Canada Metal & Hard Rock Albums

The Moth finds DEVIN TOWNSEND shaping huge progressive-metal sound design, ambient space and introspective melody into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

The band's first live album with a symphony orchestra, recorded with the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec in Quebec City on 4 June 2025.

Chasing Euphoria is a useful way to hear HAREM SCAREM from a different angle within the 2025 catalogue.

A four-CD, fifty-track anthology for the band’s fiftieth year, running from both sides of the 1973 debut single through vault recordings and live versions.

PowerNerd keeps DEVIN TOWNSEND’s layered imagination intact while shifting the center of gravity toward shorter, more direct song power.

Ultrapower is a high-voltage record that amplifies the pleasures of heavy metal in a straight line.

Face Your Fears places Harry Hess’s warm, soaring voice at the center of a carefully shaped AOR and melodic-rock record.

Tomb Mold's fourth studio album, from September 2023, announced only four days before it appeared.

Nine songs from across the band's history re-recorded by the current line-up for their fortieth anniversary, plus a new title song and one cover.

Lightwork retains Devin Townsend’s talent for enormous walls of sound while giving them more air and calm than some of his recent work.

Closer to the Edge places Harry Hess’s warm yet focused voice at the center of polished melodic rock.

Get Rollin', Nickelback's first studio album in years, delivers thick guitars, Chad Kroeger's rough voice and memorable choruses without fuss.

Voivod's fifteenth studio album, from February 2022, written by sending files back and forth when the band could not travel.

Archspire's fourth studio album, from October 2021, and winner of the 2022 Juno Award for Metal/Hard Music Album.

The Puzzle / Snuggles is a useful way to hear DEVIN TOWNSEND from a different angle within the 2021 catalogue.

Spiritbox's debut album, from September 2021, by the two members who left Iwrestledabearonce to form the band.

Ballistic, Sadistic condenses the speed, odd turns and black humor associated with Jeff Waters’ Annihilator.

Change the World brings together Harem Scarem’s strengths—smart chord movement, muscular guitar and unforgettable choruses—with a high level of finish.

Empath gathers the heaviness, pop instinct, ambience, extreme-metal intensity and humor of Devin Townsend’s work into one large emotional journey.

Line of Fire builds around Harry Hess’s rich voice and pursues the ideal texture of melodic rock and AOR.

Play to Win brings Striker’s speed-metal attack and eighties hard-rock chorus sense into one of the band’s most buoyant balances.

Voivod's fourteenth studio album, a concept record from September 2018 that reached number 26 in Germany and won a Juno award.

For the Demented centers Annihilator on thrash-metal sharpness while layering Jeff Waters’ intricate guitar work and uneasy melody around it.

United by HAREM SCAREM: track list, Spotify player, music videos and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

Feed the Machine pushes Nickelback’s thicker guitars and heavier rhythms to the front, showing a more aggressive side of the band.

The self-titled Striker record joins the band’s speed-metal sharpness with approachable hard-rock hooks in a very concentrated form.

Transcendence lets Devin Townsend move freely between massive guitar sound, layered choirs and quieter emotional expression.

One Step Over the Line builds classic melodic rock around a vocal performance that is both powerful and warm.

Stand in the Fire brings together Striker’s speed-metal guitar attack, energetic beat and memorable choruses.

Suicide Society pushes Annihilator’s sharp thrash picking and memorable songcraft at the same time.

Z² unfolds Devin Townsend’s enormous sound density, pop melody, eccentric humor and deep emotion as two contrasting sides of one project.

Thirteen gathers Harem Scarem’s refined melodies, detailed choruses and hard-edged guitar riffs with impressive control.

No Fixed Address builds on Nickelback’s thick rock-guitar base while reaching toward pop, dance and ballad-like elements.

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

Feast is built around Annihilator’s cutting riffs, tense rhythm work and technical guitar playing.

Mood Swings II revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

Voivod's thirteenth studio album, from January 2013 and the first with Daniel Mongrain on guitar.

Epicloud fuses Devin Townsend Project’s massive choirs, thick guitars, electronic texture and surprisingly accessible melodies into one wide-screen sound.

Clockwork Angels joins Rush’s precise rhythms, shape-shifting bass, inventive guitar and science-fiction storytelling in a full concept work.

Armed to the Teeth uses cutting twin guitars, speedy drums and big choruses to deliver youthful traditional metal.