May 13th
Rock Albums Released on This Day in History
The perfect daily read for fans looking to explore rock history one day—and one album—at a time.
Featured Rock Albums
2022
The Smile
– A Light for Attracting Attention
Anxious, twitchy, and strangely playful, this album trades legacy for freedom—paranoia grooves, angular riffs pulse, and dread shimmers with sly charm. It’s a leaner, looser exploration of modern unease that dances while everything quietly unravels.
More Rock Albums Released Today
Some are obscure or lesser-known, while others played a pivotal role in shaping the sound of rock and roll.
Year
Artist – Album
2022
Kevin Morby – This Is a Photograph
The Black Keys – Dropout Boogie
Florence and the Machine – Dance Fever
Two Feet – Shape & Form
2016
Pierce the Veil – Misadventures
Modern Baseball – Holy Ghost
Kvelertak – Nattesferd
Hatebreed – The Concrete Confessional
DevilDriver – Trust No One
2014
Guided by Voices – Cool Planet
Mushroomhead – The Righteous & the Butterfly
Mad Caddies – Dirty Rice
Only Crime – Pursuance
2013
Primal Scream – More Light
2011
Austra – Feel It Break
2008
Dead by April – Dead by April
2007
Filter – Anthems for the Damned
Local H – Twelve Angry Months
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Sunday at Devil Dirt
Michael Schenker Group – In the Midst of Beauty
Emmure – The Respect Issue
Coldworker – Rotting Paradise
Abysmal Dawn – Programmed to Consume
2006
You Am I – Convicts
2003
Third Eye Blind – Out of the Vein
Alkaline Trio – Good Mourning
Marilyn Manson – The Golden Age of Grotesque
Chimaira – The Impossibility of Reason
Cold – Year of the Spider
Grandaddy – Sumday
1997
Misfits – American Psycho
Modest Mouse – The Fruit That Ate Itself
Snot – Get Some
Lard – Pure Chewing Satisfaction
Mad Caddies – Quality Soft Core
1996
Def Leppard – Slang
The Specials – Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection
1991
Phranc – Positively Phranc
1988
Judas Priest – Ram It Down
1985
New Order – Low-Life
Supertramp – Brother Where You Bound
Magnum – On a Storyteller’s Night
1982
Thomas Dolby – The Golden Age of Wireless
1977
Roger Daltrey – One of the Boys
Ian Hunter – Overnight Angels
1968
Frank Zappa – Lumpy Gravy (Reedited Version)
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