New rock and metal album releases for 2019

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With so much new music on offer, it's hard to keep track of when albums are being released. But don't worry, we've created this handy schedule for you to keep track of all the big albums and killer underground records coming over the next year.

Here is every upcoming rock album release that we're aware of right now. We've got some pre-ordering to do... 

Albums released in April 2019

26 Apr: Baker Gurvitz Army – Since Beginning: The Albums 1974-1976
26 Apr: Be Bop Deluxe – Futurama
26 Apr: Belzebubs – Pantheon Of The Nightside Gods
26 Apr: Cormac Neeson – White Feather
26 Apr: The Damned Things – The High Crimes
26 Apr: Danko Jones – A Rock Supreme
26 Apr: Enforcer – Zenith
26 Apr: Fortune – Fortune II
26 Apr: Generation X – Generation X
26 Apr: Hardline – Life
26 Apr: Jim Peterik And World Stage – Winds Of Change
26 Apr: J.J. Cale - Stay Around
26 Apr: Josefin Öhrn And The Liberation – Sacred Dreams
26 Apr: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Fishing For Fishies
26 Apr: Leverage – DeterminUs
26 Apr: Lonely Robot – Under Stars
26 Apr: Lonerider – Attitude
26 Apr: Lord Dying – Mysterium Tremendum
26 Apr: Michael Thompson Band – Love And Beyond
26 Apr: Nazareth - Expect No Mercy
26 Apr: Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog
26 Apr: Nazareth - Loud 'N' Proud
26 Apr: Nazareth - No Mean City
26 Apr: Nazareth - Rampant
26 Apr: Nazareth - Razamanaz
26 Apr: New Years Day – Unbreakable
26 Apr: Nils Lofgren – Blue With Lou
26 Apr: Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres Peter Doherty & The Puta Madre
26 Apr: Sabbath Assembly – A Letter Of Red
26 Apr: Spear Of Destiny – The Albums 1983-1985
26 Apr: Sunn O))) – Life Metal
26 Apr: Surfquake – Quake Up!
26 Apr: Van Der Graaf Generator – The Aerosol Grey Machine: 50th Anniversary
26 Apr: Various – Birth Of A Nation Inevitable Records: Independent Liverpool 79-86

Albums released in May 2019

03 May: Bad Religion – Age Of Unreason
03 May: Filthy Friends – Emerald Valley
03 May: Hollowstar - Hollowstar
03 May: Kurokuma – Sheffield's Best Metal Bands Vol. 1
03 May: Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul - Summer Of Sorcery
03 May: Osiah – Kingdom Of Lies
03 May: Saint Agnes - Welcome To Silvertown
03 May: Star Spangled Banana – And Now! … The Gum Drops
03 May: Stellar Master Elite – Hologram Temple
03 May: The Felice Brothers – Undress
03 May: The Wildhearts - Renaissance Men
03 May: Vordemfall – Gravity Problems

10 May: Abnormality – Sociopathic Constructs
10 May: Daddy Long Legs – Lowdown Ways
10 May: Call Of The Void – Buried In Light
10 May: Dreadnought – Emergence
10 May: Gong – The Universe Also Collapses
10 May: King Prawn – The Fabulous New Sounds Of
10 May: Manfred Mann - Radio Days Vol 1 (The Paul Jones Era 64-66)
10 May: Manfred Mann - Radio Days Vol 2 (The Mike D'Abo Era 66-69)
10 May: Manfred Mann - Radio Days Vol 3 (Chapter 3 Live Sessions and Studio Rarities)
10 May: Manfred Mann - Radio Days Vol 4 (Manfred Mann's Earth Band 70-73)
10 May: Per Wilberg – Head Without Eyes
10 May: Spirit Adrift – Divided By Darkness
10 May: Whitesnake - Flesh & Blood

17 May: Full Of Hell – Weeping Choir
17 May: Saint Vitus – Saint Vitus
17 May: Valbord – Zentrum

31 May: Daniel Thompkins – Castles
31 May: Darkthrone – Old Star
31 May: 1349 – Dødskamp

Albums released in June 2019

07 Jun: Cave In – Final Transmission
07 Jun: Firespawn – Abominate
07 Jun: Majestica – Above The Sky (Re-issue)
07 Jun: Møl – I/II
07 Jun: Pelican – Nighttime Stories
07 Jun: Perry Farrell – Kind Heaven

14 Jun: Baroness – Gold & Grey
14 Jun: Enthroned – Cold Black Suns
14 Jun: Kull – Exile 
14 Jun: This Gift Is A Curse – A Throne Of Ash

Albums you might have missed...

19 Apr: Alpha Wolf – Fault
19 Apr: After The Burial – Evergreen
19 Apr: Allegaeon – Apoptosis
19 Apr: Cage The Elephant – Social Cues
19 Apr: Fat White Family – Serf's Up!
19 Apr: Grand Magus – Wolf God
19 Apr: Ian Gillan & The Javelins – Groovin' With
19 Apr: Jordan Rudess – Wired For Madness
19 Apr: Snowy White And The White Flames – The Situation
19 Apr: The Quireboys – Amazing Disgrace
19 Apr: The Rolling Stones - Honk

12 Apr: Band Of Skulls - Love Is All You Love
12 Apr: Inter Arma – Sulphur English
12 Apr: Melissa Etheridge – The Medicine Show
12 Apr: Scream Blue Murder – Rock Bottom

05 Apr: Eluveitie – Ategnatos
05 Apr: Exumer – Hostile Defiance
05 Apr: Polar – Nova
05 Apr: Shrapnel – Decade Of Decimation

29 Mar: Brutus – Nest
29 Mar: Devin Townsend – Empath
29 Mar: Hands Off GretelI – Want The World
29 Mar: Forever Still – Breathe In Colours
29 Mar: Steve Earle & The Dukes – Guy
29 Mar: Whitechapel – The Valley

22 Mar: Battle Beast  – No More Hollywood Endings
22 Mar: Cellar Darling – The Spell
22 Mar: Megadeth - Warheads On Foreheads
22 Mar: Robin Trower - Coming Closer To The Day
22 Mar: Waylander – Ériú's Wheel
22 Mar: Zeal & Ardor - Live In London

15 Mar: Any Given Day – Overpower
15 Mar: Brian Jonestown Massacre – Brian Jonestown Massacre
15 Mar: Fallujah – Undying Light
15 Mar: Gary Hoey – Neon Highway Blues
15 Mar: Herod – Sombre Dessein
15 Mar: Joanne Shaw Taylor – Reckless Heart
15 Mar: Louise Lemon – A Broken Heart Is An Open Heart
15 Mar: Venom Prison – Samsara

08 Mar: Buckcherry – Warpaint
08 Mar: Children Of Bodom – Hexed
08 Mar: Hitch – Rock Nation
08 Mar: Holding Absence – Holding Absence
08 Mar: Kings Destroy – Fantasma Nera
08 Mar: Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind – CollectiV
08 Mar: Misery Index – Rituals Of Power
08 Mar: Mystifier – Protogoni Mavri Magiki Dynasteia
08 Mar: Tesla – Shock
08 Mar: The Picture Books - The Hands Of Time
08 Mar: The Raven Age – Conspiracy
08 Mar: Townes Van Zandt – Sky Blue
08 Mar: Týr – Hel
08 Mar: Whitesnake – Slide It In: Ultimate Special Edition 

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