2023 is upon us and it is always fun anticipating what new albums will come out in the year. Since today would normaly be a Friday New Release post, let’s look at the new releases coming our way in 2023. There are quite a few we already know about, but some haven’t been officially announced or even a date set yet.

Last year, there were a few artist I was hoping would release an album that might have or might not have released one.  It is always fun to hope for new music from these bands, but sometimes there are disappointments.  Here are the ones I was hoping to get new albums from last year and what actually happened…

• Def Leppard – They’ve been writing…will we get the new album in 2022??  Or at least The Collection Vol. 4 which is the final in the series – We did get a fantastic new album called ‘Diamond Star Halos’ but no The Collection Volume 4!!!
• Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!! – We did get 3 Off the Soundboard releases and the Creatures of the Night Box Set, so that was at least a success!
• Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!! – STILL NOTHING…But did get a Use Your Illusion Box Set…big whoop!
• Aldo Nova – He keeps talking about a 2CD set, but will he get around to releasing it?? We did get a 10 song E.P. with highlights from the Rock Opera which was fantastic, but no full release yet of The Life & Times of Eddie Gage’
• Poison – I think it is time for a new album! NOPE! They did the Stadium Tour with Def Leppard & Motley Crue…but nothing new and doesn’t look like there will be any time soon.
• Will Hoge – His last one was 2020 so now is the time for another! And we got it!! It is amazing and called ‘Wings On My Shoes’
• Billy Idol – He teased us with an E.P. in 2021.  A full album would be nice. Okay, No full album, but another killer E.P. I think I could take an E.P. a year.

Okay, are there albums I want to see this year from some of my favorite bands that haven’t been announced or in some cases even rumored?  Of course there are.  These are the bands I want new albums from this year…but it might not happen.

• Def Leppard – Too soon for a new album, but give us The Collection Vol. 4!!
• Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!!  At least give us another Soundboard LP.
• Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!!  Will we ever get a new album!
• Aldo Nova – He keeps talking about a 2CD set for over 3 years and still nothing much, but will he get around to releasing the full Life & Times of Eddie Gage? I hope so.
• Ace Frehley – It is time for a new album…no Origins, Vol 3…a new album!!
• Bon Jovi – A new album WITH RICHIE SAMBORA!!!

From what I have gathered around the internet, here are the bands that should have new albums out in 2023, but no dates announced yet. The ones I would give a try will be highlighted in Blue. The ones with Dates Announced are at the bottom of this post. The list is building up nicely!!

• The 69 Eyes
• Accept
• Ace Frehley
• Agent Steel
• Airbourne
• Alice Cooper
• Aly & AJ – With Love From…
• The Answer
• Anthrax
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Blink-182
• Cardi B
• Cattle Decaptiation
• Chevelle
• The Cure
• Daath
• Damian Lewis
• Dark Angel
• The Defiants
• Depeche Mode – Memento Mori
• Doro
• Dream Theater
• Dua Lipa
• Ed Sheeran
• Europe
• Everything But the Girl
• Evile
• Ex Deo
• Fidlar
• Filter
• Flo
• Grand Magus
• Grimes – Book 1
• Helix
• Jennifer Lopez – This is Me Now…
• Jet Set Junkies?
• Kamelot
• Kelly Clarkson
• The Killers
• Kings of Chaos
• Kylie Minogue
• Last in Line
• Mammoth WVH
• Meet Me at the Altar
• Mercyful Fate
• Morrisey
• Niall Horan
• Nile
• Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
• Overkill
• Pearl Jam
• Peter Gabriel
• PJ Harvey
• Raven
• Rebecca Black – Let Her Burn
• Rihanna
• The Rods
• Seasons of Ghosts
• Selena Gomez
• Sevendust
• Severe Torture
• Slotface
• Sodom
• SOTO
• Staind
• Steven Wilson
• Suicide Silence – Remember…You Must Die
• Swans – Is There Really a Mind?
• Sweet & Lynch
• Tom Grennan – What Ifs & Maybes
• Trouble
• Vicious Rumors
• Vio-lence
• The Waeve
• Waterparks – Intellectual Property
• Whiplash – Old School American Way
• Winger
• Within Temptation

And that is not all…

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. I will highlight my most anticipated in Blue as well.  I will be honest, the year isn’t shaping up to be stellar for me, so I hope there are more to come that I can get excited about.  Happy New Year!!!

FYI…Friday New Release Posts will resume on January 13th as the 6th still doesn’t have enough to make a post!!  I know you can’t wait!!!

2023

JANUARY

• JANUARY 6th
  •   Iggy Pop – Every Loser – (Gold Tooth Records / Atlantic Records)
  •   Olivia Newton-John – Greatest Hits Vol. 2/Deluxe Edition – (Primary Wave Music)
  •   Anti-Flag – Lies They Tell Our Children – (Spinefarm Records / Universal)
  •   L.A. Edwards – Out of the Heart of Darkness – (Bitchin’ Music Group)
  •   JVRA – Veracity – (J Vera Records)
  •   Kidd Keratic – To Be Loved E.P. – (Kidd Keratic)
  •   Javis Mays – New Beginnings E.P. – (JaMays Music)
  •   Gabriella Aplin – Phosphorescent – (Never Fade Records)
  •   Doom Flower – Limestone Ritual – (Record Label & Doom Flower)
  •   Ouija Macc & Golden Bsp – Hideous – (Chapter 17 Records)
  •   RuPaul – Black Butta – (RuCo Inc.)

• JANUARY 13TH
  •   VV – Neon Noir – (Heartagram Records)
  •   Margo Price – Strays – (Loma Vista Recordings / Concord)
  •   Obituary – Dying of Everything – (Relapse Records)
  •   Screamer – Kingmaker – (Steamhammer)
  •   Beneath My Feet – In Parts, Together – (Noble Demon / UCM.ONE)
  •   Beyond the Black – Beyond the Black – (Nuclear Blast)
  •   Turmion Kätilöt – Omen X – (Nuclear Blast)
  •   HolyName – HolyName – (Facedown Records)
  •   Ahab – The Coral Tombs – (Napalm Records)
  •   Scalp – Black Tar – (Closed Casket Activities)
  •   Polar – Everywhere, Everything – (Arising Empire)
  •   CVC – Get Real – (CVC Recordings)
  •   Myron Elkins – Factories, Farms & Amphetamines – (Low Country Sound / Elektra Records)
  •   Gaz Coombes – Turn the Car Around – (Gaz Coombes)
  •   Joesef – Permanent Damage – (Bold Cut / AWAL Recordings)
  •   Jeremy Short – Happy Trees – (Fat Cave Records)
  •   James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra – The Great White Sea Eagle – (Domino Recording)
  •    Poolblood – Mole – (Next Door Records)
  •   Vedo – Mood Swings – (New Wav Music Group / Island Prolific / Empire)
  •   My’key Iso – 3 Feet From Gold – (My’Key Iso)
  •   Blessing Offor – My Tribe – (Sparrow Records / Bowyer & Bo / Capitol)

• January 20TH
  •   Maneskin – Rush! – (Arista Records)
  •   Black Star Riders – Wrong Side of Paradise – (Earache Music)
  •   Ten – Something Wicked This Way Comes – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Heroes And Monsters – Heroes And Monsters – (Frontiers Records)
  •   We Are Scientists – Lobes – (Masterswan Recordings)
  •   Hardy – The Mockingbird & The Crow – (Big Loud Records) 
  •   Lukas Graham – 4 (The Pink Album) – (Warner Records)
  •   Guided By Voices – La La Land – (GBV Inc.)
  •   Designer Disguise – Elswaer – (InVogue Records)
  •   John Cale – Mercy – (Domino Recordings)
  •   Mono Inc. – Ravenblack – (NoCut)
  •   Riverside – ID.Entity – (InsideOutMusic)
  •   Silver Bullet – Shadowfall – (Reaper Entertainment)
  •   Katatonia – Sky Void of Stars – (Napalm Records)
  •   Dryad – The Abyssal Plain – (Prosthetic Records)
  •   Twilight Force – At the Heart of Wintervale – (Nuclear Blast)
  •   Tribunal – The Weight of Remembrance – (20 Buck Spin)
  •   Re-Buried – Repulsive Nature – (Translation Loss Records)
  •   Endtime & Cosmic Reaper – Doom Sessions, Vol VII – (Heavy Pysch Sounds)
  •   Falling Forward – Let These Days Pass: The Complete Anthology 1991-1995 – (Temporary Residence)
  •   Palette Knife – New Game+ – (Take This To Heart Records)
  •   Abracadabra – Shapes & Colors – (Melodic)
  •   The Murder Capital – Gigi’s Recovery – (Human Season Records)
  •   Biig Piig – Bubblegum – (Sony Music)
  •   July Talk – Remember Never Before – (Six Shooter Records)
  •   Rhys Lewis – Corner of the Sky – (Decca Records / Universal Music)
  •   Ladytron – Time’s Arrow – (Cooking Vinyl Ltd)
  •   Oddisee – To What End – (Outer Note Label)
  •   Da’ T.R.U.T.H. – Emanuel – (Mixed Bag Entertainment)
  •   Skald – Huldufolk – (Decca Records France)

• JANUARY 27TH
  •   Steve Vai – Vai / Gash – (Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group)
  •   Elle King – Come Get Your Wife – (RCA Records / Sony Music)
  •   Dokken – The Elektra Albums: 1983-1987 – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  •   Sam Smith – Gloria – (Capitol Records / EMI / Universal Music)
  •   Ava Max – Diamonds & Dancefloors – (Atlantic Records Group)
  •   Crowne – Operation Phoenix – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Girish and the Chronicles – Back on Earth – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Arctic Rain – Unity – (Frontiers Records)
  •   New Order – Lowlife (Definitive) – (Warner Music UK)
  •   Uriah Heep – Chaos & Colour – (Silver Lining Music)
  •   You Me At Six – Truth Decay – (Rise Records)
  •   Oozing Wound – We Cater to Cowards – (Thrill Jockey Records)
  •   Bob Dylan – Fragments: Time out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997)  The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17 – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
  •   Carly Simon – Live at Grand Central – (Arista Records)
  •   White Reaper – Asking for a Ride – (Elektra Records)
  •   Alex Melton – Southern Charm – (Pure Noise Records)
  •   …And Oceans – As in Gardens, So in Tombs – (Season of Mist)
  •   Ominous Scriptures – Rituals of Mass Self-Ignition – (Willowtip)
  •   Grief Sypmposium – …in the Absence of Light – (Church Road Records)
  •   Bizarrekult – Den Tapte Krigen – (Season of Mist)
  •   The Tubs – Dead Meat – (The Tubs)
  •   Kimbra – A Reckoning – (Kimbra)
  •   Violet Saturn – All the Cool Kids – (Big Machine Label Group / John Varvatos Records)
  •   The Arcs – Electrophonic Chronic – (Hour Box / Easy Eye Sound / Concord)
  •   Hammock – Love in the Void – (Hammock Music)
  •   Housefires – How to Start a Housefire – (Tribl Records / Capitol)
  •   Khai Dreams – Absolute Heartbreak – (AWAL Recordings)
  •   Bass Drum of Death – Say I Won’t – (Fat Possum Records)
  •   Samia – Honey – (Grand Jury Music)
  •   Jonah Yano – Portrait of a Dog – (Innovative Leisure)
  •   Illiterate Light – Sunburned – (Red Book Records / Thirty Tigers)
  •   Emarosa – Sting – (Out of Line Music)

FEBRUARY

• FEBRUARY 3RD
  •   The Winery Dogs – III – (Three Dog Music)
  •   Shania Twain – Queen of Me – (Republic Records)
  •   Ellie Goulding – Higher Than Heaven – (Polydor Records / Universal Music)
  •   Colony House – The Cannonballers – (Roon Records)
  •   Bob Weir – Ace (50th Anniversary) – (Rhino Entertainment / Warner Records)
  •   DeWolff – Love, Death & In Between – (Mascot Label Group)
  •   Wilsn – Those Days Are Over – (Ivy League Records)
  •   Russkaja – Turbo Polka Party – (Napalm Records)
  •   Xandria – The Wonders Still Awaiting – (Napalm Records)
  •   Sanguisugabogg – Homicidal Ecstasy – (Century Media Records)
  •   Crawl – Damned – (Profound Lore)
  •   Mithridatum – Harrowing – (Willowtip)
  •   All Out War – Celestial Rot – (Translation Loss Records)
  •   Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy – (Ninja Tune)
  •   Tropical Fuck Storm – Submersive Behaviour – (Joyful Noise Recordings)
  •   Say Hi – Elocution Prattle – (Euphobia)
  •   Somebody’s Child – Somebody’s Child – (Frenchkiss Records)
  •   Forest – Forest – (BBE Music)
  •   Raye – My 22st Centiry Blues – (Human Re Sources)

• FEBRUARY 10th
  •   Wig Wam – Out of the Dark – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Khymera – Hold Your Ground – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Infinite & Divine – Ascendancy – (Frontiers Records)
  •   T3nors – Naked Soul – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Paramore – This is Why – (Atlantic Records)
  •   The Rolling Stones – Grrr! Live (Live) – (Promotone / Mercury Music)
  •   Ernest – Flower Shops (The Album): Two Dozen Roses – (Big Loud Records)
  •   In Flames – Foregone – (Nuclear Blast)
  •   Pierce the Veil – The Jaws of Life – (Fearless Records / Concord)
  •   Distant – Heritage – (Century Media Records)
  •   Zahna – Stronger Than Death – (Zahna Productions)
  •   Civic – Taken by Force – (ATO Records)
  •   DeLain – Dark Waters – (Napalm Records)
  •   Luger – Revelations of the Sacred Skull – (Heavy Psych Sounds)
  •   Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World – (Matador Records)
  •   The Academic – Sitting Pretty – (Capitol Records / Universal Music)
  •   Fever Ray – Radical Romantics – (Rabid Records / Mute for North America)
  •   Pearla – Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime is Coming – (Spacebomb)
  •   The Golden Dregs – On Grace & Dignity – (4AD Ltd)
  •   Narrow Head – Moments of Clarity – (Run for Cover Records)
  •   Klone – Meanwhile – (KScope)
  •   Jenna English – Wild Solitude – (Jenna English Records)
  •   Tennis – Pollen – (Mutually Detrimental / Thirty Tigers)
  •   Mia Wray – Mia Wray E.P. – (Ivy League Records)
  •   Andy Shauf – Norm – (ANTI)
  •   Hope D – Clash of the Substance – (Hope D)
  •   Kelela – Raven- (Warp Records)

• FEBRUARY 17TH
  •   Motley Crue – Crucial Crue: The Studio Albums 1981-1989 – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  •    P!nk – Trustfall –  (RCA Records / Sony Music) 
  •   Skillet – Dominion: Day of Destiny – (Atlantic Records / WEA)
  •   Robin McAuley – Alive – (Frontiers Records)
  •   First Signal – Face Your Fears – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Creye – III: Weightless – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Nate Smith – Nate Smith – (Sony Music)
  •   Inhaler – Cuts and Bruises – (Polydor Records / Universal Music)
  •   Solence – Hope is a Cult – (Hopeless Records)
  •   Orbital – Optical Delusion – (Orbital Recordings / London Music Stream)
  •   Lowly – Keep Up the Good Work – (Bella Union)
  •   Avatar – Dance Devil Dance – (Black Waltz AB / Thirty Tigers)
  •   Transatlantic – The Final Flight: Live at L’Olympia – (InsideOut Music)
  •   Runnner – Like Dying Stars, We’re Reaching Out – (Run for Cover Records)
  •   Graphic Nature – A Mind Waiting to Die – (Rude Records)
  •   Oceanhoarse – Heads Will Roll – (Noble Demon / UCM.One)
  •   Hellripper – Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags – (Peaceville Records)
  •   The Abbey – Word of Sin – (The Abbey)
  •   See You Next Tuesday – Distractions – (Good Fight Music)
  •   Tithe – Inverse Rapture – (Profound Lore)
  •   Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper – (Rocket Recordings / Missing Piece Records)

• February 24th
  •   Adam Lambert – High Drama – (More is More LLC / BMG Rights Mgmt)
  •   Godsmack – Lighting Up the Sky – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  •   Steel Panther – On the Prowl – (Steel Panther)
  •   Gorillaz – Cracker Island – (Parlophone Records)
  •   Motorhead – Bad Magic: Seriously Bad Magic – (Silver Lining Music)
  •   Lucero – Should’ve Learned By Now – (Liberty & Lament / Thirty Tigers)
  •   The Church – Hypnogogue – (Communicating Vessels)
  •   Host – IX – (Nuclear Blast)
  •   To The Grave – Director’s Cut – (Unique Leader Records)
  •   Insomnium – Anno 1696 – (Century Media / Killjoy Productions)
  •   Heidevolk – Wederkeer – (Napalm Records)
  •   Hypno5e – Sheol – (Pelagic Records)
  •   Venomous Concept – The Good Ship Lollipop – (Extrinsic Records / Graphite Records)
  •   Tanzwut – Silberne Hochzeit – (NoCut)
  •   Ortborg – Following the Steps of Damnation – (Black Lion Records)
  •   Omega Infinity – The Anticurrent – (Omega Infinity)
  •   Dougie Poole – The Rainbow Wheel of Death – (Wharf Cat Records)
  •   Big Brave – Nature Morte – (Thrill Jockey Records)
  •   Algiers – Shook – (Matador Records)
  •   Going Off – What Makes You Tick? – (Church Road Records)
  •   Tiesto – Drive – (Musical Freedom Label / Atlantic Records)
  •   The Lathums – From Nothing to a Little Bit More – (Universal Music)
  •   Siena Root – Revelation – (Atomic Fire Records)
  •   Shame – Food For Worms – (Dead Oceans)
  •   Daine – Shapeless – (Warner Music)

MARCH

• MARCH 3RD
  •   Macklemore – Ben – (Bendo, LLC)
  •   Redlight King – In Our Blood – (AFM Records / Soulfood Music)
  •   Haken – Fauna – (InsideOutMusic)
  •   Enslaved – Heimdal – (Nuclear Blast)
  •   Hans Zimmer & The Disruptive Collective – Hans Zimmer Live – (Sony Music)
  •   Mimi Webb – Amelia – (Epic Records / Sony Music)
  •   Fake Names – Expendables – (Epitaph)
  •   Acres – Burning Throne – (A Wolf at Your Door Records / Silva Screen Records)
  •   Tanukichan – Gizmo – (Company Records)
  •   Sigala – Every Cloud – (Ministry of Sound Recordings / B1 Recordings / Sony Music)
  •   Steve Mason – Brothers & Sisters – (Domino Recordings)
  •   Witch Ripper – The Flight After the Fall – (Magnetic Eye Records)
  •   71TonMan – Of End Times E.P. – (Transcending Obscurity Records)
  •   Enslaved – Heimdal – (Nuclear Blast)
  •   Eva Cassidy with the London Symphony Orhcestra & Christopher Willis – I Can Only Be Me – (Barbara & Hugh Cassidy / Blix Street Records)

• March 10TH
  •   Rival Sons – Darkfighter – (Atlantic Records)
  •   Lana Del Rey – Did You Know There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – (Polydor Records / Interscope / Universal)
  •   Story of the Year – Tear Me To Pieces – (Sharptone)
  •   Otherwise – Gawdzillionaire – (Mascot Label Group)
  •   Van Morrison – Moving on Skiffle – (Exile Productions)
  •   Jo Dee Messina – Heads Carolina, Tails California: The Best of Jo Dee Messina – (Curb Records)
  •   The Cold Stares – Voices – (Mascot Label Group)
  •   Roadrunner United – The Concert (Live at Nokia Theater, NY/NY 12/15/2005) – (The All Blacks B.V.)
  •   Suicide Silence – Remember…You Must Die – (Century Media Records)
  •   Ripe – Bright Blues – (Glassnote Music)
  •   H. Hawkline – Milk for Flowers – (Heavenly Recordings / [PIAS])
  •   The Luka State – More Than This – (The Luka State / Thirty Tigers)
  •   Lichen Slow – Rest Lurks – (Rock Action Records)

• MARCH 17TH
  •   Pop Evil – Skeletons – (Melody Catalog)
  •   Portland – Departures – ([PIAS] Recordings)
  •   Gideon – More Power. More Pain – (Equal Vision Records)
  •   Black Honey – A Fistful of Peaches – (Foxfive Records)
  •   Sandrayati – Safe Ground – (Decca Records / Universal Music)

• MARCH 24TH
  •   August Burns Red – Death Below – (Sharptone)
  •   The Hirs Collective – We’re Still Here – (Get Better Records)
  •   Liturgy – 93696 – (Thrill Jockey Records)
  •   Roo Panes – The Summer Isles – (Leafy Outlook)
  •   Willie J. Healey – Bunny – (Yala! Music)

• MARCH 31ST
  •   Ad Infinitum – Chapter III: Downfall – (Napalm Records)
  •   Empyre – Relentless – (KScope)
  •   The Curse of K.K. Hammond – Death Roll Blues – (The Curse of K.K. Hammond)
  •   Ne Obliviscaris – Exul – (Season of Mist)
  •   Bury Tomorrow – The Seventh Sun – (Music For Nations)
  •   Isaak – Hey – (Heavy Psych Sounds)
  •   Kingsmen – Bones Don’t Lie – (Sharptone)
  •   Ohhms – Rot – (Church Road Records)
  •   DMA’s – How Many Dreams? – (I Oh You)
  •   A Certain Ratio – 1982 – (Mute Artists Ltd)
  •   Charlie Cunningham – Frame – (BMG Rights Mgmt)

APRIL

• APRIL 14TH
  •   Metallica – 72 Seasons – (Blackened Recordings)
  •   Natalie Merchant – Keep Your Courage – (Nonesuch Records)

• April 21st
  •   The Smashing Pumpkins – ATUM – (Martha’s Music / Thirty Tigers)

• APRIL 28TH
  •   Neil Gaiman and Fourplay String Quartet – Signs of Life – (Neil Gaiman & Fourplay String Quartet)

MAY

• MAY 5TH
  •   Brad Cox – Acres – (Sony Music)

• MAY 19TH
  •   Lewis Capaldi – Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent – (Vertigo Berlin / Universal Music)

AUGUST

• AUGUST 4TH
  •   Skindred – Smile – (Earache Records)

• AUGUST 30TH
  •   Labrinth – Ends & Begins – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)

OCTOBER

• OCTOBER 20TH
  •   Sweet Lizzy Project – Radio PIrata – (Mono Mundo Recordings / Thirty Tigers)

• OCTOBER 27TH
  •   Jessie Murph – Drowning – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)