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The best hard rock songs of 2018

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2018: SiriusXM Octane. Combining every list, the top hard rock song of 2018 is “Zombie” by Bad Wolves, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Godsmack was the year’s most-charted artist, with two different songs placing 2 times across the countdowns.

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Top 100 songs of 2018

Ranked by combined points across every 2018 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

# Song Strength Lists Best #1s
1 Zombie Bad Wolves
100		 1 #1 1
2 Alone in a Room Asking Alexandria
97		 1 #2 –
3 Bulletproof Godsmack
93		 1 #3 –
4 Are You Ready Disturbed
90		 1 #4 –
5 Devil Shinedown
87		 1 #5 –
6 A Grave Mistake Ice Nine Kills
83		 1 #6 –
7 Mantra Bring Me the Horizon
80		 1 #7 –
8 All Out Life Slipknot
77		 1 #8 –
9 Red Cold River Breaking Benjamin
73		 1 #9 –
10 When Legends Rise Godsmack
70		 1 #10 –
11 Sham Pain Five Finger Death Punch
67		 1 #11 –
12 Uncomfortable Halestorm
63		 1 #12 –
13 The Mountain Three Days Grace
60		 1 #13 –
14 Walking in My Shoes Fever 333
57		 1 #14 –
15 Disease Beartooth
53		 1 #15 –
16 The Void Parkway Drive
50		 1 #16 –
17 Ghost Badflower
47		 1 #17 –
18 Voices Motionless in White
43		 1 #18 –
19 Still Hungry Adelitas Way
40		 1 #19 –
20 The Time Is Now Atreyu
37		 1 #20 –
21 The Grey Thrice
33		 1 #21 –
22 Dirty Sevendust
30		 1 #22 –
23 Hear Me Now Bad Wolves
27		 1 #23 –
24 Crazy From Ashes to New
23		 1 #24 –
25 Over It Bullet for My Valentine
20		 1 #25 –
26 Be Legendary Pop Evil
17		 1 #26 –
27 Deathwish Red Sun Rising
13		 1 #27 –
28 Basic Needs Jonathan Davis
10		 1 #28 –
29 Aftermath Royal Tusk
7		 1 #29 –
30 Rats Ghost
3		 1 #30 –

Every station’s number one of 2018

StationNumber one songCountdown
SiriusXM Octane Zombie Bad Wolves SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2018

All 2018 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2018 ranking

Radio stations count down their listeners’ favorite songs at the end of every year. Each station’s list reflects its own audience, so a song that ruled Los Angeles could miss the top ten in Chicago. To find the songs that defined 2018 everywhere, RockLists gives every appearance percentile-based points (a number one earns 100, the last position earns close to zero) and adds them up across all one qualifying countdowns. Each radio format is ranked separately, so classic rock and hard rock countdowns never shift the hard rock results; use the tabs above to switch formats. Read the full methodology.