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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.

22 releases / updated

Death Becomes HerFRANTIC AMBERAmazonDeath Becomes Her is the Frantic Amber album that ended a six-year gap, released by ROAR, the Reigning Phoenix Music imprint,…
Black Light / White NoiseSMITH/KOTZENAmazonAdrian Smith of Iron Maiden and Richie Kotzen of The Winery Dogs made Black Light / White Noise at THE HOUSE in Los Angeles,…
Heavy ChainsVALENTINO FRANCAVILLAAmazon 2CDAmazon 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 StarsVALHALOREAmazonEight years separate Beyond the Stars from Valhalore's first album. The Australians formed in 2013, made Voyage into Eternity in 2017,…
A Crash Course in CatastropheSEVENDIALSAmazonA Crash Course in Catastrophe is the first album by Sevendials, a trio of Big Paul Ferguson, the Killing Joke drummer,…
Nu DelhiBLOODYWOODJP edition: AmazonNu Delhi is the second Bloodywood album, following Rakshak in 2022,…
Recordings: 2020-2025SIMON McBRIDEJP 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,…
ArtifexANCIENT BARDSJP edition: AmazonArtifex is the fifth Ancient Bards album and their first in six years.…
Leopard SkinL.A. GUNSJP edition: AmazonLeopard Skin puts L.A. Guns back on hard, early-sounding rock and roll. The Los Angeles band still has guitarist Tracii Guns,…
ZenithBLEED FROM WITHINJP edition: AmazonZenith is the first Bleed From Within album to get a Japanese pressing. The Glasgow band play metalcore with a heavy groove,…
Dirty & DivineTHUNDERMOTHERJP 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 1980MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUPAmazonLive in Manchester 1980 documents a single night at the Manchester Apollo on 30 September 1980,…
DivergenceGHOSTSEEKERAmazonDivergence 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 SupremacySACRED STEELAmazonNine years after Heavy Metal Sacrifice, Sacred Steel returned with Ritual Supremacy on ROAR, the Reigning Phoenix Music imprint.…
ÀnvELUVEITIEAmazonÀnv 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,…
SkeletáGHOSTAmazonSkeletá opens a new chapter for Ghost, three years after IMPERA. Tobias Forge's Swedish band,…
By HorizonAZIMUT19JP 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,…
HellsolationNEST OF PLAGUESJP edition: AmazonHellsolation comes from Nest of Plagues, a four-piece from Budapest who fold metalcore and groove metal into one alternative metal sound — heavy,…
ExtinctionPLAGUE OF STARSJP edition: AmazonExtinction is the third full-length by Plague of Stars, a five-piece from Minneapolis formed in 2012.…
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