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Celebrating their 20th anniversary comes the 10th album – “M.E.T.A.L.” – from commercial, accessible and catchy metallers FREEDOM CALL, just being released in Japan today including 2 bonus tracks. Formed two decades ago by vocalist / guitarist Chris Bay (a self confessed ‘light person’) and ex- Bonfire / Gamma Ray drummer Dan Zimmermann, who incidentally makes a special guest appearance...
After the two WORLDS APART albums featured here one of you asked for the band’s self-released effort titled “Day Job”. It was the early 2000’s, and in America melodic hard rock music still was (and in many ways, still is today) an underground genre, so there wasn’t too much recording labels interested in releasing World Apart’s music. So the guys...
Some of you fellow readers requested MOTHER’S FINEST cult classic albums and here’s their first LP for Epic Records, self-titled “Mother Finest”. Not to be confused with the band’s album recorded for RCA four years before, including different material. While this “Mother Finest” album has been remastered by Rock Candy and Wounded Bird Records, I strongly recommend this first half...
It finally will happen; after innumerable delays alt-prog-metal heavyweights’ TOOL got their fifth LP ready to be released at the end of the month, 13 years after their last studio album. But there’s more; finally all the band’s catalog has been remastered and it’s available digitally for the first time, 2019. “Undertow” is Tool’s first album, and my favorite from...
It finally will happen; after innumerable delays, alt-prog-metal heavyweights’ TOOL got their fifth LP ready to be released at the end of the month, 13 years after their last studio album. But there’s more; finally all the band’s catalog has been remastered and it’s available digitally for the first time, 2019. Titled ‘Ænima‘ (“ON-ima”), this is Tool’s second album, even...
It finally will happen; after innumerable delays alt-prog-metal heavyweights’ TOOL got their fifth LP ready to be released at the end of the month, 13 years after their last studio album. But there’s more; finally all the band’s catalog has been remastered and it’s available digitally for the first time, 2019. Titled “10,000 Days“, this is the last Tool studio...
It finally will happen; after innumerable delays alt-prog-metal heavyweights’ TOOL got their fifth LP ready to be released at the end of the month, 13 years after their last studio album. But there’s more; finally all the band’s catalog has been remastered and it’s available digitally for the first time, 2019. “Lateralus” is Tool’s third album, and one that would...
“Thanks In Advance” is the title of the solo debut album by Los Angeles based Englishman OLLIE WRIDE, vocalist and co-writer for FM-84, one of the most promising acts from the synthwave genre. Of course, this is a pure ’80s inspired collection of songs, however not exactly synthwave but rock& pop / Lite AOR tunes with real instruments (including guitar...
Another ’80s little gem screaming for a proper remaster was without a doubt “Young, Wild And Free”, the full length debut by Canadian rockers BRIGHTON ROCK. I said was, because the band just released “Young, Wild And Free 30th Anniversary”, remastered by no-other than talented Harry Hess, frontman of Harem Scarem. Brighton Rock are still alive & kickin’ 2016 with...
The great albums by Canadian melodic hard rockers BRIGHTON ROCK have been out of print for many years, but now the band made them available again! On the blog we presented their first, now it’s time for the killer “Love Machine“, in this official reissue including a previously unreleased track. Brighton Rock are still alive & kickin’ 2016 with all...
Talented Canadian RIK EMMETT graced Triumph’s classic albums with his superb songwriting and exquisite guitar work, but also has a quite prolific solo career. “Raw Quartet” is one of his lesser known records, and one of his best. As requested, here’s the out of print Japanese edition (Canada was the only other country where the album was released, 1999). “Raw...
Some of you fellow readers requested MOTHER’S FINEST cult classic albums in a remastered form, and while the band’s third effort ‘Another Mother Further’ never received a remaster, this recent reissue by the reputed Music On CD European label sounds million bucks. Pioneers of the funk metal that would become quite successful a decade later, gender-integrated Mother’s Finest mixed into...
WORLDS APART has been around recording and performing since the early 90s and have delivered some strong material in the past. The San Francisco Bay are melodic hard rockers are no strangers to the limelight, they have had the privilege to support many national acts such as Dokken, Y&T, Night Ranger, and Firehouse to name a few. Some years ago...
After the recent Junkyard posts here, one of you asked for a related band from the era; HARLOW, and their “Now And Then” album. As its title implies, the disc includes 5 new songs recorded with the band reunited some years ago (Now), and remastered tracks from Harlow’s 1986 Greenworld Records release “We Do What We Wanna Do” (Then), when...
42 years after they started as a band, ‘Norwegian Toto’ combo LAVA releases their 9th album “Water” including 12 brand new songs in the AOR West-Coast style they’re know for; elaborated songwriting, elegant arrangements, and a pristine production.
With “Water” they break a 14-year silence since their last studio album.
