Loudwire Staff

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

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.

The 2000s was an incredibly strong decade for heavy metal of all subgenres, new and old. Here are the 50 best albums from that beloved era.

Which songs would you pledge your allegiance to being the National Anthems of both rock and metal? Our Loudwire staffers weigh in with their thoughts.

We've got questions after seeing the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations list. Do you feel the same?