Compiled by Jason Ritchie

July

1st

DAVID GELN EISLEY (ex-GUFFRIA, DIRTY WHITE BOY) ‘Tattered, Torn & Worn’

GANDALF’S FIST ‘The Clockwork Prologue’ (double LP)

MAGENTA ‘Home’ (500 copy limited edition re-issue)

THE SUPERNATURALS ‘Bird Of Luck’

5th

COLORVINE ‘Wake Up’

EMPYRE S/T

HEATHER FINDLAY ‘Wild White Horses’ (produced by Thunder’s Luke Morley)

CRAIG JOINER ‘Art Of Landing’ (ex-ROMEO’S DAUGHTER)

PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS (features current & ex-members of SPOCK’S BEARD) S/T Inside Out

NAD SLYVAN ‘The Regal Bastard’ Inside Out

TOKYO BLADE ‘Unbroken’ (limited edition vinyl) 3MS Music

12th

Dickey Betts ‘Ramblin’ Man Live At The St George Theatre’ BMG

GRAHAM BONNET BAND ‘Live In Tokyo’ Frontiers

DAVID BOWIE ‘Space Oddity’ (50th anniversary box set includes new mixes by Tony Visconti)

FOREIGNER ‘Live At The Rainbow ’78′

HOLLOW HAZE ‘Between Wild Landscapes And Deep Blue Seas’ Frontiers

MIND KEY ‘Aliens In Wonderland’ Frontiers

NEW ORDER ‘?(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + Liam Gillick: So it goes..’ (triple LP/double CD)

BILLY SHERWOOD (YES) ‘Citizen In The Next Life’ Frontiers

Suicide Silence ‘Live & Mental’ Nuclear Blast

SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE ‘Road Chronicles’ (live album) Provogue/Mascot Label Group

VANDEN PLAS ‘The Epic Works 1991-2015′ (11CD Box Set) Frontiers

The Velvet Underground ‘The Complete Matrix Tapes’ (box set)

VISIONATICA ‘Enigma Fire’ Frontiers

19th

TONY BANKS ‘Banks Vaults: The Albums 1979-1995′ (box set)

Crown The Empire ‘Sudden Sky’ Rise Records

THE FLAMING LIPS ‘King’s Mouth’

LIVE ‘Throwing Copper’ (25th anniversary edition) Radioactive/MCA/UMe

EDDIE MONEY ‘Brand New Day’

SABATON ‘The Great War’ Nuclear Blast

SCOTT STAPP (ex-CREED) ‘The Space Between The Shadows’ Napalm Records

STRANDED ‘New Dawn’ Escape Music

SUM 41 ‘Order In Decline’ Hopeless Records

White Boy And The Average Rat Band ‘Love My Ride’ Heaven And Hell Records

YES ’50 Live’ Rhino

26th

MARK BAKER ‘The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be’ MelodicRock Records

Rosalie Cunningham (ex-PURSON) S/T Esoteric Records

FAITHSEDGE ‘Bleed For Passion’ Scarlet Records

Robben Ford & Bill Evans ‘The Sun Room’ earMUSIC

IAN GILLAN ‘Contractual Obligation’ (live album) earMUSIC

Hatriot ‘From Days Unto Darkness’ Massacre Records

H.E.A.T.’ Live at the Sweden Rock Festival’ earMUSIC

Richard Henshall (HAKEN) ‘The Cocoon’

IRON MAIDEN Fear Of The Dark, The X Factor, Virtual XI, Brave New World (remastered) EMI

KAISER CHIEFS ‘Duck’ Polydor

LORDI ‘Recordead Live – Sextourcism iIn Z7′ AFM Records

MEGADETH ‘United Abominations’, ‘Endgame’, ‘Th1rt3en’ (re-issues) BMG

OUTLASTED ‘Waiting For Daybreak’ MelodicRock Records

SOUNDGARDEN ‘Live From The Artists Den’

THY ART IS MURDER ‘Human Target’ Nuclear Blast

PAT TRAVERS ‘Swing!’ Cleopatra Records

31st

JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES ‘Invasion’

August

2nd

BAD COMPANY ‘The Swan Song Years 1974-1982′ (6CD boxset)

BERLIn ‘Transcendance’ Cleopatra Records

Carnifex ‘World War X’ Nuclear Blast

CRYSTAL BALL ’2020 – 20 Years Jubilee’ Massacre Records

Tyla’s Dogs D’Amour ‘A Graveyard Of Empty Bottles’

DICK GAUGHAN ‘The “Harvard” Tapes – Definitive Gaughan Concert From 1982′ Greentrax

IAMTHEMORNING ‘The Bell’ KScope

PHIL LANZON (URIAH HEEP) ’48 Seconds’

NARNIA ‘From Darkness To Light’

THE NEW ROSES ‘Nothing But Wild!’

NORTHLANE ‘Alien’ UNFD

NORTHTALE ‘Welcome To Paradise’ Nuclear Blast

RIOT V ‘Live In Japan’

SAXON ‘The Eagle Has Landed 40′ Silver Lining Music

SKILLET ‘Victorious’ Atlantic Records

Stevie D feat. Corey Glover (LIVING COLOR) ‘Torn From The Pages’ Mighty Music

The Teskey Brothers ‘Run Home Slow’ Decca/Vertigo

Various ‘Woodstock Festival 50th Anniversary’ (38CD box set)

VOLBEAT ‘Rewind, Replay, Rebound’ Republic Records

YES ‘Yes 50 Live’ Rhino Records

5th

ROB REED & LES PENNING ‘The Floral Dance EP’

9th

ARDOURS ‘Last Place On Earth’ Frontiers

DESTRUCTION ‘Born To Perish’ Nuclear Blast

FEEDER ‘Tullulah’

FILTER ‘Title of Record’ (20th anniversary edition) Craft Recordings

Godley & Crème ‘Consequences’ (5CD) Rough Trade,

Elvis Presley ‘Live 1969′ (11CD box set), ‘Live at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, August 26, 1969′ (2LP reissue)

ROXY BLUE S/T Frontiers

BILLY SHERWOOD Citizen ‘In The Next Life’ Frontiers

SLIPKNOT ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ Roadrunner

SNOW PATROL ‘Reworked EP 1’

SOLEIL MOON ‘Warrior’ Frontiers

SPREAD EAGLE ‘Subway To The Stars’ Frontiers

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ‘Blinded By The Light’ (movie soundtrack)

TC&I (features Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers ex-XTC) ‘Naked Flames: Live at Swindon Arts Centre’ Burning Shed

UNRULY CHILD ‘Big Blue World’ Frontiers

16th

Atreyu ‘In Our Wake’ (deluxe edition) Spinefarm Records

PETER GREEN SPLINTER GROUP (re-issue)

HAMMERFALL ‘Dominion’ Nuclear Blast

THE HOLD STEADY ‘Thrashing Thru The Positive’

THE IDES OF MARCH ‘Play On’

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ‘Atonement’ Metal Blade Records

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard ‘Infest the Rats’ Nest’ Flightless Records

MALLORY KNOX S/T A Wolf At Your Door Records

JAMIE ROWE (GUARDIAN) ‘This Is Home’

RUNRIG ‘The Last Dance – Farewell Concert’

SHOCK NARCOTIC ‘I Have Seen The Future And It Doesn’t Work’ Housecore Records

FRANK TURNER ‘No Man’s Land’

TWILIGHT FORCE ‘Dawn of the Dragonstar’ Nuclear Blast

23rd

JEFF BUCKLEY ‘Grace’ (25th anniversary edtion with rare live recordings) Columbia/Legacy Recordings

CROBOT ‘Motherbrain’ Mascot Records

CRYSTAL BALL ’20 Years Jubilee’ Massacre Records

THE DEAD DAISIES ‘Locked and Loaded’ (covers album) Spitfire/SPV

Eighteenth Hour S/T Escape Music

FREEDOM Call ‘M.E.T.A.L.’ SPV/Steamhammer

Ivory Tower ‘Stronger’ Massacre Records

NEW MODEL ARMY ‘From Here’ earMUSIC

THE LEGNDARY PINK DOTS ‘Angel In The Detail’ Metropolis Records

Redd Kross ‘Beyond the Door’ Merge Records

THE REMBRANDTS ‘Via Satellite’

SACRED REICH ‘Awakening’ Metal Blade Records

DEVIN TOWNSEND ‘ERAS Part 4′ (vinyl box set) InsideOut Music

Miss Velvet & the Blue Wolf ‘Feed The Wolf’ Proper Music

30th

25 Yard Screamer ‘Natural Satellite’

ALIEN (debut album 2CD re-issue) AOR Heaven

JIMI ANDERSON GROUP ‘I Belong’ AOR Heaven

BBMAK ‘Powerstation’

CHICAGO ‘Chicago Transit Authority’ (50th Anniversary Remix)

SHERYL CROW ‘Threads’ (duets album)

Ronnie Earl ‘Beyond the Blue Door’ Proper Music

ELVENKING ‘Reader of the Runes: Divination’ AFM Records

ENTOMBED A.D. ‘Bowels of the Earth’ Century Media

PINEAPPLE THIEF ‘Your Wilderness’ (re-issue)

Rockett Love ‘Grettings From Rocketland’ AOR Heaven Records

SAMANTHA FISH ‘Kill Or Be Kind’ Rounder

Saint Deamon ‘Ghost’ Ram It Down Records

MARTIN SIMPSON ‘Rooted’ Topic Records

SONS OF APOLLO ‘Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony’ Inside Out (3CD)

TARJA ‘In The Raw’ earMUSIC

TOOL ‘Fear Inoculum’

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS ‘Wanderers’ Napalm Records

WISHBONE ASH ‘Live At Rockpalast’

September

2nd

Cro-Mags ‘Don’t Give In’ (EP) Victory Records

THE DUNWELLS ‘Something In The Water’

6th

BLACK SABBATH ‘Black Sabbath: The Vinyl Collection 1970-1978′ Rhino

BLACK STAR RIDERS ‘Another State of Grace’ Nuclear Blast

CARAVAN ‘Caravan: The Decca/Deram Years (An Anthology) 1970-1975′ (9CD set)

Jake Clemons [E Street Band] ‘Eyes on the Horizon’

Echo & The Bunnymen ‘he John Peel Sessions 1979 – 1983′ (limited edtion vinyl)

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH ‘Imperfect Circle’

LIV SIN ‘Burning Sermons’ Despotz Records

THE MAGPIE SALUTE ‘In Here’ (EP)

91 SUITE ‘Starting All Over’ (EP)

IGGY POP ‘Free’

RISE TWAIN S/t Inside Out

Sleeping With Sirens ‘How It Feels To Be Lost’ Sumerian Records

SONATA ARCTICA ‘Talviyö’ Nuclear Blast

Amy Speace ‘Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne’ Proper Music

STATUS QUO ‘Backbone’

13th

KRIS BARRAS BAND ‘Light It Up’

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN ‘Days Of The Bagnold Summer’ Matador Records

BLACKRAIN ‘Dying Breed’ SPV/Steamhammer

BLACKTOP MOJO ‘Under The Sun’

BLOCK BUSTER ‘Losing Gravity’ Frontiers

COLD ‘The Things We Can’t Stop’ Napalm Records

ALICE COOPER ‘Breadcrumbs’ (six song EP) earMUSIC

CRASHDIET ‘Rust’ Frontiers

THE CULT ‘Sonic Temple’ (30th anniversary re-issue)

THE DEFIANTS ‘Zokusho’ Frontiers

ENDSEEKER ‘The Harvest’ Metal Blade Records

GOO GOO DOLLS ‘Miracle Pill’ Warners

THE HU ‘The Gereg’

TOM KEIFER (CINDERELLA) ‘Rise’ Cleopatra Records

KORN ‘The Nothing’

KXM ‘Circle Of Dolls’ Rat Pak Records (US) Frontiers

THE LUMINEERS ‘III’ Dualtone Music Group

MOB RULES ‘Beast Over Europe’ (live album)

Sascha Paeth’s Masters Of Ceremony ‘Signs of Wings’ Frontiers

Mike Patton/Jean-Claude Vannier ‘Corpse Flower’ Ipecac Recordings

PISTON S/T

THE PIXIES ‘Beneath the Eyrie’

PSOTY ’Sunless’ Candlelight Records

Puddle Of Mudd ‘Welcome To Galvania’ Pavement Entertainment

RAM ‘The Throne Within’ Metal Blade Records

ROBBIE ROBERTSON ‘Sinematic’

Bernie Shaw (URIAH HEEP) & Dale Collins ‘Too Much Information’

SINNER ‘Santa Muerte’ AFM Records

STARSET ‘Divisions’

Stone Temple Pilots ‘Purple Super’ (deluxe edition) Rhino Records

TIGER ARMY ‘Retrofuture’ Rise Records

The 69 Eyes ‘West End’ Nuclear Blast

TOTO ‘Forty Tours Around The Sun’ (2CD/3LP)

WICKED STONE ‘Devil In Me’ (EP)

20th

LEE AARON ‘Power, Soul, Rock N‘ Roll – Live In Germany’ (CD/DVD) Metalville

AS I LAY DYING ‘Shaped By Fire’ Nuclear Blast

AXE ‘The Final Offering’ Escape Music

BLINK-182 ‘NINE’

BILLY BRAGG ‘Best Of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983–2019′

DANNY BRYANT ‘Means Of Escape’

Allan Clarke [ex-the Hollies] ‘Resurgence’

Bruce Cockburn ‘Crowing Ignites’ True North Records

Cult of Luna ‘A Dawn to Fear’ Metal Blade

EXHORDER ‘Mourn The Southern Skies’ Nuclear Blast

LIAM GALLAGHER ‘Why Me? Why Not’

GHOST ‘Prequelle Exalted’ (limited edition box set)

GUS G ‘Live In Budapest – Part 1′ (digital only)

Kadavar ‘For the Dead Travel Fast’ Nuclear Blast

KEANE ‘Cause and Effect’

KLONE ‘Le Grand Voyage’ Kscope

KOBRA AND THE LOTUS ‘Evolution’ Napalm Records

Ralph McTell ‘Hill of Beans’ Proper Music

MUDHONEY ‘Morning In America’ (EP) Sub Pop

Gerry Rafferty ‘Who Knows What the Day Will Bring?: The Complete Transatlantic Recordings 1969-71′ (2CD)

Robbie Robertson ‘Sinematic’

MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST ‘Revelation’ Nuclear Blast

Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators ‘Living The Dream Tour’ (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray) Eagle Vision

TUNGSTEN ‘We Will Rise’ Rising Empire

ZAC BROWN BAND ‘The Owl’ BMG

27th

LEE ABRAHAM (GALAHAD) ‘Comatose’ F2 Records

ACID REIGN ‘The Age Of Entitlement’ Dissonance

AGE OF REFLECTION ‘A New Dawn AOR Heaven

THE BEATLES ‘Abbey Road’ (deluxe 50th anniversary box set) Apple Corps Ltd/Capitol/UMe

BORKNAGAR ‘True North’ Century Media

CORELEONI ‘II’ AFM Records

DIAMOND DOGS ‘Recall Rock & Roll’ Cargo Records

DRAGONFORCE ‘Extreme Power Metal’

ELOY ‘The Vision, The Sword And The Pyre (Part II)’ Artist Station Records

GONG ‘Love From Planet Gong – The Virgin Years 1973-1975′ (13CD box set) UMC

BETH HART ‘War In MY Mind’ Provogue/Mascot Label Group

David Hasselhoff ‘Open You Eyes’ (guests include TODD RINDGREM, STEVE STEVENS & TRACII GUNNS)

HELLYEAH ‘Welcome Home’ Eleven Seven Music

IQ ‘Resistance’ (double album) GEP

Jack Klatt ‘It Ain’t The Same’ Yep Roc Records

LAURENCE JONES BAND S/T

LAST TEMPTATION ‘Blow A Fuse’

ANDY McCOY ’21st Century Rocks’

OF MICE & MEN ‘Earthandsky’ Rise Records

OPETH ‘In Cauda Venenum’ Nuclear Blast

THE REPLACEMENTS ‘Don’t Tell A Soul’ (re-issue) Rhino

SHOW OF HANDS ‘Battlefield Dance Floor’

STEEL PANTHER ‘Heavy Metal Rules’

THE STRAY CATS ‘Runaway Boys’ (box set) BMG

ROBERT TEPPER ‘Better Than The Rest’ AOR Heaven

THUNDER ‘The Greatest Hits’ (2CD plus 3Cd edition adds live CD)

WEAPON UK ‘Ghosts Of War’ Pure Steel Records

WEDNESDAY 13 ‘Necrophaze’ Nuclear Blast

WHISKEY MYERS S/T

30th

HIDEAWAY S/T Lions Pride Music

In Continuum ‘Acceleration Theory Part Two: Annihilation’ (digital only)

October

4th

Soren Andersen ‘Guilty Pleasures’ Mighty Music

ANGEL ‘Risen’ Cleopatra Records

CHICAGO ‘Chicago Christmas’ Rhino

THE DARKNESS ‘Easter Is Cancelled’ Cooking Vinyl

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

The Menzingers ‘Hello Exile’ Epitaph

MIKA ‘My Name Is Michael Holbrook’

North Mississippi Allstars ‘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

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

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

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

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)

MARK LANEGAN ‘Somebody’s Knocking’ Heavenly Recordings

LIONIZE ‘Panic Attack!’

The Magpie Salute ‘High Water II’ Mascot

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

JD MILLER ‘Afterglow’ Mighty Music

MICHAEL MONROE ‘One Man Gang’

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

HAWKWIND ‘All Aboard The Skylark’ Cherry Red Records

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

CONNY BLOOM (THE ELECTRIC BOYS) TBA Target Records

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

ELUVEITIE ‘Live At Masters Of Rock’ Nuclear Blast

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

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH ‘Imperfect Circle’

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

NILE ‘Vile Nilotic Rites’ Nuclear Blast

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

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

STONEWIRE ‘Life As We Know It’

VOODOO VEGAS ‘Feeling So Good’

VOYAGER ‘Colours In The Sun’ Season Of Mist

2nd

DANDELION CHARM ‘Maybe Dreamers’

8th

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

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)

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

JUDY COLLINS ‘Winter Stories’

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

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

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

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

Leonard Cohen ‘hanks For The Dance’ Columbia/Legacy

CRYSTAL VIPER ‘Tales of Fire and Ice’ AFM Records

GRAND SLAM ‘Hit The Ground’ Marshall Records

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

MATS LEVEN ‘Skyblood’ Napalm Records

MAGIC KINGDOM ‘MetAlmighty’ AFM Records

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

STEVE OVERLAND (FM) ‘Scandalous’ Escape Music

Chris Poland ‘Return to Metalopolis’ Combat Records

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

FRANCK CARDUCCI ‘The Answer’

Cattle Decapitation ‘Death Atlas’ Metal Blade Records

Downes Braide Association ‘Live In England’ Cherry Red Records

GUN ‘R3L0ADED’ Silver Lining Music

HEAVY PETTIN’ (re-issues) Cherry Red Records

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

JD Miller ‘Afterglow’ Mighty Music

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

TBA

STATIC X ‘Project Regeneration’

Storm Force ‘Age Of Fear’ Escape Music

December

6th

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

BLACKBERRY SMOKE ‘Homecoming: Live In Atlanta’ Earache Records

EDGE OF FOREVER ‘Native Soul’ Frontiers

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

HOUSE OF SHAKIRA ‘Radiocarbon’ Frontiers

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

Praying Mantis ‘Keep It Alive’ Frontiers

Planned for release in 2019 dates TBA

AGENT STEEL ’8 Lights Protocol’ Dissonance

ARMOURED SAINT TBA

AVA TBA (features BILLY SHERWWOD) Golden Robot Records

BECK ‘Hyperspace’ Capitol Records

BLACK SABBATH ‘Forbidden’ (re-issue)

BRITISH LION TBA

BRYAN COLE ‘Desire’ Indie

CWF TBA

DANZIG ‘Danzig Sings Elvis’

DENNIS DeYOUNG TBA

DEVILDRIVER TBA Napalm Records

DON DOKKEN (solo album from 2012 re-issue)

GINGER WILDHEART ‘Headzapoppin’

GREAT WHITE TBA (live DVD)

DAVE HANSON ‘Everybody’s Got A Right To Be Free’

HOOKERS & BLOW TBA Golden Robot Records

INME ‘Jumpstart Hope’ Killing Moon Records

SASS JORDAN ‘Big Noise’

KILL SWITCH ENGAGE TBA

KILLER DWARFS TBA EMP

KING OF HEARTS TBA

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS ‘Weather’ BMG

LILLIAN AXE ‘From Womb To Tomb’

LYNCH MOB TBA

RICHARD MARX TBA BMG

MASON HILL TBA

NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA TBA Nuclear Blast

MEAN STREAK TBA Rock Of Angels Records

MARK MORTON (LAMB OF GOD) ‘Anesthetic’

MR MISTER (three new songs)

JOAN OSBOURNE TBA

CHRIS OUSEY (HEARTLAND/SNAKECHARMER) TBA (produced by MIKE SLAMMER) Escape Music

PINNACLE POINT TBA Escape Music

PRIMAL FEAR TBA Nuclear Blast

QUEENSRYCHE ‘Empire’ (30th anniversary box set)

RAVEN TBA SPV

MICHAEL RIESENBECK ‘Courage’

SHARK ISLAND ‘Bloodline’

SIXX:AM (best of + new songs)

SKID ROW TBA (with new vocalist ZP Theart) Golden Robot Records

STRATOVARIUS TBA

JOHN SYKES TBA Golden Robot Records

TOWERS OF LONDON TBA

VICE VALO (ex-HIM) & AGENTS TBA

FEE WAYBILL (THE TUBES) TBA (produced by RICHARD MARX)

JOHN WETTON ‘An Extraordinary Life’ (box set)

ZIO ‘Flower Torania’ (guests include HEATHER FINDLAY & JOE PAYNE)

2020

January

3rd

BONFIRE ‘A Fistful Of Fire’ AFM Records

10th

RAGE ‘Wings Of Rage’ SPV/Steamhammer

17th

VICTORIUS ‘Space Ninjas From Hell!’ Napalm Records

22nd

H.E.A.T.

24th

JORN ‘Heavy Rock Radio Vol.2′ (covers album)

PET SHOP BOYS

SUPERGRASS ‘Supergrass: The Strange Ones 1994 – 2008′ BMG

Wolfpakk ‘Nature Strikes Back’ Massacre Records

TBA

ARKADO AOR Heaven

ANCHOR LANE

ANVIL TBA

DEMONS & WIZARDS TBA

MAGNUM TBA

TESTAMENT TBA

February

7th

GREEN DAY ‘Father Of All…’

THOSE DAMN CROWS ‘Point Of No Return’ Earache Records

TBA

SEPULTURA TBA

TESLA (Abbey Road live acoustic album)

ROB ZOMBIE TBA Nuclear Blast

March

13th

CLANNAD ‘In A Lifetime’ BMG

TBA

TOMMY LEE (MOTLEY CRUE)

MUSHROOMHEAD TBA Napalm Records

May

15th

WEEZER ‘Van Weezer’

2020 TBA

ACCEPT TBA Nuclear Blast

ANATHEMA Provogue

Apocalyptica Silver Lining Music

BLUE OYSTER CULT re-issues of ‘Cult Classic’, ‘Heaven Forbid’, ‘Curse of the Hidden Mirror’, ‘A Long Day’s Night (Live CD/DVD and Blu Ray)’ Frontiers

BLUE OYSTER CULT five live releases – show from the iHeart Radio Theater 2012 (40th Anniversary), live show from Hard Rock Casino Cleveland 2014, live show from Rock of Ages Festival in Germany 2016, 40th Anniversary of “Agents of Fortune” shot in L.A. in April 2017, BӦC 45th Anniversary show Live in London June 17th 2017 Frontiers

BLUE OYSTER CULT TBA Frontiers

BODY COUNT ‘Carnivore’

BON JOVI ’2020′

ALICE COOPER TBA

CREMATORY TBA Napalm Records

DARE TBA

DEEP PURPLE TBA

DEMONS & WIZARDS

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS (five song EP)

ELECTRIC MOB Frontiers

EPICA TBA

FISH ‘Weltschmerz’ (his final studio album)

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

GATHERING OF KINGS ‘Discovery’

GHOST TBA

GOTTHARD

HAREM SCAREM TBA

ROBERT HART (ex-BAD COMPANY/DISTANCE) ‘Double Trouble’ Escape Music

HELLOWEEN TBA Nuclear Blast (includes MICHAEL KISKE & KAI HANSEN)

THE HIVES TBA

INTRONAUT TBA Metal Blade Records

KING DIAMOND ‘Institute’ (recording underway)

LION’S SHARE TBA

NEKTAR ‘The Other Side’

NIGHTWISH TBA Nuclear Blast

PENDRAGON ‘Love Over Fear’

PESTILENCE ‘Exitivm’ Agonia Records

Psychotic Waltz TBA Inside Out

PURE REASON REVOLUTION Inside Out

RATT TBA

SANCTUARY TBA

TOKYO MOTOR FIST TBA

WINGER TBA

In the works…no set date as yet

12.6 ‘The Barnum Effect’ Dennis Churchill Dries (White Sister) and Stan Cotey (Giraffe)

AEROSMITH TBA

IAN ANDERSON (JETHRO TULL) TBA

Æther Realm TBA Napalm Records

ANTHRAX TBA Nuclear Blast

APOCALYPTICA TBA

ARENA TBA

STEVE AUGERI (ex-JOURNEY/TYKETTO) ‘In The Moment’ TBA

SEB BACH TBA

BAD COMPANY TBA

BATON ROGUE TBA Frontiers

BLACKTOP MOJO TBA

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE TBA

BUSH ‘The Mind Plays Tricks On You’

BIFF BYFORD (SAXON) TBA

CAMEL TBA

CONNY BLOOM (THE ELECTRIC BOYS) TBA

CHEAP TRICK TBA

CHICKENFOOT TBA

DESMOND CHILD & ROUGE TBA

COLDSPELL

CREDO TBA

JESSE DAMON TBA

DANGEROUS TOYS TBA EMP Music

DANTE FOX TBA

DARK ANGEL

DEAD DAISIES (first album with GLENN HUGHES)

DEADLY CIRCUS FIRE TBA

DEATH DEALER TBA

DECARLO TBA Frontiers

DEF LEPPARD TBA

BRUCE DICKINSON TBA

DIRTY THRILLS TBA Frontiers

DOKKEN TBA

DOMAIN TBA

JUDY DYBLE & DAVID LONGDON (BIG BIG TRAIN) TBA

EINHERJER TBA Napalm Records

JEFF LYNNE’S ELO TBA

THE ENID TBA

ENTOMBED A.D. TBA

EVANESCENCE TBA

EXODUS TBA

EXTREME TBA

FAITH NO MORE TBA

FEAR FACTORY TBA

FILTER ‘They Got Us Right Where They Want Us, At Each Other’s Throats’

FIREWIND TBA AFM Records

FLEETWOOD MAC TBA

FLOTSAM & JETSAM TBA

JOHN FOGERTY TBA

FOO FIGHTERS

LITA FORD TBA

FOZZY ’2020′ Sony Music

ACE FREHLEY ‘Origins Vol.2′ (covers album)

FROST* TBA Inside Out

BILLY GIBBONS (ZZ TOP) TBA

DAVE GILMOUR TBA

GOTTHARD TBA

LOU GRAMM TBA

GREAT WHITE TBA

GRETA VAN FLEET TBA

GREEN CARNATION ‘The Rise And Fall Of Mankind’

GUNS N ROSES TBA (recording due to start autumn 2019)

GUS G TBA AFRM Records

GYPSY ROSE TBA

HANSON

HEAVY PETTIN’ TBA

HELLOWEEN ‘Live In Madrid’

HUNTER AND THE BEAR TBA

ILLUMINATE (features IAN JONES of KARNATAKA & Agnieszka Swita)

IMMORTAL TBA Nuclear Blast

INTENSE ‘Songs Of A Broken Future’

JUDAS PRIEST TBA

KANSAS TBA Inside Out

KELLY KEAGY (NIGHT RANGER) TBA

NEIL KERNON TBA (recording underway)

KING KOBRA TBA

KING OF HEARTS ‘California’

KING’S X TBA Golden Robot Records

THE KINKS TBA

KROKUS TBA

LAND OF TALES S/T Frontiers

LAST IN LINE TBA

LAWLESS TBA

LEATHERWOLF TBA

LIFESIGNS TBA

LIONHEART TBA

LYNYRD SKYNYRD TBA

MACHINE HEAD TBA

MARILYN MANSON TBA

MICK MARS (MOTLEY CRUE) TBA

ERIC MARTIN (MR BIG) TBA

TONY MARTIN ‘Book Of Shadows’

MASTODON TBA

ROBIN McAULEY, JEFF PILSON, REB BEACH, MIKE STARR TBA Frontiers

MECCA ‘IV’

MEGADETH TBA

METALITE TBA AFM Records

Marco Minnemann & Alex Lifeson TBA

TONY MITCHELL TBA MelodicRock Records

MR BIG TBA

MY DYING BRIDE TBA Nuclear Blast

1914 TBA Napalm Records

NICKELBACK

NOTORIOUS TBA (Robin George & Sean Harris)

ED O’BRIEN TBA (RADIOHEAD guitarist)

THE OFFSPRING TBA

ONE DESIRE

ONSLAUGHT TBA

OZZY OSBOURNE TBA (album recorded)

THE OUTLAWS TBA

PANIC ROOM TBA

PASSION TBA Frontiers

PEARL JAM TBA

TED POLEY TBA Frontiers

PRONG TBA

RADIO EXILE TBA Mighty Music

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE TBA

RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS TBA

RHYDER’S CREED

ROCKET DOLLS TBA

NILE RODGERS TBA (guests include ROBERT PLANT)

SANCTUARY

SARAYA TBA

NEAL SCHON (JOURNEY) TBA

SCORPIONS TBA

SEVEN SPIRES TBA Frontiers

SEVENDUST TBA

SHADOWSPELL TBA Frontiers

TOMMY SHAW (STYX) TBA

THE SIGN TBA (features vocalist Chitral “Chity” Somapala)

SILVER TBA (MICHAEL VOSS on vocals)

SMASHING PUMPKINS TBA

SONS OF APOLLO TBA

SOUL STATION TBA (features PAUL STANLEY)

SPARKS

MARK SPIRO (box set of unreleased songs) Frontiers

MARK SPIRO TBA Frontiers

JACK STARR’S BURNING STARR ‘Souls Of The Innocent’

SUNBOMB TBA Frontiers (features TRACI GUNNS & STRYPER’s MICHAEL SWEET)

SYMPHONY X TBA

TANGO DOWN TBA

TOSELAND TBA Frontiers

TOUCH TBA (features original line-up)

TUK (BITERS) TBA

TYKETTO TBA

UGLY KID JOE (recording to start Nov 2019)

VOODOO SIX TBA

VOYAGER TBA

WAITING FOR MONDAY TBA Frontiers

BUTCH WALKER TBA

WARLORD TBA Frontiers

RICKY WARWICK TBA Nuclear Blast

WAYSTED TBA (rumoured to have DEF LEPPARD’s JOE ELLIOT guesting on vocals but no PAUL CHAPMAN involved)

THE WINERY DOGS TBA

RONNIE WOOD TBA

THE YARDBIRDS TBA

JOHN YOUNG (LIESIGNS) TBA

XYZ TBA

Release date unknown…may not happen

AC/DC TBA (rumoured to be recording in Vancover as at Aug 2018)

THE ALMIGHTY TBA

ASIA TBA (on hold following JOHN WETTON’s death)

BRIGADE TBA (features Howard Leese, Robin McAuley, James Kottak, Jason Boyleston)

BRIGHTON ROCK TBA Frontiers

BRITNY FOX TBA (with TOMMY PARIS on vocals)

GLEN BURTNICK TBA

VIVIAN CAMPBELL (DEF LEPPARD) TBA

DIO’S DISCIPLES TBA

FINAL FRONTIER TBA

FIREHOUSE TBA

LOU GRAMM & MICK JONES (working on older FOREIGNER songs not previously released)

TONY IOMMI & TONY MARTIN TBA (possibly an EP)

LEMMY (solo album)

EDDIE MONEY ‘Brand New Day’

JIMMY PAGE (archive material release)

POISON TBA (unlikely at present)

PAUL RODGERS TBA (new songs)

DAVE LEE ROTH TBA (album already recorded featuring John 5)

SHAW/BLADES ‘Influence II’ (covers album)

STARZ TBA Frontiers (delayed from 2016)

THE STONE ROSES TBA

VAN HALEN TBA (highly unlikely but we can always hope!)

VELVET REVOLVER TBA (on hold until a new vocalist is found)

January – March 2019
April – June 2019

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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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14:00-16:00 The Best of 2024 (Singer Songwriter)