Melodic Rock, AOR, Hard Rock, Prog, Classic Rock news
Prog legend YES celebrated the band’s 50th anniversary over the last year with an extensive tour that included shows in Europe, North America and Japan. This year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are back with a new double live album that was recorded during the tour. “Yes 50 Live” will be available as 2 CDs, or 4 LPs....
Current Yes bass player BILLY SHERWOOD (replacing the late Chris Squire) released this solo album entitled “Archived“, some kind of self-release originally only available to purchase at his website, now deleted. Billy Sherwood recently found himself in a position that was both enviable and deeply sad. Tabbed to rejoin Yes on a temporary basis in place of his mentor Chris...
To be released by Frontiers Music next week, “Citizen: In The Next Life” is BILLY SHERWOOD’s second release in the Citizen series, which continues the concept begun with the ‘Citizen’ album released in late 2015. This Japanese advanced release – presented in exclusive at 0dayrox – includes a bonus track. Sherwood is current Yes bass player, handpicked by original founding...
Requested by good friend of this blog, here’s another hard to find, out of print TREVOR RABIN album; “Face To Face [Japan miniLP digitally remastered]”. This is the only remastered reissue – done by Air Mail Archive Records – of this really good album from ex-Yes guitarist / composer / producer. After his first, self-titled debut album, Rabin recorded “Face...
Requested by good friend of this blog, here’s another hard to find, out of print TREVOR RABIN album; his solo debut “Trevor Rabin [Japan miniLP digitally remastered]”. This is the only remastered reissue – done by Air Mail Archive Records – of this really good album from ex-Yes guitarist / composer / producer. Before there was Yes’ mainstream hit “Owner...
Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red Records finally did it: the official release of a 2CD Deluxe Expanded Remastered Edition of “GTR“, the self-titled 1986 album by Steve Hackett and Steve Howe’s band GTR.Apart from the much needed remastering, there are also 3 bonus tracks taken from promotional 12-inch singles of ‘When the Heart Rules the Mind’ & ‘The Hunter’ (two...
It’s been decades in the making and is finally being released: classic YES vocalist JON ANDERSON will release soon a new solo album titled “1,000 Hands (Chapter One)”, and he’ll be doing a two-part U.S. tour in 2019, followed by Europe and Japan. Anderson began the album nearly 30 years ago, working with a group of musicians that included Yes...
Requested by good friend of this blog, here’s another hard to find, out of print TREVOR RABIN album; “Wolf [Air Mail Archive Japan miniLP digitally remastered]”This is the only remastered reissue of this really good album from ex-Yes guitarist / composer, recorded previously he joined the legendary British band. On “Wolf” Rabin rocks pretty hard, with touch of proto AOR...
Requested by good friend of this blog, here’s the hard to find, out of print version of TREVOR RABIN 1989’s “Can’t Look Away [Japan miniLP digitally remastered].This is the only remastered reissue of this stupendous album from ex-Yes guitarist / composer / producer. After almost single-handedly rescuing Yes from obscurity in the mid-80s providing to the band a glossy, appealing...
Tomorrow September 7, 2018, Eagle Vision will release “YES: 50th Anniversary Live At The Apollo” on DVD, Blu-ray, 2CD and 3LP.In 2016, Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman combined their incredible talents and the heritage of YES to take to the road for a series of concerts celebrating the band’s musical legacy from the seventies to the nineties. YES...
Rhino Records are to mark YES 50th anniversary with a new vinyl box set released today; “Yes: The Steven Wilson Remixes” which spotlights five studio albums that helped secure the band’s recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The box includes remixed versions of: The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1971), Close To The Edge (1972), the double...
In celebration of 50 years of YES music, the band have released a re-worked version of 2011’s Fly From Here, now featuring lead vocals and substantial remixing by Trevor Horn, some re-recorded parts, the original Japanese bonus track, and a previously unreleased one, plus the sleeve design features the painting by Roger Dean originally used on the inside of the...
Legendary keyboardist Geoff Downes & and young talent Chris Braide, known as the DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION (DBA), release their new album “Skyscraper Souls” via Cherry Red Records. This is their 3rd collaboration and follows their two previous critically-acclaimed releases Pictures of You (2012) and Suburban Ghosts (2015) – both featured here on the blog.“Skyscraper Souls” is quite different from the...
Legend YES are releasing today “Topographic Drama – Live Across America”, an extensive live record available on double-CD and triple-LP formats. Both versions feature stunning cover artwork from the band’s longtime collaborator Roger Dean. “Topographic Drama – Live Across America” highlights the best performances from the 2017 leg of the 28-show tour and mirrors the set list from those concerts....
Longtime favorites of this blog, melodic prog rockers CIRCA have signed a deal with Frontiers Music for the release of their new opus “Valley Of The Windmill“, in stores since tomorrow July 8th. Founded in 2007 by veteran – and uber talented – musicians Tony Kaye (original YES keyboard player) and Billy Sherwood (who took Chris Squire’s place in YES...
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…
Best Melodic Rock album 2017 #2 : DEGREED – Degreed [Japan Edition +1] (2017)
End of the year / beginning of 2018, it's time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category. DEGREED surpassed themselves with their new, self-titled 2017 album. The more… 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…
NIGHTCRAWLER – Metropolis [vinyl LP edition]
"Metropolis", the amazing debut of NIGHTCRAWLER is being released on vinyl-LP, for the first time on physical format. Nightcrawler is the alter-ego of George Gold. This day designer, co-founder of… Read more…
BRAXXTON – American Rock ‘N Roll [first time on CD] (2018)
"American Rock 'N Roll" was the only release by American melodic hard rockers BRAXXTON, released by themselves on cassette back in 1986, and now appeared on CD for the first… Read more…
BILLY MORRIS & THE SUNSET STRIP – Holdin’ All The Aces (2018)
BILLY MORRIS might be best known as the former guitarist of Warrant, or as one of the "go to" guys that everyone from QUIET RIOT to TUFF calls when they… Read more…
SAPPHIRE EYES – Breath Of Ages [CD version +1] (2018)
SAPPHIRE EYES is the realization of an ambition that has been knocking about in Alyson Avenue keyboardist Niclass Olsson’s head for several years; to form a male-fronted AOR band. Sapphire… 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…
