Mood Swings 30th Anniversary EditionAmazonA thirtieth-anniversary edition of Mood Swings by Harem Scarem. The Canadian band's second album, from 1993, was the record Japan met them through,…RELEASE CALENDAR — December 2023
Metal and hard rock CDs released in December 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.
Mood Swings 30th Anniversary EditionAmazonA thirtieth-anniversary edition of Mood Swings by Harem Scarem. The Canadian band's second album, from 1993, was the record Japan met them through,…
Himlabacken Vol. 2JP edition: AmazonHimlabacken Vol. 2 is the fifth album by Moon Safari, the Swedish progressive rock band, and it arrives about ten years after Himlabacken Vol.1 of 2013.…
50th Anniversary Live - First NightAmazon
2CDAmazon
Blu-ray + 2CD50th Anniversary Live - First Night captures Blue Öyster Cult on the first of three sold-out nights at Sony Hall in New York, 21 to 23 September 2022,…
InnervoidJP edition: AmazonInnervoid is the thirteenth album by Eldritch, the Italian progressive power metal band formed in 1991.…
VeneraAmazonVenera is the second album by Everdawn, a symphonic metal band from New Jersey, and the record that introduces them in Japan.…
Eminence or DisgraceAmazonEminence or Disgrace is the debut album by Rage Behind, a French thrash and metalcore band signed to Atomic Fire Records.…
A Creepy Night (Live)AmazonA Creepy Night (Live) is a live album by Trick or Treat, the Italian power metal band who began as a Helloween tribute act -- their 2003 debut was a live r…
A Chapter Called Children of Bodom (Final Show in Helsinki Ice Hall 2019)AmazonA live album of the last concert Children of Bodom ever played. The Finnish melodic death metal band ended at the Helsinki Ice Hall on 15 December 2019,…
In MemoriamJP edition: Amazon
Standard editionAmazon
Limited first pressing with T-shirtIn Memoriam is the second album by Evermore, a Swedish melodic power metal trio. Their first, Court of the Tyrant King of 2021,…
Leviathan IIIAmazonLeviathan III closes the trilogy Therion began in 2021. The Swedish band formed in 1987 around guitarist and singer Christofer Johnsson and were playing de…
Impii HoraJP edition: AmazonImpii Hora is the first album by Asinhell, the band Michael Poulsen of Volbeat started in order to go back to the death metal he came from.…
Tellus TimelineJP edition: AmazonTellus Timeline is the fifth album by Autumn's Child, the Nordic melodic rock group led by Mikael Erlandsson,…
PerhapsAmazonA Japan-only CD single for "Perhaps", the song Guns N' Roses put out without warning in August 2023 -- their first new one since "Hard Skool" in 2021.…
Horned Lord of the Thorned CastleJP edition: AmazonHorned Lord of the Thorned Castle is the first album by Moonlight Sorcery, a trio from Tampere in Finland,…
Inspiratio ProfanusJP edition: AmazonInspiratio Profanus collects Dimmu Borgir's covers. The Norwegians are among the most commercially successful bands black metal has produced,…
Our Blessed HopeJP edition: AmazonOur Blessed Hope is the second album by Flames of Fire, the Swedish Christian metal band built around Christian Liljegren of Narnia.…
...And Then, The Abusement Park Left TownJP edition: Amazon...And Then, The Abusement Park Left Town is the first album by Nekomata,…
On The Line Of Nothing And SomethingJP edition: AmazonOn The Line Of Nothing And Something is the first full album by Atrox Trauma, a four-piece death and thrash metal band from Hungary.…
Svarte sekunderJP edition: AmazonSvarte sekunder is the second album by Bolverk, a four-piece melodic extreme metal band from Norway whose name comes from one of Odin's own. Melodic,…
The Dragonheart's TaleJP edition: AmazonThe Dragonheart's Tale is the fifth album by Dragonheart, a Brazilian power metal band, and their first in eight years.…
Towers of GoldJP edition: AmazonTowers of Gold is the new album by Sacred Outcry, a power metal band from Piraeus in Greece, arriving in their twenty-fifth year.…
In FieriJP edition: AmazonIn Fieri is an album by Slave Steel, a four-piece death and thrash metal band formed in Rome in 2008 and now based in London,…