RELEASE CALENDAR — July 2024

Metal and hard rock CDs released in July 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.

21 releases / updated

HypnotizedSPEKTRAAmazonHypnotized is the second album by Spektra, the Brazilian melodic rock band whose members had played together since the late 1990s in Tempestt and spent yea…
Purgatory AfterglowEDGE OF SANITYJP edition: AmazonThis is the thirtieth-anniversary reissue of Purgatory Afterglow, the 1994 fourth album by the Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity,…
Science, Not FictionORANGE GOBLINJP edition: AmazonScience, Not Fiction is the tenth album by Orange Goblin, who have been one of the defining British doom metal and stoner rock bands since forming in 1995…
InfernoSPEEDKILLERJP edition: AmazonInferno is the first full-length album by Speedkiller, a Brazilian trio, and their first release in Japan; it follows the 2021 EP Midnight Vampire.…
TeaserTOMMY BOLINAmazonTeaser was Tommy Bolin's first solo album, released in 1975, and this Japanese reissue presents it on two discs. A professional guitarist from his teens,…
ExogalacticXOTHJP edition: AmazonExogalactic is the third album by Xoth, a four-piece from Seattle, Washington, and their first release in Japan.…
InvincibleDEMONJP edition: AmazonInvincible is the first album in eight years by Demon, one of the bands that defined the new wave of British heavy metal.…
ColumbusBARQUE OF DANTEJP edition: AmazonColumbus is an album by Barque of Dante, the Chinese band formed in 2004 in Mianyang, Sichuan around the guitarist and singer Xie.…
Far from GloryDESCENTJP edition: AmazonFar from Glory is a four-track EP by Descent, a four-piece from Dallas, Texas. The band grew out of a friendship between "Metal" Mike Ames,…
Hell's SatansHELL'S SATANSJP edition: AmazonThis self-titled album is the debut by Hell's Satans, a five-piece from Chile playing traditional heavy metal in the line of Iron Maiden,…
SplashedMAD PAINTERJP edition: AmazonSplashed is an album by Mad Painter, a five-piece from Boston formed in 2015 whose melodic rock is drawn from the traditional rock of the 1970s,…

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