Hard Rock 2020s 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.

Engines Of Demolition finds BLACK LABEL SOCIETY shaping Southern-rock grit, doom-leaning weight and bluesy guitar cries into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

The fourth studio album and the second with Eugent Bushpepa. Reigning Phoenix Music issues it worldwide on 11 September 2026, the physical edition a double CD carrying the previous year's live album Live at Hallenstadion Zurich as its bonus disc. Ward Records releases the Japanese edition as GQCS-91785~6.

Splat!, DEEP PURPLE's 2026 album, plays with a light touch, built on seasoned improvisation, blues warmth and the dialogue of keyboards and guitar.

A 2026 tie-in single: the title song and "No time to fall", each with an instrumental, across four tracks.

A ten-song independent hard-rock statement that turns recovery, major-band experience and renewed creative freedom into Erik Grönwall’s first original solo album in sixteen years.

Come This Madness is a useful way to hear EUROPE from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

More Stereo Crush is a useful way to hear GOTTHARD from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

Greta Van Fleet's first album in three years, released on 9 October 2026 through Republic Records: thirteen songs made in spring 2026 at the band's studio in Tennessee and co-produced with Mike Elizondo, and named after the original purpose of London's Alexandra Palace. Universal Music Japan's SHM-CD edition, UICY-16536, followed on 14 October.

Shout finds HARDLINE shaping classic melodic hard rock and AOR-polished vocal drama into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

II is a useful way to hear ICONIC from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

The first studio album Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have made together, issued as SatchVai on 6 November 2026.

The Anaheim Stadium show of 20 August 1976, released for the first time for KISS's fiftieth anniversary and newly mixed by Eddie Kramer.

The ninth album, the first release on the band's own Kissin' Dynamite Records and the last with Hannes Braun as singer. Six new songs stand beside seven re-recordings from the first two albums.

KOIAI's fourth EP and the first release by the settled five-piece line-up with vocalist Mirei Sakurada; the title track became the August 2026 ending theme for Nippon TV's DayDay.

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.

Michael Monroe's eleventh solo album and his first in four years: twelve songs released by Silver Lining Music on 20 February 2026, with the Japanese edition out from Victor the same day.

The 2005 covers album expanded for 2026 with five newly added bonus tracks: fifteen songs on a single SHM-CD.

NEMOPHILA's second EP: five songs including the single "-GOU-", self-produced like GOZO and billed as the four-piece's last original recording.

A five-song 2026 EP that condenses the four-piece NEMOPHILA’s physical groove, self-written material and renewed identity.

A best-of collecting the band's signature songs as 2026 versions — re-recorded, remixed and remastered.

A second maxi single built on the theme of setting out, led by “Starlight Voyage” — three songs, with a DVD on the limited edition.

WROC finds PAUL GILBERT shaping virtuoso rock guitar, pop-minded playfulness and bluesy humanity into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

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 nine-CD anthology of Rainbow in 1975 and 1976: the first two albums, three complete German concerts, tour rehearsals and rarities.

EI8HT finds SHINEDOWN shaping modern American hard-rock strength and large melodies that can reach pop listeners into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

Announced as SINNER's final studio album and released by Reigning Phoenix Music. Seven guest vocalists appear, among them Ronnie Romero and Michael Bormann, and Jacob Hansen mixed and mastered it at Hansen Studios in Denmark.

Sixteen tracks in the 1998 order, remastered for SKID ROW's 40th anniversary: 40 Seasons, the band's 1998 best-of, on CD and on its first official vinyl.

The band counts this as its eighteenth studio album, released by Frontiers Music Srl on 25 September 2026.

Homage is a covers record on which TESLA pays respect to the songs at its roots, playing them as unforced, natural hard rock.

The Darkness's first self-chosen best-of, dated 27 November 2026: songs from all eight studio albums, closing with the new "Masters Of The Universe".

The 55th-anniversary edition of Thin Lizzy's 1971 debut: three SHM-CDs and an audio Blu-ray, carrying Richard Whittaker's new stereo mixes and fifteen previously unreleased recordings.

TMG's third album: six songs, including the title track with Ado, a Beatles cover and “DOOM”, the theme of the film Yatsuhakamura.

The fourteenth studio album and the first since Bloodlines (2023). Mighty Music issued it internationally on 11 September 2026 as PMZ437CD, and Marquee Inc. in Japan on 9 September as MICP-12044. It is the first studio record to feature guitarist John Foottit, who joined in January 2026.

An archival live album of the 5150 tour's New Haven show of 27 August 1986, the Sammy Hagar line-up issued as a standalone CD for the first time.

An EP Aerosmith made with Yungblud: four songs the two acts wrote together and a 2025 mix of "Back In The Saddle" from Rocks, the first new Aerosmith music in over twelve years.

A two-disc live CD of Aldious' final one-man show at Toyosu PIT on August 13, 2025, carrying every song performed before the band's indefinite hiatus.

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

Released on September 24, 2025, After Rain is BLINDMAN’s twelfth full-length album, issued in the band’s thirtieth-anniversary year.

Roar Like Thunder finds BUCKCHERRY shaping rough rock-and-roll heat and memorable hard-rock hooks into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

A recording of the band's 3 July 2025 support slot for Judas Priest at the Hallenstadion in Zurich — nine songs, around forty minutes, in front of what the band puts at seven thousand people. It appeared on 19 December 2025 as a digital-only release.

A second covers collection that rebuilds songs by Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe, Journey, Helloween, Heart and others through range, dynamics and hard-rock physicality.

The third Eriksplanations collection turns Erik Grönwall’s YouTube interpretations into a twelve-song tour through metal, classic rock, pop balladry and Swedish tradition.

Ghost's sixth studio album, from April 2025, and the first of their records to reach number one on the Billboard 200.

Beyond Tomorrow finds GINEVRA shaping melodic-metal uplift and polished songcraft related to AOR and hard rock into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Stereo Crush finds GOTTHARD shaping sturdy Swiss hard-rock groove and the approachable songcraft of melodic rock into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Welcome To The Future, H.E.A.T's eighth album, pushes the band's melodic rock forward with arena-sized choruses and modern drive.

Chasing Euphoria is a useful way to hear HAREM SCAREM from a different angle within the 2025 catalogue.

The fifteenth L.A. Guns studio album, released by Cleopatra on 4 April 2025 and built on hard, early-sounding rock and roll. King Records' Metal Frontier imprint issued the Japanese CD (KICP-4098) on 23 April with a commentary booklet, translated lyrics and one bonus track.

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.

Don't Sell Your Soul is a 2025 MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP album of classic hard rock, with Michael Schenker's singing guitar at the center of every song.

A career-spanning hits collection running from 1981 to 2025 and closing on a newly recorded "Home Sweet Home" with Dolly Parton; the Japanese edition runs to 26 tracks on two discs.