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French singer David Hallyday released two highly appreciated albums by AOR listeners ('88 True Cool, '90 Rock 'n' Heart) for their mixture of smooth melodies, romantic ballads and that typical eighties sound and production. Extensive touring followed and during a presentation in Paris at La Cigale on 26 October, 1991 Hallyday recorded "On The Road", a live album. More»



Genre: Hard Rock/Arena Rock/Metal
Year: 2023
Country: USA/Finland
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Borrowing Queensryche’s logo but musically quite different, “Hail To The King” is the new album from Norwegian band VIKING QUEEN. This five-piece plays classic metal / hard rock with a strong sound reminscent of the first half of the ’80s Scandinavian Metal; the twin guitar attack, Nordic mythology, the epic iconography. All is here, but served fresh avoiding cliches or cheese.

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Genre: AOR
Year: 2023
Country: USA
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Genre: Hard Rock
Year: 2023
Country: USA
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Country: Russia CD
Released: 2023
Style: Hard Rock, Prog Rock
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Aussie metallers NIGHT LEGION had a pretty successful self-titled debut album in 2017 but then disappeared. The band was picked up by specialized metal label Massacre Records and now are ready to release second studio album, ”Fight Or Fall”. The new LP sees the debut of vocalist Louie Gorgievski, whose other bands include Crimsonfire and Arkenstone.

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MelodicRock Classics is releasing 2023 cult classic ’80s Hi-tech AOR band THE KOO long-awaited remaster of their classic 1985 LP ”The Koo”, which was briefly released on CD in 1988. It was the band’s one and only release and copies soon disappeared. Since then the album has been sought after and sold for big money over the last couple of decades.
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Genre: Hard Rock
Year: 2023
Country: USA
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Country: Spain
Released: 2003
Style: Folk Rock, Heavy Metal
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Country: Europe
Released: 2020
Style: Hard Rock
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MERE MORTALS’ origins would begin as an enigmatic progressive hard rock band on the Upstate New York club circuit named LUFTWAFFE. It was the mid-Eighties, and leader / main songwriter Robert Acquaviva (later guitarist for melodic hard rockers TOURIS) decided to take the band in a new, more adult-oriented rock direction, More»



MERE MORTALS‘ origins would begin as an enigmatic progressive hard rock band on the Upstate New York club circuit named LUFTWAFFE. It was the mid-Eighties, and leader / main songwriter Robert Acquaviva (later guitarist for melodic hard rockers TOURIS) More»


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