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From FB:Hi folks,Hope everyone is doing wellIt's been a bit of a rollercoaster ride to say the least in the Compass camp.Let's start with a positive as last week we received the masters for the new album from none other than Rolf Munkes. Rolf has worked with such luminaries as Neil Murray (Whitesnake), Michael Schenker, GUN, and Bonfire, and he has done a monster job on this album !!! More»



Release date: November 24, 2023 - Freakstorm was founded as a tribute project in 2016. The first song the band recorded was a cover of US band Halestorm. The goal to hand this track over to their idols personally (which indeed happened), gave Sinah and Olli the motivation to record their own songs. More»



UK rock band Atack has announced the release of its long-awaited debut album “Nine Lives”. Due for release by Escape Music on 24 November, the album will be accompanied by limited edition physical releases in white and black vinyl and contains 11 tracks of classic British rock.
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Country: United States
Genre: Melodic Progressive Metal/Rock/Hard Rock
Year: 2023
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Pride & Joy Music signs Silent Tiger, new album "Twist Of Fate" scheduled for a release on November 24th, 2023!The band was formed in 2018 by guitarist Jean Funes and drummer Joel Mejia from Honduras and singer David Cagle (USA) with the desire to make melodic hard rock music with influences like Def Leppard, Van Halen, Europe, Bon Jovi, Ratt, Dokken and Scorpions, with a modern touch.
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The American Heavy Metal band HIGH SPIRITS will release a new album entitled 'Safe on the Other Side' on November 17, 2023 via High Roller Records.Like its predecessor, 2020’s Hard to Stop, the latest from HIGH SPIRITS was recorded by bandleader Chris at his home studio in Chicago, and then mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound. More»



Spanish rockers Hitten consisting of lead vocalist Alexx Panza, guitarists Dani Meseguer and Johnny Lorca, drummer Willy Medina and bassist Satan will be releasing their new studio album While Passion Lasts on November 24, 2023.
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Power metal voice Christian Eriksson (ex-Twilight Force, ex-NorthTale) is back with his new band Final Strike's debut album, "Finding Pieces", offering everything fans of the genre could wish for. More»



The British Alternative Rock/Metal band NEW MODEL ARMY will release a new album entitled 'Sinfonia' (CD + DVD) on September 15, 2023 via EAR Music.

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FrontTaking a trip in our time machine back to 1988 when the airwaves were crammed with great melodic rock sounds, big hair was cool, and Grunge was years away, we find San Francisco based outfit Shea Roxi in the studio making a set of two demo tapes. Somewhat miraculously these demos make their way across the US, over the Atlantic and into the hand of Kelv Hellrazer (writer for Metal Forces) who commits to paper a glorious review of the music he heard on these tapes.

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CoverTheir musical style have a straight reflection of influences from Classic Rock and Hard Rock acts such as AC/DC, ZZ Top, CCR and Rose Tattoo. On this album, they are showing twelve songs with Marc Vermot's roaring southern-rock vocals, high voltage guitars and hard driving rhythm.

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Rockshots Records is proud to announce their signing of progressive rockers Raised By Haze for the release of their debut album “Touch the Sky” for release this coming November.
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Care Of Night – the Swedish AOR/Melodic Rock band – are now back with their third studio album “Reconnected”, (out on November 17th, 2023), an absolute stormer of a record, which will delight once again all fans of the genre!
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