20 Albums That Turn 25 in 2025

With the new year now underway, it’s the perfect time to look back on the annals of heavy metal history and see what came before. A quarter of a century ago, the world had just gotten over its Y2K fears. The economy was good, boy bands and emo was blowing up the radio, and the Osbournes were regular mainstays on our television screens.

Yet when you look back at the metal music that came out in 2000, it’s kinda… rough. Nu metal was still the rage, but the rest of the genre was kinda going through it. Still, we got some great releases. The following are just 20 metal albums from 2000 — listed in alphabetical order — that are still worth checking out.

Black Label Society – Stronger than Death

Deftones – White Pony

Disturbed – The Sickness

Dying Fetus – Destroy the Opposition

Electric Wizard – Dopethrone

Godsmack – Awake

Halford – Resurrection

High On Fire – The Art of Self Defense

In Flames – Clayman

Iron Maiden – Brave New World

Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage

Kittie – Spit

Lamb of God – New American Gospel

Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory

Mudvayne – L.D. 50

Pantera – Reinventing the Steel

Papa Roach – Infest

Rage Against the Machine – Renegades

Shadows Fall – Of One Blood