Alternative Metal Albums - Page 2

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.

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

The Bitter Truth is Evanescence's comeback record, facing pain and recovery head-on with gothic shading in a more direct, contemporary rock sound.

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

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.

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.

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.

Deftones' ninth studio album, from September 2020, and their first with producer Terry Date in seventeen years.

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

Loathe's second studio album, from February 2020, pulling shoegaze texture into metalcore.

BABYMETAL’s third album expands its universe through worldwide musical colors, major guests and a broad light-and-dark design.

The sixth album by Britain's Bring Me the Horizon, from January 2019: a long step away from metalcore into electronics and pop.

Empath gathers the heaviness, pop instinct, ambience, extreme-metal intensity and humor of Devin Townsend’s work into one large emotional journey.

I, the Mask reconnects In Flames’ melodic-death-metal sharpness with the modern heavy-rock sensibility the band has developed over time.

The Nothing turns Korn’s long-developed sense of uneasy groove and emotional exposure into one of its heaviest sound worlds.

Lacuna Coil's ninth album, released on 11 October 2019, built around an idea of black souls that grew from losing people close to the band.

Rammstein's seventh album, from May 2019: their first in ten years, and certified diamond in Germany.

We Are Not Your Kind expands Slipknot’s anger and chaos through more detailed production and a deeply uneasy atmosphere.

Tool's fifth studio album, released on 30 August 2019 after a thirteen-year wait; it topped the Billboard 200, and "7empest" won a Grammy.

The second album for Ranka Kustannus. It did not appear on the official Finnish album chart until August 2021, when it entered at number 30.

Breaking Benjamin's sixth album, from April 2018, produced by Benjamin Burnley himself.

Dir En Grey's tenth album, released on 26 September 2018, recorded at Studio Sunshine.

Evolution keeps Disturbed’s hard-edged riffs and David Draiman’s commanding voice intact while giving more space to inward-looking, melodic material.

And Justice for None puts Five Finger Death Punch’s heavy groove and radio-sized choruses in especially direct form.

When Legends Rise builds on Sully Erna’s low, powerful voice and Godsmack’s heavy riffs while expanding the melodic range of the band’s seventh album.

An early six-track EP that captures teenage urgency, envy, time pressure, ghosts and a return to zero through raw metalcore and fresh melody.

Synthesis reimagines Evanescence’s earlier songs through orchestra and electronic texture, while also adding new material.

The seventh studio album, built around themes of illness and time. Its opening track "Sultan's Curse" won Best Metal Performance at the 60th Grammy Awards, and the album was nominated for Best Rock Album.

Hydrograd mixes punk urgency, big hard-rock riffs and metal weight into songs that are rough-edged but immediately catchy.

BABYMETAL’s second album turns global momentum into power metal, metalcore and progressive scale, confirming the group’s strength.

The debut album, produced by Jonas Olsson. It closes with "Don't", a cover of the Ed Sheeran song.

Transcendence lets Devin Townsend move freely between massive guitar sound, layered choirs and quieter emotional expression.

Battles connects In Flames’ metallic guitar push with more open vocal melody and a carefully modern sound.

The Serenity of Suffering brings Korn’s low, sinking guitars, uneasy bouncing rhythm and pain-filled vocals to the front.

Lacuna Coil's eighth album, released on 27 May 2016: their first self-production, set in an imagined asylum and deliberately heavier than before.