Melodic Rock, AOR, Hard Rock, Prog, Classic Rock news
Sony Music Japan just started a fantastic series of PRETTY MAIDS albums for the first time remastered and pressed on High Quality Blu-spec CD2 format. “Red, Hot and Heavy“ is Pretty Maids thunderous debut LP, now sounding in all its glory. With their ’83 self-titled EP, Danes Pretty Maids managed to snag something the grand majority of bands pine for:...
Originally only released in Japan, this is a more than a welcomed reissue of JACK STARR’s BURNING STARR self-titled album (their last from the ’80s), fully digitally remastered with the addition of 4 bonus tracks.Jack Starr’s Burning Starr was created in 1985, one year after Jack recorded his solo album Out Of The Darkness, and two years after he left...
As you know, Rock Candy Records is one of the best CD reissue labels out there. Since a couple of years, they are releasing a magazine, actually printed on paper like in the good ‘ol times.In the style of the essay included into each CD booklet about the band in question, ROCK CANDY MAGAZINE is a bi-monthly, 100-page Rock publication...
The name PETER H NILSSON may be a new name for the Melodic Rock / AOR circle, but this is about to change after listening to his debut album “Little American Dream”. Despite its title, Nilsson hails from Gothenburg, Sweden, however, half of the musicians recording here are, in fact, from America. Indeed, the songs in “Little American Dream” are...
Escape Music will release tomorrow the new album by singer JEROME MAZZA (Angelica, Pinnacle Point) titled “Outlaw Son” (this Japanese edition including a bonus track), recorded alongside talented Swede Tommy Denander who also produced the recording. We can hear as well FM’s Steve Overland providing harmony vocals.We are talking here about one of the best AOR albums of the year....
After almost three years of wait, CARE OF NIGHT’s new album “Love Equals War” is finally here to hit the streets tomorrow via AOR Heaven Records. Carefully produced by Erik Wigelius, the Swedish Melodic Rock / AOR band are back stronger than ever with a stupendous collection of new songs. Formed in 2009 and premiered with an EP in 2013,...
Cult ’80s Swedish rockers ELECTRIC BOYS have signed with Mighty Music and will be releasing a new album titled “The Ghost Ward Diaries” tomorrow, November 23, 2018. Faithful to their roots, the band here delivers a palatable cocktail of classic rockin’ guitar riffs, strong hooks and heavy grooves, all served with an ‘analog’ feeling. After their glorious 1988 debut (or...
The DAN REED NETWORK machine is ready to start the engines at the end of this 2018, headlining a UK tour in support of their impending new album “Origins” to be released tomorrow.“Origins” is an interesting concept and is perhaps best viewed as a live album recorded in the studio, of course, captured with a pristine sound quality. Over the...
German / American metal legends ACCEPT will release a live set, “Symphonic Terror – Live At Wacken 2017”, on November 23 via Nuclear Blast. Fans can expect a unique Accept show, recorded last year at the legendary Wacken Open Air festival, where the band played the biggest and most extraordinary show of its career in front of 80,000, on top...
Formed in 2013, i-LAND hails from Canary Islands, Spain, so you easily can get where their name come from. The four-piece are presenting their debut album, the self-titled “i-Land“, a delicious collection of songs inspired by the golden melodic hard rock era. With interesting lyrics in English, a polished / detailed production sound and really good musicianship, one thing is...
Requested by one of you, here’s SWEET SYBIL self-titled album including the songs the band recorded between the late Eighties and early Nineties, remastered from the original tapes. For its size, Chicago never was a hotbed for hard rock music. Sure, several bands emerged from the Windy City, but when compared to L.A. or New York the city’s donation to...
Reissued / Remastered few weeks ago by Rock Candy Records, here’s the one and only album by AXIS “It’s A Circus World”, the band formed by renowned drummer Vinny Appice alongside guitar hero Danny Johnson and bassist Jay Davis. As a classic power trio, based in Los Angeles, featuring guitarist Danny Johnson (formerly of Steppenwolf), bassist Jay Davis and hard...
To complete the BADLANDS discography, as requested, now we have here the digitally remastered reissue of “Dusk“, the third and final album by the Jake E. Lee and Co. “Dusk” is a collection of songs recorded by themselves in 1992-1993, for their 3rd LP.
All songs were recorded live into the studio, in one take. However, it’s a professional 24-track full studio recording to be submitted to Atlantic Records to hear and give the band a budget for the full recording of the same tunes.
They did not like the direction of the songs, arguing the musical climate in the business was changing. Some months later Badlands was dropped from Atlantic…
If there was an album that perfectly blended commercial Rock&pop with ’80s AOR it should be without a doubt “Knee Deep In The Hoopla” by STARSHIP. The Platinum certified record has been released in Japan as part of the ’80s Goodies Legacy Recording’ series, in a remastered form and pressed on the excellent sounding Blu-Spec CD2. First known as Jefferson...
To be released tomorrow, the simply titled “II“ is indeed the second album from CRANSTON, the band formed three years go by vocalist / multi-instrumentalist Phil Vincent, his former band mate in D’Ercole drummer B.F. D’Ercole, and the legendary Paul Sabu on guitar. What isn’t ‘simply’ for sure is the material on offer here; a strong bunch of classic melodic...
