Great melody, great lyrics that just get stuck in your head. The vocals fit so perfect to this style it is scary. love the guitar work. This reminds me of what is so great about 80's AOR / Hardrock mix. I've listened to this so many times all I hear is Rockarma.
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Style: Melodic Rock / AOR
Years: 2002
Info: USA

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“The Last Man On Earth” is the new solo album from stupendous vocalist LEE SMALL. ‘The man with the golden tonsils’ has been often compared to artists like Glenn Hughes, Bobby Kimball or Steve Walsh because of his melodic soulful voice. More»

Germans TOKYO released a bunch of enjoyable albums in the 80s mixing Americanized AOR with European melodic rock which over the years became cult LP’s for the genre. Now 2023 after six years since their last CD and always fronted by founder Robby Musenbichler the band is about to release their new opus ”Seven“.

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With their new album “Code Red”, German Hard Rock act DeVICIOUS starts a new chapter. Founded back in 2017 they now release their 5th album in five years. After some sound experiments on the previous CD “Black Heart”, they now go back to their roots to what they do best; More»

Born in Sweden in the early Nineties, it wasn’t easy for SNAKES IN PARADISE to reach the masses at the time with their brand of classic blend of AOR / Melodic Rock. It was a though decade for the genre, but these guys fronted by impressive vocalist proudly carried the flag.
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After their AOR infused self-titled debut album, Swedes SNAKES IN PARADISE released this sophomore CD in 1998, “Garden Of Eden“. Difficult times for the classic rock genre, but SNAKES IN PARADISE didin’t care and didn’t joined the alternative wagon like others: “Garden Of Eden” rocks with an ’80 / early ’90s punch.
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Country: Sweden
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Year of Publication: 1994-2018
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Genre: Hard Rock
Year: 2023
Country: Canada
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MARK FREE (now Marcie) is without a doubt not one of the greatest AOR / melodic hard rock singers of all time but also a ‘hired / test vocalist’ who helped to finish some of the most awesome songs from the ’80s later recorded by other artists / bands.

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We featured here the reissue of ‘Wake Up’, the third album with bonus of COLORVINE, a band which released their self-tiled debut in 1995 (also featured at plotn08). Back in their early days, alongside their debut CD, the group (before changing their name to Tower City, and later get back to Colorvine for ‘Wake Up’) recorded many more songs intended for their second ’90s album that never was.
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Genre: Melodic Rock
Year: 1995
Country: USA
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American melodic rock band COLORVINE (formerly TOWER CITY) will release their new album “Wake Up” in Europe on July 5th. Under the Tower City moniker the group put out a couple of celebrated albums in the genre during the ’90s, then changed their name to COLORVINE due to some industry label issues. More»