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Tag Archives: Frontiers
Album review: GREAT WHITE – 30 Years…Live From The Sunset Strip
Frontiers www.frontiers.it It’s hard to believe that Great White are in the middle of celebrating their 30th Anniversary, 30 years that have seen both triumph and tragedy for the band, but still finds them sounding in top form. Recorded at … Continue reading
Album review: PLAYER – Too Many Reasons
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Player return with their first album in over ten years and this full album follows an EP released last year on Frontiers. The new lineup features original members Peter Beckett and Ronn Moss along … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Frontiers, PLAYER, Too Many Reasons
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Album review: DIAMOND DAWN – Overdrive
Frontiers are certainly pushing Swedes Diamond Dawn as the new saviours of the melodic rock scene. Their “Take Me Higher” video on YouTube has, at time of writing, just passed 100,000 views so they must be doing … Continue reading
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Tagged Diamond Dawn, Frontiers, Overdrive
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News: Three ELO/JEFF LYNNE releases in April 2013
Just as the third quarter of 2012 brought three exciting works from JEFF LYNNE – his second solo album Long Wave, the freshly recorded Mr. Blue Sky – The Very Best Of ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA and the illuminating documentary Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, NEWS, Re-issues/special editions
Tagged 40th anniversary, Armchair Theatre, ELO, Frontiers, Jeff Lynne, re-issue, Zoom
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CRASHDIET – The Savage Playground
Frontiers (Released 25th January) www.frontiers.it Just days into the new year and the first album I review is already a strong contender for my Top 10 of 2013- too soon to make such an assumption? Maybe, … Continue reading
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Tagged Crashdiet, Frontiers, Motley Crue, Skid Row, The Savage Playground
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Y&T – Live at the Mystic
FRONTIERS RECORDS www.frontiers.it For a band of their longevity, Y and T live albums have been thin on the ground. In fact the only one I can recall was 1985’s Open Fire, which with its single disc track listing came … Continue reading
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JIMI JAMISON – Never Too Late
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Following on the heels of his last solo album, the wonderful “Crossroads Moment” (and “Extra Moments”) which was mostly co-written with ex-Survivor colleague Jim Peterik, comes “Never Too Late”. The Survivor writing connection has been severed for this … Continue reading
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Tagged Eclipse, Erik Martensson, Frontiers, Jimi Jamison, Never Too Late, Survivor, W.E.T.
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Rising Stars – GENE THE WEREWOLF
Gene the Werewolf have just released their debut album ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Animal’ on Frontiers. It is a perfect album if you love bands like Kiss, the Darkness and Van Halen… What are you currently up to? As odd as … Continue reading
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Tagged Frontiers, Gene The Werewolf, Kiss, Rock n’ Roll Animal, The Darkness, Van Halen
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GENE THE WEREWOLF- Rock n’ Roll Animal
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Strangely for a relatively new band, Gene The Werewolf, have captured that big mid to late ‘80’s vibe perfectly. Don’t be fooled by the off the wall name as the band seamlessly blends the feel of mid-career KISS, … Continue reading
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Tagged Frontiers, Gene The Werewolf, Kiss, Rock n’ Roll Animal, Winger
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DOKKEN – Broken Bones
Frontiers Rumoured to be the last album under the band name Dokken, new album “Broken Bones” is somewhat of a triumphant fanfare that rolls back the years. Featuring only Don Dokken and drummer Mick Brown from the original line up, … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken Bones, Dokken, Frontiers
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SOLIEL MOON – On The Way To Everything
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Soliel Moon is a duo formed by vocalist Larry King (current singer in the Michael Thompson Band and Michael Thompson guests on this album) and keyboardist John Blasucci. This is the band’s second album and … Continue reading
TEN – Heresy & Creed
FRONTIERS RECORDS www.frontiers.it Less than two years after returning to something like their old form with their Stormwarning release, Ten have capitalised on renewed interest and a successful mini tour with a new line up with an … Continue reading
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Tagged Frontiers, Gary Hughes, Heresy & Creed, melodic rock, TEN
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JEFF LYNNE – Long Wave
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Nothing for years and then along comes a re-recorded best of E.L.O. and a solo album from Jeff Lynne on the same day. “Long Wave” is titled in tribute to the old radio shows that … Continue reading
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Tagged ELO, Frontiers, Jeff Lynne, Long Wave
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PRIDE OF LIONS – Immortal
FRONTIERS RECORDS Bringing together ex Survivor keyboardist and songwriter to the stars Jim Peterik with relatively young singer Toby Hitchcock, Pride of Lions are something of a Marmite band in AOR circles. Among the many – myself included- who drooled … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Frontiers, Immortal, Jim Peterik, melodic rock, Pride of Lions, Survivor, Toby Hitchcock
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LOVERBOY – Rock N Roll Revival
Frontiers I’ll be honest, I was sceptical of this one, however nothing else has got near my stereo for weeks- “Rock N Roll Revival” is, hands down, one of my favourite albums of 2012. Mixing three new … Continue reading
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Tagged Frontiers, Loverboy, Rock N Roll Revival
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HESS – Living In Yesterday
FRONTIERS RECORDS www.frontiers.it For over 15 years Canadians Harem Scarem were one of the best melodic rock bands in the business, and among a variety of changing musical styles from one album to the next, the effortlessly … Continue reading
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Tagged Frontiers, HESS, Living In Yesterday
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TRIUMPH – Live at Sweden Rock Festival
Frontiers www.frontiers.it For those of you who don’t know Triumph are Canada’s 2nd biggest rock trio – behind the mighty Rush of course. The three original members of Triumph, Gil Moore (vocals/drums), Mike Levine (bass) and Rik Emmett (guitars), reformed … Continue reading
ECLIPSE – Bleed and Scream
Frontiers Records (Released 21st September) www.frontiers.it Back in 2008, the swaggering sounds of their second album Are you Ready To Rock marked Swedish band Eclipse out as a coming force in melodic rock. Since that date lead singer and multi … Continue reading
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SUNSTORM – Emotional Fire
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Well, well, well. Joe Lynn Turner makes a welcome return on an album that doesn’t sound like a Deep Purple mock up! I have to say the releases I had hear JLT perform on over the last ten … Continue reading
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Tagged Emotional Fire, Frontiers, Joe Lynn Turner, Sunstorm
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PRIDE OF LIONS to return with their fourth album
Frontiers Records is excited to announce the return of PRIDE OF LIONS with the release of their anticipated fourth studio album entitled “Immortal” on September 21st in Europe and September 24th in North America. The 11 tracks new album is … Continue reading
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Tagged Frontiers, Jim Peterik, Pride of Lions, Survivor, Toby Hitchcock
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10Q’s with MILLION $ RELOADED
Vocalist Phil Conaline gives the lowdown on their excellent new album and hat their drummer gets up when he’s asleep on tour… What are you currently up to? Doing press for the album, planning tours, gigging in Ireland, the usual … Continue reading
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Tagged A Sinner’s Saint, AC/DC, Frontiers, Million $ Reloaded
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MILLION DOLLAR RELOAD – A Sinner’s Saint
Frontiers 2012 www.frontiers.it Second album from this young Belfast based band and their first for their new label Frontiers. Listening to this album vocalist Phil Conaline brings to mind the late Bon Scott and … Continue reading
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Tagged A Sinner’s Saint, AC/DC, Frontiers, Million Dollar Reloaded, Skin
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WIGELIUS – Reinventions
Frontiers Records 2012 Frontiers Records roster tends to focus more on established melodic rock names, albeit often in new combinations, so it is a pleasure to see them put their weight behind a new name. Anders Wigelius is a Swede … Continue reading
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CIRCUS MAXIMUS – Nine
Frontiers 2012 www.frontiers.it These Norwegians formed way back in 2000 as a covers band interpreting Symphony X, Dream Theater and the like. Debut album “The 1st Chapter” was released in 2005 with follow up “Isolate” seeing the light of day … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus Maximus, Frontiers
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