Blues Rock 2010s Albums

Face the Music gathers Burning Rain’s bluesy pull, classic hard-rock riff weight and melodic vocal focus into a balanced, mature statement.

Shock keeps Tesla’s bluesy hard-rock framework while adding a more compact, contemporary push.

Flesh & Blood presents Whitesnake’s blues-rooted hard-rock language with a modern, tightly focused sound.

Reach for the Sky turns Blindman’s live-bred unity as a newer lineup into a precise tenth studio album.

Greta Van Fleet's debut album, released on 19 October 2018: ten songs written by all four members, produced by Marlon Young, Al Sutton and Herschel Boone and recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville and Rustbelt Studios in Michigan. It entered the Billboard 200 at No. 3. The Japanese edition (UICU-1298) adds the four songs of the Black Smoke Rising EP.

Living the Dream deepens Slash’s bond with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators through open, riff-led hard rock.

The debut by Los Angeles's Twin Temple, from 2018: Satanism sung as 1950s doo-wop.

Great White's thirteenth studio album, released on 2 June 2017, reunited the band with Michael Wagener, producer of its first EP and debut album.

Greta Van Fleet's eight-song double EP of 10 November 2017: the four songs of that April's debut EP, Black Smoke Rising, joined by four new recordings, namely the originals "Edge of Darkness" and "Talk on the Street" and covers of Sam Cooke and Fairport Convention. It won Best Rock Album at the 61st Grammy Awards, and its first Japanese edition, an SHM-CD, came out in August 2024.

To the Light shapes Blindman’s lyrical melody, expansive vocals and precise guitar work into traditional hard rock with care.

The Purple Album reinterprets material from the Deep Purple era through Whitesnake’s current heavy guitar sound and mature vocals.

Rock or Bust presents AC/DC’s rock ’n’ roll design in a newly tightened form: thick rhythm guitar, stripped-back beats and choruses built to stay in the listener’s head.

The debut album by Sweden's Blues Pills, out on Nuclear Blast in July 2014: the late 1960s, recorded now.

The debut by the English duo Royal Blood, from August 2014: bass and drums only, and number one in Britain.

World on Fire expands Slash’s thick riffs, bluesy lead work and muscular rock ’n’ roll on a broad canvas.

Simplicity brings Tesla’s blues-leaning guitar, warm ensemble playing and human-scale melodies to the front.

EVERGREEN re-records Blindman's key songs from its early years through the early 2000s with the then-current lineup, bringing out the band's melodic core.

Epic Obsession joins thick guitar riffs, bluesy lead work and powerful vocals to deliver classic melodic hard rock with real heat.

Music from Another Dimension! moves through bluesy rock and roll, catchy arena rock and emotional balladry as if surveying Aerosmith’s long career from several angles.

BLAZING CRISIS joins Blindman’s expressive vocals, fluent guitar lines and full choruses into dramatic melodic hard rock.

Great White's twelfth studio album, released by Frontiers in May 2012, was its first with singer Terry Ilous and its first without Jack Russell.

Apocalyptic Love is built around Slash’s thick, singing guitar, Myles Kennedy’s powerful vocals and a dependable rhythm section.

Chickenfoot III brings Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith together around thick riffs and a free-breathing sense of performance.

Twisted Wires & the Acoustic Sessions... is a reconstruction-type work on which TESLA re-illuminated past songs with present-day playing and production…

Forevermore layers Whitesnake’s blues-rooted thick riffs, weighty arrangements and David Coverdale’s expressive voice.

Re-rise reaffirms Blindman’s melodic-hard-rock strengths through fluent guitar work, rich melody and flexible rhythm.

Slash pairs Slash with a wide range of guest vocalists, moving from bluesy riff rock to arena-sized hard rock.