Album Releases by Genre
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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.
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Lateralus
by Tool
May 15, 2001
The band's first album of new material in five years was produced by Tool with David Bottrill and features 13 tracks.
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Toxicity
by System Of A Down
September 4, 2001
This is the alternative metal band's follow-up to their hit 1998 self-titled debut. Rick Rubin produced the 14-track effort.
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Songs For The Deaf
by Queens of the Stone Age
August 27, 2002
Stoner metal is back in the form of the third LP from Queens of the Stone Age, who are supplemented for this release (and supporting tour) by drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) and former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan.
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Shogun
by Trivium
September 30, 2008
The fourth album for the Florida-based metal quartet was produced by Nick Raskulinecz.
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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.
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White Pony
by Deftones
June 20, 2000
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Rage Against the Machine XX [20th Anniversary Edition]
by Rage Against the Machine
November 27, 2012
The self-titled 1992 debut album from Rage Against the Machine is reissued and remastered. Additional B-sides, songs from the band's demo tape, and DVDs are included on the special edition/deluxe box set versions.
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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.
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Salival
by Tool
December 12, 2000
This box set includes a 70-minute CD of previously unreleased material (both live and studio recordings), a 56-page book of photographs, and a VHS/DVD featuring the group's videos.
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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.
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Memento Mori
by Flyleaf
November 10, 2009
The second album for the Texas heavy metal rock band was produced by Howard Benson.
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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.
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Mind The Drift
by Big Business
May 12, 2009
The latest album for the rock band from Seattle was produced by Phil Ek.
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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.
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16.
Crack The Skye
by Mastodon
March 24, 2009
The fourth album from the Atlantia, Georgia rock band features songs about the murder of Rasputin.
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Steal This Album
by System Of A Down
November 26, 2002
Not the true follow-up to 'Toxicity' that fans were hoping for, 'Steal This Album' instead consists of outtakes from that 2001 album, originally leaked on the Internet in rough versions and now polished up for release on CD.
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Blood Mountain
by Mastodon
September 12, 2006
The Atlanta metal band's third album marks their major-label debut.
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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).
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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.
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21.
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.
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22.
Watershed
by Opeth
June 3, 2008
The Swedish metal band's ninth album is the first with Martin Axenrot and Fredrik Akesson, who replaced Martin Lopez and Peter Lindgren.
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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.
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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.
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25.
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.
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26.
obZen
by Meshuggah
March 11, 2008
The Swedish metal band releases its sixth studio album.
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27.
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.
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28.
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.
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29.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hypnotize
by System Of A Down
November 22, 2005
Co-produced by Rick Rubin, this 12-song disc was recorded during the same sessions as 'Mesmerize,' and is intended to be heard with that earlier 2005 disc as one complete set.
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34.
Start Something
by Lostprophets
February 3, 2004
This is the second album for the nu-metal band out of Wales.
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35.
Overcome
by All That Remains
September 16, 2008
The fourth album for the metal band was produced by Jason Suecof.
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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.
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Motorizer
by Motörhead
August 26, 2008
The British heavy metal band releases its latest album, produced with Cameron Webb.
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Black Cascade
by Wolves in the Throne Room
March 31, 2009
The third album for the Washington-based metal band was produced by Randall Dunn.
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Mezmerize
by System Of A Down
May 17, 2005
Rick Rubin co-produced this first of two planned 2005 releases for SOAD (with 'Hypnotize' coming in the fall).
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Ten Thousand Fists
by Disturbed
September 20, 2005
This is the third album for the alt-metal band fronted by David Draiman.
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Deftones
by Deftones
May 20, 2003
This self-titled release is the fourth studio album for the California alt-metal outfit.
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Wolfmother
by Wolfmother
May 2, 2006
This is the first full-length release for the hard-rocking, classic rock-influenced Australian power trio.
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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.
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Nostradamus
by Judas Priest
June 17, 2008
Rob Halford leads the metal band's latest release, a concept album based on the prophet Nostradamus.
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45.
Break The Cycle
by Staind
May 8, 2001
This is the sophomore major-label release for the New England alt-metal band.
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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.
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Burn Piano Island, Burn
by The Blood Brothers
March 18, 2003
Known for their loud, angry, and extreme take on metal (well, even more so than your average metal band), The Blood Brothers return with their third album in as many years.
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Les Voyages de l'ame
by Alcest
January 31, 2012
The French black metal band led by Neige releases its third album.
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49.
Pink
by Boris
May 16, 2006
The Japanese band named after a Melvins song releases their latest album.
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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))).
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51.
10,000 Days
by Tool
May 2, 2006
The dark, proggy, hugely-popular alt-metal outfit fronted by Maynard James Keenan returns with that rarest of things: a new Tool album. It's the band's first release in five years and just their fourth full-length in their 16-year history.
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52.
Iowa
by Slipknot
August 28, 2001
Produced by Ross Robinson, 'Iowa' is the metal band's third album.
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Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
by Slipknot
May 25, 2004
Rick Rubin produced this third LP for the popular mask-wearing Des Moines-based metal outfit, who are set to headline Ozzfest this summer.
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God Hates Us All
by Slayer
September 11, 2001
Produced by Matt Hyde, 'God Hates Us All' is the eighth studio album (and first in three years) for the Southern California thrash-metal band. Originally set for a July 2001 release, the album was delayed so that American Recordings head Rick Rubin and producer Sean Beavan could remix each of the tracks.
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55.
World Painted Blood
by Slayer
November 3, 2009
Greg Fidelman and Rick Rubin produced the latest disc for the thrash metal band.
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56.
Wavering Radiant
by Isis
May 5, 2009
The fifth album for the Los Angeles rock band was produced by Joe Barresi.
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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.
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Probot
by Probot
February 10, 2004
Probot is the all-star metal band founded by Nirvana/Foo Fighters drummer Dave Grohl and fronted by a variety of singers, including King Diamond, Max Cavalera (Sepultura), and Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead).
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59.
Born Into This
by The Cult
October 2, 2007
The latest album from the British metal band and its first on Roadrunner Records.
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Strange Cousins From The West
by Clutch
July 14, 2009
The first album on the band's own label was produced by J. Robbins.
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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.
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62.
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.
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63.
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.
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64.
Death Is This Communion
by High on Fire
September 18, 2007
The fourth album for the Oakland, California metal band.
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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.
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Feel The Steel
by Steel Panther
October 6, 2009
The second album for the Los Angeles band features The Darkness' Justin Hawkins and Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows as guest singers.
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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."
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Harmonicraft
by Torche
April 24, 2012
The third full-length album for the metal quartet from Miami was produced by the band's guitarist, Kurt Ballou.
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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."
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70.
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.
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Avenged Sevenfold
by Avenged Sevenfold
October 30, 2007
The Southern California group's self titled is their fourth album.
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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.
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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.
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74.
The Last Sucker
by Ministry
September 18, 2007
The final album for the industrial rock band.
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75.
Gods Of The Earth
by The Sword
April 1, 2008
This is the sophomore album for the metal band from Austin, Texas.
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76.
God Says No
by Monster Magnet
March 27, 2001
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What We All Come To Need
by Pelican
October 27, 2009
This is the fourth album for the metal band from Chicago.
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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.
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Indestructible
by Disturbed
June 3, 2008
This is the fourth album for the Chicago-based metal band.
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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.
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One Day As A Lion [EP]
by One Day As A Lion
July 22, 2008
Rage Against the Machine's Zack De La Rocha releases his solo EP, which includes Mars Volta's Jon Theodore on drums.
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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.
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83.
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).
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Nude With Boots
by The Melvins
July 8, 2008
The latest album for the metal band from Washington includes members from Big Business who joined the band on their last album.
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85.
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.
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The Chair In The Doorway
by Living Colour
September 15, 2009
The New York band returns after five years to release its fifth album.
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The Best In Town
by The Blackout
June 9, 2009
This is the second full-length album for the Welsh hard rock band.
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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.
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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.
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90.
Static Tensions
by Kylesa
March 17, 2009
The latest album for the metal band from Savannah, Georgia is its second featuring two drummers.
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All Hope Is Gone
by Slipknot
August 26, 2008
The fourth album for the metal band was produced with Dave Fortman.
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Light Grenades
by Incubus
November 28, 2006
The California alt-metal band returns with its first album in nearly three years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fortress
by Protest the Hero
January 29, 2008
The sophomore album for the post-hardcore/metal band from Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
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Christ Illusion
by Slayer
August 8, 2006
This is the first studio output for the original lineup of the metal band since 1990's Seasons In The Abyss.
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99.
Liberation Transmission
by Lostprophets
June 27, 2006
This is the third album for the hard-rocking Welsh band.
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Cosmic Egg
by Wolfmother
October 26, 2009
The second album for the Australian rock band was produced by Alan Moulder.
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