Compiled by Jason Ritchie

October

2nd
LED ZEPPELIN by LED ZEPPELIN Reel Art Press (50th anniversary illustrated book)

5th
ANTHRAX ‘State Of Euphoria’ (30th anniversary re-issue) Island Records
BAD TOUCH ‘Shake A Leg’ Marshall Records
BEHEMOTH ‘I Loved You At Your Darkest’
MATT BERRY ‘Television Themes’
DAVE BICKLER (ex-SURVIVOR) ‘Darklight’ (digital release only)
THE BREW ‘Art Of Persuasion’ Napalm Records
LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM ‘Solo Anthology: The Best Of Lindsey Buckingham’ (3CD) Rhino Records
COHEED AND CAMBRIA ‘Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures’
CRIMSON GLORY S/T Metalville (re-issue)
DAMANEK ‘In Flight’
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN ‘The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon’
ELECTRIC SIX ‘Bride Of The Devil’ Metropolis Records
HANK ERIX (HOUSTON) ‘Nothing But True’ Livewire/Cargo Records
PAUL GILBERT ‘Behold Electric Guitar’ Pledge Music
STEVE HACKETT ‘Broken Skies – Outspread Wings (1984 – 2006)’ (limited edition 6CD/2DVD)
JP HARRIS ‘Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing’
IQ ‘Ever’ (25th anniversary re-issue)
LEAH ‘The Quest’ Inner Wound Recordings (features NIGHTWISH & ex-DELAIN members)
JOHN LENNON ‘Imagine’ & ‘Gimme Some Truth’ (DVD/BluRay) Eagle Vision
JOHN LENOON ‘Imagine The Ultimate Collection’
KATIE MELUA ‘The Ultimate Collection’ BMG
MONUMENTS ‘Phronesis’ Century Media
STEVE PERRY ‘Traces’ Universal
DEE SNIDER ‘Sick Mutha F**kers – Live in the USA’ earMUSIC
YOU ME AT SIX ‘VI’ AWAL

12th
ATREYU ‘In Our Wake’ Spinefarm
DAVID BOWIE ‘Loving The Alien (1983-1988)’ (box set) Parlophone Records
DEL BROMHAM ‘White Feather’ Esoteric Records
CITY OF THIEVES ‘Beast Reality’ Frontiers
ERIC CLAPTON ‘Merry Xmas’
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS ‘Look Now’
CRAZY LIXX ‘Loud Minority’ (re-issue with bonus songs) Frontiers
CREYE S/T Frontiers
DAVE DAVIES ‘Decade’ Red River Entertainment/Green Amp Records
EVANESCENCE ‘Synthesis Live’
GAMA BOMB ‘Speed Between The Lines’ AFM Records
GLASSHAMMER ‘Chronomonaut’
Impellitteri ‘The Nature of the Beast’ Frontiers
KADAVAR ‘Live in Copenhagen’ Nuclear Blast
LONDON ‘Call That Girl’
TOM MORELLO ‘The Atlas Underground’
NAZARETH ‘Tattooed On My Brain’ Frontiers
TOM ODELL ‘Jubilee Road’
PRIMAL SCREAM ‘Give Out But Don’t Give Up – The Original Memphis Recordings’
ROSE TATTOO ‘Scarred For Live 1980-82′ (5CD)
SANGUINE HUM ‘Now We Have Power’ Bad Elephant Music
SEVENTH WONDER ‘Tiara’ Frontiers
ALGY WARD’S TANK ‘Sturmpanzer’ Dissonance Productions
TERRORIZER ‘Caustic Attack’ The End Records
TOTO ‘All In’ (complete albums box set & extras) Legacy
VOLA ‘Applause Of A Distant Crowd’ Mascot Records
RICK WAKEMAN ‘Piano Odyssey’

19th
AMARANTHE ‘Helix’ Spinefarm Records
ARION ‘Life Is Not Beautiful’ AFM Records
RICHARD ASHCROFT ‘Natural Rebel’
AXXIS ‘Monster Hero’
BE THE WOLF ‘Empress’ Scarlet Records
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY OST (includes Live Aid recordings & re-recording of ‘Doing All Right’ by Smile)
BONFIRE ‘Legends’ (covers)
DISTURED ‘Evolution’ Reprise Records
ACE FREHLEY ‘Spaceman’ eOne/SPV
GRETA VAN FLEET ‘Anthem Of The Peaceful Army’ Lava/Republic Records
HEARTS ON FIRE ‘Call Of Destiny’ MelodicRock Records
KISS ‘The Solo Albums – 40th Anniversary Collection’ Casablanca/UME
MIDNITE CITY ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’ AOR Heaven
ALDO NOVA ’2′ Megaforce
SALIVA ’10 Lives’
SEMISONIC ‘Feeling Strangely Fine’ (20th anniversary re-issue)
SHINING ‘Animal’ Spinefarm Records
SOULFLY ‘Ritual’ Nuclear Blast
SUPERDRONE ‘Superdrone 2′
WHITESNAKE ‘Unzipped’ (5CD/DVD) (acoustic)

26th
ANATHEMA ‘Internal Landscapes 2008-2018′ Kscope
AYREON ‘Into The Electric Castle’ (20th anniversary edition) Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group
BLACKBERRY SMOKE ‘The Southern Ground Sessions’ (EP)
BLOODBATH ‘The Arrow of Satan is Drawn’ Peaceville
THE BLUE STONES ‘Balck Holes’
ARTHUR BROWN ‘The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown Box Set’
DAVID CROSBY ‘Here If You Listen’
SHERYL CROW ‘Live at the Capitol Theatre: 2017 Be Myself Tour’ (CD/DVD)
BOB DAISLEY AND FRIENDS ‘A Tribute To Gary Moore’
WARREL DANE ‘Shadow Work’ Century Media
DAYS OF JUPITER ‘Panoptical’
FIFTH ANGEL ‘The Third Secret’ Nuclear Blast
GREENSLADE ‘Spyglass Guest’ (Remastered & Expanded 2CD) Esoteric
HATE ETERNAL ‘Upon Desolate Sands’ Season Of Mist
HAKEN ‘Vector’ Inside Out
HEAVEN’S TRAIL ‘Lethal Mind’ Escape Music
HELLOWEEN ‘Starlight – The Noise Years Collection’ (LP)
INTO ETERNITY ‘Fringes Of Psychosis’
JESUS JONES ‘Voyages’
JUNKYARD ‘Shut Up – We’re Trying’ To Practice’ (re-issue) Cleopatra Records
THE KINKS ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society’ BMG (50th anniversary edition)
MAGENTA ‘We Are Seven’ (2CD/2DVD)
NOTHGARD ‘Malady X’ Metal Blade Records
PERFECT VIEW ‘Timeless’ Lions Pride Music
TED POLEY ‘Modern Art’
Anthony Phillips ‘Field Day’ (2CD/1DVD Digipak Edition) Esoteric
SAXON ‘The Eagle Has Landed – Live’ (re-issue)
WILLIAM SHATNER ‘Shatner Claus: The Christmas Album’ Cleopatra Records
Sirenia ‘Arcane Astral Aeons’ Napalm Records
SKULL FIST ‘Way Of The Road’
TIM STAFELL ‘Two Soon’
STRIKER ‘Play To Win’
THE STRUTS ‘Young & Dangerous’
THAT JOE PAYNE ‘What Is The World Coming To’ (EP)
THEM ‘Manor of the Seven Gables’ SPV/Steanmhammer
TIGER MOTH TALES ‘Story Tellers Part 2′ White Knight Records
Christian Tolle Project ‘Point Blank’ Fastball Music
Judie Tzuke, Beverley Craven & Julia Fordham ‘Woman To Woman’
WHITE WIDDOW ‘Victory’ AOR Records

November

2nd
ARSIS ‘Visitant’ Nuclear Blast
DEAD CAN DANCE ‘Dionysus’
EAGLES ‘Legacy’ (box set 2 CD/DVD, Blu-ray, 15LP) Rhino
EDEN’S CURSE ‘Testament – The Best Of’ AFM Records
MARIANNE FAITHFUL ‘Negatove Capability’ BMG
LOS PACAMINOS ‘Viva Live’
METALLICA ‘…And Justice For All’ (30th anniversary re-issue)
THE MOODY BLUES ‘In Search Of The Lost Chord’ (50th aniversary edition) UMC
MOTT THE HOOPLE ‘Mental Train (The Island years 1969-71)’ UMC (6CD box set)
THE NEAL MORSE BAND ‘Morsefest! 2017′
OPETH ‘Garden Of The Titans: Live At Red Rocks Amphitheater’ Moderbolaget Records/Nuclear Blast
THE PRODIGY ‘No Tourists’ BMG
ROADKILL ‘Ruled By Machines’ MelodicRock Records
SICK OF IT ALL ‘Wake the Sleeping Dragon’ Century Media
SMOKING MARTHA ‘In Deep’ Bad Reputation
TENACIOUS D ‘Post-Apocalypto’
MIKE TRAMP ‘Capricorn’ (20th anniversary re-issue)
STEVEN WILSON ‘Home Invasion’ (2CD/DVD, BluRay) Eagle Rock
WITHERFALL ‘ A Prelude To Sorrow’ Century Media Records

9th
ALL THAT REMAINS ‘Victim Of The New Disease’ Razor & Tie
THE BEATLES ‘The White Album’ (50th anniversary edition – 7-disc, deluxe 4LP, deluxe 3CD and 2LP)
BURNING WITCHES ‘Hexenhammer’ Nuclear Blast
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM ‘The End Of Chaos’ AFM Records
GREENLEAF ‘Here The Rivers’ Napalm Records
RIKARD SJOBLOM’S GUNGFLY ‘Friendship’ Inside Out
HANSON ‘String Theory’ (double album)
TROND HOLTER (Dracula 2) ‘Vlad The Impaler’ Frontiers
IMAGINE DRAGONS ‘Origins’ KIDinaKORNER/Polydor Records
JETHRO TULL ‘This Was’ (3CD/DVD 50th anniversary re-issue)
DAMON JOHNSON (BLACK STAR RIDERS) ‘Memoirs Of An Uprising’
LACUNA COIL ‘The 119 Show – Live in London’
JAKE E. LEE’S RED DRAGON CARTEL ‘Patina’ Frontiers
J MASCIS ‘Electric Days’ Sub Pop
MIDNIGHT OIL ‘Armistace Day: Live at the Domain, Sydney’ (CD/DVD)
MUSE ‘Simulation Theory’
NORDIC UNION ‘Second Coming’ Frontiers
TED NUGENT ‘The Music Made Me Do It’ (CD/DVD)
GARY NUMAM ‘The Fallen’ (EP)
GARY NUMAN ‘Savage, Live At Brixton Academy’
STEPHEN PEARCY (RATT) ‘View To A Thrill’ Frontiers
PHENOMENA ‘I, II, III’ (re-issues) Cherry Red Records
DAVID REECE (ex-ACCEPT/BONFIRE) ‘Resilient Heart’ Mighty Music
JON SPENCER ‘Sings All The Hits’ Red Records
TANK ‘Sturmpanzer’
TEN ‘Illumanti’ Frontiers
TEN YEARS AFTER ‘Live At Fillmore East’ (3LP & LP Reissue)
TRAIN ‘Greatest Hits’

16th
AMON AMARTH ‘The Pursuit Of Vikings: 25 Years In The Eye Of The Storm’
ARTILLERY ‘The Face Of Fear’ Metal Blade
Be Bop Deluxe ‘Sunburst Finish’ (2CD Remastered & Expanded Edition) Esoteric
KATE BUSH ‘Remastered Part 1’ (box set)
COLD SWEAT ‘Break Out’ (re-issue)
CHRIS CONNELL ‘Chris Connell’ (best of) Universal
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE ‘Equinoxe Infinity’
MARK KNOPFLER ‘Down The Road Wherever’ Universal/Virgin EMI
ALEXIS KORNER ‘Every Day I Have the Blues: The Sixties Anthology’
JOHN MELLANCAMP ‘Other People’s Stuff’
MEMPHSIS MAY FIRE ‘Broken’
MUMFORD & SONS ‘Delta’
P.O.D. ‘Circles’ Mascot Records
TED POLEY ‘Modern Art’
THE ROLLING STONES ‘Voodoo Lounge Uncut’ (DVD/2CD, BluRay/2CD, BluRay/3LP) Eagle Vision
RUSH ‘Hemispheres’ (40th anniversary edition)
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS ‘Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.’ Martha’s Music/Napalm Records
NITA STRAUSS (ALICE COOPER) ‘Controlled Chaos’ Sumerain Records
THE TANGENT ‘Proxy’ Inside Out
BERNIE TORME ‘Shadowland’ (2CD) Pledge Music
VARIOUS ‘Confessin’ The Blues’ (blues songs chosen by THE ROLLING STONES) BMG
VARIOUS ‘A Life In Yes’ (tribute to Chris Squire) Cleopatra Records

23rd
ACCEPT ‘Symphonic Terror – Live At Wacken 2017′ Nuclear Blast
AFRO CELT SOUNDSYSTEM ‘Flight’ ECC Records
MICHAEL ARMSTRONG ‘Looking For The World’
JEAN BEAUVOIR ‘Rock Masterpieces Vol.2′ AOR Heaven
CARE OF NIGHT ‘Love Equals War’ AOR Heaven
CATTLE DECAPITATION ‘Medium Rarities’ Metal Blade Records
CONCEPTION ‘My Dark Symphony’ (EP)
DAN REED NETWORK ‘Origins’ Zero One Entertainment
THE ELECTRIC BOYS ‘The Ghsot Ward Diaries’ Mighty Muisc
THE FLOWER KINGS ‘Manifesto Of An Alchemist’ Inside Out
KALIDIA ‘The Frozen Throne’ Inner Wound Recordings
AMY MACDONALD ‘Woman Of The World : The Best of 2007-2018′
MARILLION ‘Clutching At Straws’ (4CD box set)
JEROME MAZZA (ANGELICA) ‘Outlaw Son’ Escape Music
VADENBURG’S MOONKINGS ‘Rugged and Unplugged’ Mascot
NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA ‘Internal Affairs’ (re-issue)
SINBREED ‘IV’ Massacre Records
SODOM ‘Partisan’ (EP) SPV/Steamhammer
VIRGIN STEELE ‘Seven Devils Moonshine’ (5CD box set) SPV/Steamhammer
BRETT WALKER ‘Last Parade’ MelodicRock Records (box set)

26th
CREAM ‘God Save The Cream – Farewell Concert’ (DVD box set)

30th
THE BEATLES ‘Home and Away ’64-’66′ (vinyl box set) Pledge Music
BILLYBIO ‘Feed the Fire’ AFM Records
BLIND GUARDIAN ‘Nightfall In Middle Earth’, ‘A Night at the Opera’, Imaginations From The Other Side’ (re-issues) Nuclear Blast
DAVID BOWIE ‘Glastonbury 2000′ (2CD/DVD,3LP,2CD) Parlophone Records
KATE BUSH ‘Remastered Part 3’ & ‘Part 4’ (box set)
DEF LEPPARD ‘The Story So Far: The Best Of’ (2CD)
DEF LEPPARD ‘Hysteria: The Singles Box Set’
EMIGRATE ‘A Million Degrees’ (features Rammstein guitarist Richard Kruspe)
Franke & The Knockouts ‘Complete Collection’ (box set)
JOHN GREAVES (HENRY COW) ‘Life Size’ Manticore Records
BETH HART ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall’ (CD/DVD) Provogue/Mascot
HUSH ‘If You Smile’ Lions Pride Music
MIKE & THE MECHANICS ‘The Living Years’ (30th anniversary edition)
MESHUGGAH Meshuggah, Contradictions Collapse, None, Destroy Erase Improve, Chaosphere (vinyl re-issues)
PLANET OF ZEUS ‘Live In Athens’
RIOT ‘Thundersteel – 30th Anniversary Edition’ Metal Blade Records
SABATON ‘Carolus Rex – Platinum Edition’ (re-issue)
STAY TUNED S/T earMUSIC (inc. IAN GILLAN, JON LORD, DON AIREY, JEFF SCOTT SOTO, STEVE LUKATHER & more)
TOTO ‘All In’ (box set) Sony/Colombia
JOHN YOUNG (LIFESIGNS) ‘Significance’ (re-issue)
NEIL YOUNG ‘Songs For Judy’

December

2nd
CHRIS HOLMES (ex-WASP) ‘Under The Influence’ (EP)

7th
ALCATRAZZ ‘Parole Denied – Live’ (Japanese reunion concert from 2017 2CD/DVD) Frontiers
APOCALYPTICA ‘Apocalyptica plays Metallica by four cellos – A Live Performance’
JASON BECKER ‘Triumphant Hearts’ Music Theories Recordings/Mascot
COLDPLAY ‘Live In Buenos Aires’
DEVIL’S HAND S/T (MIKE SLAMER & ANDREW FREEMAN of LAST IN LINE) Frontiers
FAMILY ‘Family At The BBC’ Madfish (box set)
Johnny Gioeli (HARDLINE/AXEL RUDI PELL) ‘One Voice’ Frontiers
GOTTHARD ‘Defrosted II’ (2CD) Nuclear Blast
HAMMERFALL ;Legacy Of Kings’ (2CD/DVD) Nuclear Blast
KRP (THE KEITH REID PROJECT) ‘In My Head’ Rockville
MAGIC DANCE ‘New Eyes’ Frontiers
MANIC STRETT PREACHERS ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’ (3CD set re-issue) Columbia/Sony
METAL CHURCH ‘Damned If You Do’ Nuclear Blast
VAN MORRISON ‘The Prophet Speaks’
MOTORHEAD ‘Böx of Magic’ Silver Lining Music
NIGHTWISH ‘End Of An Era’ (2CD/DVD) Nuclear Blast
PALACE ‘Binary Music’ Frontiers
PAVLOV’S DOG ‘Prodigal Dreamer’ Rockville Music
THE KEITH REID PROJECT (KRP) ‘In My Head’
REVERENCE ‘Vengance Is…Live!’ Rock Of Angels Records
LEE ROCKER (THE STRAY CATS) ‘The LOW Road’
STATE OF SALAZAR ‘Superhero’ Frontiers
STEELHEART ‘Rock’N Milan’ Frontiers
WINGS ‘ Wild Life’, ‘Red Rose Speedway’ (re-issues)
THE YOUNG ‘UNS ‘The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff’

14th
JORN ’50 Years On Earth’ (box set) Frontiers
LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM ‘Secret Treasures’
PURSER/DEVERILL (ex-TYGERS OF PAN TANG) ‘Square One’ Mighty Music
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ‘Springsteen On Braodway’ (soundtrack 2CD, 4LP) Columbia Records
STEEL PROPHET ‘The Revenant – The Demo Years 1986 – 1989′ Rock Of Angels Records
VENOM ‘Storm the Gates’ Spinefarm/UMG
VOLBEAT ‘Let’s Boogie! Live From Telia Parken’

19th
H.E.A.T. ‘Best Of’ Victor (Japan only)

21st
LAST UNION ‘Twelve’ Rock Of Angels Records (with guest vocalist JAMES LABRIE of DREAM THEATER)
SHADOW DOMAIN ‘Digital Divide’
TYGERS OF PAN TANG ‘Hellbound Spellbound Live 1981′

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Power Plays w/c 9 December 2024

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Featured Albums w/c 9 December 2024

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