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Here’s in exclusive on 0dayrox the just released excellent bootleg “MOTLEY CRUE – Long Beach 1985 [Numbered 2xCD]“, recorded at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA, 27th November 1985 during the ‘Theatre Of Pain Tour”.
Some tracks of this previously unreleased show were included into past year’s ‘Theatre of Pain [40th Anniversary]’ regular release as bonus tracks. The full show is only available into the expensive limited Box Set / Vinyl only… and here…. and here.
Sound quality is excellent, A++, and MOTLEY CRUE is on fire throughout the full show. It’s a great 20-track set, with all the band’s killer songs such as Looks That Kill, Shout At The Devil, Ten Seconds To Love, Home Sweet Home, Too Young To Fall In Love, Live Wire, and more.
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We all know veteran Austrian guitarist / songwriter Klaus SCHUBERT for being over 40 years involved in rock n’ roll in various successful band such as NO BROS and his very good project SCHUBERT IN ROCK, among others.
To mark Klaus Schubert’s 65th birthday, Pure Steel Records released four years ago this compilation CD “Operation Metal Storm” celebrating his past works, including new material and some unreleased stuff, such as a SCHUBERT IN ROCK song featuring the late KEN HENSLEY (URIAH HEEP). Now 2026 Klaus is reissuing the album by himself.
The title track ”Operation Metal Storm’ is a new song, sung by gothic metal singer Jasmin Elisabeth Wanner. We find new versions of NO BROS classics, and SCHUBERT collaborations with international SINGERS like JEFF SCOTT SOTO, TONY MARTIN, DOOGIE WHITE, Nazareth’s DAN McCAFFERTY, BIFF BYFORD, MARC STORACE, plus legendary musicians NEIL MURRAY, DON AIREY, and more.
It’s easy to guess the overal sound here: classic hard rock / traditional melodic metal in playing, performances and production. And some of the tracks are real crackers. Klaus SCHUBERT is called the ‘Ritchie Blackmore of the Alps’, and it shows.
You can hear an obvious chemistry between all involved, an enjoyable collection of Classic Rock…

Finland based SUM OF SEVEN began as Sonus Corona, a fun project among friends but has grown into a powerhouse of energetic live performances and inspiring music. The musical mission has remained the same from the beginning: the goal is to create inspiring music that combines captivating riffs, tasty solos, and beautiful melodies with progressive storytelling.
Stylistically, the band shares similarities with British band THRESHOLD as well as Danish-Swedish VOLA, however is much more melodic, at places bordering Melodic Hard Rock.
The finishing stages of the upcoming concept album ‘‘Echoes of the Hypermind” were underway in the summer of 2024 when the band’s main composer and guitarist, Ari, was involved in a serious accident. Thanks to the support of the other members and Ari’s perseverance, he eventually regained his ability to perform.
The songs are fascinating, always with a surprise, and production is crystal clear…

A few days ago we featured in exclusive the remastered reissue of the album songwriter / guitarist Billy LIESEGANG disd with shouter DOOGIE WHITE. And there’s another LIESEGANG album you need to hear: “LIESEGANG feat. Glenn Hughes & John Wetton – No Strings Attached“, including some amazing songs performed by these beast vocalists.
An impressive guitarist and producer, Billy Liesegang played for everyone from DAVID BOWIE to AORsters HARLAN, and recorded some big hits such as ROD STEWART’s “Downtown Train”, and TRANSVISION VAMP’s “Baby I Don’t Care”.
Famed producer TREVOR HORN signed Billy up to his company and put him together with JOHN WETTON and they wrote some songs which are on ”No Strings Attached” (later Liesegang toured with Wetton extensively, and co-produced his album Arkangel). LIESEGANG brought legend GLENN HUGHES to perform three songs, and the rest of the session musicians is excellent too.
”No Strings Attached” is a crunchy mix of hard rock and melodic styles, balanced between vocals and instrumentals. The GLENN HUGHES songs are to die for: powerhouse vocals on the uptempo “King Of The Western World,” the Whitesnake-style “Cryin’ for Love,” and the ballad “The Night Will Soon Be Gone”. Unbelievable melodies and voice, absolutely awesome…

JAYCE LANDBERG isn’t the first Swedish shredder to get compared to YNGWIE MALSTEEN, nor is he the last. Then again, one starts to invite these comparisons when selecting former Yngwie vocalist GÖRAN EDMAN as the singer of a solo project.
Landberg and Edman are the principal forces at play on the former’s debut album, ”Break The Spell”, which actually ends up deviating from the Yngwie template quite a bit, showing that these comparisons are frequently a bit off-base.
To be sure, Landberg has a neoclassical flair to his playing that he isn’t particularly shy about flaunting. But his style of choice is more subdued than his peers, arriving as a traditional melodic metal / AOR hybrid that rarely gets above a midtempo coast. As such, while there are plenty of solos that last upward of thirty seconds, this isn’t really a shred album.
That’s a good thing, because while Landberg has chops and a reasonable sense of arrangement, his solos here are mostly of the tuneful sort that fit with the songs, which are almost radiable, melodic. Göran Edman is stupendous as ever.
This ”Break The Spell [Japanese Edition +3]” adds three songs as bonus tracks, and a different cover art.
The galloping “Flirting With Your Wesson” is among the highlights, though tasteful metal ballad “Just Before the Dawn,” sixteenth-note hummer “Black Magic,” and the catchy “New Generation” are right there with it…

Formed by ex Export, Ian Gillan Band, Shadowman et all guitarist Steve Morris, HEARTLAND started operations in the early Nineties enlisting the man with the golden tonsils, Chris Ousey. It’s been a fruitful relationship that still remains as one of the UK’s premier AOR bands.
Some years ago it was time for a ‘best of’ album comprising selected tracks from their discography plus new songs and unreleased recordings in the form of this “Travelling Through Time” 2xCD release.As requested, here’s in HQ.
There are a generous twenty six tracks, in non-chronological order over two discs; some classic songs, one newbie and six previously unreleased tracks (in fact ‘I Believe’ popped up on a Japanese version of ‘Communication Down’ and the top notch version of Foreigner’s ‘Long Long Way From Home’ appeared on Escape Music ‘Millennium Collection 2’).
Most albums get a couple of tracks each but the debut is conspicuous by its absence. Something I’d imagine that’s down to rights reasons rather than a quality control issue. ‘Heartland III’ and ‘As It Comes’ fair best as they get four tracks each, although the former has a couple of those as alternate versions…

Michigan Hall Of Fame Inductees ADRENALIN were a seven-piece arena rock group founded in the Seventies, they put out several singles and heavily toured the area. They released an EP in 1981 with a video aired on MTV which widespread popularity ultimately led to a deal with the MCA affiliated label Rocshire Records.
Produced by KISS-related Vini Poncia, ADRENALIN debut album entitled ‘American Heart’ was ready in 1983, but ultimately released for Christmas 1984, that’s why many people mention ‘American Heart’ as a 1985 release.
Musically ADRENALIN deliver here a first half of the ’80s sounding AOR / Melodic Rock, with rock&pop energy. There’s a strong FOREIGNER feel on some songs, on others the ‘happy’ side of TOTO (those pianos, you know), and even a bit of JOURNEY. You can hear Poncia’s hand all over the record.
Songs like ‘The Pressure’s On’, ‘Photograph (Time Passes On)’, ‘Michael’, ‘Faraway Eyes'(#28 in the U.S. Rock Tracks), ‘Northern Shores’ are very melodic, catchy, and radio ready.
‘American Heart’ never was reissued on CD due to legal troubles (read below) but now finally is being available 2026 on CD and vinyl, with a fine remastering job…

Hotly-tipped UK rocker DAN BYRNE announces his signing with Frontiers Music with his debut record ‘This Is Where The Show Begins’ to be released soon. Today he’s presenting “Home“, and advance EP including half of the tracks from the album.
In just two years, this young singer has toured the UK three times, delivered standout performances at multiple festivals and found overwhelming support from Planet Rock – the UK’s leading rock station – where his first four singles amassed an impressive 25 weeks on the playlist.
With that foundation firmly in place, Byrne now turns his focus to the release of his long-awaited debut solo album, marking the next powerful step in his evolution as an artist.
His powerhouse, soul-inflected vocal and deftly-executed, yet hugely accessible songcraft has quickly marked him out as an artist on the rise. Blending contemporary edge with classic rock influence, Byrne’s music is powerful, honest, and deeply emotive. It rocks, without question, but what truly sets him apart is the courage to weave sensitivity and vulnerability through the intensity…

As part of Ａ Ｉ Ｒ Ｍ Ａ Ｉ Ｌ Ａ Ｒ Ｃ Ｈ Ｉ Ｖ Ｅ Japanese label reissue campaign of NAZARETH albums featuring 24bit remastering and cardboard sleeve mini-LP replica, here’s 1978’s “No Mean City“, including bonus tracks. According to the label, this is ’24 Bit remaster 2006′ especially done for the Japanese market. Sound quality is excellent.
The artwork illustrated for ”No Mean City” by famous Rodney Matthews screams Heavy Metal – still, the album is pure ’70s NAZARETH brand of hard rock. This is one of those bands that epitomizes Classic Rock and gets your nostalgia adrenaline going. ”No Mean City” takes me back to when I had nothing to worry about other than graduating High School. Whenever I listen to this album, everything feels cool around me, uh, that is real cool.
All the songs on this great album are terrific pieces of true rock n’ roll. ”No Mean City” is also notable because the veteran Scottish rock outfit expanded its line up for the first time with addition of guitarist Zal Cleminson, formerly of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. He helped the band create a gutsy twin-guitar attack that stamps its authority all over the album: prime example of the group’s new firepower include “Just to Get Into It,” a blinding speed rocker that provides the album with a fitting opener, and “Simple Solution,” a hard-driving slab of boogie rock that sets cynical lyrics against the backdrop of a gritty, hypnotic guitar riff…

While unknown for the casual listener of all things ’80s / early ’90, Melodic Rock / AOR connoisseur are aware of RICK MATHEWS 1991’s “Only The Young“. Appeared on the then newly founded Hollywood Records label – created by giant Disney Corporation for releasing more mature music material – the album was recorded with a generous budget and top class session musicians, such as Gregg Bissonette (DAVID LEE ROTH, RICHARD MARX), Bill Cuomo (KISS, RICK SPRINGFIELD), and more.
A New Jersey native, RICK MATHEWS, songwriter, singer & keyboardist, collaborated in the late Seventies with other artists as writer, and released two albums but exclusive for the Japanese market. By the end of the ’80s, producer Mario A. Salinas, working for Disney, saw a lot of potential in MATHEWS, and secured a deal.
Musically this is a terrific collection of American Melodic Rock, uptempo and pretty rocking sonically close to RICHARD MARX, BRYAN ADAMS, JUDE COLE, RICK SPRINGFIELD, all with bright AOR sheen too. RICK MATHEWS not only is a very capable vocalist, but songwriter too. Production is really good, very 1989-1990 in quality.
By June, 1990, RICK MATHEWS was recording the album in A&M Studios (Hollywood), and in the next room
JON BON JOVI was finishing his ‘Young Guns’ Soundtrack, when Mario A. Salinas (Rick’s Producer) ran into Jon in the halls of A&M and asked if he would listen to five of the finished songs on the album. Jon agreed and here’s the responses to those songs (nothing was left out of his comments):
”Playin’ On The Radio”: This is a Hit Song. / ”Lookin’ For America”: I’m Not sure about this one. / ”Only The Young”: Great song, I like this one as much as the first one (Playin’ On The Radio) / ”Kelly Be My Girl”: Really good Radio Song.
And Jon knows something about hit songs eh? He’s absolutely right. And let us tell that we are sure about “‘Lookin’ For America” – it’s a wonderful AOR song.
RICK MATHEWS’ “Only The Young” is HIGHLY Recommended by 0dayrox.

It’s said that some of the greatest bands of our time have been forged on the road, DEVILFIRE is no exception… DEVILFIRE began in Birmingham during a studio session in 2013 when producer Alex Cooper (SHY, SPIKE of the QUIREBOYS, GINGER) was working with with ULI JON ROTH drummer Lars Wickett. Alex revealed his grand plan for a Birmingham based Melodic Hard Rock band and gave Lars a taster of the kind of music he was working on. Lars suggested they should approach Davey Bennett (PPOP WILL EAT ITSELF) which they did however; due to touring commitments and production schedules 3 long years passed, filled with writing and planning , before, in 2016, things finally fell into place.
2017 saw them gigging to 2000 capacity sold out venues supporting TARJA in Europe plus a sold out festival crowd at Hard Rock Hell AOR was the icing on the cake. Their debut album, released in Oct 2017 was praised by critics and fans from the genre.
While working on the new album, also Alex Cooper is a current member of NITRATE and is concentrated in producing (CORVUS), he’s re-issuing himself DEVILFIRE’s debut album “Dark Manoeuvres“, a pretty killer British Melodic Hard Rock platter worthy of repeated listens.
Straddled somewhere between MAGNUM’s melodic rock sensitivities, THUNDER catchiness, and the darker, dirtier band which EUROPE became, ”Dark Manoeuvres” is the product of hard touring, hard knocks and hard life lessons (as well as hard partying) and is laudable because of its honesty and the obvious endeavor and sweat which went into conception…

Formed in the gritty streets of New York City, SPREAD EAGLE quickly made their mark with their explosive 1990 self-titled debut album, earning critical acclaim for rockin’ sound and unforgettable single “Switchblade Serenade,” which lit up MTV and solidified their place in rock history. Their legacy continued with the release of second album ‘Open to the Public’, and the final, modern classic ‘Subway to the Stars’. 2025 Spread Eagle remains a force to be reckoned with, bringing their signature brand of “street metal” to a global audience.
To celebrate 35th year anniversary of their debut album, 2025 SPREAD EAGLE did a nation-wide U.S. tour, and released an EP titled ”The 1989 Demos”.
”The 1989 Demos” is a limited-edition CD showcasing six tracks from the band’s earliest days that secured them their major label recording deal. The collection features raw, unfiltered versions of five songs that later rocked the world on their debut album, along with an unreleased gem “Gun Shy”— a must-hear for any Spread Eagle devotee. Produced by the late Charlie Gambetta (who produced their debut), these demos capture the essence of the band’s New York City roots and their unrelenting street metal / hard rock spirit.
”The 1989 Demos”, only available on physical format at he band’s online shop and at their shows, deliver a kick ass set of songs, in most cases, better than the first album versions. This baby rocks!

Hard Rock / Metal vocalist extraordinaire DOOGIE WHITE sung for RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TANK, CORNERSTONE, ALCATRAZZ and many others – a true chameleon with a strong personality, and while owner of a powerful voice, he always deluver some kind of “polished ferocity”.
The energetic Scotsman never stops to get involved in all type of projects (he has recorded on over 200 albums) and assembling bands to perform live – his preferred environment.
As requested, here’s a very rare disc “Strange Things And Other Stuff” that DOOGIE WHITE sold at the merchandise booth on tour in 2024, a self-released compilation with songs from the bands / projects he has involved, recordings DOGGIE now consider rare or hard to find.
While these songs have been released in one way or another, checking out the titles some are different mixes / masters here.
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A few months ago Escape Music reissued the long time out of print album from LIESEGANG-WHITE, “Visual Surveillance Of Extremities” in remastered form.
Back in 2005 excellent guitarist / songwriter Billy Liesegang (ROD STEWART, JOHN WETTON, AORsters HARLAN CAGE, 101 SOUTH, etc) and hard rock / metal vocalist Doggie White (RAINBOW, MIDNIGHT BLUE, CORNERSTONE) team up for an album full of Classic Melodic Hard Rock.
Including impressive drummer Thomas Lang (JOHN WETTON, PAUL GILBERT), keyboardist Roger Scott Craig (HARLAN CAGE, 101 SOUTH), bassist PJ Phillips (ROD STEWART, RUSS BALLARD), and more talented musicians, LIESEGANG-WHITE created a terrific timeless album here.
Mixed & Mastered by expert Tommy Hansen, ”Visual Surveillance Of Extremities (2025 Remastered Version)” sounds fabulous: simply you have an incredibly imaginative rock guitarist, a vocalist able to sing the phone book, and top-class musicians aboard. And songwriting is varied, rich in arrangements. Add to that a great cover art and you have the perfect package.
”Visual Surveillance Of Extremities (2025 Remastered Version)” sound quality is fantastic.
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To be released next May 29, 2026, “Chapter V” is the upcoming new album from ACACIA AVENUE, the band founded by Torben Enevoldsen (FATE, FATAL FORCE, SECTION A). After the release of ACACIA AVENUE’s fourth album ”Worlds Apart” (2018), Torben was busy working on his instrumental solo stuff, as well as writing and recording for ROB MORATTI, PINNACLE POINT, DECOY and FATE. In between these sessions however, Enevoldsen found the time to write new music for this fifth ACACIA AVENUE album.
As usual, he asked a few good friends along for the ride, so this new album features Peer Johansson (NOW OR NEVER, FATE), Peter Sundell (C.O.P., DECOY), Dagfinn Joensen (BLOODY DICE), as well as the late, great Tony Mills (SHY, TNT) on vocals. Pete Steincke (FATE) split the bass duties with Enevoldsen, who also played the keyboards and guitars himself, as well as doing lead- and background vocals on a few songs. Dennis Hansen (FATAL FORCE) once again did the drums.
“Chapter V” is pure class melodic hard rock with a classic rock touches here and there. It’s great to hear Tony Mills again in a reworked song from ACACIA AVENUE’s first album. Enevoldsen also does a pretty awesome cover of TOTO’s ‘Gypsy Train’…