RELEASE CALENDAR — April 2024
Metal and hard rock CDs released in April 2024. 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.
At the Mercy of the WindAmazonAt the Mercy of the Wind is the debut album by Imperatus, a black metal band from northern Vietnam.…
2023 A.D.JP edition: Amazon2023 A.D. is an all-instrumental guitar album by Jeff Kollman, the American guitarist, and his first solo record in about three years.…
RankarumpuAmazonRankarumpu is the twelfth album by Korpiklaani. Jonne Järvelä, still the face of the band, started the unit Shamaani Duo back in 1993,…
In the Twilight GreyJP edition: AmazonIn the Twilight Grey is the tenth album by Necrophobic, the Swedish death and black metal band formed in Stockholm in 1989,…
Ghost StoriesAmazonGhost Stories is the first album Blue Öyster Cult have released in four years,…
Manic Eden (30th Anniversary Edition)AmazonManic Eden (30th Anniversary Edition) reissues the only album by Manic Eden, the band Adrian Vandenberg,…
Of Sorcery and DarknessJP edition: AmazonOf Sorcery and Darkness is the second album by Nocturna, the Italian gothic and symphonic metal band fronted by two singers,…
The Tales of Nosferatu - Two Decades of Blood (2004-2024)Amazon
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Blu-ray limited editionThe Tales of Nosferatu - Two Decades of Blood (2004-2024) marks twenty years of Bloodbound,…
Cometh the StormAmazonCometh the Storm is the ninth album by High On Fire, the Oakland sludge and heavy metal band led by Matt Pike of Sleep,…
A Mortal BindingAmazonA Mortal Binding is the first album in four years from My Dying Bride,…
DefianceAmazonDefiance is the latest studio album by Praying Mantis, the English veterans of the new wave of British heavy metal whose standing in Japan goes back to the…
Satanic NorthAmazonSatanic North is the debut album by the band of that name, which Petri Lindroos and Janne Parviainen — the singer and the drummer of the Finnish folk metal…
TuomioAmazonTuomio is the fourth album by Verikalpa, the Finnish folk metal band.…
Take a PieceJP edition: AmazonTake a Piece is the second album by About Us, a melodic rock band from the Wokha district of Nagaland, in the north-east of India.…
Of War and FlamesJP edition: AmazonOf War and Flames is the debut album by Alterium, an Italian power metal band.…
Machine Head (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)JP edition: AmazonMachine Head (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) rebuilds Deep Purple's 1972 album as a five-disc set: three CDs, a Blu-ray and an LP.…
FegefeuerJP edition: AmazonFegefeuer is a two-disc record by Feuerschwanz, the German medieval-themed folk metal band: a studio album on the first disc and a concert recorded at Wack…
Zero Four OneJP edition: AmazonZero Four One is the only album Glasgow ever made. The four-piece formed in 1982, in the middle of the new wave of British heavy metal,…
InsaniumJP edition: AmazonInsanium is the debut album by Whom Gods Destroy, the band Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and Derek Sherinian put together after Mike Portnoy's return to Dream Thea…
It Beckons Us All.......AmazonIt Beckons Us All....... is the album Darkthrone made after Astral Fortress, and the work of the same two people as ever — Fenriz and Nocturno Culto,…
Pyromania (40th Anniversary Edition)Amazon
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4 SHM-CD + Blu-ray limited editionPyromania (40th Anniversary Edition) expands Def Leppard's 1983 album for its fortieth year.…
Tattoo MeAmazonTattoo Me is the first covers album Lee Aaron has made, some forty years into a career in which she and Doro Pesch between them established what a woman fr…
En Orkan På Vår SidaJP edition: AmazonEn Orkan På Vår Sida is the second album by Ström, a Swedish rock and roll band, arriving about eighteen months after their 2022 debut.…