Browse 209 Hard Rock albums from the 2020s in the METAL BOOST catalog, with artist pages, track lists, Spotify players and English liner notes. Page 3 of 4.
Greta Van Fleet's third album, released on 21 July 2023: ten songs made with producer Dave Cobb at RCA Studios in Nashville, where the band used the big recording room to catch the energy of their concerts. It reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 66th Grammy Awards. The Japanese edition is UICU-1357.
A Japan-only CD single for "Perhaps", the song Guns N' Roses released without warning in August 2023, pressed as an SHM-CD. The other new song, "The General", is the coupling. It comes in a paper sleeve with a written commentary and translated lyrics.
The self-released debut EP — the first five songs put out by a band that had already been invited to a festival in India before it had any recordings at all.
A second EP arriving barely five months after the first, its five songs — from “Inside” to “My Breath” — each issued in turn as official audio.
The fourteenth L.A. Guns studio album, released by Frontiers Music on 14 April 2023. Marquee Incorporated issued the Japanese edition the same day as MICP-11777 with one bonus track. Eleven songs.
Mammoth II is the second MAMMOTH WVH record built around Wolfgang Van Halen’s all-instrument performance and songwriting.
A cover EP that rebuilds songs by Metallica, System of a Down, Slipknot and Limp Bizkit through NEMOPHILA’s own attack.
The third digital single, closing the band's first year; its video passed 110,000 plays within a fortnight of going up.
A three-song first digital single put out barely two months after the band began playing; the free headline show that month drew over a hundred people.
A three-song second digital single arriving six months after the band started; all three songs went on to later records.
The Dio Album is Paul Gilbert’s instrumental tribute to Ronnie James Dio’s catalog across Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio.
Skalds of Metal connects Norse-mythic and warrior imagery to Peyton Parrish’s modern rock and metal drive.
The Most Magical Album on Earth rebuilds songs from Disney films through Peyton Parrish’s rock and metal sensibility.
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.
Eagle Flight shows the new REVOLUTION SAINTS lineup carrying forward the project’s essential melodic-hard-rock lift.
On the Prowl treats every glamour-metal cliché as both a punchline and a declaration of love.
An album recorded in 1991 and shelved for over thirty years after its singer died. Out 27 January 2023.
STMLT’s six-track debut EP, joining the group’s accessible video-creator identity with heavy loud-rock and metal arrangements built for the live stage.
A five-track EP that turns the act of pulling a dream into reality into loud-rock force, bright melody and future-facing momentum.
The thirteenth studio album, released by Mighty Music on 5 May 2023 as PMZ390CD. Ten songs run from "Edge of the World" to "Making All The Rules", among them "A New Heartbeat", which had already given the previous year's EP its title.
Sin puts Adrian Vandenberg’s melodic instinct and weighty riff craft in the foreground.
Seven reunites WINGER’s precision as players with its instinct for enormous melodies.
A 2022 EP that lives up to its title, unleashing the band’s technical rock energy through compact, immediate songs.
CoreLeoni's first album of original material, and the first with Eugent Bushpepa singing. Production problems pushed the international release back a week to 20 May 2022, while the Japanese edition kept the original date of 13 May. The band reported it reaching No. 2 in Switzerland and No. 39 in Germany.
Diamond Star Halos expands Def Leppard’s trademark blend of stacked harmonies, bright guitars and pop momentum into a broader palette.
Centered on Herman Frank, Dreamtide’s return revisits the strengths of melodic hard rock with care and restraint.
Ghost's fifth studio album, from March 2022, built on the rise and fall of empires.
Fronted by the soaring voice of Kristian Fyhr, Ginevra’s debut delivers Scandinavian melodic-rock clarity in a modern sound.
With Kenny Leckremo back in the band, H.E.A.T reclaim the speed, melody and positive energy that shaped their early identity.
Abrakadabra blends Hardcore Superstar’s glam-metal flash with punkish roughness.
Second Skin centers on Nathan James’s commanding voice and polishes classic hard-rock craft in a contemporary way.
Complicated centers on Jeff Scott Soto’s wide expressive range, linking hard-rock power with AOR smoothness.
The eighteenth album, out on earMUSIC on 8 April 2022 - his first away from Epic and Sony since 1995.
The seventh album and the first for Napalm Records, number 2 in Germany. The band gave the 6,000 euros the single "Good Life" earned to a children's cancer charity in Tübingen. Avalon issued the Japanese edition as MICP-11671.
From Womb to Tomb uses the passage from birth to death as a frame for Lillian Axe’s naturally dramatic songwriting.
The tenth solo album, with Slash guesting on the title track, released by Silver Lining Music on 10 June 2022 and by Victor in Japan the same day.
True to its title, Universal presents Michael Schenker’s guitar vocabulary as a language of melody shared by an international cast of singers.
A second album capturing NEMOPHILA’s international momentum through heavy riffs, wide melodies and an unrestricted mixture.
Get Rollin', Nickelback's first studio album in years, delivers thick guitars, Chad Kroeger's rough voice and memorable choruses without fuss.
Nordic Union’s third album is built around Ronnie Atkins’s forceful, character-rich voice and Erik Martensson’s meticulous songwriting.
With guest turns from Jeff Beck, Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde and more, this album surrounds Ozzy Osbourne’s unmistakable voice with a wide range of guitar colors.
Rise of Vikingr combines Norse-myth imagery with Peyton Parrish’s deep, forceful vocals and modern rock/metal production.
The twelfth Praying Mantis studio album, released by Frontiers on 28 January 2022. Marquee Incorporated issued the Japanese edition the same day, adding an acoustic version of "Find Our Way Back Home" for twelve tracks.
Crazy Times is a useful way to hear SAMMY HAGAR from a different angle within the 2022 catalogue.
As its title suggests, Rock Believer returns Scorpions directly to the sharp riffs, cutting guitar leads and crowd-ready choruses at the heart of their sound.
Planet Zero gives Shinedown a concept framework focused on polarization and the pressure of digital life.
The band's first album for Atomic Fire Records, made by the four-piece of Mat Sinner, Tom Naumann, Alex Scholpp and Markus Kullmann, and mixed by Jacob Hansen.
With new vocalist Erik Grönwall, Skid Row put their streetwise edge and aggression back at the front.
Skills’ debut brings together players such as Brad Gillis and Billy Sheehan, yet it does not depend on names alone.
4 shows how naturally Slash, Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators now function as a band.
The tenth album. The cover shows the Hydra, the triple-neck guitar Vai designed with Ibanez.
A studio album released in 2022.
Under the Midnight Sun condenses The Cult’s gothic allure and hard-rock physicality into a tightly focused set.