Melodic Rock, AOR, Hard Rock, Prog, Classic Rock news
* The Melodic Hard Rock sextet from Finland FREE SPIRIT have ready their second album ‘All The Shades Of Darkened Light’ to be released world wide next February 28th.“Hysteria” (an original composition, not a Def Leppard cover) and “Living Tatoo” are the just presented advanced singles from this new recording that promise to be even better than their melodious first...
* CD press, no cuts Swedes from Malmö COLORSTONE will release their second album “Steam” tomorrow, February 1, 2014. The band was already featured on this blog two years ago on occasion of their debut CD, and recently two singles from the new record on our 0DAYROX Advanced Releases 2014 VOL.1 & 2.The musicians involved in Colorstone are veterans from...
* This one is for ’80 freaks: finally, after years of unceasing requests by fans, JOHN PARR has made available for the first time ever his song “The Best”.Also known as ‘The Best A Man Can Get’, the track was penned by Parr as soundtrack / single for a Gillette razor ad during the Eighties, but never before released or...
Rock Candy Records has reissued the long out of print third solo album by ACE FREHLEY, “Trouble Walkin´”, in my opinion, his best. Dubbed the Space Ace, he was the man with the rocket firing guitar, the coolest member of rock gods Kiss and a man who attracted a legion of fan followers of his own, for reasons both good...
* BIG TIME is a new group from Sweden ready to impact into the Melodic Hard Rock community.This four-piece is the latest and more promising band to emerge from the Swedish scene… this week? – well, more like this afternoon at the rate they’re emerging… With a passion for the genre and sonically inspired by the late ’80s, singer Michael...
* After almost 15 years of existence, Spanish AOR / Melodic Rockers AIRLESS are presenting their first “Best Of” album including some previously unreleased material.Since its foundation the band recorded four records and toured with the likes of Jeff Scott Soto, Vega, Serpentine, Houston and Reckless Love. The band’s style, whilst based on the classic American melodic hard rock sound...
* With the release today of his new “Metal Cowboy” solo album, RON KEEL’s career in the entertainment business is experiencing yet again another climax. After selling millions of records and touring the world as both a heavy metal screamer (KEEL, Steeler, etc.) and melodic country music artist (Ronnie Lee Keel, The Rat’lers, Country Superstars Show), it can safely be...
* Legend PAUL RODGERS, longtime singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with Bad Company, is gearing up for the release of “The Royal Sessions” next February 4th, 2014, a lovingly crafted collection of classic songs from the Memphis scene re-imagined by the iconic rock singer. “The Royal Sessions” is a remarkable project that came together as Rodgers is working on a solo...
* Marko PAVIC and his self-named band from Italy released two interesting Hard Rock albums during the last decade, both quite well received but failed to make them an established act.After some turmoils in the line-up and the departure of vocalist Chris Catena in 2010, PAVIC was put on hiatus but in early 2013 the band was revived with a...
* German metallers PRIMAL FEAR return with their 10th slab of metal “Delivering The Black” to be released by Frontiers Records / Soulfood on January 24 in Europe and January 28 in North America.Bassist and co-founder Mat Sinner produced the new effort which is easily one of the band’s most explosive records to date. Guitarists Magnus Karlsson and Alex Beyrodt...
* What started as a side project more than 10 years ago, TRANSATLANTIC has evolved into a full-fledged band that ranks at the top among all the Prog greats. With this new album “Kaleidoscope” (to be released next January 27), the super-group live up to their own lofty standards while in many ways exceeding expectations. It was 2009 that Transatlantic...
* Australian rock mainstays THE ANGELS returned two years ago with a nice record (featured on this blog HERE), toured two years presenting it all over the world, and now are back again with a new CD entitled “Talk The Talk”. Penned and refined over seven months while the band was on the road in 2013, the album started to...
* Another of the Rock Candy Records remastered reissues from HONEYMOON SUITE is their 3rd “Racing After Midnight”. This time with lead singer Johnnie Dee involved in the co-writing on most of the songs together with guitarist Dermot Grehan, this record was produced by the talented Ted Templeman (Van Halen). When talking about Canadian Rock acts, Honeymoon Suite definitely rank...
* STAMINA is the brainchild of Italian songwriter / guitarist Luca Sellitto formed in 2001, and after two albums, the combo is releasing their aptly titled new CD “Perseverance”.Indeed perseverance is the best word to describe Luca’s passion for Rock music, as through these years he has built a strong reputation among its peers reflected in the collaborators he has...
* Limited Editon Digipak – check Comments! “Into The Storm” is AXEL RUDI PELL fifteenth studio release with his own band, and it is fitting that his silver anniversary release is one of his strongest. He is joined on this album by many familiar names: vocalist Johnny Gioeli, keyboardist Ferdy Doernberg, and bassist Volker Krawczak. Due to scheduling conflicts drummer...
