Albums of Alternative Rock music
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Alter Bridge
Blackbird (UK Special Edition) '2007 -
Muse
Haarp (Live From Wembley Stadium, London,17 June 2007) '2008 -
Athena
Hersey Yolunda '2002 -
David Gilmour
Live In Gdansk (CD2) '2008 -
Cure, The
Greatest Hits (CD1) '2001 -
Linkin Park
In The End: Live & Rare '2002 -
Linkin Park
One Step Closer '2001 -
Weezer
Blue Album Deluxe Edition (CD1) '2004 -
Cure, The
Greatest Hits (CD2) '2001 -
Starsailor
Four To The Floor '2004 -
Wings Of Steel
Homesick '1992 -
Midnight Oil
20,000 Watt R.S.L. '1997 -
Nirvana
In Utero (20th Anniversary) '1993 -
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Breaking Benjamin
Dark Before Dawn '2015 -
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Stereophonics
Scream Above The Sounds (Deluxe Edition) '2017 -
Beck
Odelay (CD2) '1996 -
Saga
Wildest Dreams '1987 -
Tv In Flames
Drool '1993 -
Secret Machines
The Road Leads Where It's Led '2005 -
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As If '2015 -
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R.E.M.
Automatic For The People '1992 -
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
What Hits!? '1992 -
Zuch Kazik
Zakażone Piosenki '2014 -
Edwyn Collins
A Girl Like You '1994 -
Deep Blue Something
Home '1995 -
Barenaked Ladies
Gordon '1992 -
Subways, The
The Subways '2015 -
Fionn Regan
The End Of History '2006 -
Avril Lavigne
Let Go '2002 -
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
From Her To Eternity [1996 Japan, PCCY-00915] '1984 -
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blood Sugar Sex Magik '1991 -
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Supertramp
Crime Of The Century '1974 -
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Wallflowers, The
Red Letter Days '2002 [SACD] -
Midnight Oil
Unplugged In Calgary '1993 -
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Goo Goo Dolls
Dizzy Up The Girl '1998 -
Therapy?
High Anxiety '2003 -
Status Quo
In The Army Now (2010) '2010 -
Godley & Creme
Images '2001 -
Linkin Park
New Divide '2009 -
Grand Theft
Hiking Into Eternity '1972 -
Mr. So & So
Paraphernalia '1992 -
Radiohead
Creep '1993 -
Nirvana
Nevermind (4CD) '2011 -
Beck
Odelay (CD1) '1996 -
Mr. So & So
Compendium '1995 -
Weezer
Blue Album Deluxe Edition (CD2) '2004 -
Saga
The Beginner's Guide To Throwing Shapes '1989 -
Nirvana
Nevermind '1991 -
Bring Me the Horizon
Ludens '2019 -
Tom Walker
What A Time To Be Alive (Deluxe Edition) [Hi-Res] '2019 -
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Stereophonics
Kind (Deluxe) [Hi-Res] '2019 -
Young Medicine
Interlinked '2019 -
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R.E.M.
Monster (25th Anniversary Edition Remastered) '2019 -
R.E.M.
Monster (25th Anniversary Edition Remastered) '2019 -
Skillet
Awake '2009 -
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Nirvana
Bleach (Deluxe Edition) [Hi-Res] '2009 -
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Nirvana
In Utero (20th Anniversary Remaster) '1993 -
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Skillet
Legendary '2019 -
Skillet
Legendary '2019 -
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Thom Yorke
Anima [Hi-Res] '2019 -
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Bring Me The Horizon
Amo '2019 -
Alaskalaska
The Dots '2019 -
Alaskalaska
The Dots [Hi-Res] '2019
Alternative metal together with grunge began to gain ground in the early 1990s. Its features include heavy guitar riffs and peculiarities of alt-rock – unusual lyrics, uncommon technical tricks, the non-acceptance of conventions and traditions of heavy music, conjunction of metal with a variety of musical genres. Also, this term can be applied to heavier alt-rock.
Directions of the genre
Funk metal
This is an interfacial music genre that emerged in the 1980s. As a general rule, it includes elements of funk. This is reflected in a combination of heavy riffs with distinctive funk bass (slap technique). These peculiarities can be the best traced listening to songs in FLAC rather than MP3 format. The subgenre frequently employs elements of rap and rock, which is why it often overlaps with rap core and rap metal. The bands that make people download alternative metal music of this subgenre are Hot Action Cop, Primus, Incubus (early) etc.
Nu-metal
In the mid-90s currently worldwide famous bands Korn and Deftones developed this subgenre on the basis of groove, hip-hop, grunge and other styles. In the future, groups like Disturbed, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit influenced the evolution of the subgenre. Also, a special place in the genre occupies a band System of a Down. Other outstanding representatives that make fans download alternative metal music of the subgenre are Papa Roach, Mudvayne, Kittie, Finger Eleven.
Industrial metal
This is another subgenre, which became especially popular in Germany thanks to bands like Rammstein and Oomph! The founders of the style are groups Ministry, Killing Joke, Godflesh.
Metalcore
The most famous representatives that encourage people to download alternative metal music of the subgenre are As I Lay Dying, Bullet For My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, Trivium and others.
The best ones
It is impossible to limit the list of the greatest representatives of alternative music to smaller number of groups, because each band is unique and has its army of fans. So, according to Internet sites, the list includes:
- Alice in Chains
- System of a Down
- Tool
- Faith No More
- Slipknot
- Korn
- Deftones
- Linkin Park
- Three Days Grace
The most popular alternative metal songs are:
- Korn – “Freak on a Leash” (1999)
- Papa Roach – “Last Resort” (2000)
- Staind – “It’s Been Awhile” (2001)
- System of a Down – “Aerials” (2002)
- Disturbed – “Inside the Fire” (2008)
- Slipknot – “Psychosocial” (2008)
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