10 Best Debut Rock Albums Of The 21st Century
1. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Despite the plethora of astonishing material that has already been named on this list, there was only ever going to be one winner here. Released in 2000, ‘Hybrid Theory’ is one of the few records in history that can claim to have truly changed the landscape of the entire music industry.
As the flagship release of the entire nu metal movement, ‘Hybrid Theory’ blew both album and single charts away across the globe. Still to this day, it is one of the biggest selling debut albums of all time, having accumulated 18 million sales upon its release.
With its cutting edge rap, rock and metal combination, songs like ‘Papercut’, ‘In The End’ and ‘One Step Closer’ were able to take the world by storm. ‘Hybrid Theory’ remains highly relevant even to this day as it continues to inspire new generations of musicians in a catalogue of sub-genres.