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Recently involved with the critically aclaimed Walking Papers alongside Guns N’ Roses drummer Duff McKagan, vocalist JEFF ANGELL has been involved in the American music scene for decades. Now he’s debuting a new band, JEFF ANGELL’s STATICLAND, and their self-titled first album. Staticland came together as a result of Duff McKagan’s hiatus from Walking Papers, who is currently focusing his...
“Titancraft” is an appropriated title for IRON SAVIOR‘s ninth studio album (released today May 20) as they are titans of classic German / Teutonic power metal. The band, lead by founder, guitarist and vocalist Piet Sielck, has been storming the European lands for better than 20 years. For 20 years Iron Savior have been performing their unique Power Metal vision,...
English guitarist & composer ROBIN GEORGE has collaborated, recorded, or written songs with the likes of Phil Lynott, Robert Plant, Glenn Hughes, John Wetton, etc, and released a successful solo album in 1985. Lately, George decided it was time for his return a main artist, and “Painful Kiss” is his brand new record to be released soon. In fact, for...
Swedes SUNSTRIKE delivered two years ago one of the best debuts in the decade, and now they are back with second effort “Ready To Strike“, again via AOR Heaven Records and again mixed & mastered by Erik Mårtensson from Eclipse / WET.In short: this is one of best 2016’s Melodic Rock albums for sure. Where on the debut album the...
“Reset” is the debut CD from INTUITIVE, released via MelodicRock Records. Intuitive is the Melodic Hard Rock project of Portuguese guitarist Rui Martins, who with his former band Faithfull released two stupendous albums in the genre during the past decade. After the end of Faithfull – the band was really successful in Japan – guitarist & songwriter Rui Martins continued...
“Good Karma” is the 10th studio album by Swedish Rock&pop duo ROXETTE, set to be released on 3 June 2016 by Parlophone. Roxette on this blog? Of course, this band is one of the finest exponents of ’80s culture… and sound. Since their Eighties explosion Roxette has released music with ups & lows in terms of quality, but “Good Karma”...
Yesterday, May 16, six years have passed since the great, irreplaceable Ronnie James DIO left us. This remastered, Japanese Limited Deluxe Edition on SHM-CD of one of Dio’s most acclaimed works, “The Last In Line“, it’s the homage from this blog to the tremendous vocalist & musician. Energized by the huge success of the brilliant debut Holy Diver, the band...
Here we have a band a friend pointed out, and although they have a newer album released, this is the one to recommend by this blog: we are talking about BATTLE BEAST and their self-titled CD which in fact it’s the band sophomore effort. Do not be afraid by the cover artwork… this is not an extreme metal album, this...
To celebrate the career of legendary metal singer Ronnie James DIO – hard to believe, yesterday, May 16, has been 6 years since his passing – Eagle Rock Records released the full show at ‘The Spectrum’ in Philadelphia, recorded during the second leg of the ‘Sacred Heart tour’, entitled “Finding The Sacred Heart ; Live In Philly 86“.Originally issued in...
Requested by a reader, it’s a true pleasure to feature here “Soldier Of Fortune“, the awesome LOUDNESS album released in Japan some years ago in remastered form on SHM-CD, now out of print.“Soldier Of Fortune” is one of the best hard rock albums appeared in 1989, criminally underrated but a true blast from start to finish. As you may know,...
Swedes TOXICROSE released a promising EP four years ago, and then nothing… but they are back with vengeance with the band’s first full-length album “Total Tranquility“, a splendid record mixing old school sleaze with more modern rocking sounds. With so many sleaze type bands seemingly retiring permanently (or temporarily) from Crashdiet to the iconic Mötley Crüe, it is simply fantastic...
“The Great Radio Controversy” is second TESLA album, reissued in Japan on SHM-CD in remastered form back in 2011. This was the only, Limited Release of the first 5 Tesla albums on SHM-CD now out of print and fetching high prices on eBay. Considered by many the best Tesla album ever, “The Great Radio Controversy” retains the typical big-sounding production...
To be released May 20, “Safe Asylum” is the new album from DRIFTING SUN, a progressive UK-based band combining classic sounds with an updated approach resulting in a captivating Neo Prog product.Drifting Sun are a band that escaped my attention because they were formed in the ’90s releasing two albums in that decade, but then entered into a hiatus.Following a...
With the excellent new TED POLEY album just released, someone asked for his previous album “Smile” in its hard to find Japanese Edition – now out of print – featuring a bonus track. Ted Poley has been the representative of ‘positive energy’ in the US Melodic/Hard Rock field since fronting Danger Danger and their delicious debut. Whoever paying attention to...
“No Place In Heaven ; The Very Best Of The Noise Years 1984-1987” it’s a double-CD compiling Germans SINNER music from the mid-80s. The ‘Noise’ in the title refers to the band’s label at the moment, Noise Records, and not musically. In fact, Sinner around the era were pretty melodic and commercial with a polished sound. Polished sound, and if...
