Month: October 2021

PLUSH is an all-female rock band with a mission to bring rock back to the forefront of the music industry. PLUSH is composed of four talented women, under 21, whose accomplishments and talent eclipse their age. This female rock force is fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist Moriah Formica. Drummer Brooke Colucci, guitarist Bella Perron and bassist Ashley Suppa round out the lineup.

01 Athena
02 Champion
03 Hate
04 Found Away
05 I Don’t Care
06 Sober
07 Better Off Alone
08 Sorry
09 Why Do I Even Try
10 Bring Me Down
11 Don’t Say That
12 Will Not Win
13W alk Away

heroes of mine such as Janet Gardner (ex-Vixen), Cathy Richardson (Jefferson Starship), Jenniffer Batten, Mindi Abair, Kate French, Kimi Hayes, Chez Kane, Rosa Laricchiuta (Black Rose Maze, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), and so many others gave me the big thumbs up! Up-and-comers like Lindsay Kent, Leslie Hunt, Chloe Lowery, Marine Lacoste, and so many others all added their unique personalities to make this a landmark album in my career.

01 Tigress – Kate French – Jennifer Batten – Abigail Stanshmidt (violin)?
02 Prom Night In Pontiac – Chloe Lowery – Anika Nilles (drums) – Ashley Reeve (bass)?
03 Cappella – Chez Kane?
04 Living For The Moment – Cathy Richardson – Jenn

So says Brazilian-American guitarist Bill Hudson, who has made a name for himself over the past 15 years working with artists including DORO, Jon Oliva’s PAIN, U.D.O., CIRCLE II CIRCLE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and David Vincent’s I AM MORBID. In spite of these achievements, it was in 2017 that Hudson was finally able to realize his dream by launching his own band, NORTHTALE, and releasing the debut album ,,Welcome To Paradise” two years later. All was not well in paradise, however, and the industry standard “creative differences” between Hudson and vocalist Christian Eriksson (ex-TWILIGHT FORCE) brought things to a grinding halt. Rather than give up Hudson chose to regroup and treat the NORTHTALE debut as a demo for greater things to come in the form o

“The Fragments Of Wonder” moves in the musical sphere between Stratovarius and Beast In Black, spiced with a progressive touch. The production is powerful and guitar-heavy – an important feat because apart from catchy melodies and choruses, the guitar work is one of the outstanding trademarks and makes this album a real gem of the genre.

01 Good & Bad
02 Pretender
03 Losing The Dream
04 Beyond Redemption
05 Freedom
06 Where The Sun Doesn’t Shine
07 Indigo World
08 Sacrifice
09 Miracle Of Life
10 Fragments Of Wonder
11 Empire

Fifth album from The Sore Losers is called Ultra Elektric and will be released on Suburban Records, sizzling with electric guitar riffs and uptempo rock songs.

After international adventures with Dave Cobb, Dolf De Borst (The Datsuns), and James Petralli (White Denim), the band felt ready to take matters into their own hands. Cedric Maes: “Whenever we worked with an international top producer, there was always one of us who paid close attention to what was happening, we wanted to know what each button was for.”

01 Tightrope
02 Yeah Yeah Yeah
03 Heavyweight Champion
04 Birds Of A Feather
05 Amy
06 Magnum Epos
07 You Need Some Lovin’
08 Overloadin’
09 It’s You
10 To The Well<

The southern metallers BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, gathered around Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, have announced a new album, “Doom Crew Inc. The new record goes on sale on November 26 – with “Set You Free” there is already a first single.

01 Set You Free
02 Destroy & Conquer
03 You Made Me Want To Live
04 Forever And A Day
05 End Of Day
06 Ruins
07 Forsaken
08 Your Bliss My Joy
09 Gospel Of Lies
10 Shelter Me
11 Gather All My Sins
12 Farewell Ballad

For quite some time Bad Wolves have been working on a new album with their new singer Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz (Ex-The Acacia Strain). Since a few weeks the disc already has the name “Dear Monsters”.

01 Sacred Kiss
02 Never Be The Same
03 Lifeline
04 Wildfire
05 Comatose
06 Gone
07 On The Case
08 If Tomorrow Never Comes
09 Springfield Summer
10 House Of Cards
11 Classical
12 In The Middle

Chapter II – Legacy surprises with a melting pot of different influences and a contrast between super heavy riffs, a sometimes even djent/metalcore-like touches and catchy hook lines and melodies, giving the band’s sophomore album a modern and equally timeless touch without losing their personal signature.

01 Reinvented
02 Unstoppable
03 Inferno
04 Your Enemy
05 Afterlife (feat. Nils Molin)
06 Breathe
07 Animals
08 Into The Night
09 Son Of Wallachia
10 My Justice, Your Pain
11 Haunted
12 Lullaby

Giacomo Voli convinces as always as an exorbitantly great singer with technical finesse. It is mixed and mastered this time again by Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann, head of the power metal combo “Orden Ogan”, who in recent years has become an important institution of the new generation of power metal.

01 Son Of Vengeance
02 The Kingdom Of Ice
03 Glory For Salvation
04 Eternal Snow
05 Terial The Hawk
06 Maid Of The Secret Sand
07 Abyss Of Pain Ii
08 Infinitae Gloriae
09 Magic Signs
10 I’ll Be Your Hero
11 Chains Of Destiny
12 Un’ode Per L’eroe
13 La Esencia De Un Rey

European heavy/power metal, in the vein of Avantasia, Kamelot and Edguy with strong melodies, big chorus, heavy riffs and bulletproof musicianship. With roots back in the metal gods Iron Maiden, Rainbow and Judas Priest, the style morphed, evolved and developed throughout the years, producing new stars to the constellation, but never really lost its soul and essence. Featuring Tygers Of Pan Tang guitarist, Francesco Marras.

01 Free Me
02 Heaven Or Hell
03 Crimes With No Name
04 Love And Hate
05 S Mask
06 Lost Child
07 Live For Your Dreams
08 Stand In Line
09 Sha e Your Blood
10 Where I Have Been Up To Now

German-Italian melodic metal act The Unity, consisting of Gamma Ray members Henjo Richter (guitar), Michael Ehré (drums) and bandmates Gianbattista Manenti (vocals), Stef (guitar), Jogi Sweers (bass) and Sascha Onnen (keyboards) are set to release their first live album. The album was mixed and mastered by Achim Köhler. 12 songs for every fan of Gamma Ray, Edguy and Stratovarius!

01 Revenge
02 st Betrayal
03 No Hero
04 No More Lies
05 Welcome Home
06 Firesign
07 The Storm
08 We Don’t Need Them Here
09 The Willow Tree
10 You Got Me Wrong
11C lose To Crazy
12 Never Forget