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Compiled by Jason Ritchie

2012

January

6th
TWELFTH NIGHT 'Live at the Target' (re-issue) F2 Records
VIRGIN STEELE (re-issue) SPV

16th
MARY BLACK 'Stories From the Steeples' Blix Street Records
PATSY MATHESON 'Stories of Angels & Guitars' Tomorrow Records

20th
BIOHAZARD 'Reborn In Defiance'
LEE SMALL (SHY) 'Jamaica Inn' Escape Music
Primal Fear 'Unbreakable' Frontiers
THE CAGE (Mario Mollo + Tony Martin) 'III' Frontiers
Beyond the Bridge 'The Old Man & The Spirit' Frontiers
WOLFSBANE 'Save The World' Indie

23rd

CRAIG FINN (THE HOLD STEADY) ‘Clear Heart Full Eyes'
Rodrigo Y Gabriela ‘Area 52'
EVERGREY ‘Best Of' (double CD) SPV
PRAYING MANTIS ‘TIME TELLS NO LIES' Rock Candy
GRAND PRIX ‘SAMURAI' Rock Candy
DEEP PURPLE ‘Icon' (compilation) Universal
ANVIL ‘STRENGTH OF STEEL', ‘POUND FOR POUND' & ‘WORTH THE WEIGHT' (all re-issued) SPV

24th

LACUNA COIL 'Dark Adrenaline' Century Media
FOXY SHAZAM ‘The Church Of Rock 'N' Roll' IRS Records

27th

HOUSE OF SHAKIRA ‘HoS' Lion Music
BLIND GUARDIAN ‘Memories Of A Time To Come' (Best of) Nuclear Blast
Consortium Project II / Continuum In Extremis Lion Music
MARK SPIRO ‘It's A Beautiful Life' AOR Heaven
Frederic Slama/AOR project ‘AOR – The Colors Of LA' AOR Blvd Records
LILLIAN AXE ‘XI: The Days Before Tomorrow' AFM Records

30th

STYX 'The Grand Illusion + Pieces Of Eight – Live' (Double CD/DVD/BluRay) Eagle Rock
UNISONIC ‘Ignition EP' (features GAMMA RAY/PINK CREAM 69/HELLOWEEN members) Ear Music/Edel
GLENN HUGHES ‘Live In Wolverhampton' (Double CD)

31st

RICHARD MARX ‘Stories To Tell‘(2CD/DVD)

February

3rd

CROSS ‘Wake Up Call' Progress Records

6th

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY ‘Skullage' (Best of)
THERAPY? ‘A Brief Crack Of Light'

7th

(US) VAN HALEN ‘A Different Kind Of Truth' Interscope
PAUL McCARTNEY ‘Kisses On The Bottom' (covers album)

February
13th

DOOGIE WHITE & LA PAZ 'Granite' Metal Mind Productions
VAN HALEN 'A Different Kind Of Truth' Interscope
SIMPLE MINDS 'X5' (6 CD box set) EMI

17th

CRIMES OF PASSION 'To Die For' D2 Records
20th

VOIVOD 'The Death 84' Alternative Tentacles
NANCI GRIFFITH 'Intersection' Proper Records

21st

GOATWHORE 'Blood For The Master'
BUCKETHEAD (GUNS 'N' ROSES) 'Electric Sea'

24th

MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND 'Future Past' Frontiers
SUNSTORM (featuring JOE LYNN TURNER) 'Emotional Fire' Frontiers
SONIC STATION S/T Frontiers
MR BIG 'Live From The Living Room' Frontiers
HUMAN TEMPLE 'Halfway To Heartache' Escape Music
ALICE COOPER 'No More Mr Nice Guy - Live' (double CD)

27th
UFO 'Seven Deadly' SPV
LEGION 'Nemesis' Z Records
Lord Of Mushrooms 'Perspectives' Lion Music
Consortium Project III 'Terra Incognita' Lion Music
MEATLOAF 'Hell In A Handbasket'
Steve Hogarth (Marillion) + Richard Barbieri 'Not The Weapon But The Hand' K Scope
FREEDOM CALL 'Land Of The Crimson Dawn' SPV
Vengeance 'Crystal Eye' SPV
PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION TBA Spinefarm/Universal (features IRON MAIDEN's ADRIAN SMITH)
THE SAFETY FIRE 'Grind The Ocean' Inside Out
PINK FLOYD 'The Wall '(Re-issue)
KISS 'Destroyer' (35th anniversary re-issue)
TBA
TESTAMENT 'The Dark Roots Of Earth' Nuclear Blast
MOTORHEAD (15 disc early years box set)

March

1st
LIBERTY 'N' JUSTICE 'Hell Is Coming To Breakfast' Indie

3rd

TANGO DOWN 'Identity Crisis' Kivel Records

5th

Fields Of The Nephilim 'Ceremonies (Ad Mortem, Ad Vitam)' (live CD/DVD) Sacred Symphony/EMI
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND 'Wrecking Ball'
THE STRANGLERS 'Giants'

9th

EPICA 'Requiem For The Indifferent' Nuclear Blast
FROZEN RAIN 'Ahead Of Time' Avenue Of Allies

12th

ELO 'ELO (40th anniversary re-issue)' (CD/DVD) EMI
DIO 'Holy Diver'/'Last In Line'/'Sacred Heart' (each one a double CD re-issue) Universal
ROMEO'S DAUGHTER 'Rapture' Indie

13th

RPWL 'Beyond Man And Time'

16th

BANG TANGO 'Pistol Whipped In The Bible Belt' 78 Productions

19th

CASABLANCA 'APOCALYPTIC YOUTH' (features RYAN ROXIE ex-ALICE COOPER) Rocket Songs

20th

DIO 'Holy Diver'/'The Last In Line'/'Sacred Heart' (re-issues with bonus CD)

23rd

Vendetta 'World Under Fire' Lion Music
Consortium Project IV / Children Of Tomorrow Lion Music
JEFF SCOTT SOTO 'Damage Control' Frontiers
PRETTY MAIDS 'It Comes Alive (Maid In Switzerland)' (2CD/DVD) Frontiers
FURYON 'Gravitas' Frontiers
JACK BLADES (NIGHT RANGER) 'Rock 'N' Roll Ride' Frontiers
Tom Galley - the Creator of PHENOMENA 'Awakening' Escape Music

26th

IRON MAIDEN 'En Vivo!' (double live CD/DVD/BluRay) EMI
FEEDER 'Generation Freakshow'
MAD MAX 'Another Night Of Passion' SPV
KILL DEVIL HILL (features ex-members of BLACK SABBATH, DIO & PANTERA) S/T SPV
FAIR WARNING 'Best And More' (2CD) SPV
FLYING COLOURS S/T (Mike Portnoy/Steve Morse) Music Theories Recordings/Mascot
THE MARS VOLTA 'Noctourniquet'
PAUL SABU 'Bangkok Rules' Z Records
TOMMY BOLIN 'Great Gypsy Soul'

27th

SHINEDOWN 'Amaryllis' Atlantic
JOAN OSBORNE 'Bring It On Home' Saguaro Road Records
30th
SANGUINE HUM 'Diving Bell' Esoteric Antenna
OVERKILL 'Electric Age' Nuclear Blast
TBA
TYGERS OF PAN TANG TBA Rocksector Records
UNISONIC TBA (features GAMMA RAY/PINK CREAM 69/HELLOWEEN members) Ear Music/Edel
PENDRAGON 'Out Of Order Comes Chaos' (live DVD) Metal Mind Productions
THE DARKNESS TBA

April

2nd

ROXY MUSIC 'The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982' (eight CD + four DVD deluxe boxset)
KILLING JOKE '2012' Spinefarm/Universal

3rd

AXEL RUDI PELL 'Circle Of Oath' SPV
RASCAL FLATTS 'Changed'
OUR LADY PEACE 'Curve'
LOSTPROHETS 'Weapons'

9th
MICKI FREE 'Tattoo Burn' Cargo Records

11th
HALESTORM 'The Strange Case Of…' Roadrunner

15th
DRAGONFORCE 'The Power Within' Electric Generation Recordings

16th
ANATHEMA 'Weather Systems' KScope

17th
TRAIN 'California 37'

20th

ORDEN OGAN 'To The End' AFM Records

22nd

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson 'Thick As A Brick 2 - Whatever Happened To Gerald Bostock?'

23rd

RUNNING WILD 'Shadowmaker' SPV
SAXON 'Heavy Metal Thunder - Live: Eagles Over Wacken' (DVD/CD)

24th
RUNNING WILD 'Shadowmaker' SPV

25th
T.REX 'Electric Warrior' (double CD + DVD) Universal
T.REX (vinyl singles limited editions for Record Store Day) Universal

30th

MOONSPELL 'Alpha Noir' Napalm Records
TBA
EUROPE 'Bag Of Bones'
ACCEPT 'Stalingrad' Nuclear Blast
STORM CORROSION (Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson + Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt) TBA
DEPARTURE 'Hitch A Ride' Escape Music
CRAZY LIXX 'Riot Control' Frontiers
BONNIE RAIT 'Slipstream'
XPT's 'Parachute Reborn' Esoteric Antenna
TRIXTER 'New Audio Machine' Frontiers
TYKETTO 'Dig In Deep' Frontiers

May

8th
SQUACKETT S/T Esoteric Antenna (STEVE HACKETT & CHRIS SQUIRE)

14th

THE CULT 'Choice Of Weapon' Roadrunner (Classic Rock magazine fan pack)

22nd

SLASH TBA Dik Hayd International

TBA
AEROSMITH TBA Sony
DELAIN 'We Are Others' Roadrunner
JADED HEART TBA Fastball Music
LITA FORD 'Like A Runaway' SPV
MALICE TBA SPV
CANDLEMASS TBA Napalm Records
TANK 'War Nation' Metal Mind Productions

June

4th
THE CULT 'Choice Of Weapon' Roadrunner

TBA
PANIC ROOOM TBA Esoteric Antenna
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody 'Ascending To Infinity' Nuclear Blast

JULY
TBA

AUGUST
TBA

SEPTEMBER

TBA
THE REASONING Esoteric Antenna

OCTOBER

TBA
JOHN LEE'S BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST TBA Esoteric Antenna

NOVEMBER
TBA

DECEMBER
TBA

TBA

AC/DC TBA
ACID FOR BLOOD TBA (features FRANKIE BANALI & PAUL SABU)
A.C.T. TBA
ALICE IN CHAINS TBA
ASIA TBA
AMERICAN DOG TBA
STEVE AUGERI (ex-JOURNEY/TYKETTO) 'In The Moment' TBA
BANGALORE CHOIR 'Metaphor' TBA
BATON ROGUE TBA Frontiers
THE BEACHBOYS TBA
BLACK SABBATH TBA
BLACKFIELD TBA
BONRUD TBA
BUCKCHERRY TBA
CANDLEMASS TBC Napalm Records
CHICAGO TBA
FRAN COSMO (BOSTON) TBA Frontiers
DOCKER'S GUILD (includes guests TONY MILLS, TONY FRANKLIN, JOHN PAYNE) Lion Music
DOKKEN TBA Frontiers
DOMAIN TBA
DRIVER TBA AOR Heaven
E3DN TBA Metal Heaven
DAVID GLENN EISLEY (ex-DIRTY WHITE BOY/GUIFFRIA) TBA
FATES WARNING TBA
FINAL FRONTIER TBA
FIREWIND 'Few Against Many' Century Media
FISH 'A Feast Of Consequences'
FM TBA
HERMAN FRANK (ex-ACCEPT) TBA AOR Heaven
GUN TBA
H.E.A.T. 'Address The Nation' Gain/Sony
HEART TBA
HELIX (best of + new songs)
HELLOWEEN TBA
DON HENLEY TBA (country covers album)
IT BITES 'Map Of The Past' Inside Out
JADIS TBA Inside Out
JAMES GANG (live DVD) TBA
JOSHUA 'Revival'
JUDAS PRIEST TBA
KAMELOT TBA SPV
KHYMERA TBA Frontiers
BOBBY KIMBALL (ex-TOTO) TBA
KINGCROW 'InCrescendo' TBA
KING'S X TBA Inside Out
KISS 'Monster'
L.A. GUNS (PHIL LEWIS version) TBA Cleopatra Records
JAMES LA BRIE (DREAM THEATER) TBA
LIAR 'Straight From The Hip' & 'Set The World On Fire' (Re-issues) Escape Music
LITTLE RIVER BAND TBA Frontiers
LOST WEEKEND TBA
LOVERBOY TBA
STEVE LUKATHER TBA
LYNYRD SKYNYRD TBA Roadrunner/Loud & Proud
MAGNUM TBA SPV
MARILLION TBA Indie
MASTERPLAN TBA AFM Records
METALLICA TBA
BRETT MICHAELS 'Get Your Rock On' Indie
ALANIS MORRISETTE TBA
NEAL MORSE TBA Inside Out
MOTLEY CRUE TBA
MUSE TBA
MYSTERY TBA Unicorn Records
THE OUTFIELD TBA
THE OUTLAWS TBA
OVERLAND TBA Escape Music
OZONE TBA Escape Music (features Heartland's Chris Ousey/FM's Steve Overland/Mike Slammer)
PARAMORE TBA
STEPHEN PEARCY 'Sucker Punch'
THE POODLES TBA
PRIDE OF LIONS TBA Frontiers
QUEEN (rare tracks) Island/Universal
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE TBA
QUEENSRYCHE TBA Roadrunner
RADIOACTIVE TBA
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE TBA
RIVAL SONS TBA
RUSH 'Clockwork Angels' Roadrunner
SAGA TBA Edel/Ear Music
David A Saylor 'City of Angels' AOR Blvd Records
BOB SEGER TBA
SEPULTURA 'Kairos' Nuclear Blast
SEVENTH KEY TBA Frontiers
THE SIGN TBA
SKID ROW TBA
SLAYER TBA
SODOM TBA
SOUL DOCTOR TBA Metal Heaven
SOUL ASYLUM TBA
SOUNDGARDEN TBA
STEELHEART TBA
MICHAEL SWEET (STRYPER) TBA
TAINTED NATION TBA (features members of EDEN'S CURSE & LIONSHEART)
TEN TBA Frontiers
THRESHOLD 'March Of Progress' Nuclear Blast
THIN LIZZY (unreleased live recordings box set) TBA Universal
TOOTH & NAIL (includes former DOKKEN members) TBA
TOTO 'Live In Copenhagen' (CD&DVD) Mascot Records
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT (live DVD)
U2 TBA
UGLY KID JOE TBA
ULTRAVOX 'End Of An Odyssey' TBA
VAN HALEN (live DVD) Rhino
VEGA TBA
VELVET REVOLVER TBA
VENTURIA 'Straight' Lion Music
BUTCH WALKER TBA Dangerbird Records
JOE WALSH 'Analog Kid'
W.E.T. TBA Frontiers
ZZ TOP TBA

2013

TBA
DEEP PURPLE TBA

No set date as yet

ADDLER'S APPETITE TBA
ALCATRAZZ featuring GRAHAM BONNET
ALLIANCE TBA Escape Music
BIG COUNTRY TBA
BOSTON TBA
BRITNY FOX TBA
BURNING RAIN TBA Frontiers
DEEN CASTRANOVA (JOURNEY) TBA
DAMN YANKEES TBA
DANTE FOX TBA Frontiers
DEMON TBA Indie
FIFTH ANGEL TBA
FIREHOUSE TBA
FOZZY TBA Century Media
FROST* TBA
GPS 'Dreamscape' TBA
GYPSY ROSE TBA Escape Music (features Shy's Lee Small on vocals)
MICK JAGGER TBA
LAND OF TALES S/T Frontiers
JON LORD 'Concerto For Group And Orchestra' (Re-recording)
ARJEN LUCASSEN TBA
JEFF LYNNE TBA
MADISON PAIGE TBA Indie
MAGELLAN TBA
TONY MARTIN TBA
ALDO NOVA TBA
JIMMY PAGE TBA
PARADISE LOST TBA
STEVE PERRY TBA
MIKE PORTNOY/RICHIE KOTZEN TBA
TREVOR RABIN (Ex-YES) TBA
KEITH RICHARDS TBA
ROXY MUSIC TBA
MICHAEL SCHENKER/HERMAN RAREBELL/PETE WAY/MICHAEL VOSS TBA
SHAW/BLADES 'Influence II' (Covers album) TBA
DEE SNIDER 'Dee Does Broadway' Razor And Tie
STARSHIP TBA Frontiers
SURVIVOR TBA
GEOFF TATE TBA
TENACIOUS D TBA
THIN LIZZY TBA
WHITE SISTER TBA
 

New release info (April - September 2004)