Stream and listen to new and full Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Melodoc AOR music albums before their official release.
On May 8, the melodic rock band Vega releases their new studio album “Grit Your Teeth” via the company Frontiers Records. The first taste of the upcoming album is expected to be presented within the next few days.
Following on from last year’s “The Bronze Years 1973-1981” collection comes “Tales Of Live Fire & Other Mysteries”, a 5CD set that revisits two prolific years for Ken, with albums released in 2012 and 2013.
On March 27th, 2020, the Mascot Label Group will release Ayreon’s new live album “Electric Castle Live & Other Tiles” on Music Theories Recordings as a 5 disc photo book (Earbook). Last September Ayreon mastermindArjen Lucassen invited to 4 exclusive shows in Tilburg, Netherlands, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his album “IntoThe Electric Castle”, which is now a progressive rock classic.
symphonic metal, while not staying within the genre-specific boundaries, but daring to look beyond the horizon. The glorious new album follows in the footsteps of bands like Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica and Co.
In their French homeland, the up-and-coming symphonic metal band quickly attracted attention and played shows with Kobra And The Lotus as well as Imperial Age. In September 2019, the group contacted Fabio D’Amore, the bassist of Serenity. This enabled the French to record their album, which featured guest contributions from renowned musicians such as Matteo Sisti (Eluveitie), Melissa Bonny (Ad Infinitum), Michele Guaitoli (Temperance, Visions Of Atlantis) and Fabio Lethien Polo (Elvenking) on one or more songs.
The album was mastered in the Bazement Studio by Markus Teske (Vanden Plas and others) and among the guest singers are Eric Dow (Hellsott, USA on “My Misery” and “Don’t Leave This World”), Michael Thionville (Voodoma, Germany on “Fly With Me”) and Lachezar Stefanov (Bulgaria, on “Bleed”). A highlight in symphonic Heavy Metal!
This is a band making their name the old-fashioned way, earning their stripes night after night through hard work on the road. From their home in Canada to stages across America and Europe, The Wild! are here to give rock fans something very real. If you like straightforward, no-bullshit rock and roll, The Wild! is here to deliver.
Head East, the hard rockers from East Central Illinois, United States, were best known for their AOR hit “Never Been Any Reason”. Recorded with all five original band members.
Melissa Bonny’s multi-facetted voice fills every level of the hymn “Demons” – from stunning highs to deep growls. Where others still get lost in colorful descriptions, AD INFINITUM have already cursed the world and go straight to the heart of every Symphonic Metal fan.
5-track EP in Digipak! The trio of singer/guitarist Peter Shoulder, drummer Brian Tichy (ex-Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Billy Idol, Foreigner uva) and bassist Daniel Spree sounds like QOTSA and Soundgarden were hanging out at a Led Zeppelin concert where Free and Cream are the opening acts. While the British singer keeps reminding us of the sorely missed Chris Cornell, drummer Brian Tichy is an absolute legend among rock fans.