Compiled by Jason Ritchie

October

1st

ASKING ALEXANDRIA ‘See What’s On The Inside’ Better Noise Music

RONNIE ATKINS (PRETTY MAIDS) ’4 More Shots’ (EP) Frontiers

BLACK SABBATH ‘Technical Ecstasy’ (4CD, 5LP) BMG

DEAD MAN’S WHISKEY ‘Breakout’ (EP)

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ‘Liberté’

ENSLAVED ‘Caravan To The Outer Worlds’ Nuclear Blast

KATATONIA ‘Mnemosynean’ Peaceville (rarities collection)

KK’S PRIEST (features KK DOWNING & TIM ‘Ripper’ OWENS) ‘Sermons of the Sinner’ Explorer1 Music Group/EX1 Records (delayed from August)

MINISTRY ‘Moral Hygiene’ Nuclear Blast

Karine Polwart ‘Still As Your Sleeping’ Hudson Records

RED SAND ‘The Sound of the Seventh Bell’ Unicorn Digital

SEETHER ‘Vicennial – 2 Decades of Seether’

THE SPECIALS ‘Protest Songs 1924–2012′

ROGER TAYLOR (QUEEN) ‘Outsider’

THE THE ‘The Comeback Special’ earMUSIC

VARIOUS ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ (features Elton John, Miley Cyrus, Ghost, Weezer, Sam Fender, Royal Blood, Biffy Clyro & more)

YES ‘The Quest’ InsideOut Music/Sony Music

NEIL YOUNG ‘Carnegie Hall 1970’

5th

‘The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music’ by DAVE GROHL (Simon & Schuster)

TERAMAZE ‘And The Beauty They Perceive’ Wells Music

8th

BAD HABIT ‘Autonomy’

CARAVAN ‘It´s None of Your Business’ Madfish Records

ECLIPSE ‘Wired’ Frontiers

MARK EDWARDS ‘Land of the living’ (deluxe edition) MelodicRock Classics

GUS G ‘Quantum Leap’ AFM Records

ROGER GLOVER (DEEP PURPLE) ‘Snapshot’ (re-issue with bonus tracks)

HOUSTON ‘IV’ Frontiers

LEVERAGE ‘Above The Beyond’ Frontiers

MANIMAL ‘Armageddon’ AFM Records

ANDY QUNTA ‘Legend in a loungeroom’ (deluxe edition) MelodicRock Classics

JEFF SCOTT SOTO ‘The Duets Collection Vol. 1′ Frontiers

STATION ‘Perspective’

TERAMAZE ‘And The Beauty They Perceive’ Wells Music

VARIOUS ‘The Best of Bond…James Bond’ (2CD)

WAYWARD SONS ‘Even Up The Score’ Frontiers

15th

THE AGONIST ‘Days Before The World Wept’ (EP) Napalm Records

ALCATRAZZ (featuring DOOGIE WHITE) ‘V’ Silver Lining Music

THE BEATLES ‘Let It Be’ Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe (deluxe reissue)

FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES ‘Sticky’

EVA CASSIDY ‘Live At Blues Alley’ (re-issue)

The Charlatans ‘A Head Full of Ideas’

COLDPLAY ‘Music Of The Spheres’ Atlantic

DAVID CROSBY ‘If I Could Only Remember My Name’ )remastered 50th-anniversary edition)

DEVOID ‘Lonley Eye Movement’ Frontiers

The Georgia Thunderbolts ‘Can We Get A Witness’ Mascot Record

GLASS HAMMER ‘Skallagrim – Into The Breach’

THE GRANDMASTER ‘Skywards’ Frontiers

RYAN HURD ‘Pelago’

JUDAS PRIEST ‘Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music’ (42 CD box set) Sony Music

LEVERAGE ‘Above The Beyond’ Frontiers

LORDS OF THE BLACK ‘Alchemy of Souls – Part II’ Frontiers

THE LUCID S/T Spoilerhead Records

Tom Morello ‘The Atlas Underground Fire’ Mom + Pop Music

DOUG PINNICK (KING’S X) ‘Joy Bomb’ Rat Pak Records

AL STEWART ‘Time Passages’ (3CD/DVD) Cherry Red Records

ANDY SUMMERS ‘Harmonics Of The Night’ Andy Summers Music/Cargo Records

TRIVIUM ‘In The Court Of The Dragon’ Roadrunner Records

PAUL WELLER ‘Days Of Speed’, ‘Illumination’ (first time on vinyl)

21st

Albert Bouchard ‘Imaginos II – Bombs Over Germany (minus zero and counting)’

22nd

ARMORED SAINT ‘Symbol Of Salvation Live’ Metal Blade Records

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION ‘BBCIV’ Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group (vinyl)

BURNING POINT ‘Arsonist Of The Soul’ AFM Records

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ‘B-Sides & Rarities’ (2CD/vinyl)

CRADLE OF FILTH ‘Existence Is Futile’ Nuclear Blast

DREAM THEATER ‘A View From the Op of the World’ Inside Out

DURAN DURAN ‘Future Past’

HEARTLAND ‘Into The Future’ Escape Music

ELTON JOHN ‘The Lockdown Sessions’

The Kentucky Headhunters ‘That’s a Fact Jack!’

DAN LUCAS ‘The Long Road’ Pride & Joy Music

MASSACRE ‘Resurgence’ Nuclear Blast

MY MORNING JACKET ‘The Waterfall II’ ATO Records

NESTOR ‘Kids In A Ghost Town’

OSUKARU ‘Starbound’ AOR Heaven

Premiata Forneria Marconi ‘I Dreamed Of Electric Sheep’ Inside Out

THE ROLLING STONES ‘Tattoo You’ Universal (deluxe re-issue)

SECOND REIGN ‘Gravity’ Masscare Records

SEPULTURA ‘Sepulnation: The Studio Albums 1998-2009′ BMG

SIX SILVER SONS ‘As Acorns Fall’ AOR Heaven

SIXX A.M. ‘Hits’ Better Noise Music

SLAYER ‘Show No Mercy’, ‘Haunting the Chapel’, ‘Live Undead’, ‘Hell Awaits’ (re-issues) Metal Blade Records

Supernova Plasmajets ‘Now Or Never’ Pride & Joy Music

U.D.O. ‘Game Over’ AFM Records

VADER ‘Blitzkrieg In Texas: Live 2005′

DONNIE VIE ‘The Donnie Vie Collection’ (6CD box set) USB

28th

‘Do You Feel Like I Do? – A Memoir’ by Peter Frampton (paperback edition Hachette Books)

29th

TORI AMOS ‘Ocean To Ocean’ Decca Records

BAD WOLVES ‘Dear Monsters’ Better Noise Music

BEAST IN BLACK ‘Dark Connection’ Nuclear Blast

BLACK VEIL BRIDES ‘The Phantom Tomorrow’ Sumerian Record (delayed from June 4)

JOE BONAMASA ‘Time Clocks’ Provogue Records

STAN BUSH ‘The Stan Bush Colletion’ (10CD box set)

JERRY CANTRELL ‘Brighten’

PETER CETERA ‘Love, Glory Honor and Heart: The Complete Full Moon and Warner Bros. Recordings (1981-1992)’

ELP ‘Out of This World: Live (1970-1997)’

MASTODON ‘Hushed and Grim’ Reprise Records

JONI MITCHELL ‘Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968 to 1971)’

MOTORHEAD ‘Everything Louder Forever – The Very Best Of’

NEKTAR ‘The Other Side’ (CD/DVD reissue) Cherry Red Records

OVERKILL ‘The Atlantic Years 1986-1996′ (box set) BMG

PINK FLOYD ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason – Remixed & Updated’

PLUSH S/T

DAVID REECE ‘Blacklist Utopia’ El Puerto Records

R.E.M. ‘New Adventures in Hi-Fi’ (25th anniversary re-issue)

RUNNING WILD ‘Blood On Blood’ SPV/Steamhammer

RUNRIG ‘There Must Be A Place’ (DVD)

JOHN SLOMAN ‘Two Rivers’ Red Steel

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ‘Book’ Idlewild Recordings (inc. 144 page book)

TRAGIK ‘Ultima Ratio’ Rock Company

WHITESNAKE ‘Restless Heart’ (reissue)

November

5th

ABBA ‘Voyage’

BLONDIE ‘Yuletide Throwdown’ (EP)

BILL BRUFORD’S EARTHWORKS ‘Stamping Ground’ Cherry Red Records

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE S/T Spinefarm Records

STEVE CONTE ‘Bronx Cheer’

CRAZY LIXX ‘Street Lethal’ Frontiers

FRANCIS DUNNERY ‘The Big Purple Castle’

FANS OF THE DARK S/T Frontiers

JETHRO TULL ‘Benefit’ (re-issue) PLG UK

MARTHA & THE MUFFINS ‘Marthology: In and Outtakes’

MEMORIA AVENUE S/T Frontiers

Nashville Pussy ‘Eaten Alive’ Slinging Pig Records

OCTARINE SKY ‘Close To Nearby’

ALAN PARSONS ‘The NeverEnding Show – Live In The Netherlands’ Frontiers

STEVE PERRY ‘The Season’ (EP)

JIM PETERIK & WORLD STAGE ‘Women Who Rock the World’ Frontiers

RADIOHEAD ‘KID AMNESIAE’ (‘KID A’ and ‘Amnesiac’ albums plus a rarities disc)

SANDSTONE ‘Epsilon Sky’ Limb Music

SEVENTH CRYSTAL ‘Live at NSL (Nordic Sound Lab)’ Frontiers

Alan Simon’s ‘Excalibur V – Move, Cry, Act, Clash!’

The Starlite Campbell Band ‘The Language of Curiosity’ Supertone Records

The Three Tremors ‘Guardians Of The Void’ Steel Cartel Records

9th

‘In My Life In Dire Straits: The Inside Story Of One Of The Biggest Bands In Rock History’ by John Illsey (Diversion Books)

12th

DAMON ALBARN ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flow’

ERIC CLAPTON ‘The Lady in the Balcony: Lockdown Sessions’

JEM DAVIS (FM) ‘Adventures In Pepperland’

ELECTRIC GUITARS ‘Freewheelers’ Mighty Music

ENUFF Z’NUFF ‘Enuff Z’Nuff’s Hardrock Nite’ Frontiers

DAVE GAHAN (DEPECHE MODE) ‘Imposter’

GOVT. MULE ‘Heavy Load Blues’ Fantasy

GROUNDBREAKER ‘Soul To Soul’ Frontiers

IDLES ‘Crawler’

INSANIA V ‘(PRAEPARATUS SUPERVIVET)’ Frontiers

L.A. GUNS (Lewis & Gunns version) ‘Chequered Past’ Frontiers

MORDRED ‘The Noise Years’ Cherry Red Records

MOUNTAIN ‘Live In The 70s’ (3CD) Voiceprint

NIRVANA ‘Nevermind’ (30th anniversary edition)

ROD STEWART ‘The Tears Of Hercules’ Warner/Rhino

UNLEASHED ‘No Sign Of Life’ Napalm Records

DAMIAN WILSON (ARENA) ‘Limehouse To Lechlade’

19th

BARNABUS SKY ‘Inspirations’ Pride & Joy Music

JAMES BLUNT ‘The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004–2021)’ Atlantic

THE DARKNESS ‘Motorheart’ Cooking Vinyl

The Eagles Of Death Metal ‘Eagles of Death Metal Presents A Boots Electric Christmas’ (EP)

ELBOW ‘Flying Dream No 1′ Polydor

EXODUS ‘Persona Non Grata’ Nuclear Blast

FireWölfe ‘Conquer All Fear’ Limb Music

GOVT. MULE ‘Heavy Load Blues’ Fantasy Records

HEART LINE ‘Back in the Game’ Pride & Joy Music

KING CRIMSON ‘Music Is Our Friend (Live in Washington and Albany, 2021)’ DGM

LITTLE CAESER ‘Redemption’ (reissue)

OBSCURA ‘A Valediction’

PINK FAIRIES ‘Duo’ Cherry Red Records

ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS ‘Raise The Roof’

RIVERSIDE ‘Best Of’ Inside Out

CARL SENTANCE ‘Electric Eye’ Drakkar Entertainment

SWALLOW THE SUN ‘Moonflowers’ Century Media

TEMPERANCE ‘Diamanti’ Napalm Records

WHEN RIVERS MEET ‘Saving Grace’ One Road Records

BRIAN WILSON ‘At My Piano’ Decca

25th

‘David Bowie All the Songs The Story Behind Every Track’ by Benoit Clerc (Black Dog & Leventhal)

‘Beaumonster: A Memoir’ by Jessie Dayton (Hachette Books)

‘Made in Hollywood: All Access with the Go-Go’s’ by Gina Shock (Black Dog & Leventhal)

26th

ASIA ‘The Official Live Bootlegs Volume 1 (10CD) BMG

MARK BAKER ‘The Future Still Ain´t What It Used To Be’ Melodicrock Classics

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY ‘Doom Crew Inc.’ eOne Music

BLACKBERRY SMOKE ‘Stoned’ (Rolling Stones covers)

DEEP PURPLE ‘Turning To Crime’ earMUSIC (covers album)

EDGE OF THE BLADE ‘Distant Shores’ AOR Heaven

PAUL GILBERT ‘Twas’ Mascot Records

HELMET ‘Live and Rare’ earMUSIC

HYPOCRISY ‘Worship’ Nuclear Blast

HOWARD JONES ‘At The BBC’ (box set) Cherry Red Records

LORDI ‘Lordiversity’ (seven studio albums – Skelectric Dinosaur, SuperFlyTrap, The Masterbeast From The Moon, Abusement Park, Humanimals, Abracadaver, Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular)

BERNIE MARSDEN ‘CHESS’

TONY MITCHELL ‘Hot Endless Summer Nights’ AOR Heaven

MUD ‘The Albums 1975-1979′ (4CD) Cherry Red Records

PARADISE LOST ‘The Lost And The Painless’ Peaceville Records

The Pretty Things ‘Live at the BBC (6CD box set) Repertoire Records

RHAPSODY OF FIRE ‘Glory For Salvation’ AFM Records

SMITH/KOTZEN ‘Better Days’ BMG (EP)

MARK STEIN ‘There’s A Light’ Deko Entertainment

THE STRAWBS ‘The Broken Hearted Bride’ (re-issue) Cherry Red Records

THE TEA PARTY ‘Blood Moon Rising’

THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT ‘Covers & Rarities’

VARDIS ’100MPH @100 Club’ SPV/Steamhammer Records

VICTORY ‘Gods Of Tomorrow’ AFM Records

December

1st

JULIAN LITTMAN (STEELEYE SPAN) ‘Goblin Market Music’ Park Records

3rd

CHINAWHITE ‘Evolution’ Rock Company Records

DEPECHE MODE ’101′ (documentray film re-issue)

DREAM THEATER ‘Lost Not Forgotten Archives: When Dream And Day Reunite (Live)’

OF MICE & MEN ‘Echo’

SKID ROW ‘The Atlantic Years (1989-1995)’ (Vinyl EP Box Set)

DEVIN TOWNSEND ‘The Piuzzle’

TRAVIS ‘The Invisible Band’ (30th anniversary edition)

VOLBEAT ‘Servant Of The Mind’ Republic Records

PAUL WELLER ”An Orchestrated Songbook’

10th

AGARTHIC ‘The Inner Side’ Frontiers

BABYLON SHAKES ‘Vintage Soul Rock n Roll’ Blues Mountain Records

CAP OUTRUN ‘High On Deception’ Frontiers

GONG ‘Live At Longlaville 27/10/1974′ Madfish

HAWKWIND ‘Dust Of Time: An Anthology‘ (6Cd box set) Atomhenge/Cherry Red

SETH LAKEMAN ‘Make Your Mark’

Sharon Lazibyrd ‘Scrolling Back’

LAND OF GYPSIES S/T Frontiers

LIFE BY NIGHT ‘Glass Walls’ Escape Music

MERCURY X ‘Imprisioned’ Frontiers

THE MURDER OF MY SWEET ‘A Gentleman’s Legac’ Frontiers

ORPHANED LAND ’30 Years Of Oriental Metal’ (box set)

PERFECT PLAN ‘Live At Sharpener’s House’ Frontiers

SEVENDUST ‘Blood & Stone’ (expanded edition – digital only)

MARC STORACE (KROKUS) ‘Live and Let Live’

WONDERWORLD ‘Live In Fire’

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE ‘Barn’

ZELBO ‘In My Dreams’ Frontiers

17th

IRON FATE ‘Crimson Messiah’ Massacre Records

LOUDNESS ‘Sunburst-My Warrior’ (2CD)

POWERWOLF ‘Blood Of The Saints (10th Anniversary Edition)’ Metal Blade Records

22nd

COUNTERLINE ‘One’ Lions Pride Music

THE RAGGED SAINTS ‘The Sound Of Breaking Free’ Lions Pride Music

24th

AXE ‘The Albums 1979-1983 Box/ Deadline Records

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Power Plays w/c 9 December 2024

In this sequence we play ‘The Best of 2024′ GRTR! reviewer selections

Featured Albums w/c 9 December 2024

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2024 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2024 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2024 (Singer Songwriter)