
Tony Iommi will also be playing on the third track, Astorolus – The Great Octopus.

Candlemass are back with their 12th album, The Door To Doom, which features original vocalist Johan Längqvist and his first performance with the band since 1986. King Diamond fans are expecting a live album, Songs For The Dead Live, which will hopefully lead to more information on his highly anticipated 13th album as well.įebruary is home to three major metal icons and all on the same day. Kane Roberts has new music coming out on the 25th, The New Normal, marking the return since his 2012’s Unsung Radio. Raven are launching a live album, Scream Murder Death From Above: Live in Aalborg, featuring many of their classic material. January kicks off with Flotsam and Jetsam unleashing their 13th studio album, The End Of Chaos, which shouldn’t disappoint after their impressive self-titled 2016 release.

As of now, August is the furthest into the future we can see at the moment, but there is plenty of unconfirmed album dates and tours yet to be announced. Every type of metalhead got a dose of consistent content from a wide range of bands.Īfter the return of glam metal and AOR thanks to the support from Frontiers Records, this year looks like a safe haven for the dark side of metal.

2018 was loaded with amazing albums from every sub-genre in metal.
