Alternative Rock Albums

BAND-MAID's first single in four years and seven months: the title track plus 'Days' and 'CAGE', with footage from the 2024 Zepp tour on the limited editions.

The first new song from the lineup that formed in July 2026, a streaming single written and sound-produced by Kayoko Kusano with Shota Horie on guitar and Kishida on beat programming.

Queens of the Stone Age's ninth album, out on 30 October 2026: nine songs built on the idea of kintsugi, produced by Josh Homme with the band's own bassist Michael Shuman.

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

Deafheaven's sixth studio album, from March 2025, returning to the blackgaze sound Infinite Granite had set aside.

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.

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.

A live acoustic EP recorded in the Catacombs of Paris on 8 July 2024, the first time a musical act had been allowed to play there with the city's permission.

Alcest's seventh studio album, from June 2024, deliberately returning to the lighter sound of their early records.

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

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.

The first of two 10th-anniversary compilations: fourteen songs, mostly single A-sides, running from "Thrill" through to "Different".

The second 10th-anniversary compilation: eleven songs drawn from album tracks and B-sides rather than the singles.

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

Queens of the Stone Age's eighth album, out on 16 June 2023: self-produced, and the record that closes the trilogy they made for Matador.

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

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

A three-song single — the title track with "火花" and "Corallium" — all three of which carried over to the following year’s EP Unleash.

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

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

Turnstile's third studio album, from August 2021, named album of the year by Spin for melting hardcore's borders.

Three tracks — the title song, "Don't be long" and an 89-second version — and the band's last single for Nippon Crown.

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

The album by BAND-MAIKO, the alter-ego project that swaps the maid conceit for a maiko one: seven songs layering Kyoto dialect and Japanese-instrument colour over the band’s usual hard rock.

A two-song single issued the same day as "glory", pairing the title track with "Smile".

A full-length that expands BAND-MAID’s expressive range, balancing wider melodies with hard-driving performances.

A two-song single issued the same day as "Bubble", pairing the title track with "hide-and-seek".

An early release that documents the origin of BAND-MAID’s maid concept and rock-band direction.

A two-song single: the title track, written as an anime theme, backed with "Screaming".

A decisive hard-rock statement whose title mirrors BAND-MAID’s ambition to reach audiences beyond Japan.

A double A-side single pairing "Daydreaming" and "Choose me" with "Play"; both title songs received official music videos.

A key album that clarifies BAND-MAID’s hard-rock direction while connecting musicianship with catchy songwriting.

One More Light shifts Linkin Park away from guitar-heavy aggression toward electronic pop and R&B-leaning rhythm.

Queens of the Stone Age's seventh album, from August 2017: produced by Mark Ronson and number one in Britain.

A release that pushes BAND-MAID’s rock-band strength forward and builds the foundation for the breakthroughs that followed.

Four tracks — the title song, "Unfair game", "matchless GUM" and an instrumental — released ahead of the album Just Bring It.

Forward in Reverse is Dizzy Mizz Lizzy’s studio return after a long gap, joining intricate guitar phrases, heavy riffs and melodic instinct at high density.

Hidden City gathers the Cult’s mystical atmosphere and hard-rock force into a dense, heavy sound.

An early album that turns the attention around “Thrill” into a stronger and more defined rock direction.

Deafheaven's third album, released by Anti- in October 2015: five songs, all recorded live.