Compiled by Jason Ritchie

April

3rd

ALL TIME LOW ‘Wake Up Sunshine’ Fueled By Ramen

ALMANAC ‘Rush Of Death’ Nuclear Blast

BONFIRE ‘Fistful Of Fire’ AFM Records

CONCEPTION ‘State Of Deception’

DYNZATY ‘The Dark Delight’ AFM Records

GENTLE GIANT Gentle Giant, Acquiring Taste, Three Friends and Octopus (vinyl only re-issues)

LUCIFER STAR MACHINE ‘The Devil’s Breath’ Sign Records

MARILLION ‘Script For A Jester’s Tear’ (4CD/Blu-ray, 4LP)

RICHARD MARX ‘Limitless’ BMG (UK release)

THE MONKEES ‘The Mike & Micky Show Live’

PALACE ‘Reject The System’ Massacre Records

PURE REASON REVOLUTION ‘Eupnea’ Inside Out

TESTAMENT ‘Titans Of Creation’ Nuclear Blast

TETEMA ‘Necroscape’ Ipecac Recordings (features FAITH NO MORE’s Mike Patton)

TOTO ‘Old Is New’ (album was part of last year’s ‘All In’ box set)

10th

AYREON ‘Ayreon – Electric Castle Live And Other Tales’ (3LP/2CD+DVD/BD) Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group

GLENN DANZIG ‘Danzig Sings Elvis’ Cleopatra Records

Fallen Arise ‘Enigma’ Rock Of Angels Records

JAZZ SABBATH (features ADAM WAKEMAN)

METAL CHURCH ‘From The Vault’ Repear Records

NIGHTWISH ‘Human :II; Nature’ Nuclear Blast

JOE SATRIANI ‘Shapeshifting’

THE SLEEP EAZYS ‘Easy To Buy, Hard To Sell’ Provogue/J&R Adventures (featurs JOE BONAMASSA, instrumental album)

SPELL ‘Opulent Decay’ Bad Omen Records

THE STROKES ‘The New Abnormal’

17th

NICOLE ATKINS ‘Italian Ice’

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER ‘Verminous’ Metal Blade Records

CHERIE CURRIE ‘Blvds Of Splendor’ (digital) Blackheart Records

EOB ‘Earth’ (ED O’BRIEN – RADIOHEAD guitarist)

FISH ON FRIDAY ‘Black Rain’ Esoteric Antenna Records

GLASS HAMMER ‘Dreaming City’

HARTMANN ’15 Pearls and Gems’ Pride & Joy Music

STEVE HOWE ‘Love Is’ BMG

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets ‘Live At The Roundhouse’ (2LP, 2CD/DVD and Blu-ray) Sony Records

EDDIE MONEY ‘Brand New Day’ (digital)

MYRATH ‘Live In Carthage’ earMUSIC (CD/DVD)

SOUL ASYLUM ‘Hurry Up And Wait’

THE WHITE BUFFALO ‘On The Widow’s Walk’ Snakefarm Records/Universal

22nd

GRACES COLLIDE ‘Our Tomorrow’

24th

ANUBIS GATE ‘Covered In Colours’ Nightmare Records

CAPTAIN BLACKBEARD ‘Sonic Forces’ AOR Heaven

Cirith Ungol ‘Forever Black’ Metal Blade Records

CLOVEN HOOF ‘Age Of Steel’ Pure Steel Records

COMPASS ‘Our Time On Earth’ Escape Music

KATATONIA ‘City Burials’ Peaceville Records

RON KEEL BAND ‘South X South Dakota’ (covers of southern rock songs) High Volume Music

WILLIE NELSON ’First Rose of Spring’ Legacy Recordings

AXEL RUDI PELL ‘Sign Of The Times’ SPV

PAUL SHORTINO ‘Make A Wish’ Ward Records

STONEFLOWEWR ‘Finally’ AOR Heaven

Trick Or Treat ‘The Legend Of The XII Saints’ Scarlet Records

TRIVIUM ‘What The Dead Men Say’ Roadrunner Records

FRANK TURNER ‘Live In Newcastle’ Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records

THE USED ‘Heartwork’

WARBRINGER ‘Weapons Of Tomorrow’ Napalm Records

SNOWY WHITE ‘Lucky Star – An Anthology 1983-1994′ (box set) Cherry Red Records

25th

BIG BIG TRAIN ‘Summer’s Lease’ (best of) Belle Antique (Japan only)

May

1st

Jack Russell’s Great White ‘Once Bitten Acoustic Bytes’ Cleopatra Records

ALANIS MORISSETTE ‘Such Pretty Forks in the Road’

THE ROCKET DOLLS ‘The Art Of Discontent’

MIKE TRAMP ‘Second Time Around’ Mighty Music

VADER ‘Solitude In Madness’ Nuclear Blast

4th

MIKE BATT ‘The Penultimate Collection’ (2CD)

ORANGE GOBLIN ‘Rough & Ready, Live & Loud’ Bandcmap

7th

Eric Moore And The Legion Of The Damned

8th

FAKE NAMES S/T Epitaph

ROBERT JON & THE WRECK ‘Last Light On The Highway’

LAMB OF GOD S/T Epic Records

MARK LANEGAN ‘Straight Songs Of Sorrow’ Heavenly

THE SINCLAIRS ‘Sparkle’ Cleopatra Records (features Rat Scabies ex-the Damned)

BUTCH WALKER ‘American Love Story’ Ruby Red Recordings

10th

MILAN POLAK ‘You Can’t Please Everyone’ Lion Music

15th

Asgard ‘Ragnarøkkr’ Pride & Joy Music

ASKING ALEXANDRIA ‘Like A House on Fire’ Sumerian Records

CWF (Champlin/Willams/Friestedt) ‘II’ Black Lodge Records

FIREWIND S/T AFM Records

GATHERING OF KINGS ‘Discovery’

Horisont ‘Sudden Death’ Century Media Records

THE LICKERISH QUARTET ‘Threesome Vol.1′ (EP) (features members of JELLYFISH)

PARADISE LOST ‘Obsidian’ Nuclear Blast

PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS ‘Prehensile Tales’ Inside Out

Sapphire Eyes ‘Magic Moments’ Pride & Joy Music

SPARKS ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’ BMG (digital only)

TOKYO BLADE ‘Dark Revolution’ Back On Black Records

WEEZER ‘Van Weezer’

22nd

THE 1975 ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’

TIM BURGESS (THE CHARLATANS) ‘I Love The New Sky’

Caligula’s Horse ‘Rise Radiant’ Inside Out

KIERAN CONWAY ‘Your Ghosts’

DENNIS DeYOUNG ’26 East: Vol. 1′ Frontiers

STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES ‘Ghost Of West Virginia’

FM ‘Synchronized’ Frontiers

JEFF HEALEY ‘Heal My Soul’ (re-issue) Eagle Rock Entertainment

HER CHARIOT AWAITS Frontiers

ONE DESIRE ‘Midnight Empire’ Frontiers

PRETTY MAIDS ‘Maid In Japan — Future World Live 30th Anniversary’ (CD/DVD) Frontiers

Room Experience ‘Another Time And Plac’ Art Of Melody Music

Todd Sucherman (STYX) ‘Last Flight Home’

THESE WICKED RIVERS ‘Eden’

THROWING MUSES ‘Sun Racket’

26th

Alessandro Del Vecchio ‘Sounds From The Notebook – The Demo Session’ (digital only)

The Raconteurs ‘Live At Electric Lady’ Third Man Records

29th

ALESTORM ‘Curse Of The Crystal Coconut’ Napalm Records

ASENBLUT ‘Die Wilde Jagd’ AFM Records

DEF LEPPARD ‘Live In Vegas’ Eagle Rock

DEVILFIRE

GRAVE DIGGER ‘Fields Of Blood’ Napalm Records

HAWKLORDS ‘Hawklords Alive’

THE KILLERS ‘Imploding The Mirage’ Virgin Records

LITTLE RED KINGS ‘The Magic Show Part One’

IGGY POP ‘Bowie Years’ (boxset) Universal

RUSH ‘Permanent Waves’ (40th anniversary edition)

SINISTER ‘Deformation Of The Holy Realm’ Massacre Records

STATIC-X ‘Project Regeneration’

VADENBURG ’2020′ Mascot Label Group

VENOM ‘Sons Of Satan’

WILD SOULS ‘Queen of My Heart’ Lions Pride Music

June

5th

AMERICA ‘Half Century’ (8CD 50th anniversary box set)

Black Sabbath ‘The End’ (coloured vinyl) Eagle Rock Entertainment

DION ‘Blues With Friends

FROST* ‘Others’ (six song EP) Inside Out

THE GHOST INSIDE S/T Epitaph Records

KATIE MALCO ‘Failures’ 6131 Records

POWERWOLF ‘Best Of The Blessed’ Napalm Records

THE SPITFIRES ‘Life Worth Living’

DEVIN TOWNSEND ‘Empath – The Ultimate Edition’ InsideOutMusic

THE WHO ‘Live in Hyde Park’ (coloured vinyl) Eagle Rock Entertainment

10th

The Texas Gentlemen ‘Floor It!’ New West Records

12th

Michael Angelo Batio ‘More Machine Than Man’ Rat Pack Records

BLUE OYSTER CULT ‘Live in Heart Radio Theatre N.Y.C. 2012′ Frontiers

BLUE OYSTER CULT ‘Curse of the Hidden Mirror’ (re-issue) Frontiers

BPMD (featuring Bobby Blitz, Mike Portnoy, Mark Menghi & Phil Demmel) ‘American Made’ Napalm Records

ELECTRIC MOB ‘Discharge’ Frontiers

HOUSE OF LORDS ‘New World New Eyes’ Frontiers

MAGNUS KARLSSON’S FREE FALL ‘We Are The Night’ Frontiers

LARKIN POE ‘Self Made Man’

PARALYDIUM ‘Worlds Beyond’ Frontiers

SMACKBOUND ’20/20′ Frontiers

VEGA ‘Grit Your Teeth’ Frontiers

19th

BAD TOUCH ‘Kiss The Sky’ Marshall Records

BE-BOP DELUXE ‘Axe Victim’ (3CD/DVD) Cherry Red Records

Beyond The Black ‘Horizons’ Napalm Records

Blackmore´s Night ‘Nature’s Light’

CRO-MAGS ‘In The Beginning’ Arising Empire

Bob Dylan ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’

ROBERT FRANCIS & THE END TIMES ‘The End Times Vol.1′

HAKEN ‘Virus’ Inside Out (original release date June 5)

LAMB OF GOD S/T Epic

MUSHROOMHEAD ‘A Wonderful Life’ Napalm Records

OPERUS ‘Score Of Nightmares’ Pride & Glory

PROTEST THE HERO ‘Palimpsest’

SHE RIDES ‘Joy Bites’ Pride & Glory

SWITCHFOOT (six song covers EP)

TRAPT ‘Shadow Work’

PAUL WELLER ‘On Sunset’

WHITESNAKE ‘The Rock Album’ Rhino

NEIL YOUNG ‘Homegrown’

20th (Record Store Day)

DAVID BOWIE ‘ChangesNowBowie’ (EP of nine rare & previously unreleased songs)

COLLECTIVE SOUL ‘Half & Half’ (EP)

PINK FLOYD ‘Arnold Layne’ (live 2007 7″ single)

26th

COLIN BASS (CAMEL) & DANIEL BIRO ‘Still’

BLACK KNIGHT ‘Road To Victory’ Pure Steel Records

BLACK VEIL BRIDES ‘Re-Stitch These Wounds’ Sumerian Records

DEPECHE MODE ‘SPiRiTS in the Forest’ (CD/DVD live)

NICK D’VIRGILIO ‘Invisible’ English Electric

EMMURE ‘Hindsight’ Sharptone Records (digital)

FLIGHT ATTENDANT ‘Man Of Chaos’ Moraine Music Group/Membran

LONG DISTANCE CALLING ‘How Do We Want To Live?’ Inside Out

CHRIS FROSANDER ‘King Of Hearts’ AOR Heaven

TUPLE ‘Wooden Box’ AOR Heaven

FRANK ZAPPA ‘The Mothers 1970′

TBA

RICK WAKEMAN ‘The Red Planet’

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