April showers bring May flowers…as well as some stunning album anniversaries to celebrate. Wanna feel old? Twenty One Pilots‘ breakout album, Blurryface, is turning 10 years old on May 17. Or… better yet… Fall Out Boy‘s From Under The Cork Tree, which features the iconic “Dance, Dance” and “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” is turning a whopping 20 years old on May 3. I know, I know… even though some of us have gray hairs, these albums still hit as hard as they did when they debuted. Check out these rock, pop-punk, and metal May album anniversaries below.
Fall Out Boy — From Under The Cork Tree
Released on: May 3, 2005 via Island Records
Standout tracks: “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” & “Dance, Dance”
Nine Inch Nails — With Teeth
Released on: May 3, 2005 via Nothing Records and Interscope Records
Standout tracks: “The Hand That Feeds” & “Only”
Title Fight — Shed
Released on: May 3, 2011 via SideOneDummy Records
Standout tracks: “27” & “Shed”
Turnover — Peripheral Vision
Released on: May 4, 2015 via Run For Cover Records
Standout tracks: “Dizzy On The Comedown” & “Humming”
Grayscale — Adornment
Released on: May 5, 2017 via Fearless Records
Standout tracks: “Forever Yours” & “Fever Dream”
Fall Out Boy — Take This To Your Grave
Released on: May 6, 2003 via Fueled By Ramen
Standout tracks: “Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy” & “Saturday”
From First To Last — From First To Last
Released on: May 6, 2008 via Suretone and Interscope Records
Standout tracks: “Two As One” & “Worlds Away”
Andy Black — The Shadow Side
Released on: May 6, 2016 via Lava and Republic Records
Standout tracks: “We Don’t Have To Dance” & “Ribcage”
Stand Atlantic — f.e.a.r.
Released on: May 6, 2022 via Hopeless Records
Standout tracks: “deathwish” & “pity party”
Sum 41 — All Killer No Filler
Released on: May 8, 2001 via Aquarius and Island Records
Standout tracks: “Fat Lip” & “In Too Deep”
New Years Day — My Dear
Released on: May 8, 2007 via TVT
Standout tracks: “Ready Aim Misfire” & “I Was Right”
Hayley Williams — Petals For Armor
Released on: May 8, 2020 via Atlantic Records
Standout tracks: “Simmer” & “Dead Horse”
Weezer — Blue Album
Released on: May 10, 1994 via DGC Records
Standout tracks: “Say It Ain’t So” & “Buddy Holly”
Sleeping With Sirens — Let’s Cheers To This
Released on: May 10, 2011 via Rise Records
Standout tracks: “If You Can’t Hang” & “Do It Now Remember It Later”
Knocked Loose — You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
Released on: May 10, 2024 via Pure Noise Records
Standout tracks: “Blinding Faith” & “Suffocate”
illuminati hotties — Kiss Yr Frenemies
Released on: May 11, 2018 via Tiny Engines
Standout tracks: “(You’re Better) Than Ever” & “Pressed 2 Death”
Paramore — After Laughter
Released on: May 12, 2017 via Fueled By Ramen
Standout tracks: “Hard Times” & “Rose-Colored Boy”
Ethel Cain — Preacher’s Daughter
Released on: May 12, 2022 via Daughters of Cain
Standout tracks: “Strangers” & “American Teenager”
Pierce The Veil — Misadventures
Released on: May 13, 2016 via Fearless Records
Standout tracks: “Circles” & “The Divine Zero”
Linkin Park — Minutes To Midnight
Released on: May 14, 2007 via Warner Bros. Records
Standout tracks: “Shadow Of The Day” & “What I’ve Done”
Weezer — Green Album
Released on: May 15, 2001 via Geffen Records
Standout tracks: “Island In The Sun” & “Hash Pipe”
Green Day — 21st Century Breakdown
Released on: May 15, 2009 via Reprise Records
Standout tracks: “21 Guns” & “Know Your Enemy”
Twenty One Pilots — Blurryface
Released on: May 17, 2015 via Fueled By Ramen
Standout tracks: “Stressed Out” & “Tear In My Heart”
New Found Glory — Catalyst
Released on: May 18, 2004 via Drive-Thru and Geffen Records
Standout tracks: “All Downhill From Here” & “I Don’t Wanna Know”
The Story So Far — The Story So Far
Released on: May 19, 2015 via Pure Noise Records
Standout tracks: “Heavy Gloom” & “Nerve”
Silverstein — I Am Alive In Everything I Touch
Released on: May 19, 2015 via Rise Records and New Damage Records
Standout tracks: “A Midwestern State Of Emergency” & “Je me Souviens”
Papa Roach — Crooked Teeth
Released on: May 19, 2017 via Eleven Seven Music
Standout tracks: “Help” & “American Dreams”
Linkin Park — One More Light
Released on: May 19, 2017 via Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop
Standout tracks: “Heavy” & “Talking To Myself”
Foo Fighters — The Colour And The Shape
Released on: May 20, 1997 via Roswell and Capitol Records
Standout tracks: “Everlong” & “My Hero”
Silverstein — When Broken Is Easily Fixed
Released on: May 20, 2003 via Victory Records
Standout tracks: “Smashed Into Pieces” & “Giving Up”
Less Than Jake — Anthem
Released on: May 20, 2003 on Sire Records
Standout tracks: “She’s Gonna Break Soon” & “The Science Of Selling Yoruself Short”
Against The Current — In Our Bones
Released on: May 20, 2016 via Fueled By Ramen
Standout tracks: “Runaway” & “Wasteland”
Angel Du$t — Rock The Fuck On Forever
Released on: May 20, 2016 via Pop Wig Records
Standout tracks: “Toxic Boombox” & “Stay”
Soundgarden — Down On The Upside
Released on: May 21, 1996 via A&M Records
Standout tracks: “Pretty Noose” & “Burden In My Hand”
The Front Bottoms — Talon Of The Hawk
Released on: May 21, 2013 via Bar/None
Standout tracks: “Twin Size Mattress” & “Lone Star”
Waterparks — Greatest Hits
Released on: May 21, 2021 via 300 Entertainment
Standout tracks: “Lowkey as Hell” & “Violet!”
The Used — Lies For The Liars
Released on: May 22, 2007 via Reprise Records
Standout tracks: “The Bird And The Worm” & “Pretty Handsome Awkward”
Gorillaz — Demon Days
Released on: May 24, 2005 via Virgin Records
Standout tracks: “Feel Good Inc.” & “Dare”
Alkaline Trio — Crimson
Released on: May 24, 2005 via Vagrant
Standout tracks: “Time To Waste” & “Mercy Me”
Twenty One Pilots — Clancy
Released on: May 24, 2024 via Elektra Records
Standout tracks: “Overcompensate” & “Next Semester”
Shinedown — Leave A Whisper
Released on: May 27, 2003 via Atlantic Records
Standout tracks: “Burning Bright” & “45”
Real Friends — The Home Inside My Head
Released on: May 27, 2016 via Fearless Records
Standout tracks: “Colder Quicker” & “Mess”
PUP — The Dream Is Over
Released on: May 27, 2016 via Royal Mountain Records and SideOneDummy Records
Standout tracks: “Sleep In The Heat” & “If This Tour Doesn’t Kill You, I Will”
The Smashing Pumpkins — Gish
Released on: May 28, 1991 via Caroline Records
Standout tracks: “Siva” & “I Am One”
Frank Iero And The Future Violents — Barriers
Released on: May 31, 2019 via UNFD
Standout tracks: “Young and Doomed” & “Fever Dream”
