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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...
We expect a very interesting batch of new releases for this 2019 Summer / Fall, so let’s go with our classic 0dayrox Advanced Releases singles. Swedish AORsters CREYE have released a brand new single titled “Lost Without You”. This is an acoustic / electric track they wrote while working on an acoustic cover of “Holding On” from their debut album....
We expect a very interesting batch of new releases for this 2019 Summer / Fall, so let’s go with our classic 0dayrox Advanced Releases singles. Fueled by 80s inspired melodic rock riffs, ROCKETT LOVE just presented the first cut – “King for one Day” – from their upcoming second album album “Greetings from Rocketland” on August 30th, 2019 via AOR...
February 23, 2018 will see the release of CHRIS BAY first solo album, “Chasing The Sun“, on Steamhammer / SPV. If Bay’s name doesn’t rings a bell, he’s best known as the founder and frontman of German rockers FREEDOM CALL.It’s a well-known predicament that Chris Bay shares with many other composers: occasionally, his wealth of inspiration goes beyond the stylistic...
* Germans FREEDOM CALL – a.k.a. the happiest metal band in the universe – are back with a new studio offering, their eighth overall, titled “Beyond”.If you know the band (their very comprehensive double Greatest Hits from last year was posted HERE) you probably know what to expect from “Beyond”; their music is inspired by acts like Helloween but takes...
* About fifteen years ago, four guys from Nuremberg, Germany decided to kick all those metalheads – which thought the genre is all about evil and darkness – in their asses. I think no other band has marked the term ‘Happy Metal’ so much like FREEDOM CALL.It was a simple concept: more melody and good-time-feeling, less growls and lyrics about...
