Requiem concentrates Korn’s uneasy grooves, down-tuned weight and Jonathan Davis’s wounded-sounding voice into a brief, dense runtime.
United States Metal & Hard Rock Albums of the 2020s – Page 2
Browse 96 metal and hard rock albums connected to the United States scene in the 2020s, with detailed artist and album pages.
Albums
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.
Brace for Impact carries the appeal of eighties AOR and hard rock into a modern production with real conviction.
Rise of Vikingr combines Norse-myth imagery with Peyton Parrish’s deep, forceful vocals and modern rock/metal production.
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.
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.
With Ronnie Romero joining the fold, Sunstorm give their familiar AOR smoothness a stronger hard-rock outline.
Under the Midnight Sun condenses The Cult’s gothic allure and hard-rock physicality into a tightly focused set.
The Endgame further refines the hard-edged, modern melodic-rock identity Treat have established since their reunion.
After a major shift in its vocal setup, Atreyu move toward more open melodies and larger choruses on Baptize.
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.
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.
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.
Across a large sixteen-song running order, U.D.O. deliver traditional German heavy metal straight on.
W.E.T.’s fourth album brings the strengths of Jeff Scott Soto, Erik Martensson and Robert Säll into one focused band sound.
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.
On its self-titled ninth album, Firewind organize the elements that make the band immediately recognizable.
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.
Metal Division does exactly what its title promises: it puts fundamental heavy-metal elements directly in front of the listener.
Perfect Plan’s second album polishes the appeal of Scandinavian melodic rock in a very direct way.
Cowboy Man is Peyton Parrish’s debut, mixing country earthiness, post-grunge directness and metal weight into one songwriting world.
Metal Commando lives up to its title by committing fully to traditional heavy metal’s forward drive.
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
We Are One is an unusual collaboration between U.D.O. and the German Armed Forces Concert Band, directly combining heavy-metal riffs with full wind-band arrangements.
2020 is Adrian Vandenberg’s first Vandenberg studio album in roughly thirty-five years.