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Canadians Starchild hailed from Cambridge, Ontario, was founded in 1975 by guitarist Bob Sprenger, singer Rick Whittier and bassist Neil Light, while drummer Greg "Fritz" Hinz joined them later. With an interest in science fiction and a Hard Rock profile they drew logical comparisons to Rush. They recorded their debut ''Children Of The Stars'' at the fall of 77'. More»


Euphoria, originally released as simply The EP is a 1996 EP by Vinnie Vincent, self released on Vincent's own Metaluna label. The purpose was to preview material for an album called Guitarmageddon which has yet to materialize. In 2021, Vincent said that Guitarmageddon will come out in the next "12 to 18 months." More»


Hemisphere was an Italian Neoclassical / Progressive Metal band from Turin (Torino), Piemonte. The band was  active from 1999 to 2001 and consisted of Diego Argentin (drums), Fabio Cerrone (guitar, keyboards), Roberto Messina (vocals) and Pierpaolo Ranieri (bass). The band started as a label proposal but since its members were very busy at that time, the band never played live. More»


Orden Ogan is a Power Metal band with progressive and folk metal elements. The band is from Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) and was formed by Sebastian Grütling (drums) and Sebastian Levermann (lead vocals and guitar). The band was founded in June 1996 as Tanzende Aingewaide, the band was renamed Orden Ogan in 1997. More»


This is not a live concert album. It is an album recorded live in studio at Greenman Studios. The album was given for free to those who bought a ticket of the release shows in Bestwig, Hamburg and Munich and attended them. Excess stock was later sold online by the label. More»


Pete Haycock (Climax Blues Band) and Robin George had worked together before and then duly assembled in 2013 to work on a new album together and then a tour. George assembled a cast of “heritage” musicians and the album was duly recorded and tour rehearsals then started, but sadly on 30th October 2013 Pete Haycock died of a heart attack. More»


Jude The Unsinkable released October 20, 2023 is the 23rd studio album from Judie Tzuke. Her last solo album was released in 2017, but she has been active touring since lockdown, including a collaboration with Beverley Craven and Julie Fordham for the spectacular Woman to Woman project. Her empire is a family affair with original band member and husband Paul Muggleton More»


The concert was recorded live at The Bogarts, Cincinnati, Ohio by Westwood One. It was part of the tour following the release of Can't Hold Back. The recording was used for broadcast on the affiliated Westwood One radio stations on the weekend of October 17-18, 1987. More»


In 1996 Yngwie Malmsteen released the album "Inspiration" solely consisting of covers of songs which inspired the young Yngwie. On the following tour most of the songs from the release were performed live. This concert was recorded at Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan on 4th November 1996. More»


In August 2023 Deko Entertainment announced that they had made a deal with Music in Motion Ent. The first release resulting from the deal is a reissue of the 2021 version of Rik Emmetts' album "Then Again....", originally released in 2012 as "Then Again: Acoustic Selections From The Triumph Catalogue". More»


Rammstein in Amerika is the third concert film by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. It documents the sold-out show the band played at Madison Square Garden in New York City on 11 December 2010. It was released worldwide on 25 September 2015. More»


It’s been a long road but the first feature-length documentary about legendary Canadian power trio Triumph will finally be released. The documentary had its world theatrical premiere on September 10, 2021, at the acclaimed Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). More»


Recently Angel Air was purchased by The Store For Music. The Store for Music plans are to expand all activities for the label where it may not be represented and similarly merge the activities of Angel Air for any benefits to The Store for Music. One result is a heavy schedule of re-issues of the existing Angel Air catalogue. Another result is Robin George got a new contract More»


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