Category: Coming Soon

Stream and listen to new and full Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Melodoc AOR music albums before their official release.

Highway Queen – Extendead Play (2025)EP


Rockshots Records is proud to announce the release of Highway Queen’s new EP, “Extendead Play”, a fresh chapter in the Finnish rockers’ journey through melodic hard rock and metal-infused soundscapes. The EP will be available on all major platforms as of January 17th, 2025.

Phil X & The Drills – POW! Right in the Kisser 2025


Theofilos Xenidis, better known as Phil X, prolific studio guitarist, songwriter and renowned guitarist for Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees BON JOVI, and his band THE DRILLS are back and ready to blow minds with their electrifying new album “POW! Right In The Kisser”, set for release on March 28 via Frontiers Music Srl.

Joanne Shaw Taylor – Black & Gold 2025

British blues-rock sensation Joanne Shaw Taylor has announced the upcoming release of her highly anticipated 10th studio album, “Black & Gold”, arriving on June 6th, 2025, via Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records.

Eluveitie – Ànv 2025

About one month ago Eluveitie released “Premonition”, the first new music after two long years. Today the band announce their new studio album “Ànv”, which will be released on April 25th, 2025, via Nuclear Blast Records.

L.A. Guns – Leopard Skin 2025


L.A. GUNS’ new album, “Leopard Skin”, will be released on April 4, 2025. It will mark the first fruit of L.A. GUNS’ reunion with Cleopatra Records, a label known for its diverse roster and innovative approach to music production.

Christian Mistress – Children Of The Earth 2025


It’s been 10 years since we reviewed their last album “To Your Death”. They were heading in a more 80s metal direction then, and away from the retro-proto vibes, that found them lumped in with the other female-fronted stoner rock bands at the time. The opening track finds the guitar attacking with a more Judas Priest-minded aggression. In fact, the guitars do a better job of capturing this than Priest did on their last album. The mix is very raw, with the clunk of the bass sometimes rising over the drums. The second song is not as compelling as the opener. Christine Davis’ voice sounds fine, just not as empassioned as we have heard from her. I can also hear a fair amount of Thin Lizzy in the guitar harmonies on this album.

Four Seconds Ago – 1000 Needles 2025


Four Seconds Ago, the electronic duo featuring Periphery’s Jake Bowen and Misha Mansoor, return with “1000 Needles”, out on February 21st, 2025, via 3DOT Recordings, a continued exploration of analog synths, spacey dynamics and otherworldly ambient melodies.

Dessiderium – Keys to the Palace 2025


Long-running and critically acclaimed melodic/progressive death metal project, Dessiderium, enters a new chapter with their forthcoming release for Willowtip Records, its first for the label. New studio album “Keys to the Palace” will be released on CD, double-vinyl gatefold LP, and digital formats on March 17th, 2025.

Don Airey – Pushed To The Edge 2025


Don Airey, the master behind the keys for some of rock’s most iconic albums, has announced his latest studio album, “Pushed To The Edge”, set to be released on March 28 via earMUSIC. The new song “Tell Me” is now available for streaming and as an instant gratification track with all download pre-orders of the album.