THE Norseman Company – The Coming Of The Chord 2021


For fans of Kiss, Y&T, Whitesnake, Helix & Def Leppard.The Brainchild behind The Norsemen Company is Geir Arne Dale. Geir was the drummer, main songwriter, manager for Norwegian classic rock band HUMBUCKER.

After producing two Humbucker albums and also organized a European tour in 2014 as support for legendary Canadian rock band Helix, it was time for Geir to move on to start The Norsemen Company. Many musicians and vocalist were brought in on this project including one of Norways biggest stars AAGE STEN NILSEN of Wig Wam and Ammunition fame. The track “Gimme Some Rock and Roll” features Rowan Robertson (Ex Dio) on the guitar solo. Also vocalist MARTIN STEENE (Iron fire) & guitarist TOR ERIK MYHRE (Jorn Lande) are featured. The a

Christopher Cross – Collects “The Complete Works” on 13-CD/1-LP Box Set 2020


The Complete Works is an oversized, book-style 13-CD/1-LP compendium containing all of Cross’ studio albums, one disc of non-LP material, and a 12-song vinyl LP compilation with one track from each of those studio LPs. The box contains the following original albums on CD, all newly remastered by Bernie Grundman:

Christopher Cross, The Complete Works (ChristopherCross.com, 2020)

Includes:

Christopher Cross (1979);
Another Page (1983);
Every Turn of the World (1986);
Back of My Mind (1988);
Rendezvous (1992);
Window (1994);
Walking in Avalon (1998);
A Christopher Cross Christmas (2007);
The Café Carlyle Sessions (2008);
Doctor Faith (2011);
Secret Ladder (2014); and
Take Me As I Am

SUSEMIHL – ALIENATION 2021


A few months after the appetizer Burning Man EP, former U.D.O. guitarist Andy Susemihl presents his seventh studio album, Alienation. Also on board are a number of “superfriends” who support him with this long player. These include international giants such as Peter Baltes (Accept), Francesco Jovin (U.D.O. / Jorn) and Andre Labelle (Vinnie Vincent).

Alienation is “a very up-to-date album, a combination of rousing rock songs, unique compositions and lyrics that life has written especially in these crazy times.” Susemihl himself describes his eclectic and multi-string style as Sophisticated Global Rock.

The tracklist is as follows:

“Another Day Another Turn”
“Aliens”
“Top Of The World”

Led Zeppelin ‎– Bath Of The Blues [Japan Edition] 2020, 2 CD


Country:Japan
Released:2020
Style:Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Tracklist
Raw Transfer
1-1 Crowd
1-2 Immigrant Song
1-3 Heartbreaker
1-4 Dazed And Confused
1-5 Bring It On Home
1-6 Since I’ve Been Loving You
1-7 Organ Solo
1-8 Thank You
1-9 That’s The Way (The Boy Next Door)
1-10 What Is And What Should Never Be
2-1 Introduction
2-2 Moby Dick
2-3 How Many More Times
2-4 Whole Lotta Love
2-5 Communication Breakdown
2-6 Long Tall Sally
2-7 Say Mama
2-8 Johnny B. Goode
2-9 Bye Bye Johnny
2-10 That’s Alright Mama
2-11 Long Tall Sally
2-12 Bye Bye Johnny
2-13 Outro
Final Mixdown
3-1 Crowd
3-2 Imm

Alice Cooper ‎– Sydney 2011 DVD, 2020


Country:Japan
Released:2020
Style:Hard Rock

Tracklist
1 The Black Widow
2 Brutal Planet
3 I’m Eighteen
4 Under My Wheels
5 Billion Dollar Babies
6 No More Mr. Nice Guy
7 Hey Stoopid
8 Is It My Body?
9 Halo Of Flies
10 I’ll Bite Your Face Off
11 Muscle Of Love
12 Only Women Bleed
13 Cold Ethyl
14 Feed My Frankenstein
15 Clones (We’re All)
16 Poison
17 Wicked Young Man
18 Killer
19 I Love The Dead
20 School’s Out / Another Brick In The Wall
21 Elected
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Phantom – Elite Titanium 2021


Phantom Elite is a relatively new metal band fronted by singer Marina La Torraca (Exit Eden, live vocalist for Avantasia) and features songwriting and production from former After Forever guitarist and producer Sander Gommans. Marina and Sander together with Max van Esch (guitars), and Joeri Warmerdam (drums) are set to unleash an incredible slice of contemporary sounding heavy metal music in their sophomore album “Titanium”. Sonically, the band is a perfect combination of symphonic, progressive, and heavy metal.

01 Conjure Rains
02 The Race
03 Diamonds And Dark
04 Worst Part Of Me
05 Glass Crown
06 Titanium
07 Bravado
08 Silver Lining
09 Haven
10 Deliverance
11 Eyes Wide Open

Biff Byford – Inspirations 2021


Saxon frontman Biff Byford was recently interviewed by Jimmy Kay and Alan “The Metal Guy” Dixon for Canada’s The Metal Voice. Byford was promoting Saxon‘s upcoming covers album Inspirations, which will be available via Silver Lining Music on March 19, 2021.

Track List for Inspirations:
01. Paint It Black
02. Immigrant Song
03. Paperback Writer
04. Evil Woman
05. Stone Free
06. Bomber
07. Speed King
08. The Rocker
09. Hold The Line
10. Problem Child
11. See My Friends

Flesh & Blood – Blues For Daze 2021


“Flesh & Blood was an amazing super-group put together by Mark Mangold after his three AOR albums with Drive She Said, looking for a more rocking, rootsy, bluesy-based sound. Alongside Mark Mangold on keyboards, there’s the awesome Danny Vaughn (Tyketto) on vocals and blues harp and guitars on the bonus tracks, Al Pitrelli (Savatage, Joe Lynn Turner, Alice Cooper) on guitar, Chuck Bonfante (Saraya, Drive She Said) on drums and Mitch Distefano on bass.

STRYPER – TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL (Japan Edition CD w/OBI Strip) 2020


Release Date 12/18/20 Re-issued by Universal Japan ,if you still don’t have Stryper’s “To Hell With The Devil” in your collection you are missing an essential piece of ’80s US hard rock / glam, and this Japanese pressing is the one to get.

01 – Abyss (To Hell with the Devil)
02 – To Hell with the Devil
03 – Calling on You
04 – Free
05 – Honestly
06 – The Way
07 – Sing-Along Song
08 – Holding On
09 – Rockin’ the World
10 – All of Me
11 – More Than a Man

Michael Sweet – lead vocals, guitar
Robert Sweet – drums, background vocals
Oz Fox – lead guitar, background vocals
Tim Gaines – bass, background vocals
additional musicians:
John Van To

Sunstorm – Afterlife 2021


On Friday, March 12, 2021, Sunstorm will release their new studio album “Afterlife” via the company Frontiers Records. Here’s how to read a press release:

SUNSTORM, a project originally designed to showcase a musical style similar to singer Joe Lynn Turner’s Melodic Rock/AOR roots, now has a new face fronting the band in the form of Lords of Black and Rainbow singer Ronnie Romero. Romero’s debut album with Sunstorm, “Afterlife” will be released on March 12, 2021.
In discussions with producer and songwriter Alessandro Del Vecchio, it was decided that moving the musical style of the next Sunstorm album to the more melodic AOR sound of the first records was what everyone wanted. But with Turner out of the picture, who to replace the formidabl

Gary Hughes – Waterside 2021


Here you can check the cover and song list for the singer Gary Hughes (TEN)’s new solo album “Waterside”, which will be released on March 12, 2021 via the company Frontiers Records.

1. All At Once It Feels Like I Believe
2. Electra- Glide
3. Lay Down
4. The Runaway Damned
5. Screaming In The Half Light
6. Water side
7. Video Show
8. Save My Soul
9. Seduce Me
10. When Love Is Done

Adventus Morir – Y Renacer 2021


He started playing guitar at the age of seventeen and spent a few years trying to create a serious musical group. She has been active in two bands for over thirty years, in various stages (Warcry-Avalanch) and currently has become part of the group “Adventus” as their singer. Many albums, many concerts, collaborations, awards and perhaps most importantly, a good legion of followers that have made Víctor one of the vocal references of Heavy music sung in Spanish.

1. Némesis
2. Dame Una Razón
3. Solo Uno Más
4. Donde Diga El Corazón
5. Agua En El Desierto
6. Parte De Tú Vida
7. Más Fuerte Que El Dolor
8. Luces Y Sombras
9. No Pudo Ser Mejor
10. A Corazón Abierto
11. Sin Miedo
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