Heavy Metal Albums

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.

A five-track EP that condenses HANABIE.’s current Harajuku-core sound into metalcore impact, digital pop color, streetwise energy and unapologetic self-affirmation.

The band’s first major-label EP, packing Tokyo identity, otaku culture, transformation-heroine imagery and modern romance into fierce breakdowns and vivid pop hooks.

The major-label breakthrough that expands Harajuku-core through space, games, escape, everyday anxiety and rebirth, establishing HANABIE. on an international scale.

The first full album turns miso soup, dating apps, sweets and obsessive everyday life into a reform manifesto powered by metalcore and electronic color.

An early six-track EP that captures teenage urgency, envy, time pressure, ghosts and a return to zero through raw metalcore and fresh melody.

A five-track mini-album that compresses Fuki’s commanding vocals and the Gacharic Spin players’ virtuosity into a heavier, sharper modern loud-rock attack.

The debut album in which Fuki and the four Gacharic Spin instrumentalists pack metal, hard rock, progressive turns and vivid pop color into ten songs.

A five-track EP that balances open, refreshing melodies with loud-rock weight and presents the second chapter of East Of Eden through Ayasa’s violin-led identity.

East Of Eden’s first full album, recorded entirely by the MINA-era five-piece and uniting metal, loud rock and melodic drama across ten core songs plus the standard-edition instrumental bonus.

The second chapter of Forbidden Fruit, preserving the debut’s vivid impact while deepening the groove, darkness and dramatic interaction of the five-piece.

East Of Eden’s debut EP, placing violin and heavy rock on equal footing while introducing the five musicians’ technique, melody and international ambition.

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.

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

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 first Eriksplanations album documents the YouTube cover work that grew during recovery through eight songs associated with Dio, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, KISS and more.

A twelve-song second solo album that converts the momentum after Idol into an original-song set shaped by Scandinavian melodic rock, pop, AOR and major outside songwriters.

A rapid debut built from Swedish Idol 2009 performances and the winning single “Higher,” capturing Grönwall’s range, stage instinct and rock identity at the moment of his breakthrough.

BABYMETAL’s 15th-anniversary album, using ten globally connected tracks to push beyond established metal boundaries.

A concept album announcing BABYMETAL’s return through ten parallel worlds of reflection, loss and renewal.

BABYMETAL’s first best-of collection, tracing ten years of transformation from early shock to global-scale metal spectacle.

BABYMETAL’s third album expands its universe through worldwide musical colors, major guests and a broad light-and-dark design.

BABYMETAL’s second album turns global momentum into power metal, metalcore and progressive scale, confirming the group’s strength.

The debut album that collided idol pop with extreme metal language and introduced kawaii metal as a worldwide surprise.

A melodic-metal EP that links fantasy-adventure imagery with bright speed, heroic guitar work and the renewed identity of HAGANE.

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

A full-length statement from HAGANE’s renewed line-up, combining Japanese melodic color, speed, weight and direct choruses.

A 2024 full-length that channels BAND-MAID’s global experience into technical hard rock, strong songs and cinematic scale.

An EP that reignites HAGANE’s melody, speed and optimistic force around the theme of survival and forward motion.

A 2022 EP that lives up to its title, unleashing the band’s technical rock energy through compact, immediate songs.

HAGANE’s first full-length album, expanding the band’s twin-guitar sparkle, speed, heavy riffs and dramatic storytelling.

An album that sharpens both aggression and melody, presenting BAND-MAID’s musicianship on a world-class hard-rock scale.

HAGANE’s debut EP, condensing clear melody, speed and technical guitar work into a concise first statement.

A full-length that expands BAND-MAID’s expressive range, balancing wider melodies with hard-driving performances.

An early release that documents the origin of BAND-MAID’s maid concept and rock-band direction.

A decisive hard-rock statement whose title mirrors BAND-MAID’s ambition to reach audiences beyond Japan.

A key album that clarifies BAND-MAID’s hard-rock direction while connecting musicianship with catchy songwriting.

A release that pushes BAND-MAID’s rock-band strength forward and builds the foundation for the breakthroughs that followed.

An early album that turns the attention around “Thrill” into a stronger and more defined rock direction.

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

NEMOPHILA’s fourth album, written by the four members and renewing the band’s heaviness, emotional vocals and free-form mixture.

NEMOPHILA’s third album, concentrating scale, technique, melody and modern heaviness ahead of the band’s Budokan milestone.

A cover EP that rebuilds songs by Metallica, System of a Down, Slipknot and Limp Bizkit through NEMOPHILA’s own attack.

A second album capturing NEMOPHILA’s international momentum through heavy riffs, wide melodies and an unrestricted mixture.

NEMOPHILA’s debut album, rebuilding its early independent songs into a worldwide statement of the band’s “hellishly heavy, otherwise fluffy” sound.

An international early compilation collecting NEMOPHILA’s three independent singles plus an English version of “DISSENSION.”

Zilqy’s first EP, presenting the Japanese all-female metal band’s post-melodic nu-metal identity with global ambition.

Cursum Perficio is a useful way to hear ANTHRAX from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

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.

Goliath finds EXODUS shaping rough Bay Area thrash riffs, confrontational energy and heavyweight sound pressure 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.

Awesome Anthems Of The Galaxy finds IRON SAVIOR shaping Iron Savior’s hard space-metal pressure and approachable anthem spirit into a 2026 album with a clear sense of ide

Outstanding Power finds LOVEBITES shaping Japanese power/speed-metal drive and the shine of classical twin guitars into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

Released on January 23, 2026, Megadeth is MEGADETH’s seventeenth and final studio album.

Dead To Rights finds METAL CHURCH shaping hard-edged US power metal and thrash-leaning riffs into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

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

Wonderland finds CROWNE shaping polished Scandinavian melodic hard rock and arena-sized scale into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Game Of Faces finds DYNAZTY shaping Scandinavian melodic-metal clarity and the momentum of modern synths and rhythms into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Stand And Deliver finds GIANT shaping American hard-rock groove and AOR-polished melody into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

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.

Giants & Monsters finds HELLOWEEN shaping German power-metal speed, bright humor and huge choruses into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Reforged – Machine World revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

Don't Sell Your Soul finds MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP shaping classic hard-rock structure and Michael Schenker’s unmistakably singing guitar melodies into a 2025 album w

The Lost Melodies finds MILLENIUM shaping classic melodic-hard-rock feeling and smooth AOR-related songwriting into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Heart Of A Lion finds PERFECT PLAN shaping Scandinavian melodic-rock harmonies and carefully shaped AOR-leaning songwriting into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identi

EvangelCore 1 finds PEYTON PARRISH shaping Viking/folk heroism, heavy modern-metal beats and cinematic choruses into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Domination finds PRIMAL FEAR shaping steel-plated German heavy/power-metal riffs and battle-ready choruses into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

A New World Rising finds RAGE shaping the direct drive of German power metal and hard riffs rooted in thrash into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Para Bellum finds TESTAMENT shaping Bay Area thrash sharpness and the weight of modern heaviness into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Satanic Rites Of The Wildhearts finds THE WILDHEARTS shaping punk roughness, hard-rock thickness and dangerously catchy pop hooks into a 2025 album with a clear sense of

Apex finds W.E.T. shaping melodic rock that combines AOR smoothness, hard-rock push and Scandinavian clarity into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Humanoid looks at contemporary anxieties, but its core is unmistakably ACCEPT: steel-hard riffs, straight-ahead beats, and heavy metal built for immediate impact.

Coming Home presents AXXIS’s long-developed melodic hard-rock brightness with the relaxed confidence of a seasoned band.

Stand United presents FIREWIND’s guitar-led power metal with an emphasis on melodic strength.

Invincible Shield makes the heavy-metal language JUDAS PRIEST has forged over decades sound like a force that is still moving forward.

Drama again shows how MARTY FRIEDMAN treats the guitar not simply as a vehicle for technique, but as a voice that tells stories.

Teenage Rebel lets NESTOR’s love of ’80s melodic rock shine through a modern, full-bodied sound.

Kingdoms of Magical Rock is a large-scale release in which PEYTON PARRISH reshapes songs familiar from film, animation, and fantasy worlds with the weight of rock and met

Soul centers PEYTON PARRISH’s husky, forceful voice and connects rock’s direct emotional charge with hooks that stay in the ear.

Afterlifelines is an ambitious double album that places RAGE’s raw trio attack beside a more expansive orchestral dimension.

Against the Winds delivers REVOLUTION SAINTS’ classic melodic-hard-rock approach with direct heat.

Mean Streets finds the band carrying RIOT’s lineage with the heat and melody of American metal fully intact.

Ultrapower is a high-voltage record that amplifies the pleasures of heavy metal in a straight line.

Restless Fight brings SUNSTORM’s polished AOR sensibility together with the strength of melodic hard rock.

Life Is But a Dream... pushes AVENGED SEVENFOLD far beyond a simple metal framework and into an intensely experimental, existential space.

OUTBURST condenses new songs and re-recordings into a five-track mini album that captures BLINDMAN’s place during its twenty-fifth-anniversary era.

Operation Phoenix brings together CROWNE’s polished AOR and melodic-rock instincts with the forward charge of power metal.

After a fifteen-year studio gap, Six makes it clear that EXTREME has always been far more than a one-hit story.

Face Your Fears places Harry Hess’s warm, soaring voice at the center of a carefully shaped AOR and melodic-rock record.

Firestar reignites IRON SAVIOR’s blend of cosmic narrative and straight-ahead German power metal.

Judgement Day introduces LOVEBITES with Fami in the lineup and drives forward with speed, precise ensemble playing and big melodic payoff.

After a decade away, Soundtrack for the End Times reunites MERCENARY’s melodic death metal, power metal and progressive metal instincts in one large return.

Congregation of Annihilation by METAL CHURCH: track list, Spotify player, music videos and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

72 Seasons looks back at the formative first eighteen years of life while using Metallica’s familiar language of heavy riffs and long-form construction to probe inward.

Hellriot connects MYSTIC PROPHECY’s heavy rhythmic chug directly to fist-raising choruses.

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.

Code Red lines up PRIMAL FEAR’s tank-like riffs with Ralf Scheepers’ soaring high voice and refuses to compromise either element.

Eagle Flight shows the new REVOLUTION SAINTS lineup carrying forward the project’s essential melodic-hard-rock lift.

Touchdown polishes the classic heavy-metal feel U.D.O. has defended for decades.

Centered on Herman Frank, Dreamtide’s return revisits the strengths of melodic hard rock with care and restraint.

Final Advent finds Sweden’s Dynazty linking heavy riffs, polished electronic textures and arena-sized choruses with impressive density.

Closer to the Edge places Harry Hess’s warm yet focused voice at the center of polished melodic rock.

After a long gap, Giant return around David Huff and Mike Brignardello, with Kent Hilli’s voice helping restate the appeal of their melodic hard rock.

Fronted by the soaring voice of Kristian Fyhr, Ginevra’s debut delivers Scandinavian melodic-rock clarity in a modern sound.

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.

Neptune Blue, Lana Lane’s long-awaited return, connects progressive structure with melodic accessibility around her expressive, soaring voice.

From Womb to Tomb uses the passage from birth to death as a frame for Lillian Axe’s naturally dramatic songwriting.

Second To None by LONESOME_BLUE: track list, Spotify player, music videos and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

Building on the renewed strength of Dystopia, this album is charged with the urgency that defines Megadeth at their best.

True to its title, Universal presents Michael Schenker’s guitar vocabulary as a language of melody shared by an international cast of singers.

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.

Brace for Impact carries the appeal of eighties AOR and hard rock into a modern production with real conviction.

Rise of Vikingr combines Norse-myth imagery with Peyton Parrish’s deep, forceful vocals and modern rock/metal production.

Digital Noise Alliance brings together sharp guitars, accessible progressive turns and a sense of social tension in the current Queensrÿche lineup.

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.

Skills’ debut brings together players such as Brad Gillis and Billy Sheehan, yet it does not depend on names alone.

With Ronnie Romero joining the fold, Sunstorm give their familiar AOR smoothness a stronger hard-rock outline.

Too Mean to Die reaffirms the muscular, traditional heavy-metal language ACCEPT have defended for decades, now delivered with contemporary weight.

Black Label Society’s eleventh album is packed with Zakk Wylde’s thick, sustaining riffs, blues-rooted phrasing and low-slung groove.

Crowne’s debut presents Scandinavian melodic-rock polish in a remarkably clear and accessible form.

Returning to the studio after a long gap, Exodus deliver an extended blast of uncompromising thrash metal.

Centered on Steve Overland’s rich, expressive voice, Groundbreaker’s second album delivers smooth, high-quality melodic rock.

Recorded in the Pumpkins United lineup with Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske alongside Andi Deris, this self-titled album is a major meeting point in Helloween’s history.

Senjutsu pushes Iron Maiden’s large-scale instincts further, layering riffs, melody, key changes and quiet space across extended songs.