The following are just 20 metal albums from 2000 — listed in alphabetical order — that are still worth checking out.

On their first two albums, 2020’s Pagan Rhythms and 2022’s Deathwestern. Stu Folsom’s Las Vegas punk-metal crew SpiritWorld explored the darker, grimier side of the cinematic myth of the American West ...

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The late 1970s was one of the wildest eras ever in music, as genres formed and imploded with random, rapid flair. In 1979, "Pop Muzik" seemed to anticipate the decade to come in the way that it melded ...

Pop Smoke’s voice is unforgettable — a deep, gravelly tone that carries both menace and charm. A pioneer of Brooklyn drill, he took a genre rooted in the streets and propelled it into the global ...

Bob Mould returns in 2025 with new album 'Here We Go Crazy,' the former Husker Du rocker’s first LP in nearly five years.