Genre: Classic Rock/Hard Rock/Pop Rock/AOR/Glam
Release Producer: Time Life (US)
Year of Release: 2007
Category: Melodic Rock | AOR
Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. AOR evolved from progressive rock radio in the mid-1970s, using research and formal programming to create an album rock format with greater commercial appeal.
Steve Maggiora (Toto) – Unburdened 2025
Keyboardist/singer and songwriter Steve Maggiora (Toto) recently released the album “Unburdened”, which can be found on plotn08, among other platforms.
MIDNITE CITY – Midnite City +2 bonus [Pride & Joy Music Classixx 018] (2025)
English melodic hard rockers MIDNITE CITY hit the scene like a blast with their first two albums “Midnite City” (2017) und “There Goes The Neighbourhood” (2018). Frontman Rob Wylde (Tigertailz, ex Vega), Pete Newdeck (Newman, Eden’s Curse) and the rest of guys live the band to the fullest and deliver great party-ready melodic rock with AOR touches.
Midnite City – 2018 – There Goes The Neighbourhood (2025 PJM-X-019+2 bonus), MP3+FLAC CD
Country:Germany
Released:2025
Style:Hard Rock
Sleek – Still Hurts 2025
Country:Denmark
Released:2025
Style:AOR, Arena Rock
Rick Cuevas – Symbolism 2025
Country:US
Released:, 2025
Style:Soft Rock, AOR
Various Artists – Night City Life II 2025
Label:Spacetalk Records – STLKLP010
Series:Night City Life
Country:UK
Released: 2025
Style:Italo-Disco, AOR, Alt-Pop
Saraya – Outtakes 2025, mp3+flac
Any female-fronted melodic hard rock band should look to Saraya as the blueprint, and you, as fan of the genre, need both their albums in your collection.
Don Henley (Ex.Eagles) – Inside Job (Remastered) – (2000) 2025
Genre: Pop Rock
Country of artist (group): USA
Year of publication: 2025
B.O.W (Brotherhood Of Wolves) – Beyond The Mask (2025), MP3+FLAC
B.O.W (Brotherhood Of Wolves) born in 2021 after a historical pandemic when Tommy López (Drums and composer) and Vladimir Emelin – lyricist for the last album Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) – decided to create a rock n’ roll band mixing the classic style from the Seventies & Eighties with a contemporary sound.