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.
2020s Metal & Hard Rock Albums – Page 5
Browse 251 metal and hard rock albums from the 2020s, with links to release-year hubs, artists, track lists and English liner notes.
Albums
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
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.
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
The Lost Melodies finds MILLENIUM shaping classic melodic-hard-rock feeling and smooth AOR-related songwriting into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.
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.
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.
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.
Cursum Perficio is a useful way to hear ANTHRAX from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.
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.
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.
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.
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.
More Stereo Crush is a useful way to hear GOTTHARD from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.
Shout finds HARDLINE shaping classic melodic hard rock and AOR-polished vocal drama into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.
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
Dark Asylum is a useful way to hear KAMELOT from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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