RELEASE CALENDAR — October 2023

Metal and hard rock CDs released in October 2023. The calendar is grouped by Japanese street date, so a title whose import edition reached shops in another month is still listed here — each card states both dates. Every album links to its track list, music videos and CD details.

36 releases / updated

Daemonic RitesMAYHEMJP edition: AmazonDaemonic Rites is a live album by Mayhem, the Norwegian black metal band whose history runs back to the mid-1980s,…
Kings of the AsylumPHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONSJP edition: AmazonKings of the Asylum is the third album by Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons — the band the long-serving Motörhead guitarist formed with three of his sons…
RitualEDGE OF FOREVERAmazonRitual is the latest studio album from Edge of Forever, the Italian band built around Alessandro Del Vecchio — a name melodic rock listeners know as a song…
TrinityRONNIE ATKINSAmazonTrinity is Ronnie Atkins's third solo album. The Pretty Maids singer told the public in 2020 that he had been diagnosed with stage four cancer; he decided,…
XSTAM1NAJP edition: AmazonX is the tenth album by Stam1na, one of Finland's best-known thrash metal bands. They formed in 1996, released a long run of demos and EPs,…
MosaicTHEOCRACYAmazonMosaic is the first Theocracy album in seven years and the first they made for Atomic Fire Records.…
Dark ParadeCIRITH UNGOLAmazonDark Parade is the first Cirith Ungol album in three years. The Californian band formed in 1971 and are counted among the founders of doom metal; their 198…
ArisingDIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANGJP edition: AmazonArising is the first EP by Dirkschneider & The Old Gang, the six-piece built around three former Accept men — Udo Dirkschneider,…
Nemesis A.D.SERENITYJP edition: AmazonNemesis A.D. is the eighth Serenity album and the first with Marco Pastorino of Temperance and Fallen Sanctuary in the band. The advance single "Ritter,…
BabylonLYNCH MOBJP edition: AmazonBabylon is the latest Lynch Mob studio album — the band George Lynch put together after leaving Dokken, and one Japan has always taken seriously.…
Fight the DemonsBAD ASJP edition: AmazonFight the Demons is the fourth album by Bad As, an Italian hard rock four-piece who started out under the name Badass. They are veterans by now,…
Dark ScienceBALTAVARJP edition: AmazonDark Science is the second album by Baltavar, a groove thrash metal band formed in Bulgaria in 2018 whose name is meant to evoke the pride and power of Bul…
Mon OdysséeFRAZYLJP edition: AmazonMon Odyssée is the first full-length album by FrazyL, a Canadian one-man progressive instrumental rock project. Jérôme R.…

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