Hard Rock 2000s Albums - Page 3

Mafia anchors its sound in heavily distorted guitar, low groove and Zakk Wylde’s rough vocal character.

Have a Nice Day centers thick guitar, accessible melody and Jon Bon Jovi’s direct vocal delivery.

15 is built on simple, strong riffs, springing beat and Josh Todd’s rough-edged vocal delivery.

Rapture of the Deep lets Steve Morse’s guitar, Don Airey’s keys and Ian Gillan’s voice interact with natural ease.

Lipservice centers thick riffs and clean rhythm around Steve Lee’s rich vocal presence.

Another Hostile Takeover runs on loose, hot guitar, springing rhythm and Michael Monroe’s unmistakable vocal character.

Hardcore Superstar builds its sound from hard guitar, low groove and Jocke Berg’s rough vocal attack.

Overload uses polished guitar, emotive melody and detailed harmony to build highly crafted melodic rock.

HIM's fifth album, from September 2005: their first worldwide release on Sire Records, and the record that made them the first Finnish band to earn a gold disc in the United States.

The ninth L.A. Guns studio album, released by Shrapnel Records on 16 August 2005. Fourteen songs by the Phil Lewis and Steve Riley line-up, written around the memory of the Sunset Strip.

All the Right Reasons uses heavy riffs, dry rhythm and Chad Kroeger’s grainy voice as a hard-rock foundation.

Under Cover is a covers album of classic 1960s and 1970s rock songs, OZZY OSBOURNE's own roots, sung in his distinctive voice.

Space Ship One puts Paul Gilbert’s fluent guitar at the front while keeping the songs open and approachable.

Queens of the Stone Age's fourth album, from March 2005, made after Nick Oliveri's departure and with Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo newly in the band.

Us and Them combines hard riffs, steady rhythm and Brent Smith’s emotionally forceful voice.

The seventh album, the first part of what Vai calls a rock fable told across three records. Out 22 February 2005.

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

The Darkness's second album, released in November 2005 and produced by Queen's Roy Thomas Baker, with pan pipes, bagpipes and an orchestra layered in.

The Hellacopters' sixth album, released on 6 June 2005 and a number three in Sweden.

All the Way to the Sun centers Tony Harnell’s soaring voice and Ronni Le Tekrø’s fluent guitar.

A live album released by Angel Air Records on 6 June 2005 as SJPCD206. The band's own discography lists it under a different title, Live In Dokkum, Holland '05. Three bonus studio recordings close the disc.

Honkin’ on Bobo revisits blues standards as rough, living Aerosmith rock and roll.

Eternal Warrior is Anthem's tenth studio album, released on 21 July 2004. The title track is among the signatures of the band's second era and was re-recorded in English for Nucleus in 2019.

Time Machine joins Axxis’s bright melodic instinct to muscular guitar work with real care.

Hangover Music Vol. VI steps away from Black Label Society’s usual riff-heavy attack toward acoustic guitar, piano and melancholy melody.

Dio's tenth and last studio album, released in Europe on 30 August 2004, brought back guitarist Craig Goldy and had Jeff Pilson on bass.

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

Second to None introduces Eclipse through hard guitar riffs, clear melody and a polished modern sound.

Hellfire Club combines racing rhythm, thick guitars and theatrical choruses on a grand Edguy scale.

Start from the Dark moves Europe away from its brightest 1980s image toward low, heavy guitar riffs and shadowed vocals.

Jupiters Darling naturally places heavy-guitar rockers beside quieter songs shaped by acoustic texture.

Lost in the Translation centers on Jeff Scott Soto’s soaring, expressive voice while moving between hard rock, AOR and soulful nuance.

The tenth album, out on 13 April 2004, and the first since 1995 on which Satriani sings.

Abyss brings together thick guitar riffs, shadowed keyboards and emotionally rich vocals in a focused Lionsheart setting.

Racing is the nineteenth Loudness album, released by Tokuma Japan Communications on 25 November 2004. It brought back the band's classic logo, and an all-English version followed in 2005.

Rock Shocks is a self-cover album released by Tokuma Japan Communications on 27 October 2004, on which the reunited original line-up re-recorded the band's best-known songs of the 1980s.

Terror is the eighteenth Loudness album, released by Tokuma Japan Communications on 7 January 2004. Built around a theme of horror and dread, it is among the heaviest records the band has made, and the artwork carries the same theme.

Jericho layers bright keyboards, firm guitar and dramatic vocals with great care.

Inferno was released on 22 June 2004. The following year the band won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance with their cover of Metallica's "Whiplash".

Thunderdome brings Pink Cream 69’s heavy guitars and polished melodies together inside a tightly focused sound.

Unbreakable brings Scorpions back to a hard-rock core of low-slung riffs, steady beat and powerful vocal delivery.

Into the Now returns Tesla to the kind of rock and roll built on unadorned riffs, sturdy rhythm and seasoned vocals.

The first album by Tak Matsumoto's international hard-rock group with Eric Martin and Jack Blades — fourteen songs where Japanese and American rock instincts meet head-on.

My Religion places TNT’s vivid guitar movement and soaring melody inside tightly built songs.

Released in Europe on 16 February 2004, this was UFO's first album with Vinnie Moore and Jason Bonham, produced by Tommy Newton near Hanover.

Velvet Revolver's debut album, released by RCA on 8 June 2004, entered the Billboard 200 at number one and was certified double platinum.

Waking the Fallen joins harsh roars, heavy breakdowns and twin-guitar melody into music that balances aggression with drama.

The Blessed Hellride joins Zakk Wylde’s thick riffing and Southern-blues feeling to a dragging, heavy groove.

Soul Talks, Melodies Walk layers smooth vocals, full keyboards and poised guitar into hard rock that values melody.

This Left Feels Right is a useful way to hear BON JOVI from a different angle within the 2003 catalogue.

Sign of Madness combines thick guitar riffs, steady beat and soaring vocals in melodic hard rock that keeps songcraft at the center.

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.

Bananas finds Deep Purple working from blues-rooted riffs, Hammond organ and expansive vocals with the conversational ease of a seasoned band.