Melodic Metal 2010s Albums - Page 2

Devil in the Details uses catchy choruses, polished vocals and tidy guitar arrangement to deliver refined melodic rock from The Poodles.

The second original full album, first sold at M3-2015 Spring on 26 April 2015 and put into national distribution by Disk Union on 13 May. Its songs are titled in German and French and its subject is the vampire. The CD holds six tracks, the streaming release five.

The band's first original single, sold at Comic Market 88 on 14 August 2015. Five tracks: the song itself and four versions of it with the vocal, the guitar, the bass and the drums taken out in turn. Disk Union put it into national distribution on 31 March 2018.

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

The Great Divide centers on two distinctive vocal personalities, supported by grand keyboards, thick guitars and the drama of melodic metal.

Kingdom of the Night II returns Axxis to one of its defining worlds while writing a new chapter through present-day performances and production.

Limit Break combines Cyntia’s sparkling keyboards, soaring vocals and sharp twin guitars into melodic metal with real speed.

Renatus keeps Dynazty’s melodic hard-rock foundation but moves decisively toward sharper riffs and power-metal momentum.

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.

Ecliptica Revisited: 15th Anniversary Edition is SONATA ARCTICA's full re-recording of its debut Ecliptica with the current band and modern production.

Pariah’s Child brings Sonata Arctica’s fast rhythms, keyboard color and bittersweet melodies to the front.

The first original full album, sold at Comic Market 86 on 16 August 2014 and put into national distribution by Disk Union on 22 October. After six years of Touhou Project arrangement records it was the first Unlucky Morpheus album made entirely of their own songs. Seven tracks.

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

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

Lady Made combines sparkling keyboards, fluent twin guitars and soaring vocals to put melodic metal’s brightness in full view.

Novum Initium combines thick guitar riffs, classically colored keyboards and dramatic choruses to deliver traditional melodic metal with force.

A Life to Die For uses classical-leaning keyboards, layered choruses and dramatic vocals to build Royal Hunt’s grand progressive-metal world.

Tour de Force uses powerful vocals, energetic guitar and memorable choruses to capture Swedish melodic hard rock at full color.

reDISCOver(ed) is a covers album on which AXXIS recasts other artists' old classics in its own sound, led by Bernhard Weiss's voice.

Endless World is Cyntia’s debut, combining bright twin guitars, fast rhythm and soaring female vocals.

Sultans of Sin uses fast-moving riffs, shining keyboards and forward vocals to deliver youthful melodic metal.

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.

Stones Grow Her Name builds on Sonata Arctica’s melodic power-metal speed while adding folk-shaped melodies, acoustic touches and progressive turns.

Determination joins Aldious’ bright twin guitars, speed-driven rhythm and soaring vocals into melodic metal with real lift.

Knock You Down is a hard-rock record built around Dynazty’s thick guitar riffs, energetic beats and instantly singable choruses.

Show Me How to Live reunites Royal Hunt with D.C. Cooper, reconnecting André Andersen’s grand keyboards, melodic guitar and dramatic vocals.

Performocracy uses The Poodles’ large choruses, melodic guitar and bright keyboards to create polished Scandinavian hard rock.

Deep Exceed is Aldious’ debut statement, joining bright twin guitars, speed-driven rhythm and melodic vocals in a traditional melodic-metal frame.

The Showdown centers on the powerful voices of Russell Allen and Jørn Lande, building dramatic melodic metal around their contrast.

The second album, the one that put them on the German chart for the first time at number 91. Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O. sings on the title track. EMI's Japanese edition, TOCP-66957, adds three bonus tracks for a fifteen-song running order.

Time to Be King builds dramatic power metal from Masterplan’s thick guitar, symphonic keyboards and grand choruses.

X shows Royal Hunt’s symphonic and progressive metal strengths through dramatic keyboards, hard guitar and shadowed melody.