Good major Label Rock/Metal albums from Late 90's-2008?

I'm actually surprised 1) that they haven't been mentioned on this thread yet, period; and 2) that they weren't mentioned in response to Scott's comment that "there are job openings for anthem rockers": Coheed And Cambria. Their prog reputation is overinflated; their songs are catchy as fuck and sound like 80s AOR/prog (Asia, Triumph) more than 70s bloat-tastic prog (Yes, ELP). Their biggest problem is that their lead singer looks like Sweetums, the Muppet monster, and his voice is too weirdly high to take them into serious commercial territory, but the guy knows how to write a riff and a chorus. They're probably the most unfashionable band on Earth, but I like 'em.

Uh not really, given that the vast majority of the best rock albums (I'd say this would be a near-consensus opinion, not just mine) come out on independent labels...
-- DJ Mencap, Monday, 14 July 2008 15:06 (Yesterday) Link

I think that needs some qualification, particularly with regards to 'best'. The albums that most people liked (ie which sold the most) from hard rock and heavy metal are usually on majors, such as:
Metallica
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
Guns N Roses
Nickelback
Pantera
Deep Purple
Foo Fighters
Slayer (dodgy, Def American may count as CBS/Warner?)
Thin Lizzy
Iron Maiden
Judas Briest
Black Sabbath
Limp Bizkit
Foo Fighters
Nirvana
FNM
Soundgarden
etc.

Given the number of indie labels there probably are more hard rock & metal releases on them mind.

But Limp Bizkit and Nickelback are hardly examples of Good major label hard rock/metal bands

However, Soundgarden is a perfect example. Superunknown is one of the best rock albums of the '90s. But since it's early '90s, it doesn't really count for this thread, unfortunately.

i was basically going with 1997-2008 as whiney mentioned 1997 originally

the problem with this thread is that the only good one was the colour and the shape and ppl need to just deal with it

haha

I was going to say Sepultura Roots but that's on Roadrunner so I guess it doesn't count...

But Limp Bizkit and Nickelback are hardly examples of Good major label hard rock/metal bands.
-- Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:20 (2 days ago) Link

I'm not saying that it's good, just that most people think it is (based on popularity), which is different to what Mencap was saying.

Does Down's NOLA count? It was '95 (iffy) but came out on Elektra. That disc eats pussies like Pearl Jam and Nirvana for breakfast. It's monstrous.

i liked stone temple pilot's 4 album. from 1999. that was a good hard rock record.

i would bring up nine inch nails on here, but i didn't dig the fragile that much and downward spiral is too early for this thread.