Top 50 Hard Rock Albums of 2014 compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and ranked by sales data.
Click on the hyper-linked album titles to read the reviews that were featured on Hard Rock Daddy during the year.
- FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side of Hell: Volume 2
- LINKIN PARK – The Hunting Party
- AVENGED SEVENFOLD – Hail To The King
- SLIPKNOT – .5: The Gray Chapter
- FOO FIGHTERS – Sonic Highways
- NICKELBACK – The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1
- FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side of Hell: Volume 1
- GODSMACK – 1000HP
- PEARL JAM – Lightning Bolt
- THE PRETTY RECKLESS – Going To Hell
- OF MICE & MEN – Restoring Force
- CHEVELLE – La Gargola
- A DAY TO REMEMBER – Common Courtesy
- RISE AGAINST – The Black Market
- SEETHER – Isolate And Medicate
- BRING ME THE HORIZON – Sempiternal
- SKILLET – Rise
- VOLBEAT – Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
- JUDAS PRIEST – Redeemer Of Souls
- THEORY OF A DEADMAN – Savages
- MASTODON – Once More ‘Round The Sun
- SLASH featuring MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS – World On Fire
- BLACK LABEL SOCIETY – Catacombs Of The Black Vatican
- CAGE THE ELEPHANT – Melophobia
- LINKIN PARK – Recharged
- VARIOUS ARTISTS – Vans Warped Tour ’14: 2014 Tour Compilation
- KORN – The Paradigm Shift
- MEMPHIS MAY FIRE – Unconditional
- MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – Reincarnate
- QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – …Like Clockwork
- PIERCE THE VEIL – Collide With The Sky
- BLACK VEIL BRIDES – Black Veil Brides
- IN THIS MOMENT – Blood
- CROWN THE EMPIRE – The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways
- ISSUES – Issues
- METALLICA – Metallica: Through The Never (Soundtrack)
- RONNIE JAMES DIO – This Is Your Life
- POP EVIL – Onyx
- SUICIDE SILENCE – You Can’t Stop Me
- HELLYEAH – Blood For Blood
- ACE FREHLEY – Space Invader
- DEMON HUNTER – Extremist
- SIXX: A.M. – Modern Vintage
- ROYAL BLOOD – Royal Blood
- WITHIN TEMPTATION – Hydra
- BLACK SABBATH – 13
- THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – Oxygen: Inhale
- WHITECHAPEL – Our Endless War
- CHIODOS – Devil
- TESLA – Simplicity
RELATED ARTICLES:
Billboard Top 50 Hard Rock Albums of 2013
Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart See more
Fascinating really. Several things that could be picked out to comment on but the one that jumps at me first is how many of the albums on the list were released in 2013 (and therefore benefited from a full 12 months of sales for the purpose of this list)