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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