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2007 is now gone, and as a whole, I thought it was a pretty good year for Hard Rock. There were plenty of strong releases in 2007, and 2008 looks to be stronger than ever.

The following bands are expected to release CD’s in 2008.

1. Aerosmith
2. Airbourne (U.S. release of Running Wild)
3. Alice Cooper
4. Anthrax
5. Asphalt Valentine
6. Avantasia – Scarecrow (Metal Opera from Edguy’s Tobias Sammet)
7. Benedictum – Seasons of Tragedy
8. Big Cock – Motherload
9. The Black Crowes – Warpaint
10. Black Stone Cherry
11. Black Tide – Light from Above (new band, 80’s style metal)(Feb 2008)
12. Brainstorm – Downburst
13. Brother Firetribe – Heart Full of Fire
14. Buckcherry
15. Bullet Boys
16. Bullet For My Valentine
17. Broken Teeth – Electric
18. Danger Danger
19. Disturbed
20. Dokken – Lightning Strikes Again (April 2008)
21. Def Leppard – Sparkle Lounge
22. Extreme
23. Frehley, Ace
24. Gamma Ray – Land of the Free II
25. Gypsy Pistoleros – Para Siempre
26. Gypsy Rose
27. Hatchet (Thrash Metal)
28. Headrush – Just Bring It On
29. Heaven and Hell
30. Iced Earth
31. Jetboy
32. Jon Oliva’s Pain – Global Warning (April 2008)
33. JORN
34. Judas Priest
35. The Law – Distorted Anthems from the Suburbs (Thrash Metal from Sweden)
36. Lechery
37. Metallica
38. Mob Rules
39. Poison
40. Pure Inc. (Great new metal from Switzerland)
41. RA
42. Ratt
43. Rhino Bucket
44. Royal Hunt – Collision Course: Paradox II
45. Sandalinas
46. Saint Daemon
47. Shinedown
48. Seven Tears
49. Soto, Jeff Scott
50. Steelheart
51. Tank Buster Jack – (New Rock from Germany)
52. Tesla
53. Testament – The Formation of Damnation (April 2008)
54. Tiles – Fly Paper
55. Valient Thorr
56. White Lion – Return of the Pride
57. Whitesnake – Bad to be Good
58. X-Sinner – A World Covered In Blood

There are also a ton of music that is getting re-released in 2008, such as early releases by Lillian Axe, Baton Rouge, Sleaze Beez and more.

2008 is going to rock!!