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Genre: Indie
Duration: 00:56:17
Release year: 2023
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As part of the ‘Norske Albumklassikere 80-tallet’ series from the excellent Norwegian reissue label Norske Albumklassikere – which seems to have access to almost every Norwegian release from the 70s and 80s – comes this really welcomed remastered reissue of RETURN 1987’s album ”To The Top”.

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Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2023
Publisher (label): Avalon
Country of the performer (group): US
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LEVEL’s 1982 self-titled private release is another of those lost cult classics, a real AOR obscurity that was only ever issued on LP and even that now fetches huge prices. Now reissued and for the first time on CD, this is a must for early ’80s AOR and pomp rock fans – the one and only album by USA band Level.

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Over 40 years have passed since Canadian melodic prog-rock band SAGA released their self-titled debut album. Since then, they have been an exceptional musical phenomenon and toured the globe various times — all the while selling over 10 million albums worldwide. More»



Country: UK
Genre: Electronic, Progressive Metal
Year: 2023
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Country: Norway
Genre: Melodic Rock | AOR
Publication year: 1985-2020
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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Year: 2023
Country: USA
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LUKE MORLEY has stood at the very heart of UK rockers Thunder since 1989 as their guitarist, chief songwriter and producer. He’s been a lynchpin in their 14 albums success and served a crucial role in building up these rock heroes’ loyal fanbase and enduring popularity. More»


CRYSTAL - Collection (2000) + bonus tracks - front
This one was requested by a reader but I was thinking to post it soon because CRYSTAL, a Californian outfit from the Bay Area was one of the bands that defined the indie US Melodic Rock / AOR sound of the mid-Eighties. More»



The Canadian Melodic Rock/Metal band FATAL VISION will release a new album entitled 'Twice' on June 23, 2023 via PRIDE & JOY Music. Featuring lead singer Simon Marwood, who co-founded the band in 1988, guitarist Juan Miguel Gomez Montant, keyboard player Scottie Irving, More»



DAVID FORBES, lead singer of Canadian band Boulevard (originally abbreviated Blvd) is about to release a solo album “Tales From The Past“, a wonderful AOR album which makes justice to its title both in sound & style.
Boulevard released their last album “Luminescence” a few years ago, a celebrated record by fans and critics, but since then the group went on hiatus. More»


On ELEVEN BLOODY MEN is the only place where you will find some Hyts tracks on CD. Their both albums claims to be reissued entirely pronto. Very cool early ’80s pomp indeed!
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