Compiled by Jason Ritchie

January – March 2019
April – June 2019
July – September 2019

October

4th

SOREN ANDERSEN ‘Guilty Pleasures’ Mighty Music

ANGEL ‘Risen’ Cleopatra Records

Adrian Benegas ‘The Revenant’ Pride & Joy Music

CHICAGO ‘Chicago Christmas’ Rhino

THE DARKNESS ‘Easter Is Cancelled’ Cooking Vinyl

DISTRICT 97 ‘Screens’ Cherry Red Records

WILLIAM DUVALL (Alice In Chains) ‘One Alone’ (acoustic album)

EPICA ‘Design Your Universe’ (10th anniversary gold edition) Nuclear Blast

ESP PROJECT ‘The Rising’ Sunn Creative

EXHUMED ‘Horror’ Relapse Records

FLYING COLORS ‘Third Degree’ Mascot Records

HELLOWEEN ‘United Alive’ Nuclear Blast

KING CALAWAY ‘Rivers’

THE MENZINGERS ‘Hello Exile’ Epitaph

MIKA ‘My Name Is Michael Holbrook’

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL STARS ‘Up And Rolling’

OMD ‘Souvenir’ (40th anniversary box set)

PENGUIN CAFE ‘Handfuls Of Night’ Erased Tapes

THE SHAKING SENSATIONS ‘How Are We To Fight The Blight?’ Pelagic Records

PANDORA ‘Uranie’

THE SHADOWS ‘Live at the BBC’ (limted edition vinyl)

SIMPLE MINDS ‘Live In The City Of Angels’

SWIM DEEP ‘Emerald Classics’

SYBERIA ‘Seeds Of Change’ Metal Blade Records

TOXIC HOLOCAUST ‘Primal Future: 2019′ Entertainment One (eOne)

WHITESNAKE ‘Slip of The Tongue’ Rhino (30th anniversary edition)

WILCO ‘Ode To Joy’

THE WILDHEARTS ‘Diagnosis’ (EP) Graphite Records

5th

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ‘Ghosteen’ (double album)

9th

VINNIE MOORE (UFO) ‘Soul Shifter’ Mind’s Eye Music

11th

BabyMetal ‘Metal Galaxy’ earMUSIC

BBMAK ‘Powerstation’

BENT KNEE ‘You Know What They Mean’ Inside Out

BLACKEYED SUSAN (feat. former BRITNY FOX singer Dean Davidson) ‘Electric Rattlebone’ (re-issue) & ‘Just A Taste’ (previously unreleased second album) Bad Reputation

David Bowie ‘VH1 Storytellers: Live at Manhattan Center’ (vinyl reissue)

Cold In Berlin ‘Rituals Of Surrender’ New Heavy Sounds

CREED ‘Human Clay’ (20th anniversary double LP edition)

THE DEAD SOUTH ‘Sugar & Joy’ Six Shooter Records

DOWN N’OUTZ ‘This Is How We Roll’ UMR Records

ECLIPSE ‘Paradigm’ Frontiers

ELBOW ‘Giants Of All Sizes’

THE FERRYMEN ‘A New Evil’ Frontiers

Steve Grimmett’s GRIM REAPER ‘At The Gates’ Dissonance Productions

JETHRO TULL ‘Stormwatch’ (4CD/2DVD 40th anniversary re-issue) Rhino

KMFDM ‘Paradise’ Metropolis

LACUNA COIL ‘Black Anima’ Century Media Records

Life Of Agony ‘The Sound Of Scars’ Napalm Records

FREDDIE MERCURY ‘Never Boring: The Freddie Mercury Solo Box Set’ (3CD/BluRay/DVD)

STEVE MILLER ‘Welcome To The Vault’ (58 song box set)

MUNICIPAL WASTE ‘The Last Rager’ (EP) Nuclear Blast

GREGG ROLIE ‘Sonic Ranch’

RUSH ‘Clockwork Angels’ (5LP set)

SALEM ‘Win, Lose Or Draw’ Dissonance

SCREAMER ‘Highway Of Heroes’ The Sign Records

STARGAZER ‘The Sky is the Limit’ Mighty Music

STONE BROKEN ‘All In Time’ Spinefarm Records

MICHAEL SWEET (STRYPER) ‘Ten’ Rat Pak Records/Frontiers

UNLEASH THE ARCHERS ‘Explorers’ (EP) Napalm Records

VANDEN PLAS ‘The Ghost Experiment – Awakening’ Frontiers

WAYWARD SONS ‘The Truth Ain’t What It Used To Be’ Frontiers

18th

1349 ‘The Infernal Pathway’ Season Of Mist Records

AGENT STEEL ‘No Mercy From The Godz’ Dissonance

ALTER BRIDGE ‘Walk The Sky’ Napalm Records

BOOZE AND GLORY ‘Hurricane’

DESMOND CHILD ‘Live 18.10′ BMG

ROB COTTINGHAM (CAIRO) ‘Back Behind The Orchard Tree’ Heavy Right Foot

THE CURE ’40 LIVE – CURÆTION-25 + ANNIVERSARY’ Eagle Vision

Danger Zone ‘Don’t Count On Heroes’ Pride & Joy Music

FLEETWOOD MAC ‘Rumours’ (deluxe edition)

ROB HALFORD ‘Rob Halford With Family & Friends: Celestial’ Legacy Recordings

HOT BREATH ‘Still Not Dead’

MICK DEVINE ‘Hear Now’ Escape Music

HANOVER FIST S/T Escape Music (re-issue with 2 bonus tracks)

HOLY SERPEMT ‘Ride Easy’

BERT JANSCH ‘Avocet’ (40th anniversary edtion LP/digital only)

JIMMY EAT WORLD ‘Suviving’

MARK LANEGAN ‘Somebody’s Knocking’ Heavenly Recordings

LIONIZE ‘Panic Attack!’

The Magpie Salute ‘High Water II’ Mascot

DAM McCAFFERTY (ex-NAZARETH) ‘Last Testament’ earMUSIC

JD MILLER ‘Afterglow’ Mighty Music

MICHAEL MONROE ‘One Man Gang’ Silver Lining Music

Motorhead ‘Overkill’, ‘Bomber’ (expanded reissues)

REXORIA ‘Ice Breaker’ Pride & Joy Music

SANTA CRUZ ‘Katharsis’

ROY WOOD ‘Mustard’ (expanded reissue)

25th

AIRBOURNE ‘Boneshaker’ Spinefarm

ALCEST ‘Spiritual Instinct’ Nuclear Blast

ART NATION ‘Transition’ Gain Music

BAD WOLVES ‘N.A.T.I.O.N.’ Eleven Seven

The Blackheart Orchestra ‘Mesmeranto’

Joe Bonamassa ‘Live at The Sydney Opera House’ J&R Adventures

MICHAEL BORMANN’S JADED HARD ‘Feels Like Yesterday’

PHIL CAMPBELL (MOTORHEAD) ‘Old Lions Still Roar’ Nuclear Blast

Cirith Ungol ‘I’m Alive’ (CD/DVD) Metal Blade Records

CARL DIXON (CONEY HATCH) ‘One’ AOR Heaven (re-issue)

EDENBRIDGE ‘Dynamind’ Steamhammer/SPV

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY ‘The Sea Of Tragic Beasts’ Nuclear Blast

FOREIGNER ‘Double Vision: Then And Now’

FRONTBACK ‘Don’t Mind The Noise’ Black Lodge Records

GOODBYE JUNE ‘Community Inn’ Earache

Guided By Voices ‘Sweating The Plague’

STEVE HACKETT ‘Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live at the Royal Festival Hall’ (2CD + Blu-ray) Inside Out

Happy Mondays ‘The Early EPs’ (coloured vinyl box set)

HAWKWIND ‘All Aboard The Skylark’ Cherry Red Records

KING CRIMSON ‘In The Court Of The Crimson King’ (50th anniversary edition)

THE KINKS ‘Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)’ (50th Anniversary edition)

LEPROUS ‘Pitfalls’ Inside Out

MAYHEM ‘Daemon’ Century Media Records

METALITE ‘Biomechanicals’ AFM Records

MILLENNIUM ‘A New World’ Pure Steel Records

MOTORHEAD ‘Overkill’ and ‘Bomber’ (40th anniversary editons) ’1979′ (live recordings box set) BMG

NORMA JEAN ‘All Hail’ Solid State Records

BEN POOLE ”Live’ (double album) House Of Tone Records

REFUSED ‘War Music’ Spinefarm Records

RINGS OF SATURN ‘Gidim’ Nuclear Blast

Savage Master ‘Myth, Magic And Steel’ Shadow Kingdom Records

SKINLAB ‘Venomous’ Art Is War Records

Bruce Soord (THE PINEAPPLE THIEF) ‘All This Will Be Yours In October’ KScope

RINGO STARR ‘What’s My Name’

STEREOPHONICS ‘Kind’ Parlaphone Records

THIRD EYE BLIND ‘Screamer’

TURBO KILL ‘Vice World’ Steamhammer/SPV

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE ‘Colorado’ Reprise

31st

Silked & Stained ‘Goes Up 2 Eleven’ Lions Pride Music

THE WHITE STRIPES ‘The White Stripes XX’ (limited editon 20th anniversary re-issue)

November

1st

ABLAZE ‘No Chaser’

ANGEL WITCH ‘Angel Of Light’ Metal Blade Records

BLIND GUARDIAN ‘Legacy Of The Darklands’ Nuclear Blast

JON BODEN ‘Rose In June’ Hudson Records

CAMEL ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall’ (DVD & Blu-Ray)

CANNABIS CORPSE ‘Nug So Vile’ Season Of Mist

THE DARKER MY HORIZON ‘Seize The Day’

DEAF RAT ‘Ban The Light’ AFM Records

JEFF LYNNE’S ELO ‘From Out Of Nowhere’

ELUVEITIE ‘Live At Masters Of Rock’ Nuclear Blast

FIRE FROM THE GODS ‘American Sun’ Eleven Seevn/Rise Records

GINGER WILDHEART ‘Headzapoppin’

CHRISTOPHER HOLLAND ‘Golden Hour’ Cosmic Harmony Records/Nova Distribution

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH ‘Imperfect Circle’

MARILLION ‘Afraid Of Sunlight’ (4CD/Blu-ray/5LP box set)

NILE ‘Vile Nilotic Rites’ Nuclear Blast

NIRVANA ‘MTV Unplugged Live In New York’ (25th anniversary edition)

R.E.M. ‘Monster’ (25th anniversary re-issue box set)

THE ROLLING STONES ‘Let It Bleed’ (50th anniversary edition)

SIMPLE MINDS ‘40: The Best Of – 1979-2019’

Snow Patrol ‘Reworked’ (with 3 new songs) Polydor

Station ‘Stained Glass’ Station Music

STONEWIRE ‘Life As We Know It’

VAN HALEN ‘The Japanese Singles 1978-1984′ (vinyl biox set)

VOODOO VEGAS ‘Feeling So Good’

VOYAGER ‘Colours In The Sun’ Season Of Mist

MIKE ZITO ‘Rock N Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry’ Ruff Records

2nd

DANDELION CHARM ‘Maybe Dreamers’

8th

AGNOSTIC FRONT ‘Get Loud’

BLIND GUARDIAN ‘Legacy of the Dark Lands’ Nuclear Blast

CURVED AIR ‘Alive 1990′ Cherry Red Records

THE DARK ELEMENT ‘Songs The Night Sings’ Frontiers

EDGE OF PARADISE ‘Universe’ Frontiers

THE FLOWER KINGS ‘Waiting For Miracles’ (2CD) Inside Out

TAYLOR HAWKINS & THE COATAIL RIDERS ‘Get In The Money’ Shanabelle/Columbia Records

Hawthorne Heights ‘Lost Frequencies’ Pure Noise Records

INCOGNITO ‘Tomorrow’s New Dream’

The Last Internationale ‘Soul On Fire’

OTHERWISE ‘Defy’ Mascot Records

PIST ‘Hailz’ APF Records

PRETTY MAIDS ‘Undress Your Madness’ Frontiers

QUIET RIOT ‘Hollywood Cowboys’ Frontiers

THE ROLLING STONES ’Bridges to Buenos Aires’ Eagle Rock Entertainment (DVD, Blu-ray, digital, DVD plus 2CD, Blu-ray plus 2CD)

Jason Scheff 9ex-CHICAGO) ‘Here I Am’

SLAYER ‘The Repentless Killogy’ Nuclear Blast

SPARKS ‘Past Tense’ (best of 2CD/3CD)

TYKETTO ‘Strength In Numbers Live’ Frontiers

WORK OF ART ‘Exhibit’ Frontiers

15th

ACID REIGN ‘Anthology 1987-2017′ (4CD)

DAVID BOWIE ‘Space Oddity’ (re-issue)

JUDY COLLINS ‘Winter Stories’

CYHRA ‘No Halos In Hell’ Nuclear Blast

A DAY TO REMEMBER ‘You’re Welcome’

DEGREED ‘Lost Generation’

Denner’s Inferno ‘In Amber’ Mighty Music

DESPISED ICON ‘Purgatory’ Nuclear Blast

FALL OUT BOY ‘Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two’ Island Records

GIRL ‘Sheer Greed / Live In Osaka ’82′ (2CD Edition) Cherry Red Records

JOE HENRY ‘The Gospel According To Water’ earMUSIC

INXS ‘Live Baby Live: Wembley Stadium’ BMG

MYSTERY ‘Live In Poznan’ (CD/LP) Unicorn Records

THE PINEAPPLE THIEF ‘Hold Our Fire’ (live) KScope

SPARKS ‘Gratitios sax & Senseless Violins’ (25th anniversary re-issue)

THE THREE TREMORS ‘The Three Tremors – The Solo Versions’ Steel Cartel Records

TINDERSTICKS ‘No Treasure But Hope’

RONNIE WOOD ‘Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry’ BMG

22nd

THE BABYS ‘Silver Dreams: The Complete Albums 1975-1980′ Cherry Red Records

THE BEATLES ‘The Singles Collection’ (7″ vinyl box set)

BECK ‘Hyperspace’ Capitol Records

CHARM CITY DEVILS ’1904@ (EP) Broken World Records

Leonard Cohen ‘hanks For The Dance’ Columbia/Legacy

COLDPLAY ‘Everday Life’ (2CD)

PHIL COLLINS ‘…But Seriously’ (ltd edition vinyl re-issue) Rhino

CRYSTAL VIPER ‘Tales of Fire and Ice’ AFM Records

GRAND SLAM ‘Hit The Ground’ Marshall Records

JIMI HENDRIX BAND OF GYPSYS ‘Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts’ (5CD/8LP)

KEN HENSLEY ‘The Bronze Years: 1973-1981′ (3CD/DVD) Cherry Red Records

JUNKYARD ‘Old Habbits Die Hard’ (originally recorded in 1992)

KING OF HEARTS S/T MelodicRock Records

LEAVE’S EYES ‘Black Butterfly’ (EP)

MATS LEVEN ‘Skyblood’ Napalm Records

BILLY LOCKETT ‘Reset’ (EP)

MAGIC KINGDOM ‘MetAlmighty’ AFM Records

CHRISTY MOORE ‘Magic Nights’

NEW ENGLAND ‘The New England Archives Box Vol 1′ (5CD box set) Cherry Red Records

STEVE OVERLAND (FM) ‘Scandalous’ Escape Music

CARL SENTANCE PERSIAN RISK ‘Who Am I?,/’Once A King’ (two album, CD re-issue) Escape Music

Chris Poland ‘Return to Metalopolis’ Combat Records

REDLINE ‘Gods & Monsters’ Escape Music

SODOM ‘Out Of The Frontline Trench’ (EP) SPV/Steamhammer

ROD STEWART ‘You’re In My Heart: Rod Stewart With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’ (CD/2CD deluxe edition)

STRIGOI ‘Abandon All Hope’ Nuclear Blast

TRAPEZE ‘Leavin’ The Bad Times Behind – Best Of’ (2CD) Cherry Red Records

TYGERS OF PAN TANG ‘Ritual’ Mighty Music

THE WHO ‘WHO’

29th

Adellaide ‘New Horizons’ Lions Pride Music

BLUE OCTOBER ‘Live From Manchester’

FRANCK CARDUCCI ‘The Answer’

Cattle Decapitation ‘Death Atlas’ Metal Blade Records

CARL DIXON ‘Unbroken’ AOR Heaven

Downes Braide Association ‘Live In England’ Cherry Red Records

GUN ‘R3L0ADED’ Silver Lining Music

HEAVY PETTIN’ (re-issues) Cherry Red Records

KEEN HUE ‘Heyday’ AOR Heaven

MERCURY REV ‘All Is A Dream’ (4CD set) Cherry Red Records

JD Miller ‘Afterglow’ Mighty Music

MISERY LOVES CO. ‘Zero’ Black Lodge Records

MOLLY HATCHETT ‘Battleground’ (2CD digipak/3LP gatefold) SPV/Steamhammer

OZZY OSBOURNE ‘See You On The Other Side’ (vinyl box set)

PINK FLOYD ‘The Later Years’ (16CD box set)

PRINCE ’1999′ (re-issue)

PRONG ‘Age Of Defiance’ (EP)

RIVERSIDE ‘Wasteland’ (2CD+DVD) Inside Out

MICK RONSON ‘Only After Dark’ (4CD set) Cherry Red Records

SPIRIT ‘Live at the Rainbow’ (2CD) Cherry Red Records

TWELFTH NIGHT ‘A Night To Remember’ (live DVD/BluRay)

Y&T ‘On With The Show’ (CD/DVD)

December

2nd

RICK WAKEMAN ‘Box Of Boots: Set Of 10 Live CDs: Official Bootleg Series’ (ltd edition box set 1000 copies)

6th

BE BOP DELUXE ‘Modern Music’ (2CD re-issue) Cherry Red Records

BLACKBERRY SMOKE ‘Homecoming: Live In Atlanta’ Earache Records

BLITZKRIEG ‘Loud And Proud’ (EP)

BURNING WITCHES ‘Wings Of Steel’ (4 song vinyl EP) Nuclear Blast

CATS IN SPACE ‘My Kind Of Christmas’ (EP)

COLD CHISEL ‘Blood Moon’ Universal Music

Deep Purple ‘Live In Rome 2013′ earMUSIC

EDGE OF FOREVER ‘Native Soul’ Frontiers

GENTLE GIANT ‘Unburied Treasure’ Madfish (30CD set)

THE GLORIOUS SONS ‘A War On Everything’ Black Box Music

THE GO-BETWEENS ‘G Stands For Go-Betweens: Volume 2 – 1985-1989′ (box set)

John Hiatt ‘Only The Song Survives’ (box set)

HOUSE OF SHAKIRA ‘Radiocarbon’ Frontiers

HUMAN FORTESS ‘Reign Of Gold’ AFM Records

ICED EARTH ‘Alive In Athens’ (20th anniversary edition)

MICK JAGGER ‘She’s The Boss’, ‘Primitive Cool’, ‘Wandering Spirit’, ‘Goddess In The Doorway’ (vinyl re-issues) Polydor

MATS KARLSSON (220 Volt) ‘The Time Optimist’

LOVEKILLERS featuring TONY HARNELL (ex-TNT) Frontiers

The Murder Of My Sweet ‘Brave Tin World’ Frontiers

MUSE ‘Origin Of Muse’ (9CD/4LP box set)

A NEW TOMORROW ‘Universe’ Frontiers

NIGHTWISH ‘Decades, Live in Buenos Aires’ Nuclear Blast

Praying Mantis ‘Keep It Alive’ Frontiers

THE QUIREBOYS (digital only live album)

RUNNING WILD ‘Crossing The Blades’ (EP)

SIGN X ‘Like A Fire’ Pride & Joy

3RDEGREE ‘Live At ProgStock 2017: The4 Ones & Zeros Show’ (DVD)

9th

EPICA ‘The Essence Of Epica’ (book)

13th

ANGELES ‘Fire It Up’ Dark Star Records

Blade Cisco ‘Edge of the Blade’ Art Of Melody Music

ERIC CLAPTON ‘Crossroads Revisted’ (vinyl)

THE GLORIOUS SONS ‘A War On Everything’

PALLAS

ROBERT PLANT ‘Digging Deep’ (7″ single vinyl box set)

THE POLICE ‘Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings’ (6CD box set)

PRIMAL FEAR ‘Black Sun’, ‘Devil’s Ground’, ‘Sevene Seals’ (marbled vinyl re-issues) Nuclear Blast

Saigon Kick ‘The Atlantic Albums’

Saints Trade ‘Time To Be Heroes’ Art Of Melody Music

SATYRICON ‘Rebel Extravaganza’ (remastered reissue) Napalm Records

STATE COWS ‘Challenges’

STONE SOUR ‘Hello, You Bastards: Live In Reno’ Cooking Vinyl

TOOL ‘Fear Inoculum’ (expanded edition)

TRIUMPH ‘Classics’ (double vinyl re-issue)

FRANK TURNER ‘Show 2000′ (CD/DVD)

PETE WAY (WAYSTED, ex-UFO) ‘Amphetamine’ (ltd vinyl re-issue)

20th

HALESTORM (debut album re-issue)

MOTORJESUS ‘Live Resurrection’ Drakkar Entertainment

Frank Zappa ‘The Hot Rats Sessions’

25th

LOUDNESS ‘Japan Tour 2019 Hurricane Eyes+Jealousy’ [2CD/DVD] (Japan only)

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