Browse 240 Hard Rock albums from the 2010s in the METAL BOOST catalog, with artist pages, track lists, Spotify players and English liner notes. Page 2 of 4.
The eleventh L.A. Guns studio album, and the first Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns made together again. King Records' Metal Frontier imprint issued the Japanese edition on 4 October 2017 as KICP-1858 with a Japan-only bonus track; that same month the band returned to Japan for Loud Park 17.
Defying Gravity brings Mr. Big’s virtuosity and singable melody together with striking ease.
Feed the Machine pushes Nickelback’s thicker guitars and heavier rhythms to the front, showing a more aggressive side of the band.
Don't Let Up presents Night Ranger’s melodic hard-rock character with freshness rather than nostalgia.
Headstrong naturally joins Pink Cream 69’s polished melodic-hard-rock side with a more weighty guitar push.
Queens of the Stone Age's seventh album, from August 2017: produced by Mark Ronson and number one in Britain.
Road Rage puts Quiet Riot’s familiar strengths in the foreground: direct riffs, bouncing beats and choruses built to be sung back.
Light in the Dark beautifully links Revolution Saints’ AOR smoothness with a firm hard-rock core.
Produced by Mat Sinner with Dennis Ward, and carrying guest appearances from Gus G, Ricky Warwick and Pete Lincoln.
Lower the Bar sees Steel Panther recreating the language of eighties glam metal through exaggeration and humor.
Hydrograd mixes punk urgency, big hard-rock riffs and metal weight into songs that are rough-edged but immediately catchy.
The Darkness's fifth album, released in October 2017: the first on which Rufus Tiger Taylor, son of Queen's Roger Taylor, drums throughout.
Tokyo Motor Fist is a debut that joins the bright instincts of melodic rock with a slightly rougher hard-rock push.
UFO's first covers album, released by Cleopatra Records on 29 September 2017, honours twelve favourites from the Yardbirds and the Doors to ZZ Top.
Louder Harder Faster brings Warrant’s instinct for catchy hard rock into a thicker guitar sound and a more forceful rhythmic frame.
The Stage turns themes of space, science and existence into complex, dramatic heavy metal.
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.
To the Light shapes Blindman’s lyrical melody, expansive vocals and precise guitar work into traditional hard rock with care.
This House Is Not for Sale turns Bon Jovi’s sense of band unity and purpose into direct rock songs.
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.
Pimp Your Past rebuilds key material from Fair Warning’s first three albums in the band’s 2016 sound.
Human Nature builds dramatic melodic hard rock around powerful vocals and thick guitar.
Beautiful Broken revisits parts of Heart’s catalogue through a present-day lens, pairing reworked material with a small number of new songs.
The fifth album, number 14 in Germany and 59 in Switzerland. King Records put the Japanese edition out on its Seven Seas line as KICP-1787 a month ahead of the international release, with the bonus track "All Are Equal".
Nordic Union’s debut condenses Scandinavian melodic rock’s clear keyboards, firm guitars and expansive vocals into exceptionally direct songs.
I Can Destroy puts Paul Gilbert’s extraordinary guitar ability in service of the pleasure of the songs.
The fifteenth album, and the first with Chris Laney on keyboards and guitars.
The ninth album: thirteen tracks built from sketches written just after Flex-Able and finished thirty years later.
Hidden City gathers the Cult’s mystical atmosphere and hard-rock force into a dense, heavy sound.
Ghost of Graceland delivers Treat’s colorful melodic hard rock through mature playing and a full sound.
The eleventh studio album, self-titled, issued by Mighty Music on 21 October 2016 as PMZ 200. Eleven songs, opening with the advance track "Only the Brave".
Radiant A turns Aldious’s speed, vivid twin-guitar work and soaring vocal melody into a stronger sense of forward motion.
An early album that turns the attention around “Thrill” into a stronger and more defined rock direction.
Burning Bridges retains Bon Jovi’s broad melodies and rock foundation while revealing a more settled shade than pure spectacle.
Rock ’n’ Roll lays out Buckcherry’s blunt guitar riffs, dry groove and provocative vocals with little unnecessary decoration.
The self-titled Def Leppard revisits the band’s stacked harmonies, polished guitar sound and buoyant rhythm with a contemporary feel.
Armageddonize binds Eclipse’s sharp hard-rock guitar attack to choruses built for repeated singing at unusually high density.
War of Kings puts Europe’s thick classic-hard-rock riffs, bluesy guitar voice and commanding vocals in the foreground.
Ghost's third album, from August 2015; "Cirice" from it won the 2016 Grammy for best metal performance.
HCSS mixes Hardcore Superstar’s sleazy rock ’n’ roll attitude with contemporary heaviness.
The fifteenth album, built around a stage alter ego called Shockwave Supernova. Released 24 July 2015.
The first album with Rich Jones in the band, produced by Chips Kiesbye: thirteen songs released by Spinefarm on 9 October 2015.
Released on 28 August 2015 and a UK No. 10, Bad Magic is what the band themselves call "the 23rd (and final) studio album". Warner Music Japan issued the Japanese pressing the same day as WPCR-16754.
The tenth Praying Mantis studio album, released by Frontiers on 21 August 2015 — the first with Jaycee Cuijpers singing and Hans in 't Zandt on drums. King Records issued the Japanese edition on 26 August with one extra track.
The self-titled Revolution Saints debut condenses the pleasure of classic melodic rock around powerful vocals, bright keyboards and rising guitar lines.
Return to Forever brings Scorpions’ sharp guitar riffs, expansive vocals and memorable ballad sense together with the natural breathing of a veteran band.
Threat to Survival combines Shinedown’s thick guitar riffs, electronic texture and emotionally forceful vocals into modern hard rock.
A studio album released in 2015.
The Darkness's fourth album, from May 2015: produced by Dan Hawkins at his own studio, and opening with "Barbarian", a tale of a Viking invasion.
Human Era delivers Trixter’s bright guitar, sunny choruses and positive rock ’n’ roll spirit directly.
UFO's 2015 album, produced by Chris Tsangarides in Kent and first out in Japan and Scandinavia on 18 February, was the first with bassist Rob De Luca.
The Purple Album reinterprets material from the Deep Purple era through Whitesnake’s current heavy guitar sound and mature vocals.
Rock or Bust presents AC/DC’s rock ’n’ roll design in a newly tightened form: thick rhythm guitar, stripped-back beats and choruses built to stay in the listener’s head.
Dazed and Delight combines Aldious’s fluent twin guitars, clear melody and fast-moving rhythm.
The Great Divide centers on two distinctive vocal personalities, supported by grand keyboards, thick guitars and the drama of melodic metal.
Absolute World is Anthem's fifteenth studio album, released on 22 October 2014. It is the first record by the line-up that brought Yukio Morikawa back to the microphone for the first time since 1992 and made Isamu Tamaru a full member.
Kingdom of the Night II returns Axxis to one of its defining worlds while writing a new chapter through present-day performances and production.
An independent-era single on Gump Records, released before the major-label debut: the title song with "スリル" and "Summer Drive".
Catacombs of the Black Vatican combines Black Label Society’s heavyweight riffs with a blues-born sense of melody, creating a record with deep shadows.