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The Top 100 Rock Songs from the 2010s to Now
Published by Maia Williamson
25 May 2026
If you are looking for a curated guide to the best modern rock songs, you’ve come to the right place.
Over the last decade and a half, rock has transformed into a thrilling powerhouse that blends vintage, classic influences with cutting-edge production. The music is as alive and vibrant as ever.
We curated this top 100 list based on your Rock 2000 votes, global radio airplay, streaming data, single sales, and ultimate fan favorites. Plus, you can listen to our playlist of the top 20 songs from each decade.
Plug in your headphones as we rank the greatest current tracks from the last fifteen years, for the grand finale of our ultimate countdown series: Let there be Rock.
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
Highly Suspect - My Name Is Human
Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence
Tool - Pneuma
Foo Fighters - Walk
Devilskin - Little Pills
Queens Of The Stone Age - The Way You Used To Do
Highly Suspect - Lydia
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Linkin Park - Lost
Shihad - Feel the Fire
Tool - 7empest
Devilskin - Start A Revolution
Slipknot - The Devil In I
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
Metallica - Lux Aeterna
Villainy - Dreams
Royal Blood - Figure It Out
Greta Van Fleet - Highway Tune
Devilskin - Voices
Pearl Jam - Wreckage
Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9
Bring Me The Horizon - Throne
Kings Of Leon - Waste A Moment
Chris Cornell - Patience
Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company
I Am Giant - City Limits
Slipknot - Unsainted
L.A.B - Mama I'm Coming Home
Blindspott - R.I.P (Rest In Pieces)
Foo Fighters - The Sky Is A Neighbourhood
The Warning - S!CK
Deftones - Rosemary
Villainy - Raised In The Dark
The Pretty Reckless - Death By Rock And Roll
Pearl Jam - Sirens
Highly Suspect - 16
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Black Summer
Turnstile - Holiday
System Of A Down - Protect The Land
Marilyn Manson - Third Day Of A Seven Day Binge
Halestorm - I Miss The Misery
Kora - Carolina
Dartz - Paradise
A Perfect Circle - The Doomed
Chevelle - Take Out The Gunman
Ozzy Osbourne - Under The Graveyard
Slipknot - Nero Forte
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
Metallica - HardWired
Kaleo - Way Down We Go
Arctic Monkeys - Arabella
Metallica - Moth Into Flame
Iron Maiden - The Writing On The Wall
Godsmack - 1000Hp
Chris Cornell - Nothing Compares 2 U
Liam Gallagher - Everything's Electric
Highly Suspect - Upperdrugs
The Black Keys - Gold On The Ceiling
Bring Me The Horizon - Mantra
Linkin Park - Burn It Down
Devilskin - We Rise
Muse - Psycho
Shihad - Think You're So Free
Royal Blood - Little Monster
I Am Giant - Duality (Studio Cover)
Glory Glory - Head Like A Hole
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Sleep Token - The Summoning
Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away
Ghost - Square Hammer
Foo Fighters - Rope
Run Wild - Racing
Blindspott - Burn Me Alive
Queens Of The Stone Age - Paper Machete
Halestorm - Love Bites (So Do I)
Queens Of The Stone Age - If I Had A Tail
Shihad - I Got You
Tool - Fear Inoculum
Foo Fighters - Arlandria
Queens Of The Stone Age - Smooth Sailing
Pearl Jam - Waiting For Stevie
Black Sabbath - God Is Dead
Ozzy Osbourne / Lemmy - Hellraiser
The Warning - MORE
Turnstile - Never Enough
Tool - Invincible
Alien Weaponry - Kai Tangata
Concubine - No Cigar
Gods of Rock n Roll - Ozzy Osbourne
Queens Of The Stone Age - Emotion Sickness
Five Finger Death Punch - House Of The Rising Sun
Devilskin - Vessel
Rise Against - Satellite
Highly Suspect - Mexico
Devilskin - Half-Life of Dreams
Blindspott - Coming Home
Villainy - Safe Passage
Linkin Park - Up From The Bottom
If you enjoyed this list, have a look back at the best 100 songs from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s.
Published by Maia Williamson
25 May 2026