2010 Metal & Hard Rock Albums - Page 2

The Oracle pushes Godsmack’s aggressive hard rock through low, rolling riffs, heavy drums and tense vocals.

Freedom Rock delivers youthful Scandinavian melodic rock through H.E.A.T’s soaring vocals, gleaming keyboards and lively guitar.

Split Your Lip joins Hardcore Superstar’s punk-like roughness to heavy guitar and poisoned melody.

Red Velvet Car shows Heart’s mature rock character through deep vocals, weighty guitar and measured arrangements.

7 Sinners pushes Helloween toward a more aggressive power-metal attack with fast riffs, rougher rhythm and large choruses.

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

Poetry for the Poisoned layers Kamelot’s shadowed melodies, symphonic breadth and dramatic choruses into a dark, theatrical world.

Korn III: Remember Who You Are revisits Korn’s earlier rawness through rough riffs, bouncing bass presence and urgent vocals.

Return to Heaven Denied Pt. II carries the spirit of Labyrinth’s earlier classic through ornate guitar, grand melody and detailed power-metal construction.

A Touch of Heaven layers Last Autumn’s Dream’s warm vocals, soft keyboards and graceful melody into Scandinavian AOR.

Yes is a useful way to hear LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM from a different angle within the 2010 catalogue.

A Thousand Suns moves Linkin Park toward a concept-driven world of electronic sound, fragmented interludes and heavy rock passages, carrying a nuclear-age sense of tensio

Bad D.N.A. layers Marty Friedman’s exotic-tinged melodies, sharp guitar phrases and arrangements that cross rock and metal.

Time to Be King builds dramatic power metal from Masterplan’s thick guitar, symphonic keyboards and grand choruses.

Scream combines Ozzy Osbourne’s unmistakable vocal character with heavy guitar and modern rhythm to create dark, hard-edged metal.

Fuzz Universe lets Paul Gilbert move freely between rock, fusion, metal and pop-minded ideas in an instrumental showcase of guitar expression.

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

Infestation revisits Ratt’s L.A. hard-rock appeal through catchy riffs, loose-but-satisfying groove and husky vocals.

Reckless Love is Reckless Love’s full-color debut, firing off huge choruses, bouncing beats and sweetly catchy melodies.

The Frozen Tears of Angels binds Rhapsody of Fire’s grand orchestration, fast power metal and cinematic storytelling.

X shows Royal Hunt’s symphonic and progressive metal strengths through dramatic keyboards, hard guitar and shadowed melody.

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

Origins layers Shaman’s Brazilian-metal passion, symphonic color and emotional melody.

Slash pairs Slash with a wide range of guest vocalists, moving from bluesy riff rock to arena-sized hard rock.

The Panic Broadcast combines Soilwork’s cutting melodic-death riffs, modern groove and vocals that move between clean and harsh approaches.

Audio Secrecy combines Stone Sour’s heavy guitar with melancholic melody and a sensitive ballad instinct.

Eyes in the Night is Striker’s youthful traditional-metal debut, powered by sharp guitar riffs, racing rhythm and high-reaching vocals.

A Farewell to Arms layers TNT’s beautiful vocal melodies, delicate yet bright guitar and clear keyboards.

Coup de Grace brings Treat back with thick choruses, sharp guitar and refined keyboards, powerfully restoring Scandinavian melodic rock’s appeal.

Facemelter delivers classic hard rock through Y&T’s bluesy guitar, sturdy rhythm and direct vocals.

Relentless puts Yngwie Malmsteen’s neoclassical melodies, breathtaking speed and heavy riffs at the front.