RELEASE CALENDAR — August 2024

Metal and hard rock CDs released in August 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.

27 releases / updated

Femmes FatalesEXIT EDENJP edition: AmazonFemmes Fatales is the second album by Exit Eden, the symphonic metal project begun by Clémentine Delauney of Visions of Atlantis,…
PortraitsNIGHT PLEASURE HOTELJP edition: AmazonPortraits is the debut album by Night Pleasure Hotel, an Italian melodic hard rock project led by Alex Mari on vocals,…
MetamorphosisTHE DARK SIDE OF THE MOONJP edition: AmazonMetamorphosis is the debut album by The Dark Side of the Moon, the symphonic metal project built around Melissa Bonny of Ad Infinitum, Hans,…
A Pagan StormWOLFCHANTAmazonA Pagan Storm is the album that made Wolfchant's name, and this two-disc set pairs the German pagan metal band's 2024 re-recording of it with the original…
Heaven TonightALICATEJP edition: AmazonHeaven Tonight is the album with which the Swedish melodic rock band Alicate made their Japanese debut. Jonas Erixon, who sings and plays guitar,…
A Story to TellTIMELESS FAIRYTALEJP edition: AmazonA Story to Tell is the debut album by Timeless Fairytale, a neoclassical symphonic metal band whose members come from Denmark, Italy and Sweden.…
VermillionSIMONE SIMONSAmazonVermillion is the first solo album by Simone Simons, for many years the voice of the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica,…
Dreadful CompanyVERNIJP edition: AmazonDreadful Company is the second album by Verni, the solo project of D.D. Verni, the bassist and chief writer of the thrash metal band Overkill,…
ReHydrationHYDRAJP edition: AmazonReHydration is the second album by Hydra, the Swedish band that began as an idea of Henrik Hedström, a songwriter long at work in Stockholm.…
MyceliumMANTICORAJP edition: AmazonMycelium is an album by Manticora, the Danish progressive metal band, and their first in about four years.…
Midnight AssassinSADISTIC FORCEJP edition: AmazonMidnight Assassin is the second album by Sadistic Force, a trio from Austin, Texas playing blackened speed and thrash metal,…
Exit PlanWITHERING SURFACEJP edition: AmazonExit Plan is a new album from Withering Surface, the Danish melodic death metal band who have been going since 1994,…
From Gravel to GraveDEATH RACERJP edition: AmazonFrom Gravel to Grave is the debut album by Death Racer, an Austrian band whose name comes from Razor's "Deathrace". A demo, Qualifying, appeared in 2020,…
Evil NightsDEMON SPELLJP edition: AmazonEvil Nights is the debut mini-album by Demon Spell, an Italian four-piece who play horror and evil in the heavy metal form of the 1980s across four tracks.…
Holy Mountain (Helgafjell)REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERSJP edition: AmazonHoly Mountain (Helgafjell) is the second album by Ren Marabou and the Berserkers, a viking metal trio from Donegal in the north-west of Ireland.…
Time IIWINTERSUNAmazonTime II is the third Wintersun album and the first in seven years. The Finnish band began in 2003 as a solo project of Jari Mäenpää,…

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