Category: Coming Soon

The exceptional singer Lee Small (Phenomena, The Sweet, Lionheart, SHY) will release his new studio album “The Last Man on Earth” on May 26th, 2023, Metalville Records. The songs were recorded in London, Los Angeles and Texas in 2022 and mixed & produced by Tom Cory (Sweet).

The album graces a wealth of the best musician’s around including, including Dan Reed as duet partner on one song, guitarists Steve Man (MSG, Lionheart), Tommy Denander (Bobby Kimball), Charles Berthoud on bass and Edu Cominato (Geoff Tate) as drummer. Fabrizo Sgattoni (guitar), Mika Gronholm (guitar), Micke Nils

The German Hard FM & AOR band CZAKAN will release a new album entitled ‘Unreal’ on April 14, 2023 via PRIDE & JOY Music. 14 new tracks composed by the band, still in the original Czakan line-up from 1989. The work was produced and recorded by guitarist Oliver ‘OG’ Güttinger in the band’s own Greenbox studios.

1. Free Line
2. Getting Hungry
3. Breaking All The Rules
4. Livin In A Nightmare
5. Get Down
6. Burns Like A Fire
7. Under The Gun
8. City Nights
9. Masquerade
10. She Is A Woman
11. W

The Finnish Hard FM & AOR band ONE DESIRE will release a new album entitled ‘Live With The Shadow Orchestra’ (CD + DVD) on April 21, 2023 via FRONTIERS Records

‘Live With The Shadow Orchestra’ tracklisting:
CD:
1. Never Gonna Stop
2. Apologize
3. Heroes
4. Through The Fire
5. After You’re Gone
6. Rio
7. This Is Where The Heartbreak Begins
8. Shadowman
9. Whenever I’m Dreaming
10. Hurt
11. Buried Alive

DVD:
1. Intro
2. Never Gonna Stop
3. Ap

25 MAY, 2023. Oryad’s debut full-length album, featuring 10 diverse tracks exploring grief, dreams, and the divine and rebellious feminine. Progressive Doom Opera. Metal, classical, doom, and jazz meet. All with a gothic outlook steeped in ancient ritual.

Shredding riffs, hypnotic drums, and soaring vocals. Oryad comes from the Temple of Diana, deep in the woods, with music both heavy and expansive.

01. The Path: Part I
02. Scorched Earth
03. Blood
04. Lilith
05. Eve
06. Alchemy
07. Wayfaring Stranger
08. Through The Veil
09. Slice Of Time
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The Swedish Dark Metal band CURSE OF CAIN will release a new album entitled ‘Curse of Cain’ on May 12, 2023 via Atomic Fire Records

01. The Mark
02. Alive
03. Embrace Your Darkness
04. Blame
05. Hurt
06. Never See The Light Again
07. The Ground
08. Dead And Buried
09. Blood The End

Hanoi Rocks’ Oriental Beat receives the Redux treatment, officially mixed and resurrected from the original sessions and released on deluxe vinyl, CD and digital formats. CD and vinyl contain lyrics reviewed and approved by Michael Monroe.

Dubbed the ‘Re(al)-Mix’, this 40th anniversary edition was mixed by Petri Majuri at E-Studios in Finland in collaboration with the band. Singer Michael Monroe calls this release ‘the longest and slowest album project ever,” stating that “40 years in the making, it’s not just a rem

Norwegian rockers Razorbats consisting of lead vocalist Paul E. Vercouteren, guitarists Kjetil F. Wevling and Asle Tangen, basist Martin Korsgaard Hervig and drummer Christian Håpnes Svendsen will be releasing their new studio album Hit Crazy on March 3, 2023.

Track List for Hit Crazy:
01. (Maybe It’s Time To” Break Up The Band
02. Only In America
03. Atomic
04. Shotgun America
05. Edie
06. Love Is For Suckers
07. Scandinavian Girls
08. Damn, She Loo

Phantom Elite is back with a brand-new album! They will release Blue Blood on March 17, 2023, on Frontiers Music. Phantom Elite is an international metal band fronted by Marina La Torraca (Exit Eden, live vocalist for Avantasia) with guitarist/bassist Max van Esch, drummer Joeri Warmerdam and featuring production by former After Forever guitarist and producer Sander Gommans.

The band traffics in modern metal, combining elements of symphonic, progressive and heavy metal into their own unique concoction.

1. Skin Of My Teeth
2. Inner Beast
3. This Sick World
4. Birdcage

The Australian Hard Rock band KORITNI will release a new album entitled ‘Long Overdue’ on April 14, 2023 via Verycords

1. No Strings Attached
2. For the Love of the Game
3. Tonight
4. Long Overdue
5. Far Cry from No. 1
6. Bone for You
7. Better
8. Born to Lose
9. Funny Farm
10. Go Hard or Go Home
11. Last Time
12. Take it Off

Whitesnake explores the group’s 2008 return with the upcoming legacy retrospective, STILL GOOD TO BE BAD. The collection will be available in different configurations on April 28, a few days after the original album’s 15th anniversary.

It has two new versions of the original album (one remastered and the other newly remixed), a selection of rare and unreleased studio and live recordings from the period, and videos all the music videos, interviews, and electrifying live performances from the Good To Be Bad world tour.

Good To Be Bad (2023 Remix)
1. Best Years
2. Can

The German Symphonic Metal band DYING PHOENIX will release a new album entitled ‘Winter Is Coming’ on May 26, 2023 via El Puerto Records. The German symphonic metal band takes us thematically into the worlds of George R.R. Martin. Sometimes heavy, sometimes melancholic but always epic and melodic. The lyrics are penned by singer Pat St. James and Oliver Palotai (Kamelot), who also wrote the music for and produced this debut.

The songs are carried by the different vocal characters of the three singers Pat St. James, Erica Bianca and Moran Magal. Harley Velasquez’

Judging from its band members’ resumes, the newly-launched Elegant Weapons will rock ferociously, including singer Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, MSG), guitarist Richie Faulkner (Judas Priest), bassist Rex Brown (Pantera, Down) and drummer Scott Travis (Judas Priest).

The band will be issuing its full-length debut “Horns For A Halo” in the spring. It was produced by Andy Sneap and will be issued via Nuclear Blast Records. Release date: May 26, 2023

1. Dead Man Walking
2. Do Or Die
3. Blind Leading The Blind
4. Ghost Of You
5. Bitter

The American Hard FM & AOR band MECCA will release a new album entitled ‘Everlasting’ on April 21, 2023 via FRONTIERS Records

1. And Now The Magic Is Gone
2. The Rules Of The Heart
3. I Won’t Walk Away
4. The Mistakes We Make
5. These Times Are For Heroes
6. Your Walls Are Crumbling Down
7. Everlasting
8. Falling
9. Endless Days
10. Living In Fear
11. Your Way

Joe Vana (v)
Joey Vana (v)
Sven Larsson (g)
Alessandro Del Vecchio (k)
Mitia Maccaferri (b)
Mirko D

The German Power Metal band BLACK & DAMNED will release a new album entitled ‘Servants Of The Devil’ on April 28, 2023 via ROCK OF ANGELS RECORDS. Pandemic and uncertainties did not stop Black & Damned from finishing their second album “Servants of The Devil”.

A release characterized by lyrical and musical strength embraced by a darker aura. Broader sound experiments combined with traditional power metal tracks open the mind and ears. Servants get ready to unleash the fury and emotions under the sound of Black and Damned.

1. Hyena’s Call

The German Power Metal band VANISH will release a new album entitled ‘A Hint Of Solace’ on March 31, 2023 via El Puerto Records

1. Crowdpiercer
2. Walk With Me Through Fire
3. Act/Live/Resolve
4. The Crossing
5. Voyage In Suffering
6. Black Elation
7. As Though The Dead Are Here
8. A Hint Of Solace

Floor Jansen has announced the release date for her highly anticipated debut album “Paragon”, which will be available on March 24, 2023. Filled with ten original tracks, ‘Paragon’ showcases Jansen’s impressive vocal range and songwriting abilities. From powerful ballads to hard-hitting tracks, this album has something for fans of all musical genres.

1. My Paragon
2. Daydream
3. Invincible
4. Hope
5. Come Full Circle
6. Storm
7. Me Without You
8. The Calm
9. Armoured Wings
10. Fire