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by Paul Blom
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linkin park
LINKIN PARK - Living Things
This is the 5th studio album of the ever popular Linkin Park (besides almost as as many live & remix albums and & DVDs)
goodtimes 80s
GOOD TIMES '80s - Various
30-track double disc '80s compilation
mind assault
MIND ASSAULT - Metal Rites
Cape Town based Metal band lets loose their latest EP
david foster
DAVID FOSTER & FRIENDS - Hit Man Returns
Another CD/DVD collection of a star studded show
jurojin
JUROJIN - The Living Measure Of Time
Refreshing new UK band with a great blend of styles
chromium
CHROMIUM
Well rounded new album from this SA Metal act
Ozzy
OZZY OSBOURNE - Scream
The legendary Ozzy may seem doddering and incoherent at times, but here he does what he does best, and then some

Disturbed
DISTURBED - Asylum
Another hit album from this commercially slanted Metal band

Slipknot
SLIPKNOT - Live at Download / {sic}nesses
(DVD)
A wild and powerful double DVD with Slipknot headlining the Download festival, plus a tour documentary and music videos


Halford
HALFORD - Made Of Metal
Judas Priest singer and vocal god Rob Halford rips it up on his latest solo effort

Avenged Sevenfold
AVENGED SEVENFOLD - Nightmare
In the wake of tragedy, this gang pushed forward with their most recent offering

Incite
INCITE - The Slaughter
New band featuring the son of Soulfly's Max Cavalera
Pantera
PANTERA - Cowboys From Hell
20th anniversary re-release of this groundbreaking Metal pounder
Rammstein
RAMMSTEIN - Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
It takes a while for this one to grow on you, but once it does, it's all Rammstein
Rock Til You Drop 4
ROCK 'TIL YOU DROP Vol. 4 Plus More - Various
(CD / DVD)
Two-CD & DVD collection with dozens of Rock / Metal / Alternative acts
Prelude To June
PRELUDE TO JUNE - My Blessing, My Curse
Accessible South African Hard Rock

Steel Panther
STEEL PANTHER - Feel The Steel
Crude, rude and hilarious, this mock Metal act can also be filed in the comedy section (Parental Advisory)

slash
SLASH
Ass-kicker of an album from the former Guns n' Roses guitarist with some high profile vocal guests
Lacuna Coil
LACUNA COIL - Shallow Life (Deluxe Edition)
Special twin-disc release of the Italian rockers' new album

Valient Thorr
VALIENT THORR - Immortalizer
A hardcore old-school attack

Nirvana
NIRVANA - Live At Reading
(DVD)
Marked as one of Nirvana's best live shows, and one of the most memorable in rock history


nickelback
NICKELBACK - Dark Horse
This special edition release also includes a DVD
100 ROCK ESSENTIALS - Various
A 6-disc collection of rock from across the decades

NEW MOON (The Twilight Saga) - Motion Picture Soundtrack
The second soundtrack album for this escalating vampire franchise offer up a range of rock bands and some more chilled acts
METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK - Deathalbum II
The second album from the fictitious animated Death Metal band Dethklok -
Gorillaz this 'aint!
MADONNA - Celebration
3-dozen tunes from the career of the Queen of Pop which will undoubtedly act as a time capsule for many
FALL OUT BOY - Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits
A collection of this popular rock acts tunes (plus a few new ones)

3 INCHES OF BLOOD - Here Waits Thy Doom
For old-school and traditional Metal fans


placebo
PLACEBO - Battle For The Sun
Placebo lets rip with their new album and a new drummer
I WRESTLED A BEAR ONCE - It's All Happening
Extreme (and technical) project with equally extreme female vocals

DEAD BY SUNRISE - Out Of Ashes
New band from Linkin Park vocalist Chester

THE BOAT THAT ROCKED - Movie Soundtrack
Great soundtrack to this comedy from the makers of Four Weddings And A Funeral

MOTORHEAD - Best Of
(DVD)
Classic video clips from this unstoppable force of Rock




DAY TURNS NIGHT - Fallen Legacy
Highly impressive debut album from Cape Town Metal band Day Turns Night

THE MARS VOLTA - Octahedron
Another epic delivery from The Mars Volta

Highlights from CHESS In Concert
The resurrection of this '80s musical has been welcomed with open arms (featuring Josh Groban)
MARILYN MANSON - The High End Of Low (Deluxe Edition)
With a somewhat less aggressive approach, anti-Manson advocates will still hate it, while his dedicated disciples will find little to fault
HOUSE ANTHEMS 8 - Various
Triple disc of club songs mixed by Kevin Grenfell, Justin Vee, & Roger D'Lux

KLEERUP
Swedish electronic pop

BEST WEDDING 100 - Various
An impressive 100 classical tunes making a perfect fit for all aspects of the wedding ceremony
MÖTLEY CRÜE - Classic
A fantastic collection of this legendary band's songs

KOPSKOOT! - Various Artists
An historic South African compilation, for the first time assembling a range of bands creating heavy music in their native tongue: Afrikaans
SUICIDE SILENCE - No Time To Bleed
Extreme Metal that actually made an impressive charge the Billboard Top 200

TRANSFORMERS: Revenge Of The Fallen – Soundtrack
Not much of a "soundtrack" but a collection of rock flavoured bands

80s gold
80's GOLD - Various
56 tracks of '80s favourites in one collection

IRON MAIDEN - Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack
Energy packed double disc featuring the full set from Iron Maiden's biggest tour ever, as documented in the Flight 666 movie
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IRON MAIDEN - Flight 666: the Movie
(DVD)
Epic tour documentary by an epic Metal band
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