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Second album from the heavy metal band from Rochester, NY.

 

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Prog Spawn presenting new progressive rock releases was free with Classic Rock Magazine issue #122, August 2008. So far it's the last cd dedicated to progressive rock featured with Classic Rock Magazine. In 2009 Classic Rock published Classic Rock Presents Prog, which was meant to be a one shot, More»


Short lived band from Mansfield, Connecticut releasing one single  The members were John Code (vocals, keyboards), Justin Tyme (guitar), John Lione (bass), Tim Yasui (drums). Tim Yasui moved to Los Angeles and became member of London for a short time before changing to production work. More»


The 4th album release from Ossian. The band had released two demos prior to releasing their first album.
Ossian is probably the most influential Heavy Metal act in Hungary. The band was founded in 1985 and is still very active. More»


When I first heard this album the first thing that came mind was, that Kevin Humphrey sounds a lot like Joseph Williams. The overall sound is like a Joseph Williams solo album with a little harder edge to the sound. More»


The first compilation album to be released of Angel's recordings, and the first album by Angel not to be released on Casablanca Records. Previously Casablanca had though released a compilation in 1989 but only on cassette.

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It's maybe a little exaggerated to name this a "Greatest Hits" as four of the tracks were exclusive to the release. Three new tracks recorded for the album and the live version of "Where's The Party?" from the Westwood One Live broadcast the previous year. More»


Tiger was a blues / hard rock  band from England. They released 2 albums in 1976 of which only the first album has been reissued. The first album was originally released on Retreat Records owned by band member Big Jim Sullivan and producer Derek Lawrence (Deep Purple, Wishbone Ash, Angel). Retreat Records was closed in 1976. More»


Published free with Classic Rock Magazine issue #23 in the beginning of January 2001. In the first half of the 2000's the companion cd would become an exception as companion to the magazine. The focus was more on releasing DVD's instead with no cd's published in 2003. In 2006 the companion cd returned on a more regular basis. More»


The Quest from Liverpool, UK was a progressive rock band playing a hard rock, AOR style. This their second and last release has a more melodic hard rock sound than their first release.

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This is one of the few releases that truly is a real collectors item. 2 cd compilation of recordings not released before (or later).
First 8 tracks of cd 1 is the original unedited version of "In Your Face" and the cd ends with a 21 min. live version of "All I Wanna Do". More»


As a repeating event the staff of Classic Rock Magazine compile a cd of what they regard the best new releases and re-issues of the year.
Destryah! Best of 2006 was free with Classic Rock Magazine issue #101 published January 2007. More»


The recording was made as a celebration of Lemmy shortly after the death of the Motörhead frontman. The band was Brad Sinsel (vocals), Carl Canedy (Drums), Brynn Arens (Guitar), Rick Pierce (Guitar), Evan Sheeley (Bass). More»


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