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Exodus, the legendary Bay Area thrash metallers, will release a new studio album titled "Goliath" via Napalm Records on March 20, 2026. Check out the first single, 3111, from the band's upcoming album below. The album was produced…

Neal Morse Band, or NMB for short, are announcing a new studio album, their first since 2021's “Innocence & Danger”. The prog rock outfit says the new record, titled “L.I.F.T.”, is coming out on February 27 via InsideOut Music. The…

Joel Hoekstra’s 13, the project fronted by guitar virtuoso Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake), is gearing up for its fourth studio album, “From The Fade”. Below you'll find the third single and video, for the track Lifeline. “From The Fade” is…

Exhumed, American pioneers of "blood-soaked" gore metal and proud members of the Relapse Records family, will release a new studio album called “Red Asphalt” on June 20, 2026. Down below you'll find the second single from the album,…

Immolation, the cult New York death metallers, have announced a new studio album, "Descent", due out April 10, 2026 on Nuclear Blast Records. Ever since their 1991 debut "Dawn Of Possession", Immolation have pushed the standards of…

Sevendust, the American alternative metal crew formed in Atlanta in 1994, will release a new studio album, "One", on 1. 5. 2026. The record will come out via Austrian label Napalm Records, and it's the band's fifteenth studio album. …

Rush, Canadian prog-rock powerhouse, will be reissuing their album "Grace Under Pressure", originally released in 1984, on March 13, 2026! The new version features a brand-new remix, done by Terry Brown at the request of Geddy Lee and…

Tyketto, the cult American glam metal and hard rock outfit, will release their sixth studio album “Closer To The Sun” on March 20 via Silver Lining Music. With their return to the scene, Tyketto are promising a package of meticulously…

Thundermother, the all-female hard rock quartet from Sweden, are announcing the release of their live album "Live N Alive" on April 17, 2026. Napalm Records will be putting it out. The live album collects recordings from the band's…

Spanish melodic hard rockers Xtasy are unveiling a new single and an official lyric video for the track Too Late, which is out now on all digital platforms. Check out the video below. It's the first single from the band's upcoming new…

Dan Lucas, the German solo artist best known for winning "The Voice Of Germany - Senior", will release his new studio album "Age Is Just A Number" on March 27, 2026 via Pride & Joy Music. Check out the single Losing Myself below,…

IT'sALIE, the Italian rockers teaming up with the legendary Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner), are unveiling the second single from their upcoming album "Wild Games" with the track Living In The City. It comes with a video too, so check it…

The Eternal, the Australian-Finnish dark progressive gothic metal collective, have followed the release of their new EP “Celestial” (out January 16, 2026 via Reigning Phoenix Music) with a video for the single Celestial Veil. It comes on…

Black Crowes, American southern rock icons, are announcing a new album called “A Pound Of Feathers”. The record, due March 13 on Silver Arrow Records, continues the musical direction of its predecessor, “Happiness Bastards”. Below you…

Liv Sin, the modern Swedish metallers, have dropped a new video for the single It's Not Your Life (ft. Scarlet)! The single comes from the band's latest album “Close Your Eyes”, which came out last year. Check out the video below. Led…

The folks at Escape Music have put out a reissue of "When Empires Burn"! It's one of the solo studio albums from Bob Catley, the singer of British rock legends Magnum, who's still going strong today with power metal sensation Avantasia! …

Michael Sweet, frontman of American heavy metal outfit Stryper, will drop a new solo studio album, "The Master Plan", on April 3, 2026 via Italy's Frontiers Music Srl. You can already pre-order "The Master Plan". The album was…

Megadeth, the ultimate titans of thrash metal, have dropped a new single, "Puppet Parade". The track comes from the band's upcoming self-titled final album – simply "Megadeth" – due out in 2026 on Dave Mustaine's Tradecraft in partnership…

Royal Hunt, the legendary Danish symphonic rockers, have unveiled the video for the acoustic version of their single Sign Of Yesterday, which you can check out below. The acoustic single comes from the band's latest EP, “Behind The…

Mick Abrahams, the original guitarist of UK prog rock icons Jethro Tull, has died at the age of 82. Abrahams passed away on Friday, December 19, according to friends and family members. Martin Barre, who took over from Abrahams in…

Label: Silver Lining MusicRelease date: October 24, 2025Production: Genre: Heavy RockRating: 8.5/10 Back in the '80s, the Scottish rock 'n' roll warriors Heavy Pettin conquered stages all over the world, while their 1983 debut album…

Released: 8/27/2025 on Reigning Phoenix Music / VictorProduction: Dennis Ward and Charlie BauerfeindLength: 50:47Genre: Power Metal "Down the Well-Worn Tracks" What's a smart thing to say about the new album from some of the…

Label: Provogue Records / Mascot Label GroupRelease date: 5. 9. 2025Production: Walter TroutAlbum length: 45.15 minGenre: Blues RockRating: 8.5/10 Walter Trout is unbelievable! A bluesman with nine lives. A musician who pulls life…

Label: J&R AdventuresRelease date: 7/18/2025Production: Kevin ShirleyGenre: Blues Rock / Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 Joe Bonamassa is back with a new solo studio album after four years. That's actually the longest gap the…

Label: Drakkar Release date: 23. 6. 2023Production: Frank BornemannAlbum length: 48.57 min.Genre: Progressive RockRating: 8.0/10 The legendary prog veterans Eloy have always been real oddballs. Despite their German roots, they…

Label: Cherry Red/Atomhenge RecordsRelease date: April 18, 2025Production: HawkwindAlbum length: Genre: Space Rock / Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 Of all the prog rock legends still active, the British space rock aliens Hawkwind…

Label: Alpha Dog 2T/UMeRelease date: July 18, 2025Production: Will EvankovichAlbum length:Genre: Arena Rock / Art RockRating: 8.5/10 “Circling From Above” is the eighteenth studio album from Styx, the American prog rock/arena rock…

Released: June 6, 2025 via Vertigo / Republic / UniversalProduction: Jacob Hansen, Michael PoulsenLength: 44:10Genre: Rockabilly Metal "Fuck Yeah!" Does anybody in Volbeat actually miss Rob Caggiano? Apparently plenty of people…

The camp of cult Slovenian heavy metal trailblazers Pomaranča shared the sad news yesterday, June 2, 2025, that the band's former singer Boris Krmac has passed away. Krmac joined Pomaranča in 1995 and recorded their fourth studio album…

Released: 4/25/2025 on Lorna VistaProduction: Gene WalkerLength: 46:43Genre: Spirit(ual) pop rock "Satanic Commercial Kitsch" Ghost have rarely made it onto my playlist in the past (with one giant exception). I have a feeling…

Label: GEP RecordsRelease date: March 28, 2025Production: Michael HolmesAlbum length: 53.08 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 10/10 IQ, the champions of the British neo-prog rock movement, are back with a new studio album called…

Released: April 11, 2025 on Reaper EntertainmentProduction: Damna & AydanLength: 54:42Genre: Folk/Power Metal "A Grand Finale to the Trilogy" Our western neighbors from Friuli-Venezia Giulia have wrapped up the Reader of the…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: May 1997 / April 18, 2025 (vinyl reissue)Production: Zvonko TepešAlbum length: 46.46 minGenre: Punk Rock / Hard Rock / Hip-hopRating: 8.0/10Buy the album! Dallas Records has spent quite a while now…

Label: Progrock.com EssentialsRelease date: March 7, 2025Production: Bob CooperAlbum length: 57:36 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 Ghost of the Machine are a progressive rock quartet from Leeds, England. Well, technically a…

Label: Cooking Vinyl Release date: 3/28/2025Producer: Dan HawkinsAlbum length: 33:05 minGenre: Rock'N'Roll / Hard RockRating: 9.0/10 The Darkness love picking 'crunchy' titles for their albums. Just think of the comeback record "Hot…

Label: Reigning Phoenix MusicRelease date: March 21, 2205Production: Leo Leoni & Charlie BauerfeindGenre: Hard RockRating: 8/10 Gotthard need no special introduction. Today they're a truly big name in European hard rock, but…

Label: InsideOut Music / Sony MusicRelease date: March 7, 2025Produced by: Jethro TullAlbum length: 50.31 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 8.5/10 How is the average devotee of the legendary British prog rock institution Jethro…

Released: February 14, 2025 on Nuclear BlastProduction: DynaztyLength: 42:14Genre: Disco Metal "Pop sounds dressed up as metal" Around 2010, an interesting phenomenon started popping up in power metal circles. A bunch of bands…

Released: Feb. 28, 2025 via Napalm RecordsProduction: Probably Tobias Sammet and Sascha PaethRunning time: 50:09Genre: Symphonic power metal that doesn't want to be "Just Another Day at Tobi Sammet's Office" Tobias Sammet, fallen…

Released: January 24, 2025 on Frontiers RecordsProduction: Olaf ThörsenLength: 57:46Genre: Prog Power Metal "SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM" Back in 1999, Labÿrinth were the next big thing in power metal. The year before, the Italian…

Label: Napalm RecordsRelease date: January 31, 2025Production: The Night Flight Orchestra & Sebastian ForslundAlbum length: Genre: AOR/Arena Rock revivalRating: 9.0/10 The Night Flight Orchestra are, in every way, a very special…

Label: RPM-ROARRelease date: January 17, 2025Production: Chris BoltendahlAlbum length: 46.47 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 9.0/10 Grave Digger are legends of German heavy metal. Over a long career, the band has seen and been through…

Label: One RecordsRelease date: 12/30/2024Genre: Heavy Metal / Hard RockRating: 9.5/10BUY CD! Žanil Tataj Žak is a music legend of our region. He was there when it all went down. Like a good Czech lager, a (le)Žak, too. Way back in…

Self-releasedRelease date: September 15, 2024Genre: Jazz / Jazz Rock FusionRating: 9.0/10 After three studio albums and one live record, the Prekmurje jazz and jazz rock fusion outfit džeZZva has decided it's time for its first…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: 2023 (reissue)Production: Tomaž Pengov & Aco RazbornikAlbum length: 68.46 minGenre: Singer / Songwritter (Singer-songwriter music)Rating: 8.0/10BUY THE 2LP!BUY THE CD! In 2023, Dallas Records…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: 13. 11. 2023Production: Zvone HranjecAlbum length: 31.22 minGenre: Hard Rock / Melodic RockRating: 8.0/10Buy the CD! Chateau are a Slovenian rock band of a kind you just don't find on the scene…

Label: Big Joco Music RecordsRelease date: 12. 11. 2021Production: Jože Hribar (Big Joco)Genre: Glam Metal / Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 There's no need to waste many words on Chateau. Every true-blue Slovenian rocker knows them. Back…

Self-releasedRelease date: October 2, 2024Production: Jernej ZoranAlbum length: Genre: Hard RockRating: 9.0/10Buy the album! Jernej Zoran is one of the hardest-working, endlessly inspired and, let's just say it outright, most…

Label: Nika RecordsRelease date: 8. 11. 2024Production: Bojan Pahljina - Puhi, Maras Tomaž - MOT & Mark ReinsAlbum length: Genre: Art RockRating: 9.0/10BUY THE LP!BUY THE CD! When Drevored drop a new studio album, it's a real…

Self-releasedRelease date: 12. 11. 2024Production: Peter Penko, Igor Ilić & Borut AntončičAlbum length: 36.04 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Indie Rock / Pop RockRating: 8.0/10 Ember are a Slovenian band from Šentjernej. The…

Label: ZKP RTV SlovenijaRelease date: 11. 12. 2024Genre: Art Rock / Art PopRating: 9.0/10Buy the CD!Buy the 2LP! Whenever you look back at the magical body of work by Avtomobili, one of the central bands that shaped the face of…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: November 1, 2024Production: BeardfishAlbum length: 57.30 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 An English version can be found below - please scroll down Slovenian version: Beardfish,…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: October 18, 2024Production: Simone MularoniAlbum length: 56. 27 minGenre: Progressive MetalRating: 9.0/10 DGM are, we can safely say today, legendary Italian progressive metallers who got…

Released: Oct 4, 2024 via AFM RecordsProduced by: Nick FossLength: 53:52Genre: Hard Rock “Corporate rock for corporate …” Good thing mobile phones weren't in wide use yet in the early nineties. That way, the debauchery that went…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: 11. 10. 2024Production: James Christian & Mark MangoldAlbum length: 56.09 minGenre: Hard Rock / Melodic Rock / AORRating: 8.5/10 House Of Lords, the American arena rock, AOR and melodic…

Label: Black Lodge RecordsRelease date: 9/27/2024Production: Peter FriestedtAlbum length: 45.48 minGenre: West-Coast AORRating: 8.0/10 CWF is a supergroup made up of Joseph Williams of Toto, former Chicago vocalist Bill Champlin and…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: 13. 9. 2024Production: Herman Frank & Arne NeurandAlbum length: 45.10 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 8.0/10 Victory are an old German heavy metal outfit. They've weathered every war storm and…

Released: July 19, 2024 via Reaper EntertainmentProduction: ?Length: 57:02Genre: Heavy/Power/Maiden Metal "Buckwheat Žganci, Maiden Style" I'd bumped into Skyeye here and there before, spun a track or two, liked what I heard, and…

Label: Celinka Release date: June 5, 2024Production: Divje jezeroAlbum length: 44.43 minGenre: Jazz Rock Fusion / Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 Divje jezero are Slovenia's flagbearers of jazz rock fusion with progressive touches,…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: September 13, 2024Production: Michael SweetAlbum length: 45.55 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 9.0/10 Stryper, the legends, an iconic eighties band loyal since day one to their…

Label: Provogue Records / Mascot Label GroupRelease date: September 20, 2024Production: Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Marshall AltmanLength: 32:15 minGenre: Blues Rock Rating: 8.5/10 Kenny Wayne Shepherd is yet another one of those white…

Label: Mighty MusicRelease date: 6. 9. 2024Production: Nick JennisonAlbum length: 48.17 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 8.5/10 Blitzkrieg are a British heavy metal outfit belonging to the movement abbreviated as N.W.O.B.H.M. That puts…

Release date: 6/30/2024Label: Deko EntertainmentProduction: NektarAlbum length: 32.26 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Space RockRating: 8.0/10 Nektar, the indestructible veterans of the prog rock scene, who keep going even after the…

Released: May 10, 2024 on High Roller RecordsProduction: Jimmy Waldo, Giles LaveryLength: 56:30Genre: US Prog/Power "Prog Power for the Melancholics" The tragicomedy "The Warlord" goes something like this: Two descendants of…

Label: Spitfire Music / Steamhammer / SPV RecordsRelease date: September 6, 2024Production: Marti FrederiksenAlbum length: 36.39 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 8.0/10 The Dead Daisies, the hard rock quintet brought to life in 2012 by…

Label: Sony MusicRelease date: 6. 9. 2024Production: David Gilmour & Charlie AndrewAlbum length: 43.21 minGenre: Art RockRating: 8.5/10 »Luck And Strange« is the fifth album from British singer-songwriter David Gilmour. Yes,…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 30. 8. 2024Production: David Castillo & LeprousAlbum length: 51.40 minGenre: Progressive Metal / Art RockRating: 8.5/10 Leprous, the Norwegian progressive metal and art rock quintet, are back…

Label: Phonotraxx PublishingRelease date: 12. 7. 2024Production: Berhnard Weiß & Harry ÖllersAlbum length: 41.32 minGenre: Hard Rock / Melodic Metal / Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 Axxis are the old guard of the German hard rock and…

Label: Reigning Phoenix MusicRelease date: July 5, 2024Production: Seeb LevermannAlbum length: 48.10 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 Orden Ogan are Germany's power metal champions. Look back at where this band's roots go (the…

Self-releasedRelease date: June 21, 2024Album length: 61.28 minProduction: Seventh DimensionGenre: Progressive MetalRating: 9.0/10 Seventh Dimension are a Swedish progressive metal quintet from Stockholm. They've been around since…

Label: Reprise Records/RykodiscRelease date: August 2, 1971Producer: Frank ZappaAlbum length: 44.17 minGenre: RIO / Avant-ProgRating: 8.5/10 "Filmore East – June 1971" was the first (official) live album from the legendary musical…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: April 12, 2024Production: Steve Schenck & Richie CastellanoAlbum length: 41.46 minGenre: Art Rock / Hard Rock / Heavy MetalRating: 8.0/10 Blue Öyster Cult really are one of the most…

Self-releasedRelease date: May 31, 2024Production: KopilottAlbum length: 50.33 minGenre: krautrock / space rock / psychedelic rockRating: 8.0/10 Kopilott. Come again? Plain old "pilot" apparently just wasn't enough. But it does seem…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: August 9, 2024Production: Fredrik NördstromAlbum length: 46.57 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 HammerFall need no introduction. The long-running Gothenburg power metallers have nothing…

Label: Century Media RecordsRelease date: July 26, 2024Production: Fredrik NordströmAlbum length: 41.24 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.0/10 Dream Evil are a Swedish power metal outfit with a much longer career behind them than…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: July 12, 2024Production: Michael PalaceAlbum length: 43.09 minGenre: AOR revivalRating: 9.0/10 Palace stays devoted to the AOR revival with this new album too. The name Palace belongs to a…

Label: Napalm RecordsRelease date: 7. 6. 2024Production: Tom S. Englund & Jonas Ekdahl Album length: Genre: Progressive MetalRating: 9.0/10 Evergrey, it's fair to say, are the long-lived legends of Swedish progressive metal.…

Label: Escape MusicRelease date: June 21, 2024Production: AtlanticAlbum length: 50.24 minGenre: AORRating: 8.0/10 Atlantic are an old AOR 'memory.' The band released exactly one studio album, in 1994, called “Power.” By then the…

Label: J & R AdventuresRelease date: June 21, 2024Production: Kevin ShirleyGenre: Blues RockRating: 9.0/10 Joe Bonamassa is the leading creative force in modern blues rock! A driving locomotive who, with his inexhaustible…

Label: earMUSICRelease date: July 19, 2024Production: Bob EzrinAlbum length: 52.19 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 Deep Purple, the indestructible hard rock legends, just won't quit. Unlike their equally notorious and influential…

Released: May 10, 2024 via Atomic Fire RecordsProduction: Riot V, Bruno RavelLength: 51 min, 33 secGenre: Power Metal / Hard Rock "Live and Breathe Heavy Metal" Aaaaaahhh, where do I even start? Riot (now Riot V) are the most…

Label: J&R AdventuresRelease date: June 14, 2024Production: Black Country CommunionAlbum length: 50.37 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 Black Country Communion (BCC for short) are a quartet! A supergroup quartet that needs no…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: 12. 7. 2024Production: Jay Ruston & Mr. BigAlbum length: 46.16 min.Genre: Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 It's no big news anymore that Mr. Big have been saying goodbye to the music scene for…

Release date: 1994Label: Giant Electric PeaProduction: Rob Aubrey, Greg Spawton & Andy PooleAlbum length: 51.33 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Crossover ProgRating: 9.0/10 "Goodbye to the Age of Steam" was the debut of English…

Released: April 20, 2024 via self-release PELHANProduction: Aleš Pelhan and Matjaž ŠvageljLength: 49:05 min.Genre: Hard Rock "Hard Rock'n'Roll" With a killer release party in Ajdovščina on April 20, 2024, the second album from…

Release date: April 5, 2024Label: Cherry Red RecordsProduction: HawkwindAlbum length: 59.45 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Space RockRating: 9.5 / 10 “Stories From Time And Space” is the 35th studio album from the long-lived British…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: April 19, 2024Production: Praying MantisAlbum length: 46. 46 minGenre: Heavy Metal / AORRating: 8.0/10 Praying Mantis, the grand veterans of British melodic hard and heavy rock who came up in…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: April 19, 2024Production: Vanden Plas & Markus TeskeAlbum length: 55.14 minGenre: Progressive MetalRating: 9.5/10 Vanden Plas are long-standing progressive metal champions from…

Label: Mighty MusicRelease date: 4/26/2024Album length: 68.27 minGenre: Heavy Metal / N.W.O.B.H.M.Rating: 8.0/10 Tygers of Pan Tang, living N.W.O.B.H.M. fossils, know no rest. Formed way back in 1978 in the English seaside town of…

Label: Mighty MusicRelease date: 5. 5. 2023Production: Tue MadsenAlbum length: 44.01 minGenre: Heavy Metal / N.W.O.B.H.M.Rating: 9.0/10 Tygers Of Pan Tang are one of the most stubbornly persistent bands to come out of the "New Wave…

Label: Napalm RecordsRelease date: April 26, 2024Production: Andy SneapAlbum length: 48.13 min.Genre: Heavy MetalRating: 8.0/10 Accept are one hell of a heavy metal band. Revelation of the century? No. Just a fact. "Humanoid" is…

Released: March 8, 2024 on Atomic Fire RecordsProduction: Sonata ArcticaLength: 59:29 min.Genre: Quasi power metal "Tony with His Fingers Crossed" In the review of Sonata's Bucharest gig I mentioned that Tony had been teasing us…

PART 2 (a preview of the official album release, with an interview recap) A new story from Pelhan, their second. A new chapter built from a decade of experience and two years of polishing ideas. The result of personal growth,…

Label: SPV/Steamhammer RecordsRelease date: March 29, 2024Production: Rage & Peavy WagnerAlbum length: 94 min.Genre: Heavy Metal / Power MetalRating: 9.0/10 Rage are true veterans of European metal, with a pedigree that's…

Label: Columbia RecordsRelease date: March 8, 2024Production: Andy Sneap (Tom Allom - co-production on tracks 10 and 11)Album length: 52.32 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 8.5/10 Judas Priest, the undisputed icons of metal, in a way…

Label: Nika RecordsRelease date: February 29, 2024Production: Dejan RadičevičAlbum length: 46.35 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Alternative MetalRating: 9.0/10 Six years after their last (proper) studio album "Nomadi" (2018, RockLine…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 2/16/2024Production: Steve HackettAlbum length: 44.58 minGenre: Progressive Rock Rating: 9.5/10 Time slips away from all of us for good, like an hourglass mercilessly emptying from top to bottom.…

Label: Silver LiningRelease date: 19. 1. 2024Production: Andy Sneap & Biff ByfordAlbum length: 42.23 minGenre: N.W.O.B.H.M. / Heavy MetalRating: 8.5/10 “Hell, Fire and Damnation” kicks off a new chapter for the…

Released March 1, 2024 via BMGProduction: Roy ZLength: 58:49 min.Genre: Heavy Metal / Hard Rock "Tyranny of Souls, Part Two" A full 19 years Bruce kept us waiting for a new album, and next to that, Axl and his 15-year slow-cook…

Label: InsideOut Music / Sony MusicRelease date: March 1, 2024Production: Big Big TrainAlbum length: 64.20 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 10/10 Big Big Train, one of the names that comes up most whenever the talk turns to the…