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Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category.We suspect VIANA’s first CD won’t be on most ‘Best Of’ lists this year, but for 0dayrox it ranks among the most relevant 2017 debuts. Co-written / produced by talented Alessandro Del Vecchio, (who also does the lead vocals) VIANA is the new awesome...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category. REVOLUTION SAINTS’ second effort easily fits into the top 20 best – overall – of the year. The awesome melodic rock combo REVOLUTION SAINTS, the band featuring Deen Castronovo (Journey, Bad English), Doug Aldrich (Dead Daisies, Whitesnake), and Jack Blades (Night Ranger), released...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category. DA VINCI returned in full form with a really good CD, ‘Ambition Rocks’, melodic and rocking at the same time. Another all time favorite bands from the ’80s is back: Norwegians DA VINCI, with their brand new album “Ambition Rocks” released via AOR...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category. Wonderful musicianship, great fusion stylings, killer melodies, and the voice of Jeff Scott Soto, SONS OF APOLLO’s Psychotic Symphony is simply awesome. SONS OF APOLLO is the mega super group featuring former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian alongside Ron “Bumblefoot”...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category.PRIDE OF LIONS’ new effort is just another stupendous collection of classy AOR tunes to die for. Probably ‘the #1 album of the year’ for many, PRIDE OF LIONS‘ “Fearless” appeared in Japan, as usual, including an exclusive bonus track. It’s record number five...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category.CATS IN SPACE debut was pretty damn fine, so there were high expectations for album number two, and they delivered. A marvellous mix of ’70s rock, pomp, pop and more melodies than you can shake a stick at. A couple years ago CATS IN...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category.This is one of my favorites, deserving a place in the top 5. JIM JIDHED, the singer of AOR Gods ALIEN during their glorious days, released his 6th solo album “Push On Through” via AOR Heaven Records.“Push On Through” is a more rocking, punchy...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category.Fortunately, this excellent album was finally released. Before his untimely death in 2012, renowned American rock guitarist RONNIE MONTROSE began recording an ambitious passion project with bassist Ricky Phillips (Styx, Bad English) and drummer Eric Singer (Kiss, Alice Cooper). The idea was to record...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category. With this new album, Swedes ECLIPSE take their consistent recent excellence to a new level with a more direct approach of would be stadium-filling anthems. March the 24th sees the release of Swedish melodic hard rockers ECLIPSE new CD “Monumentum” out on Frontiers...
Super classic hard rock group BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION comprising vocalist / bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner), Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper) and blues-rock guitarist / vocalist Joe Bonamassa, release their long awaited and highly anticipated fourth album, “BCC IV” . This is the band’s first studio album since 2013, and rocks harder...
“Circle Of Time” is the debut album from Spanish five-piece COFFEINNE presented in exclusive at 0dayrox. Readers of this blog will recognize singer Inaki Lazcano (frontman of melodic hard rockers AIRLESS) with a couple of albums featured in this blog.COFFEINNE, however, adds strong parts of Euro melodic metal and some progressive into the mix, resulting into an explosive, rocking cocktail....
Do you remember ’80s US hard rockers Black ‘N Blue? Well, the band is still active, but guitarist Brandon Cook has a new side project called METALMORPHOSIS which released its debut album “Metalmorphosis Volume I” few days ago.The Portland, Oregon, based group consists of Larry Smith on lead and background vocals; Cook on guitar, bass, keyboards & background vocals; and...
ALL FOR THE KING is a new band from Sweden releasing their self-titled debut, a mix a classic metal / hard rock and modern heavy. The group is formed by musicians with different background; founder guitarist Erik Tilling comes from metal, singer Ricard Hulteke has his origins in soul & gospel (although he sings for hard rockers Empire 21), Johan...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category.For 0dayrox, slot #5 of Best ‘Debut album’ of the year goes to ONE DESIRE self-titled. ONE DESIRE‘s self-titled debut was released by Frontiers Music March 24th, but the album, as usual, previously appeared in Asia in its Japanese Edition including the obligatory bonus...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category.For 0dayrox, slot #5 of Best ‘Comeback album’ of the year goes to STEPHEN PEARCY‘s “Smash“. The former RATT front man feels revitalised and sounding as good as ever. Best known as the original vocalist and founding member of the platinum rock band Ratt,...
