Blackbird Anthem – Southern Ground (2018)
We share the belief that great Rock n’ Roll music doesn’t have to fit into any one category. It’s all music, and it’s all Rock n’ Roll. Our songs tell stories of love, heartache, one night stands, tattoos, alcohol, and the effects of war. All the things that make American rock music so great.
The Temperance Movement – A Deeper Cut (2018)
A British hard rock, blues, and R&B band formed in 2011, the Temperance Movement consists of Glasgow-born lead singer Phil Campbell, guitarists Luke Potashnick and Paul Sayer, bassist Nick Fyffe, and Australia-born drummer Damon Wilson.
The Bad Flowers – Starting Gun 2018
Midlands based hard rock band, The Bad Flowers, are set to release their debut studio album “Starting Gun” on February 16th, 2018.The album is a follow up to 2016’s self-titled EP and shows the great progression of song writing and musicianship of The Bad Flowers over the past two years.
Abigale – Second Life (2018)
Germany Abigale stands for melodic, English-speaking rock music, which does not deny modern influences, but nevertheless courage in their compositions to length
and soloist spaces. Intelligent, guitar-heavy,with lively keyboards and sometimes with creative saxophones underpainted, progressive rock.
Electric Stove – Hail, Starfighter (2018)
This album has been an exhausting labor of love through and through. None of this album is meant to be anything other than pure sci-fi escapism. I can’t encourage you enough to listen to it as a whole (that’s what I intended). That way you can experience the story of Starfighter unadulterated.
Sacred Leather – Ultimate Force (2018)
Sacred Leather’s debut album Ultimate Force promises to be one of the HEAVY METAL highlights in 2018. With influences evident to any heavy metal purist, SACRED LEATHER’s music seems to emerge directly from the early ’80s, mixing elegant and nostalgic hard rock/proto metal with the most belligerent side of NWOBHM.
Thaurorod – Coast of Gold (2018),MP3+FLAC
Finland, “24601“ shows another side of the Scandinavian Power Metal outfit and provides an additional taste what fans can expect from the new album “Coast Of Gold” (out on February 16th, 2018).
Letzte Instanz – Morgenland (2018) MP3+FLAC
They are back. The love warriors of Last Instance have resumed their mission only 2 years after their album “Love at War”. With their “Morgenland” flag in their luggage, the sympathetic Dresdner-Berliner-Nürnberger-Band has big plans. Thematically, of course, it’s about …
Heavatar – Opus II – The Annihilation (2018)
Heavatar, the classical inspired metal band revolving around VAN CANTO mastermind Stefan Schmidt (vocals, guitar), drummer Jörg Michael (former Stratovarius), Sebastian Scharf (lead guitars), Daniel Wicke (bass)… and some of the greatest classical composers of all time are releasing their sophomore album “Opus II – The Annihilation” on February 16th, 2018 on earMUSIC.
Visions Of Atlantis -The Deep & The Dark 2018
With “The Deep & The Dark”, Visions Of Atlantis once more set sail to oceanic myths and the eternal dream of the sunken continent.The varied and fascinating voice of Clémentine Delauney provides for hauntingly beautiful duets with Siegfried Samer’s classic power metal infusions, embodying the symphonic metal cake.
HAMMERSTROKE – Satan’s Claw 2018 EP
Satan’s Claw, the debut EP of the Metal Band Hammerstroke founded in Bad Salzungen (Germany) in 2017. The three musicians attach great importance to melody, fat riffs and sophisticated sound.
Bunkerstruck – The Showdown (2018)
Bunkerstruck is a new act on the danish hardrock scene. The band’s debut album entitled “The Showdown” is recorded at Bunker 302 during 2016/2017, mixed & mastered by Nicklas Sonne (Defecto, Theory, Malrun etc.) and set to be released on the 15th of February 2018.
LeBrock – Real Thing 2018 EP
The English AOR band LeBrock has today released the debut EP ‘Real Thing’, which is available through, among other things, here.