Finish Ticket – Echo Afternoon 2024


Bay Area staple alt rock group Finish Ticket are excited to announce the highly awaited release of their sophomore studio album and debut effort via Better Noise Music, “Echo Afternoon”, is confirmed for September 6th, 2024.

Co-produced by Finish Ticket, Jim Kaufman (Danny Worsnop, Helmet, Atlas Genius), and Michael Coleman (Chappel Roan, Sure Sure, Em Beihold), “Echo Afternoon”’s 12 tracks show the band at their most vulnerable as they narrate the struggles and anxiety of being stuck in limbo while trying to find an escape to a brighter future. The album is a

Distant Past – Solaris 2024

 

The Swiss Heavy Metal band Distant Past have set to release their new studio album “Solaris” on November 8th, 2024, through Art Gates Records!

1. End of Life (Intro)
2. No Way Out
3. Warriors of the Wasteland
4. Sacrifice
5. Rise above Fear
6. Island of the Lost Souls
7. Fugitive of Tomorrow
8. Speed Dealer
9. The Watchers
10. Realm of the Gods
11. Fire & Ice

Charlotte Wessels – The Obsession 2024


Charlotte Wessels to release new studio album “The Obsession” on September 20th 2024 Entitled “The Obsession”, the album marks Wessels’ Napalm Records debut, and while her earlier solo endeavors – full-length song compilations “Tales From Six Feet Under” (2021) and “Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II” (2022)

– already gained her a remarkable number of devotees, “The Obsession” truly takes her solo career to the next level.

The new album promises a cohesive exploration of fear and liberation, as well as spellbinding melancholia and dark, catchy elements meeting

The Cyberiam – Unobtainium 2024


The Cyberiam release their 3rd studio album “Unobtainium” on May 22nd, 2024. This highly anticipated music will be the band’s first ever vinyl release and the band’s 7th product since their founding in 2017.

With the songs wide ranging lengths and styles, this album will cater to every prog listener. The Cyberiam have a sound and a style that is their own unique brand of hard/heavy progressive rock.

1. Are You There?
2. Long Lived The Queen
3. Trolls
4. Double X
5. Ghost In The Machine
6. Mind The Gap
7. Unobtainium
8.

Ammify – Lost, Not Hiding 2024


Emerging West Australian outfit Ammify has announced that they have signed with Italian-based metal label, Wormholedeath, who will oversee global marketing and digital distribution for their forthcoming debut album, Lost, Not Hiding.

Featuring the musical pairing of Ammy Phoenix (vocals/lyrics) and Pete Renzullo (music/production) Lost, Not Hiding makes its way through the heavier genres. Still, the duo has themselves described it best as CineMetal.RELEASE: 14-06-2024…

01. Homesick
02. Coward’s Way Out
03. The Truth Will Set You Free
04. Favourite
05. Hey

Serious Black – Rise of Akhenaton 2024


Ten years Serious Black, ten years of melodic power metal, with the license to create anthems! Since their founding in 2014 the band enthuses their fans not only with five studio albums to date (while their last offering, “Vengeance is Mine”, charted at a phenomenal #16 in Germany),

but also at frenetically acclaimed concerts and festival appearances around the globe.To celebrate their decadal birthday in glorious style, Serious Black have announced the release of a brand new studio album, entitled “Rise of Akhenaton”, to arrive on September 27th, 2024, via AFM Records!

01. Open Your Eyes

Duff McKagan – Tenderness: Live in Los Angeles 2024


GUNS N’ ROSES bassist Duff McKagan is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his acclaimed second solo album, “Tenderness”, with “Tenderness Live From Los Angeles”, a brand new double-live collection arriving everywhere on Friday, May 31.

Recorded June 13, 2019 at Los Angeles’ historic El Rey Theatre just days following “Tenderness”‘s May 2019 release, “Tenderness Live From Los Angeles” sees McKagan taking an intimate journey through his own canon of songs along with a few deeply personal cover versions, backed b

Kittie – Fire 2024


The original Queens of Metal, Kittie have finally announced their highly-anticipated and long-awaited new studio album, “Fire” today. The upcoming release is the band’s first full-length in over 13 years and is set for release on Friday, June 21st, 2024, via Sumerian Records.

1. Fire
2. I Still Wear This Crown
3. Falter
4. Vultures
5. We Are Shadows
6. Wound
7. One Foot in the Grave
8. Are You Entertained
9. Grime
10. Eyes Wide Open

Morgan Lander – Vox/guitar
Mercedes Lander – Drums/backing vox
Tara McLeod – G

Oceans of Slumber – Where Gods Fear To Speak 2024


Genre: Dark Cinematic Metal
Country: United States
Released: 09-09-2024

01. Where Gods Fear To Speak
02. Run From The Light
03. Don’t Come Back From Hell Empty Handed
04. Wish
05. Poem Of Ecstasy
06. The Given Dream
07. I Will Break The Pride Of Your Will
08. Prayer
09. The Impermanence Of Fate
10. Wicked Game

CAMMIE BEVERLY: Vocals
ALEX DAVIS: Guitar
CHRIS KRITIKOS: Guitar
SEMIR ÖZERKAN: Bass

Innuendo – Jigsaw Sunset 2024


Innuendo’s Jigsaw Sunset will be one of the best melodic hard rock AOR album releases of 2024. Variations of this statement are made ALL the time, but in this case, it’s true. Jigsaw Sunset is a 14-song, 52+ minute album and is Innuendo’s 10th release. on XLR8 Records since 1995.

Release date: July 1, 2024

1. Just Like This
2. Chasing Yesterday
3. Cross That Line
4. Hard To Pretend
5. Different Highways
6. Misunderstood
7. Sometimes I Forget
8. Frequent Flyer
9. Where The Sky Meets The Ocean
10. Trying Not To Look
11. The Weakest Man Alive
12. The World We Left Behind
13. Uncharted Territory
14. Until We Meet Again

Mad Hatter – Oneironautics 2024


Now with more playfulness and melodic craziness. It’s a new approach to power metal that Mad Hatter has never done before but still keeping closer to the spirit of the debut album (s/t 2018). An energetic joyride!Release date: May 24, 2024

1. Oneironautics
2. Lord Of Dragons
3. Death In Wonderland
4. I Will Find My Way
5. The Witches Of Blue Hill
6. Our Fears In Towe
7. Lost In Wonder
8. The Kings Guide
9. Temple Of Time
10. Fire In My Heart

Petter Hjerpe – Vocals, Guitars
Peter Larsson – Guitars
Sam

Portrait – The Host 2024


For almost two decades, Sweden’s Portrait has delivered their brand of heavy metal darkness to the masses. Following 2021’s critically acclaimed “At One With None”, the band returns with their sixth studio album “The Host”, their first ever concept album, set for release on June 21st, 2024, through Metal Blade Records.

1. Hoc Est Corpus Meum (Intro)
2. The Blood Covenant
3. The Sacrament
4. Oneiric Visions
5. One Last Kiss
6. Treachery
7. Sound the Horn
8. Dweller of the Threshold
9. Die in My Heart
10. Voice of the Outsid

Mr. Big – Ten 2024


Mr. Big have set to release their new studio album “Ten” on July 12th, 2024, via Frontiers Music srl.
The tenth studio album from Mr. Big features 11 new original tracks written by Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Andre Pessis and Tony Fanucchi.

As a tribute to their late drummer Pat Torpey, Martin, Gilbert and bassist Billy Sheehan enlisted the help of drummer Nick D’Virgilio. The album was produced by Jay Ruston and Mr. Big. The Hybrid Stereo SACD comes with a special designed guitar pick and bass pick (1 each).

01. Good Luck Trying
02. I Am You
03. Right Outta Here
04.

Knightsune – Fearless 2024

 

The Heavy Metal band Knightsune is thrilled to unveil the details of their forthcoming studio album, “Fearless”, which will be available worldwide on October 11th, 2024, through Art Gates Records!

1. Fearless
2. A Sky Full of Ghosts
3. Twilight of the Heroes
4. Under One Sound
5. The Pain I Leave (feat. Memphis Jiménez)
6. Forever (feat. Elisa C. Martín)
7. Pistols at Dawn
8. Purple & Green
9. The Island
10. Not Over (feat. Herbie Langhans)