Power Metal 2020s Albums - Page 2

The Awakening is KAMELOT’s first studio record in five years and brings its symphonic shadows, progressive construction and dramatic melodies into especially clear focus.

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

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

A ninth album that gathers new songs and unreleased material as a bridge to the next chapter, with a covers disc by befriended bands on the deluxe editions.

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

After a long absence, Altaria return with Wisdom, a record that presents bright Scandinavian melodic-metal lines alongside approachable hard-rock warmth.

Tobias Sammet assembles a varied cast of singers and builds theatrical storytelling and oversized melody as a sequence of connected scenes.

The third and last of the avex albums, carried into a SUMMER SONIC 2022 appearance; guitarist MOE joined after it.

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

Shangri-La finds Edenbridge building a fantasy world around Sabine Edelsbacher’s clear voice and Lanvall’s grand arrangements.

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

A seventh album that breaks five years of silence, rebuilt around new singer Victor Emeka — with three former members guesting on "Tribal Mark".

Rescue sees Shaman restating the heat and symphonic splendor of Brazilian power metal.

Acoustic Adventures – Volume One revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

Acoustic Adventures – Volume Two revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

After a long gap, Stratovarius return with the fast drums, shining keyboards and skyward choruses that define their identity.

Dark Connection pushes Beast in Black’s power-metal drive into a neon-lit, cyberpunk world shaped by eighties synth-pop.

The second avex album — twelve songs, followed three weeks later by a European edition on Setsuzoku Records.

Winterbane develops Frozen Crown’s strengths—speed, twin-guitar melody and clear vocals—into a more three-dimensional third album.

Union Gives Strength gathers Galneryus’s long-developed strengths—dramatic melody, complex movement and virtuosic playing—into a record with a strong sense of collective

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.

Labyrinth’s ninth album places its trademark melancholy melody and bright Italian power-metal guitar work inside more varied arrangements.

Above the Beyond carefully balances Leverage’s transparent Scandinavian melodic-metal character with thick hard-rock riffing.

An eighth album that digs into werewolf legend country by country, with Jens Bogren and Joost van den Broek widening the band's sound another step.

Glory for Salvation expands the central pleasures of symphonic power metal on Rhapsody of Fire’s thirteenth album.

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

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

The Dark Delight sharpens Dynazty’s modern melodic-metal momentum into a harder and more dramatic form.

On its self-titled ninth album, Firewind organize the elements that make the band immediately recognizable.

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

Skycrest drives Iron Savior’s long-running space-age imagery and straightforward power metal with renewed heat.

Electric Pentagram shows Lovebites’ unity as a five-piece through both speed and drama.

Metal Division does exactly what its title promises: it puts fundamental heavy-metal elements directly in front of the listener.

Nightwish’s ninth album tells a large story through two perspectives: “Human.” and “Nature.” The first half connects Floor Jansen’s expressive singing, Marko Hietala

Metal Commando lives up to its title by committing fully to traditional heavy metal’s forward drive.