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Tag Archives: melodic
Album review: HOUSE OF SHAKIRA – Sour Grapes
MelodicRock Records [Release date 26.08.16] Time doesn’t half fly as House Of Shakira have been around since 1991 and their classic ‘Lint’ album was released back in 1994 – every rock fan’s home should have a copy of that album … Continue reading
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Tagged album, House Of Shakira, melodic, review, rock, Sour Grapes
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Quick plays: CHANGE OF HEART, THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE
CHANGE OF HEART – Last Tiger Escape Music [Release date 22.07.16] Change Of Heart first appeared back in 1998 and released their last album way back in 2005 ‘Truth Or Dare’. They are back with their polished Brit AOR/melodic rock … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Change Of Heart, gothic, Imagica, Last Tiger, melodic, review, rock, Thadeus Gonzalez, the Birthday Massacre
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Album review: 7HY – Stories We Tell
Lion’s Pride Music [Release date 19.08.16] When a band with history ends it is very tragic. Especially if the demise of that band involves an actual tragedy like illness or death. Under those circumstances a band is justified in moving … Continue reading
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Tagged 7HY, Alan Kelly, album, melodic, review, rock, Shawn Pelata, Shy, Steve Harris, Stories We Tell
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Quick plays: TRICK OR TREAT, DANTE FOX, DIMH, DIVAN
TRICK OR TREAT Rabbit’s Hill Pt. 2 Frontiers [Release date 08.07.16] A concept album from a power/melodic metal band (who used to be a Helloween covers act) based on Richard Adams’ classic novel ‘Watership Down’. What could possibly go wrong?! Nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, AOR, Breathless, Dante Fox, DIMH Project, Divan, melodic, melodic rock, metal, Modern Knowledge, Rabbit's Hill Pt.2, review, rock, Spirit Love & Higher Meaning, The Stone Angels, Trick Or Treat, Victim & Maker, Watership Down
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EP review: ROBBIE RANSOM – Rocks In My Pocket
On Sunday 4 September, at 21:00 Robbie Ransom is featured in the “In Session” series, exclusively for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio More information Rubber Meets The Road Records [Release date 29.07.16] www.robbieransom.xyz Debut EP release from a highly talented … Continue reading
Album review: CULVER KINGZ – This Time
Escape Music [Release date 24.06.16] Culver Kingz maybe a new name, however the ideas for the musical pairing started back in 1983 when Michael Thompson and Billy Trudel planned a band called Slang. Sadly this never came to fruition and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Billy Trudel, Culver Kingz, melodic, Michael Thompson, R&B, review, rock, soul, This Time, Toto, West Coast
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Album review: PUNKY MEADOWS – Fallen Angel
Escape Music [Release date 20.05.16] I will admit from the start I have never really been a big fan of 70′s pomp rockers Angel. I have tried many times to get into their music as I love pomp rock, but … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Angel, AOR, Escape Music, Fallen Angel, melodic, Punky Meadows, review, rock
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Album review: DARE – Sacred Ground
Legend Records [Release date 15.07.16] Dare return with their first all new album since 2009′s ‘Arc Of The Dawn’ – although we did have ‘Calm Before The Storm 2′ in 2012 which was a re-recording/revamp of the 1998 album of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Celtic, Dare, Darren Wharton, melodic, review, rock, Sacred Ground, Thin Lizzy, Vinnie Burns
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Album review: JORN – Heavy Rock Radio
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 03.06.16] Jorn is back with…another covers album. In the past few years he has been doing various re-recordings of his older work or covers, plus last years rather good ‘Dracula – The Swing Of Death’ with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic, Covers, Frontiers, Heavy Rock Radio, John Farnham, Jorn, Journey, Kate Bush, melodic, Queen, review, rock, Trond Holter
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Quick plays: PHANTOM 5, LUKE ELLIOT, HEADLINE MANIAC
PHANTOM 5 S/T Frontiers [Release date 13.05.16] Phantom 5 is a new band/project featuring the familiar names of Michael Voss (Casanova/Silver/Bonfire/Mad Max), vocalist Claus Lessmann (ex-Bonfire), guitarist Robby Boebel (Frontline), drummer Axel Kruse (drums) and on bass Francis Buchholz (MS … Continue reading
Album review: STRATOVARIUS – Best Of
earMUSIC [Release date 20.05.16] Stratovarius have been around since 1985 and have to date released 16 studio albums, so as you can imagine this 29 song best of will only touch on the band’s impressive musical output to date. The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, best of, EarMusic, Jens Johansson, melodic, metal, neoclassical, power, review, Stratovarius, Timo Kotipelto, Wacken Festival
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Album review: DAN REED NETWORK – Fight Another Day
In the first hour of his weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, on 29 May 2016, David Randall chatted to Dan Reed and played tracks from the album ‘Fight Another Day’. Frontiers [Release date 03.06.16] When we encountered … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, Fight Another Day, funk, interview, melodic, metal, review, rock
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Gig review: TERRY BROCK – Underworld, Camden, 26 April 2016
Tuesday nights are most probably not the best night for a gig unless you are Jeff Lynne, who was playing at bit further east at the O2 Arena. However, for the small and loyal bunch who turned up to see … Continue reading
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Tagged 26 April, acoustic, Camden, Eagles, gig, melodic, pop, review, rock, Solo, soul, Strangeways, Terry Brock, the Darker My Horizon, The Underworld
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Album review: EPIC – Like A Phoenix
Escape Music www.escape-music.com [Release date 22.04.16] Never judge a book (or in this case CD) by its cover, as the band’s name Epic and cover artwork on this album may have you expecting a power or melodic metal album. It … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, epic, Escape Music, Heart, Like A Phoenix, melodic, review, rock, Witness
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Album review: CHRIS OUSEY – Dream Machine
Escape Music [Release date 22.04.16] Chris Ousey has taken time out from fronting Snakecharmer to release his follow-up to his 2011 album ‘Rhyme & Reason’. He is joined by various guest musicians including fellow Snakecharmer Adam Wakeman, Tommy Denander and … Continue reading
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Tagged albuim, AOR, Chris Ousey, Dream Machine, Heartland, melodic, review, rock, Snakecharmer, Tommy Denander, Virginia Wolf
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Album review: CIRCUS MAXIMUS – Havok
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 18.03.16] Circus Maximus have been around since 2000 and this is album number four from them. Previously they have been more into straight ahead prog metal recalling bands like Kamelot and Symphony X, this time though … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Circus Maximus, Havok, melodic, metal, prog, progressive metal, review, rock
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Album review: DRIVE, SHE SAID – Pedal To The Metal
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 15.04.16] Mark Mangold and Al Fritsch appeared under the Touch banner at the 2014 Firefest and this sparked them creating new music, hence now we have the first new Drive, She Said (DSS) album since 2003′s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Drive, melodic, Pedal To The Metal, pomp, review, rock, She Said
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Album review: AOR – L.A. Darkness
Escape Music www.escape-music.com [Release date 22.03.16] Frédéric Slama is back with the latest installment of the AOR series, number fifteen to be precise. Joining him are an impressive list of singers including Jeff Scott Soto and Steve Overland, plus Tommy … Continue reading
Album review: GRANDHOUR – Bombs & Bullets
Rock Hawk Records [27.11.15] Australia has produced some interesting bands recently, Shadowqueen and Kitchen Witch immediately come to mind. Although bands like Palace Of The King and Tracer have followed the perhaps more predictable AC/DC lineage. The latest contenders – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Aussie, Australia, Bombs & Bullets, Grandhour, hard rock, melodic, review, rock
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Album review: DREAM THEATER – The Astonishing
Roadrunner Records [Release date 29.01.16] Epic. Sprawling. Career defining? Perhaps. Dream Theater have unleashed upon its adoring fans an album of such substantial girth that it makes the job of reviewing it reasonably tough. DT are known for super long … Continue reading
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Tagged album, concept, Dream Theater, James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, melodic, metal, progressive, review, the Astonishing
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Album review: LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM – Paintings
AOR Heaven [Released 26.02.16] Album number twelve from Last Autumn’s Dream who, with a couple of exceptions, release a new album at the start of each year. The line-up is the same as 2015′s ‘Level Eleven’, making this the second … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, AOR Heaven, Last Autumn’s Dream, melodic, Paintings, review, rock
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Album review: IAN DANTER – Second Time Around
Cherry Red [Release date 25.09.15] I enjoyed TalkSport’s (he also subs in at Planet Rock and is the drummer in Kiss tribute band Dressed To Kill) Ian Danter’s debut album ‘Prove You Wrong’, released in 2013 and here is the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic, Greg Hart, IAN DANTER, Kiss, melodic, power pop, review, rock, Second Time Around, talkSPORT
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Quick plays: BRAD SCHECTER, ATOMIC SYMPHONY
BRAD SCHECTER – Live Your Dreams www.bradschecter.com This is Brad Schecter’s debut album (he has fronted a couple of metal bands according to his bio) and the songs on here represent 22 years of songs he has been working on. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Atomic Symphon, Brad Schecter, Lazy Bonez, Live Your Dreams, melodic, metal, prog, review, rock
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Album review: MYSTERY – Delusion Rain
Unicorn Digital http://www.unicorndigital.net/ Mystery are back with their follow-up to 2012′s ‘The World Is A Game’. Since then the band have changed vocalists with Jean Pageau replacing Benoît David, who left to join prog rock legends Yes and has subsequently … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Delusion Rain, melodic, music, Mystery, progressive, review, rock, Unicorn Digital
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Album review: GRAND SLAM – A New Dawn
AOR Heaven [Release date 29.01.16] Next up – guess what….a melodic, AOR release out of Sweden ! If I didn’t get a free promo copy from the record label, this would undoubtedly be on my annual wish-list to the North … Continue reading
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Tagged A New Dawn, album, AOR, AOR Heaven, Grand Slam, melodic, review
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