Monthly Archive: August 2023

After hymns of praise from media and fans for their latest album ‘Force Majeure’, Swedish heirs of ’80s Melodic Hard Rock H.E.A.T promise to deliver more of the same catchiness with their follow-up “Extra Force“, to be released next September 1st. Everyone who has seen them live knows these guys give everything on stage. “Extra Force” feature 2022 live recorded tracks capturing the energy of their dynamic live performances.
The release also contains two unreleased studio tracks – the empowering anthem “Freedom” and the sentimental ballad “Will You Be”. Last year’s most significant change to the band’s line-up is the return of original singer Kenny Leckremo – “Extra Force” for the first time includes tracks previously sung by Erik Gronwall now with Kenny on vocals.
The new studio tracks are killers, a proof that H.E.A.T with Kenny Leckremo on vocals is the real deal. Kenny’s new versions on ‘Rise’ and ‘One by One’ also showcase the H.E.A.T songwriting perfectly fits his pipes.
No doubt among the best Melodic Hard Rock acts out there, H.E.A.T never disappoints…

In November 2022, Grammy-winning PETER FRAMPTON performed at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London to a rapturous sold-out crowd. The special evening delivered stunning performances of Frampton’s finest songs. Now the event is being released as “At Royal Albert Hall“, featuring 9 live performances of Frampton with his long standing band of Rob Arthur, Adam Lester, Dan Wojciechowski, and Steve Mackey.
The track list features Peter Frampton timeless classic from the Seventies like “Show Me the Way,” “Baby, I Love Your Way,” “Do You Feel Like We Do?”, “Somethin’s Happening”, and more. In many ways, this recording resembles the classic ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ – one of the best-selling live albums of all time.
On “At Royal Albert Hall” Peter and his band are in top form, tight, with an organic sound very well taped & mixed…

The provocative, engaging Swedish-based metal group SOEN will release their new album ”Memorial” September 1st. Few bands hit the emotions in the same way that Soen do. ”Memorial” retains that huge cinematic soundscape the band has crafted over their career. But they’ve incorporated a heavier element into their sound creating an album that is likely to challenge a few top tens come the end of 2023.
Results that ”Memorial” is much more melodic than your regular prog metal album. And while there’s a ‘heavier’ delivery this is done using hard rock groove and catchy punch, an album that has enormous commercial potential and will please a wide range of listeners.
The songs are short,, but Soen cram everything into each one. The quality is unquestionable, the tempo carefully measured, with the haunting and evocative style richly drenching each track…

CleoRecs will release on LP and CD “The Boys Of Ladbroke Grove“, a unique compilation that tells the story of two rock legends from a small West London neighborhood called Ladbroke Grove, metal icon Lemmy Kilmister and guitar renegade Larry Wallis.
The album features the essential family tree of bands and projects from Kilmister and Wallis including Motörhead, Pink Fairies, and The Head Cat, plus brand new 2023 mixes of solo tracks by of crazy Lemmy / Wallis project The Brains that have never before appeared on physical media.
While “The Boys Of Ladbroke Grove” includes material mostly for Lemmy & Motörhead fans, it’s fun to hear Lemmy performing KISS classic ‘Shout It Out Loud’, a cover of Beatles ‘Twist and Shout’ (featuring Anthrax’s Scott Ian & Greg Bissonette), a rare mix of Motörhead’s ‘On Parole’, etc.
All these rare tracks sound quality is very good with a clean remastering, and the new 2023 mixes benefits the most vintage part of the material on offer. This CD version includes extra, bonus tracks…

Following their latest, self-titled studio album in 2020, hard rock / metal force FIREWIND are about to release their 20th anniversary live album titled ‘Still Raging‘. Since more than twenty years, the band founded by exceptional guitarist Gus G (Ozzy Osbourne, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil) enthralls heavy music fans with their exciting blend of hard rock and power metal. Razor-sharp riffs, big hooks and solos meet the incredible vocal skills of charismatic singer Herbie Langhans (Avantasia, Seventh Avenue, amongst others), who joined the band in 2019.
“It’s hard to believe that a band like Firewind has been around for 2 decades,” Gus G comments. “In 2022 we had only planned a re-issue of our debut album, but with the pandemic slowly winding down, we were fortunate enough to start doing shows in America and Europe again. Come Fall of 2022 we played 2 headline shows in our homeland, Greece to celebrate our 20th anniversary.”
On “Still Raging” FIREWIND performs all their best songs, and to be honest, these fresh live takes sound better than the original studio versions. This band rocks on stage, and it shows…

German power metal stalwarts PRIMAL FEAR are ready to release their new album “Code Red” for September 1st, 2023.
Following the success of their latest album Metal Commando (which became the band’s highest charting ever with several top 10 Rock chart entries in 2020), the new album offers everything you love Primal Fear for: the soaring, unmistakable vocals of shouter Ralf Scheepers, huge riffs (3 guitarist!), powerful rhythm section, great melodies, catchy choruses and the huge wall of sound (again mixed by Jacob Hansen).
However, “Code Red” also demonstrates that Primal Fear are not afraid to take risks, mixing keyboards and clichés, synths and sound effects with the traditional elements of their brand of metal to produce something good, something dynamic, and above all something that will appeal.
This album will appeal, not to the masses, but rather to the masses of metal fans who are hungry for more of what they have come to expect from this band…

Originally formed as a side project towards the last couple of years of Motörhead by guitarist Phil Campbell,
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS debuted at Wacken Open Air 2016 and a self-titled EP was released a few months later.
Led by one of the genre’s most respected guitarists and completed by his sons Todd, Tyla and Dane the band emerged onto the 2017 touring circuit powered by a huge amount of good will, a smattering of Motörhead covers and a handful of new songs that crackled with passion and swagger.
Now consolidated as a band, PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS will release their third full album titled “Kings Of The Asylum” next September. This is first the studio release to feature singer Joel Peters. You get eleven hard-hitting, honest-to-the-bone heavy rock cuts, including stand-out tracks such as the stadium rock hymn ‘Strike The Match’ and the fast paced banger ‘Too Much Is Never Enough’.
This is the definitive version of PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS – the band has further perfected its timeless yet invigorating in your face hard rock and they are looking forward to presenting their explosive new material live this autumn…

MOUNTAIN OF POWER is the heavy rocking, hard hitting brainchild of six string supremo Janne Stark – melodic rockers Grand Design, Constancia, Locomotive Breath, et all, as well as writer of The Encyclopedia Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal – to pay homage to ’70s guitar-driven classic / hard rock. MOUNTAIN OF POWER’s focuses on cover of songs from Seventies bands – some famous, some not – peppered with heavy riffing and lots of guitar solos.
As requested, here’s “Volume Two“, the volume where Stark has selected the most impressive bands / songs to cover: UFO with SCHENKER, Y&T, BLACKFOOT, TRAPEZE, SAMMY HAGAR, ZZ TOP, PAT TRAVERS, RORY GALLAGHER, and many more.
As usual the guest list kills; JOHN NORUM (EUROPE), TOMMY DENANDER, TY TABOR (KING’S X), RUSTY BURNS (POINT BLANK), THOMAS LARSSON (GLENN HUGHES), CONNY BLOOM (ELECTRIC BOYS), JAY JESSE JOHNSON (ARC ANGEL, CANNATA) and many more on guitar.
Do you need fine vocalists right? Take note: PAUL SHORTINO (ROUGH CUTT / QUIET RIOT), CONNY BLOOM (ELECTRIC BOYS), PONTUS SNIBB (BONAFIDE), CLAS YNGSTROM (SKY HIGH), and more…

MOUNTAIN OF POWER is the heavy rocking, hard hitting brainchild of six string Swede Janne Stark – melodic rockers Grand Design, Constancia, Locomotive Breath, et all, as well as writer of The Encyclopedia Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal – to pay homage to ’70s guitar-driven classic / hard rock. MOUNTAIN OF POWER’s focuses on cover of songs from Seventies bands – some famous, some not – peppered with heavy riffing and lots of guitar solos.
As requested, here’s “Volume Three“, featuring selections from TRIUMPH, CAPTAIN BEYOND, APRIL WINE, RUSH, MOTHER’S FINEST, KANSAS, and more.
Among the superb guitar players we find HANK SHERMANN (MERCYFUL FATE), KEE MARCELLO (ex EUROPE), MICHAEL DENNER (MERCYFUL FATE), KEN HAMMER (PRETTY MAIDS), JONAS HANSSON (SILVER MOUNTAIN), BRETT ELLIS, etc.
The lead vocals are performed by the terrific CARL DIXON (CONEY HATCH), PELLE SAETHER (GRAND DESIGN), THOMAS VIKSTROM (TALK OF THE TOWN, BRAZEN ABBOTT), MARC QUEE, CHRIS CATENA and more…

Put together in the two decades ago, MOUNTAIN OF POWER is the heavy rocking brainchild of six string virtuoso Janne Stark member of melodic rockers Grand Design, Constancia, Locomotive Breath, etc, as well as writer of The Encyclopedia Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal – to pay homage to ’70s guitar-driven classic / hard rock.
MOUNTAIN OF POWER’s focuses on cover of songs from Seventies bands – some famous, some not – peppered with heavy riffing and lots of guitar solos.
As requested, here’s MOUNTAIN OF POWER first album originally appeared 2007, this is the 2012 reissue. “Volume One” presents killer versions from giants such as Derringer, Montrose, Samson, Mountain and songs from others that graced history under supreme cult status like Budgie, Moxy, Point Blank, etc.
The recording features some stellar guests in the form of Swedish guitarists Thomas Larsson (Glenn Hughes), Tommy Denander, Emil Fredholm (Plankton), vocalists Pelle Saether (Grand Design), Chris Catena, Bjorn Lodin (Baltimoore), David Fremberg (Constancia), Mattias Osback (Locomotive Breath) – just to name a few. Powerhouse drums were played by Peter Svensson & Anders Johansson (Yngwie Malmsteen)…

BOUNCE THE OCEAN formed in the early 1990s by Hawk Bjorn (a born-and-bred Swede) and John Utter (a Washingtonian, also of Scandinavian heritage) who became friends at college in Walla Walla, Washington. Their self-titled album 1991’s “Bounce The Ocean” produced by Steve Berlin, Michael Omartian and Glen Ballard yielded a Billboard-charting single in “Throw It All Away” and a radio hit in “Wasting My Time”, selling over a quarter-million copies.
Featuring top class musicians such as Michael Thompson (guitar), O’Martian (keyboards), Kenny Aronoff (drums), Neil, etc, with its ’80s poppy-rock sound spiced with West Coast AOR breeze “Bounce The Ocean” became a obligatory item into fans of the genre collections.
Now 2023 Bjorn & Utter joined again, recorded a new song and completely re-mixed / remastered the original album, and with the addition of a never before heard track from the original sessions plus unreleased songs / demos, are releasing all these under the title “Treasure“…

The first 3 albums from LEATHERWOLF are among the best ’80s US metal / hard rock had to offer. One of you asked if these have been remastered, and the answer, after some investigation, is ‘yes’.
The only remastered versions were done by the band themselves, sold via their own label Leatherwolf Records during the last decade, and available in limited quantities, now out of print.
“Street Ready“ is Leatherwolf’s third album released in 1989, and according to times, is pretty much hard rock oriented with a polished production sound.
While not well known by casual ’80s metal / hard rock enthusiast, Leatherwolf are a killer band. Maybe they were a bit too heavy for the massive audience, but they could have easily reached, for example, any W.A.S.P., Fifth Angel or even Dokken fan.
The had everything; great songs, an outstanding guitar team with triple (!) axe attack (the intro for the opening “Wicked Ways” speaks for itself), a powerful sound…

If you thought you heard all AEROSMITH, you better keep reading. We already featured at 0dayrox all AEROSMITH classic first era albums in its Japanese Blu-Spec CD2 pressing, the best sounding version you could get… until now.
Those Japan releases used the 1993 remastering job, which are good, but wait to listen to this new 2023 CD release of AEROSMITH‘s third album ”Toys In The Attic” featuring a new remaster – this simply blows out of the water anything you heard before.
Housed into transparent jewel case and discrete artwork – poor, if you ask – oddly, the back cover art states this is the 1993 20-bit remaster. Someone must have forgotten to scrub it before it went to the printers.
Anyway, what matters in this fresh 2023 release of “Toys In The Attic” is the awesome, pristine warm sound of this CD. You’d never heard this album so dynamic, the sharp guitars, the clear voice of Steven. And it isn’t ‘quiet’ at all – it’s potent yet not distorted.
So yes folks, this is the definitive version of “Toys In The Attic”, featured in exclusive at 0dayrox...

If you thought you heard all AEROSMITH, you better keep reading. We already featured at 0dayrox all AEROSMITH classic first era albums in its Japanese Blu-Spec CD2 pressing, the best sounding version you could get… until now.
Those Japan releases used the 1993 remastering (which are pretty good, although some lacked a little ‘life’) but wait to listen to this new 2023 CD release of AEROSMITH‘s second album ”Get Your Wings” featuring a new remaster – this simply blows out of the water anything you heard before.
Housed into a transparent jewel case and discrete artwork – poor, if you ask – oddly, the back cover art states this is the 1993 20-bit remaster. Someone must have forgotten to scrub it before it went to the printers.
Anyway, what matters in this fresh 2023 release of “Get Your Wings” is the incredible, clear warm sound of this CD. You’d never heard this album so good, it takes you to another dimension. And it isn’t ‘quiet’ at all – it’s potent yet not distorted.
So yes folks, this is the definitive version of “Get Your Wings”, featured in exclusive at 0dayrox…

If you thought you heard all AEROSMITH, you better keep reading. We already featured at 0dayrox all AEROSMITH classic first era albums in its Japanese Blu-Spec CD2 pressing, the best sounding version you could get… until now.
Those Japan releases used the 1993 remastering job, which are good, but wait to listen to this new 2023 CD release of AEROSMITH‘s first album ”Aerosmith” featuring a new remaster – this simply blows out of the water anything you heard before.
Housed into a transparent jewel case and discrete artwork – poor, if you ask – oddly, the back cover art states this is the 1993 20-bit remaster. Someone must have forgotten to scrub it before it went to the printers.
Anyway, what matters in this fresh 2023 release of “Aerosmith” is the incredible, pristine warm sound of this CD. You’d never heard this album so good, it takes you to another dimension. And it isn’t ‘quiet’ at all – it’s potent yet not distorted.
So yes folks, this is the definitive version of “Aerosmith”, featured in exclusive at 0dayrox…