Hard Rock Sleaze Glam AOR HEAVY
Genre: Heavy Metal / Doom Metal / Stoner
Country of the artist (band): Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Year of publication: 2022-2025
2022 – Forests of November (Demo Version) (01:02:24)
2023 – Chapter I: The Everlasting Fog (01:46:06)
2023 – Serpent City – EP (00:24:51)
2024 – Chapter II: Winter in the Wastes (01:02:23)
2025 – Prequel I: Grim Desires (Anguish Machine) (00:41:29)
2025 – Chapter III: Season of the Spine (01:53:04)
Genre: Power Metal
Country of artist (band): United States
Year of publication: 2012-2025
2012 – King of Rome (2018 Reissue) [01:10:54]
2013 – Sleepy Plessow (2018 Reissue) [01:19:23]
2014 – Coping Mechanism (EP) [00:14:59]
2015 – At the Expense of Humanity [01:06:30]
2018 – The Last Emperor [00:54:34]
2020 – Let There Be Nothing [00:57:48]
2022 – The Majesty of Decay [01:00:55]
2023 – I am the Void (EP) [00:14
Genre: Southern Rock
Country of disc (release): US
Year of original release: 1977
Year of reissue: 2013
Publisher (label): Crossroad Productions
Catalog number: 5818
Country of artist (group): US
Tracklist:
1. Rock-N-Roll Loser (Bob Spearman, Buddy Buie, Jimmy Hall, Rob Walker) – 4:13
2. Out On A Limb (Bob Spearman, Jimmy Hall, Mike Causey, Rob Walker) – 3:57
3. Sunshine Blues (Bob Spearman, Bobby Golden, Buddy Buie, Jimmy Hall) – 3:37
4. Sam’s Jam (Bob Spearman, Bobby Golden, Buddy Buie, Jimmy Hall) – 9:43
5. Mind Bender (Buddy Buie, Rob Walker) – 4:14
6. Universal Fool (Buddy Buie, Jimmy Hall, Rob Walker) – 7:01
7. April Love (B
Country: US
Genre: RIO/Avant-Prog
Duration: 01:40:54+01:03:00
Year of release: 2012
Label: Zeitgeist Media
DVD1: Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition
1. Movie
DVD2: Got RIO? Special Features DVD
1 Noise Aranis 12:06
2 Becchime Yugen 12:33
3 Dead Silence Thinking Plague 4:25
4 Bug 2: The History of the United States Hamster Theatre 4:01
5 Ruins Medley Ruins Alone 7:04
6 La Roche/Meeting Point Miriodor 9:50
7 Gianfranco Mattei Stormy Six 5:24
8 Tiny Invasion Rabbit Rabbit 4:31
9 Chris Cutler [Interview]
10 Christian Vander [Interview]
11 Giorgio Gomelsky [Interview]
12 Roger Trigaux [Interview]
13 Franco Fabbri [Interview]
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Genre: Power/Doom Metal
Country of artist (band): Italy
Year of publication: 2012-2024
2012 – The Shadow Tower
2019 – Canto III
2021 – Emperor of Hell – Canto XXXIV
2024 – Darkness, Then Light
Many of you asked for the Japanese cardboard sleeve (mini LP) reissue series of STYX on SHM-CD and how is it the audio quality. In one word; outstanding. All were released a few years ago on mini LP replica, a Limited Edition already turned out of print.
These really worth a to have – the only LP replica ever released – as all are essential STYX albums – Let’s go with “The Grand Illusion“.
“The Grand Illusion” launched the band to stardom, spawning the hit singles “Come Sail Away” and “Fooling Yourself”, and selling
Genre: Progressive Power Metal
Country of artist (band): Norway
Year of publication: 2020
CD 1 – State of Deception
01. In: Deception
02. Of Raven and Pigs
03. Waywardly Broken
04. No Rewind
05. The Mansion (feat. Elize Ryd)
06. By The Blues
07. Anybody Out There
08. She Dragoon
09. Feather Moves (Remastered)
CD 2 – My Dark Symphony (EP)
01. Re:Conception
02. Grand Again
03. Into The Wild
04. Quite Alright
05. The Moment
06. My Dark Symphony
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country of disc (release): Russia
Year of publication: 2025
Publisher (label): IROND
Catalog number: CD 25-2082
Country of artist (group): Ireland
Tracklist:
01. ‘Til I Die (4:21)
02. Soulbound (4:29)
03. The Best Of Me (3:40)
04. Crazy (4:18)
05. Let It Go (4:47)
06. Wonder Of The World (3:29)
07. One Good Reason (3:27)
08. Bloody Bruised And Beautiful (3:34)
09. Paradise (3:25)
10. Born To Die (4:42)
11. There Was A Man (3:47)
She largely deserved it. Singer-songwriter HOLLY KNIGHT gave to the music industry huge hits and sales, and they let the New Yorker to record her own album. Still a quite unknown name for many rock fans, chances are you’ve been humming one of her melodies at least once.
Holly Knight is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter and musician, inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013. Some of her best-known written songs include: “The Best”
Country: UK
Genre: Neo Prog
Release year: 2025
1. The Unknown Door (22:33)
2. One of Us (03:10)
3. No Dominion (06:25)
4. Far from Here (12:44)
5. Never Land (08:16)
Line-up / Musicians
– Peter Nicholls / lead & backing vocals
– Michael Holmes / guitars, producer
– Neil Durant / keyboards
– Tim Esau / bass, bass pedals
– Paul Cook / drums, percussion
Year of manufacture: 2025
Genre: Progressive Rock / Heavy Prog
Country: Italy
Tracklist:
01. Alone (04:17)
02. Listen To Me (04:47)
03. Invisible Moonlight (04:50)
04. Overloaded (03:51)
05. Show Me What You Can Do (04:09)
06. You Want To Chain Me Again (04:27)
07. Keep Your Head Up (06:13)
08. No Hope? (05:02)
09. The Blue Line (05:00)
10. To Live And Die By Your Love (04:18)
11. Waiting For A Miracle (06:30)
12. Sleepwalking Nights (02:28)
Line Up:
-Marco Oppi/lead vocals<
Country: USA
Genre: Psychedelic / Progressive Rock
Year: 2025
1.Forest of the Surreal Dream 16:04
2.Woodland 05:02
3.Woods of the Mystic Soul 11:32
4.Twilight in the Veiled Woods 09:39
Year of manufacture: 2025
Genre: Progressive Rock/Canterbury Scene
Country: Netherlands
Tracklist:
01. Something In Return
02. Nancy Never Knew
03.Out of the Darkness
04. Into the Moving Light
05. Anywhere the Wind
06. Interlude I
07. Never In a 100,000,000 Dreams
08. Interlude II
09. 60 S Medley
10. Excerpt From Pudding & Gisteren
11. Interlude III
12. The Last Chord Open
Line Up:
– Robert Jan Stips / vocals, keyboards
– Rinus Gerritsen/bass