Sevendust: Sevendust
Released in 1997, Sevendust’s self-titled debut reveals a band already fully in command of its identity. The Atlanta quintet shapes an alternative…
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Static-X: Wisconsin Death Trip
With Wisconsin Death Trip, released in 1999, Static-X establish an instantly recognizable sound, one that Wayne Static himself would dub evil disco.…
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Chevelle: Wonder What’s Next
Wonder What’s Next plants Chevelle firmly in a dense, angular strain of alternative metal, driven by Pete Loeffler’s voice that shifts from…
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Breaking Benjamin: Phobia
With Phobia, Breaking Benjamin sharpen a brand of alternative metal built for big rooms, balancing controlled aggression with tightly drawn choruses. Benjamin…
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Evanescence: Fallen
Fallen reveals Evanescence in full scope, fusing nu metal, symphonic arrangements and the lyrical voice of Amy Lee. The record cultivates a…
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Incubus: Morning View
Morning View marks a mellower turn in Incubus’s arc, pulling the band’s alternative rock toward more light and nuance. Recorded in a…
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Shinedown: The Sound of Madness
With The Sound of Madness (2008), Shinedown sharpens its hard rock formula and clearly aims for the arenas. The record leans on…
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Three Days Grace: One-X
Three Days Grace’s second album, One-X (2006), pushes the band toward a darker, more introspective alternative metal. Themes of addiction, pain and…
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Cold: Year of the Spider
Cold’s melancholic peak, Year of the Spider, unfolds a post-grunge tinged alternative metal where heaviness serves emotion rather than aggression. Scooter Ward’s…
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Powerman 5000: Tonight the Stars Revolt!
Released in 1999, Tonight the Stars Revolt! stands as the high point of Powerman 5000. Fronted by Spider One, brother of Rob…
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Drowning Pool: Sinner
Sinner, released in 2001, remains inseparable from Bodies and its chorus, which turned into a rallying cry in pits around the world.…
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(hed) P.E.: Broke
Released in 2000, Broke is the commercial and creative peak of (hed) P.E., pioneers of the crossover between punk, hardcore, reggae and…
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Soil: Scars
Released in 2001, Scars is the album that settled Soil into the mainstream nu metal courtyard, propelled by the single Halo, an…
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Downset: Downset.
A raw and intense self-titled debut, Downset. established the Los Angeles band in 1994 as pioneers of a rap-metal rooted in hardcore…
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Snot: Get Some
The only studio album released during Lynn Strait’s lifetime, Get Some captures all the chaotic energy of the Santa Barbara band. An…
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311: 311
The Omaha band’s third album, this 1995 self-titled record, often nicknamed the Blue Album, marks their breakthrough. 311 blends alternative rock, reggae,…
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Body Count: Body Count
Released in 1992, Body Count’s debut is a detonation at the crossroads of thrash metal and rap, orchestrated by Ice-T and his…
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Clawfinger: Deaf Dumb Blind
The Swedish quartet’s debut, Deaf Dumb Blind introduced in 1993 a then novel formula blending massive metal riffs, rapped verses and shouted…
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Senser: Stacked Up
Released in 1994, Stacked Up remains the peak of British band Senser and one of the most original records in European crossover.…
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Skindred: Babylon
Skindred’s debut, Babylon imposed in 2004 an explosive, instantly recognizable formula: ragga metal. Born from the ashes of Dub War, the Welsh…
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Filter: Short Bus
Born from Richard Patrick’s departure as Nine Inch Nails’ touring guitarist, Short Bus arrived in 1995 as a furious, personal answer to…
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Guano Apes: Proud Like a God
The debut by Germany’s Guano Apes, Proud Like a God, burst forth in 1997 as one of the major triumphs of European…
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Enter Shikari: Take to the Skies
Released in 2007, Take to the Skies is Enter Shikari’s debut and one of the most influential British post-hardcore records of the…
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Hamlet: El Inferno
Released in 2000, El Inferno ranks among the high points of the nu metal era of Madrid’s Hamlet, veterans of Spanish alternative…
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Cane Hill: Smile
With Smile, New Orleans’ Cane Hill established themselves in 2016 as one of the spearheads of the nu metal revival. The debut…
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Alpha Wolf: A Quiet Place to Die
With A Quiet Place to Die, Australia’s Alpha Wolf took a decisive step up in 2020 and lodged themselves among the reference…
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Grave: Into the Grave
Released in 1991, Into the Grave is the debut album by Sweden’s Grave and one of the pillars of the first wave…
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Taake: Nattestid ser porten vid
Taake’s debut, Nattestid ser porten vid (1999), is the near-solitary work of Hoest, the one-man engine of Norwegian black metal. Far from…
8/10 September 21, 2026
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Destruction: Release from Agony
With Release from Agony, Destruction left behind the raw thrash of its early days for something more twisted and technical. Released in…
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Bloodbath: Resurrection Through Carnage
When Bloodbath released Resurrection Through Carnage in 2002, the project already wore the flattering supergroup label. Bringing together musicians from Opeth and…
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Rotting Christ: Theogonia
Rotting Christ’s ninth album, Theogonia (2007), marks a decisive step in the maturation of the Greek band led by Sakis Tolis. Having…
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Sodom: Agent Orange
Sodom’s third full-length, Agent Orange is where the Herne trio stopped simply bludgeoning and learned to strike with cold accuracy. Harris Johns’…
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Vader: De Profundis
In 1995, Vader confirmed with De Profundis their status as the undisputed spearhead of Polish death metal, then fully emerging on the…
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Dark Funeral: Secrets of the Black Arts
Dark Funeral’s debut full-length, Secrets of the Black Arts, arrived in 1996 as a burst of undiluted velocity inside a Swedish scene…
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Savatage: Hall of the Mountain King
Released in 1987, Hall of the Mountain King marks a turning point for Savatage. The Florida band, led by the Oliva brothers,…
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Death Angel: The Ultra-Violence
Death Angel’s first album, The Ultra-Violence (1987), is one of the most astonishing debuts of San Francisco Bay Area thrash, all the…
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