Grand – Second To None 2024


On the 19th of January we release our new album Second to none. GRAND – the band was formed in 2020 in the southern outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. Vocalist Mattias Olofsson had always nurtured a dream of releasing his own AOR project one day.

Working for almost two decades as a professional singer and songwriter, he kept experimenting with ideas and writing songs, just waiting for the right moment. In the fall of 2020, the stars finally aligned, when he came to know two fellow musicians who shared his passion for the AOR genre: guitarist and producer Jakob Svensson (Wigelius) and drummer Anton Martin

Infected Rain – Time 2024


Modern progressive metal unit Infected Rain experienced their most successful years yet in 2022 and 2023, and are back to own 2024 with brand new music! Amid their current USA tour with Wednesday 13, the band has announced their multifaceted upcoming sixth studio album, “Time”, out on February 9th, 2024, via Napalm Records.

Following their most successful album to date, 2022’s Ecdysis” – which garnered prime media acclaim, hundreds of thousands of streams and views, and debuted in the Top 20 on the US Current Hard Music charts – Infected Rain climbs even higher

Omni – Souvenir 2024

On February 16th, 2024, Atlanta trio Omni will release “Souvenir”, their fourth studio album and second for Sub Pop, available worldwide on CD, LP & DSP.

“Souvenir” finds guitarist Frankie Broyles, singer/bassist Philip Frobos, and drummer Chris Yonker converting their creative fuel into sharp, driving songs that land immediately, sporting chopping riffs, staccato beats, and wiry melodies. Each track is a compact unit that stands on its own, reflecting the time and place in which it was created…

1. Exacto
2. Plastic Pyramid
3. Common Mistakes
4. INTL Wate

Tarja – Dark Christmas 2023


Country: Finland
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Year: 2023

Tracklist:
01. The First Noel (03:18)
02. Frosty the Snowman (03:07)
03. O Holy Night (04:29)
04. Dark Christmas (04:35)
05. Jingle Bell Rock (03:52)
06. White Christmas (03:43)
07. All I Want for Christmas Is You (05:18)
08. Wonderful Christmastime (05:31)
09. Last Christmas (04:30)
10. Jingle Bells (04:33)
11. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (04:19)
12. Angels We Have Hea

Red Hot – Eyes Of The World (Lost Melodic Jewels Vol. 4) 2023


SOON FOR SUBSCR! This double CD from Steelheart Records contains 30 songs originally recorded as demos in the early 1980s by the Swedish formation RED HOT. The tracks have been remastered from the original mastertapes. What is offered is fantastic, contemporary AOR of typical Scandinavian style that should appeal to fans of EUROPE,
TREAT and DALTON. Especially the keyboard work and the voice of singer Peter Wennerberg are strongly reminiscent of EUROPE. It remains unfounded, why the bands didn’t get a record deal at that time – it can’t have be

White Willow – Ignis Fatuus (Remastered) (2023)


Year of manufacture: 1995/2023
Genre: Progressive Rock / Symphonic Prog
Country: Norway

Tracklist:
01. Snowfall (6:30)
02. Lord of Night (7:13)
03. Song (2:03)
04. Ingenting (3:14)
05. The Withering of the Boughs (7:16)
06. Lines on an Autumnal Evening (4:52)
07. Now in These Fairy Lands (5:28)
08. Piletreet (1:47)
09. Till He Arrives (3:30)
10. Cryptomenysis (11:37)
11. Signs (2:04)
12. John Dee’s Lament (11:00)

Line Up:
– Eldrid Johansen / lead & backing (2.6) v

Nebula – Livewired in Europe (2023)


Country: USA
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Stoner
Release year: 2023

Tracklist:
1. Man’s Best Friend (4:38)
2. Down The Highway (3:25)
3. Out Of Your Head (4:07)
4. Highwired (4:11)
5. Giant/Clearlight (6:53)
6. Full Throttle (4:31)
7. Aphrodite (4:12)
8. Messiah (4:45)
9. Let It Burn (4:43)
10. Transmission From Mothership Earth (3:54)
11. Let’s Get Lost (4:20)
12. Warzone Speedwulf (6:43)

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Jean-Jacques Milteau (JJ Milteau) – Collection 1989-2011, 16 CD, MP3


Genre: Blues, Harmonica Blues, Singer/Songwriter
Year of disc release: 1989-2011
Country: 17 April 1950-, Paris, Île-de-France, France

1989 Blues Harp (49:48) 320 kbps
1992 Explorer (42:53) 192 kbps
1992 J.J. Milteau & Le Grand Blues Band (38:32) 192 kbps
1995 Routes (47:50) 320 kbps
1996 Merci d’etre venus (54:09) 192 kbps
1998 Blues Live (2CD) (1:43:17) 320 kbps
1999 Bastille Blues (1:01:42) 320 kbps
2001 Memphis (59:28) 320 kbps
2003 Blue 3rd (53:47) 320 kbps
2005 Fragile (51:28) 320 kbps
2005 Pacific Blue (& Manu Galvin, Demi Evans) (49:53) 320 kbps
2007 Live, Hot’n’blue (1:07:42) 320 kbps
2008 Soul Conversation (53:51) 320 kbps

Dan McCafferty In Memory of Dan McCafferty – No Turning Back 2023


No Turning Back – In Memory of Dan McCafferty’, out December 7th, 2023 via Rock of Angels Records. The previously unreleased songs ‘Occident’ and ‘No Turning Back’ are original recordings from the late 1990s that McCafferty made with German director, composer and music producer Christoph Busse.

The previously unreleased track ‘Children’s Eyes’ comes from a cooperation with the composer and producer Detlef Wiedeke. All three titles were tailor-made for McCafferty and show the stylistically enormous range of his rough rock voice. With ‘Into t

Thundermug – Who’s Running My World? 1994 / Bang The Love Drum 1997


Country: Canada
Released: 1997
Style: Hard Rock

Who’s Running My World? 3:56
Blue Water 3:45
Hippy 4:05
She Said 4:47
Africa 3:36
High 3:52
Beard 3:52
The Marijuana Song 4:03
Say Good-Bye 3:58
Temptation 4:21

1 You 2:51
2 Allah, God And Buddha 4:47
3 Muffin Eater 3:20
4 Hole In The Wall 3:31
5 Heart Shape Stone 2:46
6 Jerk 2:32
7 Folks Waggin’ Bus 3:30
8 Happy As A King

DUNE PILOT – Magnetic 2023


Release date: December 1, 2023 – The Munich-based DUNE PILOT will deliver their third studio album “Magnetic” in 2023: fuzzy, earthy stoner/desert rock for fans of Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age, Down, Fu Manchu, Monster Magnet etc.

The four-piece ensemble founded in 2014 has already done just as much live and has thus shared stages with scene greats such as Karma to Burn, Orange Goblin, Greenleaf, Color Haze, and Rotor. Dune Pilot could not only be seen on tour but also at festivals such as Sankt Hell Fest, Keep