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Portrait of an American Family
Portrait of an American Family is the 1994 debut album by Marilyn Manson, released July 19 on Nothing/Interscope Records, produced by Trent Reznor and Mr. Manson, and ranked on Rolling Stone's 2017 metal list.
Post Human: Nex Gen
POST HUMAN: NeX GEn (Post Human: Nex Gen) is Bring Me the Horizon's album, surprise-released digitally 24 May 2024 via Sony/RCA as the second of four POST HUMAN installments. Sixteen tracks blend metalcore, pop-punk and hyperpop around a hidden sci-fi concept; it peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.
Power Metal (album)
Power Metal (album): Pantera's fourth studio album, released June 24, 1988 on Metal Magic Records; first Pantera record with vocalist Phil Anselmo, largely heavy/speed metal with glam remnants, sold about 30,000 copies, never officially reissued.
PowerNerd
PowerNerd is Devin Townsend's 2024 solo album on InsideOut Music, written in 11 days, recorded after his planned lineup collapsed, with Darby Todd on drums; first of a four-album cycle. Not the Viennese synthwave artist Powernerd.
Powerslave
Powerslave is Iron Maiden's fifth studio album, released 3 September 1984 on EMI, produced by Martin Birch at Compass Point Studios, Bahamas; Egyptian-themed record with Eddie-as-pharaoh cover, "Aces High," "2 Minutes to Midnight," and the Coleridge-based "Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
Prequelle
Prequelle is the fourth studio album by Swedish rock band Ghost, released June 1, 2018 on Loma Vista, produced by Tom Dalgety. A Black Plague concept album introducing Cardinal Copia, it hit No. 3 on Billboard, No. 10 in the UK, and scored 81 on Metacritic.
Presence (album)
Presence (1976) is Led Zeppelin's seventh studio album, released on Swan Song Records. Recorded in 18 days in Munich with Robert Plant in a wheelchair after his 1975 car crash, it hit number one but became their lowest-selling studio album.
Primo Victoria
Primo Victoria is Sabaton's first released studio album (March 4, 2005, Black Lodge Records, produced by Tommy Tägtgren), defining the Swedish power metal band's history-based war theme, with the title track about the 1944 D-Day landings.
Private Music (album)
private music is the tenth studio album by Sacramento alternative metal band Deftones, released August 22, 2025 on Reprise/Warner. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz, 11 tracks, 42 minutes; debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and earned a Metacritic score of 90.
Psycho Circus
Psycho Circus is a 1998 studio album by the American rock band Kiss, released on Mercury Records and credited to the original lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss.
Pure Ecstasy
Pure Ecstasy is the sixth studio album by Ohio metalcore band Beartooth, released August 28, 2026 on Fearless Records. Eleven tracks co-produced by Caleb Shomo and Jordan Fish, written around Shomo's coming out as a gay man.
Rage Against the Machine (album)
Rage Against the Machine is the 1992 debut album by the American rock band of the same name, blending rap vocals, heavy metal riffs, and political lyrics.
Ram It Down
Ram It Down (1988) is Judas Priest's eleventh studio album, produced by Tom Allom on Columbia. Born from the split Twin Turbos project, largely drum-machine-driven, gold in the US, and the last album with drummer Dave Holland.
Redeemer of Souls
Redeemer of Souls is the seventeenth studio album by the British heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in July 2014 and their first without guitarist K.K. Downing.
Reflections (From Ashes to New album)
Reflections is the fifth studio album by Pennsylvania band From Ashes to New, released April 17, 2026 via Better Noise Music, made after the band scrapped 16 demos, with "Drag Me" giving them their first Billboard Mainstream Rock No. 1.
Reign in Blood
Reign in Blood, Slayer's third studio album (Def Jam, October 7, 1986), produced by Rick Rubin: a ten-track, roughly 29-minute thrash landmark featuring "Angel of Death," released via Geffen after CBS refused, peaking at No. 94 on the Billboard 200.
Reise, Reise
Reise, Reise is Rammstein's fourth studio album, released 27 September 2004, recorded in Malaga, Spain, produced by Jacob Hellner; reached German number 1 and went double platinum.
Repentless
Repentless is Slayer's twelfth and final studio album, released September 11, 2015 on Nuclear Blast, produced by Terry Date, the first without Jeff Hanneman, featuring Gary Holt and Paul Bostaph, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200.
Results May Vary
Results May Vary is Limp Bizkit's fourth studio album, released September 23, 2003 on Flip/Interscope. Their only album without Wes Borland, recorded with replacement Mike Smith after scrapped sessions, it earned a Metacritic score of 33 and peaked at number 7 in the UK.
Ride the Lightning
Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1984. Recorded in Copenhagen, it expanded thrash metal with structured songs and darker lyrics.
Risk (Megadeth album)
Risk (1999), Megadeth's eighth studio album on Capitol, recorded in Nashville with producer Dann Huff; a hard rock/electronica departure from metal, Jimmy DeGrasso's studio debut, Marty Friedman's last Megadeth album.
Roots (Sepultura album)
Roots (1996, Roadrunner) is Sepultura's sixth studio album, its last with Max Cavalera, blending downtuned groove metal, Brazilian percussion, and Xavante field recordings; it hit Billboard 200 #27, sold over 2 million copies, and prefigured nu metal.
Rosenrot
Rosenrot, Rammstein's fifth studio album (Vertigo Berlin, October 28, 2005), 11 tracks largely from Reise, Reise outtakes plus six new songs; number 1 in Germany, Austria, Estonia, Finland, and Mexico.
Rust in Peace
Rust in Peace is Megadeth's fourth studio album, released September 24, 1990 on Capitol Records, produced by Dave Mustaine and Mike Clink. The first album with Marty Friedman and Nick Menza, it features Holy Wars... The Punishment Due and Hangar 18, was certified Gold, and was nominated for the 1991 Best Metal Performance Grammy.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Black Sabbath's fifth studio album, released December 1, 1973 on Vertigo and Warner Bros. Written at Clearwell Castle after writer's block, with Rick Wakeman on keyboards; first Sabbath album with positive mainstream reviews and fifth US platinum album.
Sabotage (Black Sabbath album)
Sabotage is Black Sabbath's sixth studio album, released July 28, 1975, the last of the original lineup's classic run, recorded at Morgan Studios amid litigation with manager Patrick Meehan, featuring Hole in the Sky, Symptom of the Universe, and The Writ.
Sad Wings of Destiny
Sad Wings of Destiny, Judas Priest's second album (Gull, March 23, 1976), recorded at Rockfield Studios, peaked at UK number 48 and became a blueprint for NWOBHM and thrash metal.
Saturday Night Wrist
Saturday Night Wrist is the fifth studio album by the band Deftones, released on October 31, 2006, through Maverick Records and its last with bassist Chi Cheng.
Savage Imperial Death March
Savage Imperial Death March is a collaborative album by sludge band the Melvins and grindcore band Napalm Death, released April 10, 2026 on Ipecac Recordings with eight tracks; an earlier six-song version appeared in 2025 via Amphetamine Reptile Records.
Scream (Ozzy Osbourne album)
Scream (2010, Epic Records) is Ozzy Osbourne's tenth studio album, produced with Kevin Churko, featuring new guitarist Gus G after Zakk Wylde's departure; it peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 with the single "Let Me Hear You Scream".