Album Releases by Genre

The Serpent & the Sphere

The Serpent & the Sphere

by Agalloch
May 13, 2014
The fifth full-length release for the Oregon black metal band was produced by Billy Anderson.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.2
Les Voyages de l'ame

Les Voyages de l'ame

by Alcest
January 31, 2012
The French black metal band led by Neige releases its third album.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.5
Along Came A Spider

Along Came A Spider

by Alice Cooper
July 29, 2008
The latest album for the hard rock artist is about a serial killer named Spider. It also features Slash and Ozzy Osbourne as guest musicians.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.7
Black Gives Way To Blue

Black Gives Way To Blue

by Alice in Chains
September 29, 2009
The band's first album in more than 14 years was produced with Nick Raskulinecz and features new lead singer William DuVall (original singer Layne Staley died in 2002).
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.7
ANThology

ANThology

by Alien Ant Farm
March 6, 2001
Southern California's Alien Ant Farm is the first band signed to Papa Roach's New Noize label.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.3
truANT

truANT

by Alien Ant Farm
August 19, 2003
This sophomore disc for the Southern California alt-metal outfit was produced by Robert and Dean DeLeo of the Stone Temple Pilots.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.7
Overcome

Overcome

by All That Remains
September 16, 2008
The fourth album for the metal band was produced by Jason Suecof.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.6
Twilight Of The Thunder God

Twilight Of The Thunder God

by Amon Amarth
September 30, 2008
The Swedish metal band's latest release includes appearances by Apocalyptica, Entombed's Lars Goran Petrov, and Children of Bodom's Roope Latvala.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.7
All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us

All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us

by Architects
May 27, 2016
The seventh full-length release for the British metalcore band was produced by Henrik Udd and Fredrik Nordström.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.7
Holy Hell

Holy Hell

by Architects
November 9, 2018
The eighth full-length release for the British metalcore band is its first without Tom Searle, who passed away in August 2016.
Metascore:
90
User Score:
8.7
The Powerless Rise

The Powerless Rise

by As I Lay Dying
May 11, 2010
The fifth album for the metal band from San Diego was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz and Daniel Castelman.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.3
Congregation Of The Damned

Congregation Of The Damned

by Atreyu
October 26, 2009
Said to be a much darker and heavier than previous releases from the metal band, Congregation of the Damned is the quintet's fifth studio album.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
6.9
Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold

by Avenged Sevenfold
October 30, 2007
The Southern California group's self titled is their fourth album.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
8.2
Blue Record

Blue Record

by Baroness
October 13, 2009
The second full-length album for the Georgia-based rock band is its first with new guitarist Peter Adams.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.7
Stone

Stone

by Baroness
September 15, 2023
The sixth full-length release from heavy metal band Baroness was self-produced.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
The Great Misdirect

The Great Misdirect

by Between the Buried and Me
October 26, 2009
The sixth studio album for the metal band was produced with Jamie King.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.8
Mind The Drift

Mind The Drift

by Big Business
May 12, 2009
The latest album for the rock band from Seattle was produced by Phil Ek.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.8
Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through

by Bleeding Through
April 13, 2010
The metal band from Orange County, California releases its first album on the Rise Records label.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
Pink

Pink

by Boris
May 16, 2006
The Japanese band named after a Melvins song releases their latest album.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.5
Smile

Smile

by Boris
April 29, 2008
The Japanese experimental group's latest album features guest musicians Michio Kurihara of Ghost and Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))).
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.5
Fever

Fever

by Bullet For My Valentine
April 27, 2010
Don Gilmore produced the third album for the Welsh heavy-metal band.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.5
Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones

Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones

by Cancer Bats
April 13, 2010
This is the third full-length album for the Canadian punk rock band.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.2
Antenna

Antenna

by Cave In
March 18, 2003
This major-label debut for the Massachusetts alt-metal band finds the group willing to experiment with and open up its sound, adding more adventurous elements into the mix.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.0
Strange Cousins From The West

Strange Cousins From The West

by Clutch
July 14, 2009
The first album on the band's own label was produced by J. Robbins.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.4
Year Of The Black Rainbow

Year Of The Black Rainbow

by Coheed and Cambria
April 13, 2010
The concept album produced by Atticus Rose and Joe Barresi is the prequel to the prog rock band's Amory Wars narrative, written by singer Claudio Sanchez.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.3
Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder

Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder

by Cradle of Filth
October 28, 2008
The English metal band's latest release is a concept album about Gilles de Rais, the world's first serial killer and a soldier for Joan of Arc.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
6.6
White Pony

White Pony

by Deftones
June 20, 2000
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.8
Deftones

Deftones

by Deftones
May 20, 2003
This self-titled release is the fourth studio album for the California alt-metal outfit.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.5
Saturday Night Wrist

Saturday Night Wrist

by Deftones
October 31, 2006
Bob Erzin (Jane's Addiction) produced the alt-metal band's fifth album. System Of A Down vocalist Serj Tankian guests.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.7
Believe

Believe

by Disturbed
September 17, 2002
The Chicago alt-metal band follows their 2 million-selling debut, 'The Sickness,' with this sophomore effort, working once again with producer Johnny Z.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.7
Ten Thousand Fists

Ten Thousand Fists

by Disturbed
September 20, 2005
This is the third album for the alt-metal band fronted by David Draiman.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
8.5
Indestructible

Indestructible

by Disturbed
June 3, 2008
This is the fourth album for the Chicago-based metal band.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
8.0
Ultra Beatdown

Ultra Beatdown

by DragonForce
August 26, 2008
The metal band releases its first album with Frederic Leclercq on bass.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.6
Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Black Clouds & Silver Linings

by Dream Theater
June 23, 2009
The tenth album for the metal band was also released as a 3-disc set featuring instrumental mixes and cover songs.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.0
The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion

The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion

by Dredg
June 9, 2009
Inspired partly by a Salman Rushdie essay, the California metal band's fourth album was produced by Matt Radosevich.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.8
Closing In

Closing In

by Early Man
October 11, 2005
This debut LP from the guitar/drums duo of Mike Conte and Adam Bennati is defintely harder and heavier than your typical Matador release.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.0
Low Teens

Low Teens

by Every Time I Die
September 23, 2016
The eighth full-length release for the Buffalo-based hardcore band features guest appearances from Tim Singer and Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.8
Delirium Cordia

Delirium Cordia

by Fantômas
January 27, 2004
Mike Patton (Faith No More) returns for his third studio album (which consists of a single, 74-minute song!) with his more experimental outfit Fantomas.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.6
At Night We Live

At Night We Live

by Far
May 25, 2010
This is the first album in over 12 years for the Sacramento rock band who is cited as an influence by such bands as Thursday and Blink 182.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.3
Mechanize

Mechanize

by Fear Factory
February 9, 2010
The metal band returns with original guitarist Dino Cazares for the group's first album in over four years.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.4
Memento Mori

Memento Mori

by Flyleaf
November 10, 2009
The second album for the Texas heavy metal rock band was produced by Howard Benson.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.8
Come With Me If You Want to Live

Come With Me If You Want to Live

by Goblin Cock
January 27, 2009
The California metal band started by Pinback's Rob Crow releases its second album.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
2000 Years of Human Error

2000 Years of Human Error

by Godhead
January 23, 2001
The first release from the D.C. band since they became the first group signed to Marilyn Manson's Posthuman Records. Includes a cover of the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby."
Metascore:
58
User Score:
8.3
Faceless

Faceless

by Godsmack
April 8, 2003
The Boston-based punk-metal outfit returns with a third studio LP, produced by David Botrill (Tool).
Metascore:
50
User Score:
7.4
The Oracle

The Oracle

by Godsmack
May 4, 2010
The fifth studio album for the metal band is its first in nearly five years and its third release to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.8
The Way Of All Flesh

The Way Of All Flesh

by Gojira
October 14, 2008
The fourth album for the French metal band features Lamb of God's Randy Blythe as a guest vocalist on one track.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.8
Pleiades Dust [EP]

Pleiades Dust [EP]

by Gorguts
May 13, 2016
The 33-minute one-track EP from the Canadian death metal band is about the House of Wisdom, an institution set in Baghdad from the 9th to 13th centuries.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.8
Venus Doom

Venus Doom

by H.I.M.
September 18, 2007
The Finnish hard rock band's sixth album includes one song that is over 10 minutes long.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.7
Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk

by Harvey Milk
January 26, 2010
The actual first album for the Atlanta, Georgia, rock band finally receives an official release after being shelved in 1994.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
A Small Turn Of Human Kindness

A Small Turn Of Human Kindness

by Harvey Milk
May 18, 2010
The Athens, Georgia-based band releases its seventh full-length album.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
6.5
For The Lions

For The Lions

by Hatebreed
May 5, 2009
The Connecticut-based band releases an album of covers of influential hard rock, metal, and punk songs.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
The Devil You Know

The Devil You Know

by Heaven & Hell
April 28, 2009
The members of Black Sabbath (without Ozzy Osboune) return as Heaven & Hell to release its first album under the name.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
8.7
Size Matters

Size Matters

by Helmet
October 5, 2004
The metal band returns after a seven-year recording hiatus with this new disc, produced by band leader Page Hamilton (the only original member here) with Jay Baumgardner and Charlie Clouser.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.8
Monochrome

Monochrome

by Helmet
July 18, 2006
This is the second release for the second incarnation of Helmet, which features frontman Page Hamilton backed by a new rhythm section.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.6
Death Is This Communion

Death Is This Communion

by High on Fire
September 18, 2007
The fourth album for the Oakland, California metal band.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.3
Snakes For The Divine

Snakes For The Divine

by High on Fire
February 23, 2010
The fifth studio album for the metal band from Oakland, California, was produced by Greg Fidelman.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.8
Electric Messiah

Electric Messiah

by High on Fire
October 5, 2018
The eighth full-length studio release for the Oakland, California-based metal band led by Matt Pike was produced by Kurt Ballou.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.6
Morning View

Morning View

by Incubus
October 23, 2001
The Los Angeles-based funk-metal band returns with a follow-up to 1999's 'Make Yourself.' Scott Litt (R.E.M.) returns as producer.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.7
A Crow Left Of The Murder

A Crow Left Of The Murder

by Incubus
February 3, 2004
The alt-metal band's first album since their 2001 hit 'Morning View' features a slightly different lineup, with Ben Kenney replacing bassist Dirk Lance. Brendan O'Brien produced.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.2
Light Grenades

Light Grenades

by Incubus
November 28, 2006
The California alt-metal band returns with its first album in nearly three years.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.8
Sulphur English

Sulphur English

by Inter Arma
April 12, 2019
The Richmond, Virginia metal band's fourth album was produced by Mikey Allred.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
tbd
In The Absence Of Truth

In The Absence Of Truth

by Isis
October 31, 2006
This fourth LP for the metal band follow's 2004's acclaimed 'Panopticon' as well as an opening slot on Tool's latest tour.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.7
Wavering Radiant

Wavering Radiant

by Isis
May 5, 2009
The fifth album for the Los Angeles rock band was produced by Joe Barresi.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.4
Angel Of Retribution

Angel Of Retribution

by Judas Priest
March 1, 2005
Fifteen years after he left the British metal act, singer Rob Halford returns for this unlikely reunion album.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.5
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

by Judas Priest
June 17, 2008
Rob Halford leads the metal band's latest release, a concept album based on the prophet Nostradamus.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
8.5
Killswitch Engage [2009]

Killswitch Engage [2009]

by Killswitch Engage
June 30, 2009
The latest album for the Massachusetts rock band was produced with Brendan O'Brien.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.3
Incarnate

Incarnate

by Killswitch Engage
March 11, 2016
The seventh full-length studio release for the metalcore quintet was produced by the band's guitarist Adam Dutkiewic.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.4
Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom

by Kiss
October 5, 2009
This is the first album in over 11 years for the metal band.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
7.5
Oracle

Oracle

by Kittie
October 30, 2001
The all-girl metal band's sophomore effort (and no, we're not referring to their high school class) includes a cover of Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell."
Metascore:
56
User Score:
7.0
Until The End

Until The End

by Kittie
July 27, 2004
The third album for the all-girl Canadian metal band was produced by Steve Thompson (Anthrax, Korn).
Metascore:
56
User Score:
8.0
Take A Look In The Mirror

Take A Look In The Mirror

by Korn
November 21, 2003
The California nu-metal band offers a back-to-basics approach on this sixth LP.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
8.3
See You On The Other Side

See You On The Other Side

by Korn
December 6, 2005
The Matrix co-produced the band's first album since 2003.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.6
Static Tensions

Static Tensions

by Kylesa
March 17, 2009
The latest album for the metal band from Savannah, Georgia is its second featuring two drummers.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.9
Karmacode

Karmacode

by Lacuna Coil
April 4, 2006
The Italian goth-metal outfit fronted by Cristina Scabbia attempts to make it big in the U.S. with this fourth album.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.9
Shallow Life

Shallow Life

by Lacuna Coil
April 21, 2009
The fifth album for the Italian metal band was produced by Don Gilmore.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.4
Wrath

Wrath

by Lamb of God
February 24, 2009
The Virginian metal band's follow-up to its Grammy-nominated 2006 album, "Sacrament," was produced by Josh Wilbur.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.7
Reanimation

Reanimation

by Linkin Park
July 30, 2002
Not quite the next Linkin Park album, 'Reanimation' is instead a remix of their entire debut album, 'Hybrid Theory' (actually, a remix of the Japanese version, which contained extra tracks). The 19 songs here have been reinvented by an array of alternative and hip hop musicians and producers, including members of Korn, Jurassic 5, Orgy, and Staind, and given cryptic new titles such as "Rnw@y" and "My{Dsmbr." (You'd think with all the money they're making they could at least buy a vowel.)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.3
Meteora

Meteora

by Linkin Park
March 25, 2003
This long-awaited follow-up to 2000's 'Hybrid Theory' contains 12 new tracks co-produced by Don Gilmore.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.8
The Chair In The Doorway

The Chair In The Doorway

by Living Colour
September 15, 2009
The New York band returns after five years to release its fifth album.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.0
Start Something

Start Something

by Lostprophets
February 3, 2004
This is the second album for the nu-metal band out of Wales.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.6
Liberation Transmission

Liberation Transmission

by Lostprophets
June 27, 2006
This is the third album for the hard-rocking Welsh band.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.7
The Betrayed

The Betrayed

by Lostprophets
January 18, 2010
The Welsh rock band recorded its first album for Sony in Los Angeles, and it is the last for drummer Ilan Rubin, who left to join Nine Inch Nails.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.6
Eat Me, Drink Me

Eat Me, Drink Me

by Marilyn Manson
June 5, 2007
Album number six is the first new release in four years for the shock-rocker, who recorded the disc with guitarist Tim Skold.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.1
Blood Mountain

Blood Mountain

by Mastodon
September 12, 2006
The Atlanta metal band's third album marks their major-label debut.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.7
Crack The Skye

Crack The Skye

by Mastodon
March 24, 2009
The fourth album from the Atlantia, Georgia rock band features songs about the murder of Rasputin.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.7
obZen

obZen

by Meshuggah
March 11, 2008
The Swedish metal band releases its sixth studio album.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.7
St. Anger

St. Anger

by Metallica
June 10, 2003
As the title implies, the metal band is just as, well, angry as ever on their first new studio album since 'Load' and 'Reload' appeared in 1996 and 1997. Just don't try downloading it for free--then you'll see some real anger.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
5.5
Death Magnetic

Death Magnetic

by Metallica
September 12, 2008
The Rick Rubin-produced album for the heavy-metal band is its first to feature Robert Trujillo on bass.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.9
Master of Puppets [Remastered & Expanded Edition]

Master of Puppets [Remastered & Expanded Edition]

by Metallica
November 10, 2017
The remastered release for the third full-length studio release of the heavy metal band features demos, mixes, interviews and live tracks from six different tour dates. A deluxe box set includes a book, five complete soundboard recordings of five previously unreleased gigs, a fan recording of another show on cassette, and two DVDs of interviews and two other concerts.
Metascore:
95
User Score:
9.2
Animositisomina

Animositisomina

by Ministry
February 18, 2003
Al Jourgensen is back, and, apparently, angrier than ever. Included here on the industrial band's eighth album is a cover of Magazine's "The Light Pours Out of Me."
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.3
Houses of the Molé

Houses of the Molé

by Ministry
June 22, 2004
The oh-so-punny industrial rockers return with, believe it or not, their 10th LP (although that does include their early synth-pop releases when they were scary for very different reasons).
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.5
The Last Sucker

The Last Sucker

by Ministry
September 18, 2007
The final album for the industrial rock band.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.2
God Says No

God Says No

by Monster Magnet
March 27, 2001
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.2
Saints Of Los Angeles

Saints Of Los Angeles

by Motley Crue
June 24, 2008
The metal band's first studio album since 2000's "New Tattoo" includes the album title song, which is available for use in the game Rock Band.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
8.1
Motorizer

Motorizer

by Motörhead
August 26, 2008
The British heavy metal band releases its latest album, produced with Cameron Webb.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
8.6
The End of All Things to Come

The End of All Things to Come

by Mudvayne
January 19, 2002
David Bottrill produced this third LP for the Peoria, Ill.-based metal band.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
8.5
Lost And Found

Lost And Found

by Mudvayne
April 12, 2005
The nu-metal quartet have ditched their makeup and alien nicknames for this third album, produced with Dave Fortman.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
7.2
The New Game

The New Game

by Mudvayne
November 18, 2008
The fourth album for the metal band from Illinois was produced by Dave Fortman.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
7.1
Mudvayne

Mudvayne

by Mudvayne
December 21, 2009
The fifth studio album for the metal band from Illinois was produced by Jeremy Parker.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
7.0
Fires Within Fires

Fires Within Fires

by Neurosis
September 23, 2016
The 11t full-length release for the Oakland-based post-metal was recorded by producer Steve Albini.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.3