10 Greatest Final Rock Albums Of The 2010s

10. King Animal - Soundgarden

The 2010s got off to a flying start for fans of grunge music, as flagbearers Soundgarden announced they were getting back together after over a decade apart.

Chris Cornell had already sung a Bond song by this point, so there was nothing else for him to really do as a solo artist.

They marked their return with a song called Live to Rise for the soundtrack to Marvel's The Avengers; a criminally underrated tune that somehow only got played over the film's end credits. Following that, they released King Animal, their first studio album since 1996.

Despite Live to Rise not being present, which was a real shame, King Animal still impressed with a mixture of commercial, radio-friendly bangers and some of the band's weirder tendencies that had gotten them noticed in the first place.

Just five years after their comeback, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell tragically passed away in 2017, putting the group on hiatus until, in 2018, they formally split.

Who knows what might have happened had Cornell lived longer, but at least fans got one last glimpse at his brilliance before his untimely passing.