I don't think you're looking in the right places, rock music is booming at the moment. King Gizzard, BCNR, black midi, IDLES, Slift, Shame, Fontaines D.C. I could genuinely go on and on, theres a miriad of bands out at the moment that are pushing rock forward and bringing it to new audiences. It's not mainstream the way it once was but it's certainly not a fad.

Ghost are really popular they are similar to late 70s/80s heavy metal

If you are into heavy metal I can recommend you look into Satan and Riot city but they are not that popular.

> Issues

yeah, cool Pierce the veil is fire!! this is a great list. I will knock through it today Thanks for the insight.

Yeah ticket prices are out of this world. You are right.. Tool is old like I am. Just know my 20-something niece and her friends love them now.

There are a ton of young bands coming up in the jam band scene if you are open to that.

Infused genres of rock - rap music sometimes it works out depending on the artist

Alright, Im diving in

yeah, I have seen them 2x, but I gave up on them after the last tour £125 a seat for nosebleeds was a kick in the face. Still a great band but they have been around for 30+years

Royal Blood - Self Titled Debut

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia

Black Country New Road - Ants From Up Here

The Pretty Reckless - Death By Rock n Roll

Cleopatrick - BUMMER

-!- - Dead Poet Society

Blue Weekend - Wolf Alice

Like Clockwork… - Queens of The Stone Age

Genre wise these albums are more geared towards Hard Rock/Indie/Alternative

And Tool! They are still going strong. Their last album is 🔥.

Steven Wilson. Start with his 2017 album To the Bone, and then try his 2015 album Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique (read the lyrics)

Band of Horses- Acoustic at the Ryman

Jamestown Revival- Utah

Radiohead - In Rainbows

DIIV - Deciever

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

Not sure which metalcore bands you’ve listened to, but I like the genre but stay away from the heavier/mostly screamed stuff. I like a lot of the melodic stuff. Some of the bands I enjoy in that vein are: Issues (2nd and 3rd albums to avoid screaming), The Word Alive, Pierce The Veil, Point North, Hands Like Houses, Bring Me The Horizon (any album after Sempiternal), and A Day To Remember.

Honestly though you could just start with that last band. If you don’t like them, I understand that you just don’t like the genre.

I've been really in to this band To The Sky

Check out this post punk playlist. I just discovered it yesterday and I’m really vibing with it. If you like the Smiths you’ll probably like this

https://youtu.be/mk_TkG-NCI4

I don’t really have any specific songs but check out these bands if you haven’t already;

-Beach House

-Garbage

-Phantogram

-Ben Folds

-Chvrches

-Mac Demarco

-Men I Trust

-Cannons

-Tame Impala

-The Marias

-Kruangbin

-Still Corners

-Amyl and the Sniffers

Lastly, if you have never watched Start Making Sense by the Talking Heads, do it as soon as possible. Trust me!

Wet Leg is definitely growing in popularity. They recently performed at the Grammy’s and the Brit Awards. They are a fun listen if you like indie/alt rock.

I saw your comment specifying that you do like the nu metal genre. I think you'll like Don Broco, they're kinda what I would consider a more current take on nu metal I guess lol, they're kinda hard to pin down though. Super underrated band imo, especially their latest two albums!

Revivalists are great too if you like a little bit of New Orleans flavor.

I feel like the Beatles 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 fits this well, for a couple of reasons. First, the Beatles grew in such a cohesive way, and the albums have such a clear divide on these two albums. You hear something happening at the end of the first one, but you put on the second and hear Strawberry Fields Forever and it's like a different band. Second, both albums have several important non-album singles. So there's a little added that you don't get just by listing to their albums.

>Don Broco -Royal Blood -Foals -King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard -Revivalists -Walk the Moon -Blood Red Shoes -Bad Suns -The 1975

Cool, I never heard of Don Braco or Revivalists. Ill give them a listen. I just heard Blood Red Shoes. They are localish to me. They are very cool indeed.

Some of my current favorites, mostly from within the last decade or so:

• Don Broco
• Royal Blood
• Foals
• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
• Revivalists
• Walk the Moon
• Blood Red Shoes
• Bad Suns
• The 1975
• Wet Leg
• Khruangbin

... And you can't go wrong with some "older" bands (that feels weird to say lmao) like:

• Foo Fighters
• The Strokes
• Arctic Monkeys
• Franz Ferdinand
• Paramore
• Queens of the Stone Age
• Counting Crows

Edit: mobile formatting is hard :(

... And also I added more artists lol

London Calling - The Clash

Parallel Lines - Blondie

Born A Lion - Danko Jones

Let There Be Rock - AC/DC

Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix

https://open.spotify.com/album/5rKTtC3GgrjzlAhTlAhlEj

Seen them twice and they’re incredible. They are probably some of the hardest working rock musicians today

I just saw Henge live. Defo Space Funk and a crazy good show.

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https://open.spotify.com/artist/5R09pajxQjiwdUH6Fw4yM5?si=rm8DiiK1QP2EgX-jqGCckQ

Lol. They claim to have created a new genre - Space Funk.

The album is a concept album. As are many of there others.