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Bloodbound – The Tales Of Nosferatu: Two Decades Of Blood (2004-2024) [2024, Blu-ray, 1080i]

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The Swedish power metal band BLOODBOUND is celebrating its birthday! Twenty years of band existence and twenty years packed with studio albums and a lot of big festival appearances and tours.

Now it’s time to pay homage to the band with a live album, which with songs like “Battle in the Sky”, “The Warlock’s Trail” or “Drink with the Gods” has earned them an unthinkable place on the power metal throne and a standing as a great live band. “The Tales of Nosferatu – Two Decades of Blood” is the band’s second live album and the package is packed full. In addition to the 2LP version in the matching Blood Splatter design, there will be a CD Earbook, which includes an extra Blu-Ray with var

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BOSTON – Live… Long Beach ’77 [Alive The Live 2-CD Japan release only] , MP3+FLAC

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We already posted a few days ago a marvelous BOSTON release by Japanese label King Street and their ‘Alive The Live’ series. Now we have another monster release capturing Boston at their peak: “Live… Long Beach ’77 [Alive The Live 2-CD Japan release only].

This release features the 2 shows Boston’s 1977 appearance in Long Beach on March 16th – ‘Early Show’ on CD1, and “Late Show” on CD2. The concert was broadcast for the King Biscuit Flower Hour while the band were making their studio album ‘Don’t Look Back, their second multi-platinum release, which was released that year.
Such a high quality live recording of Boston in their prime reveals that the polish and power they displayed on thei

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Rhapsody of Fire – Challenge the Wind – 2024, FLAC+MP3, CD w/ Scans

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Genre: Symphonic Power Metal
Country of origin of the disc (release): Russia
Year of publication: 2024
Publisher (label): FONO
Catalog number: FO1879CD
Country of performer (group): Italy

Tracklist:
01 – Challenge the Wind (04:56)
02 – Whispers of Doom (04:57)
03 – The Bloody Pariah (04:54)
04 – Vanquished by Shadows (16:12)
05 – Kreel’s Magic Staff (06:11)
06 – Diamond Claws (04:37)
07 – Black Wizard (05:11)
08 – A Brave New Hope (04:41)
09 – Holy Downfall (06:54)
10 – Mastered by the Dark (04:54)

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Sebastian Bach – Child Within The Man – 2024, FLAC+MP3, CD w/ Scans

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Genre: Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
Country of origin of the disc (release): Russia
Year of publication: 2024
Publisher (label): Reigning Phoenix
Country of performer (group): USA

Tracklist:
01. Everybody Bleeds (4:26)
02. Freedom (3:09)
03. (Hold On) To The Dream (5:02)
04. What Do I Got To Lose? (4:49)
05. Hard Darkness (4:22)
06. Future Of Youth (3:45)
07. Vendetta (4:01)
08.F.U. (4:39)
09. Crucify Me (4:23)
10. About To Break (4:11)
11. To Live Again (4:49)

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Within Temptation – Worlds Collide Tour – Live In Amsterdam [2024, Blu-ray, 1080i]

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In 2022 the highly anticipated and long-awaited Worlds Collide Tour kicked off. Few collaborations in Within Temptation’s career have ignited as much anticipation as their co-headlining tour with Evanescence, after it being postponed four times due to COVID. As soon as the world reopened, the Worlds Collide Tour finally took place.

During this tour, Within Temptation played two sold-out shows in their home country at Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam (NL). They were their first-ever headlining shows in Ziggo Dome and a total of 30.000 fans were there to witness. Now, fans get to relive the adrenaline-pumping excitement of the Worlds Collide Tour from the comfort of their home with the first show in Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam (NL) on November 30, 2022, now bein

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WRATHCHILD AMERICA – CLIMBIN’ THE WALLS [Rock Candy Remastered] 2016, MP3+FLAC

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WRATHCHILD AMERICA‘s 1989 debut “Climbin’ The Walls” isn’t the typical kind of music ‘Remastered & Reloaded‘ by Rock Candy Records, but this long forgotten album certainly deserved a proper reissue, and a listen by all ’80s rock aficionados.

Back in the late Eighties, American Rock music appeared to be splitting into two fractions; melodic hard rock / glam metal, and thrash metal. Although these two camps were, in effect, polar opposite, fans of either were always appreciative of the aesthetics of both.
At the heavier end of the spectrum bands such as Slayer, Megadeth and Metallica were enjoying a wave of popularity that had started to influence a number of yo

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YES – TALK 30th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set 4 CD Edition Featuring 8 Bonus Studio Tracks & Previously Unreleased Live Concer 2024, MP3+FLAC

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Today we bring in exclusive “Talk [30th Anniversary Edition / SOUMBOX082 Deluxe 4-disc Remastered]“, 1994’s YES album housed in a 4CD Deluxe Edition box-set featuring bonus studio material, and a previously unreleased live show from New York.


30 years later… Yes: Talk is back! Where has it been? Well therein lies a long story for anyone interested, but let’s say that the rights have floated around for some time, just waiting for Spirit Of The Unicorn / Cherry Red Records to pick it up and bring us this deluxe set.
”Talk” is notable for 2 significant things: first up it’s the main “equal” studio collaboration between Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin, to the extent that they took

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Scherer/Batten – Battlezone 2024 (Deluxe Edition)

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MelodicRock Classics dives back into the original MelodicRock Records catalogue for the fourth time to reissue an album long out of print, but still in high demand.Scherer/Batten – ‘Battlezone’ was one of the most acclaimed releases signed to MRR.

The 2017 release featured vocalist MARC SCHERER (Scherer/Peterik) and star guitarist JENNIFER BATTEN (Jeff Beck, Michael Jackson) alongside Jim Peterik and band. For this 2024 re-issue, MRC is offering the Battlezone Deluxe Edition, which gathers the original album plus a selection of rough mixes and demo versions, plus 2 additional unreleased writing demos, ‘Change Everything’ (from MRCD9) and the bonus track ‘Blue Letter’, which previously appeared on the MRR100 compilation release. Thanks to Danette Pahl, Marc Sc

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Michael Schenker – My Years with UFO 2024

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Axl Rose (GUNS N’ ROSES),Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER),Joey Tempest (EUROPE),Roger Glover (DEEP PURPLE),Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW),Biff Byford (SAXON) and Stephen Pearcy (RATT) are among the musicians who appear on “My Years With UFO”, the new album from Michael Schenker on which the legendary German guitarist revisits his classic years with UFO from 1972 to 1978.

Due on September 20 via earMUSIC, the 50th-anniversary LP will also showcase the six-string abilities of Slash (GUNS N’ ROSES),Joel Hoekstra (WHITESNAKE),John Norum (EUROPE) and Adri

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Van Stephenson – Same Pen, Different Voices 2024

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The arrival of any new VAN STEPHENSON music is met with huge anticipation. This release is just a little different from the norm, but no less exciting or musically brilliant. This is Van Stephenson, but with a little help from his friends.

As most will be aware, over the course of the last couple of years, I have been archiving Van’s vast collection of unreleased songs and demos. There are more than 500, covering all styles from 70s singer/songwriter, 80s AOR and pop to 90s country…and then some. The ultimate goal is to pay tribute to Van with some form of all-inclusive box set/s. During the co

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