Category: LIONVILLE

Classic AORsters LIONVILLE are back with a new album, “So Close To Heaven”, another slice of sweet melodies to die for. This Japanese Edition includes an exclusive bonus track.
Over the course of their previous four albums, Lionville have come to be held in extremely high regard by fans of Melodic Rock/AOR and “So Close To Heaven” further cements the band’s standing as one of the premiere acts of the genre.
Two special highlights, among many, on “So Close To Heaven” include a duet between vocalist Lars Safsund and revered melodic rock singer Robbie LaBlanc on the track ‘This Time’ and the band’s cover of Richard Marx’s ‘Arrow Through My Heart’. The latter track was written by Richard Marx, Bruce Gaitsch, and Fee Waybill during the sessions of Marx’s hit album “Repeat Offender”…

Classic AORsters LIONVILLE are back with a new album, “So Close To Heaven“, another slice of sweet melodies to die for. Over the course of their previous four albums, Lionville have come to be held in extremely high regard by fans of Melodic Rock/AOR and “So Close To Heaven” further cements the band’s standing as one of the premiere acts of the genre.
Two special highlights, among many, on “So Close To Heaven” include a duet between vocalist Lars Safsund and revered melodic rock singer Robbie LaBlanc on the track ‘This Time’ and the band’s cover of Richard Marx’s ‘Arrow Through My Heart’. The latter track was written by Richard Marx, Bruce Gaitsch, and Fee Waybill during the sessions of Marx’s hit album “Repeat Offender”…

After their excellent debut album, the mighty Italian AOR act LIONVILLE returned with “Lionville II“, another slice of high class AOR / Melodic Rock with a touch of Westcoast, featuring most of the top flight musicians performing on the debut also onboard, and their performances are top notch. This Japanese edition includes 2 juicy bonus tracks.
Lars Säfsund (Work Of Art) shows again that he is one of the most versatile and talented lead and backing vocalists of our time, also Stefano Lionetti delivers a very solid songwriting / melodic guitar playing and an occasional contribution on the keyboards.

As requested, heres the out of print, Japanese Edition of LIONVILLE self-titled debut ”Lionville”, including 3 must have bonus tracks. Founded by guitarist Stefano Lionetti, LIONVILLE was created to bring back the pure AOR from the ’80s to the new generation. With the help of such prominent musicians as Pierpaolo “Zorro” Monti (Shining Line) and Alessandro Del Vecchio (Edge Of...

Italo-Swedish AOR excitement machine LIONVILLE is back with their 4th effort ”Magic Is Alive’‘. Let us put this clear from the beginning: on ”Magic Is Alive” everything clicks in absolutely dramatic fashion for Lionville. The key to this, of course, are the very good songs, but the star on this record is the performance of vocalist Lars Säfsund.
This new Lionville album confirms that guitarist/songwriter Stefano Leonetti couldn’t have found a more suitable singer than Work Of Art’s front man. What this celebrated vocalist does with these songs is amazing.
Lionville have just about produced the perfect modern AOR album in ‘Magic is Alive’. And for that they get my undying thanks and admiration.
It’s easy to ape this kind of music, but incredibly different to recreate and cast it in your own image. And that’s what Lionville have done here.
MASTERFUL

Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category. For 0dayrox, slot #5 of best AOR albums of the year goes to LIONVILLE ‘A World Of Fools’. While more melodic hard oriented than the previous AOR efforts, there’s a couple of killer tunes in this vein here, among the best cuts of...