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2022 TOP 25 RETRO ROCK ALBUMS

Digital Age Rock 'N Roll Heavily Rooted In The Past!


Here we have twenty-five best examples of modern acts taking on the heyday sounds of the 60s and 70s classic rock and its branches! In recent years the retro-rock scene continued to expand with an ongoing exponential influx of new talent releasing excellent and varied material! Bringing further proof that rock music will always thrive despite the constant negative rhetoric coming from the mainstream.



25.

RED MOON SHAMAN

Chapter One

Italy


Released on May 20

Debut album

Psychedelic stoner rock



24.

AYE MAMMOTH

Eternal

US


Released on March 17

Studio album #4

Heavy stoner/doom rock



23.

THE HEROINE

Out For Blood

US


Released on May 20

Studio album #2

Groovy high-energy southern rock n' roll, hard rock



22.

BLUE MERROW

Blue Merrow

Spain


Released on January 1

Debut album

Psychedelic hard rock




21.

PURPLE DAWN

Peace & Doom Sessions Vol II

Germany


Released on March 11

Album #2/studio debut

Sludgy heavy psychedelic doom rock/metal


20.

SPACE PANTHER

Glamdemic!

US


Released on February 18

Debut album

70s glam rock




19.

CHIVO

Ouroboros

Spain


Released on March 25

Studio album #2

Stoner rock



18.

MOTHER MERSY

From Above

Sweden


Released on May 20

Debut album

Vintage hard rock with a touch of glam




17.

WOMACK

III - Songs of Downfall and Deliverance

Finland


Released on May 20

Studio album #3

Groovy southern/stoner/heavy rock



16.

DEAD TITAN

Risen

Finland


Released on October 7

Debut album

Psychedelic heavy/stoner/doom, space rock


15.

VOLTAGE

Tomorrow Hits Today

Netherlands


Released on September 2

Debut album

Southern blues-rock




14.

SOUND OF SMOKE

Tales

Germany


Released on February 18

Debut album

Psychedelic soul, blues-rock




13.

DEATH TRIP

Mount Doom

Canada


Released on November 12

Self-released debut album

Heavy psychedelic doom rock. Instrumental


12.

COLOUR HAZE

Sacred

Germany


Released on September 14

Studio album #14

Top-tier fuzzalicious psychedelic rock



11.

ELECTRIC HULDRA

Electric Huldra

US


Released on March 25

Debut album

Driven vintage hard rock from Detroit



10.

ZOM

Fear And Failure

US


Released on March 11

Heavy psychedelic/stoner/hard rock




9.

BLIND STONE

Under Them Stones

Greece


Released on January 16

Debut album

Alternative stoner/hard rock



8.

THE KARMA EFFECT

The Karma Effect

UK


Released on March 18

Debut album

Southern/blues hard rock, dirty rock n' roll




7.

MIDNIGHT RIDER

Beyond The Blood Red Horizon

Germany


Released on October 7

Studio album #2

Top-tier 70s heavy rock




6.

KENTUCKY RUCKUS

Space Is A Place

US


Released on April 29

Debut album

Southern hard rock




5.

WUCAN

Heretic Tongues

Germany


Released on May 20

Studio album #3

Psychedelic stoner/hard rock, experimental


4.

HÄLLAS

Isle of Wisdom

Sweden


Released on April 8

Studio album #3

Psychedelic hard rock, proto-metal



3.

SUPER VINTAGE

Guardians of Tradition

Greece


Released on July 29

Studio album #6

Top-tier 70s southern/hard rock



2.

GOODBYE JUNE

See Where The Night Goes

US


Released on February 18

Studio album #3

Catchy blues/hard rock




1.

PARISH

Parish

UK


Released on June 24, 2022

Debut album


Highly anticipated studio debut full-length effort by the British pastoral proto-metal power trio didn't fail to amaze and in fact exceed all expectations. Parish takes the listener to paths previously ventured by the likes of Wishbone Ash, Pagan Altar, and Budgie. Recording the album on vintage equipment helped the band unearth a sound that draws on the roots of heavy metal. One of the best 2022 albums and Retro Rock Album of the Year!




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