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Les Chants de l'aurore
Les Chants de l'aurore ("The Songs of Dawn") is Alcest's seventh studio album, released June 21, 2024 on Nuclear Blast; seven tracks, 43:38, self-recorded, peaked at number 14 in Germany.
Let There Be Rock
Let There Be Rock is AC/DC's fourth Australian studio album, recorded at Albert Studios Sydney from January 1977, released 21 March 1977 (Alberts/EMI) and 25 July 1977 internationally on Atlantic, produced by Harry Vanda and George Young.
Liebe ist für alle da
Liebe ist für alle da is Rammstein's sixth studio album, released 16 October 2009 on Universal. Recorded in California with Jacob Hellner, it hit number 1 in eight countries, went platinum in a week, and was indexed by Germany's BPjM before courts reversed the ban in 2010.
Life Is Peachy
Life Is Peachy is Korn's second studio album, released October 15, 1996 on Immortal/Epic, produced by Ross Robinson. It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 with 106,000 first-week US sales, went RIAA platinum in December 1997, and features Chino Moreno on "Wicked".
Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven
Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven (Levez Vos Skinny Fists Comme Antennas to Heaven) is a 2000 double album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor: four tracks, Storm, Static, Sleep, Antennas to Heaven, about 87 minutes, Metascore 84.
Liturgy of Death
Liturgy of Death is the seventh studio album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem, released February 6, 2026 on Century Media; 8 tracks, 48:54, produced by Tore Stjerna, themed on death, with Garm guesting.
Load (album)
Load (1996) is Metallica's sixth studio album, produced by Bob Rock, a hard rock turn after the Black Album with 14 tracks over nearly 80 minutes, five million US sales, and the companion ReLoad in 1997.
Lonely People with Power
Lonely People With Power is the sixth studio album by Deafheaven, released March 28, 2025 on Roadrunner Records. Twelve tracks, about an hour, produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen; it returned the band to blackgaze heaviness after Infinite Granite, with guests Jae Matthews and Paul Banks.
Love Is Not Enough (Converge album)
Love Is Not Enough is the eleventh studio album by metalcore band Converge, released February 13, 2026 on Epitaph/Deathwish. Ten songs in about 31 minutes, recorded by Kurt Ballou at God City, followed by Hum of Hurt in June 2026.
Love Metal
Love Metal (2003) is the fourth studio album by Finnish band HIM, produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa and mixed by Tim Palmer. It hit No.1 in Finland and Germany, reached UK No.55, and established Valo's self-coined "love metal" genre.
Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacio
Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio (Dirty Profit; The Eyes of the Void) is The Mars Volta's ninth studio album, released April 11, 2025 on Clouds Hill: 18 tracks, about 49 minutes, jazz and electronica influences, leaked before announcement.
Mantras (Alien Ant Farm album)
Mantras (stylized ~mAntras~) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alien Ant Farm, released April 26, 2024 on Megaforce/MRI, their first album in nine years, self-produced in Mike Cosgrove's home studio, including a Wham! cover.
Marrow Deep
Marrow Deep is Mastodon's ninth studio album, released August 28, 2026 on Loma Vista. Its first without Brent Hinds and with guitarist Nick Johnston and keyboardist João Nogueira, it mourns Hinds and Dailor's mother, with guests Geezer Butler, Josh Homme, and Neil Fallon.
Master of Puppets
Master of Puppets is Metallica's third studio album, released March 3, 1986 on Elektra. Recorded in Copenhagen with Flemming Rasmussen, it peaked at Billboard number 29, sold over 10 million copies, and was the first metal album in the National Recording Registry.
Master of Reality
Master of Reality is Black Sabbath's third studio album, released July 21, 1971 on Vertigo and Warner Bros. Recorded at Island Studios with producer Rodger Bain, its C# downtuned guitar and bass laid the foundation for doom and stoner metal.
Megadeth (album)
Megadeth is the 17th and final studio album by Megadeth, released January 23, 2026 on Tradecraft/BLKIIBLK. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and ARIA charts and includes the bonus cover "Ride the Lightning".
Meliora (album)
Meliora is the third studio album by Swedish band Ghost, released August 21, 2015 on Loma Vista. Produced by Klas Åhlund, themed on the absence of God, it reached number one in Sweden and won a Grammy for Cirice.
Merciless (Body Count album)
Merciless is Body Count's eighth studio album, released November 22, 2024 on Century Media, produced by Will Putney, with guests Max Cavalera, Corpsegrinder, Howard Jones, Joe Bad, and David Gilmour on a Comfortably Numb rework.
Metal Forth
Metal Forth is BABYMETAL's fourth original album, released August 8, 2025 on Capitol Records; a 10-track, 35-minute collaboration-heavy record with Poppy, Electric Callboy, Spiritbox, and Tom Morello that debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, a first for a Japanese act.
Metal Galaxy
Metal Galaxy is Babymetal's third studio album, released worldwide October 11, 2019, its first as a duo after Yuimetal's 2018 departure. A concept album about a spaceship odyssey to the metal galaxies, it features guests F. Hero, Alissa White-Gluz, Joakim Brodén, and Polyphia's Tim Henson and Scott LePage.
Metal Health
Metal Health (1983) is Quiet Riot's third album, produced by Spencer Proffer at Pasha Music House, Hollywood. First heavy metal album to top the Billboard 200, displacing Synchronicity; sold about 5.5 million copies.
Metallica (album)
Metallica (The Black Album), Metallica's self-titled fifth studio album, released August 12, 1991, produced by Bob Rock; debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, 2x Diamond RIAA, about 30 million copies sold.
Meteora (album)
Meteora is Linkin Park's second studio album, released March 25, 2003 on Warner Bros. Produced with Don Gilmore, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with over 810,000 copies, spawned "Numb" and "Somewhere I Belong", and has sold over 8 million US copies.
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory is a 1999 concept album by Dream Theater, its first with keyboardist Jordan Rudess, telling a story of past lives and murder.
Miss Machine
Miss Machine (2004) is The Dillinger Escape Plan's second album and first with vocalist Greg Puciato, released by Relapse; 11 tracks, 40 minutes, UK rock chart No. 10.
Mob Rules (album)
Mob Rules (album), Black Sabbath's tenth studio album (November 4, 1981), second with Ronnie James Dio and first with Vinny Appice, produced by Martin Birch; title track from the Heavy Metal soundtrack, remastered in 1996, 2008, 2010, and 2021 deluxe editions.
Mötley Crüe (album)
Mötley Crüe (1994) is the band's sixth studio album, self-titled on Elektra, produced by Bob Rock, the only album with singer John Corabi instead of Vince Neil; it peaked at No. 7 in the U.S., went gold, and sold about 500,000 copies.
Motörhead (album)
Motörhead (1977) is the self-titled debut album by Motörhead, the eponymous Chiswick Records release. Recorded in days at Escape Studios with Speedy Keen, it peaked at UK number 43 and introduced the Snaggletooth logo.
Mutter (album)
Mutter, Rammstein's third studio album (German for "Mother"), released 2 April 2001 on Vertigo/Capitol; produced by Jacob Hellner, recorded at Studio Miraval in France, debuted at number 1 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Never Enough (Turnstile album)
Never Enough is the fourth studio album by Baltimore hardcore punk band Turnstile, released June 6, 2025, on Roadrunner Records; produced by Brendan Yates, it debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200 and won the 2026 Grammy for Best Rock Album.