Top 10 Rock and Metal Bands Formed in the 2010s

The Top Ten
1 Earthside

A progressive rock band (with metal influences) formed in 2014 in CT, US. Their debut album ''A Dream In Static'' came out in 2015 and is a prog masterpiece.
Earthside call their music "cinematic rock" and this is probably the best descriprion of their sound.

2 Lost Society Lost Society is a thrash metal band from Finland, formed in 2010. Lost Society released their debut album in 2013 when band members were teens aged 17, 18, 19, and 19.

A thrash metal band formed by teens in 2010 (3 albums as of July 2017).
These teens from Finland recorded one of the fastest thrash songs I've ever heard: Kill (Those Who Oppose Me).

3 Caligula’s Horse

Australian prog rock band, formed in 2010. Their album of 2015 was pretty good (Bloom).

4 Native Construct

Prog rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, US, formed in 2011.
Debut album - Quiet World, 2015.

5 Abnormal Thought Patterns

A metal band from California, formed in 2011. They play mostly instrumental stuff (Technical/Progressive Metal/Shred). They have one EP and 2 albums as of July 2017.

6 Deafheaven Deafheaven is an American black metal band that formed in 2010. Deafheaven has a unique avant-garde sound that incorporates elements of post metal and shoegazing . Their style is usually called 'blackgaze' . The San Francisco-based group began as a two-piece with George Clarke and Kerry McCoy, who recorded and self-released a demo album together.

American metal band formed in 2010 (Post-Black Metal).

7 Newsted
8 Royal Blood Royal Blood are an English rock duo formed in Brighton, East Sussex, in 2013. The band's sound is reminiscent of and rooted in modern blues rock, hard rock, garage rock and psychedelic rock.

Surely the best rock band in Britain at the moment?!

One of the best Rock Bands. Period.

9 Ashes of Ares

American metal band formed in 2012 by ex- Iced Earth members Matt Barlow (vocals) and Freddie Vidales (bass), and Van Williams (ex-Nevermore drummer).
Debut album: Ashes of Ares (2013)
As of 2017, they work on a 2nd album.

10 Greta Van Fleet

Is someone else blowing up rock these years like they do?

The Contenders
11 Against the Current Against the Current is an American Pop Rock/Punk group formed in Poughkeepsie, New York in 2011. The band is fronted by Chrissy Costanza, who has gained considerable fame and success as a YouTube artist. The band consists of Costanza, guitarist Dan Gow and drummer Will Ferri and are signed to Fueled ...read more.
12 Kanseil

A folk metal band from Italy.

13 Saint Asonia Saint Asonia is a Canadian post-grunge supergroup consisting of former Three Days Grace frontman Adam Gontier, Mike Mushok, Corey Lowery, and Rich Beddoe. They have released two albums so far: their self-titled album in 2015, and their sophomore album, Flawed Design, in 2019.

Some of the band's most well-known songs are The Hunted, Beast, Let Me Live My Life, Blow Me Wide Open, Better Place,... read more
14 United Forces
15 Monument

Heavy metal band formed in 2011 in the UK - 2 albums and one EP as of July 2017.
Circa 2015 I checked out their album Renegades (2014) but I don't remember details. It wasn't a disappointment though. I liked very much their cover of Deep Purple's Black Night.
I don't know anything about their 2016 album.

16 Chthe'ilist
17 Device Device is an industrial metal band started by David Draiman, frontman of the heavy metal group Disturbed. Draiman was approached by Geno Lenardo, former guitarist of Filter, and together they started to work on new material.
18 The Skull
19 Sidecrash

Du, are you talking about a band you are a member of? If yes, tell us more about it (if you don't mind of course).

20 Meltdown

Like Du, we exist and do shows in the local area, and we are on youtube!

21 Thundermother
22 Overlaps

New band they are really good. They are from Italy formed around 2015/2016

23 The Ogre Packet Slammers
24 Nervosa
25 Avatarium
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