On that topic, Metallica's Black Album (self-titled album) was pretty good. But perhaps you already have heard that album.
Couple of my favorite modern alternative/rock bands these days are Shaman's Harvest (many good tunes, Soul Crusher, Off The Tracks, Blood Trophies, Silent Voice) and Highly Suspect. Band called Great Van Fleet has a song called Highway Tune that violently throws (in an awesome way) me to Robert Plant and the rest of Zeppelin.