10 Artists That Changed Music Genres (And Everyone Hated It)

10. The 2nd Law - Muse

For most of their career, Muse have never really been that far away from the electronic side of rock and roll. If you go back and listen to albums like Black Holes and Revelations or Origin of Symmetry, you can hear Matt Bellamy flirting with the digitized style of rock and roll, either with synthesizers in some places or the layers of effects that he put on his guitar. When they actually decided to take the deep dive though, fans were shellshocked the first time they heard The 2nd Law.

During the time when dubstep was making its first steps into the world of music, Muse seemed to be following its lead by having songs that were a lot more electronically abrasive than before. They weren't exactly subtle about the change either, with opening single Madness having Matt's voice covered in electronic enhancements. While some of the fans who preferred the more rock side of their sound may have been pissed, this was actually the logical next step for where the band was going.

They had already done pure electronic tracks like Undisclosed Desires on the Resistance, and the electronic tracks on here are a lot more fleshed out, like the different textures on Isolated System or creating a synth rock song from the ground up on Follow Me. It's not like the guitars have gone anywhere either, as Matt still breaks out his six (or occasionally seven) string for songs like Supremacy and Animals. Muse have always been known to shake things up, and this album was just another example of them taking some risks.