Melodic Rock, AOR, Hard Rock, Prog, Classic Rock news
Melodic Hard Rock / AOR specialized label ZRecords are celebrating their 20th Anniversary in 2017, and to celebrate the event has released a double-album compilation titled “20th Anniversary; The Very Best of Z Records Vol.1“, featuring some of the most renowned artists from their roster. During the 2 decades of existence, the British based record label has inked contracts and...
7HY / SEVEN HARD YEARS, the British Melodic Hard Rock band led by ex-SHY Alan Kelly returns with second effort “Stories We Tell“. Shawn Pelata (ex Line Of Fire) remains on vocals and, as in the past, contributions to lead guitar work come from some substantial guests. These include Pete Fry (Farcry), Calle Hammer (Houston), Dave Martin (Marshall Law), Danny...
“Scream” is the title of the stunning debut album from British combo LIFELINE combining two very talented vocalists in Nigel Bailey (Bailey, Three Lions) and Lee Small (Shy, Phenomena). Add to that the skills of Paul Hume (LawLess, Demon) on guitars, Steve Clarkson (Bailey) on drums and Andy Bailey (Three Lions, Bailey) on the keys and you have a heart...
“Scream” is the title of the the stunning debut album from British combo LIFELINE to be released by Escape Music the next October 23. The project combines two very talented vocalists in Nigel Bailey (Bailey, Three Lions) and Lee Small (Shy, Phenomena).Add to that talented Paul Hume (LawLess, Demon) on guitars, Steve Clarkson (Bailey) on drums and Andy Bailey (Three...
EDGE OF THE BLADE is the brainchild of a talented musician / songwriter / producer and studio engineer Andrew Chick, an exciting new project that features two veterans from the British Melodic Hard Rock scene, namely the former drummer for SHY Alan Kelly and the highly awaited return of Mr. John Francis from the After Hours fame.
Their first album “The Ghosts Of Humans” will hit the streets soon published by Escape Music.
This is edgy Melodic Hard Rock (with rocking AOR touches) of the highest order, powerful and surprisingly stronger than expected, notably the noble voice of John Francis and this particular overall feeling of modernism under a new found metallic nature is salutary here, that sensation of greatness is even improved by a slightly down-tuned riffage convention, and an innovative sound design with sharp guitar prominence.
I’m guessing there’s nothing surprising about their band name: Edge Of The Blade is also a Journey song, from the Frontiers album….
TONY MILLS, one of the greatest vocalists in hard rock & metal has just graced his fans with a brand new solo effort, “Over My Dead Body“. Whether you are a fan of Mills because of Shy back in the day, or Siam, or projects like China Blue, Serpentine, his monumental task of replacing Tony Harnell in TNT for a...
* SEVEN HARD YEARS (7HY) is the brain child of former SHY drummer Alan Kelly who over the last few years has continued writing in his spare time at his studio in Cornwall UK, to deliver a world class slice of Melodic Rock / AOR full of catchy riffs and powerfully emotive songs.Time has come, and 7HY finally is releasing...
