Category: Coming Soon

Stream and listen to new and full Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Melodoc AOR music albums before their official release.

The Rods – The Rods Live [Rock Candy Records] 2020


Their melodic metal with clear borrowings from the seventies was part of the NWOBHM’s haze at the beginning of the 1980s and the band played gigs with Iron Maiden or Motörhead. Three meanwhile sought-after albums are now released as valuable CD reissues with bonus tracks, new liner notes and previously unreleased photos by classic rock specialist Rock Candy.

The Rods – In The Raw [Rock Candy Records] 2020


The 1980 founded combo around front man David ‘Rock’ Feinstein always stood a little in the shadow of Feinstein’s cousin Ronnie James Dio despite good releases. The New York singer and guitarist could not match his vocal brilliance, which was not necessary.

Accept – Too Mean To Die 2021


The German figurehead of Heavy Metal releases his new, much anticipated studio album “Too Mean To Die” via Nuclear Blast! Special circumstances often lead to very special albums. This is certainly true for “Too Mean To Die”, which of course alludes to the Corona era, even if in a different way than we might have expected. No doubt: With “Too Mean To Die” ACCEPT are once again playing at the top of the Champions League of the genre. Wolf Hoffmann & Co. present the (music) world eleven masterpieces at the beginning of 2021 – eleven songs for eternity.

Fiction Syxx – Talk Dark Secrets (Re-Release) 2020


FICTION SYXX released their debut, “TALL DARK SECRETS”, which was released via MELODIC ROCK RECORDS and was well received worldwide in 2017. MARK ALLEN LANOUE (Chasing karma/Biloxi/Persian Risk), Tony “The Fretless Monster” Franklin (Kenny Wayne Shepard/The Firm/Blue Murder), JK Northrup (King Kobra/XYZ), Eric Ragno (Joel Lynn Turner/Graham Bonnet),

Tungsten – Tundra 2020


Karl says: “The diversity is still definitely there just like on the first album. But this time around to quote my dad’s boss from the 80s ‘MORE IS MORE’!”

Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019, 3 CD, 2020


Throughout the show, Clapton shared the stage with other musicians to perform some of his most famous songs, including “Layla? with John Mayer and acoustic versions of “Wonderful Tonight? and “Lay Down Sally? with Andy airweather Low. Clapton bowed with a glowing performance of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps? alongside Peter Frampton also before his deceased friend George Harrison.

Melvins – Working With God 2021


The new album featuring the 1983 lineup on limited edition 140gr custard vinyl (500 made for the world). Features a fold-out poster. Artwork by Mackie Osborne.