Evanescence 6/5 Evanescence: Sanctuary Evanescence’s sixth studio album features the single, “Who Will You Follow.” “This album is over three years in the making and we are so damn proud of every second of it,” the band states on social media. Evanescence was founded in 1994 by singer and keyboardist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. The band released their debut album “The Fallen” in ’03 with the singles “Bring Me To Life” and “My Immortal.” Who Will You Follow Requiem For A Pipe Dream 6/5 Cyhra: Requiem For A Pipe Dream Cyhra’s fourth studio album features single, “Bleed With Pride.” “For a long time, I carried the weight of the past like something that needed to be buried,” offers Cyhra’s Joacim “Jake E” Keelyn. “But the truth is, those wounds kept me honest. They became my compass.” Keelyn had this to say about the title track: “This song is about the internal war — the silent thunder you fight inside — and choosing not to let it drown you.” Bleed With Pride Season Of Surrender 6/5 August Burns Red: Season Of Surrender The Metalcore band’s eleventh full-length effort features the track “The Nameless.” “Lyrically, ‘The Nameless’ is a song about not wasting your life away for the sake of acceptance and comfortability,” notes August Burns Red vocalist Jake Luhrs. “Sometimes it takes detaching from what you’ve been told, or from the beliefs you are no longer aligned with, in order to face your own weaknesses. In doing so you can break free to live a life you are proud of.” The Nameless I Survive 6/5 69 Eyes: I Survive The EP has the title track featuring guirist Steve Stevens and a cover of the Thin Lizzy classic “Cold Sweat.” “Every respectable Rock band also covers Thin Lizzy at some point, so now that is done as well,” enthuses frontman Jyrki 69. The song’s video was filmed in January during the band’s recent European tour. and features a cameo by Moonspell’s Fernando Ribeiro. Cold Sweat I Survive Medusa 6/12 Stitched Up Heart: Medusa The band’s fourth full-length album features “Glitch Bitch” and “Sick, Sick, Sick.”  “‘Glitch Bitch’ is a love letter to every fierce e-girl baddie out there shattering expectations and leaving a trail of broken hearts in your digital wake,” Stitched Up Heart shares. The track also features Kiarely and Kristen from Conquer Divide. Stitched Up Heart was formed in 2010 by vocalist Alecia “Mixi” Demner. They are known for heavy riffs and, anthemic choruses. Glitch Bitch Sick, Sick, Sick An Ending In Itself 6/12 Sleeping With Sirens: An End In Itself   Vocalist Kellin Quinn says the album is “both a culmination and a continuation, completing the recent emotional and thematic arc of “How It Feels To Be Lost” and “Complete Collapse” while reconnecting with the spirit that first propelled the band forward.” The album features the title track and Forever/Always.” The latter is “a love letter to anyone in the midst of struggle.” An Ending In Itself “The song marks the first single released with Rise Records since “Feel.” Forever/Always Frisson Noir 6/12 Tarja Turunen: Frisson Noir A press release states that the album is “the heaviest record of her career and a powerful statement of identity, strength and belonging.” The former Nightwish singer adds: “For some time already I’ve been looking for a really heavy sound for my albums. It was such a pleasure to work with Neal (Avron, who handled the mixing) on this album, because, yes, it really now sounds heavy. And it’s a result for me that I’m really happy with. The set contains “I Don’t Care,” featuring Dani Filth. I Don’t Care (featuring Dani Filth of Cradle Of Filth) Until The Sun Explodes 6/12 Sublime: Until The Sun Explodes It’s Sublime’s first full-length album with frontman Jakob Nowell.  “Until The Sun Explodes” features collaborations with H.R. of Bad Brains, Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise and G Love.  The title track is the lead single. “‘Until The Sun Explodes’ the album is an epilogue, and ‘Until The Sun Explodes’, the single, is the epilogue to the epilogue,” explains Nowell. Until The Sun Explodes Gargoyle Of The Garden State 6/12 Bolan (Rachel Bolan): Gargoyle Of The Garden State Rachel Bolin, the Skid Row bassist had this to say about working on the album: “When we did my solo record, I played most of the guitars, most of the singing, all the bass. Stuff didn’t have to clear the committee’s vote and stuff and shit like that. So it was cool, man. It was awesome, man. It was a really, really fun process.” The ‘Bolan’ name covers the entire project not just the frontman. The lead single was “At War With Myself.” At War With Myself Dear God 6/26 The Pretty Reckless: Dear God The set contains “When I Wake Up” and “For I Am Death,” which went to #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart to become the band’s the fourth consecutive #1. ‘When I Wake Up’ is the story of a dream becoming a nightmare,” reflects frontwoman Taylor Momsen. “ “Dear God” is the fifth album from The Pretty Reckless and follows the ’21 album “Death By Rock And Roll.” For I Am Death When I Wake Up The Wow! Signal 6/26 Muse: The Wow! Signal The title of the tenth studio album by Muse refers to the “Wow! signal, a narrowband radio signal detected in 1977 suggesting the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. According to frontman Matt Bellamy, the album explores themes of “cosmic mystery” and the “possibility of contact with something far greater than ourselves.” Muse is Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme. Be With You Cryogen Described as “gothic, spacey Rock.”  ### The post Select June Rock Releases: Evanescence, The Pretty Reckless, Stitched Up Heart & More appeared first on RockinTown.