Compiled by Jason Ritchie

Updated 13.02.17

MAGNUM - The Valley Of Tears - The Ballads

2017
January
6th
DEREK DAVIS (BABYLON A.D.) ‘Revolutionary Soul’
HALESTORM ‘ReAniMate 3.0′ (covers EP)
MAGNUM ‘In The Valley Of Tears – The Ballads’ SPV/Steamhammer
YOU ME AT SIX ‘Night People’

13th
ACCEPT ‘Restless And Live’ (CD/DVD) Nuclear Blast
CODE ORANGE ‘Forever’ Roadrunner
THE FLAMING LIPS ‘Oczy Mlody’ Warner
GOTTHARD ‘Silver’
GRAVE DIGGER ‘Healed by Metal’ Napalm Records
KREATOR ‘Gods Of Violence’ Nuclear Blast
LANCER ‘Mastery’ Nuclear Blast
PAIN OF SALVATION ‘In The Passing Of The Light Of Day’ Inside Out
SEPULTURA ‘Machine Messiah’ Nuclear Blast

20th
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO ‘Burn Something Beautiful’ Fantasy
FIREWIND ‘Immortals’ Century Media
LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM ‘In Disguise’ (covers album) Escape Music
MARRILLION ‘Marbles In The Park’ (CD/DVD) earMusic
PALISADES Rise Records

27th
ANNIHILATOR ‘Triple Threat’
ARCADE FIRE ‘The Reflektor Tapes/Live At Earls Court’ (DVD)
CHROME MOLLY ‘Hoodoo Voodoo’ earMusic
JOE COCKER ‘The Life Of A Man – The Ultimate Hits 1968 – 2013′
CREAM ‘Fresh Cream’ (3CD + Blu-Ray Audio)
DEARLY BELOVED ‘Admission’
JOHN GARCIA ‘The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues’ (acoustic album) Napalm Records
THE GIN BLOSSOMS ‘New Miserable Experience’ (2 LP re-issue)
GOTTHARD ‘Lip Service/Dominio Effect’ Nuclear Blast
GOTTHARD ‘Need To Believe’/Firebirth’ Nuclear Blast
Jim Jidhed AOR Heaven
KROKUS ‘Big Rocks’
THE MURDER OF MY SWEET ‘Echoes of the Aftermath’ Frontiers
PINEAPPLE THIEF ‘Someone Here Is Missing’/'Little Man’
PRIDE OF LIONS ‘Fearless’ Frontiers
STEPHEN PEARCY ‘Smash’ Frontiers
JACK RUSSELL’S GREAT WHITE ‘He Saw It Coming’ Frontiers
SWEET MARY JANE AOR Heaven
TRAIN ‘A Girl, A Bottle, A Boat’
TSOL ‘Trigger Complex’ Rise Records
VANISHING POINT ‘Tangled In A Dream’ (2CD re-issue) AFM Records
VARIOUS ‘L.V. Beethoven – Ode To Prefection’ Lion Music
XANDRIA ‘Theater of Dimensions’ Napalm Records

February
3rd
BLACK STAR RIDERS ‘Heavy Fire’ Nuclear Blast
ELBOW ‘Little Fictions’
GOLDENEARRING ‘Complete Albums Box Set’
HAKEN ‘Aquarius’/'Visions’ (re-issues) Inside Out
HORISONT ‘About Time’ Century Media
DAVE HAUSE ‘Bury Me In Philly’ Rise Records
JUDAS PRIEST ‘Turbo’ (3CD re-issue) Sony
L.A.GUNS ‘ A Fistful of Guns – Anthology 1985-2012′
LOWER THAN ATLANTIS ‘Safe In Sound’
ROSE TATTOO ‘Tatts: Live in Brunswick’
VANGELIS ‘Delectus’ (13 disc box set)

10th
Tim Arnold featuring Jonathan Hill ‘Sounds to Pictures, Volume One: Conversations’
MICHAEL BOLTON ‘Songs Of Cinema’ Frontiers
BON JOVI ‘Bon Jovi: The Albums’ (25 vinyl boxset) Universal
DEF LEPPARD ‘Live In Detroit’ (CD/DVD) Eagle Rock
KEPLER TEN ‘Delta V’ White Star Records
SIMON KIRKE (BAD COMPANY) ‘All Because Of You’
KNIGHT AREA ‘Heaven And Beyond’ Butler Records
MARILYN MANSON ‘SAY 10′
OVERKILL ‘Grinding Wheel’ Nuclear Blast
THUNDER ‘Rip It Up’ earMusic

17th
RYAN ADAMS ‘Prisoner’
BATTLE BEAST ‘Bringer Of Pain’ Nuclear Blast
TIM BOWNESS ‘Lost In The Ghost Light’ Inside Out
CRYSTAL VIPER ‘Queen of the Witches’ AFM Records
EDENBRIDGE ‘The Great Momentum’ SPV
EXQUIRLA ‘Para Quienes Aun Viven’ Superball Music
KING KOBRA ‘Ready To Strike’, ‘Thrill of a Lifetime’ Rock Candy
THE OUTLAWS ‘Playin’ to Win’ Rock Candy
MICHAEL SCHENKER ‘Live at the Tokyo International Forum Hall’
707 – S/T, ‘The Second Album’, ‘Megaforce’ Rock Candy

24th
AGE OF REFLECTION ‘In The Heat Of The Night’ AOR Heaven
ARMOURED SAINT ‘Carpe Noctum’ (live album) Metal Blade
ASIA ‘Symphonia’ (live CD/DVD) Frontiers
AXXIS ‘Retrolution’ AFM Records
BLOODBOUND ‘War Of Dragons’ AFM Records
BONAFIDE ‘Flames’
BURNT OUT WRECK features GARY MOAT (HEAVY PETTIN’) Cherry Red
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH ‘ The Pilot’
EX DEO ‘The Immortal Wars’
CRAIG FINN (THE HOLD STEADY) ‘Preludes’ Partisan Records
ERIC GALES ‘Middle of the Road’ Provogue/Mascot
Paul Gilbert ’30 Live At Zepp Tokyo 2016′
HELION PRIME S/t AFM Records
JIMI ANDERSON GROUP ‘Long Time Comin’ Pride & Glory
Kobra And The Lotus: ‘Prevail I’ Napalm Records
LIONVILLE ‘A World Of Fools’ Frontiers
THE MUTE GODS ‘…Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth’ Inside Out
PLACE VENDOME ‘Close To The Sun’ Frontiers
SANCYUARY ‘Inception’ Century Media
Six Feet Under ‘Torment’ Metal Blade
STEFANIE S/t Escape Music
STRIKER S/t
SUPERNOVA PLASMAJETS S/t AOR Heaven
SUICIDE SILENCE S/T Nuclear Blast
TOKYO MOTOR FIST S/T Frontiers (features DANGER DANGER’s TED POLEY and TRIXTER’s STEVE BROWN)
MIKE TRAMP ‘Maybe Tomorrow’
UNRULY CHILD ‘Can’t Go Home’ Frontiers
ZOMBIE MOTORS WRECKING YARD ‘Supersonic Rock ‘N’ Roll’ Napalm Records

TBA
VAIN ‘Rolling With The Punches’

March
3rd
RICHARD BARBIERI ‘Planets + Persona’ Kscope
BLAZE BAYLEY ‘Endure And Survive (Infinite Entanglement Part II)’
BLINK ‘A Map of rhe Universe’ (re-issue) Garage Records
BROTHER FIRETRIBE ‘Sunbound’
DANKO JONES ‘Wild Cat’ AFM Records
John 5 And The Creatures ‘Season Of The Witch’
MAJESTY ‘Rebels’
SHOTGUN SYMPHONY ‘The Last Symphony’ (4CD box set) Melodic Rock Records

10th
BUSH ‘Black and White Rainbows’
FLEETWOOD MAC ‘Tango In The Night’ (4 CD re-issue)
SAMMY HAGAR ‘This is Sammy Hagar – When The Party Started’
HAVOK ‘Conformicide’ Century Media
NOVA COLLECTIVE ‘The Further Side’ Metal Blade
PAUL WELLER ‘Jawbone: Music from the Movie’ Warners

17th
CHICKENFOOT ‘Best Of + Live’
KXM (Ray Luzier, George Lynch, dUg Pinnick) ‘Scatterbrain’ Rat Pak Records
LETTERS FROM THE FIRE ‘Worth The Pain’ Sand Hill Records/Cargo Records
OBITUARY S/T Relapse
ALAN REED (ex-PALLAS) ‘Honey On The razor’s edge’ Red Dwarf Recordings/White Knight
Tedeschi Trucks Band ‘Live From the Fox Oakland’

24th
ALADARIA ‘Land Of Light’ Pride & Joy Music
IAN ANDERSON ‘Jethro Tull: The String Quartets’ BMG
JIMI ANDERSON GROUP ‘Longtime Comin’ Pride & Joy Music
ART OF ANARCHY ‘The Madness’ (featutres CREED’s SCOTT STAPP)
BLACXK DIAMONDS ‘Once Upon A Time’ AOR Heaven
BONFIRE ‘Byte The Bullet’
Dirty White Boyz ‘Down And Dirty’ Escape Music
ECLIPSE ‘Monumentum’ Frontiers
STEVE HACKETT ‘The Night Siren’ Inside Out
HOUSE OF LORDS ‘Saint Of The Lost Souls’ Frontiers
JESUS & THE MARY CHAIN ‘Damage and Joy’ ADA/Warner Music
Lioncage ‘Second Strike’ Pride & Joy Music
Memoriam ‘For The Fallen’ Nuclear Blast
NIGHT RANGER ‘Don’t Let Up’ Frontiers
ONE DEVICE S/t Frontiers
PALLBEARER ‘Heartless’ Nuclear Blast
MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST ‘Live Tokyo’ (2CD/2CD+DVD) (features GARY BARDEN, GRAHAM BONNET, ROBIN MCAULEY)
STEEL PANTHER ‘Lower The Bar’

31st
ARCH ENEMY ‘As The Stages Burn!’ (DVD) Century Media
NEIL DIAMOND ’50′ (3CD set)
THE DOOMSDAY KINGSOM S/t Nuclear Blast
BOB DYLAN ‘Triplicate’ (3CD)
MASTODON ‘Emperor Of Sand’ Reprise Records
IMELDA MAY ‘Life Love Flesh Blood’ Decca
SINNER ‘Tequila Suicide’ AFM Records
WARBRINGER ‘Woe To The Vanquished’ Napalm Records

TBA
LILLIAN AXE ‘The forgotten Art Of Melancholy’

April
7th
MICHELLE BRANCH ‘Hopeless Romantic’ Verve Records
DEEP PURPLE ‘Infinite’ earMusic
FALLING IN REVERS ‘Coming Home’ Epitaph
MIKE & THE MECHANICS ‘Let Me Fly’
THE OBSESSED ‘Sacred’ Relapse Records
RAINBREAKERS ‘Rise Up’ (EP)
SHAMELESS ‘Filthy7′

14th
DIMMU BORGIR ‘Forces Of The Northern Night’ (double DVD) Nuclear Blast
RICHIE KOTZEN ‘Salting Earth’

21st
ADRENAKINE RUSH ‘Soul Survivor’ Frontiers
Crazy Lixx ‘Ruff Justice’ Frontiers
ROBYN HITCHCOCK S/t Yep Roc Records
PROCOL HARUM ‘Novum’ (CD/2LP) Eagle Records
QUIET RIOT ‘Road Rage’ (with new vocalist SEAN NICHOLLS) Frontiers
TREAT ‘The Road More Or Less Traveled – Live In Milano’ Frontiers
UNRULY CHILD ‘Reigning Frogs – The Box Set Collection’ (5Cd/DVD set – limited editon 1,000 copies) Frontiers
WALK ON FIRE ‘Mind Over Matter’ Escape Music
ASH WILSON ‘Broken Machine’

28th
ARJEN LUCASSEN’S AYREON ‘The Source’ Mascot
ART NATION ‘Liberation’ Gain/Sony Music
Backwood Spirit S/t Pride & Joy Music
FIRESPAWN ‘The Reprobate’ Century Media
JUNKYARD TBA
KINGS OF BROADWAY S/T Pride & Joy Music
LABYRINTH ‘Architecture Of A God’ Frontiers
MARK LANEGAN BAND ‘Gargoyle’ Heavenly Recordings
Life of Agony ‘A Place Where There’s No More Pain’ Napalm Records
LIV SIN (SISTER SIN) ‘Follow Me’
LONELY ROBOT ‘The Big Dream’ Inside Out
Skyclad ‘Forward Into The Past’ Listenable Records

TBA
THE DEAD DAISIES ‘Live’

May
5th
GOD DETHRONERD ‘The World Ablaze’ Metal Blade
HATE ‘Tremendum’ Napalm Records
THE UNITY S/t Steamhammer/SPV

12th
INGLORIOUS ‘II’ Frontiers
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS ‘Prevail I’ Napalm Records

19th
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION TBA
DRAGONFORCE ‘Reaching Into Infinity’ earMUSIC
LINKIN PARK ‘One More Light’ Warners

26th
MEAN STREAK ‘Blind Faith’ Marquee/Avalon

TBA
BUCKINGHAM & McVIE (FLEETWOOD MAC) TBA (duets album)
ICED EARTH ‘Incorruptable’
NEWMAN TBA AOR Heaven
TNT TBA Frontiers
ROGER WATERS ‘Is This The Life We Really Want?’

June
2nd
Wednesday 13 ‘Condolences’ Nuclear Blast

9th
NICKELBACK ‘Feed The Machine’ BMG

TBA
LA GUNS TBA Frontiers
MONSTER MAGNET TBA

August
LIZZY BORDEN TBA

September
Gypsy Pistoleros ‘The Magical, Mystical Medicine Show’

October
Babylon A.D. ‘Revelation Highway’ MBM Records
Martina Edoff TBA AOR Heaven
POWER QUEST TBA Inner Wound Recordings

TBA
ACCEPT TBA Nuclear Blast
ADRENALINE MOB TBA
ALESTORM TBA Napalm Records
AMPLIFIER ‘Trippin’ With Dr. Faustus’
ARTI TISI TBA MelodicRock Records
AUTOGRAPH TBA
DAVE BICKLER (ex-SURVIVOR) ‘Darklight’
CHUCK BERRY ‘Chuck’ Dualtone Records
BIGFOOT TBA Frontiers
BLACK VEIL BRIDES TBA
BRIGADE TBA (features Howard Leese, Robin McAuley, James Kottak, Jason Boyleston)
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE TBA Search and Destroy/Spinefarm Records
CELLAR DARLING TBA Nuclear Blast
CHEAP TRICK TBA
CITY OF THIEVES TBA Frontiers
ALICE COOPER TBA (recording with surviving Alice Cooper Band members)
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY TBA Nuclear Blast
CPR PRJOECT (features PETRA members re-recording ten Petra songs)
THE DAMNED TBA
DARE ‘Out Of The Silence’ (collector’s edition)
DEATH DEALER TBA
DEGREED TBA Gain/Sony
DEPECHE MODE TBA
DIO’S DISCIPLES TBA
DIRTBAG REPUBLIC ‘Homeless’
DOKKEN TBA
DOOMSDAY OUTLAW TBA Frontiers
EDGE OF FOREVER TBA Frontiers
EVANESCENCE TBA
EXTREME TBA
FEAR FACTORY TBA
THE FERRYMEN TBA (Magnus Karlsson and Ronnie Romero) Frontiers
FISH ‘Weltschmerz’ (his final studio album)
FLEETWOOD MAC TBA
FOREIGNER TBA (double CD best of plus new songs)
FOZZY TBA Century Media
GATHERING OF KINGS TBA (features members of H.E.A.T. Masterplan, Eclipse)
GONG EXPRESSO ‘Decandance’
LOU GRAMM TBA
GUILD OF AGES TBA
GUNZO TBA (includes Tracii Gunns & Rudy Sarzo)
HAREM SCAREM TBA Frontiers
HEAVEN & EARTH TBA
HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES TBA
IMMORTAL TBA Nuclear Blast
JONO TBA Frontiers
JUDAS PRIEST TBA
KILLER DWARFS (live album)
LESS THAN JAKE TBA Pure Noise Records
JOHNNY LIMA S/t/’Made In California’ (re-issues) Melodic Rock Records
MANOWAR TBA
TONY MARTIN ‘Book Of Shadows’
DARIO MOLLO/GRAHAM BONNET ‘Elektric Zoo’
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE ‘Graveyard Shift’ Roadrunner Records
NAZARETH TBA
THE NIGHTS TAB Frontiers
NIGHTWISH TBA Nuclear Blast
NINE INCH NAILS TBA
ED O’BRIEN TBA (RADIOHEAD guitarist)
THE OFFSPRING TBA
JIZZY PEARL (LOVE/HATE) TBA Frontiers
JOE PERRY (EP)
STEVE PERRY TBA
PINK CREAM 69 TBA
MIKE PORTNOY TBA
PRETTY BOY FLOYD TBA Frontiers
QUEENSRYCHE TBA
RAINTIMES TBA Frontiers
RATT TBA
THE REASONING TBA
RED DRAGON CARTEL TBA
RHAPSODY OF FIRE TBA I(re-recording earlier songs) AFM Records
RIVERDOGS TBA Frontiers
SECRET SPHERE TBA Frontiers
BOB SEGER TBA
KIM SEVIOUR (ex-TOUCHSTONE) TBA White Star Records
SHADOWSPELL TBA Frontiers
SHARK ISLAND TBA
SILVER TBA (MICHAEL VOSS on vocals)
SKID ROW TBA (with new vocalist ZP Theart)
SNAKES IN PARADISE TBA Frontiers
SOUL DOCTOR TBA Metal Heaven
SOUNDGARDEN TBA
SPACE ELEVATOR TBA Pledge Music
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TBA
STARBREAKER TBA Frontiers
STEELHEART TBA Fronteirs
STYPER TBA (recording in Oct)
(Michael) SWEET & (George) LYNCH TBA
10 YEARS TBA Mascot
TEN TBA Frontiers
TEN (all their backlist re-issued) Frontiers
THRESHOLD TBA Nuclear Blast
U2 ‘Songs Of Experience’
VOODOO CIRCLE TBA AFM Records
VUUR TBA (features ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN) Inside Out
WARRANT TBA Frontiers
ROGER WATERS TBA
WAYWARD SONS TBA (features TOBY JEPSON) Frontiers
THE WILDHEARTS TBA

2018
LAST IN LINE TBA Frontiers
MAGNUM TBA SPV
NIGHTWISH TBA
RAVEN TBA SPV
SCORPIONS TBA
STARZ TBA Frontiers
TOTO TBA(new album)
TOTO (re-issues with bonus songs)Sony
WORK OF ART TBA Frontiers

No set date as yet
ACID FOR BLOOD TBA (features FRANKIE BANALI & PAUL SABU)
AEROSMITH TBA
ALLIANCE TBA Escape Music
THE ALMIGHTY TBA
ASIA TBA
STEVE AUGERI (ex-JOURNEY/TYKETTO) ‘In The Moment’ TBA
BAI BANG TBA
BATON ROGUE TBA Frontiers
ROBIN BECK TBA
BLACKWELDER (featuring vocalsit Ralf Scheepers PRIMAL FEAR/ex-GAMMA RAY)
CONNY BLOOM (THE ELECTRIC BOYS) TBA
BULLETBOYS TBA Frontiers
BRIGHTON ROCK TBA Frontiers
BRITNY FOX TBA (with TOMMY PARIS on vocals)
BURNING RAIN TBA
GLEN BURTNICK TBA
VIVIAN CAMPBELL (DEF LEPPARD) TBA
COLD TBA Napalm Records
CREDO TBA
DAMN YANKEES TBA (third album recorded but never released to date)
DOMAIN TBA
FIFTH ANGEL TBA
FINAL FRONTIER TBA Escape Music
FIREHOUSE TBA
GPS ‘Dreamscape’ TBA
GRAND DESIGN TBA AOR Heaven
GUNS N ROSES TBA (possible guest appearance from Slash)
GYPSY ROSE TBA Escape Music (features Shy’s Lee Small on vocals)
TOBY HITCHCOCK TBA
HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES TBA
TONY IOMMI & TONY MARTIN TBA (possibly an EP)
MICK JAGGER TBA
KELLY KEAGY (NIGHT RANGER) TBA
NEIL KERNON TBA
KING KOBRA TBA
KING’S X TBA Inside Out (delayed due to illness)
LAND OF TALES S/T Frontiers
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS TBA
LIVING COLOUR ‘Shade’
MADISON PAIGE TBA Indie
MAGELLAN TBA
EDDIE MONEY ‘Shake That Thing’
ALDO NOVA TBA
JIMMY PAGE (archive material release)
POISON TBA (may happen if all the band are ‘up for it’)
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE TBA
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE TBA
RAMMSTEIN TBA
REVOLUTION SAINTS TBA
PAUL RODGERS TBA (new songs)
DAVE LEE ROTH TBA (album already recorded featuring John 5)
MICHAEL SCHENKER & DON DOKKEN (acoustic album)
SHADOWLAND TBA Escape Music
SHAW/BLADES ‘Influence II’ (Covers album) TBA
TOMMY SHAW (STYX) TBA
THE SIGN TBA
STEELY DAN TBA
THE STONE ROSES TBA
STONE TEMPLE PIOLTS TBA
STYX TBA
JOHN SYKES TBA
UNDERWORLD – featuring Kee Marcello (ex-Europe) on guitars/vocals; Steve Augeri (ex-Journey) on vocals; drummer Virgil Donati and Svante Henryson on bass/cello
VAN HALEN TBA
VELVET REVOLVER TBA (on hold until a new vocalist is found)
VOIVOD TBA
WHITESNAKE TBA
WORLD TRADE TBA

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In 2023 he signed a recording deal with Sony in Canada and released a new single on 15 September.

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Power Plays w/c 11 November 2024

ARCANE MOON Hello Sun (indie)
S8NT ELEKTRIC XTC (Long Branch Records)
RIOGHAN Hands (Inverse Records)
ARCANA KINGS Here We Go (Curtain Call Records)
KLOGR face The Unknown (Zeta Factory)
BEYOND UNBROKEN Dance With The Dead (FiXT)
REVENGIN Decadent Feeling (Wormholedeath)

Featured Albums w/c 11 November 2024

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Singer Songwriter)