Highly Suspect – As Above, So Below Release Date: 7/19 “If my life is a book, then this album is the first chapter that truly addresses the central conflict.  The recognition of an ego, the problems it caused, “explained singer/guitarist Johnny Stevens. “‘Summertime Voodoo‘ is the introductory paragraph to this chapter.” Deep Purple – =1 Release Date: 7/19 Containing the tracks “Portable Door” and “Pictures Of You,” it’s Deep Purple’s first album featuring guitarist Simon McBride, who joined two years ago following Steve Morse’s departure. Ghost: ‘Rite Here Rite Now’ Soundtrack Release Date: July 26 The concert film soundtrack was recorded at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA on the final two North American dates of the band’s ’23 Re-Imperatour tour. “The Future Is A Foreign Land,” a “newly uncovered 1969-era” track that nods to past styles and sounds is the sole previously unreleased studio track included on the soundtrack. Verni: Dreadful Company Release Date: 7/26 “So psyched to finally do a Punk-ish record,” enthused D.D. Verni, a founding member of Thrash Metal’s Overkill. His second solo effort under the ‘Verni’ banner holds the lead single was “Lunkhead.” Hammerfall: Avenge The Fallen Release Date: 8/9 The set features “Hail To The King,” “The End Justifies” and “Freedom. “A few good songs don’t make a strong album,” noted singer Joacim Can. “(It) comes from an album full of great songs and that’s what we’re delivering.” Dark Tranquillity: Endtime Signals Release Date: 8/16 Their thirteenth studio effort features the lead single “The Last Imagination.” “(The song) showcases one of many facets of what we feel is our most diverse album to date,” wrote the band in a statement. The Dead Daisies: Light ‘Em Up Release Date: 9/6 It’s the band’s seventh effort, but first since the return of vocalist John Corabi. “It’s a kick-ass, straight-ahead Rock and Roll,” enthused frontman John Corabi. The title track was the lead single. Seether (pictured above): The Surface Seems So Far Release Date: 9/20 Their ninth studio effort, contains the single “Judas Mind,” a song, which according to frontman Shaun Morgan is about “bad actors in our lives that are trying to force an outcome for us that we don’t see as our destiny.” Charolette Wessels: The Obsession Release Date: 9/20 Delain’s Charolette Wessels describes her solo set as “a cohesive exploration of fear and liberation, as well as spellbinding melancholia and dark, catchy elements meeting progressive and heavier soundscapes.” The track “Dopamine,” features Epica’s Simone Simons.  ### The post The Summer’s New Releases appeared first on RockinTown.