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Three months to end 2018, and more very interesting albums to be released yet. Let’s check the Advanced Singles.NORDIC UNION featuring the all-star duo of Pretty Maids‘ lead vocalist Ronnie Atkins and hotshot Swedish producer and guitarist Erik Martensson (Eclipse, Ammunition, W.E.T) have released a new song titled “Walk Me Through The Fire” from their upcoming sophomore album Second Coming,...
Near the end of the year still there’s a very interesting release schedule with potential Album of the Year status. Via Frontiers Music we have an advanced single from OPERATION: MINDCRIME new album The New Reality, the third and final chapter in the musical trilogy from iconic metal vocalist Geoff Tate. RAINTIMES is the new, killer melodic rock project featuring...
BRYAN COLE is a name we will hear soon when Frontiers Music release his debut solo album in the making, with songwriting collaborations from the likes of Jim Peterik.
As advance, we can hear two songs Cole has put on iTunes, “More Than A Memory” and “Last First Kiss“, both pure Melodic Rock / AOR tunes that leave you wanting for more.
Bryan Cole hails from Pittsburgh, PA, and has been singing, playing guitar and performing since the age of five.
Bryan cut his teeth in many local bands before joining the Reb Beach Project, fronted by Winger, Whitesnake, Dokken and Alice Cooper guitarist Reb Beach. He spent several years singing for the RBP, before venturing out for a solo career.
Bryan’s influences of Journey, Giant, Foreigner and Survivor are easily heard in this feel-good single: “More Than a Memory” was written by the late Brett Walker & Carl Dixon (April Wine / Coney Hatch guitarist), and previously recorded by both on their respective solo albums.
Bryan Cole’s version is rocking and melodious, featuring soaring vocal melodies and sharp guitar riffs in the best late ’80s tradition / production.
The announcement on the 7th of July this year that AOR singer & songwriter BRETT WALKER was to release a new solo album was reason to celebrate. However, a mere 24 hours later the tragic news that Walker died, turned those shouts of joy to tears of sadness.
On the insistence of Brett’s wife, AOR Heaven went ahead with the release of “Straight Jacket Vacation“, his final testament, providing the fans of this unsung hero one last opportunity to be captivated by a songwriter capable of being downbeat in an upbeat fashion, while offering lyrics and melodies to tug at the heartstrings and live long in the memory…
Originally released in 1994 on the Swedish independent label Empire Records, American singer/songwriter BRETT WALKER debut “Nevertheless” impressively charted in Scandinavia’s Top 40. Walker – who was following up his chart success with his penned track Alias’ Top 10 smash ‘Waiting For Love’ – in “Nevertheless” delivered 12 tracks of sure fire Melodic Rock magic. Once again flexing his own...
