Robert Reed – Sanctuary III (Deluxe Edition) (2018)


The third album in Robert Reed’s acclaimed Mike Oldfield influenced Sanctuary series of releases displays more of Rob’s own inventive musical quirks.

01. Sanctuary III – Part 1
02. Sanctuary III – Part 2

CD2:
01. Moonsinger Suite (Chimpan A Remix)
02. Troy’s Lament
03. Perpetual Motion
04. El Paso
05. Moonsinger Rising
06. Sanctuary III Part 1 (Tom Newman Mix)
07. Sanctuary III Part 2 (Tom Newman Mix)
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Mommy Dearest – No More Wire Hangers 2013


Mommy Dearest was a original hard rock band from the Albany NY area playing original music that combined the best of bands such as Van Halen, Dokken, Great White, & Tesla!

01 – Lovin’ Child
02 – Back To You
03 – In My Dreams
04 – Don’t Cry
05 – Gypsy
06 – Judgement Day
07 – Slipping Away
08 Cold Survivor (Basement Recording)
09 Down N Dirty
10 First Love
11 Leavin’ The Blues w Edit
12 Whiskey (Live) w Edit

Avi Rosenfeld – Very Heepy Very Purple VIII (2018)


Israeli based guitarist AVI ROSENFELD is a multi-talented musician who was born and raised amongst his father’s Heavy Metal vinyl collection. At a young age he quickly grew fond of both URIAH HEEP and DEEP PURPLE.

01. Serenade To The Heroes 03:54
02. Marco Polo 05:21
03. Save Them All 04:04
04. Jon Snow 05:04
05. Ice Storm 05:33
06. Right To Live 04:39
07. Seven Riders 05:48
08. Silent Killers 03:52
09. Mas Rapido Que La Luz 04:52
10. Never Die 05:24

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Hawk – Let The Metal Live 1986 / 2011


So as the case would be, former Hawk member, Mark Torien, would take over the singing duties of King Kobra. At the time, King Kobra consisted of 3 members who would eventually form the Bullet Boys (Mark Torien, Lonnie Vincent Miller, and Mick Sweda). King Kobra would eventually break up and Mark, Lonnie, and Mick recruited Jimmie D’anda and changed the name to the Bullet Boys.

01 Lovin’ You
02 No One 2 Love
03 Fades So Fast
04 BANG! BANG!
05 Witches Burning
06 Let The Metal Live
07 Don’t Try To Stop Me
08 Blinded
09

Axtion – Look Out For The Night 1985


Retrospect Records SUPER RARE 80s MELODIC METAL FINALLY OFFICIALLY RE-ISSUED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!! KILLER AXEWORK (by Darren Lazzari who was kind enough to digitally remaster this release), POWERFUL VOCALS AND CATCHY HOOKS ALL ADD UP TO AN 80s METAL LOST TREASURE THAT SHOULD BE ESSENTIAL TO EVERY METALHEADS COLLECTION. THESE GUYS TREAD THAT EDGE OF HARD ROCK AND MELODIC METAL WITH A HINT OF GLAM AND AN OBVIOUS NWOBHM INFLUENCE AND YET REMAIN TOTALLY ORIGINAL. LISTEN TO THE SOUND CLIPS AND BE TRANSPORTED BACK IN TIME 20 YEARS TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF METAL!!

Road Runnin’
Spread The Axtion
Hold Me Tight

Eufory – Higher and Higher (2018)


The birth of the EUFORY group. Founding member of the band – drummer Miriam Hodoňová. Initially, EUFORY was formed as a revival group performing tracks from the legendary DEF LEPPARD. Later, the current EUFORY ensemble is formed with a shift away from revival to the creation of their own compositions.

01. Dragon Hearts
02. Louder
03. Karmic Eyes
04. What a Shame!
05. On a Pyre
06. Dancing Star
07. Soldier from Beyond
08. I Want Out
09. One More Fucking Time

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The Lazys – The Lazys EP 2009


A no-nonsense hard rock combo from Sydney, Australia, the Lazys fuse together high energy, strong melodies, and a hard-driving approach. Formed in 2006, they earned a reputation both for the quality of their music and their strong work ethic, contradicting their name by touring relentlessly and self-releasing three EPs before making their full-length

1.Hey Man
2.Sunshine City
3.Anxiety
4.Roxanne
5.Streets of Anarchy

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Weapons – Captive Audience 1985


SUPER RARE MELODIC HARD ROCK / METAL FROM DETROIT’S PREMIER MELODIC METAL ACT THAT NEVER GOT THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVED. FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!! WEAPONS ARE EASILY ONE OF THE BEST MELODIC METAL ACTS ON THE RETROSPECT LABEL AND IT’S NOT HARD TO SEE WHY.
POWERHOUSE VOCALS , EXTREMELY CATCHY HOOKS AND A SMOKIN AXE ATTACK. THESE GUYS TREAD THAT EDGE OF HARD ROCK AND MELODIC METAL – IN ANY CASE , THIS RELEASE KICKS A$$ AND NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO YOUR COLLECTION. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO FANS AND COLLECTORS OF 80s-STYLE HARD ROCK / METAL.

The Rock Starts Here
Don’t Count On

Americade – Rock Hard 1988


Some excellent material on hand here and its great to finally release these gems. The first four tracks were quality demos from 1988 that feature the incredible pipes of vocalist Mark Weitz (also sang with Yngwie, Ramos, Eyes) — these 4 amazing songs are worth the price of admission alone! All other tracks were recorded in 1983 with the classic lineup of Walt Woodward III (drums), Dave Spitz (bass) and the De Marigny brothers and produced by renowned producer JEFF GLIXMAN (Saxon, Yngwie, Black Sabbath, Gary Moore, Kansas++).

Fall In Love Again
Girl
Let It Go
Close My Eyes
Animal Rage

Liverbox – Rock N’ Roll Salvation 2018


The Cult migh do, but with a darker feeling. All in all, for a modern interpretation of classic glam/sleaze hard rock, Liverbox’s Rock N Roll Salvation is the real deal. If you like the genre, you will dig this album. Recommended.

1. Falling Apart 3:57
2. Blackbird ’72 3:11
3. Now or Forever 4:03
4. Sick Love 4:18
5. Let’s Go (All the Way) 5:09
6. Shuffles It All 4:04
7. Saviour of Rock N’ Roll 4:02
8. Wet and Wild 3:06
9. Sweet Sister of Salvation 4:43
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VA – MELODIC HARD ROCK (2018)


YEAR : 2018
COUNTRY: International
STYLE: Melodic Hard Rock, Melodic Metal, AOR

001. Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me 4:28
002. Scorpions – Blackout 3:49
003. Gotthard – All We Are 3:41
004. Bon Jovi – You Give Love A Bad Name 3:48
005. Bonfire – Byte The Bullet 4:34
006. The Poodles – Before I Die 4:24
007. Europe – Ninja 3:48
008. Wig Wam – In My Dreams 3:02
009. Eclipse – Bleed And Scream 4:06
010. Reckless Love – Bad Lovin 3:53
011. Talisman – Animal Ritual 3:52
012. Wolfpakk

SEVENTH ANGEL – The Torment [Retroactive Records] 2018


The 2018 Retroactive Records reissues have been digitally remastered by Rob Colwell at Bombworks Sound and with full band approval. CDs are packaged in a jewel case with a 12 page insert featuring amazing band pics, a write up to fans from Ian Arkley, and lyrics.

1. Tormented Forever
2. The Charmer
3. Forbidden Desires
4. I Of The Needle
5. Expletive Deleted
6. Dr. Hatchet
7. Locked Up In Chains
8. Acoustic Interlude
9. Katie
10. Epilogue

PRODIGAL – Electric Eye [Retroactive Records] 2018


The 2018 Retroactive Records Legends Remastered Series features the album remastered along with a second CD featuring their 30 minute Electric EyeRadio Special plus four additional bonus tracks, and break out those Commodore 64’s….you even get the code! For fans of Kansas, Yes, Saga, Foreigner, Styx, Supertramp, Mr. Mister and brilliant, life changing rock and roll!

TRACK LISTING – CD1:
1. Scene Of The Crime
2. Fast Forward
3. Masks
4. Just What I Need
5. Emerald City
6. Electric Eye
7. Bobby