating rhythm. Led Zeppelin took Rock music to its logical conclusion with their first album in 1969, stripping it back to its blues essence and adding maximum power, giving birth to Hard Rock. This set the formula for a new genre, that was often followed to strictly to cliched results but certainly had another innovators and classics in the next two decades.
The same year, with their self-titled debut album, Black Sabbath gave birth to a different, but similar, genre that shared much of the same fan base: Metal. This removed the blues influence, added a more regular beat and took influences from jazz and classical music, giving emphasis to musicianship. Whilst hard rock lyrics were about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll; Metal singers sung about the devil and other dark matters. Thrash gave the genre a new kick in the 1980s - playing even faster and harder.
By the end of the 1980s both genres were being shaken up. The influence of punk was finally felt as a wave of new Alternative Rock groups broke into the mainstream in the USA- led by Nirvana and the grunge scene but also including earlier pioneers such as noise-rockers Sonic Youth and funk-rockers Jane's Addiction. This was still overdriven guitars with without the showmanship and cliche of the worst Hard Rock. In the early 2000s Garage Rock gave Alternative Rock its last popularity wave. Since 2010 the genre has been dominated by pre-existing bands.
Metal was also transformed in the mid-1990s, with the influence of Punk and other genres creating a wave of new Alternative Metal genres: such as Hardcore and Emo. Metal has always relied on a highly committed fan base and remains in rude health as sub-culture.
The same year, with their self-titled debut album, Black Sabbath gave birth to a different, but similar, genre that shared much of the same fan base: Metal. This removed the blues influence, added a more regular beat and took influences from jazz and classical music, giving emphasis to musicianship. Whilst hard rock lyrics were about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll; Metal singers sung about the devil and other dark matters. Thrash gave the genre a new kick in the 1980s - playing even faster and harder.
By the end of the 1980s both genres were being shaken up. The influence of punk was finally felt as a wave of new Alternative Rock groups broke into the mainstream in the USA- led by Nirvana and the grunge scene but also including earlier pioneers such as noise-rockers Sonic Youth and funk-rockers Jane's Addiction. This was still overdriven guitars with without the showmanship and cliche of the worst Hard Rock. In the early 2000s Garage Rock gave Alternative Rock its last popularity wave. Since 2010 the genre has been dominated by pre-existing bands.
Metal was also transformed in the mid-1990s, with the influence of Punk and other genres creating a wave of new Alternative Metal genres: such as Hardcore and Emo. Metal has always relied on a highly committed fan base and remains in rude health as sub-culture.
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The 30 Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums
1. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin, 1971 (Hard Rock) 2. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses, 1987 (Hard Rock) 3. Back In Black - AC/DC, 1980 (Hard Rock) 4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin, 1969 (Hard Rock) 5. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin, 1975 (Hard Rock) 6. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin, 1969 (Hard Rock) 7. Master Of Puppets - Metallica, 1986 (Metal) 8. Paranoid - Black Sabbath, 1970 (Metal) 9. Metallica - Metallica, 1991 (Metal) 10. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath, 1970 (Metal) 11. Van Halen - Van Halen , 1978 (Hard Rock) 12. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin , 1973 (Hard Rock) 13. Rocks - Aerosmith, 1976 (Hard Rock) 14. Reign in Blood - Slayer, 1986 (Metal) 15. Masters of Reality - Black Sabbath, 1971 (Metal) 16. Ace of Spades - Motörhead , 1980 (Metal) 17. Highway to Hell - AC/DC, 1978 (Hard Rock) 18. Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith, 1975 (Hard Rock) 19. Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin , 1970 (Hard Rock) 20. Kill 'Em All - Metallica, 1983 (Metal) 21. Roots - Sepultura, 1994 (Metal) 22. In Rock - Deep Purple, 1970 (Hard Rock) 23. Blizzard of Oz - Ozzy Osbourne, 1980 (Metal) 24. White Pony - Deftones, 2000 (Metal) 25. Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden, 1982 (Metal) 26. Machine Head - Deep Purple, 1972 (Hard Rock) 27. British Steel - Judas Priest, 1980 (Metal) 28. Sabotage - Black Sabbath, 1975 (Metal) 29. Peace Sells But Who's Buying - Megadeth, 1986 (Metal) 30. A Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera, 1992 (Metal) 
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The 30 Best Alternative Rock Albums
1. Nevermind - Nirvana, 1991 2. Is This It - The Strokes, 2001 3. In Utero - Nirvana, 1993 4. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette, 1995 5. Doolittle - The Pixies, 1989 6. Ten - Pearl Jam, 1991 7. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1991 8. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth, 1988 9. Live Through This - Hole, 1994 10. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails, 1994 11. Unplugged in New York - Nirvana, 1994 12. Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins, 1993 13. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine, 1992 14. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1999 15. Surfer Rosa - The Pixies, 1987 16. Weezer (Blue album) - Weezer, 1995 17. Last Splash - The Breeders , 1993 18. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes, 2001 19. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins, 1995 20. Elephant - The White Stripes, 2003 21. Goo - Sonic Youth , 1990 22. Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 2003 23. Songs For The Deaf - Queens Of The Stone Age, 2002 24. Spiderland - Slint, 1991 25. Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction, 1988 26. Superunknown - Soundgarden, 1994 27. Relationship of Command - At the Drive In, 2000 28. Rated R - Queens Of The Stone Age, 2000 29. Because of the Time - Kings of Leon, 2007 30. Pinkerton - Weezer, 1996 |
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