Compiled by Jason Ritchie

July

6th
BARENAKED LADIES ‘Stunt 20th Anniversary Edition’ (CD/DVD) Parlophone
DEVILDRIVER ‘Outlaws Till The End’ (country covers album) Napalm Records
JUDY DYBLE ‘Earth Is Sleeping’ Acid Jazz Records
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS ‘Ascension’
IMMORTAL ‘Northern Cross’ Nuclear Blast
KISSIN’ DYNAMITE ‘Ecstasy’ Metal Blade
LUCIFER ‘Lucifer II’ Century Media
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT ‘Ocean Machine Live At The Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv’ (CD/DVD) Inside Out
VIXEN ‘Live Fire’ Rat Pak Records

10th
HELIX ‘Greatest Hits’ Universal

13th
Graham Bonnet Band ‘Meanwhile, Back in the Garage’ Frontiers
COWBOY JUNKIES ‘All That Reckoning’
Gioeli/Castronovo ‘Set the World On Fire’ Frontiers
THE JAYHAWKS ‘Back Roads and Abandoned Motels’
Nozomu Wakai’s Destinia ‘Metal Souls’ Frontiers
Clif Magness ‘Lucky Dog’ Frontiers
MR. BIG ‘Live From Milan’ Frontiers
MYSTERY ‘Lies & Butterflies’ Unicorn Records
Obscura ‘Diluvium’ Relapse Records
SMASH FASHION ‘Rompous Pompous’ Electric Pudding Recordings
TWO OF A KIND ‘Rise’ Frontiers

20th
CITA ‘Relapse Of Reason’/'Heat Of Emotion’ (2CD re-issue) Escape Music
DISTORTED HARMONY ‘A Way Out’
ENCHANT ‘A Dream Imagined…’ (10CD box set inc. all studio albums and 2CDs of bonus songs) Inside Out
EPICA ‘Epica vs. Attack On Titan’ Nuclear Blast (covers EP)
FREE FROM SIN ‘II’ Pride & Joy Music
JAN HAMMER ‘Seasons Pt.1′
NITRATE ‘Real World’ MelodicRock Records
POWER WOLF ‘The Sacrament Of Sin’ (plus an album of PowerWolf songs covered by other bands) Napalm Records
SOUTHERN EMPIRE ‘Civilisation’ GEP
TOKYO BLADE ‘Unbroken’
VARIOUS ‘Wacken 2017 – 28 Years Louder Than Hell’

27th
BIG BIG TRAIN ‘Merchants Of Light’ (live album)
BLODWYN PIG ‘Ahead Rings Out/Getting To This’ (re-issue)
DAUGHTRY ‘Cage To Rattle’ RCA
HALESTORM ‘Vicious’
KING KOBRA ‘Sweden Rock Live’
MARILLION ‘All One Tonight – Live at the Royal Albert Hall’ Racket Records
MOLLY HATCHETT ‘Fall of the peacemakers: 1980-1985′ (box set) Cherry Red Records
OTEP ‘Kult 45′ Napalm Records
REDEMPTION ‘Long Night’s Journey Into Day’ Metal Blade Records
MICHAEL ROMEO (SYMHONY X) ‘War Of The Worlds Pt. 1′ Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group
BOZ SCAGGS ‘Out Of The Blues’
DEE SNIDER ‘For The Love Of Metal’ Napalam Records
STYX ‘The Mission’ (re-issue in 5.1 surround sound)
TARJA ‘Act II’ (live album) earMUSIC
UNDERWORLD & IGGY POP ‘Teatime Dub Encounters’ (EP)

August

3rd
Eliza & Martin Carthy ‘Live At The Pavillion’ (CD/DVD)
DIESEL ’30: The Greatest Hits’
ELO ‘Secret Messages’ (2LP re-issue with six added tracks)
GENESIS (14 studio albums re-issued on heavyweight vinyl)
JAMES ‘Living In Extraordinary Times’
ULTRAPHONOX ‘Original Human Music’ earMUSIC (Dokken’s George Lynch & Living Color’s Corey Glover)

10th
3.2 ‘The Rules Have Changed’ (Robert Berry & Keith Emerson) Frontiers
AIRRACE ‘Summer Rain’ Frontiers
BROKEN WITT REBELS ‘Snake Eyes’ (EP)
ENUFF ‘Z NUFF ‘Diamond Boy’ Frontiers
KING COMPANY ‘Queen Of Hearts’ Frontiers
MAD MAX ’35′ Steamhammer/SPV
THE MAGPIE SALUTE ‘High Water I’ Provogue/Mascot
MASSIVE WAGONS ‘Full Nelson’ Earache Records
NIGHT DEMON ‘Live Darkness’ (2Cd/vinyl) SPV/Steamhammer
PRIMAL FEAR ‘Apocalypse’ Frontiers
JIM SHEPARD ‘Save The World’ MelodicRock Records
Sinsaenum ‘Repulsion For Humanity’ earMUSIC
TEENAGE FANCLUB Bandwagonesque, Thirteen, Grand Prix, Howdy, Songs From Northern Britain (vinyl re-issues)
DANIEL TRIGGER ‘Right Turn’ MelodicRock Records
VAN CANTO ‘Trust In Rust’ Napalm Records

17th
THE CORAL ‘Move Through The Dawn’
DORO ‘Forever Warriors, Forever United’ Nuclear Blast
STATUS QUO ‘Down Down & Dirty at Wacken’ earMUSIC

20th
KILLER BEE ‘Tapes From The Attic’ (EP)

24th
ALICE IN CHAINS ‘Rainier Fog’ BMG
BLUE OCTOBER ‘I Hope You’re Happy’
CRACK THE SKY ‘Living In Reverse’,'Crackology’ Loud & Proud Records
DALLAS S/T AOR Boulevard
INTERPOL ‘Marauder’
JAPAN ‘Gentlemen Take Polaroid’, ‘Tin Drum’ (vinyl re-issues)
MARK LANEGAN ‘With Animals’
MANTAR ‘The Modern Art Of Setting Ablaze’ Nuclear Blast
MOB RULES ‘Beast Reborn’ SPV/Steamhammer
NONPOINT ‘X’ Napalm Records
THE RADIO SUN ‘Beautiful Strange’ Pride & Glory
RISING FIRE ‘No Death Reborn’ (EP)
THE SIGN ‘Signs Of Life /The Second Coming’ (ltd edition re-issue) Escape Music
THIRD EYE BLIND ‘Thanks For Everything’ (EP)
WITH CONFIDENCE ‘Love and Loathing’

31st
ANGEL ‘The Casablanca Years’ (7CD box set)
THE BAND ‘Music From The Big Pink’ (50th anniversary re-issue) Universal
MARTIN BARRE ‘Road Less Travelled’
BEYOND THE BLACK ‘Heart of the Hurricane’ Napalm Records
BLACK MIRRORS ‘Look Into The Black Mirror’ Napalm Records
CONAN ‘Existential Void Guardian’ Napalm Records
ALICE COOPER ‘A Paranormal Evening with Alice Cooper at the Olympia Paris’ earMUSIC
DALLAS TBA AOR Blvd Records
THE ELECTRIC BOYS TBA
IAN GILLAN & THE JAVELINS earMUSIC
THE KOOKS ‘Let’s Go Sunshine’
KORITNI ‘Rolling’
LYNYRD SKYNYRD ‘Southern Rock: Live Broadcasts’
NICK MASON ‘Unattended Luggage’ (3CD set/vinyl) Warner
STEVE N SEAGULS ‘Grainsville’
STONE SOUR ‘Hydrograd’ (2CD edition)
SULPHER ‘No One Will Ever Know’ SPV
DEVIN TOWNSEND ‘ERAS’ (vinyl box set) Inside Out
U.D.O. ‘Steelfactory’ AFM Records
URIAH HEEP ‘Your Turn To Remember: The Definitive Anthology 1970-1990’ (vinyl)

September

1st
JUNKYARD DRIVE ‘Black Coffee’

3rd
THE QUIREBOYS ‘Homewreckers & Heartbreakers’ (10th anniversary re-issue with added live tracks)

7th
ALTER BRIDGE ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall’
BOSTON MANOR ‘Welcome To The Neighbourhood’ Pure Noise Records
PAUL CARRACK ‘These Days’
CLUTCH ‘Book Of Bad Decisions’
GIRLSCHOOL ‘The Bronze Years’ (4CD)
SIMON HINKLER (THE MISSION) ‘Moving On’ (EP)
Korpiklaani ‘Kulkija’ Nuclear Blast
LENNY KRAVITZ ‘Raise Vibration’
LED ZEPPELIN ‘The Song Remains The Same’ (re-issue)
LOVE AFFAIR ‘Time Hasn’t Changed Us: The Complete CBS Recordings 1967-1971′ (3CD)
PAUL McARTNEY ‘Egypt Station’
Metal Allegiance ‘Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty’ Nuclear Blast
NASHVILLE PUSSY ‘Pleased To Eat You’ Verycord Records
SAXON ‘Thunderheart’ (tour edition)
BOB SEGER ‘Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967′
PAUL SIMON ‘In The Blue Light’
SUICIDAL TENDACIES ‘Still Cyco Punk After All These Years’
YES featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman ‘Live at the Apollo’ Eagle Rock

12th
VENNART ‘To Cure A Blizzard Upon A Plastic Sea’

14th
ACE MAFIA S/T (EP)
ARCANE ROOTS ‘Landslide’ (EP)
BLIND GUARDIAN (first 4 studio albums re-issued) Nuclear Blast
DEICIDE ‘Overtures of Blasphemy’ Century Media
DREAM CHILD ‘Until Death Do We Meet Again’ Frontiers (features CRAIG GOLDY, SIMON WRIGHT & RUDY SARZO)
THE DOORS ‘Waiting For The Sun’ (50th anniversary re-issue)
ETHERNITY ‘The Human Race Extinction’ AFM Records
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO ‘The Crossing’
FEDERAL CHARM ‘Passenger’
FIZZY BLOOD ‘Pink Magic’ EP
GOOD CHARLOTTE ‘Generation RX’ BMG
GRAVE DIGGER ‘The Living Dead’ Napalm Records
GROUNBREAKER Frontiers (includes FM’s STEVE OVERLAND)
THE GUESS WHO ‘The Future IS What It Used To Be’ Cleopatra Records
HAWKWIND ‘Road To Utopia’ (with MIKE BATT) Cherry Red Records
JEAN MICHEL JARRE ‘Planet Jarre: 50 Years of Music’
LIONCAGE ‘Turn Back Time’ Pride & Glory
TONY MITCHELL (KISS OF THE GYPSY/DIRTY WHITE BOYZ) ‘Beggars Gold’ MeldodicRock Records
MONSTER TRUCK ‘True Rockers’ Mascot Records
WILLIE NELSON ‘My Way’
ORBITAL ‘Monsters Exist’
OUTLOUD ‘Virtual Hero Society’ Rock Of Angels Records
SNAKES IN PARADISE ‘Step Into The Light’ Frontiers
RICHARD THOMPSON ’13 Rivers’
THRICE ‘Palms’
TREAT ‘Tunguska’ Frontiers
THE TREWS ‘Civilianaires’ Pledge Music
TWISTED SISTER ‘You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll & Live at the Marquee’ (2CD/Coloured 2LP)
THE UNITY ‘Rise’ SPV/Steamhammer
URIAH HEEP ‘Living The Dream’ Frontiers
RICK WAKEMAN ‘Piano Odyssey’ Sony Classical
PAUL WELLER ‘Ture Meanings’ Parlophone Records
ANN WILSON (HEART) ‘Immortal’ (covers album inc. JEFF BECK)

21st
ABORTED ‘Terror Vision’ Century Media
Acacia Avenue ‘Worlds Apart’ Perris Records
BLACK MAJESTY ‘Children of the Abyss’
JOE BONAMASSA ‘Redemption’
DARK SARAH ‘The Golden Moth’
DEAD LETTER CIRCUS S/T BMG
DRAGONLAND ‘Dominion’ Spinefarm Records
DREAM PATROL ‘Phantoms of the Past’ Mighty Music
ELO ‘The UK Singles Volume One 1972-1978′ (vinyl)
FREAK KITCHEN ‘Confusion to the Enemy’
BILLY GIBBONS ‘The Big Bad Blues’ Snakefarm Recordings
HARDCORE SUPERSTARS ‘You Can’t Kill Rock ‘N’ Roll’
KING DIAMOND ‘Songs from the Dead Live’ Metal Blade Records
KIX ‘Fuse 30 Reblown’
LIONCAGE ‘Turn Back Time’ Pride & Joy
LYNYRD SKYNYRD ‘Live In Atlantic City’ (CD/LP/DVD/Blu-Ray)
MARILLION ‘Live In Glasgow’
THE MIDNIGHT ‘Kids’
GRAHAM PARKER ‘Cloud Symbols’
PRINCE ‘Piano and a Microphone 1983′ Warner
THE RAMONES ‘Road To Ruin’ (40th anniversary re-issue 3CD/LP)
SIR REG ‘The Underdogs’ Despotz Records
SLASH featuring MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS ‘Living The Dream’ Snakepit/Roadrunner
SUEDE ‘The Blue Hour’ Warner Music
THERAPY? ‘Cleave’ Marshall Records
TIFFANY ‘Piece Of Me’
VOIVOD ‘The Wake’ Century Media

24th
DALLAS S/T AOR Blvd Records
PAUL GILBERT ‘Behold Electric Guitar’

28th
ATLAS S/T AOR Heaven
BLACKFIELD ‘Open Mind: The Best Of Blackfield’ KScope
BRAINSTORM ‘Midnight Ghost’ AFM Records
CINDERELLA ‘The Mercury Years’ (box set)
PHIL COLLINS ‘Plays Well With Others’ (4CD)
DYNAZTY ‘Firestorm’ AFM Records
ENEMY INSIDE ‘Phoenix’ Rock Of Angels Records
Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther ‘Longbranch/Pennywhistle’
BILLY IDOL ‘Vital Idol/Revitalized’ Capitol
PETE MacLEOD ‘Walk To The Light’
MC5 ‘Total Assault’ (vinyl box set)
MUDHONEY ‘Digital Garbage’
NAZARETH ‘Loud And Proud’ (box set) BMG
NEWMAN ‘Decades II’ (2CD) AOR Heaven
PINK FLOYD ‘A Foot In The Door: The Very Best Of Pink Floyd’ (vinyl)
TED POLEY ‘Modern Art’
REO SPEEDWAGON ‘The Early Years 1971-1977′ (eight-disc box)
RIVERSIDE ‘Waste7and’ Inside Out
RUNNING WILD ‘Pieces Of Eight: The Singles, Live and Rare 1984-1994′ Noise Records
SAGA ‘Saga: So Good So Far – Live At Rock Of Ages’ earMUSIC
ROD STEWART ‘Blood Red Roses’ Decca
STRATOVARIUS ‘Enigma Intermission 2′ earMUSIC
JOE STRUMMER ‘Joe Strummer 001′ (best of)
TERROR ‘Total Tetaliation’ Pure Noise Records
U2 ‘The Best Of 1990-2000′ (vinyl)
JIMMY WALDO & STEVEN ROSEN ‘Voices From The Past’ (2CD) MelodicRock Records
WOLFHEART ‘Constellation of the Black Light’ Napalm Records

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