Modern Metal Albums

The sixth album, and the first the band made as a five-piece after Joel Hokka's departure, following roughly a year and a half away.

The fifth Metalite album, released worldwide on 25 September 2026 by Perception, a division of Reigning Phoenix Music. It is a concept record set in 2058, three years after the departure from Earth that Expedition One left off in 2055, and runs to twelve songs. Ward Records issued the Japanese edition the same day with a Japanese booklet and translated lyrics.

METALVERSE's first official recording of any kind. The one-track digital single appeared at midnight JST on 8 May 2026 alongside the group's first studio-shot music video, on which KOBAMETAL is credited as executive producer.

Zilqy's first full-length album: ten songs, every lyric by Anna, mixed and mastered by Lance Prenc, including “World's End”, “CAVEAT” and “RUN”.

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.

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

The Catalyst sharpens AMARANTHE’s defining contrast of three distinct vocal colors.

The fifth album, and their second consecutive number one on the official Finnish album chart. Japan got it on the same day as the rest of the world, with two live recordings from Helsinki added.

The fourth Metalite album, released by AFM Records on 19 January 2024. It is a concept record set on Earth in 2055, following five commanders and a renegade crew trying to carry humanity off a ruined planet, and it runs to sixteen songs including "Utopia", the band's first instrumental. Marquee Inc. put the Japanese edition on sale two days earlier, on 17 January.

Kingdoms of Magical Rock is a twenty-two-track covers set on which PEYTON PARRISH turns songs from film and animation into weighty rock.

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

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.

Their first album for Century Media and their first number one in Finland, built around "Dark Side", the song they took to Eurovision. Japan received it as their debut release there, retitled Sick & Dangerous.

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

Övergivenheten is a large-scale Soilwork album, joining the racing drive and deep melancholy of melodic death metal with progressive development.

The third Metalite album, released by AFM Records on 26 March 2021 and the second with Erica Ohlsson singing. Its eleven songs push the science-fiction themes further out. Marquee put the Japanese edition on sale two days earlier, on 24 March, with "Aftermath" added as a Japan-only bonus track for twelve.

Manifest pushes Amaranthe’s defining three-vocal approach into bolder electronic detail and metal momentum.

The third album, named after the genre tag the band invented for itself. A European tour ended about a week after its release when the pandemic closed everything down, and "Dark Side" came out of that.

Cowboy Man is Peyton Parrish’s debut, mixing country earthiness, post-grunge directness and metal weight into one songwriting world.

The second Metalite album, their first for AFM Records and the first with Erica Ohlsson singing. Electronic texture and programmed rhythm move a step forward across its eleven songs, released on 25 October 2019. Marquee issued the Japanese edition on 20 November with "Riders of the Storm" added for twelve.

Verkligheten spreads Soilwork’s melodic-death-metal attack and open hard-rock sense of melody across a double-album scale.

Helix sharpens Amaranthe’s meeting point of modern metal, electronic rock and pop.

The second album for Ranka Kustannus. It did not appear on the official Finnish album chart until August 2021, when it entered at number 30.

The debut album, released by Inner Wound Recordings on 27 October 2017. These are the first eleven songs of the band guitarist Edwin Premberg and vocalist Emma Bensing started, with Jacob Hansen producing. Rubicon Music released the Japanese edition on 20 December with a piano version added for twelve.

Maximalism lets Amaranthe stack multiple vocal styles, electronic texture, hard guitar riffs and immediate melody without restraint.

The debut album, produced by Jonas Olsson. It closes with "Don't", a cover of the Ed Sheeran song.

The Ride Majestic moves freely between Soilwork’s heavy riffs and harsh vocals, and the lyricism of clean singing and spacious arrangement.

Massive Addictive sends Amaranthe’s multiple vocal voices, electronic textures and heavy guitars racing across one another.

The Nexus sends clean vocals, harsh vocals, electronic texture and heavy guitars across one another at high speed.

The Living Infinite uses the scale of a double album to explore Soilwork’s sharp melodic death metal, modern groove and clean-vocal songfulness in wide detail.

Amaranthe's self-titled debut defined the band's sound, crossing female clean, male clean and harsh vocals over metal with an electronic edge.

A Road to Depression uses the contrast of female dual vocals and metallic guitar to build shadowed, melodic rock.

The Panic Broadcast combines Soilwork’s cutting melodic-death riffs, modern groove and vocals that move between clean and harsh approaches.

All Ends uses the contrast between two vocalists and hard guitar sound to create a distinctive melodic-metal debut.

Sworn to a Great Divide combines low, chugging riffs, electronic treatment, and Björn “Speed” Strid’s varied vocals.

Stabbing the Drama combines low chugging riffs, electronic texture and Björn “Speed” Strid’s varied vocals.

Figure Number Five connects fast guitar, tight rhythm, harsh vocals and clean melody with real force.

Natural Born Chaos connects Soilwork’s sharp melodic-death-metal guitars with a tighter, more modern rhythmic feel.

A Predator’s Portrait adds more modern rhythm and catchy chorus writing to Soilwork’s melodic-death-metal aggression.

The Chainheart Machine emphasizes Soilwork’s machine-tight precision and Nordic melody.

Steelbath Suicide is Soilwork’s debut, driven by fast riffs, harsh vocals and aggressive rhythm.