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Released at the very end of past year only in Japan, TIM CASHION‘s “Find Us On The Dial” is the very definition of a “diamond in the rough.” Originally recorded throughout various periods in 2005 and 2006, this endeavor was on its way to nowhere for a variety of reasons. But these tracks, which had been internally shared amongst a...
EPICA is ready to release its latest evolutionary effort entitled “The Holographic Principle“. Die-hard fans of the band will certainly not be disappointed, and Epica weaves enough conventional elements into its sonic tapestry that their seventh studio release will garner a large number of new supporters. Full of traditional bombast and fire, “The Holographic Principle” will stand as one of...
Recently mostly known as being part of Avantasia, talented singer and guitarist Oliver Hartmann also has a solo career having released one of the best Melodic Hard Rock / AOR debut albums from the past decade. “Shadows & Silhouettes” is his fifth release under the HARTMANN banner (co-produced again by Avantasia’s mastermind Sascha Paeth) now recently reissued by the band’s...
Requested many times, here’s the Preservation Records exclusive remastered version of “Fire“, the most celebrated album for Norwegians AORsters LAVA. For many years out of print, the album originally appeared in 1984 finally has been digitally remastered from the master tapes, and reissued for the first time on CD with a previously unreleased, alternate version of Lava’s hit “Sophie”, plus...
Universal Japan has just reissued the entire GUNS N’ ROSES catalog on SHM-CD Cardboard Sleeve / mini LP format in a Limited Edition faithfully replicating the original US LP design with an inner sleeve. All Guns N’ Roses albums are widely known, but “The Spaghetti Incident?” is an often overlooked record that worth a place in your collection. Many of...
Swedish quintet OPETH certainly have changed over the past several albums. Originally starting as a progressive metal group, they’ve dropped the metal aspect and have since turned into a more prog rock group, trading distortion for fuzz and adding a lot more keys. And this is clear more than ever on their new album “Sorceress” to be released soon, also...
As overused as the term is, there’s no denying that GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA are a supergroup, counting members of Alice In Chains, Mastodon, The Mars Volta and The Dillinger Escape Plan among their ranks, and the band which started as a side-project now have a touring schedule plus their first album in the market titled “Broken Lines“. All member’s bands...
Now this is pleasure of a request to fulfill; “Taking A Cold Look“, the one and only album by the wonder boys Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly under the moniker i-TEN, remastered in all its glory by Rock Candy Records. Let’s put it simple; “Taking A Cold Look” it’s an AOR masterpiece. The Kelly/Steinberg songwriting team were involved into the...
Swedish melodic hard rockers BULLETRAIN are releasing tomorrow their second album “What You Fear The Most“, their first via AOR Heaven Records.And I can see why the prestigious label has signed Bulletrain: the band have grown giant steps since their formation ten years ago, and now are ready to compete with the best in the genre. It is truly unbelievable...
It’s almost 30 years since the last GRIM REAPER outing, but the band returns with force and a new album to be released tomorrow titled “Walking In The Shadows“. As the band moniker makes abundantly clear – Steve Grimmett’s GRIM REAPER – the vocalist is the only original member present, but the legacy and the band’s signature sound is still...
Let’s start this with a fact; SEVENTH WONDER is one of my favorite band from the current scene no matter the genre. They are powerful yet elegant, heavy yet melodic, all crowned by a stupendous musicianship. to be released by Frontiers Music, “Welcome To Atlanta: Live” documents the band’s show at ProgPower USA in 2014 performing their excellent album Mercy...
CRY OF DAWN is Goran Edman’s latest child: a straight ahead AOR / Melodic Rock project put together to highlight his amazing vocal abilities on some superb songs especially written for him by the likes of Steve Newman, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Sören Kronqvist (Find Me), Daniel Palmqvist, Robert Säll (Work Of Art) and guitarist Michael Palace (from the recent great album Master Of The Universe) who also play all guitars & bass. Handling production and also playing drums there’s talented Daniel Flores.
The result is the self-titled CD “Cry Of Dawn feat. Goran Edman“, a true feast for all lovers of this genre with hints to the sounds of ’80s giants from America, Britain & Scandinavia.
Cry Of Dawn is all about AOR / Melodic Rock of the ’80s classy variety: lots of fluffy keyboards / synths, melodic guitars, pumping bass lines and ‘that’ drums.
Edman is rightfully the star of the show, but..
SEVEN are back romorrow with the release of “Shattered“, the follow-up to their really good comeback album appeared two years ago. That record used a number of name guests including Adam Wakeman and Mike Slammer, this time around it is more a band affair with Lars Chriss producing, plus playing drums and guitars. The band’s main focus though is vocalist...
RAVENEYE is a UK-based trio formed in two years by 25 year old, multi-award winning guitarist & singer Oli Brown, along with Aussie bassist Aaron Spiers plus drummer Adam Breeze joining later. In 2015, RavenEye released its debut EP and toured extensively worldwide with headline shows, direct support slots for The Darkness, Slash, Deep Purple, and appearances at major rock...
“Resurrection” is the second installment of the musical project from iconic metal vocalist Geoff Tate. Following one year after the release of the debut album, OPERATION: MINDCRIME is a creative platform that continues in the spirit of the historic album of the same name, spawning concepts as grand as the music and intertwining the intensity of the former Queensrÿche vocalist’s...
