On Friday the 15th of April, the singer Ronnie Romero (Lords of Black, Rainbow, Intelligent Music Project) releases the album “Raised On Radio” where he offers covers from a number of famous names. Here you can now listen to his version of Bad Company’s song “No Smoke Without Water”.
Category: Coming Soon
Stream and listen to new and full Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Melodoc AOR music albums before their official release.
Radiant – Written By Life 2022
On April 22, the melodic hard rock band Radiant will release their new studio album “Written By Life” via the company Massacre Records. Here you can now check out the album’s cover and song list.
1. Nightshift
2. Don’t Stop The Daydream
3. Real Passion Will Never Die
4. Live The Adventure
5. Stand That Fight
6. Because Of You
7. Contagioned
8. Rock And Win
9. Dare To Fail
10. Twice A Week
11. Hang Around With Friends
Kreator – Hate Uber Alles 2022
German thrash metal veterans KREATOR will release their fifteenth studio album, “Hate Über Alles”, on June 3 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2017’s “Gods Of Violence” was recorded at Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, Germany. Helming the sessions was Arthur Rizk, who has previously worked with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, CODE ORANGE, POWER TRIP and SOULFLY, among others.
01. Sergio Corbucci Is Dead
02. Hate Über Alles
03. Killer Of Jesus
04. Crush The Tyrants
05. Strongest Of The Strong
Inglorious – MMXXI – Live At the Phoenix 2022
On April 8, Inglorious will release their new album “MMXXI – Live At the Phoenix” via the company Frontiers Records. Here you can now listen to the first taste test.
City Fixx – Fire Your Guns (Lost U.S. Jewels Vol.12) 2022
When the Los Angeles hair metal scene was storming the charts in ’88 with bands like Guns ‘N’ Roses, Faster Pussycat, LA Guns and Warrant, CITY FIXX were a bunch of rock ‘n’ roll from Rockville, Maryland, who wanted their own piece of the pie.
– Armed with some of the best glam/sleaze anthems ever heard, CITY FIXX had Kim Fowley (Runaways) at their side and a fervent fan base filling local clubs at their performances.
Runner – Falling Hearts (Lost U.S. Jewels Vol. 13) 2022
In the rich history of Chicago’s heavy metal scene, the name RUNNER can be considered a footnote in the annals of that city’s impressive roster. The band began covering Priest and Maiden songs in 1985 before taking a more melodic direction in ’86, aiming for a more commercial sound.
01 Memory
02 Broken Love
03 So Far Away
04 As Long As It’s Love
05 Say Goodbye
06 Lead Us Back
07 We Gotta Be Free
YYNOT – Light and Shade 2021
Today we’ve got some exciting news to share. The present-day prog-rock heroes in YYNOT have announced their new album Light and Shade is now shipping. The record marks the band’s third original studio effort.
1 Wire And Wood
2 Living Proof
3 Fall From The Sky
4 Mask
5 Firefly
6 Weight Of The World
7 Burning Bridge
8 Stars, Sun And Moon
ACHELOUS – The Icewind Chronicles 2022
The second full-length album “The Icewind Chronicles” is a combination of thunderous and straight-forward epic heavy metal with atmospheric passages that create a sound bringing in mind elements from bands such as BATTLEROAR, REFLECTION, IRONSWORD, even BATHORY. The atmosphere and the melodic parts alongside the lyrics that are based on R.A. Salvatore’s Icewind Dale trilogy add a strong epic vibe with the storytelling being a key aspect of the album.
1. Northern Winds
2. Flames of War
3. Savage King
4. Mi
SMITH & SWANSON – Same 2022
Tim Schmidt from Germany is a guitarist (and multi-instrumentalist) and besides SEAMOUNT, he recorded with NAKED STAR and also with the sludge doom metal overlords THRONEHAMMER who also released the 2021 highly acclaimed album “Incantation Rites”.
Sometime after a long break from SEAMOUNT, Phil and Tim started recording a few demos, forming SMITH & SWANSON, and that was more an idea of frequently output of melodic heavy doom. SMITH & SWANSON recorded 3 songs (a digital EP) and uploaded them on YouTube in 2019. After a while, those tracks came to the attentio
Giant – Last Of The Runaways 2022 HR/HM 1000 Vol. 4 , Japan
CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
Country: Japan
Released: Jan 26, 2022
Style: Hard Rock, AOR
Tracklist
1 I’m A Believer = アイム・ア・ビリーヴァー 5:44
2 Innocent Days = イノセント・デイズ 5:16
3 I Can’t Get Close Enough = アイ・キャント・ゲット・クロース・イナフ 6:06
4 I’ll See You In My Dreams = アイル・シー・ユー・イン・マイ・ドリームス 4:46
5 No Way Out = ノー・ウェイ・アウト 4:03
6 Shake Me Up = シェイク・ミー・アップ 4:16
7 It Takes Two = イット・テイクス・トゥー 4:58
8 Stranger To Me = ホールド・バック・ザ・ナイト 5:57
9 Hold Back The
Pat Benatar – Wide Awake In Dreamland 2022 Series: HR/HM 1000 Vol. 4, Japan
Country: Japan
Released: Jan 26, 2022
Style: Pop Rock, Ballad, Classic Rock, AOR
Tracklist
1 All Fired Up = オール・ファイアード・アップ
2 One Love = ワン・ラヴ
3 Let’s Stay Together = レッツ・ステイ・トゥギャザー
4 Don’t Walk Away = ドント・ウォーク・アウェイ
5 Too Long A Soldier = 永遠(とわ)の炎
6 Cool Zero = クールZERO（ゼロ）
7 Cerebral Man = セレブラル・マン
8 Let ‘Em On Up = 愛の叫び
9 Suffer The Little Children = リトル・チルドレン
10 Wide Awake In Dreamland = ワイド・アウェイク・イン・ドリームランド
Martyr – Planet Metalhead 2022
Martyr is a heavy / speed / power metal band from Utrecht / The Netherlands that exists since 1982. During their career, a few demo cassettes were released as well as a number of long players. The general public first became acquainted with Martyr in 1984 when Roadrunner Records released the ‘ Dutch Steel ‘ compilation album.
“Raise Your Horns, Unite!”
“Demon Hammer”
“Children Of The Night”
“Fire Of Rebellions”
“No Time For Goodbyes”
“Metal OverdriveR
Enuff Z’nuff – Seven 2022
Enuff Z’nuff is an American melodic rock band from Blue Island, Illinois. Founded by singer Donnie Vie and bassist Chip Z’Nuff, this Chicago area band is best known for their charting singles “Fly High Michelle” and “New Thing.”
1.Wheels
2.Still Have Tonight
3.Down Hill
4.It´s No Good
5.5 Smiles Away
6.New Kind Of Motion
7.Clown On The Town
8.You And I
9.On My Way Back Home
10.We Don´t Have To Be Friends
11.So Sad To See You
Black Swan – Generation Mind 2022
On Friday, April 8, Black Swan is back with the new album “Generation Mind” via the company Frontiers Records. Below you can see the album’s title track.
Circle Of Friends – The Garden 2022
On Friday, March 25, the project band Circle Of Friends will release their debut album “The Garden” via the company Escape Music. Appearing on the upcoming album make names like James Christian, Robin Beck, Jeff Scott Soto, Robin McAuley, Robbie LeBlanc and Darby Mills.
Axel Rudi Pell – Lost XXIII – 2022
On Friday 15 April, Axel Rudi Pell will release his new studio album “Lost XXIII” via the company SPV / Steamhammer. The song list will look like this:
01. Lost XXIII Prequel (intro)
02. Survive
03. No Compromise
04. Down On The Streets
05. Gone With The Wind
06. Freight Train
07. Follow The Beast
08. Fly With Me
09. The Rise Of Ankhoor
10. Lost XXIII