Yes, 2005 was 20 years ago…. and there were so many great metal albums released that year. Check out our comprehensive list of all the albums turning 20 in 2025 below and chime in with your favorite!
Arch Enemy – Doomsday Machine
As I Lay Dying – Shadows Are Security
August Burns Red – Thrill Seeker
Avenged Sevenfold – City of Evil
Bolt Thrower – Those Once Loyal
Bullet For My Valentine – The Poison
Candlemass – Candlemass
Cephalic Carnage – Anomalies
Children of Bodom – Are You Dead Yet?
Chimaira – Chimaira
Chiodos – All’s Well That Ends Well
Clutch – Robot Hive/Exodus
Dark Tranquility – Character
Despised Icon – The Healing Process
DevilDriver – The Fury of Our Maker’s Hand
Disturbed – Ten Thousand Fists
Dope – American Apathy
Dream Theater – Octavarium
Epica – Consign To Oblivion
Every Time I Die – Gutter Phenomenon
Fear Factory – Transgression
From Autumn To Ashes – Abandon Your Friends
God Forbid – IV: Constitution of Treason
Gojira – From Mars to Sirius
Hate Eternal – I, Monarch
High On Fire – Blessed Black Wings
Immolation – Harnessing Ruin
Job For A Cowboy – Doom
Judas Priest – Angel of Retribution
Kamelot – The Black Halo
Korn – See You on the Other Side
Kreator – Enemy of God
Life of Agony – Broken Valley
Lordi – The Monster Show
Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree
Mudvayne – Lost And Found
Napalm Death – The Code Is Red… Long Live The Code
Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor
Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked
Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth
Obituary – Frozen In Time
Parkway Drive – Killing With A Smile
Primordial – The Gathering Wilderness
Protest The Hero – Kezia
Queens of the Stone Age – Lullabies to Paralyze
Rammstein – Rosenrot
Scar Symmetry – Symmetric In Design
Sevendust – Next
Soilwork – Stabbing the Drama
Static-X – Start A War
Stick To Your Guns – For What It’s Worth
System of a Down – Mezmerize & Hypnotize
The Black Dahlia Murder – Miasma
The Red Chord – Clients
Throwdown – Vendetta
Trivium – Ascendancy
Winds of Plague – A Cold Day In Hell
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