Top 10 Worst Rock Albums of 2020
2020 has entirely been quite a year. Most notably for music, and politics as a whole. These are without a doubt... the worst "rock" albums this year have to offer. Often being vapid and pointless, or just plain unnecessary.
I'm a big fan of Green Day. This is not a very good album, though. They didn't put a lot of effort into this one. You can tell because it's less than 30 minutes and it's pretty generic. I'm not sure how I feel about the autotune. I kind of like the title track, though.
At least it's a short album. This is definitely their weakest album. But hey, there's always another album. It will probably be better. The trilogy wasn't good either, but Revolution Radio was released after that and it's a great album to me. 4/10
This album is a massive epic fail that fell flat on its face. Some of the worst songwriting, vocals, and overall sounds Green Day has to offer. The same band that made American Idiot and Dookie made something this atrocious.
It's a shame too because the covers that were released after this album came out sound more like Green Day than this album. It's an album so devoid of creativity and energy that it's insufferable.
If you've heard a Five Finger Death Punch album, you already know what you're getting yourself into. This album has their trademark clichés multiplied by a thousand or more. Ivan Moody tries really hard to convince you that he could beat you up after school, which comes off as laughable.
It's no surprise why this album is on this list. The energy drink-chugging douchebags themselves have proven time and time again that they refuse to adapt and change. More power to them, I suppose.
The biggest problem with 5FDP is that Ivan Moody is a half-trick pony. His lyrics about begging for attention on how much of a man he is, followed by "I'm all alone..." type material, are sad. The musicians behind him have lost any passion, and it shows on F8.
Overall, this album is a cheesefest from start to finish and sounds like a Jon Bon Jovi solo album (case in point, it's just him on the cover). It also tries too hard to be political or humanitarian, but Jon Bon Jovi is definitely no Bruce Springsteen and he still doesn't seem to get it.
Jon's vocals sound like he's 80 years old. You can feel that they have been damaged by many years of touring, considering that most of Bon Jovi's songs hit high notes. It's also a sign that Bon Jovi should consider retiring because they may not have a lot of staying power left.
This "band" was formed by a former drummer of FFDP. If that isn't a sign of how bad this album is, then oh boy, you're in for a hell of a treat. Not only does this album have misogyny that would rival Theory of a Deadman and Hinder, but it also has terrible vocals, unsurprisingly. I'm convinced that no effort was put into this album at all.
"Psychosexual" sounds like if Slipknot and Blood on the Dance Floor had a baby.
Pearl Jam has always been a grunge band I was never particularly fond of. Listening to this, though, cements my distaste for them more. Eddie Vedder's voice sounds very strained and unimpressive here, to say the least. An album that's tedious, dull, and downright groan-worthy.
Believe it or not, this is Pearl Jam's third-best album, behind Ten and Lightning Bolt. This isn't saying much, though, because their entire discography is filled with snooze-fests with only one highlight on each album. Gigaton has at least two semi-decent tracks.
The only reason why this is lower compared to other albums is that calling it rock is somewhat debatable. It's terribly written "pop-rock" without any soul or emotion at all.
Tyler Connolly tries to speak about political issues but offers very uninspired answers to said problems, which makes this album boring to sit through.
In what universe are Gigaton, F8, and even Father of All... worse than this? Did the person who made this list just click on Google, search "rock albums from 2020," and put the very first results they found? This is way worse than all of those albums.
I don't particularly care for Breaking Benjamin all that much, but this is probably the least terrible album out of all the other choices here. It's mostly just ballad acoustic renditions of their previous material with a few guest collaborators. It's still bland and uninteresting to hear, though.
Pantera playing Metalcore riffs...
