Is real rock maintaining potential? I'm not talking about the horseshit promoted as "rock" by the mainstream. No. Hell no! Seven out of the ten titles rounding up my 2nd quarter Top 10 Rock Albums are debut releases! I keep hearing daft statements: this or that is bringing rock back ... Breakingnews: rock music was always around, in the present! Unfortunately, for the last 3 decades, the people responsible for promoting music managed to dilute the term "rock" to cover music that has NOTHING to do with actual rock music! Don't believe me: take a look at the current mainstream "rock" charts. If you think the likes of Billie Eilish and Justin Biber represent "rock", well, I believe you are here, by mistake. I don't mean to offend anyone's taste in music; I simply find the loose use of the term "rock" to be deliberately distasteful.
If true rock is the name of your game, here we have ten prime examples of 2021's Q2 (hard) rock offerings! #RockAintDead Lets' make sure to keep it alive: please support the acts you love! (Ordered based on release date.)
RED VOODOO
Bring It Back
US
Released on April 20, 2021
Hard rock
Debut album
MÄDHOUSE
Bad Habits
Austria
Released on April 23, 2021
Hard rock, sleaze/glam metal
Sophomore album
ELECTRIC GYPSY
Electric Gypsy
Brazil
Released on April 29, 2021
Hard rock, glam metal
Debut album
ESCAPE
Fire in the Sky
UK
Released on April 30, 2021
Hard rock, AOR
Studio album #3
A RISING FORCE
Undertow
US
Released on May 7, 2021
Hard rock
Debut album
ROBIN MCAULEY
Standing on the Edge
Ireland
Released on May 7, 2021
Hard rock
Sophomore solo album
STONE WHISKEY
Rebels of the Sun
US
Released on May 7, 2021
Hard rock
Debut album
UPPER LIP
Deep Within
Malta
Released on May 21, 2021
Hard Rock
Debut album
CROWNE
Kings in the North
Sweden
Released on June 18, 2021
Melodic/hard rock
Debut album
SOCIAL DISORDER
Love 2 Be Hated
Sweden/International
Released on June 18, 2021
Hard rock
Debut album
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