Death Becomes HerAmazonDeath Becomes Her is the Frantic Amber album that ended a six-year gap, released by ROAR, the Reigning Phoenix Music imprint,…RELEASE CALENDAR — April 2025
Metal and hard rock CDs released in April 2025. 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.
Death Becomes HerAmazonDeath Becomes Her is the Frantic Amber album that ended a six-year gap, released by ROAR, the Reigning Phoenix Music imprint,…
Black Light / White NoiseAmazonAdrian Smith of Iron Maiden and Richie Kotzen of The Winery Dogs made Black Light / White Noise at THE HOUSE in Los Angeles,…
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2CD + Blu-rayHeavy Chains was Valentino Francavilla's first solo album, self-released in 2018 and long hard to find; Ward Records rebuilt it for Japan on 11 April 2025…
Beyond the StarsAmazonEight years separate Beyond the Stars from Valhalore's first album. The Australians formed in 2013, made Voyage into Eternity in 2017,…
Circus of Doom: Live in Helsinki 2023AmazonA single Helsinki night from the tour behind 2022's Circus of Doom,…
A Crash Course in CatastropheAmazonA Crash Course in Catastrophe is the first album by Sevendials, a trio of Big Paul Ferguson, the Killing Joke drummer,…
Nu DelhiJP edition: AmazonNu Delhi is the second Bloodywood album, following Rakshak in 2022,…
Recordings: 2020-2025JP edition: AmazonRecordings: 2020-2025 gathers five years of Simon McBride's solo work in one place. The guitarist from Northern Ireland, now Deep Purple's lead guitarist,…
ArtifexJP edition: AmazonArtifex is the fifth Ancient Bards album and their first in six years.…
Leopard SkinJP edition: AmazonLeopard Skin puts L.A. Guns back on hard, early-sounding rock and roll. The Los Angeles band still has guitarist Tracii Guns,…
ZenithJP edition: AmazonZenith is the first Bleed From Within album to get a Japanese pressing. The Glasgow band play metalcore with a heavy groove,…
Dirty & DivineJP edition: AmazonDirty & Divine is the first Thundermother record to be pressed in Japan, and the first the Swedish four-piece made with their current line-up.…
Live in Manchester 1980AmazonLive in Manchester 1980 documents a single night at the Manchester Apollo on 30 September 1980,…
Chapter V: The AscendanceAmazonChapter V: The Ascendance is, as the title says, the fifth Art Nation album,…
DivergenceAmazonDivergence is the first Ghostseeker album. The Australian metalcore band had drawn close to a million streams on each of the major platforms with their 202…
Ritual SupremacyAmazonNine years after Heavy Metal Sacrifice, Sacred Steel returned with Ritual Supremacy on ROAR, the Reigning Phoenix Music imprint.…
ÀnvAmazonÀnv is the first Eluveitie album in six years, after Ategnatos in 2019. The Swiss band formed in 2002 and made their debut with Spirit in 2006,…
SkeletáAmazonSkeletá opens a new chapter for Ghost, three years after IMPERA. Tobias Forge's Swedish band,…
By HorizonJP edition: AmazonBy Horizon is the first album by Azimut19, a Russian melodic death metal trio whose members spent twenty-five years in a viking metal band before this one,…
HellsolationJP edition: AmazonHellsolation comes from Nest of Plagues, a four-piece from Budapest who fold metalcore and groove metal into one alternative metal sound — heavy,…
ExtinctionJP edition: AmazonExtinction is the third full-length by Plague of Stars, a five-piece from Minneapolis formed in 2012.…
The Withering of the Blue FlowerJP edition: AmazonThe Withering of the Blue Flower is the second album by Silent Revenants,…