March 8th
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
2024
Judas Priest
– Invincible Shield
After over five decades Judas Priest doesn’t just age; they forge ahead like a steel-plated juggernaut, leaving scorch marks on anything in their path.
2013
David Bowie
– The Next Day
At a time when the world had all but accepted that David Bowie had retired into the ether, The Next Day arrived like a lightning bolt out of a clear sky. It’s a defiant, unflinching return—gritty, jagged, and pulsing with the urgency of a man who has nothing left to prove but does it anyway.
1994
Nine Inch Nails
– The Downward Spiral
The Downward Spiral is a beautifully decayed artifact of pain, rage, and self-destruction. It doesn’t ask for your attention so much as it drags you under, locking you inside a mind that’s fraying at the edges. The industrial beats hit like blunt-force trauma, the synths slash like exposed wire, and the whispers and screams feel too close for comfort. .
Soundgarden
– Superunknown
Superunknown is where Soundgarden went from grunge heavyweights to something far bigger, stretching their sound into strange, expansive territory without losing an ounce of muscle. It’s an album that thrives on contradiction—brutal yet beautiful, psychedelic but punishing, introspective and explosive in equal measure.
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
2024
Bleachers – Bleachers
Dion – Girl Friends
The End Machine – The Quantum Phase
Kim Gordon – The Collective
Loreena McKennitt – The Road Back Home
Meatbodies – Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom
Nick Johnston – Child of Bliss
Sonata Arctica – Clear Cold Beyond
Thank You, I’m Sorry – Repeating Threes
2019
Children of Bodom – Hexed
The Coathangers – The Devil You Know
Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1
Juice Wrld – Death Race for Love
Meat Puppets – Dusty Notes
Sasami – Sasami
Tesla – Shock
Týr – Hel
2016
They Might Be Giants – Phone Power
2013
Bon Jovi – What About Now
Hurts – Exile
2012
Blaze Bayley – The King of Metal
2011
Children of Bodom – Relentless Reckless Forever
The Color Morale – My Devil in Your Eyes
Dance Gavin Dance – Downtown Battle Mountain II
Starfucker – Reptilians
Wye Oak – Civilian
2010
Airbourne – No Guts. No Glory.
Amy Macdonald – A Curious Thing
Goldheart Assembly – Wolves and Thieves
2005
Black Label Society – Mafia
Gratitude – Gratitude
Sam Prekop – Who’s Your New Professor
Impaled – Death After Life
Into the Moat – The Design
2004
The Cribs – The Cribs
Space – Suburban Rock ‘N’ Roll
The John Butler Trio – Sunrise Over Sea
Wig Wam – 667.. The Neighbour of the Beast
TNT – My Religion
1999
Stereophonics – Performance and Cocktails
Silverchair – Neon Ballroom
Kula Shaker – Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada
Van Morrison – Back on Top
Hot Water Music – Live at the Hardback
1994
Elvis Costello – Brutal Youth
David Lee Roth – Your Filthy Little Mouth
Sam Phillips – Martinis and Bikinis
Chainsaw Kittens – Pop Heiress
Failure – Magnified
Nailbomb – Point Blank
1992
Frank Black – Frank Black
1988
Honeymoon Suite – Racing After Midnight
1985
Hoodoo Gurus – Mars Needs Guitars!
1982
Scorpions – Blackout
The Fall – Hex Enduction Hour
1977
Foreigner – Foreigner
1974
Queen – Queen II
Kansas – Kansas
1965
The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today!
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