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THE DARKNESS – Streaming Of A White Christmas (2021)

Glammy U.K. hard / classic rockers THE DARKNESS bring a holiday cheer to headbangers worldwide with the release of ”Streaming Of A White Christmas” recorded Live 18th December 2020 for the band’s live streamed extravaganza. Captured ‘live into the studio’ with only few attendants, the sound quality is excellent, showcasing the band’s power rawness.
The show, performed during last year’s lockdown followed The Darkness studio effort, the presciently titled and artistically censored ‘Easter Is Cancelled, which arrived’ in October 2019. As the coronavirus pandemic emerged in the months after the album’s release, the band joined others in mounting a virtual gig…

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HOT LEG – Red Light Fever (retail CD +4 0dayrox extras)

As requested, here’s an album all shoulda check out: ”Red Light Fever”, the debut and only studio album released by HOT LEG, led by singer-songwriter Justin Hawkins of The Darkness. Additionally, we have various hard to find B-sides and one outtake as 0dayrox extras.
Musically this is classic rock n’ roll with some point in common with early The Darkness’ albums, add to that Seventies Queen meets AC/DC meets Thin Lizzy. Justin voice fits perfectly into this kind of material driven by great guitar riffs, vocal harmonies cool solos too bringing to mind Brian May in some places.
Don’t forget the clever and sometimes fun lyrics. The only thing to improve is the cover wich doesn’t represents the music inside at all…

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THE DARKNESS – Easter Is Cancelled [Deluxe Edition +4] (2019)

With a gleam in their eye, those crazy characters known to Rock-n-Roll fans as THE DARKNESS will be releasing their brand spanking new album, “Easter Is Cancelled”, on Friday, October 4th, 2019. As one of the most successful British acts of the last near two decades, The Darkness has won the world over with their charismatic and quirky personalities which...

AXE / CORELEONI / ECLIPSE / EDDIE MONEY / SHIRAZ LANE / STEEL PANTHER / THE DARKNESS / THE DEFIANTS / THUNDER / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases Sept-October 2019 – Vol.5

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. Here’s vol.5. Super group THE DEFIANTS consisting of Danger Danger band members Bruno Ravel (bass, keyboards) and Rob Marcello (lead guitar) along with former lead vocalist Paul Laine and special guest Steve West (also of...

AGE OF REFLECTION / BLACK STAR RIDERS / CREYE / DALLAS / FREEDOM CALL / JIMI ANDERSON GROUP / MICHAEL SCHENKER / MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP / PERFECT PLAN / ROBERT TEPPER / ROXY BLUE / SOLEIL MOON / THE DARKNESS / THE FERRYMEN / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases Sept-October 2019 – Vol.2

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....

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THE DARKNESS – Live at Hammersmith (2018)

British classic rockers THE DARKNESS are releasing today “Live At Hammersmith“, their new album capturing the band in sterling form at its London ‘Tour De Prance’ show at the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo on December 10, 2017.“Live At Hammersmith” boasts the band’s back catalogue of five albums across 19 incendiary tracks. In true The Darkness spandex-clad fashion, the performance features huge...

CATALANO / CHEAP TRICK / DEE SNIDER / H.E.A.T / HARDCORE SUPERSTAR / KISSIN' DYNAMITE / SEVENTH WONDER / THE DARKNESS / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases June-July 2018 – Vol.3

Really interesting albums to be released this Summer… and beyond. Let’s check some advanced singles. Swedish AOR melodic rockers H.E.A.T have made available the previously unreleased track “Drink Alone” which is an outtake from their latest studio album Into The Great Unknown. Very good melodic midtempo tune. German melodic hard rockers KISSIN’ DYNAMITE have released the second single, ‘Ecstasy’, the...

THE DARKNESS – Pinewood Smile [Deluxe Edition +4] (2017)

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THE DARKNESS – Pinewood Smile [Deluxe Edition +4] (2017)

“Pinewood Smile” is the upcoming fifth studio record by British classic / hard rock band THE DARKNESS, scheduled to be released on October 6, 2017, and is the first album to be released by their new label Cooking Vinyl.“Pinewood Smile” sees this crazy quartet return with possibly their finest offering in years. The album is bursting at the seams with...

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases September 2017 – Vol.3

DIRTY THRILLS / H.E.A.T / L.A. GUNS / ROBIN BECK / SERIOUS BLACK / THE DARKNESS / THE NEW ROSES / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases September 2017 – Vol.3

Here’s more advanced singles just released from upcoming releases, many coming from Frontiers Music. Can’t wait for the new ROBIN BECK album. Entitled Love Is Coming, it will be released on October 13th. The new recording sees her partnering with the great Clif Magness (Steve Perry, Avril Lavigne) who mixed and produced. Beck’s husband James Christian (House Of Lords) co-produced...

V.A. – Hard Rock Beyond the Hits (2017)

BLACKFOOT / DREAM THEATER / ENUFF Z'NUFF / ERIC MARTIN / KIX / LOUDNESS / NICKELBACK / SKID ROW / THE DARKNESS / TUFF / TWISTED SISTER / V.A. Beyond the Hits / V.A.. / WINGER / ZZ TOP

V.A. – Hard Rock Beyond the Hits (2017)

Warner Music Group has put together a very interesting compilation titled “Hard Rock Beyond the Hits“, comprising some really good ‘inside tracks’ taken from albums of artists from their back catalog.These are songs that never were hits but many certainly deserved that status. Indeed, most of the bands featured here were multi-platinum sellers, but the idea was to feature songs...

THE DARKNESS – Last Of Our Kind (2015)

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THE DARKNESS – Last Of Our Kind (2015)

* Multi-award winning multi-million selling megaband THE DARKNESS are back with their brand new fourth album, “Last Of Our Kind“, to be released on June 1st.This is the first Darkness album to feature drummer Emily Dolan Davies; according to the band, original drummer Ed Graham ‘departed under mysterious circumstances‘. Their gloriously unembarrassable approach to rock’n’roll, with its catsuits, castrato vocals...

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THE DARKNESS – Hot Cakes [Collector’s Edition] (2012)

* THE DARKNESS, England’s fearlessly flamboyant answer to ’80s glam / glitter hard rock, are back after a five-year hiatus with the original line-up and a new album: “Hot Cakes”. In late 2011, the British quartet enjoyed a handful of reunion dates – clad in their signature open-chested catsuits and leather pants – followed by a North American tour. In...