Melodic Rock, AOR, Hard Rock, Prog, Classic Rock news
30 years ago today, New Jersey rockers SKID ROW released their self-titled album, kicking off a major-label career that would take them twice into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and to the very top of the Billboard 200. In celebration, Rhino / Atlantic has released “Skid Row [30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]”, a remastered / expanded edition of...
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...
We have many requests on the blog, but without a doubt this was at the top: self-titled debut from SKID ROW in its Japanese Edition on high quality SHM-CD, remastered, featuring 4 bonus tracks and in a Cardboard Sleeve / mini LP replica of the original album art.Sadly, this was a strictly Limited Release, now out of print and reaching...
Many readers praised the high quality of several Japanese SHM-CD remasters presented here, and asked for this excellent, out of print, hard to find Limited Release of SKID ROW‘s killer classic “Slave To The Grind“. “Slave To The Grind” marked the band’s move towards the heavier sound of their origins.Indeed Skid Row get harder and heavier on most the songs,...
* “Give ‘Em Hell” is the upcoming fifth solo studio album by ex- Skid Row frontman SEBASTIAN BACH to be released in Europe by Frontiers Records this Friday.I don’t know if Bach will ever rejoin Skid Row for a full on reunion but, I’ll tell you one thing, if he continues to release solo albums of this quality then I...
* Undoubtedly one the the most iconic Hard Rock bands from the ’80s, SKID ROW returns with their first new, original material in seven years with “United World Rebellion”, the first of three plus three EPs that will be made available over the next 12-18 months. After Sebastian Bach left, it was as though the band’s sound went with him....
TYGERS OF PAN TANG – Noises From The Cathouse [remastered +3] (2016)
Originally released in 2004,"Noises From The Cathouse" was the second post-reformation album by Whitley Bay’s finest TYGERS OF PAN TANG. While the band is finishing their brand new record, "Noises… Read more…
TYGERS OF PAN TANG – Tygers Of Pan Tang (2016)
Legendary British act TYGERS OF PAN TANG will release tomorrow their new, self-titled album on LP, limited picture LP, CD and through all digital services. "Tygers Of Pan Tang" is… Read more…
TYGERS OF PAN TANG – Hellbound Spellbound Live 1981 [Japan Edition] (2019) *EXCLUSIVE*
To be released at the end of January world-wide, in Japan just appeared TYGERS OF PAN TANG limited edition new CD titled "Hellbound Spellbound Live 1981 [Japan Edition]", captured at… Read more…
British guitarist Stuart Smith started the project / band HEAVEN & EARTH in the Nineties releasing a highly praised first album in 1998, an then two more in 2001 and… Read more…
SHARK ISLAND – Law Of The Order + Alive At The Whisky [2CD Bad Reputation remaster +5]
French reissue label Bad Reputation has been doing a great job releasing 'Collector Series / Remastered with Bonus', with the main attraction being the addition of bonus tracks or bonus… Read more…
DEGREED – Dead But Not Forgotten (2015)
Swedish melodic rockers DEGREED released one of the best albums of 2013 (their second) and now after a long songwriting process are back with a new CD entitled "Dead But… Read more…
DEGREED – Life / Love / Loss [remastered + bonus] (2017)
Swedish melodic rockers DEGREED are re-releasing their first two records in a double album, remastered along with bonus material. To celebrate the band arrangement with Swedish booking Danger Music &… Read more…
The origins of the Madrid, Spain based band THE VAL can be found in the local act Ying-Yang which achieved considerable popularity during the Nineties. When one of their members… Read more…
THE VAL – Heading For The Surface (2014)
As happened with many new acts emerged during the recent resurgence in the Melodic Rock world, THE VAL was one of the bands exclusively presented on this blog two years… Read more…
Swedes MANIMAL have been around for a while, releasing two albums prior to this "Purgatorio", their new effort to be available tomorrow. Borrowing from the 2000’s and 90’s eras, these… Read more…
MONSTER TRUCK – True Rockers (2018)
18 months after their breakthrough debut CD featured here, Canadian rockers MONSTER TRUCK are back with "True Rockers", their new effort to be released next Friday 14. An album with… Read more…
"Atomic Highway" is the title of the new album from Los Angeles-based rock band DC4 — featuring Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN), Rowan Robertson (DIO, BANG TANGO), Shawn Duncan (ODIN,… Read more…
IMPELLITTERI – The Nature Of The Beast [Japan Edition] (2018)
Frontiers Music will release IMPELLITTERI's brand new studio album, "The Nature Of The Beast", on October 12. Today, the album is being released in Asia, with different artwork.Formed by lead… Read more…
BAD TOUCH – Shake A Leg (2018)
BAD TOUCH leave a great 'touch' on the ears with their latest studio album "Shake A Leg". Released tomorrow via Marshall Record, their new CD neatly reaffirms the band's potency… Read more…
