Heavy Metal 2010s Albums - Page 3

Golgotha layers W.A.S.P.’s heavy guitar riffs, dramatic vocals and dark storytelling into theatrical heavy metal.

Blind Rage sharpens Accept’s hard-chopped riffs, precise forward rhythm and shouted vocal attack.

Dazed and Delight combines Aldious’s fluent twin guitars, clear melody and fast-moving rhythm.

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.

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.

Dir En Grey's ninth album, released on 10 December 2014: sixteen tracks running 68:01.

Blood In, Blood Out puts Exodus’s angular riffs and merciless rhythm attack at the front, unleashing the aggression of thrash metal.

Gus G.'s first solo album. He wrote all of it and brought in different guests song by song: singers including Mats Levén, Jeff Scott Soto, Michael Starr and Tom S. Englund, and players such as Billy Sheehan and David Ellefson. The Japanese edition (KICP-1683) adds the instrumental "Without You" for thirteen tracks.

Rise of the Hero is power metal built from hard-edged riffs, mechanical momentum and large, heroic choruses.

Redeemer of Souls brings Judas Priest’s classic heavy-metal language into the present with authority.

The fourth album, up to number 17 in Germany, and the one on which the advance single "DNA" widened the band's audience. King Records issued the Japanese edition on its Metal Frontier line as KICP-1706, with two bonus tracks.

The Sun Will Rise Again is the twenty-sixth Loudness album, released through Universal Music Japan on 4 June 2014 — the first studio record made after the band set up its own label in 2013. A remixed US edition followed in 2015.

Inferno crosses Marty Friedman’s cutting guitar phrases, metal aggression and Eastern-flavored melodic instinct.

Five new songs alongside seven re-recordings of material from 1999-2006 — the overlooked years, restated in the band's present sound.

Delivering the Black unites Primal Fear’s cutting twin guitars, forceful high vocals and heavy rhythm section.

Unleash the Fire carries Riot’s history forward with renewed energy and a full commitment to traditional metal.

Sabaton's seventh album, from May 2014, written one individual at a time rather than one battle at a time.

City of Gold fires off Striker’s sharp riffs, energetic drumming and fist-raising choruses in rapid succession.

District Zero joins Aldious’s fluent twin guitars, bright melodies and headlong rhythm in a particularly focused form.

Hail to the King puts thick riffs, slow and heavy-footed beats, and arena-sized traditional-metal choruses at the front.

Battle Beast's second album, from May 2013 and the first with Noora Louhimo singing.

13 returns Black Sabbath to low, rolling guitar riffs, sticky rhythm and an apocalyptic atmosphere.

EVERGREEN re-records Blindman's key songs from its early years through the early 2000s with the then-current lineup, bringing out the band's melodic core.

The first mini album, out the year after the band formed; "Pray" and "Wing Of Hope" were still worth re-cutting twelve years later.

The fourth Bullet for My Valentine album. Sony Music released the Japanese edition first, on 6 February 2013, with fifteen tracks; Europe followed on 8 February and North America on 12 February with eleven. Don Gilmore produced again.

The Dream Calls for Blood gathers Death Angel’s tight-chopped riffs, rough vocal attack and tense rhythm work into a fierce thrash-metal statement.

Darkness in a Different Light builds complex rhythm, hard-edged guitar and introspective vocal melody inside a quiet field of tension.

Ghost's second album, from April 2013: recorded in Nashville, their major label debut, and a 2014 Grammis winner.

A fourth album with new guitarist Renato Osorio and a move to AFM Records — and once again the Japanese edition came out first.

Super Collider keeps Megadeth’s cutting guitar identity while giving more room to mid-tempo groove and vocal melody.

Generation Nothing puts Metal Church’s hard-chopped guitar, solid rhythm and rough vocal force at the front, reaffirming the power of traditional American heavy metal.

Motörhead's 2013 album, released on 21 October on their own UDR label. Fourteen tracks, with official videos for "Heartbreaker", "Electricity" and "When the Sky Comes Looking for You".

Killhammer stacks sharp guitar riffs, heavy rhythm and forceful vocals to deliver Mystic Prophecy’s hard-edged power metal.

Outrage's eleventh album, out on 5 June 2013. It is the second since Naoki Hashimoto's return and follows directly from the self-titled record before it.

The fifth album and Powerwolf's first German No. 1 — the first record for Napalm, and the one that changed the band's standing.

The thirteenth album, which Ronnie Atkins called the band's best song for song.

The self-titled Queensrÿche places sharp riffs, dramatic vocals and tense arrangements in the foreground, restating the band’s traditional progressive-metal identity.

Saxon's twentieth album, released in March 2013. It is the first Saxon album produced and mixed by Andy Sneap.

A set of SINNER's 1980s songs re-recorded, with a few new ones added. David Readman and Erik Martensson are among the guest vocalists.

A studio album released in 2013.

A 2013 album of re-recorded earlier material.

Steelhammer delivers traditional heavy metal through U.D.O.’s steel-hard riffs, forward-driving rhythm and instantly recognizable vocal character.

Stalingrad drives Accept’s sharp guitar riffs, marching rhythm and commanding choruses into a concentrated statement of traditional metal weight.

Burning Oath is Anthem's fourteenth studio album, released on 24 October 2012. It was their first for Universal Music Japan after leaving Victor, and Isamu Tamaru plays the drums on every track but one.

BLAZING CRISIS joins Blindman’s expressive vocals, fluent guitar lines and full choruses into dramatic melodic hard rock.

Broken Bones is shaped by Dokken’s hard guitar riffs, shadowed melodies and a somewhat darker sound.

Few Against Many centers Firewind’s sharp riffs, fluid solos and strong vocals in a tightly focused power-metal record.

Halestorm's second album, from April 2012; "Love Bites (So Do I)" won a Grammy from it.

The third album and the first for AFM Records, number 50 in Germany. They toured it as support to Steel Panther. Reveltas issued the Japanese edition as SPIN-0035 with one bonus track.