Loudwire Staff

See all the new releases coming each week of 2026.

On replay all year.

Your 2025 hard rock and metal album release calendar is here!

Metal is in a healthy place as we enter the back half of the 2020s.

What a year! We'll be listening to these for a long, long time.

Recapping the very best rock and metal albums of the year.

Tens of thousands of rock songs have been released over the last 25 years and these 25 are the very best.

What are the best rock and metal albums of 2025 so far? Come find out and see how many of your favorites are here!

See the best metal albums of the last 25 years, from 2000 through 2024

What an incredible catalog.