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Jul 28, 2023 · published 28 July 2023. From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Extreme forms of music reached a new level in the 2000s and opened doors for new sounds in heavy metal. The list below showcases a diverse collection of 2000s heavy metal bands from different subgenres. If you are a metal buff, you will want to have your say.
- Megadeth - Endgame. September 9, 2009. Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal. 79 8 reviews. iTunes. Spotify.
- The Sword - Age of Winters. February 14, 2006. Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal. 77 5 reviews. iTunes. Spotify.
- Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death. August 28, 2006. Heavy Metal. 77 10 reviews. iTunes. Spotify.
- Probot - Probot. February 10, 2004. Heavy Metal. 76 7 reviews. iTunes. Spotify.
Mar 4, 2024 · I’m sure we could rattle off a hundred different amazing albums from this timeframe that had some impact or another, but for the sake of time we’ll just stick with 25. Here are some of the best of the best, the cream of the crop, all of which still hold up to this day.
- AFI - The Art of Drowning
- A Perfect Circle – Mer de Noms
- At The Drive-In – Relationship of Command
- Cave in – Jupiter
- Cradle of Filth - Midian
- Deftones – White Pony
- Disturbed – The Sickness
- Electric Wizard – Dopethrone
- In Flames – Clayman
- Isis – Celestial
While they have always been more at home in the punk and, later, emo scenes, there was always something about AFI that resonated with metalheads in the early 2000s, and never more so than on their fifth album, The Art Of Drowning. Furthering the huge strides from snotty hardcore into anthemic gothic rock that saw them rise out of the underground wi...
The first proper album Maynard James Keenan sang on outside Tool was an alt.metal masterpiece. Its lush songs were mostly written by understated genius Billy Howerdel, former guitar tech for Tool and Nine Inch Nails, his shimmering tones underpinned by the genius drumming of Josh Freese, as Maynard’s vocals crept, soared or raged over the top. Some...
By the dawn of the millennium nu-metal had become crass and bloated, and Ross Robinson was viewed as guilty by association. To escape the monster he’d helped create, the producer began to seek out other avenues and styles to explore. Texan post-hardcore band At The Drive-In had already released two albums before they hooked up with Robinson, but Re...
Cave In’s second album might have been released on noisy label Hydra Head (see: Isis), but it saw the band make a dramatic left turn, going beyond the hardcore scene and into new melodic territory. Like the planet of the title, it glowed and bubbled with space rock energy, via Middle-Eastern melodies, squally fretwork and crashing percussion. Steph...
The fourth album from Dani Filth and co emerged from the gloom with the tagline, ‘Does the world really need another Cradle Of Filth album? Of course it does. It’s a bad world and needs to be punished.’ They were in punishing and playful form on Midian, with the return of guitarist Paul Allender after a five-year absence, and a loose concept based ...
One of modern music’s most challenging and definitive statements. White Pony turned Deftones from one of the best bands in a rapidly oversaturated scene into a genre all of their own. New member Frank Delgado brought a whole new set of subtle sonic touches to the band, Chino Moreno captivates throughout with a haunting, beguiling vocal performance ...
Oo-wa-hahaha! Whether through rock club DJ, music TV or stupid meme, most metal fans have got Disturbed Down With The Sickness. It was the ultimate 2000s nu metal anthem, boasting a giant hook, a massive um, disturbing breakdown and a whole lot of swearing. Then there were its similarly catchy cousins, singles Stupify andVoices, both reflecting the...
Electric Wizard’s core, layered, loping and drug- fugged groove has become an altar upon which doom has laid offerings ever since. Although their reputation had been simmering by the time their third album was released, Dopethrone quickly became epochal. In the likes of Cathedral and Sleep, doom wasn’t short of lysergic visions and transcendent Sab...
By a distance the most successful graduate of The Class Of Gothenburg, for many In Flames reached their zenith on Clayman. Their stubborn evolution from cutting edge, catchy-as-fuck death metallers into a cutting edge, catchy-as-fuck modern metal hit machine saw them march into the new millennium with an album so stacked full of bangers it could ha...
The debut album from Boston post-metallers Isis expanded on the epic sound of their EPs. Rising and falling, swelling and receding, ebbing and flowing, their largely instrumental landscape was both emotional and cerebral, building on foundations laid down by the likes of Neurosis, as well as their fertile local hardcore scene (frontman Aaron Turner...
The greatest Heavy Metal albums of the 2000s, as voted by RYM/Sonemic users. sign in. RYM. new music genres. ... 754 Ratings 25 Reviews 3.64 Average
Feb 8, 2000 · Highest Rated Heavy Metal Albums of the 2000s. 1. Blue Öyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult. 2. The Sword - Age of Winters. 3. Judas Priest - The Essential Judas Priest. 4. Pentagram - First Daze Here (The Vintage Collection)
