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Tiger Flowers
The Vicious Heart

Break a neck to New York metal outfit Tiger Flowers' new EP 'The Vicious Heart', which is streaming in full right now.

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Blackout
The Horse

Fuzzed-out psychedelic doom metal outfit Blackout hails from Brooklyn and this is the band's forthcoming album 'The Horse'. Stream it now a few days early.

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WODE
Servants of the Countercosmos

British black metal outfit WODE are about to drop their new neck breaker 'Servants of the Countercosmos'. Stream it now in full in case you need of a decent beating.

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Northern Haze
SINNAKTUQ (EDITION)

Legendary Inuit rock band Northern Haze are digitally releasing their 2012 collection for the first time this month, but you can stream it now.

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Higher Power
Soul Structure

Leeds hardcore outfit Higher Power stream their upcoming debut album 'Soul Structure'. Break a neck for the guys!

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Ball
Ball

Check out Swedish psych hard-rock trio Ball and their upcoming self-titled debut album. The band claims it's playing Hard Rock from hell, so if you've ever been interested in that...

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Earth Electric
Vol.1 Solar

Warm up your neck and stream the new album 'Vol.1 Solar' by metal outfit Earth Electric in full.

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Rosen Bridge
Dreamcatcher

Stream Welsh metalcore five-piece Rosen Bridge's upcoming new EP 'Dreamcatcher' right now in full. It's self-released so go ahead and support the band!

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Succumb
Succumb

San Francisco death metal upstarts Succumb are streaming their forthcoming self-titled album. Get your beating now.

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Extremity
Extremely Fucking Dead

Oh my...this debut album 'Extremely Fucking Dead' by Oakland death metal supergroup Extremity is exactly what you would expect.

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Fuoco Fatuo
Backwater

Italian funeral doom outfit Fuoco Fatuo offer their upcoming new album 'Backwater' for you to stream in full. Click here if you can handle metal abstraction.

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Prisoner
Beyond The Infinite

With extreme noise comes extreme terror. Stream the industrial infused and synth supported hardcore LP 'Beyond The Infinite' by Prisoner in full and get pummeled.

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Listen to heavy metal albums online

From Black Sabbath to Iron Maiden, from Linkin Park to Korn, from Blind Guardian to Judas Priest, Airbourne or whatever band of guitar workers you have fallen for: This is your place to be. On albumstreams.com we collect free heavy metal and hard rock album streams of records that are not officially available yet but that are officially streaming ahead of release.

So if it's a free album stream of Dream Theater you are looking for, search no more. But if you are not much into progressive metal but more the Panda type of person addicted to doom or death metal, why not stream Abbath's new solo album?

What is the difference between heavy metal and hard rock?

Well, of course there are a lot of hybrids between hard rock and heavy metal in general. But lyrically spoken some say that heavy metal is usually about dark stuff and world domination while hard rock is typically more phallic and turns to sex. Others say that anything before 1978 with distorted guitars can be called hard rock. Of course, this is a bit easy. We'd say hard rock usually has a more bluesy undertone and follows strict rules of a driving rhythm which is combined with more simplistic riffs that are repeated quite often. It feels tight. Having been developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s heavy metal in turn usually has this wall of sound going on, where guitar play relies heavily on epic riffs, fancy solo work and creates this thick and massive sound.

There are tons of heavy metal sub-genres. And in case you really want to learn about the different styles and genres of heavy metal and gain an in-depth knowledge on the topic, we totally recommend the Map of Metal.

Free heavy metal and hard rock albums

So, in case you are ready now to break a neck or two, to bang your head and get lost in some heavy riffing we welcome you to listen to the free heavy metal and hard rock album streams we have collected for you. If you find any other albums or want to promote your own, just drop us a note let us know!