Category: MICHAEL BORMANN

Michael Bormann’s JADED HARD – Power To Win (2022)

Corona virus thoroughly slowed down the music industry, and the momentum of Michael Bormann’s JADED HARD along with it, but new music is finally available from Bormann and company. Following up their 2019 debut album ‘Feels Like Yesterday‘, their second CD – ”Power To Win” (because these 5 musicians wouldn’t let themselves be defeated!) will be released on October 28, 2022.
”Power To Win” once again showcases the power and expressiveness of Michael Bormann‘s legendary voice and the full range of his songwriting skills.
In the usual manner, this is AOR / Melodic Rock at its finest – from up-tempo songs that will delight the rockers heart, to powerful ballads that will melt the hearts of women and men alike. But there is also something new.
To bring in a breath of fresh air and new nuances to ”Power To Win”, Michael worked with other songwriters: Bruno Kraler on ‘When I Look In Your Eyes‘, Pete Alpenborg on ‘Little White Lies‘, Fredrik Joakimsson on ‘A Step Away From Heaven‘, and Michael Maikel Müller on ‘Hysteria‘, ‘Wrong And Right‘, and ‘When She’s Good‘, resulting in a much more varied and dynamic album…

SEVEN RAVENS (feat Michael Bormann, Tony Franklin) – Barely Hanging On (2021)

To be released soon, “Barely Hanging On” is the debut album by all-star hard rocking new band SEVEN RAVENS consisting of lead vocalist Michael Bormann (Jaded Heart, Bonfire, Silent Force), bassist Tony Franklin (The Firm, Blue Murder), bassist Donnie Van Stavern (Riot, Alcatrazz), drummer Bobby Jarzombek (Riot, Rob Halford, Sebastian Bach), drummer Matt Starr (Mr. Big, Ace Frehley, Black Swan), and drummer Kevin Soffera (Seether, Breaking Benjamin).
Add to them guitarist James LePak and songwriter Scott Bazzett, the brains of this new project. Both have been writing songs together since the late ’80s. Finally, in 2020, with the songs coming out really well, and improvements in recording quality, they decided it was time to take it to the next level.
You can’t go wrong here: top class musicians and rocking melodic songs penned in the ’80s or inspired by…
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MICHAEL BORMANN’s JADED HEART – Feels Like Yesterday (2019)

Of course, the band’s name is no coincidence: “Feels Like Yesterday“ by the former JADED HEART frontman MICHAEL BORMANN is the album the current incarnation of the band would never put out because they developed into a totally different direction musically since they parted ways with Bormann in 2004. But it’s this record that exactly satisfies the desire of old...

MICHAEL BORMANN – Rock Hard (2018)

Versatile German vocalist MICHAEL BORMANN (Jaded Heart, Redrum, Bonfire, The Trophy) is releasing today a brand new album titled “Rock Hard“. While Bormann is recording the debut of his own band ‘Michael Bormann´s Jaded Hard’, this “Rock Hard” is a retrospective of his past works, partially re-mixed / re-mastered, and featuring 2 brand newly recorded songs. Some time ago Bormann...

MICHAEL BORMANN – Closer (2015)

* Lately being busy producing / playing in different projects, including his controversial appearance in the German version of the TV program The Voice – but which helped him reach millions of people – skilled vocalist / multi-instrumentalist MICHAEL BORMANN is back with the long awaited fifth solo album “Closer” to be released tomorrow, May 22. The true fans of...

GRINDHOUSE (feat Michael Bormann) – Chapter 1 (2015)

GRINDHOUSE (feat Michael Bormann) – Chapter 1 (2015)

* Italian hard rockers GRINDHOUSE started to work on their debut album “Chapter 1” in 2013, fast forward two years and they are about to unleash the finished product featuring the talents of Michael Bormann (Jaded Heart) on vocals. The album is full of good time ‘rawking’ tunes and infectious grooves, mostly inspired by the late ’80s American scene. The...

MICHAEL BORMANN – Love Is Magic (2014)

* “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue …” How accurate this couplet is in reference to the ‘best of’ or catalog albums being released in dozens each year with some previously unreleased tracks or the other bonuses? Most certainly, the rhyme is nothing far-fetched when it comes to the new album of MICHAEL BORMANN, one of the best...

REDRUM – Victims Of Our Circumstances (2013)

the Real One – no cuts * Greek Melodic Hard Rock band based in Thessaloniki, Greece, released their quite good debut in 2007 with German Michael Bormann (ex- Jaded Heart) at the mic, and since then disappeared from the map.But last year there were news about a brand new album in the making that finally now sees the light of...

J.R. BLACKMORE & Friends – Voices Part 1 (2011)

* Jürgen Blackmore was born in London in 1964 as the son of guitar virtuoso Ritchie Blackmore and his German wife, Margit. Raised in Hamburg, Jürgen received his first acoustic guitar at the age of 10, and with the encouragement of his mother, the little player knew early on that he would have a career in music. After his own...

MICHAEL BORMANN – Different (2010)

Multifacetic artist, Michael Bormann is a busy man. Best known as founding and long time member of Germany’s melodic hard rock band JADED HEART, while still maintaining involvement in countless projects (CHARADE, ZENO, BISS, THE RAIN) as musician, producer, engineer, songwriter… everything. This year it’s time for a his own solo effort. Bormann: ” I am very happy with “Different”....