Glam Metal 2000s Albums

Revolve packs Danger Danger’s strengths—quick riffs and huge choruses—into a focused melodic-rock record.

Great White's eleventh album, out in Europe on 13 March 2009, introduced bassist Scott Snyder and was Jack Russell's last studio album with the band.

Sad Day on Planet Earth keeps Lillian Axe rooted in melodic hard rock while reaching for a more shadowed emotional tone.

Feel the Steel is Steel Panther’s debut celebration and send-up of 1980s glam metal.

A studio album released in 2009.

Clash of the Elements pushes the clarity of The Poodles’ Scandinavian melodic rock through stronger full-band performances.

Babylon channels W.A.S.P.’s apocalyptic and religious imagery into heavy riffs and theatrical vocals.

Lightning Strikes Again returns Dokken to direct melodic metal centered on George Lynch’s cutting guitar and Don Dokken’s vocal.

Saints of Los Angeles uses big choruses and rough riffs to let Mötley Crüe place its past and present in the same frame.

Return of the Pride finds Mike Tramp bringing White Lion’s open melodies and direct language back to the front.

The Unattractive Revolution combines thick riffs, flashy choruses, and a darker mood.

Great White's tenth studio album, released by Shrapnel on 17 July 2007, was its first in eight years, made after the band reunited in January 2007.

Waters Rising by LILLIAN AXE: track list, Spotify player and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

Poison'd! finds Poison recasting rock, power-pop, and Southern-rock favorites in the band’s bright, easygoing hard-rock language.

Sweet Trade gathers soaring vocals, shimmering keyboards, and crisp guitar into clear, open songwriting.

Dominator uses W.A.S.P.’s dramatic heavy-metal language to emphasize pressure and anger.

Rehab finds Quiet Riot moving toward unadorned hard rock built from blues-rooted guitar, thick rhythm, and Kevin DuBrow’s distinctive voice.

Revolutions per Minute finds Skid Row using thick guitar, rough rhythm, and urgent vocals for a harder punk- and hardcore-leaning metal sound.

Metal Will Stand Tall is The Poodles’ debut, built from wide-open choruses, bright keyboards, and firm guitars.

A Twisted Christmas is a covers album on which TWISTED SISTER plays standard Christmas songs in the language of heavy and glam metal.

Live & Learn brings Vixen’s large choruses, clear guitar work, and melody-supporting rhythm into a reunion-era melodic-hard-rock setting.

Born Again returns Warrant to direct hard rock built from thick guitar, lively beat, and instantly singable chorus.

Rest in Sleaze puts thick guitar, springing beat and provocative vocals at the front of a sleaze-rock debut.

A studio album released in 2005, fifteen years after the one before it.

Hell to Pay is built around fluid guitar phrases, thick riffs and shadowed melody in a steady Dokken form.

Still Hungry revisits songs from the Stay Hungry period with a more immediate, heavier performance feel.

The Neon God: Part 1 – The Rise uses heavy guitar, shadowed vocals and dramatic movement to tell the story of a central character.

The Neon God: Part 2 – The Demise takes the story begun in the first volume into darker, heavier territory.

David Lee Roth's album of 8 July 2003 on Magna Carta: eleven covers, from Savoy Brown and the Doors to Jimi Hendrix, plus three originals.

Prime Time combines FireHouse’s clear high vocals, polished guitar and instantly graspable choruses with care.

Thickskin pushes Skid Row toward a rougher, heavier strain of hard rock built on cutting riffs and low-slung groove.

Letter to God revisits XYZ’s glossy hard-rock instincts through more settled songwriting.

Long Way Home reunites Dokken’s strengths in melancholy melody, soaring choruses and precise guitar work.

Hollyweird pulls Poison back toward the energy of a real band, putting rawer guitar and catchy choruses ahead of excessive decoration.

Dying for the World uses heavy guitars and Blackie Lawless’s urgent voice to draw anger, grief and prayer into sharp relief.

Cockroach finally presents songs that had remained unreleased for years, organized around two different vocal versions.

Guilty Pleasures leans into the catchy choruses and brisk guitar riffs that define Quiet Riot’s hard-rock appeal.

Unholy Terror emphasizes W.A.S.P.’s darker sense of drama through Blackie Lawless’s theatrical voice and heavily chiseled riffs.

Under the Influence is a covers album on which WARRANT reworks rock classics of old, with Jani Lane's voice pulling each into the band's world.

The Return of the Great Gildersleeves reconnects Danger Danger with its melodic-rock strengths: bright keyboards, instant choruses and Ted Poley’s easygoing vocal warmth.

O2 by FIREHOUSE: track list, album artwork and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

New Tattoo puts Mötley Crüe’s rougher rock-and-roll instincts ahead of glam polish.

Crack a Smile... and More! gathers material that highlights Poison’s most open-hearted qualities: sweet melodies, clear choruses and Bret Michaels’s approachable vocal.