Day: November 17, 2020

Girder Music is remastering/reissuing HALO’s second album, 1991’s ”Heaven Calling”, plus 4 bonus tracks. Produced by John &Dino Elefante (MASTEDON, KANSAS) with their unmistakable pristine style, ”Heaven Calling” is more ‘early ’90s AOR’ than its predecessor, at places bringing to mind JOURNEY’s ‘Trial By Fire’ era, WHITEHEART, Canadian bands from the genre, and of course MASTEDON melodious side.

This is pure, unadulterated ’90s AOR in all it’s glory, with a crystal-clear remastering job.‘Smooth’ is the keyword here, and if elaborated arrangements, sweet keyboards and clean sweet vocals is your thing,”Heaven Calling” is a must have.

It’s hard to resist the melodies on songs like ‘Jacob’s Dream’, the tit

Formed in the early ’80s, AOR / Melodic Rock American band HALO had to wait until 1990 to release their debut album. It was 1989 when Halo’s demo was presented to John Elefante who quickly got the band into his studio to produce their first full length offering, which contained a perfect slice of classic hard-edged AOR stuff next to AVIATOR, ALLIES, JOURNEY and of course, Elefante’s MASTEDON.

With heavenly layered choruses, relentless and driving guitars, swirling keyboard splashes and a tightness you could only expect from a band together for a decade, HALO’s album checks all the boxes for a classic that transcends any rock and roll era.
Long time out of print, now Girder Music is remastering/reissuing this terrific album, “Halo (30th Annive

here’s the 30th Anniversary remastered reissue of American AOR / Pomp / Melodic rockers SOJOURN second album, 1987-1989 “Different Points Of View“, including 7 bonus tracks.

01 – Real Time
02 – Straight On
03 – Different Points of View
04 – In the City
05 – Back to Work
06 – Lead Me On
07 – Bandit of Love
08 – Neon Lights
09 – Long Way Home
10 – Chapter 3
11 – Won’t Cry for You
BONUS TRACKS:
12 – Tell Me What Angels Do (MCA Records Sessions)
13 – Janine (MCA Records Sessions)
14 – In the City (Hot Night in the City Compilation Version)
15 – Long Time (Demo)
16 – Chapter 7 (Demo)
17 – Big Blue