Category: Coming Soon

Vancouver’s La Chinga have been around for over a decade, releasing three previous albums with this being their first since Beyond The Sky in 2018 and things kick off in fine, full throttle fashion with the ballsy opener “Light It Up” which had more than a hint of Danko Jones about it and lifted my expectations higher.

The screeching, potential biker anthem “Ride The Dragon” follows in similar hard rocking style before an abrupt change of style for the very ’70s classic rock inspired “Bolt of Lightning” that features the first of many solos that have me thinking it was a different band!

The defiant “Backs To The Wall” restored my faith a little as it has a sleazy sinister atmosphere with appropriate vocals, but then

Rockshots Records is proud to announce their signing of progressive rockers Raised By Haze for the release of their debut album “Touch the Sky” for release this coming November.

Founded by the visionary guitarist Gabriele Robotti and featuring the soulful vocals of Valentina Tesio, Raised By Haze’s first full-length promises to be a musical journey like no other, embodying the essence of the band.

1. First Side
2. Burn It Up
3. Feeling Myself [feat. Derek Sherinian]
4. Freedom
5. So Hot Right Now
6. God Ki
7. Prediction
8. Touch The Sky<

Ignescent are a dynamic hard rock band from Chicago who will release their debut album, ‘Fight In Me’, on 10th November via Frontiers.

1 Monster You Made
2 Unholy
3 Fight In Me
4 You’re Not Alone
5 Under Attack
6 Triple Threat
7 Shadows
8 Carries Me
9 The Hurt
10 Woman On Fire
11 Not Today (feat. Kevin Young of Disciple)

Jennifer Benson – lead vocals
Max Carrillo – guitars
Joel Seidlitz – bass
Dusty Winterrowd – drums

With “Reign Of The Reaper” the Epic Doom Metallers from Sorcerer present us their fourth studio album. Anders Engberg, Johnny Hagel and Co. have once again done a breathtaking job and present one of the doom metal highlights of the year.

The “Deluxe Edition” includes the “Reverence EP” with 4 cover songs from Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, Saxon and Black Sabbath.Release date: October 27, 2023

1. Morning Star
2. Reign Of The Reaper
3. Thy Kingdom Will Come
4. Eternal Sleep
5. Curse Of Medusa
6. Unveiling Blasphemy

The Swedish power metal band Axenstar are back with their new album “Chapter VIII” that will be released on December 1st via Inner Wound Recordings. The album was mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (Persuader, Sorcerer, Aeon) and the epic old school power metal artwork was created by Rafael Tavares.

“Chapter VIII” is a perfect blend of melody and power. The album contains uplifting power metal hymns, catchy melodies, thundering riffs and melodic solos. All these components create a really strong power metal album, perfect for fans of the genre and bands lik

Power/Progressive Metal band IMMORTAL GUARDIAN has slowly been teasing their forthcoming album since the spring of 2022 releasing new songs digitally alongside some great music videos every few months.

Fans of the band have enjoyed the development and creativity of the album’s content and evolvement into a concept and final work. ‘Unite and Conquer’ finally has a release date, Oct. 27th

1. Ozona
2. Echoes
3. Roots Run Deep ft. Ralph Scheepers (Primal Fear)
4. Perfect Person
5. Divided we Fall
6. Lost in the Darkness ft. Vicky Psarakis (The Agonist)

Formed in 2011 as Gyze, “Samurai Metal” band RYUJIN deftly deliver heavy metal from Japan to the international masses with their self-titled Napalm Records debut, RYUJIN, out January 12, 2024! Blending both Japanese and English lyricism and featuring production and several guest features by Matthew Kiichi Heafy (Trivium),

the band’s high speed riffs and breakneck guitar descents pair with traditional Japanese elements, delivering a sound influenced by everything from ancient orchestral Gagaku to even modern anime themes.

1. Hajimari
2. Gekokujo
3. Dragon, Fly Free
4. Ra

Cult heavy metal outfit Cirith Ungol will unleash their sixth full-length album, “Dark Parade”, on October 20th, 2023, via Metal Blade Records.

1. Velocity (S.E.P.)
2. Relentless
3. Sailor on the Seas of Fate
4. Sacrifice
5. Looking Glass
6. Dark Parade
7. Distant Shadows
8. Down Below

Boundary-pushing German progressive metal quartet Unprocessed have returned with an intense new single, ‘Thrash’, along with the announcement of their third studio album, “…and everything in between”, due out on December 1st…

I Hell
II Lore
III Thrash
VI Blackbone
V Die on the Cross of the Martyr (featuring Tim Henson and Scott LePage of Polyphia)
VI Glass
VII Abysm
VII I Wish I Wasn’t
IX Purgatory

Guitars & Vocals engineered & recorded by Manuel Gardner Fernandes
Drums engineered & recorded by Leon P

Power metal voice Christian Eriksson (ex-Twilight Force, ex-NorthTale) is back with his new band Final Strike’s debut album, “Finding Pieces”, offering everything fans of the genre could wish for.

The album was created with the premise that it should sound exactly like what the seventeen-year-old selves of the Swedes would have liked to have bought.Freely based on the psychological-philosophical motto “Perfection lies in imperfection”, the quintet has pursued the original objective. “Finding Pieces” comes across in a relaxed, lighthearted an

Belgian prog rockers Fish On Friday, who also feature Nick Beggs on bass, have announced that they will release their brand new album 8mm through Cherry Red on October 27. The new album, Fish On Friday’s sixth studio release, is the band’s first since 2020’s Black Rain,

and again sees the quartet led by vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist Frank Van Bogaert alongside Beggs, drummer Marcus Waymaere and guitarist Marty Townsend. The band have released a video for the tracks Overture To Flame and Flame, from 8mm, which was originally recorded by 70s UK glam/art rock band Metro and fe

Norwegian proggers 35 Tapes have hit their peak with their new album “Fabric Of Time”. Combining time-honoured sounds like the Mellotron and analogue synths with modern sensibilities, the album is a cinematic journey through moods, times and places.

At times evoking the symphonic grandeur of early King Crimson and Genesis, the group also touches on the melancholy art-rock of groups like Talk Talk or an artist like David Sylvian. Since several members of the band also have backgrounds in audio engineering, it goes without saying that the album is remarkably audiophile in its presenta

Originally starting as a Lockdown project, the third album from Dovorian is being released. The album features 12 tracks written and performed by Dover based Adam Sayer and again featuring the vocal talents and writing of Evergrey’s Tom S.Englund.

Evergrey’s Jonas Ekdhal returns with the drum programming, additional production, mixing and mastering. The album also features appearances by Evergrey’s Johan Niemann and Redemption/Silent Skies’ Vikram Shankar.Release date: September 29, 2023

1. Hole In My Heart
2. Weapon Of Choice
3. Hunters
4. Awake
5. Miracles
6. Seeds
7. Too Little Too Late
8. The Final Paper
9. Heathens
10. Dreaming
11. Someone Like You
12. Never Out Of Sight

SECRET RULE was founded in 2014 by lead vocalist Angela Di Vincenzo, guitarist/producer Andy Menario & former bass player Michele Raspanti. The following year SECRET RULE released their debut album “Transposed Emotions”.

The music of SECRET RULE is a blend of heavy guitar riffs, electronic elements, symphonic keyboard parts, and very powerful yet catchy vocal lines. Their sound is unique and intriguing…

01. Disorder
02. Equilibrium
03. Shards Of Time
04. Gravity On Us
05. UNInVERSE
06. I Am
07. Time Zero
08. Multip

New album byick Clicked Asy Lum to be released on September 29 on Ad Noctem Records; The recording sessions were held at the TwLight Studio in Senago under the expert guidance of Davide Tavecchia.

The artor ork of the single, as for the record, is by bassist Chiara Mascetti. Kintsugi is only the first step of a journey inside one’s darkness and suffering, sensations enclosed in each of the 12 tracks that make up the album; a journey in which one witnesses alone and helpless to the crumbling of the soul and its decay.

01. Kintsugi
02. Crystallised
03. Lacerate
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Luxembourg band Arduinna’s Dawn has been preparing for the release of the album “Reflections”, scheduled for the month of October. Within this process, they presented at the beginning of this month of July their newest single, entitled “Ghost Inside”, where they mix in a well-balanced way elements of Symphonic Metal and Gothic Metal,

having all the elements to conquer the fans of the styles in question. Highlights for the great vocal lines, for the good arrangements and melodies, as well as guitar riffs that show strength.RELEASE: 07-10-2023

01. Hearken Yo