Malevolence: Where Only The Truth Is Spoken
From Sheffield, Malevolence built their reputation on a simple equation: crushing riffs, groove that never lets go, and just enough melody to…
8/10 September 28, 2026
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Harms Way: Common Suffering
Common Suffering sees Harms Way tightening their grip on metallic hardcore by sticking faithfully to the formula that has defined them: a…
8/10 September 27, 2026
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Touche Amore: Spiral In A Straight Line
Spiral In A Straight Line carries forward Touche Amore’s trajectory with unwavering conviction. Jeremy Bolm and company refuse to soften their post-hardcore…
8/10 September 27, 2026
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Modern Life Is War: Tribulation Worksongs
Modern Life Is War has never played the nostalgia card, and Tribulation Worksongs confirms that the Iowa band remains driven by the…
8/10 September 27, 2026
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Vein.fm: Errorzone
Released in 2018, Errorzone is the debut album by the American band then known as Vein, later Vein.fm. The record made an…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Limp Bizkit: Significant Other
Significant Other is the album that pushed Limp Bizkit to the top of the nu metal wave. Fred Durst’s band sharpens its…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Papa Roach: Infest
Infest is the album that thrust Papa Roach into the spotlight, driven by raw energy and a sharp sense of hooks. The…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Disturbed: The Sickness
The Sickness establishes Disturbed as a raw force on the nu metal scene at the turn of the millennium. The Chicago band…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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P.O.D.: Satellite
Released in 2001, Satellite marks the commercial and artistic peak of P.O.D. The San Diego band refines its formula here: a nu…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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.…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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.…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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,…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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.…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 22, 2026
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