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1st Avenue - Daily Battle |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: April 15, 2025 at 2:16 |
| superb release for 1ST AVENUE back in 94 and to be honest i rather prefer that one from their debut as the songs are catchier and the sound is more clear and the whole thing breathes better!excellent musicianship and vocal performance and great songs are offered like "call me','feel love","ready for you" and "over and done"!essential
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Ajar - Welcome Inside |
| From: AOR1 |
Date: April 14, 2025 at 6:00 |
| Interesting German indie. Half of the songs (track 1-3) offer pure uptempo melodic rock with nice keys and good female backing vocals. Track 4-6 more in the melodic hard rock direction, still very catchy. This band never released anything else and as far as I know only 750 copies were pressed. So this one is pretty hard to find.
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Aris - Epilog |
| From: AOR1 |
Date: April 12, 2025 at 14:44 |
| In 1991 Aris won a song contest; price was a cd release. Done in 1992 and released with only 700 copies. So this is an extremely rare cd. Unfortunately the band split in 1993 (reunited many years later releasing Rain Dries). This release offers excellent, pretty professionel sounding AOR/Melodic with a clearly proggy touch. Very reminiscent to Saga. Best track imo is White Eagle, a great uptempo aor rocker.
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Halestorm - Live At Wembley |
| From: CC |
Date: April 11, 2025 at 10:33 |
| Even though I don't really buy that many live albums, I only bought this one for the completionist in me. I have been a massive Halestorm fan since the debut album, but in recent years I have not been blown away by the their albums. Vicious had too many slower paced ballad style tracks, and Back from the dead went the opposite way with too much screaming style vocals. Compared to their previous live album, this has a more varied spread across their discography but is missing several key songs from their career (It's not you springs to mind) even considering the bigger tracklist. Sound wise it is not bad, but like the last album, Lzzy is trying too hard with the vocals, screaming lyrics that really do not need screaming. She has a great voice, but that does not mean she has to constantly push it. Sometimes subtly is better.
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W.E.T. - Apex |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: April 11, 2025 at 9:28 |
| the advantage with W.E.T is that i m never disapointed.like grand design,khymera or white widdow,for example ,they do always the same thing record after record.and miracle it s never boring,i ve always the same pleasure to hear their songs.one more time this new record is hyper solid ,hyper consistant with only killer and catchy songs.tracks 4 and 9 are two beautiful ballads."pleasure & pain is a hit.tracks 1.8 and 11 are some fabulous hard rock songs.the rest is top class hard fm.the guitar solo at the end of "where are the heroes now" is irresistible, i ll guess that it never finish.track 12 ,the japan bonus track is an acoustic version of the ballad "love conquers all".not essential.one more time jeff scott soto and his friends of work of art and eclipse have made a really great job.i specify that i m not fan of eclipse and work of art two decent band ,not more.
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Chris Laney - Only Come Out At Night |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: April 10, 2025 at 10:26 |
| excellent 2nd release for CHRIS LANEY and it is easy to see from first tune what a great songwriter Chris is !massive commercial hard rock sound like DANGER DANGER,DEF LEPPARD oR SWEDISH EROTICA and songs that really lift you up,well performed by his all star guests!"one kiss tonight","love so bad",'playing with fire" and "b4 is 2 late" are great songs indeed !wow
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Candlebox - Candlebox |
| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: April 10, 2025 at 7:39 |
| That station drifted away from hard rock about the same time "You" would have been released as the next single, early '94, so I never heard it. Again, not my favorite, nor is that off-kilter waltzy thing that I think of as the Candlebox beat because they used it so often. I didn't get this band until I heard "Far Behind" the next summer. And if Kevin Martin hated being lumped in with grunge, apparently the feeling was more than mutual: the protectors of grunge loathed his band.
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Candlebox - Candlebox |
| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: April 10, 2025 at 7:31 |
| Though I did come to enjoy Candlebox, my initial reaction was not positive. When we first started hearing "Change" on the radio in the summer of '93, I felt the same way I would later about Live or Creed: who is this band and why are they getting so much airplay, do people even really like them that much? Even then, I tended to resist any music that I felt (rightly or wrongly) was being pushed on me. The local metal station _have a promotion where they would make a certain release their "Breaker of the Month" and it would be on sale at a particular chain of record stores in the area. Candlebox's debut was the Breaker of the Month for August. This was exactly the time that I was starting to explore heavier metal, so Candlebox's whole heart-on-sleeve thing, where most of the album seemed made up of ballads or semi-ballads ... what the fuck was this?
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Honeymoon Suite - Racing After Midnight |
| From: titothetitan |
Date: April 9, 2025 at 15:00 |
| I was never that much of a fan of this band, but I listen to one of their albums every now and then. The first two albums have some cool songs, but they also have fillers inbetween. This third one (more guitar driven), to me, was their most consistent album so far — one good song after another. 10 really nice songs. Strangely, it was this album that caused the band to start losing momentum and fade into obscurity (overseas, at least).
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Doc Holliday - Son Of The Morning Star |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 12:40 |
| sad news.r i p to daniel bud ford the fantastic bassist of doc holliday.he ll play in paradise always with his left hand.
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Pryer - Kick 'N' Rush |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:34 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/QEd3NIwpdwo?si=yHfKnCzRpWfAO7Pc
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2nd East - Heart On Fire |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:31 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/VI1Jn67SSs4?si=ou-Pns6jtdVKix0F
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Headrocks - Headrocks |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:28 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/6zw4VvwxE2U?si=lcDBPY065ZJeGZ9i
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Sad But True - Done! |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:25 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/SlO372jQJjY?si=FrH6Psmvp6nFYMMh
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Gypsy Stew - Down In One |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:20 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/3asvMmOn8bQ?si=aHt94KmEV6JPeeXY
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Big Deal - A Place To Go |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:18 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/235b6KOEEfk?si=BvG-ncfafedfaQTK
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Glenmore - Materialized |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:16 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/OQwjpdzl2CU?si=RQHMkMrDRbczsMWE
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Diane - Adventures |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:15 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/CalnaZk6UUg?si=z53EFIBH1o2V-ctO
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Edison - Experience |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:14 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/y3TjFbxTFls?si=y6GmqUtg8MRO2VwF
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Sierra - Karma |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:13 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/xyt-xs9Yeak?si=BLkdcLDm_LoBplfP
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Stitch - Freakshow Box |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:12 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/Au0dpSEK3uw?si=9tuySFoyNs5ma1uP
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Penny Lane - In Memoriam |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:11 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/OAmqcV0R2gM?si=zxa_oVBHkmZixJ-Y
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Heat - Heat |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:09 |
| Album streaming: https://youtu.be/jovPkb-gMfE?si=B4P8u1m1hcyzC5nv
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Cinnamon - Eat It! |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:07 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/tOTcAQ4c_pE?si=jFw8lQBowxnU5as9
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Earthquake - Identity |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:04 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/hvM7hzkFnjY?si=Ia9vFnYFs2trPPYv
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Cold Fire - Realized |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 8:00 |
| Song: https://youtu.be/qrCqQGUnGN4?si=1DGa4ETWUswXYkp6
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Red Balloon - XXL |
| From: Andy |
Date: April 8, 2025 at 7:59 |
| https://youtu.be/3MjNHIKI_hg?si=2Uov4E9bcsPwcglE
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Trans Am - Fasten Seatbelts |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: April 7, 2025 at 7:34 |
| pretty good release for TRANS AM back in 89 offering that rough hard rock sound of the German scene ,doings the basics pretty well!nothing blowminding,still very consistent with good songs like "hot for love",'miss marple" and "thrill in the night"!recommended
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Heart Line - Back in the Game |
| From: Ydol eM |
Date: April 6, 2025 at 10:36 |
| This album contains all the clichés that melodic heavy AOR rock can have. However, despite/because of this fact, I like it a lot. Anyway, I must admit, it wasn't love at first spin. At first, I ranked it somewhere among bands TERRA NOVA, MELODICA, or MORATTI (a boy's voice of the singer and a bit "thin" sound of the album), but the more I listened to it, the higher place on my list HL took. Still below bands like VALENTINE or WOA, but I regard them as quite a promising band. Therefore, it's also worth checking their next two albums (IMO). So, if you are still searching for the spirit of the lost 80s, you might give it a chance to these French guys. Caution: It May Be Addictive! 85/100.
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Return - Return |
| From: Holland4you |
Date: April 4, 2025 at 16:38 |
| 2005 and the summer was right there, all that i see was a great songs for the late nights. Every Little Step was just a great rocker in a melodic style. Save the heart was the memorie from the olddays when AOR ruled the airwaved in europe. It's not the best album but in the time when it was released i was in my 20's and we just ride a melodic Rail
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Return - Straight Down the Line |
| From: Holland4you |
Date: April 4, 2025 at 16:30 |
| Bought this cd/album in 2001 at a record fair in The Netherlands. Other times when Aor was nowhere to be found beside MelodicRock.com. Did some reviews for Aardschock a magazine in Holland and i really loved this band and album. Lonely , United, Five Minutes, Russian Roulette are top!!
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Lightspeed - On Second Thought |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: April 3, 2025 at 3:15 |
| very good release for LIGHTSPEED from Canada back in 95 offering some quality hard rock music on the lighter side of things their sound is somewhere between bands like INTRUDER,KHARMA or SUNSHINE JIVE!their great musicianship abilities and vocal work are obvious from first tune but the songs are also remarkable!recommended
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Garrison - The Final Chapter |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: April 2, 2025 at 12:47 |
| i can add that track 5 is not a live track.thanx to correct this error.
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Garrison - The Final Chapter |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: April 2, 2025 at 12:45 |
| i know this story by heart.an aor band have some demos at the end of the eighties ,they sign with a major (atlantic) but the record never see the light of day cause the horrible grunge wawe.it s a classic.this is the story of the scottish band garrison.it s obvious that these guys are very talented and have a very big potential.tracks 1 to 6 have a super sound.track 7 a good sound,tracks 8. 9. 10 a good live sound but a little raw,tracks 11 and 12 an horrible sound,a nightmare.tracks 1.6.9 and 10 are some top class hard rock songs influenced by bon jovi .track 5(superb) is influenced by foreigner and tracks 2.3 and 4(fantastic) are influenced by def leppard.track 7 is a super song.track 8 is very average and tracks 11 and 12 are some decent songs really destroy by an awful sound.this cd was out last month,three weeks later it is very very hard to find.only 500 copies worlwide.if you finf it ,it s simple,buy buy ,buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: April 1, 2025 at 0:44 |
| very good instrumental release for JOE SATRIANI back in 87 offering flawless music that keeps the interest high in every tune !not any fast shredding but very unique and clever performing that truly set him as a pioneer of the scene!"crushing day","always with me,always with you" and "satch boogie" are the highlights
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Tesla - All About Love |
| From: Doug |
Date: March 31, 2025 at 17:49 |
Well, I guess this album is "All About Love," huh? LOL. 
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Robin McAuley - Soulbound |
| From: Doug |
Date: March 31, 2025 at 17:45 |
| Very much in the same vein as his other solo albums, good stuff!
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Dorothy - The Way |
| From: Doug |
Date: March 31, 2025 at 17:43 |
| Love, love, love, Dorothy!!
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Alien - When Yesterday Comes Around |
| From: titothetitan |
Date: March 31, 2025 at 16:26 |
| It's a better album than the last ones—better produced and back to its roots. We know that Jim's voice has aged, but here he has greater control over his limitations, and he sounds good. I’d say he hasn’t sounded this good since Full Circle in 2003. Tony shines with his guitar solos throughout the album. To me, he hasn't sounded like this since the 1988 debut. Toby Tarrach plays the drums masterfully. I really liked all the songs, except Love Is War, which is just OK and feels a bit out of place on the album, and Signs, which I consider the filler of the album. Awareness is a beautiful and short closing track in the vein of Somewhere Out There.
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Yes - Big Generator |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: March 31, 2025 at 0:07 |
| very good release for YES back in 87 with perfect production and sound and plenty of those harmony vocals that always been their trademark!all the songs are remarkable and the music flows pretty well!recommended
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Nestor - Teenage Rebel |
| From: titothetitan |
Date: March 30, 2025 at 9:34 |
| A good follow-up, but it caught me like the first one did. I missed the nighttime vibe and atmospheric keyboards here.
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Nestor - Kids in a Ghost Town |
| From: titothetitan |
Date: March 30, 2025 at 9:28 |
| Whata pleasant surprise this album is. All the songs are good, without fillers. I really liked the nighttime vibe and the atmospheric keyboards.
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Talisman - Talisman |
| From: AOR1 |
Date: March 29, 2025 at 16:52 |
| Simply one of the best melodic hard rock releases ever. Fantastic. 94/100
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Madison - Best In Show |
| From: titothetitan |
Date: March 28, 2025 at 19:01 |
| I got a bootleg of their unreleased 3rd album, called 'Northern Light,' with Pete Sandberg (Alien, Von Rosen) on vocals. To my surprise, it’s a very competent AOR album, and I enjoyed it much more than the first two albums.
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Madison - Diamond Mistress |
| From: titothetitan |
Date: March 28, 2025 at 19:00 |
| Once again, I listened to the album hoping to appreciate it more, but I can't. Although Edman is a great singer I can't get into the songs. Melodic metal is not my style. The super-polished production bothered me as well. I got a bootleg of their unreleased 3rd album, called 'Northern Light,' with Pete Sandberg (Alien, Von Rosen) on vocals. To my surprise, it’s a very competent AOR album, and I enjoyed it much more.
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Dirty Blonde - Passion |
| From: el_craigio |
Date: March 28, 2025 at 15:43 |
| C'mon guys, most of you trippin' balls here. The majority of these tracks are kickass. Still rockin the 80s metal in 2025! Ooww Yyeahh!!
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Dream Theater - Official Bootleg - The Majesty Demos 1985-1986 |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: March 27, 2025 at 10:29 |
| great collection of early DREAM THEATER stuff before they really exist with demo recordings from their Berklee years and from their first band demo as MAJESTY which was funded by their grandmother actually!you can see the skill ,but also that energy of the young!recommended
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Blacktop Mojo - Pollen |
| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: March 26, 2025 at 13:04 |
| This is a cool band from Palestine, Texas, playing some more of that "modern southern rock." Not as cornpone and countrified as Blackberry Smoke, not as post-grunge as Black Stone Cherry, and certainly nowhere near as metal (or willfully dumb) as Texas Hippie Coalition. Matt James has a slurring, drawling delivery as he spins his tales of doomed relationships and small-town failure. "The End Is Gunna Come" isn't the best album opener I ever heard, taking a while to get going and then sounding too much like generic radio-rock, but "Weary I Roam" is much better. Other highlights include "I Can't Tell," "Red Enough," "Shoulda Just Gone To Sleep," and "Born To Lose." However, my favorite songs are "As The Light Fades," and the really wonderful ballad "Wild Horses." Like always, a few too many songs pass in a mid-tempo blur, but overall, this is highly enjoyable in a laid-back way that even your girlfriend who mainly listens to country might like.
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Quireboys - Masters of Rock |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: March 26, 2025 at 1:00 |
| very good collection of songs for QUIREBOYS from their first 2 releases and a fine way to get into their music !always nice hearing from that great band
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Joe Satriani - Not Of This Earth |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: March 22, 2025 at 7:03 |
| excellent debut for JOE SATRIANI back in 86 that set him from the start as a pioneer in that kind of instrumental music with a superb guitar sound and marvelous performance and ideas!"rubina " and "not of this earth" are the highlights!a must have
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Robin McAuley - Business as Usual |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: March 20, 2025 at 8:43 |
| excellent release for ROBIN MC AULEY and his all star band that is hard to believe it got out in the late 90 s ,as it is a fine piece of commercial hard rock music as there was plenty of it a couple of years before!well the music is flawless ,the vibe extremely hard rockin with great songs like "easy on me","in the groove" ,"let me go" and "i was gonna be the one"!great album indeed
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Windsor Drive - Windsor Drive |
| From: michaelmouseboxer |
Date: March 19, 2025 at 0:31 |
| If you haven't heard of Windsor Drive, that's probably because they've previously been marketed as an indie rock band - a label that's as ill-fitting as calling them an AOR outfit. This is modern pop rock with some melrock attributes, in the vein of BBMak or Wave. The CD is a compilation of three EPs released between 2010 and 2012, and for better or worse, they decided to front-load the album with some of their least memorable tracks. "Going Under" thru "Under the Weather" are unremarkable, mid-tempo pop songs. Kipp Wilde's soft vocals almost put you to sleep. "Wish Me Well" mixes things up with a hi-tech sound, and "Skin to Skin" finally gives us a slightly more rocking pace with a decent chorus. They more or less maintain this standard for the remaining runtime, ending with the layered and atmospheric "Chasing Shores," but this will still be something of a niche in this community. Check it out if Mikael Erlandsson is too raucous for you.
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Black Stone Cherry - Screamin' at the Sky |
| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: March 18, 2025 at 8:20 |
| Honestly, this is one of Black Stone Cherry's weaker albums. I've always preferred the more rock 'n' roll side to this band, as heard on albums like Magic Mountain, Family Tree, and even the two EP's of blues covers. This is more leaden post-grunge. Much of the southern-rock aspect comes from the folksy earnestness of the lyrics which, like modern-day Tesla, quickly becomes tiresome. There isn't a ton of variety, from the lumbering tempos to the melodies to the repetitive AAB rhyme scheme of so many of the verses. Even though there are more F-bombs than we're used to hearing from BSC, they still sound like a band your youth pastor would approve of. Not so many songs about drinking and chasing women, and lots more about trying to figure out the world's problems and encouraging people to keep the faith (figuratively and literally). Thankfully, their thudding, tuneless take on Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It" is not included (might be a bonus track on some deluxe edition you
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Dream Theater - A View From The Top Of The World |
| From: Ydol eM |
Date: March 16, 2025 at 5:42 |
| DT offers another view from the top of the progressive metal world, and I must admit that this view is captivating. The whole album is pleasantly varied and rolling by, despite the shortest song having almost 6 and a half minutes. This is because of (IMO) a good balance between emotions and virtuosity, like metallic RUSH would do that... Grammy fully deserved (...and not only for "The Alien"). 85/100.
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Hair of the Dog - Rise |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: March 14, 2025 at 12:43 |
| very good release for HAIR OF THE DOG ,a band that offers the basics of the US hard rock sound of the 80s with that street party attitude !if you like bands like KISS ,LITTLE CAESAR or JACKYL then you should def check em out !"you are the one","mokur jahoobees","i cant fight you" and "twice" are fine songs indeed! not many bands did that in the late 90 s
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The Big Deal - Electrified |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: March 14, 2025 at 12:09 |
| their first record is a top class female fronted hard f m.the balance between guitars and keyboards is splendid.all songs are very catchy.problem on this new album the balance is broken.there is too much keyboards and not enough guitars.i m fan of hard f m so i ve nothing against keyboards.but here it s too much.a solo s keyboard on each song ,it s dispensable and boring.the building of all the songs is exactly the same.a little originality please.i can add that the drummer is a little bit too nervous.calm guy ,it s not a race.tracks 7 and 10 are some super songs.tracks 1.2.4.6.8.12 are good but not more.tracks 3 and 5 are average,tracks 9 and 11 are some fillers.this new record is absoluty not at the same level than "first bite" their first effort.
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Temple Balls - AVALANCHE |
| From: Ydol eM |
Date: March 13, 2025 at 13:56 |
| TEMPLE BALLS on this album mix European (PRETTY MAIDS) and American (early SKID ROW or HEAVEN'S EDGE) hard'n'heavy into an explosive substance suitable for both small clubs and huge arenas. From younger guns, they are similar, eg to H.E.A.T., but I've found TB a bit weaker also because they sometimes go overboard with the intensity - they could need to let this music breathe (a ballad would be welcomed, IMO). Despite this fact, I like their music a lot. Thus, keep your balls safe when playing loudly. 85/100
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Eclipse - Wired |
| From: James IV |
Date: March 13, 2025 at 7:52 |
| Sensational release. Their best of many fine releases. Every song contained has something special to bring to the Rock party. A regular play from my collection. Love it! 90/100
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Alice Cooper - Paranormal |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: March 13, 2025 at 6:32 |
| Paranormal isnt one of ALICE COOPER s best and it s below his usual standards ,as the production is very polished and the guitars dont have an edge !the songs arent that catchy and only the lyrics are as always clever and genuine... there s a certain quality of course but nothing blowminding
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Slade - Play It Loud |
| From: Planet Y |
Date: March 12, 2025 at 4:30 |
| Catchy, hook-filled early hardrock album. A bit like The Who.
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Young Gun - Bite The Bullet |
| From: DazBuFF |
Date: March 11, 2025 at 14:28 |
| New glass master of this cd on crazy bitch records! Is the retrospect records a glass master?
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Rock Candy - Sucker for a Pretty Face |
| From: DazBuFF |
Date: March 11, 2025 at 14:20 |
| Crazy bitch records has just released this glass mastered cd with the 8 bonus songs on it as well. They are selling out super fast as only 200 are made. The only flaw on this release so far it in the title of the demo song “daddy’s little girl”. The have it as “daddy’s little girls”. Glad I have one. Costs around $26 with shipping. At long last an official release, right?
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Autumn's Child - Autumn's Child |
| From: Ydol eM |
Date: March 11, 2025 at 12:55 |
| Mikael Erlandsson is of a similar age as former hard rock icons of the late 80s like Jon Bon Jovi or Mike Tramp. While they both have adapted their music to their age, ME has been wandering the opposite way. He's refreshed his music and offered with his new band lush hard aor rock with a good ratio of guitars against keyboards (for me). A German (FAIR WARNING alike) and Scandi (WORK OF ART alike) approach in one. 85/100.
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Quireboys - This Is Rock N' Roll |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: March 11, 2025 at 10:34 |
| excellent release once again for QUIREBOYS always in their classic rock way and with those fine Spike s vocals that is the band s trademark!the songs are all catchy and memorable and the music is flawless from start to finish!great band indeed
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Blue Blud - The Big Noise |
| From: KermitTheFrog |
Date: March 10, 2025 at 13:56 |
| Solid melodies from beginning to end. Some songs come close to greatness but don't quite get there, like It Never Rains in England.
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Miss Crazy - Inception |
| From: TechNoir |
Date: March 10, 2025 at 13:23 |
| Not as good as the earlier releases, but still a solid, rocking album. Not as much of an 80's influence as the other albums either. I liked the KISS cover with the clever name change too.
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Snakebite - Princess Of Pain |
| From: TechNoir |
Date: March 10, 2025 at 12:37 |
| Great,solid hard rock. The vocals sometimes reminds me of Kelly Hansen from Hurricane.
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| CD:
Blue Ambition - Seduction of the Innocent |
| From: AOR1 |
Date: March 9, 2025 at 14:22 |
| Won't call it Westcoast, cause the songs are mostly uptempo aor. Great melodic rock, all songs are memorable and R. LeBlancs vocals fantastic as always. No fillers imo, like it a lot. 86/100
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Starship - Love Among The Cannibals |
| From: titothetitan |
Date: March 8, 2025 at 9:32 |
| I had never listened to this band before because I was skeptical due to the comments about the first two albums. Then I listened to this third one and really liked it. It's a very solid AOR album. 'Healing Waters' is the best song for me.
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Heartwind - III |
| From: rbrigade |
Date: March 7, 2025 at 13:53 |
| All three Heartwind albums are good. I'd prefer they'd chosen to stick with one singer instead of this rollercoaster on the third album. Rick Altzi and Thomas Vickstrom don't sound as strong as they usually do here. Altzi's vocals in particular are very harsh here although the songs he's on are pure AOR. The songwriting though is solid throughout the album
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Krokus - Round 13 |
| From: jaroslav |
Date: March 5, 2025 at 11:44 |
| Nice album, melodic 80/100
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Masquerade - Masquerade |
| From: KermitTheFrog |
Date: March 4, 2025 at 1:38 |
| Impressed with this album. Standouts are "All Night All Day," the energetic "Give It A Shot," and the intriguing interlude "Lonely World." Nice album cover, solid production, even the bonus tracks are good.
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Tigertailz - For A Few Dollarz More! The Archives Vol. 1: 1984-1991 |
| From: CC |
Date: March 1, 2025 at 6:21 |
| Weird choice of the bonus tracks for Young & Crazy, and really shows how Jay really does still hold a grudge with Steevi seeing as not one single one of those songs features him as singer. There are plenty of unreleased rarities from the time Steevi was with the band, yet they choose these songs.
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Russ Ballard - Russ Ballard |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: February 26, 2025 at 11:23 |
| superb album for RUSS BALLARD back in 84 capturing that aor sound of the mid 80 s along with excellent songwriting and remarkable musicianship!flawless from start to finish with great songs like "day to day","playing with fire ","last time" and "woman like you"!a must have for sure
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Page 99 - 99.3 FM |
| From: DazBuFF |
Date: February 25, 2025 at 8:10 |
| I’m glad Japan still releases CDs! Just ordered this awesome yacht rock cd
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Sacred Season - No Man's Land |
| From: DazBuFF |
Date: February 25, 2025 at 7:28 |
| Just ordered this from pride and joy. This is limited to 500 units and includes 2 bonus tracks! Yea!
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Sacred Season - Sacred Season |
| From: DazBuFF |
Date: February 25, 2025 at 7:26 |
| Yea! Just ordered this cd from pride and joys classics series! Limited to 500!
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Black 'n Blue - In Heat |
| From: Milky Joe |
Date: February 24, 2025 at 16:51 |
| This is my least favorite of theirs, but I do still enjoy it. I don't mind a bit of pop in my glam sometimes, though.
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H.E.A.T. - Force Majeure |
| From: CC |
Date: February 21, 2025 at 16:45 |
| I was never a massive fan of the Kenny albums, but absolutely loved everything with Erik on. When it was announced that Kenny was replacing Erik I wasn't what you would call excited. I did hear a few singles but really didn't pay much notice to them. I finally bit the bullet and bought the album just for completionists sake as finally found it at a reasonable price. Have to say the album is better than expected as to me it sounds more like the Erik era than the original two albums. My issue was never with Kennys voice, I just found the material to be a bit mid. Here though things are turned up a notch and Kenny has slotted back into a much more experienced band who have really found their niche. Still not as good as some of the Erik classics, but its at least as strong as HEAT II
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Intruder - Believer |
| From: Roxas |
Date: February 21, 2025 at 7:42 |
| Finally found a copy of this last year in the USA. Great to add it to the collection. The songs are all great of course. Across two albums George wrote just great tunes and Tracy White brought them to life. Runaway sounds great here too.
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The Electric Bananas - Open Sesame |
| From: rbrigade |
Date: February 18, 2025 at 8:42 |
| I got to listen to this today. Someone's selling this on ebay for an outrageous price of 1800$ right as we speak. I wouldn't pay 7$ if it was for sale on nice price in my local record store. Whiny, generic AOR/hard rock with mediocre vocals
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Blue Oyster Cult - Ghost Stories |
| From: Planet Y |
Date: February 18, 2025 at 3:57 |
| A 'scraping-the-barrel' kind of album with songs that weren't even used as b-sides or bonustracks before. Entertaining nonetheless, unless you expected something as good as The Symbol Remains. Fans and collectors should not miss this.
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Blue Oyster Cult - The Symbol Remains |
| From: Planet Y |
Date: February 18, 2025 at 3:52 |
| This album blasts the cobwebs of BÖC's career with intimidating ease. Inspired, adventurous, with a nod and a wink here and there. I did not expect Buck Dharma to sound so well in his singing, but he does. Secret Road, Florida Man, Fight, wonderfully melodic and warm. Great lyrics all over the place, compare those to the lyrics of most other rock bands, they read like poetry. Richie Castellano does a wonderful job on this album, driving the band back to old heights. From the quirky Train Tru to the Megadeht-tinged Stand and Fight, the guitar duelling of The Alchemist, the catchy melodic hardrock of The Machine, I didn't think the band had it in them anymore. 9/10 from me.
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Stun Leer - Once |
| From: Oskar |
Date: February 17, 2025 at 10:18 |
| Very good Hard AOR, besides the bands mentioned above, I would add HOUSE OF LORDS, STEELHOUSE LANE, DAN REED NETWORK. Very good album 9/10.
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Thundermother - Dirty and Divine |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: February 17, 2025 at 5:07 |
| i ve listen this cd on you tube.so i ve buy it saturday evening at their concert in lyon.not still listen at home.what an extraordinary concert.!!!!!!!!!!!the new singer have a superb voice.the concert was an orgasm of guitars among only very catchy and killer songs!!!!!!!!!!!what pleasure,rock is not dead.their cover of "don t believe a word"(thin lizzy) is simply FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thanxxxxx ladies for this fabulous moment of happiness!!!!!!!!!
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Cobra Spell - 666 |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: February 17, 2025 at 4:59 |
| seen the girls of cobra spell saturday evening at la salle du marché gare ,lyon,france.they have open for thundermother.superb show,excellent concert.i ve meet them after the concert they are very very nice and they have an access very easy.the have dedicaced the booklett of my cd.they were very very surprise when i ve say to her that it s the japan import with one bonus tracks.it s incredible cause they don t know that their cd 666 was on the japan market!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!they explain me that the bonus track "you re so dirty" was preview and reserve for the vinyl!!!!!!!!!
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Demon - Hold On To The Dream |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: February 17, 2025 at 2:51 |
| another good album for DEMON but as always never being great !powerful pomp hard rock music with lots of keys by Steve Watts and epic songs along with classic rockers make Hold On To The Dream a good album,pleasant listening ,just never took it to the next level."no more hell on earth","eastern sunset","shoot for the city", and "out of the shadows" are the highlights
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Best of 2024 - Best of 2024 |
| From: CC |
Date: February 14, 2025 at 21:41 |
| Posted this on the website, but gonna post it here as well. Nice to see Mike and I agreeing on the top album of the year. 1.Judas Priest - Invicible shield2.The Warning - Keep me fed3.April Art - Rodeo4.Nek! - Exclamation EP5.Rolling Quartz - Victory EP6.Band Maid - Epic narratives7.Sebastian Bach - Child within the man8.Lipz - Changing the melody9.Mick Mars - The other side of Mars10.Fans Of The Dark - Video
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La Marca - La Marca |
| From: JRommel700 |
Date: February 14, 2025 at 21:20 |
| Hi there, coming from the future, finally LaMarca album is available on Spotify. Please write LaMarca all together along some song of the playlist to find it. Precious gem from the legandary AOR.
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Wildness - Avenger |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: February 13, 2025 at 9:31 |
| "first" sorry......
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Wildness - Avenger |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: February 13, 2025 at 9:29 |
| the three fist wildness cd s are brilliant,solid,consistant with no weak point.here....hum...not.we are not at the same level.even if musically (perfect production)that s very good,the songs are not catchy like in their previous efforts.the singer is not as good than in their previous records.on the first verse of "wings of fire"(a good song) is voice is a nightmare.track 12 (the japan bonus tracks a piano version of "broken heart") have absoluty no interest.track 9 is a big filler.the ballad,track 8, have nothing extraordinary,track 6 is very average (poor verses and poor bridge but good choruse).the rest is good but they have lost ,the spark of class and the inspiration of the past.
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Oni Logan - Stranger In A Foreign Land |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: February 13, 2025 at 7:13 |
| very good release for ONI LOGAN with a fine production ,remarkable songwriting and a great vocal performance as expected!big variety of songs from rockers like "bring back the days"or "my part of town",to mid tempos like "when will you hear me" or "the monster in the sea" or ballads like "blue jean" or "foolish minds"!a classy one for ONI LOGAN
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Blue Oyster Cult - The Symbol Remains |
| From: underworld king |
Date: February 13, 2025 at 0:17 |
| This lp just doesn't do it for me. The previous two wer better in my opinion but there are a couple cool tracks on this one.
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Alice Cooper - The Eyes Of Alice Cooper |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: February 11, 2025 at 10:23 |
| excellent release for ALICE COOPER returning to a more classic hard rock sound ,always writing down great songs with unique lyrics and fine attitude!"what do you want from me","be with you awhile","novocaine" and "backyard brawl" are the best songs ,but the rest is also remarkable creating a fine rocking vibe!you cant go wrong with ALICE COOPER ,all his releases new ones and old ones are essential
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Champlin / Williams/ Friestedt - III |
| From: Holland4you |
Date: February 10, 2025 at 16:45 |
| Instrumental wise it's really good but the Vocals of Bill Champlin are really not good. Let Joseph sing or Jason but not bill anymore. I'm sorry to say that Bill isn't a good Singer anymore!!
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Tesla - Shock |
| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: February 10, 2025 at 12:53 |
| I stand by my earlier comments, but I will agree with Auslander: upon hearing it again recently, "Taste Like" is one of Tesla's best songs since reforming.
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Tesla - Mechanical Resonance Live |
| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: February 10, 2025 at 12:45 |
| Surprisingly, given my dislike of postmillennial Tesla in general, "Save That Goodness" is a pretty good song. Super-catchy chorus, kinda like an updated "Love Me," and Jeff is able to sing it without too much strain.
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Best of 2024 - Best of 2024 |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: February 10, 2025 at 12:04 |
| in 2024 i ve waiting all the year the new molly hatchet s album,recorded at abbey road studio.i ll waiting in 2025.what is the problem?
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The Big Deal - First Bite |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: February 10, 2025 at 11:55 |
| my wife"you re not serious!!!how have you doing for missing a so top class female fronted record like this?you re def?"she s right.my answer "better late than never"....finally i ve find this jewel on rakuten (price minister) at a very low price.this record have no weak point.the production is perfect.the singer is great,she have a similar voice of issa,the singer of coastline or the two singers of two of a kind.musically this super record reminds me transworld identity,a superb reference.their hard fm is very dynamic with sumptuous keyboards,super guitar s riff and some fabulous guitar s solos.this album is hyper solid,hyper consistant,all the songs are excellent.note:this band come from serbia,no frontiers for our music!!!!!!!!!thanx to my lovely wife for opening my eyes and my ears!!!!!!!!
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Jet Trail - Edge Of Existance |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: February 10, 2025 at 9:50 |
| very good release for JET TRAIL from Sweden through Escape records offering some strong hard rock music with great guitars and female vocals ,clear polished production and remarkable songwriting with "can you hear me calling","dark night","holy ground" and "snowbirds"!enjoyable release
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Cats In Space - Atlantis |
| From: Ydol eM |
Date: February 9, 2025 at 7:34 |
| I regard CIS along THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA as one of the main standard bearers of pomp rock nowadays. I can hear echoes of masters of this genre like STYX, QUEEN, REO SPEEDWAGON, or BOSTON... Atlantis offers exploring of long-lost treasures in the ocean of rock. 85/100.
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Jet Red - Jet Red |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: February 7, 2025 at 11:15 |
| superb hair metal release for JET RED back in 89 that could easily have the success others had but somehow that didnt happened!great production ,sweet US commercial hard rock sound ,excellent musicianship and vocals and most of all fine songs are offered by a great band!"look in your eyes","not the only one","lonely","take me tonight","from the skies" make JET RED s debut a must have
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Lyve From Steel Town |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: February 7, 2025 at 8:59 |
| when you have on guitars gary rossington,richey medlocke (blackfoot),huguie thomasson (the outlaws),on bass leon wilkeson,on keyboards (billy powell and behind the micro johnny van zant,it s a obviousness that we have a dream team!!!!!!!!!!the sound of this live is extraordinary.we have several songs of their last exceptionnal record "twenty" and the classics.a dream!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Demon - Taking The World By Storm |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: February 5, 2025 at 10:59 |
| pretty good release for DEMON back in 88 again with lots of keys and this time bigger songs but still nothing blowminding!I mean that the songwriting should be better with memorable choruses !not among their best imho with "what do you think about hell" being the highlight
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Best of 2024 - Best of 2024 |
| From: Scandiman |
Date: February 5, 2025 at 9:10 |
| Great lists gents! As usual, I am finding a few releases that got by me somehow and will need to check out. Here is my top ten of 2024: 1. Eclipse--Megalomanium II 2. Smash Into Pieces--Ghost Code 3. Nestor--Teenage Rebel 4. Remedy--Pleasure Beats the Pain 5. 7th Crystal--Entity 6. Violet--Mysteria 7. Palace--Reckless Heart 8. Tungsten--The Grand Inferno 9. Fans of the Dark--Video 10. Fighter V--Heart of the Young. Adecence--Postalgia was my pick for debut of the year - really solid release. Postalgia
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Best of 2024 - Best of 2024 |
| From: Auslander |
Date: February 4, 2025 at 7:15 |
| Gotta give credit to the top tens this year. Not bad really. Maybe it is better having less contributors! Although I was surprised that Gotus and Grand were totally absent. I really enjoyed those two albums. Also the second album by Notorious is quality. You gotta hear Marching On to experience death metal growls on a melodic rock track. Amazing stuff.
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Best of 2024 - Best of 2024 |
| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: February 3, 2025 at 19:04 |
| My list is not as heavy as the last few years, but at the same time, there are only two entries that are pure Heavy Harmonies (as opposed to Brutal Metal) fare. I've marked those two with asterisks. My list: 1. Crypt Sermon—The Stygian Rose; 2. ***Stone Whiskey—Scream For Rock; 3. Grand Magus—Sunraven; 4. Judas Priest—Invincible Shield; 5. Morgul Blade—Heavy Metal Wraiths; 6. Orange Goblin—Science, Not Fiction; 7. Evergrey—Theories Of Emptiness; 8. ***Blacktop Mojo—Pollen; 9. Undeath—More Insane; 10. Nile—The Underworld Awaits Us All. Honorable Mentions: Fu Manchu, Witherfall, Portrait, High On Fire, My Dying Bffide and Gatecreeper. Biggest disappointments: Pallbearer and Midnight.
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Coastline - Coastline |
| From: MelodicMetal4Ever |
Date: February 3, 2025 at 17:12 |
| Incredible Album. Enjoy it tremendously!! Liked it so much I looked up what other bands Helena Rosendahl has been on except for coastline) Nothing....wait NOTHING. A voice like THAT and no other album has her singing on it??!! That's just wrong. Hope they make another.
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Best of 2024 - Best of 2024 |
| From: 123charpenay |
Date: February 3, 2025 at 12:50 |
| sorry.....2024 has been like 2023.a small year for our music.nevertheless there some beautiful lights in a dark sky.my top 9. 1 COBRA SPELL "666" 2 KING ZEBRA "between the shadows" 3 DANGER ZONE"shut up" 4 GOTUS "same" 5 FIGHTER V "heart of the young" 6 MOGGS MOTEL "same" 7 BLACK DIAMONDS"destination paradise" 8 LIPZ "changing the melody3 9 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS "cherokee moon". note: except circle of friends wich is international in my top 9 there is only european bands.four from switzerland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!congratulations and hats off for my neighbours.i live in lyon at only 120 kms from genova. best song of the year "s e x" from cobra spell.
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Winger - Pull |
| From: jaroslav |
Date: February 3, 2025 at 12:26 |
| Absolutely unimpressive record. The slow songs are not interesting and the rock ones don't have any more appealing choruses, I really don't understand how this can be such a praised album, absolutely uninteresting and unappealing work, I'll have to sell it for used records, because I can't be bothered to listen to it, I can't help it, sorry.
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Vince Neil - Carved In Stone |
| From: hair metal again |
Date: February 3, 2025 at 10:35 |
| pretty good release for VINCE NEIL trying to catch up with what was happening at the scene at the time when sounds were mixed and new directions were taken !the musicianship and production are perfect but the songs should be better i think even though there s a certain groove!"the crawl ","one way" and "black promises " are ok i guess
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H.E.A.T. - Address the Nation |
| From: AOR1 |
Date: February 2, 2025 at 14:29 |
| Fantastic release. Imo better than their debut. Musically more variation and all of the songs are memorable. Apart from that it´s more melodic rock oriented and that´s what I like.
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Grand Prix - Samurai |
| From: underworld king |
Date: February 2, 2025 at 1:32 |
| I would have loved to see what an original tour shirt from this tour looked like.
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Grand Prix - Samurai |
| From: underworld king |
Date: February 2, 2025 at 1:29 |
| What a great band! This album was my introduction to Grand Prix back in I believe 1983. At the time here in the US the single Shout was getting some airplay. This lp will always be a favorite of mine.
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38 Special - Strength in Numbers |
| From: James |
Date: February 1, 2025 at 16:11 |
| My least played 38 Special album. They lost their bite here. Too polished. Lost the magic of Don's arena radio friendly songs playing off of Donnie's gritty southern rock songs
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St. Warren - Honest Planet |
| From: James |
Date: February 1, 2025 at 16:00 |
| The band after this went country with the band name The Warren Brothers. Nashville didn't know what to do with them. They have a really cool song called The River And Me where in the middle of a country song the have a Les Zeppelin breakdown. They so helped write the last charting song from the new Skynyrd called Red, White And Blue
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Night Ranger - ATBPO |
| From: Ydol eM |
Date: February 1, 2025 at 11:41 |
| Musically, this is a happy and (of course) mature album where you can find hard rock made in NIGHT RANGER (sometimes) with a southern touch. I like both lead guitars, but miss more keys, vocal harmonies, and invention. No surprise here just a good professional standard. 80/100.
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