Top 10 Best Rock and Alternative Albums of the 2020s

Industry experts claimed guitar-driven music died a decade ago, but you only need to blow out a single speaker to realize ninety percent of those critics are entirely tone-deaf. You survived the bizarre, sweatpants-clad isolation of the early twenties. Now your morning commute requires an aggressive soundtrack fueled by blistering chords and pure, unapologetic angst.

You can finally drop the polite smile and stop pretending you actually like the sterile, synthesized elevator noise currently dominating the airwaves. Grab your favorite headphones and prepare to intentionally damage your eardrums, because the absolute greatest rock and alternative albums of this era are demanding your immediate attention.

The Top Ten

This Is Why - Paramore
Love Sux - Avril Lavigne
Keep Me Fed - The Warning

I didn't think The Warning could outdo their previous album, Error, with such thoughtful and catchy songs as Evolve, Animosity, and Choke. I was wrong. They have surpassed Error with Keep Me Fed, a banger with soon-to-be classics like Consume, Sharks, and Six Feet Deep.
Dany's charisma and vocal prowess are only matched by her masterful guitar playing. Pau's lyrics are modern poetry with a thumping beat from her drumming. And the youngest sister, Ale, lays the foundation for each song with her cool, controlled bass.
Just three sisters, three instruments, and an innate understanding of rock. The Warning is taking over the world, and you have been warned.
The Bitter Truth - Evanescence
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey
Imploding the Mirage - The Killers
Use Me - PVRIS
Is This What I Look Like? - Yours Truly
Error - The Warning

First album I listened to from The Warning. I was immediately engaged. Solid album by very young but seasoned professionals.

Quite simply the finest rock album I've heard in years. Every song is an anthem.

The best rock album I've heard in the last 30 years.
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