Album Announcements

Progressive heavy rock band BAGORAH is set to release its debut full-length album, The Art of Deviant Behavior. Written and recorded by musicians across North America, The Art of Deviant Behavior features 10 tracks of melodic, yet uncompromisingly heavy, riff-driven metal.  BAGORAH has released videos for two tracks off their upcoming …

German Heavy Metal institution MYSTIC PROPHECY will release its hotly-anticipated 12th studio album “Hellriot” on May 19th, 2023 via ROAR! Rock of Angels Records!At least, with their celebrated last masterpiece “Metal Division” and chart successes in several countries (including #20 in the official Top 100 German album charts), MYSTIC PROPHECY belongs to the spearhead …

Metal fans have been eager to hear what the new collaboration, ELEGANT WEAPONS, sounds like, after the formation of the band – comprised of Rainbow singer Ronnie Romero, Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner, Uriah Heep bassist Dave Rimmer, and Accept drummer Christopher Williams – was first announced last year. Now, the time is finally upon us to get a sneak peek of what lays …

Oriental Beat by Hanoi Rocks gets the redux treatment, officially mixed and revived from the original sessions, and released on March 17th on deluxe vinyl, CD and digital formats. Dubbed the “re(al)mix”, this 40th-anniversary edition was mixed by Petri Majuri at E-Studios in Finland in collaboration with the band. Vocalist Michael Monroe calls this release “the longest and …

FELINE will be available as a limited double album on remastered 180g Heavyweight transparent pink and red vinyl, housed in a newly created inner bags. The 2CD digipack features exclusive booklet artwork and a new appreciation by the band’s biographer and journalist, Chris Twomey. Originally released in January 1983, FELINE is The STRANGLERS’ seventh studio LP …

Songwriter, vocalist and guitar slinger Jim Kirkpatrick announces the release date of his latest, eagerly awaited, the 10-track solo album ‘Dead Man Walking’, which impressively showcases Jim’s multiple rock and blues talents and expands his variety and range into pastures and prairies new. The album will be released on Friday 21st April 2023. Jim will …

Welcome to the new Empyre. UK rock band Empyre, who recently signed to Kscope, will release their new album Relentless on 31st March 2023. They now find themselves alongside the likes of TesseracT, The Pineapple Thief and Envy of None, on a label that has previously released albums from Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree and Tangerine …

Italy’s Embryo is sharing the next glimpse of powerhouse melodic death metal from their forthcoming fifth album “A Vivid Shade on Misery”, which features the pummeling drumming George Kollias (Nile) whom the band recruited for the full-length’s recording. Due out on March 17th, 2023 via Rockshots Records. Watch and listen to the intense sheer energy this …

L.A. Guns will release a new studio album entitled ‘Black Diamonds’ on 14th April via Frontiers. Produced by founding member and guitarist Tracii Guns, ‘Black Diamonds’ is another tour-de-force by the long-running hard rockers that is guaranteed to please their legion of followers. The song ‘You Betray’ is available today …

Esprit D’Air releases 雫 (‘Shizuku’) in collaboration with Misstiq Japanese metal solo project Esprit D’Air, led by award-winning producer and composer Kai, has their new single, 雫 (‘Shizuku’), featuring Australian producer Misstiq on synthesizers.  About the track, Misstiq says: “I’ve worked with many talented artists around the world, but Esprit D’Air… damn son. One of my absolute …

One of Ontario’s most successful musical exports, Mark “Kaz” Kasprzyk, is no stranger to comebacks. With over two decades spent slugging it out in trenches, refining, reinventing and meticulously tuning his craft, the Los Angeles transplant now arrives with In Our Blood — the latest full-length outing released through his riff-powered alter …

Texan singer-songwriter Ryan Hamilton says he was “thrilled” to receive a video message from The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins offering his support for an act of self-sabotage that means no radio station will be able to play his new single ‘A**hole’, which is being released on Valentine’s Day.    In the video, Hawkins is seen playing the …

Motörhead, the iconic Godfathers of heavy metal, released their 23rd (and final) studio album Bad Magic in 2015. Instantly hailed as one of the best the beloved trio had recorded in many years, Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC enjoys a bonus-packed refresh, adding two previously unreleased tracks from those furious sessions: “Bullet in Your Brain” and “Greedy Bastards” …

Mike Tramp will release an album entitled ‘Songs Of White Lion’ on 14th April via Frontiers Music Srl, which sees the respected vocalist and guitarist reimagining a selection of tracks by his former band. A first single from the record, ‘Cry For Freedom’, is available now, while a sampling of …

Welsh rock juggernauts THOSE DAMN CROWS continue their enviable ascent with the release of empowering new single, ‘Takedown’, included on their forthcoming new album. A ten-track collection of bona fide, modern rock bangers, ‘Inhale/Exhale‘ is set for release worldwide on February 17th, 2023 via Earache Records. Tiding fans over ‘til the new …

BMG Records continue their new series of limited edition vinyl reissues and deluxe CDs from Slade, with the release of Nobody’s Fools, and The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome on 3rd March.  These beautifully presented reissues will see Nobody’s Fools released on limited edition transparent clear & red vinyl and The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome released on limited edition orange and yellow splatter …

Ever-creative rockmeister Mike Ross releases the first single from his forthcoming, brand-new 12-track album, ‘Third Eye Open’, which will be out in Spring 2023.  ‘The Preacher’ starts the ball rolling with much grit, gusto and impact, and drops on Friday 20th January. Kerrang! called Mike Ross “Burnt in Blues, Soaked in Soul!” — a description …

The three-time GRAMMY-nominated guitarist and 25x Billboard chart-topper Joe Bonamassa has announced Tales Of Time, a sprawling and expansive live concert film and album featuring material from his latest #1 studio album, Time Clocks. Filmed at the breathtaking Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado in August 2022, with a stunning visual backdrop that served to highlight the …

Award-winning American singer-songwriter and guitarist Arielle will release her new studio album ’73 on Friday 20 April 2023. The album is available to pre-order from https://arielle.store/collections/73-pre-order. The new album is a sentiment of love and an ode to her personal 1973 Volkswagen Bay Window Bus that Arielle lovingly refers to as Magick – a celebration of its 50 years of existence. …

Internationally renowned guitarist Ana Popovic has built her career on defining and describing, on her own terms, the essence of American music, simultaneously pushing limits, bending genres, and reinventing her music and herself with each new record.Not surprisingly, she can claim any number of notable accolades and achievements from the highest quarters …