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Swedish melodic power commercial metal act METALITE is back with their fourth album “Expedition One“, which is the theme of a fictitious story about life on our planet in the year 2055. The ‘transparent citizen’ has become a bitter reality, with physical and mental health conditions increasingly determining our lives. More»



ADD LINK! Gotus has set to release their self-titled debut album, “Gotus”, on January 19th, 2024, via Frontiers Music. The band, boasting current and former members of Swiss rock giants Krokus, Gotthard and Storace! Guitarist Mandy Meyer describes it as encapsulating the band’s musical journey! Get ready for the musical revolution that is Gotus!
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The Vision Bleak return in grand style: The German duo’s seventh full-length album “Weird Tales” constitutes a monumental tribute to the eponymous American pulp magazine and other tales of mystery and dark imagination. The new studio album will be released on April 12th, 2024, via Prophecy Productions.
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ADD LINK! On the 19th of January we release our new album Second to none. GRAND – the band was formed in 2020 in the southern outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. Vocalist Mattias Olofsson had always nurtured a dream of releasing his own AOR project one day. More»



NWOBHM legends SAXON are ready to unleash “Hell, Fire And Damnation”, their upcoming new album where internationally-renowned actor Brian Blessed OBE delivers a proclamation for opening track, “The Prophecy”, and expectations are automatically high.
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Slick Kitty was initially formed in 1987 under the moniker “Limousine”. The first official gig, pyrotechnics and all, was at a club called FootLoose, on February 10 1988, with the final, solid lineup, emerging in 1991 under the new “cool cat” identity.
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FrontCDGreenfield, Indiana Glam Rockers GYPSY HARBOR self financed the 1998 album ‘No Such Thing’, a girl-crazy, party metal at its finest. Gotta love any band that writes lyrics like “I won’t beat around your bush” and “there’s no such thing as too much sex”. Vocalist sounds like a cross between Bret Michaels of Poison and the dude from Roxx Gang.

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Luke Luv, founder of Frenchee, started the band back in 1983.
The 1st singer was Tony Harnell who eventually left Frenchee to join Rock band TNT. Luke wanted a clean slate and start a new chapter of Frenchee, so he started auditioning new band members. First he started with the bass player situation. Two bass players answered the ad together they were friends from Queens NY and wanted to come down to audition together. They were Kelly Nickels & Punky Lazar. More»


 

German quartet Letters Sent Home have announced their debut album “Forever Undone” set to be released on April 12th, 2024, via SharpTone Records.

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ADD LINK! Russell / Guns mark the beginning of a fresh artistic partnership between two legendary figures of Los Angeles Hard Rock: Jack Russell and Tracii Guns, accompanied by Johnny Martin, Shane Fitzgibbon and Alessandro del Vecchio.
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On January 12th, 2024, Gothic Rockers Artificial Heaven will release their debut album “Digital Dreams”, via My Kingdom Music.The cover artwork painted by the talented Italian artist D’aria Cognigni / D’ARIA ART, who perfectly transformed into art the band’s intent to describe the effects of the digital age on current society. More»



Formed in 2011 as Gyze, “Samurai Metal” band RYUJIN deftly deliver heavy metal from Japan to the international masses with their self-titled Napalm Records debut, RYUJIN, out January 12, 2024! Blending both Japanese and English lyricism and featuring production and several guest features by Matthew Kiichi Heafy (Trivium), More»



There are few great bands on our planet that you can infallibly identify within the first few bars of one of their songs. Their unique melodic skill, their tasteful instrumentation, the right balance of depth and catchiness, and then of course that charismatic voice: Magnum are Magnum! More»


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