The German Power Metal band MISSION IN BLACK will release a new album entitled 'Profit Reigns Supreme' on May 12, 2023 via El Puerto Records.

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Riff-tastic Italian metallers SCREAMACHINE have announced the upcoming release of their second full-length studio album, “Church Of The Scream” on May 5, 2023. This molten metal album serves as a follow-up to their self-titled debut released via Frontiers Music in 2021. This will be the first album to feature the band’s new guitarist Edoardo Taddei.

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Metamorphosis is set for release on May 12th via Napalm Records. Melissa Bonny (AD INFINITUM) joins forces with AMARANTHE’s drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen as well as Hans Platz (guitars) and Jenny Diehl (harp) of FEUERSCHWANZ in THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. Together they are going to create powerful metal with a cinematic approach.
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The Swedish Hard FM & AOR band NIGHTHAWK will release a new album entitled 'Prowler' on May 12, 2023 via MIGHTY Music. The weekend is still a brilliant prospect and the tiredness suddenly transforms into an energetic urge to have fun, to go on the prowl, to just LIVE. That’s when NIGHTHAWK’s perfect blend of classic AOR and world-class hard rock kicks in best. More»

The awesome MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND is back with a brand new album, ”The Love Goes On” via Frontiers Music. A new MTB album is, of course, always cause for celebration among AOR fans, but this new one is a particularly exciting entry as it sees the return of original vocalist Moon Calhoun (The Strand, Moon Over Paris, Western Front ft. More»

“Get It Right” is the long-awaited new studio album from Philadelphia hard rockers HEAVENS EDGE. This will be their first official release since 1998, when the demos and other rarities – considered the band’s second album, “Some Other Place, Some Other Time” – was put out. More»

Since re-assembling Avengers-style (though probably more Suicide Squad) in 2020, BLACK SPIDERS have made a compelling case for heavy guitar music from the sin city streets – reveling in the glories of the genre, its sacred lore, with a top-shelf collection of riffs, a sly dash of humor, plus an iconic logo that sits alongside the best.

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Excellent debut from Italy. Great Melodic Rock / AOR. I recommend listening to ...

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Hollywood Glam rock in the vein of Bulletboys/Black n Blue & Tora Tora. Featuring Big Bang Babies drummer and Tuff bass player. Fronted by Joey Martell. Perris Records. 2004.

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TOTO singer Joseph Williams teams up again with former Chicago singer Bill Champlin and Swedish guitarist/producer Peter Friestedt for another CWF record, “Carrie“, a new collection of AOR songs featuring as guests Jason Scheff (ex- Chicago), Lars Säfsund (Work Of Art), who’s who drummer John Jr Robinson, Randy Goodrum (TOTO, Chicago), and Tamara Champlin. More»

The Paraguayan Heavy Metal band ADRIAN BENEGAS will release a new album entitled 'Arcanum' on May 5, 2023 via Reaper Entertainment. His second solo album "Arcanum", features Ronnie Romero, (lead singer of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow), Michael Ehré (drummer of the bands Primal Fear and Gamma Ray), More»

The German Thrash Metal band INTÖXICATED will release a new album entitled 'Sadistic Nightmares' on May 5, 2023 via MDD Records.The North Germans Intöxicated have been playing the stages since 2009. Their debut "Rock'n Roll Hellpatröl", released in 2013, immediately caused a sensation and brought the band a lot of attention beyond the country's borders with several effusive reviews. More»

On their forthcoming album, ’80s metallers SAVAGE GRACE are not only introducing their new vocalist Gabriel Colon – who is described as a blend of the early Rob Halford and the young Ian Gillian – but creating and moving into a new dimension of metal while keeping true to their authentic roots. More»