Best Metal post-2005

What are the Top 5 (or your 5 favorite) post-2005 albums by 80s-established Metal bands (any sub-genre). It can be any bands/albums as long as the BAND is from the 80s but the ALBUM is from 2005 OR AFTER.
Post a video, if you can.

GO!!

Let me just jot some initial thoughts down and I'll add some & pare this down and add videos later.

ELIMINATOR - Breaking the Wheel (2008)
JUDAS PRIEST - Angel of Retribution (2005)
CAULDRON BORN - Sword and Sorcery Heavy Metal (2014)
FAITH FACTOR - Against a Darkened Sky (2008)
MEGADETH - Endgame (2009)
SLAYER - World Painted Blood (2009)

Anthrax - Worship Music



Overkill - Ironbound



Satan - Life Sentence



Oz - Burning Leather



Megadeth - United Abominations



Others:

Meliah Rage - Masquerade
Hell - Human Remains

Only problem I see so far is that ACCEPT, SAXON, MOTORHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST are all 70s bands (first albums came out in the 70s).

Try again.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Only problem I see so far is that ACCEPT, MOTORHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST are both 70s bands (first albums came out in the 70s).

Try again.

Damn! Back to the drawing board!

Can't do a Top 5 but, if 2005 counts:

Third World Genocide -- Nuclear Assault
Sacrifice -- Saxon
Call to Arms -- Saxon

SAXON is a 70s band.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Only problem I see so far is that ACCEPT, SAXON, MOTORHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST are all 70s bands (first albums came out in the 70s).

Try again.

Obviously your game your rules but technically you said "80s-established Metal bands" so I would say that all of these band properly established themselves in the '80s. I would however cry foul on Hell as they didn't even release an album in the '80s.

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Boris2008 wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Only problem I see so far is that ACCEPT, SAXON, MOTORHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST are all 70s bands (first albums came out in the 70s).

Try again.

Obviously your game your rules but technically you said "80s-established Metal bands" so I would say that all of these band properly established themselves in the '80s. I would however cry foul on Hell as they didn't even release an album in the '80s.

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Hell released the Save Us From Those Who Would Save Us single in 1983.

Does Iron Maiden qualify as an 80s band since their commercial debut album was released in 1980? I think they do, but some may argue the self-produced Soundhouse Tapes disqualifies them.

When I said "80s-estasblished Metal band" I mean a band that was established as an entity in the 80s, meaning released their first album/EP/single, whatever.

tied with

S.D. wrote:

Does Iron Maiden qualify as an 80s band since their commercial debut album was released in 1980?  I think they do, but some may argue the self-produced Soundhouse Tapes disqualifies them.

Official commercial debut.

CANDLEMASS - Candlemass


VICIOUS RUMORS - Razorback Killers


TESTAMENT - The Formation Of Damnation


ARMORED SAINT - La Raza


FATES WARNING - Darkness In A Different Light

Iron Maiden- A Matter of Life and Death
Trouble- For Those Which Are Asleep
Testament-Dark Roots of the Earth
Tesla- Simplicity
Rage- Carved in Stone
Dirty Looks- California Free Ride

That "Trouble" album is actually under a different band name; The Skull, so it wouldn't count for this list.

Anthrax: Worship Music
Iron Maiden: A Matter of Life and Death
Helloween: 7 Sinners
Metal Church: Generation Nothing
Saint: Hell Blade

S.D. wrote:

That "Trouble" album is actually under a different band name; The Skull, so it wouldn't count for this list.

My bad, forgot about that. Still, a fantastic album.

rajah wrote:

S.D. wrote:

That "Trouble" album is actually under a different band name; The Skull, so it wouldn't count for this list.

My bad, forgot about that. Still, a fantastic album.

Yes, it is. If they had used the name Trouble I would have put it on my list too.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Only problem I see so far is that ACCEPT, SAXON, MOTORHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST are all 70s bands (first albums came out in the 70s).

Try again.

Even without your ultra-strict qualifications I can think of very, very few great metal albums since 2005.

It's sobering to reflect on.

Temple of Blood wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Only problem I see so far is that ACCEPT, SAXON, MOTORHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST are all 70s bands (first albums came out in the 70s).

Try again.

Even without your ultra-strict qualifications I can think of very, very few great metal albums since 2005.

It's sobering to reflect on.

For my tastes there have been plenty of truly great metal records in the last 10 years, just that very few of them have been made by old guys who did their best work 25 years ago.

1. Death Angel "Relentless Retribution" (2010)
2. Testament "The Formation of Damnation" (2008)
3. Overkill "Ironbound" (2010)
4. Death Angel "The Dream Calls For Blood" (2013)
5. Anthrax "Worship Music" (2011)

By the way, I would never use the word "from" the 80's; I would've used the word "established" in the 80's.

Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
Fates Warning - Darkness In A Different Light
Megadeth - End Game

I could probably change out the last three with other releases......