10 Best Posthumous Rock Music Releases

10. In The End - The Cranberries

The music world was shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan in early 2018.

The Irish performer had been a huge part of the band's rise to prominence; her angelic voice serving as the key part of great songs like Zombie and Linger. Prior to her death, O'Riordan and guitarist Noel Hogan had been working on material for a new Cranberries album. In fact, O'Riordan had been emailing Hogan about the project mere hours before she passed away.

The rest of the band eventually went to work on the late singer's final vocal takes with the permission of her family. In April 2019, over a year after her death, O'Riordan appeared posthumously on the excellent album In the End.

As was typical of The Cranberries, the music was tinged with sadness and O'Riordan's bittersweet longing for a better world. Strangely, this was actually a good thing, as it gave anyone who listened an appropriate outlet to grieve a lost icon.

The Cranberries announced that this would be the final album released under that name, ending O'Riordan's musical legacy on a high.