Top Alternative Metal albums
Born Villain
Live & Inspired
The Path Of TotalityAmerican band Korn remain true innovators as they fused nu metal with dubstep so that after their tenth album The Path Of Totality no one could have illusions about their creative tiredness
2011
Dubstep, Nu Metal
Weapons
Hats Off To The Bull
American CapitalistFive Finger Death Punch2011
Alternative Metal, Groove Metal, Groove Metal, Hard Rock, Nu Metal
One-XThree Days Grace has created a strikingly genuine and affective record One-X filled with a great variety of emotions like misery, rage, passion, loneliness, darkness and many others which is absolutely necessary to make a top level rock album
2006
Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
10,000 DaysAfter 5 years of waiting the truly unique and inspirational Tool return with their new album 10,000 Days. This album is a must have, not only for Tool fans, but for music fans in general
2006
Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
The Great Escape ArtistPioneers of alternative rock Jane's Addiction released their fresh album, titled The Great Escape Artist. The musicians presented the sound, which is quite unusual for them, and that is why the long-awaited long play really intrigues
2011
Neo-Psychedelia, Alternative Metal
AsylumWe cannot know for sure what helps Disturbed remain on the level where no one dares; but what we can be sure about is that the American band's new album, Asylum, will not leave their fans unhappy
2010
Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Nu Metal
IndestructibleDisturbed are one of the most successful heavy acts of today. And judging by their newest album Indestructible there is no reason that could prevent them from being ones. It delivers the most impressive instrumentation they ever produced before
2008
Alternative Metal, Groove Metal, Groove Metal, Hard Rock, Nu Metal
Dark Adrenaline: Italians from Lacuna Coil, who elevated from deep metal underground, shifted to a more widely accepted alternative hard rock and successfully play it on their new release Dark Adrenaline
2012
Alternative, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal, Gothic Metal
All Hope Is GoneThe pioneers of the new wave of the US alt-metal Slipknot came back after a four-year break with the disc All Hope Is Gone. On this excellent album, they performed not only the up-tempo, but also slow songs
2008
Alternative Metal
NightmareAvenged Sevenfold were strong enough to take the premature passing away of their drummer James Sullivan. Moreover, shortly afterwards, they pulled off an impressive long player called Nightmare
2010
Alternative Metal, Hard Rock
Meteora
PhobiaThe band has gone for a much more melodic and dark feel. Phobia is Breaking Benjamin's most musically complex, lyrically the most thought provoking and mature, it is their most ambitious album and the most complete work they have done
2006
Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
Hybrid Theory
Black Gives Way to BlueThe US rock band Alice In Chains hired a new vocalist after the tragic death of Lain Staley and recorded the first in about fourteen years long-play Black Gives Way To Blue. The album is a definite success
2009
Alternative Metal, Grunge, Hard Rock
Graveyard Of Empires
Full CircleThe reunion of the participants of the once famous band Creed was celebrated with the release of their fourth studio album, Full Circle. Despite the long-time absence of the musicians on the stage, they seem to have done what they were supposed to
2009
Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
Audio SecrecyIn the collective mind of the Stone Sour ensemble, their new effort, Audio Secrecy, was supposed to be a very dark and aggressive album; yet it came out somehow different
2010
Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
Staind
Collision Course
Rage Against the MachineRage Against the Machine1992
Alternative Metal, Funk Metal, Rap Metal, Rap Rock
Awake
HypnotizeAbout six months after Mezmerize, System Of A Down released its direct follow-up, Hypnotize. Never before has the band released an album that was so spirited. The great variety of musical style makes Hypnotize definitely worth checking out
2005
Alternative Metal
AB IIIAmerican band Alter Bridge is marching confidently and proudly to the rock-n-roll megastars status. Their number three album, AB III, seems one more big step in that direction
2010
Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
Ten Thousand FistsAfter a triple-platinum debut and platinum follow-up, Disturbed fuses the brutality and darkness of The Sickness with the added melodic nature and complexity of Believe for album number three, the ambitious studio full-length Ten Thousand Fists
2005
Alternative Metal, Hard Rock
MezmerizeJust when you thought there was nothing left to be done with rock along came System Of A Down. Adjectives like "ambitious," "jagged," and "startling" have always defined them, and their third official full-length is no different. Mezmerize is the fir
2005
Alternative Metal
Avenged Sevenfold
Come What(ever) MayCome What(ever) May has marked certain changes in the performance manner of Stone Sour. The vocals have become cleaner and more melodious and the guitar sounds have obtained some complicated hooks
2006
Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
Toxicity
Fallen
War Is the AnswerFive Finger Death Punch2009
Alternative Metal, Groove Metal, Groove Metal, Hard Rock, Melodic Metalcore
The OracleThe American band Godsmack does not strive to invent anything new, but keeps doing what once made them what they are now. Their fifth studio album, The Oracle, features that very hard rock that formed the original sound of Godsmack
2010
Alternative Metal, Hard Rock
See You on the Other SideThis latest effort by Korn seems to contain equal parts of heavy metal, industrial, porn rock, goth, and doom metal. See You on the Other Side is probably the most innovative album Korn's released since their unmatched self-titled effort
2005
Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
The Sickness
Greatest Hitz
Lest We Forget: The Best OfConsidering that Marilyn Manson never pandered to the Top 40 set, Lest We Forget can't rightfully be dubbed a greatest-hits record; it serves more as a reminder of the man and his group's 10-year blitz of ghoulish, gory, industrial rock
2004
Alternative Metal, Industrial Metal, Industrial Rock
Tri-Polar40