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Album review : STRYPER – When We Were Kings
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Frontiers [Release date : 13.09.24] When We Were Kings is Stryper’s 12th studio album. The line up remains Michael Sweet, Robert Sweet, Oz Fox and Perry Richardson, solid for nearly seven years now. When we reviewed their last two albums, … Continue reading
Album review: TNT – Tell No Tales and Intuition (Remasters)
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Rock Candy Records [Release date: 25.03.22] In 1984 TNT were a tight, solid rock band, populated by gifted musicians, all looking for a sound that would define them. They had just broken through with second album, Knights Of The New … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, AOR, Bjorn Nessjo, melodic rock, remaster, review, Ronni Le Tekro, Stage Dolls, Stryper, TNT, Tony Harnell
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Album review: FAITHSEDGE – Bleed For Passion
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Scarlet Records [Release date 26.07.19] ”Bleed For Passion” is the new album from Faithsedge, the band comprising of former Dokken guitarist Alex De Rosso, Timothy Gaines (formerly of Stryper) on bass, drummer Matt Starr (Ace Frehley/Mr Big) and vocalist Giancarlo … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bleed For Passion, Dokken, Faithsedge, hard rock, Mr Big, review, rock, Scarlet Records, Stryper
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Album review: MASS – When 2 Worlds Collide
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Escape Music [Release date 25.05.18] This is album number eight from Mass who have been making music since the mid-80′s. On this album the added keys/strings provided by Jeremy Heussi add another dimension to the band’s classy melodic hard rock … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS
Tagged album, Escape Music, hard rock, interview, Mass, melodic rock, Michael Sweet, review, rock, Stryper, When 2 Worlds Collide
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Album review: SWEET & LYNCH – Unified
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Frontiers [Release date 10.11.17] Second album from Sweet & Lynch – Michael Sweet and George Lynch – who have both been busy with their respective bands Stryper and Lynch Mob. In fact the ever busy Lynch has recently announced he … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dokken, George Lynch, melodic, Michael Sweet, review, rock, Stryper, Sweet & Lynch, Unified
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Album review: STRYPER – Fallen
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Frontiers Records [Release date 16.10.15] Few bands can have been subject to such misconceptions as Stryper. The overt way they wore their Christian faith on their distinctive yellow and black sleeves divided opinion when they emerged in the eighties and, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Christian rock, hard rock, Michael Sweet, Oz Fox, review, Stryper
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Album review: SWEET AND LYNCH – Only to Rise
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Frontiers Records [Release Date 23.01.15] Sweet and Lynch may sound like a firm of corporate lawyers, an image accentuated by the album cover of the pair suited and booted in front of a cityscape of skyscrapers, but it is the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Brian Tichy, Dokken, George Lynch, Lynch Mob, melodic hard rock, Michael Sweet, Only to Rise, review, Stryper, Sweet And Lynch
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Gig Review: FRONTIERS ROCK FESTIVAL, Italy, 1-3 May 2014
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Famous Italian bands can be counted on the fingers of one hand, yet it is an Italian label, Frontiers Records, who have emerged as the world force in melodic rock. Starting with the underground acts, they have accumulated a huge … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrenaline Rush, AOR, Crazy Lixx, Danger Danger, Eclipse, festival, Frontiers, gig, Hardline, Issa, Italy, Jake E Lee, Jeff Scott Soto, John Waite, LRS, May 2014, melodic rock, Moonland, Night Ranger, Pretty Maids, Red Dragon Cartel, review, Snakecharmer, Stryper, Tesla, Three Lions, W.E.T., Winger
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Quick plays: STRYPER, PAPER AEROPLANES
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STRYPER – The Second Coming Frontiers www.frontiers.it Stryper are having second wind with two studio albums since they returned back in 2003 (plus a covers album) and they are currently working on a new album for … Continue reading
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Tagged Little Letters, PAPER AEROPLANES, Stryper, The Second Coming
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