United Kingdom Metal & Hard Rock Albums of the 2010s

Browse 38 metal and hard rock albums connected to the United Kingdom scene in the 2010s, with detailed artist and album pages.

Albums

Flesh & Blood
WHITESNAKE / / Hard Rock, Blues Rock

Flesh & Blood presents Whitesnake’s blues-rooted hard-rock language with a modern, tightly focused sound.

Reach for the Sky
BLINDMAN / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Reach for the Sky turns Blindman’s live-bred unity as a newer lineup into a precise tenth studio album.

Atomic Generation
FM / / AOR, Melodic Rock

Atomic Generation joins FM’s polished British melodic-rock identity to a blues-tinted hard-rock feel with effortless confidence.

Groundbreaker
GROUNDBREAKER / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Groundbreaker is a melodic-rock project built around Steve Overland’s voice, with Robert Säll and Alessandro Del Vecchio among the key creative figures.

Firepower
JUDAS PRIEST / / Heavy Metal, NWOBHM

Firepower reignites the heavy-metal language Judas Priest established over decades with a muscular, contemporary sound.

Will to Power
ARCH ENEMY / / Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal

Will to Power keeps Arch Enemy’s melodic-death-metal attack intact while widening the contrast between harsh force, vocal melody and arrangement.

Infinite
DEEP PURPLE / / Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Infinite finds Deep Purple drawing on blues, hard rock and improvisational chemistry with both calmness and fire.

Seasons of the Black
RAGE / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Seasons of the Black places Rage’s power-metal speed and thrash sharpness inside a darker tonal world.

To the Light
BLINDMAN / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

To the Light shapes Blindman’s lyrical melody, expansive vocals and precise guitar work into traditional hard rock with care.

The Devil Strikes Again
RAGE / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

The Devil Strikes Again reunites Rage’s speed-metal sharpness, heavy riff pressure and technical development in one aggressive flow.

Def Leppard
DEF LEPPARD / / Hard Rock, Glam Metal

The self-titled Def Leppard revisits the band’s stacked harmonies, polished guitar sound and buoyant rhythm with a contemporary feel.

Heroes and Villains
FM / / AOR, Melodic Rock

Heroes and Villains builds FM’s British melodic rock around warm vocals, smooth guitar and polished chorus work.

The Book of Souls
IRON MAIDEN / / Heavy Metal, NWOBHM

The Book of Souls pours Iron Maiden’s heavy riffs, three-guitar melody and dramatic vocals into large, narrative-like structures.

Return to Forever
SCORPIONS / / Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Return to Forever brings Scorpions’ sharp guitar riffs, expansive vocals and memorable ballad sense together with the natural breathing of a veteran band.

Eternal
STRATOVARIUS / / Power Metal, Symphonic Metal

Eternal presents Stratovarius’s power-metal tradition through charging beats, shining keyboards, soaring vocals and thick choruses.

The Purple Album
WHITESNAKE / / Hard Rock, Blues Rock

The Purple Album reinterprets material from the Deep Purple era through Whitesnake’s current heavy guitar sound and mature vocals.

War Eternal
ARCH ENEMY / / Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal

War Eternal restarts Arch Enemy with sharp melodic-death-metal riffing and an overwhelming vocal roar.

Gravitas
ASIA / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Gravitas frames Asia’s grand melodic sense and polished progressive-rock construction with a calm, mature center of gravity.

Redeemer of Souls
JUDAS PRIEST / / Heavy Metal, NWOBHM

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

13
BLACK SABBATH / / Heavy Metal, Doom Metal

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

EVERGREEN
BLINDMAN / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

EVERGREEN re-records Blindman’s key songs from its early years through the early 2000s with the then-current lineup, bringing the strength of the band’s melodic hard

Now What?!
DEEP PURPLE / / Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Now What?! lets Deep Purple’s organ-and-guitar exchanges, thick bass and flexible drumming carry a mature version of the band’s long-standing identity.

Rockville
FM / / AOR, Melodic Rock

Rockville uses warm vocals, smooth keyboards and tasteful guitar to present FM’s mature melodic rock.

Rockville II
FM / / AOR, Melodic Rock

Rockville II stands alongside Rockville and offers more of FM’s soft-edged melodies, polished keyboards and restrained guitar work.

Nemesis
STRATOVARIUS / / Power Metal, Symphonic Metal

Nemesis brings fast rhythm, fluent guitar and sparkling synthesizers together with a more contemporary electronic edge.

XXX
ASIA / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

XXX layers Asia’s clear keyboard colors, song-focused guitar work and measured vocals with care.

BLAZING CRISIS
BLINDMAN / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

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

21
RAGE / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

21 joins Rage’s cutting guitars, tight rhythms and constantly changing structures into power metal that is aggressive yet intelligent.

Khaos Legions
ARCH ENEMY / / Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal

Khaos Legions is built around the Amott brothers’ sharp twin guitars, Angela Gossow’s ferocious vocals and heavy, precise rhythm.

Comeblack
SCORPIONS / / Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Comeblack is best heard not simply as a covers-related entry, but as a record that shows how SCORPIONS translates outside material into its own sense of

Elysium
STRATOVARIUS / / Power Metal, Symphonic Metal

Elysium layers Stratovarius’ shining keyboards, fluent guitar and high-register vocals into power metal that combines speed with emotion.

Forevermore
WHITESNAKE / / Hard Rock, Blues Rock

Forevermore layers Whitesnake’s blues-rooted thick riffs, weighty arrangements and David Coverdale’s expressive voice.

Omega
ASIA / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Omega layers Asia’s grand keyboards, refined guitar and open choruses to connect progressive sensibility with AOR-style songcraft.

Re-rise
BLINDMAN / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Re-rise reaffirms Blindman’s melodic-hard-rock strengths through fluent guitar work, rich melody and flexible rhythm.

Metropolis
FM / / AOR, Melodic Rock

Metropolis marks FM’s return to British melodic rock with smooth vocals, refined keyboards and tasteful guitar.

The Final Frontier
IRON MAIDEN / / Heavy Metal, NWOBHM

The Final Frontier uses cosmic atmosphere, long-form construction and layered triple guitars to create Iron Maiden metal on an adventurous scale.

Strings to a Web
RAGE / / Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Strings to a Web combines Rage’s hard riffs, speed and multi-part large-scale construction.

Sting in the Tail
SCORPIONS / / Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Sting in the Tail balances Scorpions’ hard guitar riffs, forceful rockers and emotional balladry.