2018 is upon us and always fun anticipating what new albums are and will come out in the year.  There are quite a few we already know about, but some haven’t been officially announced or even a date set yet.  From what I have gathered around the internet, here are the bands that should have new albums out in 2018, but no dates announced yet. The ones I want will be highlighted in Blue.

• Godsmack
• Exodus
• Shinedown
• Stone Temple Pilots (I know this is coming as they have said)
• Jack White – Boarding the House Reach
• Vance Joy
• The 1975 – Music for Cars
• Ace Frehley
• Arctic Monkeys
• Avatar
• Avril Lavigne
• Bastille
• Borns
• Bon Jovi
• Bring Me the Horizon
• Bullet for My Valentine
• Celine Dion
• Charli XCX
• Cowboy Junkies
• DevilDriver
• Echosmith – Inside a Dream

• Halestorm (in studio)
• I Prevail
• Interpol
• James Bay (in studio)
• John Cale
• Jordan Feliz (already released 2 singles)
• Judas Priest – Firepower
• Lit
• Lita Ford
• Loretta Lynn – Wouldn’t It Be Great
• Manic Street Preachers – Resistance is Futile
• Matt Nathanson
• Megadeth
• Metal Church
• MGMT – Little Dark Age
• Muse
• My Bloody Valentine
• Nicki Minaj
• The Offspring
• Ozzy Osbourne
• A Perfect Circle
• Pistol Annies
• Ryan Star
• Sanctus Real
• Selena Gomez
• Stryper
• The Prodigy
• Thirty Seconds to Mars
• Thriving Ivory (already released a couple songs)
• Toni Braxton – Sex & Cigaretts
• Tremonti
• Vampire Weekend
• Voivod
• Whitechapel
• Whitesnake

 

Last year, I was hoping for the following new albums but things didn’t go to good on that wish list (out beside, I have noted if it happened or not)…

Now there are always some surprises that pop up during the year.  If there were any surprises I would want to see, they would be for the following:

• Def Leppard – NOPE!!
• Halestorm – new material – NOPE (But will in 2018)
• Kiss – NOPE!!
• Van Halen – NOPE!!
• The Winery Dogs – Yes!!  They released a live album with a EP of new music.
• Matt Nathanson – NOPE!!
• Ace Frehley – NOPE!!
• The Poodles – NOPE!! (But scheduled for 2018)

My oldest daughter wanted to see new albums from James Bay (NOPE – but in the studio now), Melanie Martinez (NOPE), Twenty-One Pilots (NOPE) and Tori Kelly (NOPE).  They are all due for a new one, so she might get what she wants in 2018

I would also like to see Stone Temple Pilots announce their new lead singer and release an album.  I know it won’t be the same as with Scott Weiland, but I am curious to see what they do.  YES!! This did happen and Jeff Gutt is the new singer.  I do like the new song and I hope the album is up to standards.  They didn’t release a new album though, but it is coming in 2018.

Do I have anything I would like to see this year that isn’t mentioned above or already scheduled below?  Yes!!  And here they are…

• Def Leppard
• Kiss
• Van Halen
• Ratt
• Needtobreathe
• Monster Truck

My daughter still wants Tori Kelly and Melanie Martinez (James Bay is in the studio)

Now if you didn’t see a band mentioned above it might be because the release date has already been set.  Here are the albums we already know about and there are some good ones.  I will highlight my most anticipated in Blue as well.

JANUARY

• January 12th
  •   Joe Satriani – What Happens Next – (Sony Music)
  •   Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures – (Abstract Dragon)
  •   Anderson East – Encore – (Elektra Records)
  •   Camila Cabello – Camila – (Simco Ltd)
  •   Dr. Demento Covered in Punk – Various Artists – (Demented Punk)
  •   Bob Marley – Kingston Sessions: Vintage Years – (JA Records)
  •   Tinsley Ellis – Winning Hand – (Alligator Records)
  •   Corrosion of Conformity – No Cross No Crown – (Nuclear Blast Entertainment)
  •   Leaves’ Eyes – Sign of the Dragonhead – (AFM Records)
  •   Black Veil Brides – Vale – (Republic Records)

• January 19th
  •   Whitesnake – The Purple Tour (Live) – (Rhino Records)
  •   Phillip Phillips – Collateral – (Interscope Records)
  •   Joe Perry – Sweetzerland Manifesto – (Roman Records)
  •    Fall Out Boy – MANIA – (Island Records)
  •   Black Label Society – Grimmest Hits – (Panworkz)
  •   Of Mice & Men – Defy – (Rise Records)
  •   Anvil – Pounding the Pavement – (Steamhammer)
  •   Magnum – Lost on the Road to Eternity – (Steamhammer)
  •   Charlie Puth – Voicenotes – (Artist Partner Group)
  •   Chick Corea & Steve Gadd – Chinese Butterfly – (Stretch Records)
  •   They Might Be Giants – I Like Fun – (Idlewild Recordings)
  •   Rend Collective – Good News – (Rend Family Records)
  •   Belle and Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems Part 2 E.P. – (Matador)

• January 26th
  •   Rick Springfield – The Snake King – (Frontiers Records)
  •   The Poodles – Prisma – (GAIN/Sony)
  •   Phil Campbell & the Bastard Sons – The Age of Absurdity – (Nuclear Blast)
  •   Delta Deep – East Coast Live – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – Black Coffee – (J&R Adventures)
  •   Loudness – Rise To Glory – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Ammunition – Ammunition – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Steve Hackett – Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham – (Inside Out Records)
  •   Machine Head – Catharsis – (Nuclear Blast Entertainment)
  •   Craig David – The Time is Now – (Insanity Records)

February

• February 2nd
  •   W.A.S.P. – ReIdolized (The Soundtrack to the Crimson Idol) – (Napalm Records)
  •   Saxon – Thunderbolt – (Silver Lining Music)
  •   Simple Minds – Walk Between Worlds – (BMG)
  •   Montgomery Gentry – Here’s to You – (Average Joes Entertainment)
  •   AWOLNATION – Here Comes the Runts – (Red Bull Records)
  •   Frank Zappa – The Roxy Performances (Live at the Roxy) – (Zappa Family Trust)
  •   John Oates – Arkansas – (PS Records)

• February 9th
  •   Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending – (Domino Recording Co.)
  •   Toto – Greatest Hits: 40 Trips Around the Sun – (Sony Music)
  •   Sister Hazel – Water – (Croakin’ Poet Records)
  •   Voodoo Circle – Raised on Rock – (AFM Records)
  •   Social Club Misfits – Into the Night – (Capitol CMG Label)

• February 16th
  •   Pop Evil – Pop Evil – (Entertainment One)
  •   David Cook – Chromance E.P. – (Analog Heart Music)
  •   Michael W. Smith – A Million Lights – (Rocketown Records)
  •   Senses Fail – If There Is Light, It Will Find You – (Pure Noise Records)
  •   Brandi Carlile – By The Way, I Forgive You – (Brandi Carlile Band)
  •   Belle and Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems Part 3 E.P. – (Matador)

 

• February 23rd
  •   Alice Cooper – The Sound of A E.P. – (Edel Germany)
  •   CoreLeoni – The Greatest Hits Part 1 – (Frontiers Records)

MARCH

• March 9th
  •   Myles Kennedy – Year of the Tiger – (Napalm Records)
  •   Calum Scott – Only Human – (Capitol Records)
  •   Jimi Hendrix – Both Sides of the Sky – (Experience Hendrix LLC)
  •   The Fratellis – In Your Own Sweet Time – (Cooking Vinyl)
  •   Ministry – AmeriKKKant – (Nuclear Blast)

 

• March 23rd
  •   W.E.T. – Earthrage – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Bulletboys – From Out of the Skies – (Frontiers Records)

MAY

• May 18th
  •   Echo & the Bunnymen – The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon – (BMG)

JUNE

• June 1st
  •   Owl City – Cinematic – (Owl City)