Compiled by Jason Ritchie

January

9th
WORLD KISS 'Icons' (4 CD set)

12th
EU SAXON 'Into The Labyrinth' SPV
EU Exilia TBA AFM Records

19th
EU UFO 'No Place To Run'/'The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent'/'Mechanix' (Re-issues with bonus tracks) EMI
EU The New Black S/T (features Christof Leim of Sinner) AFM Records
WORLD RUSH 'Retrospective 3' (CD/DVD) Atlantic
US STEVE PERRY 'Best Of' Legacy/Sony

23rd
EU PLACES OF POWER 'Now Is The Hour' Frontiers
EU BAD HABIT 'Above And Beyond' AOR Heaven
EU VENGEANCE 'Soul Collector' Metal Heaven
EU TALL STORIES Frontiers
EU JORN 'Live In America' (DVD) Frontiers

26th
EU SEPULTURA 'A-Lex' SPV
WORLD BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TBA Sony
EU EVIL MASQUERADE 'Fade To Black' Escape Music
EU LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM 'Dreamcatcher' Escape Music
EU SAGA 'Contact - Live in Munich' (DVD/CD) Inside Out

29th
EU VISION DIVINE '9 Degrees West of the Moon' Frontiers
TBA
EU DOMAIN 'The Chronicles Of Love, Hate And Sorrow' Limb Music
WORLD VAN MORRISON 'Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl'
WORLD IAN GILLAN 'One Eye In Morocco' TBA
EU LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM TBA Escape Music
WORLD VOX TEMPUS 'Eye Of Time' Angel Milk Records
WORLD INFINITY (features MITCH MALLOY) Angel Milk Records

February

2nd
WORLD CHRIS CONNELL 'Scream'
EU DORO 'Fear No Evil' AFM Records
WORLD JEFFERSON STARSHIP 'Live At The Soiled Dove' (DVD)
9th
WORLD HOT LEG (features JUSTIN HAWKINS ex-THE DARKNESS) TBA

20th

EU JSS 'Beautiful Mess' Frontiers
EU BALANCE 'Equilibrium' Frontiers

23rd
EU DEEP PURPLE 'Stormbringer' (CD/DVD re-issue) EMI
EU HAMMERFALL 'No Sacrifice, No Victory' Nuclear Blast
WORLD Derek Sherinian 'Molecular Heinosity' Inside Out
EU SAHB 'Live At The BBC' (Double CD) Universal/Spectrum
WORLD JOE BONAMASSA 'The Ballad Of Joe Henry' Provogue Records
27th
EU PAIN OF SALVATION 'Ending Themes (On the Two Deaths of Pain of Salvation)' (2DVD/2CD box set) Inside Out
EU KINGDOM COME TBA Planet Records
EU MANNING 'Number Ten' Indie

March

2nd
WORLD U2 TBA
EU Herman Frank (ex-Accept Guitarist) 'Loyal To None' Metal Heaven
EU BURNING POINT 'Empyre' Metal Heaven
3rd
EU THE ANSWER 'Everyday Demons' Albert Productions
8th
EU Ektomorf 'Stronger Than All' AFM Records
9th
EU STEVEN WILSON (PORCUPINE TREE) 'Insurgentes' KScope
13th
EU WETTON/DOWNES ICON 'III' Frontiers
EU STREET LEGAL 'Bite The Bullet' Frontiers
WORLD ALIAS 'Never Say Never' Angelmilk Records
EU GREAT WHITE 'Rising' Frontiers
EU LION'S SHARE 'Dark Hours' Blistering Records
EU DOMAIN 'The Chronicles Of Love, Hate And Sorrow' Limb Music
27th
EU NASTY IDOLS 'Boys Town' Metal Heaven
EU CHRIS LANEY 'Pure' Metal Heaven
EU HIGHEST DREAM 'Far Away From Here' Escape Music
31st
WORLD IAN GILLAN 'One Eye To Morocco' Eagle Rock
WORLD QUEENSRYCHE 'American Soldier' Rhino