Heavy Metal 2000s Albums

Heaven & Hell's only studio album, from April 2009. It is the last studio record Ronnie James Dio made before his death.

The Everlasting is the twenty-second Loudness album, released on 27 May 2009. It was completed using drum tracks Munetaka Higuchi had recorded before his death the previous year, with his successor Masayuki Suzuki playing on some songs.

Tokyo Jukebox opens MARTY FRIEDMAN's cover series, translating Japanese pop, anime and game classics into his own singing guitar sound.

Endgame reconnects Megadeth with speed, intricate riffs and high-level ensemble playing.

Fireangel joins Mystic Prophecy’s dark atmosphere to an aggressive power-metal drive.

Outrage's tenth album, out on 25 November 2009. It is the first after Naoki Hashimoto's official return, and it was recorded at Studio Fredman.

The third album folds organ and choir into the structure itself and produces “Werewolves of Armenia” — the point where the band's language settles.

16.6 balances Primal Fear’s speed-metal thrust with the weight of traditional heavy metal.

American Soldier turns the experiences and emotions of soldiers into a highly narrative Queensrÿche album.

The comeback record after the long break that followed Mark Gallagher's injuries, and the first place it appeared was Japan, on King Records, on 25 March 2009.

Saxon's eighteenth album, released on 9 January 2009. It reached six on the UK Rock & Metal chart and twenty-three in Germany.

World Painted Blood condenses Slayer’s long-developed language of violent thrash metal into a sharp late-career statement.

A studio album released in 2009.

Dominator by U.D.O.: track list, Spotify player and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

UFO's 2009 album, first out in Japan on 20 May, was made without founding bassist Pete Way, who was being treated for a liver condition.

Babylon channels W.A.S.P.’s apocalyptic and religious imagery into heavy riffs and theatrical vocals.

Black Empire is Anthem's twelfth studio album, released on 29 October 2008. The title track became one of the band's signatures: it was re-recorded in English for Nucleus in 2019 and Nuclear Blast released an official video of it.

Subconscious In Xperience combines Blindman’s detailed guitar phrases, clear keyboards and emotionally forward vocals.

The second Bullet for My Valentine album. BMG Japan released the Japanese edition first, on 23 January 2008, with the UK following on 28 January and the US on 29 January. It entered the Billboard 200 at number four and topped Oricon's international album chart in Japan. Recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas and produced by Colin Richardson.

Killing Season uses Death Angel’s fast riffs and aggressive rhythm as a base while threading melody and shadow through each song.

Dir En Grey's seventh album, from November 2008. It takes its name from the Ouroboros symbol and its subject from reincarnation.

Lightning Strikes Again returns Dokken to direct melodic metal centered on George Lynch’s cutting guitar and Don Dokken’s vocal.

Let There Be Blood revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

The Premonition centers Firewind on Gus G’s fluid guitar and Apollo Papathanasio’s forceful voice.

A second album that came out in Japan first, led to Loud Park the next year, and made Japan this band's principal market.

Nostradamus finds Judas Priest building a double-album narrative around the life and myth of the prophet.

The debut. Twelve songs cut by a Swabian band still in their teens, on a Capitol/EMI deal signed within months of forming in 2007. The title song is about where they come from, and it was re-recorded for the self-titled album of 2026.

Metal Mad is the twenty-first Loudness album, released by Tokuma Japan Communications on 20 February 2008. It was the last studio record with Munetaka Higuchi, who died on 30 November that year at the age of 49.

Future Addict places Marty Friedman’s newly reworked older material beside new songs.

This Present Wasteland is classic heavy metal built from Metal Church’s thick guitar, hard rhythm and weighty vocal presence.

Death Magnetic brings Metallica’s long forms, shifting riffs and heavy rhythmic attack back to the front.

In the Midst of Beauty places Michael Schenker’s lyrical lead guitar at the center of a modernly framed classic-hard-rock record.

Released on 26 August 2008 and a UK No. 32, Motörizer was the band's last album for SPV / Steamhammer of Germany. Official videos were made for "Rock Out", "Bullet in Your Brain" and "Life's a Bitch".

Carved in Stone pairs Peavy Wagner’s forceful voice and Victor Smolski’s varied guitar work with a blend of heavy metal weight and symphonic breadth.

Released by AFM Records. The European tour behind it was followed by SINNER's first ever South American and Russian dates.

The Formation of Damnation reunites Testament around high-tension riffs, precise rhythm and Chuck Billy’s powerful voice.

The ninth studio album, issued by Live Wire Records in 2008. At the end of 2024 it was reissued with a new remix by Marco Angioni and new sleeve art by Andy Pilkington, and that reissue is what the player on this page carries.

Perpetual Flame joins Yngwie Malmsteen’s rapid runs and classical harmonic sense to a more forceful vocal presence.

Avenged Sevenfold packs heavy riffs, dramatic choruses, and ideas that cross hard rock, metal, and progressive music into a self-titled statement.

Dir En Grey's sixth album, released on 7 February 2007 and recorded across various locations between December 2005 and January 2007.

The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A pushes Exodus’s thrash attack toward an extreme through slicing riffs and relentlessly accelerating rhythm.

Megatropolis combines mechanical riffs, forceful choruses, and expansive science-fiction imagery.

United Abominations connects political frustration to intricate guitar work with a renewed sense of attack.

Satanic Curses builds dark power metal around low, heavy guitar and an imposing vocal presence.

Black Rain sets Ozzy Osbourne’s unmistakable voice against thick guitar and hard-edged rhythm.

“The wolf of God” — a second album that ties liturgical language to animal folklore head-on, and the home of “Prayer In the Dark.”

New Religion brings hard riffs, precise rhythm, and Ralf Scheepers’s high-register voice together on an arena-sized scale.