Electronic rock emerges from the collision of guitar-driven rock energy and synthesizer-powered electronic production, creating a hybrid sound where programmed beats and organic instrumentation exist as equal partners. Born from late-'70s experimentalists and crystallizing through '90s acts who refused to choose between the recording studio and the rehearsal space, the genre thrives on tension—digital precision meeting human imperfection, cold machine textures warming against distorted guitars. Unlike industrial rock's aggression or alternative rock's guitar-centrism, electronic rock maintains genuine equilibrium between its dual identities, where a synth lead carries as much weight as a guitar riff, and drum machines don't merely supplement live drums but redefine rhythm itself.
The genre's versatility spans from anthemic stadium-ready productions blending EDM drops with rock choruses to atmospheric post-punk explorations where drum pads and six-strings blur into textured soundscapes. What separates it from broader electronic or rock categories is this refusal to privilege one element over another—neither a rock band adding keyboards nor an electronic act featuring token guitars, but music genuinely architected from both foundations. Artists here might sequence complex breakbeats beneath screaming guitars, or layer vintage synthesizers through driving bass lines, always maintaining that essential duality.
Electronic rock rewards listeners seeking music that honors both the visceral punch of amplified instruments and the limitless sonic possibilities of electronic production—where festival main stages and underground clubs feel equally appropriate, and where the future of rock music continues writing itself in code and cables.
Click column headers to sort
List updated:
| #96 | ByKlaus Schulze | Released:1976-04-16 | |||
| #84 | ByDepeche Mode | Released:1987 | electronicelectronic rock | ||
| #35 | ByMoby | Released:1996-06-23 | |||
| #56 | ByBabylon Zoo | Released:1996-09-23 | |||
| #86 | ByApollo 440 | Released:1997-02-27 | |||
| #99 | ByParadise Lost | Released:1997-07-13 | |||
| #38 | ByLenny Kravitz | Released:1998-04-29 | |||
| #52 | ByOrgy | Released:1998-08-17 | |||
| #85 | ByParadise Lost | Released:1999-04-28 | |||
| #90 | BySuede | Released:1999-04-28 | |||
| #95 | ByTeddybears STHLM | Released:2000-06-07 | electronic rock | ||
| #41 | ByMuse | Released:2000 | |||
| #50 | ByGod Is An Astronaut | Released:2002-01-01 | |||
| #60 | BySneaker Pimps | Released:2002-01-22 | |||
| #62 | ByPain | Released:2002-01-23 | |||
| #33 | ByCelldweller | Released:2003-01-28 | |||
| #19 | ByRatatat | Released:2004-04-19 | |||
| #100 | ByThe Charlatans | Released:2004-05-17 | electronic rockindie rock | ||
| #23 | ByMindless Self Indulgence | Released:2005-04-12 | |||
| #37 | ByApoptygma Berzerk | Released:2005-09-12 | |||
| #98 | BySky Eats Airplane | Released:2006-01-01 | |||
| #27 | ByGood Charlotte | Released:2007-03-14 | |||
| #44 | ByNemesea | Released:2007-06-21 | |||
| #40 | ByKlaxons | Released:2007-06-25 | electronic rock | ||
| #43 | ByAthlete | Released:2007-08-27 | |||
| #25 | ByPendulum | Released:2008-05-09 | |||
| #11 | ByThe Rasmus | Released:2008-09-22 | |||
| #9 | ByKevin Rudolf | Released:2008-11-24 | |||
| #88 | ByBlue Stahli | Released:2008-12-20 | |||
| #93 | ByI Will Never Be The Same | Released:2009-03-09 | |||
| #80 | ByShaka Ponk | Released:2009-05-25 | electronic rockfunk rock | ||
| #97 | ByAngels & Airwaves | Released:2010-02-14 | |||
| #36 | ByAwolnation | Released:2010-05-18 | |||
| #24 | ByRatatat | Released:2010-06-08 | |||
| #51 | ByAnamanaguchi | Released:2010-07-15 | |||
| #22 | ByLinkin Park | Released:2010-08-02 | |||
| #13 | ByLinkin Park | Released:2010-09-08 | |||
| #82 | ByMcFly | Released:2010-11-15 | |||
| #12 | ByAwolnation | Released:2011-03-15 | |||
| #76 | ByDoes It Offend You, Yeah? | Released:2011-03-15 | |||
| #75 | ByMy Chemical Romance | Released:2011-03-27 | |||
| #16 | ByRadiohead | Released:2011-04-16 | |||
| #18 | ByBring Me the Horizon | Released:2011-05-23 | |||
| #70 | ByPuscifer | Released:2011-10-18 | |||
| #6 | ByPhantogram | Released:2011-11-01 | |||
| #49 | ByImagine Dragons | Released:2012-01-01 | |||
| #87 | ByBreton | Released:2012-03-26 | |||
| #47 | ByPublic Service Broadcasting | Released:2012-05-28 | electronic rock | ||
| #48 | ByCelldweller | Released:2012-06-12 | |||
| #5 | ByLinkin Park | Released:2012-06-20 | |||
| #10 | ByMuse | Released:2012-09-26 | |||
| #64 | ByPapa Roach | Released:2012-10-01 | |||
| #69 | ByDepeche Mode | Released:2013-03-22 | |||
| #31 | ByPublic Service Broadcasting | Released:2013-05-06 | |||
| #45 | ByThe Naked and Famous | Released:2013-09-13 | |||
| #2 | ByCarpenter Brut | Released:2013-09-20 | |||
| #73 | ByIcon for Hire | Released:2013-10-15 | |||
| #21 | ByLinkin Park | Released:2013-10-25 | |||
| #65 | ByLinkin Park | Released:2013-10-25 | |||
| #14 | ByPhantogram | Released:2014-02-18 | |||
| #59 | ByPVRIS | Released:2014-10-31 | |||
| #3 | ByBring Me the Horizon | Released:2014-11-03 | |||
| #29 | ByBring Me the Horizon | Released:2014-11-03 | |||
| #42 | ByAngels & Airwaves | Released:2014-12-09 | |||
| #32 | ByStarset | Released:2014 | |||
| #66 | ByDear Rouge | Released:2015-03-31 | electronic rockindie rock | ||
| #17 | ByKrewella | Released:2015-07-22 | electronic rockelectronicore | ||
| #94 | ByHealth | Released:2015-08-07 | |||
| #78 | ByFUCKING WEREWOLF ASSO | Released:2015-09-08 | |||
| #4 | ByBring Me the Horizon | Released:2015-09-11 | |||
| #28 | ByMeg Myers | Released:2015-09-18 | |||
| #54 | ByNew Order | Released:2015-09-25 | |||
| #39 | ByThe Qemists | Released:2016-02-26 | |||
| #57 | ByStarset | Released:2017-01-20 | |||
| #68 | ByThe Birthday Massacre | Released:2017-06-09 | electronic rocksynth rock | ||
| #53 | ByEnter Shikari | Released:2017-09-22 | |||
| #58 | ByThe Rasmus | Released:2017-10-06 | electronic rock | ||
| #67 | ByMorrissey | Released:2019-05-24 | |||
| #72 | ByPOORSTACY | Released:2019-09-13 | |||
| #46 | ByFox Stevenson | Released:2019-10-18 | |||
| #26 | ByPVRIS | Released:2020-08-28 | |||
| #83 | ByThe Living Tombstone | Released:2020-09-04 | |||
| #20 | ByNothing But Thieves | Released:2020-10-23 | |||
| #8 | ByBring Me the Horizon | Released:2020-10-30 | |||
| #79 | ByCar Seat Headrest | Released:2020 | |||
| #7 | ByMaggie Lindemann | Released:2021-01-22 | electronic rockpop punk | ||
| #89 | ByFoxing | Released:2021-08-06 | |||
| #71 | ByAngels & Airwaves | Released:2021-09-24 | electronic rock | ||
| #30 | ByFresno | Released:2021 | electronic rockpop rock | ||
| #81 | ByDance With The Dead | Released:2022-01-10 | |||
| #74 | ByCarpenter Brut | Released:2022-04-01 | |||
| #15 | ByLoveless | Released:2022-05-20 | |||
| #92 | ByDeath Insurance | Released:2022-06 | |||
| #61 | ByViagra Boys | Released:2022-07-08 | |||
| #91 | ByThe Rasmus | Released:2022-09-23 | alternative rockelectronic rock | ||
| #34 | ByDreamcatcher | Released:2022-10-11 | |||
| #55 | ByJimmy Eat World | Released:2022-10-19 | alternative rockelectronic rock | ||
| #77 | By✝✝✝ (Crosses) | Released:2022-12-09 | |||
| #1 | ByKäärijä | Released:2023-01-17 | |||
| #63 | BySpiritBox | Released:2023-11-03 |