United States Metal & Hard Rock Albums of the 2020s - Page 2

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.

Eagle Flight shows the new REVOLUTION SAINTS lineup carrying forward the project’s essential melodic-hard-rock lift.

On the Prowl treats every glamour-metal cliché as both a punchline and a declaration of love.

Seven reunites WINGER’s precision as players with its instinct for enormous melodies.

As its title suggests, Divisive addresses distrust and division while returning to Disturbed’s direct heaviness and large-scale melody.

AfterLife draws on Five Finger Death Punch’s direct strengths: hard riffs, marching rhythms and Ivan Moody’s raw vocal presence.

After a long gap, Giant return around David Huff and Mike Brignardello, with Kent Hilli’s voice helping restate the appeal of their melodic hard rock.

Second Skin centers on Nathan James’s commanding voice and polishes classic hard-rock craft in a contemporary way.

Complicated centers on Jeff Scott Soto’s wide expressive range, linking hard-rock power with AOR smoothness.

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Requiem concentrates Korn’s uneasy grooves, down-tuned weight and Jonathan Davis’s wounded-sounding voice into a brief, dense runtime.

Omens puts Lamb of God’s interlocking riffs, groove and Randy Blythe’s raw roar directly in the listener’s path.

Neptune Blue, Lana Lane’s long-awaited return, connects progressive structure with melodic accessibility around her expressive, soaring voice.

From Womb to Tomb uses the passage from birth to death as a frame for Lillian Axe’s naturally dramatic songwriting.

Of Kingdom and Crown is a concept album that unfolds Machine Head’s low-end weight, punishing riffs and exposed emotion across an extended narrative.

Building on the renewed strength of Dystopia, this album is charged with the urgency that defines Megadeth at their best.

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

Digital Noise Alliance brings together sharp guitars, accessible progressive turns and a sense of social tension in the current Queensrÿche lineup.

Crazy Times is a useful way to hear SAMMY HAGAR from a different angle within the 2022 catalogue.

Planet Zero gives Shinedown a concept framework focused on polarization and the pressure of digital life.

With new vocalist Erik Grönwall, Skid Row put their streetwise edge and aggression back at the front.

Skills’ debut brings together players such as Brad Gillis and Billy Sheehan, yet it does not depend on names alone.

4 shows how naturally Slash, Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators now function as a band.

The End, So Far keeps Slipknot’s violent heaviness at its core while opening into ambient space, melodic vocals and unsettling sound design.

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With Ronnie Romero joining the fold, Sunstorm give their familiar AOR smoothness a stronger hard-rock outline.

After a major shift in its vocal setup, Atreyu move toward more open melodies and larger choruses on Baptize.

Black Label Society’s eleventh album is packed with Zakk Wylde’s thick, sustaining riffs, blues-rooted phrasing and low-slung groove.

Hellbound strips Buckcherry’s straight-ahead hard rock down to its most immediate form.

Dream Theater’s fifteenth studio album gathers complex rhythm, precision unison work and melodic vocals into long-form progressive-metal architecture.

On its first studio album of mostly original material in roughly a decade, Evanescence keep their gothic shadow while moving toward a more direct, contemporary rock sound

Returning to the studio after a long gap, Exodus deliver an extended blast of uncompromising thrash metal.

Heart, Mind and Soul tightly connects Hardline’s thick guitar riffs with soaring vocal melody.

Wolfgang Van Halen handles vocals, guitar, bass and drums on this debut, establishing a musical identity of his own.

The eighth studio album, a double record of fifteen songs. Its lead single "Pushing the Tides" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 64th Grammy Awards.

Named after the phrase “And The Band Played On,” ATBPO reasserts Night Ranger’s arena-rock momentum and the strength of its seasoned ensemble.

Werewolves of Portland again shows Paul Gilbert using the guitar not merely as a vehicle for speed, but as a singing voice.

Built around Paul Shortino, Amir Derakh and Matt Thorne, Rough Cutt 3 arrives after a long gap with a sound that keeps traces of eighties L.A.

Lockdown 2020 is best heard not simply as a covers-related entry, but as a record that shows how SAMMY HAGAR translates outside material into its own

With Ronnie Romero as its new vocalist, Sunstorm move toward firmer, more powerful melodic metal while retaining the smoother AOR character of earlier work.

Trivium’s tenth album integrates thrash sharpness, metalcore aggression and progressive structure at high density.

As its title suggests, Bon Jovi’s fifteenth album is closely tied to the atmosphere of 2020.

Fates Warning’s thirteenth album uses progressive-metal complexity not as a display case, but as a way to trace time and shifting emotion.

F8 builds on Five Finger Death Punch’s huge riffs and modern-metal groove while placing emotions beyond anger at the front.

Wide Awake (In My Dreamland) gathers Jeff Scott Soto’s experience across AOR, melodic rock and hard rock into one solo record.

By choosing a self-title for its tenth album, Lamb of God reasserts the band’s core.

Tokyo Jukebox 3 is best heard not simply as a covers-related entry, but as a record that shows how MARTY FRIEDMAN translates outside material into its

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

Rise brings together the personalities of Deen Castronovo, Doug Aldrich and Jack Blades with no wasted motion in service of melodic rock.

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Testament’s thirteenth album retains thrash metal’s cutting edge while adding the weight and ease of a long career.

Verminous pours the speed of melodic death metal into a dense world that suggests horror and fantasy literature.

Tokyo Motor Fist’s second album centers on Ted Poley’s immediately likable voice and Steve Brown’s bright guitar, presenting eighties-style melodic hard rock in a mo

Trivium’s ninth album tightly connects thrash sharpness, metalcore aggression and progressive movement, even within compact songs.