2020s Metal & Hard Rock Albums

A 50th-anniversary collection of re-recorded ACCEPT classics, each featuring a cast of guest musicians.

Cursum Perficio is a useful way to hear ANTHRAX from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

Asia's 14th studio album and their first in twelve years, led by the single “The Traveller (Into The Light).”

The End Is Not The End finds ATREYU shaping metalcore aggression and the larger melodies of modern rock and post-hardcore into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity

Engines Of Demolition finds BLACK LABEL SOCIETY shaping Southern-rock grit, doom-leaning weight and bluesy guitar cries into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

The sixth album, and the first the band made as a five-piece after Joel Hokka's departure, following roughly a year and a half away.

The fourth studio album and the second with Eugent Bushpepa.

Art Of Chaos finds CRASHDIET shaping sleazy glam-metal attitude and catchy hard-rock hooks into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

SPLAT! finds DEEP PURPLE shaping classic hard-rock improvisation, blues warmth and the conversation between keyboard and guitar into a 2026 album with a clear sense of id

The Moth finds DEVIN TOWNSEND shaping huge progressive-metal sound design, ambient space and introspective melody into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

A five-track EP that balances open, refreshing melodies with loud-rock weight and presents the second chapter of East Of Eden through Ayasa’s violin-led identity.

Set The Dark On Fire finds EDENBRIDGE shaping symphonic-metal fantasy and clear melodic-metal uplift into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

A ten-song independent hard-rock statement that turns recovery, major-band experience and renewed creative freedom into Erik Grönwall’s first original solo album in sixteen years.

Come This Madness is a useful way to hear EUROPE from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

Sanctuary finds EVANESCENCE shaping gothic/alternative-metal shade and dramatic melodies that include piano color into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

Goliath finds EXODUS shaping rough Bay Area thrash riffs, confrontational energy and heavyweight sound pressure into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

Legacy is a useful way to hear FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

The Legend Of The Six Kings is a useful way to hear FROZEN CROWN from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

The fourteenth full-length album by Galneryus and their first in about two years, after the twentieth-anniversary record The Stars Will Light the Way. This is the standard edition: nine songs and about sixty-five minutes on a single CD, with the same track list as every other format.

More Stereo Crush is a useful way to hear GOTTHARD from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

A melodic-metal EP that links fantasy-adventure imagery with bright speed, heroic guitar work and the renewed identity of HAGANE.

A five-track EP that condenses HANABIE.’s current Harajuku-core sound into metalcore impact, digital pop color, streetwise energy and unapologetic self-affirmation.

Shout finds HARDLINE shaping classic melodic hard rock and AOR-polished vocal drama into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

The eighth album and the first with new singer Ângelo Parisotto — Seneca's On the Shortness of Life as its subject, released in the band's thirtieth year.

II is a useful way to hear ICONIC from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

Awesome Anthems Of The Galaxy finds IRON SAVIOR shaping Iron Savior’s hard space-metal pressure and approachable anthem spirit into a 2026 album with a clear sense of ide

A career-spanning greatest-hits compilation reaching from the 1974 debut Rocka Rolla to 2024's Invincible Shield, gathering signature songs such as "Breaking…

Dark Asylum is a useful way to hear KAMELOT from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

A live album documenting KISS's 20 August 1976 Anaheim Stadium concert before 42,000 fans, released officially for the first time to mark the band's 50th ann…

KOIAI's fourth EP and the first release by the settled five-piece line-up with vocalist Mirei Sakurada; the title track became the August 2026 ending theme for Nippon TV's DayDay.

Into Oblivion finds LAMB OF GOD shaping physical groove-metal weight, thrash-sharp riffing and modern aggression into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

Lonesome_Blue’s second full-length album, produced with Mao, in the standard edition containing the ten main tracks.

Outstanding Power finds LOVEBITES shaping Japanese power/speed-metal drive and the shine of classical twin guitars into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

"Reimei" — the word means daybreak — is the first new song LUMiRiSE released under its current lineup, issued as a streaming-only single at midnight JST on 2…

Metalmorphosis finds MASTERPLAN shaping European melodic power-metal uplift and thick hard-rock-leaning groove into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

The ninth studio album, and the first made after Brent Hinds left the band in March 2025 and died that August. It is also the first with Nick Johnston (guitar) and João Nogueira (keyboards) as full members.

Released on January 23, 2026, Megadeth is MEGADETH’s seventeenth and final studio album.

Dead To Rights finds METAL CHURCH shaping hard-edged US power metal and thrash-leaning riffs into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

The 2026 remaster of Metallica's 1997 seventh album, cut by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering with Greg Fidelman overseeing, issued in Japan as a single SHM-CD.

A five-song 2026 EP that condenses the four-piece NEMOPHILA’s physical groove, self-written material and renewed identity.

The first live album by Swedish melodic hard rockers NESTOR, drawing on their debut Kids In A Ghost Town and the charting Teenage Rebel, recorded at Gothenbu…

A best-of on which Night Ranger newly remixed, remastered and partly re-recorded their signature songs as 2026 versions.

A second maxi single built on the theme of setting out, led by “Starlight Voyage” — three songs, with a DVD on the limited edition.

WROC finds PAUL GILBERT shaping virtuoso rock guitar, pop-minded playfulness and bluesy humanity into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

EI8HT finds SHINEDOWN shaping modern American hard-rock strength and large melodies that can reach pop listeners into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

Announced as SINNER's final studio album and released by Reigning Phoenix Music. Seven guest vocalists appear, among them Ronnie Romero and Michael Bormann, and Jacob Hansen mixed and mastered it at Hansen Studios in Denmark.

バンド自身が18作目のスタジオ・アルバムと数える最新作。Frontiers Music Srlから2026年9月25日に発売される。

Homage is best heard not simply as a covers-related entry, but as a record that shows how TESLA translates outside material into its own sense of

The 55th-anniversary edition of Thin Lizzy's 1971 debut: three SHM-CDs and an audio Blu-ray, carrying Richard Whittaker's new stereo mixes and fifteen previously unreleased recordings.

The fourteenth studio album, following Bloodlines (2023). Mighty Music issues it internationally on 11 September 2026 as PMZ437CD; Marquee Inc.

An archival live album capturing Van Halen's 27 August 1986 show at the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the 5150 tour, with the Sammy Hagar-fronted l…

The Dominators Last Standing 2025 is a live album of Aldious’ final one-man show, held at Toyosu PIT on August 13, 2025, ahead of the band’s indefinite hiatus.

Antifragile finds ALL THAT REMAINS shaping metalcore riffing and emotionally direct melodic-metal hooks into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Borderland finds AMORPHIS shaping Finnish melancholy, progressive-metal construction and folk-like melodic color into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Blood Dynasty finds ARCH ENEMY shaping melodic-death aggression and dramatic melodies that also reach toward traditional metal into a 2025 album with a clear sense of ide

Here Be Dragons finds AVANTASIA shaping rock-opera theatricality and the large uplift of melodic and power metal into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

BABYMETAL’s 15th-anniversary album, using ten globally connected tracks to push beyond established metal boundaries.

A 2025 EP that compresses BAND-MAID’s sharp riffs, modern impact and hook-driven songwriting into a focused statement.

Released on September 24, 2025, After Rain is BLINDMAN’s twelfth full-length album, issued in the band’s thirtieth-anniversary year.

A mini album on which the current line-up re-records six songs from 2013-2016 that had stayed in the live set ever since.

Roar Like Thunder finds BUCKCHERRY shaping rough rock-and-roll heat and memorable hard-rock hooks into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

A recording of the band's support slot for Judas Priest at the Hallenstadion in Zurich on 3 July 2025 — a short set, nine songs and about forty minutes, in f…

Thrill Of The Bite finds CRAZY LIXX shaping eighties glam-metal sparkle and a tight modern hard-rock production into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Wonderland finds CROWNE shaping polished Scandinavian melodic hard rock and arena-sized scale into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Released on February 7, 2025, Parasomnia is DREAM THEATER’s sixteenth studio album and the first full-length studio record to feature drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009

Game Of Faces finds DYNAZTY shaping Scandinavian melodic-metal clarity and the momentum of modern synths and rhythms into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

East Of Eden’s first full album, recorded entirely by the MINA-era five-piece and uniting metal, loud rock and melodic drama across ten core songs plus the standard-edition instrumental bonus.

Aspiral finds EPICA shaping symphonic-metal grandeur, progressive construction and weight rooted in extreme metal into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

A second covers collection that rebuilds songs by Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe, Journey, Helloween, Heart and others through range, dynamics and hard-rock physicality.

The third Eriksplanations collection turns Erik Grönwall’s YouTube interpretations into a twelve-song tour through metal, classic rock, pop balladry and Swedish tradition.

Brotherhood finds FM shaping the class of British AOR and the supple drive of melodic hard rock into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Stand And Deliver finds GIANT shaping American hard-rock groove and AOR-polished melody into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Beyond Tomorrow finds GINEVRA shaping melodic-metal uplift and polished songcraft related to AOR and hard rock into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Stereo Crush finds GOTTHARD shaping sturdy Swiss hard-rock groove and the approachable songcraft of melodic rock into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Welcome To The Future finds H.E.A.T shaping large Scandinavian melodic-hard-rock choruses and a sharp sense of modern momentum into a 2025 album with a clear sense of ide

A full-length statement from HAGANE’s renewed line-up, combining Japanese melodic color, speed, weight and direct choruses.

Chasing Euphoria is a useful way to hear HAREM SCAREM from a different angle within the 2025 catalogue.

Giants & Monsters finds HELLOWEEN shaping German power-metal speed, bright humor and huge choruses into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Reforged – Machine World revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

This Consequence finds KILLSWITCH ENGAGE shaping metalcore weight and a melodic-death/heavy-metal sense of melancholy into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

In The Vanishing Echoes Of Goodbye finds LABYRINTH shaping Italian power metal speed and progressive architecture into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Gravity finds LEVERAGE shaping Finnish melodic-metal melancholy and strong hard-rock-leaning riffs into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

A focused digital single that strips Lonesome_Blue down to the force of three performers and a direct, resilient melodic core.

Lonesome_Blue’s second EP condenses the renewed three-member lineup into six songs balancing weight, pop immediacy and emotional range.

LUMiRiSE’s first full album, capturing its formation, vocalist change and restart across twelve tracks that move through loud rock, punk, metal, anime-song brightness and ballad drama.

Unatoned by MACHINE HEAD: track list, Spotify player, music videos and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

The End finds MAMMOTH WVH shaping a thick modern hard-rock sound and intimate melodies touched by alternative rock into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Don't Sell Your Soul finds MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP shaping classic hard-rock structure and Michael Schenker’s unmistakably singing guitar melodies into a 2025 album w

NEMOPHILA’s fourth album, written by the four members and renewing the band’s heaviness, emotional vocals and free-form mixture.

A second full album arriving in the band's second year, closing on the four-part suite “Shisha no Sho.”

A first maxi single sold at the venues from the opening night of the band's first national tour, its sleeve the artist photograph that had been shot before the songs existed.

Heart Of A Lion finds PERFECT PLAN shaping Scandinavian melodic-rock harmonies and carefully shaped AOR-leaning songwriting into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identi

EvangelCore 1 finds PEYTON PARRISH shaping Viking/folk heroism, heavy modern-metal beats and cinematic choruses into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Domination finds PRIMAL FEAR shaping steel-plated German heavy/power-metal riffs and battle-ready choruses into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

A New World Rising finds RAGE shaping the direct drive of German power metal and hard riffs rooted in thrash into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

An eight-track EP marking the band's fiftieth year, issued by Silver Lining Music on 14 February 2025: five new songs, plus three live recordings that between them feature three different Raven drummers.

長く待たれていたクリスマス・アルバムとして2025年に発表された作品。

Para Bellum finds TESTAMENT shaping Bay Area thrash sharpness and the weight of modern heaviness into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Satanic Rites Of The Wildhearts finds THE WILDHEARTS shaping punk roughness, hard-rock thickness and dangerously catchy pop hooks into a 2025 album with a clear sense of

The Wild Card by TREAT: track list, Spotify player, music videos and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

A five-track EP that opens TRiDENT’s major-label chapter with a sense of daybreak, renewed purpose and an increasingly open, singable rock sound.

Apex finds W.E.T. shaping melodic rock that combines AOR smoothness, hard-rock push and Scandinavian clarity into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Zilqy’s first EP, presenting the Japanese all-female metal band’s post-melodic nu-metal identity with global ambition.

Humanoid looks at contemporary anxieties, but its core is unmistakably ACCEPT: steel-hard riffs, straight-ahead beats, and heavy metal built for immediate impact.

The Catalyst sharpens AMARANTHE’s defining contrast of three distinct vocal colors.

This follow-up revisits the spirit of Apocalyptica’s debut, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, through the sound and experience of the band today.

Coming Home presents AXXIS’s long-developed melodic hard-rock brightness with the relaxed confidence of a seasoned band.

A 2024 full-length that channels BAND-MAID’s global experience into technical hard rock, strong songs and cinematic scale.

The fifth album, and their second consecutive number one on the official Finnish album chart. Japan got it on the same day as the rest of the world, with two live recordings from Helsinki added.

Arriving in BON JOVI’s fortieth-anniversary year, Forever brings the band’s open-hearted spirit and life-affirming outlook to the front.

Recorded in Gothenburg with producer Fredrik Nordström; its opener "Still Burning" placed 42nd in Metal Hammer's readers' poll for the best song of 2024.

Two Shots at Glory is an anniversary-minded release that looks back over CRAZY LIXX’s path while showing that the band still has forward momentum.

Endtime Signals deepens the melodic-death-metal aesthetic DARK TRANQUILLITY has shaped for decades.

=1 finds DEEP PURPLE welcoming a fresh guitar color while reaffirming the essentials that have long defined the band: spontaneity, sharp riffing, and unshakable groove.

PowerNerd keeps DEVIN TOWNSEND’s layered imagination intact while shifting the center of gravity toward shorter, more direct song power.

The second chapter of Forbidden Fruit, preserving the debut’s vivid impact while deepening the groove, darkness and dramatic interaction of the five-piece.

Megalomanium II pushes ECLIPSE’s talent for immediately memorable choruses and hard-edged guitar riffs to the front with very little hesitation.

Stand United presents FIREWIND’s guitar-led power metal with an emphasis on melodic strength.

Silver Romance is a bright, affirmative power-metal record worthy of FREEDOM CALL’s twenty-fifth anniversary.

War Hearts channels FROZEN CROWN’s new-lineup momentum into direct, aggressive power metal.

The Stars Will Light the Way ties GALNERYUS’s virtuosity and melodic instinct together with unusual density.

An EP that reignites HAGANE’s melody, speed and optimistic force around the theme of survival and forward motion.

The band’s first major-label EP, packing Tokyo identity, otaku culture, transformation-heroine imagery and modern romance into fierce breakdowns and vivid pop hooks.

Invincible Shield makes the heavy-metal language JUDAS PRIEST has forged over decades sound like a force that is still moving forward.

The last EP recorded with founding vocalist Kotono — five songs led by the title track, whose video came out three months ahead of the release and carried the band to its first European shows.

From Zero is LINKIN PARK’s first full album in its new lineup, and it restates the band’s core urgency with a contemporary outline.

A groove-driven single that releases the playful, live-ready side of Lonesome_Blue’s three-member lineup through bold rhythmic hooks.

Drama again shows how MARTY FRIEDMAN treats the guitar not simply as a vehicle for technique, but as a voice that tells stories.

Ten reconnects MR. BIG’s high-level musicianship with the strength of melodies anyone can carry away.

NEMOPHILA’s third album, concentrating scale, technique, melody and modern heaviness ahead of the band’s Budokan milestone.

Teenage Rebel lets NESTOR’s love of ’80s melodic rock shine through a modern, full-bodied sound.

Yesterwynde is NIGHTWISH’s tenth album, a vast symphonic-metal work shaped around time, memory, and the question of how human beings receive the world.

A self-produced first mini album sold only at the venue and by mail order on the day of the band's first-anniversary headline show; all 500 copies went at once.

The band's VAA debut and first full album, conceived as a single score on which eleven genre-crossing songs are written out.

Kingdoms of Magical Rock is a large-scale release in which PEYTON PARRISH reshapes songs familiar from film, animation, and fantasy worlds with the weight of rock and met

Soul centers PEYTON PARRISH’s husky, forceful voice and connects rock’s direct emotional charge with hooks that stay in the ear.

The tenth studio album and Powerwolf's fourth German No. 1 — choir and organ intact, every song routed to its chorus by the shortest path.

Afterlifelines is an ambitious double album that places RAGE’s raw trio attack beside a more expansive orchestral dimension.

Against the Winds delivers REVOLUTION SAINTS’ classic melodic-hard-rock approach with direct heat.

Challenge the Wind brings RHAPSODY OF FIRE’s grand orchestration, racing rhythm, and heroic-story melody to the front without hesitation.

Mean Streets finds the band carrying RIOT’s lineage with the heat and melody of American metal fully intact.

Orgy of the Damned is a covers record in which SLASH goes deeply into the classic blues that forms part of his musical foundation.

Clear Cold Beyond sees SONATA ARCTICA steering firmly back toward the rush of Nordic melodic power metal.

Ultrapower is a high-voltage record that amplifies the pleasures of heavy metal in a straight line.

バンド自身がアコースティック企画と位置づけている2024年の作品。

2024年発表。ビルボードのクリスチャン・アルバム・チャートで2位に入った。

Restless Fight brings SUNSTORM’s polished AOR sensibility together with the strength of melodic hard rock.

Servitude is THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s tenth album and the beginning of a new chapter after profound loss.

TMG's second album, twenty years after the first: Tak Matsumoto, Eric Martin and Jack Blades with Matt Sorum on drums, and guest turns from BABYMETAL and LiSA.

TRiDENT’s second full album, reorganizing key songs from 2022 onward with new material to present twelve tracks of attack, melody and live-driven momentum.

A five-track EP that expands TRiDENT’s range through spicy riffs, nocturnal atmosphere and more intimate melodic writing.

Recorded at The Patriot in Crumlin, Wales in 2023 and released on 26 April 2024 through Target Records on CD, double vinyl and streaming.

Cycles of Pain turns ANGRA’s Brazilian color, progressive construction and power-metal lift into one extended drama.

The Beautiful Dark of Life collects ATREYU’s three 2023 EPs and adds new songs to complete a larger statement.

Life Is But a Dream... pushes AVENGED SEVENFOLD far beyond a simple metal framework and into an intensely experimental, existential space.

A concept album announcing BABYMETAL’s return through ten parallel worlds of reflection, loss and renewal.

OUTBURST condenses new songs and re-recordings into a five-track mini album that captures BLINDMAN’s place during its twenty-fifth-anniversary era.

A live album from the band's London show — and the record whose release moved their Japanese home to IYT RECORDS.

Vol. 10 delivers BUCKCHERRY’s straight-ahead rock-and-roll instincts with no unnecessary detours.

CoreLeoni's first live album, which is how Metalville Records describes it on their own page.

Operation Phoenix brings together CROWNE’s polished AOR and melodic-rock instincts with the forward charge of power metal.

Eleven years after its previous studio record, Heaven Comes Down returns to the shades of melody and guitar lyricism that define DOKKEN.

East Of Eden’s debut EP, placing violin and heavy rock on equal footing while introducing the five musicians’ technique, melody and international ambition.

Megalomanium packs the kind of rock songs ECLIPSE does best: short, sharp and instantly memorable.

The first Eriksplanations album documents the YouTube cover work that grew during recovery through eight songs associated with Dio, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, KISS and more.

After a fifteen-year studio gap, Six makes it clear that EXTREME has always been far more than a one-hit story.

Face Your Fears places Harry Hess’s warm, soaring voice at the center of a carefully shaped AOR and melodic-rock record.

Call of the North puts FROZEN CROWN’s bright twin-guitar harmonies and relentless speed at the front of an epic power-metal charge.

Between Dread and Valor compresses new songs, instrumentals and a re-recording into a special GALNERYUS release with the density of a short, sharp statement.

Lighting Up the Sky gathers GODSMACK’s muscular riffs, dry groove and large melodies into a well-balanced record.

The major-label breakthrough that expands Harajuku-core through space, games, escape, everyday anxiety and rebirth, establishing HANABIE. on an international scale.

Foregone reconnects IN FLAMES with the melodic-death-metal atmosphere associated with Gothenburg while combining it with modern weight and direct song construction.

Firestar reignites IRON SAVIOR’s blend of cosmic narrative and straight-ahead German power metal.

The Awakening is KAMELOT’s first studio record in five years and brings its symphonic shadows, progressive construction and dramatic melodies into especially clear focus.

The self-released debut EP — the first five songs put out by a band that had already been invited to a festival in India before it had any recordings at all.

A second EP arriving barely five months after the first, its five songs — from “Inside” to “My Breath” — each issued in turn as official audio.

A tense digital single that turns the decision to end a damaging cycle into heavy rock momentum and emotionally direct vocals.

A melodic digital single that holds onto a shared sense of “blue” and future possibility while the band moves through change.

Judgement Day introduces LOVEBITES with Fami in the lineup and drives forward with speed, precise ensemble playing and big melodic payoff.

Mammoth II is the second MAMMOTH WVH record built around Wolfgang Van Halen’s all-instrument performance and songwriting.

After a decade away, Soundtrack for the End Times reunites MERCENARY’s melodic death metal, power metal and progressive metal instincts in one large return.

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72 Seasons looks back at the formative first eighteen years of life while using Metallica’s familiar language of heavy riffs and long-form construction to probe inward.

Hellriot connects MYSTIC PROPHECY’s heavy rhythmic chug directly to fist-raising choruses.

A cover EP that rebuilds songs by Metallica, System of a Down, Slipknot and Limp Bizkit through NEMOPHILA’s own attack.

The third digital single, closing the band's first year; its video passed 110,000 plays within a fortnight of going up.

A three-song first digital single put out barely two months after the band began playing; the free headline show that month drew over a hundred people.

A three-song second digital single arriving six months after the band started; all three songs went on to later records.

The Dio Album is Paul Gilbert’s instrumental tribute to Ronnie James Dio’s catalog across Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio.

Skalds of Metal connects Norse-mythic and warrior imagery to Peyton Parrish’s modern rock and metal drive.

The Most Magical Album on Earth rebuilds songs from Disney films through Peyton Parrish’s rock and metal sensibility.

A ninth album that gathers new songs and unreleased material as a bridge to the next chapter, with a covers disc by befriended bands on the deluxe editions.

Code Red lines up PRIMAL FEAR’s tank-like riffs with Ralf Scheepers’ soaring high voice and refuses to compromise either element.

The fifteenth studio album, recorded at drummer Mike Heller's own studio in Los Angeles and released by Silver Lining Music on 30 June 2023.

Eagle Flight shows the new REVOLUTION SAINTS lineup carrying forward the project’s essential melodic-hard-rock lift.

On the Prowl treats every glamour-metal cliché as both a punchline and a declaration of love.

STMLT’s six-track debut EP, joining the group’s accessible video-creator identity with heavy loud-rock and metal arrangements built for the live stage.

A five-track EP that turns the act of pulling a dream into reality into loud-rock force, bright melody and future-facing momentum.

The thirteenth studio album, released by Mighty Music on 5 May 2023 as PMZ390CD: ten songs from "Edge of the World" to "Making All The Rules".

Touchdown polishes the classic heavy-metal feel U.D.O. has defended for decades.

Sin puts Adrian Vandenberg’s melodic instinct and weighty riff craft in the foreground.

Seven reunites WINGER’s precision as players with its instinct for enormous melodies.

Bleed Out overlays WITHIN TEMPTATION’s symphonic beauty with modern-metal weight and electronic tension.

After a long absence, Altaria return with Wisdom, a record that presents bright Scandinavian melodic-metal lines alongside approachable hard-rock warmth.

Halo is a refined fusion of the death-metal weight, folk-derived melody and progressive arrangement that Amorphis have developed over decades.

Deceivers sharpens Arch Enemy’s melodic-death-metal design with exceptional precision.

Tobias Sammet assembles a varied cast of singers and builds theatrical storytelling and oversized melody as a sequence of connected scenes.

A 2022 EP that lives up to its title, unleashing the band’s technical rock energy through compact, immediate songs.

Their first album for Century Media and their first number one in Finland, built around "Dark Side", the song they took to Eurovision. Japan received it as their debut release there, retitled Sick & Dangerous.

The third and last of the avex albums, carried into a SUMMER SONIC 2022 appearance; guitarist MOE joined after it.

CoreLeoni's first album of original material, and the first with Eugent Bushpepa singing.

With new vocalist Gabriel Keyes, Crashdïet restart their rough-edged glam-metal machine without losing its identity.

Diamond Star Halos expands Def Leppard’s trademark blend of stacked harmonies, bright guitars and pop momentum into a broader palette.

Lightwork retains Devin Townsend’s talent for enormous walls of sound while giving them more air and calm than some of his recent work.

As its title suggests, Divisive addresses distrust and division while returning to Disturbed’s direct heaviness and large-scale melody.

Centered on Herman Frank, Dreamtide’s return revisits the strengths of melodic hard rock with care and restraint.

Final Advent finds Sweden’s Dynazty linking heavy riffs, polished electronic textures and arena-sized choruses with impressive density.

Shangri-La finds Edenbridge building a fantasy world around Sabine Edelsbacher’s clear voice and Lanvall’s grand arrangements.

Closer to the Edge places Harry Hess’s warm yet focused voice at the center of polished melodic rock.

AfterLife draws on Five Finger Death Punch’s direct strengths: hard riffs, marching rhythms and Ivan Moody’s raw vocal presence.

FM’s thirteenth album refines the band’s urbane melodic-rock identity with relaxed performances and carefully shaped harmonies.

After a long gap, Giant return around David Huff and Mike Brignardello, with Kent Hilli’s voice helping restate the appeal of their melodic hard rock.

Fronted by the soaring voice of Kristian Fyhr, Ginevra’s debut delivers Scandinavian melodic-rock clarity in a modern sound.

With Kenny Leckremo back in the band, H.E.A.T reclaim the speed, melody and positive energy that shaped their early identity.

HAGANE’s first full-length album, expanding the band’s twin-guitar sparkle, speed, heavy riffs and dramatic storytelling.

Abrakadabra blends Hardcore Superstar’s glam-metal flash with punkish roughness.

A seventh album that breaks five years of silence, rebuilt around new singer Victor Emeka — with three former members guesting on "Tribal Mark".

Second Skin centers on Nathan James’s commanding voice and polishes classic hard-rock craft in a contemporary way.

Complicated centers on Jeff Scott Soto’s wide expressive range, linking hard-rock power with AOR smoothness.

Freedom by JOURNEY: track list, Spotify player, music videos and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

Requiem concentrates Korn’s uneasy grooves, down-tuned weight and Jonathan Davis’s wounded-sounding voice into a brief, dense runtime.

Omens puts Lamb of God’s interlocking riffs, groove and Randy Blythe’s raw roar directly in the listener’s path.

Neptune Blue, Lana Lane’s long-awaited return, connects progressive structure with melodic accessibility around her expressive, soaring voice.

From Womb to Tomb uses the passage from birth to death as a frame for Lillian Axe’s naturally dramatic songwriting.

Lonesome_Blue’s first pre-debut single, joining ominous tension, heavy rhythm and a large melody to announce the band’s arrival.

A pre-album single that turns the decision to confront fear into sharp riffs, forceful rhythm and a large melodic chorus.

Lonesome_Blue’s debut EP joins voice-actor expression and professional rock musicianship through metal, progressive detail and pop melody.

A pre-debut single featuring Ayasa, expanding Lonesome_Blue’s sound through psychedelic color, violin and progressive movement.

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Of Kingdom and Crown is a concept album that unfolds Machine Head’s low-end weight, punishing riffs and exposed emotion across an extended narrative.

Building on the renewed strength of Dystopia, this album is charged with the urgency that defines Megadeth at their best.

True to its title, Universal presents Michael Schenker’s guitar vocabulary as a language of melody shared by an international cast of singers.

A second album capturing NEMOPHILA’s international momentum through heavy riffs, wide melodies and an unrestricted mixture.

Get Rollin’ is Nickelback’s first studio album in years, and it delivers the band’s familiar strengths without overcomplication: thick guitars, Chad Kroeger’s rough-

Nordic Union’s third album is built around Ronnie Atkins’s forceful, character-rich voice and Erik Martensson’s meticulous songwriting.

With guest turns from Jeff Beck, Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde and more, this album surrounds Ozzy Osbourne’s unmistakable voice with a wide range of guitar colors.

Brace for Impact carries the appeal of eighties AOR and hard rock into a modern production with real conviction.

Rise of Vikingr combines Norse-myth imagery with Peyton Parrish’s deep, forceful vocals and modern rock/metal production.

Digital Noise Alliance brings together sharp guitars, accessible progressive turns and a sense of social tension in the current Queensrÿche lineup.

Turborider pushes Reckless Love’s glam-metal hedonism further into eighties synth-pop color.

Continuing the dystopian story of its predecessor, Dystopia Part II deepens the setting through André Andersen’s layered keyboards and classically shaped arrangements.

Crazy Times is a useful way to hear SAMMY HAGAR from a different angle within the 2022 catalogue.

As its title suggests, Rock Believer returns Scorpions directly to the sharp riffs, cutting guitar leads and crowd-ready choruses at the heart of their sound.

Rescue sees Shaman restating the heat and symphonic splendor of Brazilian power metal.

Planet Zero gives Shinedown a concept framework focused on polarization and the pressure of digital life.

The band's first album for Atomic Fire Records, made by the four-piece of Mat Sinner, Tom Naumann, Alex Scholpp and Markus Kullmann, and mixed by Jacob Hansen.

With new vocalist Erik Grönwall, Skid Row put their streetwise edge and aggression back at the front.

Skills’ debut brings together players such as Brad Gillis and Billy Sheehan, yet it does not depend on names alone.

4 shows how naturally Slash, Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators now function as a band.

The End, So Far keeps Slipknot’s violent heaviness at its core while opening into ambient space, melodic vocals and unsettling sound design.

Övergivenheten feels like a large-scale summary of Soilwork’s journey, combining melodic death metal, alternative textures and progressive development across an expansive

Acoustic Adventures – Volume One revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

Acoustic Adventures – Volume Two revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

After a long gap, Stratovarius return with the fast drums, shining keyboards and skyward choruses that define their identity.

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With Ronnie Romero joining the fold, Sunstorm give their familiar AOR smoothness a stronger hard-rock outline.

Under the Midnight Sun condenses The Cult’s gothic allure and hard-rock physicality into a tightly focused set.

The Endgame further refines the hard-edged, modern melodic-rock identity Treat have established since their reunion.

A five-track EP centered on “CRY OUT,” moving between heavy confrontation, playful tension and a more lyrical sense of connection.

The second re-recording EP, rebuilding earlier material through TRiDENT’s current trio sound across five songs of impulse, resistance, utopia and renewal.

A four-track EP: two new songs and two re-recordings from the 1980 debut Wild Cat.

Too Mean to Die reaffirms the muscular, traditional heavy-metal language ACCEPT have defended for decades, now delivered with contemporary weight.

After a major shift in its vocal setup, Atreyu move toward more open melodies and larger choruses on Baptize.

An album that sharpens both aggression and melody, presenting BAND-MAID’s musicianship on a world-class hard-rock scale.

Dark Connection pushes Beast in Black’s power-metal drive into a neon-lit, cyberpunk world shaped by eighties synth-pop.

Black Label Society’s eleventh album is packed with Zakk Wylde’s thick, sustaining riffs, blues-rooted phrasing and low-slung groove.

The second avex album — twelve songs, followed three weeks later by a European edition on Setsuzoku Records.

Hellbound strips Buckcherry’s straight-ahead hard rock down to its most immediate form.

Street Lethal rebuilds Crazy Lixx’s love of eighties hard rock and glam metal with modern punch and a cinematic sense of motion.

Crowne’s debut presents Scandinavian melodic-rock polish in a remarkably clear and accessible form.

Turning to Crime is Deep Purple’s first studio album built entirely from songs written by others.

The Puzzle / Snuggles is a useful way to hear DEVIN TOWNSEND from a different angle within the 2021 catalogue.

Dream Theater’s fifteenth studio album gathers complex rhythm, precision unison work and melodic vocals into long-form progressive-metal architecture.

Wired sharpens Eclipse’s modern melodic-rock momentum with very little wasted space.

Omega expands Epica’s symphonic-metal scale to a grand, carefully controlled level.

On its first studio album of mostly original material in roughly a decade, Evanescence keep their gothic shadow while moving toward a more direct, contemporary rock sound

Returning to the studio after a long gap, Exodus deliver an extended blast of uncompromising thrash metal.

Winterbane develops Frozen Crown’s strengths—speed, twin-guitar melody and clear vocals—into a more three-dimensional third album.

Union Gives Strength gathers Galneryus’s long-developed strengths—dramatic melody, complex movement and virtuosic playing—into a record with a strong sense of collective

Fortitude retains Gojira’s low-end groove, machine-like riffs and massive rhythmic force while allowing more melody and openness into the frame.

Centered on Steve Overland’s rich, expressive voice, Groundbreaker’s second album delivers smooth, high-quality melodic rock.

The first full album turns miso soup, dating apps, sweets and obsessive everyday life into a reform manifesto powered by metalcore and electronic color.

Heart, Mind and Soul tightly connects Hardline’s thick guitar riffs with soaring vocal melody.

Recorded in the Pumpkins United lineup with Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske alongside Andi Deris, this self-titled album is a major meeting point in Helloween’s history.

Senjutsu pushes Iron Maiden’s large-scale instincts further, layering riffs, melody, key changes and quiet space across extended songs.

Labyrinth’s ninth album places its trademark melancholy melody and bright Italian power-metal guitar work inside more varied arrangements.

Above the Beyond carefully balances Leverage’s transparent Scandinavian melodic-metal character with thick hard-rock riffing.

Wolfgang Van Halen handles vocals, guitar, bass and drums on this debut, establishing a musical identity of his own.

The eighth studio album, a double record of fifteen songs. Its lead single "Pushing the Tides" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 64th Grammy Awards.

Made with a varied group of guest vocalists, Immortal feels like a celebration of Michael Schenker’s long career.

An international early compilation collecting NEMOPHILA’s three independent singles plus an English version of “DISSENSION.”

NEMOPHILA’s debut album, rebuilding its early independent songs into a worldwide statement of the band’s “hellishly heavy, otherwise fluffy” sound.

Nestor’s debut openly celebrates eighties melodic rock, but it carries more warmth than a simple revival exercise.

Named after the phrase “And The Band Played On,” ATBPO reasserts Night Ranger’s arena-rock momentum and the strength of its seasoned ensemble.

Werewolves of Portland again shows Paul Gilbert using the guitar not merely as a vehicle for speed, but as a singing voice.

An eighth album that digs into werewolf legend country by country, with Jens Bogren and Joost van den Broek widening the band's sound another step.

Resurrection Day puts Rage’s twin-guitar lineup at the front, intensifying the mix of heavy riffs, speed and melodic guitar interplay.

Glory for Salvation expands the central pleasures of symphonic power metal on Rhapsody of Fire’s thirteenth album.

Built around Paul Shortino, Amir Derakh and Matt Thorne, Rough Cutt 3 arrives after a long gap with a sound that keeps traces of eighties L.A.

Lockdown 2020 is best heard not simply as a covers-related entry, but as a record that shows how SAMMY HAGAR translates outside material into its own

With Ronnie Romero as its new vocalist, Sunstorm move toward firmer, more powerful melodic metal while retaining the smoother AOR character of earlier work.

21st Century Love Songs gathers the Wildhearts’ punk impulse, hard-rock weight and power-pop melodic gift into one restless body of work.

TRiDENT’s first full album after the name change, establishing the trio’s restart, future-facing outlook and physical intensity across twelve tracks.

A three-track EP that imagines emerging above ground through forward motion, the clarity after rain and a quieter moment of reflection.

A five-track re-recording EP that rebuilds songs from the band’s earlier era as future-facing music for the three-member TRiDENT lineup.

A three-track EP that turns confinement and survival into low-end weight, urgent speed and a determined wake-up call.

Trivium’s tenth album integrates thrash sharpness, metalcore aggression and progressive structure at high density.

Across a large sixteen-song running order, U.D.O. deliver traditional German heavy metal straight on.

W.E.T.’s fourth album brings the strengths of Jeff Scott Soto, Erik Martensson and Robert Säll into one focused band sound.

Parabellum expands Yngwie Malmsteen’s neoclassical-metal language into an even denser guitar orchestra.

With Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams back in the fold, Power Up returns AC/DC to its essential language: thick rhythm guitar, forward-driving beat and a

Evoke 2010-2020 is best heard not simply as a covers-related entry, but as a record that shows how ALDIOUS translates outside material into its own

Evoke II 2010-2020 is best heard not simply as a covers-related entry, but as a record that shows how ALDIOUS translates outside material into its own

Manifest pushes Amaranthe’s defining three-vocal approach into bolder electronic detail and metal momentum.

Ballistic, Sadistic condenses the speed, odd turns and black humor associated with Jeff Waters’ Annihilator.

Cell-0 places the sound of the cello itself at the center, with Apocalyptica working without a featured vocalist.

BABYMETAL’s first best-of collection, tracing ten years of transformation from early shock to global-scale metal spectacle.

The third album, named after the genre tag the band invented for itself. A European tour ended about a week after its release when the pandemic closed everything down, and "Dark Side" came out of that.

Released for the band’s twenty-fifth anniversary, Expansion reinforces BLINDMAN’s identity as a melodic and emotional hard-rock band with a stronger sense of ensemble.

As its title suggests, Bon Jovi’s fifteenth album is closely tied to the atmosphere of 2020.

Moment gathers Dark Tranquillity’s core language—sharp guitars, cold keyboards and an introspective lyrical atmosphere—into a fluid melodic-death-metal record.

Continuing its collaboration with producer Bob Ezrin, Deep Purple’s twenty-first album balances hard-rock weight with a relaxed sense of play.

Alter Echo develops Dizzy Mizz Lizzy’s alternative-rock edge into more detailed, narrative-minded structures.

The Dark Delight sharpens Dynazty’s modern melodic-metal momentum into a harder and more dramatic form.

Fates Warning’s thirteenth album uses progressive-metal complexity not as a display case, but as a way to trace time and shifting emotion.

On its self-titled ninth album, Firewind organize the elements that make the band immediately recognizable.

F8 builds on Five Finger Death Punch’s huge riffs and modern-metal groove while placing emotions beyond anger at the front.

FM’s twelfth album refines the space between AOR and hard rock around Steve Overland’s smooth, powerful voice.

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H.E.A.T II revives the energy of eighties arena rock with modern punch and speed.

HAGANE’s debut EP, condensing clear melody, speed and technical guitar work into a concise first statement.

Change the World brings together Harem Scarem’s strengths—smart chord movement, muscular guitar and unforgettable choruses—with a high level of finish.

Skycrest drives Iron Savior’s long-running space-age imagery and straightforward power metal with renewed heat.

Wide Awake (In My Dreamland) gathers Jeff Scott Soto’s experience across AOR, melodic rock and hard rock into one solo record.

By choosing a self-title for its tenth album, Lamb of God reasserts the band’s core.

Electric Pentagram shows Lovebites’ unity as a five-piece through both speed and drama.

Tokyo Jukebox 3 is best heard not simply as a covers-related entry, but as a record that shows how MARTY FRIEDMAN translates outside material into its

Metal Division does exactly what its title promises: it puts fundamental heavy-metal elements directly in front of the listener.

Nightwish’s ninth album tells a large story through two perspectives: “Human.” and “Nature.” The first half connects Floor Jansen’s expressive singing, Marko Hietala

Ordinary Man, Ozzy Osbourne’s first studio album in nearly a decade, places his enduring defiance beside direct thoughts about age and mortality.

Perfect Plan’s second album polishes the appeal of Scandinavian melodic rock in a very direct way.

Cowboy Man is Peyton Parrish’s debut, mixing country earthiness, post-grunge directness and metal weight into one songwriting world.

Metal Commando lives up to its title by committing fully to traditional heavy metal’s forward drive.

Wings of Rage connects the forward drive of German metal with Rage’s particular sense of melancholy.

The fourteenth album, and the first studio record with Mike Heller. Gallagher pitched it as the album Raven would have made straight after 1982's Wiped Out.

Rise brings together the personalities of Deen Castronovo, Doug Aldrich and Jack Blades with no wasted motion in service of melodic rock.

Royal Hunt’s Dystopia is a concept work that uses detailed keyboard arrangements, thick guitar and several guest vocalists to dramatize an oppressive future vision.

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Testament’s thirteenth album retains thrash metal’s cutting edge while adding the weight and ease of a long career.

Verminous pours the speed of melodic death metal into a dense world that suggests horror and fantasy literature.

Tokyo Motor Fist’s second album centers on Ted Poley’s immediately likable voice and Steve Brown’s bright guitar, presenting eighties-style melodic hard rock in a mo

Trivium’s ninth album tightly connects thrash sharpness, metalcore aggression and progressive movement, even within compact songs.

We Are One is an unusual collaboration between U.D.O. and the German Armed Forces Concert Band, directly combining heavy-metal riffs with full wind-band arrangements.

2020 is Adrian Vandenberg’s first Vandenberg studio album in roughly thirty-five years.