New releases, reissues, you know the drill…
Fates Warning’s classic 1988 album No Exit has been reissued via Metal Blade Records. It contains a remastered version of the original album plus outtakes, demos, and a bonus DVD featuring live footage from the No Exit 1988 world tour as well as the making of the “Silent Cries” and “Anarchy Divine” music videos…. American Dog has released Hard… Paradise Lost’s latest is In Requiem and is now available via Century Media Records… Jaded Heart’s excellent Sinister Mind is out now… So is Evile’s Enter The Grave via Earache Records… Diamond Head’s classic albums Borrowed Time and Canterbury have been reissued…

Exodus’ mind-numbing The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A is available everywhere, as is Helloween’s Gambling With The Devil and Overkill’s Immortalis… Waysted’s The Harsh Reality is available … Hammerfall’s Steel Meets Steel “best of” album is out now through Nuclear Blast, as is Lizzy Borden’s Appointment With Death… Sebastian Bach’s Angel Down is scheduled to drop any day … Agent Steel’s new one is Alienigma… Rob Rock’s next will be Garden Of Chaos…

Iced Earth’s latest is Framing Armageddon… Raven is working on new CD, Walk Through Fire… Queensryche is releasing a covers album called Take Cover, which features classic songs by the likes of Pink Floyd, U2, Peter Gabriel, Simon & Garfunkel, The O’Jays, Buffalo Springfield and The Police… Benedictum’s Seasons Of Tragedy will feature guest appearances by Dio guitarist Craig Goldy and former Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson… Opeth is scheduled to release live album, The Roundhouse Tapes, on Nov. 20… Look for Doro Pesch’s “Best Of” anthology called All We Are: The Fight on Nov. 20 via Locomotive Records…

Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford’s Fight’s – War Of Words – The Film documents a key moment in heavy metal history combining behind-the-scenes, hand-held and pro-shot footage of Fight’s original 1992 K5 rehearsal and demo-recording sessions, 1993 Amsterdam recording sessions of the original War Of Words Epic / Sony audio release and pre-tour interviews climaxing with a full-length 5.1 concert filmed at 22 venues in 20 select cities during Fight’s first five months of their 1993 – 1994 Nailed To The Road / War Of Words World Tour. The film will coincide with the Nov. 20 reissue of Fight’s War Of Words with five new songs…

Ayreon’s eagerly awaited follow-up to 2004’s magnificent The Human Equation is a two-CD affair strangely titled 01011001, which will see stateside release on Jan. 29, 2008… Brainstorm’s Downburst also hits the streets Jan. 29.

Major announcement…
In the wake of the success Heaven & Hell has experienced with their hugely successful tour and the gold (500,000 copies sold) status of The Dio Years, The band (Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice) have decided to write and record a new album. Following is a statement from Dio himself, courtesy of www.blabbermouth.net:

“Yes, we have decided to do that. When it would be, I couldn’t tell you. This is the last part of the tour after about nine months on the road. It’s time for us to take a little breather. When the time is right we will get together and start writing for the next album, but as far as the release date goes it will probably be later next year.”

Hardradio.com reviews…
The following releases were recently reviewed by our friends at www.bravewords.com... Motorhead – Better Motorhead Than Dead (SPV) Rating: 8… Overkill – Immortalis (BoDog Music): 7.5… Seven Witches – Deadly Sins (Screaming Ferret): 8… Marco Mendoza – Live For Tomorrow (Frontiers): 6… Y & T – Live: One Hot Night (Locomotive): 8.5… Frankie Banali & Friends - 24/7/365: The Tribute To Led Zeppelin (RSM/MVD Audio): 8.5… Cosmosquad – Acid Test (Marmaduke): 6.5… Between The Buried And Me – Colors (Victory): 8… Monster Magnet – 4 Way Diablo (SPV): 4… Helloween – Gambling With The Devil (SPV): 8.5… Gallhammer – Ill Innocence (Peaceville): 9…

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