Orion’s Reign – Scores Of Wars 2018


Orion’s Reign are back with their second full-length studio album, “Scores of War”, set for an October 19th release by Pride & Joy Music.The album, engineered, mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studios (Powerwolf, Arch Enemy, Dragonforce, Amorphis etc.), in Sweden by Jens Bergen, Linus Corneliusson and Orion’s Reign, includes 11 tracks of epic/symphonic metal.

1. Elder Blood
2. Together We March
3. The Gravewalker
4. The Undefeated Gaul
5. An Adventure Song
6. Freedom Is Not Negotiable
7. Nostos
8. Warrior’s Pride
9. Withering Heart

Black Viper – Hellions of Fire 2018


“The album is indeed a mixture of Heavy Metal and Speed Metal”, describes Cato “Hellions Of Fire”. “If you want, the record sounds a little like Savage Grace’s first record.”

01Intro / Hellions Of Fire
02Metal Blitzkrieg
03Quest For Power / The Fountain Of Might
04Storming With Vengeance
05Suspiria
06Freedom’s Reign
07Nightmare Mausoleum (the Sleeper Must Awaken)

Primal Fear – Nuclear Blast Recordings, 6CD, Box Set


PRIMAL FEAR “The Nuclear Blast recordings” features the six albums the German power metal veterans released through Nuclear Blast Records. The albums included in this release are “Jaws Of Death” (1999), “Nuclear Fire” (2001), “Black Sun” (2002), “Devil’s Ground” (2004), “Seven Seals” (2005) and “Metal Classics”. PRIMAL FEAR were formed in 1997 by ex-members of GAMMA RAY and SINNER and have been a prominent figure in t

Sinister – Nuclear Blast recordings, 4CD, Box Set


SINISTER – The Nuclear Blast Recordings (4CD Box) “Hate” (1995), “Aggressive Measures” (1998), “Savage Or Grace” (2003) and “Afterburner” (2006).

CD 1:
Hate
1. Intro
2. Awaiting Absu
3. Embodiment Of Chaos
4. Art Of The Damned
5. Unseen Darkness
6. 18th Century Hellfire
7. To Mega Therion
8. The Cursed Mayhem
9. The Bloodfeast
CD 2:
Aggressive Measures
1. Intro: The Up

Happy Cult – Classic 2018


The four guys – Tate Logan (vocals/guitar), Jack Eskridge (guitar), Sean Bowick (bass) and Caleb Rucker (drums) – from Columbia, South Carolina combine melodic, powerful guitar riffs with catchy, almost pop vocal melodies in their songs. The rousing result sounds like a mixture of British bands of the late 70s and US acts of the 2000s, almost as if The Undertones would meet Green Day.

01How To Lose A Girl In 1:45
02Don’t Overdose And Drive
03Winona Ryder
04I Call Shotgun
05Drowners
06Lucky
07With A Y
08F

Electric Six – Bride of the devil 2018


Eletric Six go back to the roots and into the 70s, when bands still presented their fans a new album and tour every year, so Fast also released album no. 14 exactly one year later and
is called BRIDE OF THE DEVILS.

01The Opener
02Daddy’s Boy
03(it Gets)(a Little) Jumpy
04Safety Girl
05You’re Toast
06Hades Ladies
07Bride Of The Devil
08Witches Burning
09Full Moon Over The Internet
10Grey Areas
11The Worm In The Wood

Tall Dark Stranger – Contra Mundum 2018


To be released on September 18, 2018 (Foot In The Door Records) released a refreshing AOR throwback album with a sound that was somewhere in-between King’s X, Peter Gabriel, Todd Rundgren and Journey.

01. Electrons
02. Thinking About It
03. Love in Chernobyl
04. Icicle Man
05. Shine
06. It’s Over
07. Right to Be Wrong
08. Was What It Is
09. Tear This Castle Down
10. At Best

Band Members:
Dee Allen – lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards,

Helix – Icon 2018


Category: Hard Rock
Year: 2018
Label: Universal Music Canada

1. Rock You
2. Heavy Metal Love
3. Dirty Dog
4. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’
5. Deep Cuts The Knife
6. Wild In The Streets
7. The Kids Are All Shakin’
8. Good To The Last Drop
9. Running Wild In The 21st Century
10. Even Jesus (Wasn’t Loved In His Home Town)
11. Gene Simmons Says (Rock Is Dead)

Acacia Avenue – Worlds Apart 2018


On 21 September, the AOR project Acacia Avenue with Torben Enevoldsen (Fate) will release the new album “Worlds Apart” through Perris Records. Participating in the upcoming album names Peter Sundell (C.O.P., Grand Illusion), Dagfinn Joensen (Fate) and Torben Lysholm (Pangea, Mysterial)

01. Stand Up and Shout
02. Worlds Apart
03. Out of Control
04. Fly Away
05. Wait for Love
06. Straight to the Heart
07. Reaching Out
08. Seeing Is Believing
09. Don’t Chain My Heart
10. Mine All Mine
11. Chasing Starlight

ARION – Life Is Not Beautiful 2018


AFM Records proudly announces the signing of Finnish melodic metal act ARION. The band led by guitarist Iivo Kaipainen, been around since 2011, when all members (most of them students of the Sibelius musical high school in Helsinki) were still teenagers. In 2013 ARION entered the limelight for the first time when participating in Finland’s Eurovision Song Contest qualifiers with their song “Lost”. The then unknown band ended up on a sensational #5 and shortly after was offered a deal by a Finnish label.

01. The End Of The Fall
02. No One Stands In My Way

Saigon Kick – Water [Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition Remastered +1] 2018


“SAIGON KICK’S FORTUNES were radically reshaped with the release of their second album, ‘The Lizard’ and it contained the hit single ‘Love Is On The Way’. It was a track that made them MTV stars, helping to achieve a gold album. This was a major coup for this much-loved Florida four piece that had been signed to Atlantic Records via the imprint Third Stone, a company owned by Hollywood A-Lister Michael Douglas.

1. ONE STEP CLOSER
2. SPACE ODDITY
3. WATER
4. TORTURE
5. FIELDS OF RAPE
6. I LOVE YOU
7. SGT. STEVE
8. MY HEART
9. ON AND ON
10. THE WAY

Saigon Kick – The Lizard [Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition Remastered ] 2018


“IN THE NOT too distant past, record companies would signs artists and let them develop over a period of time. A good case in point was the development of Saigon Kick.

1. CRUELTY
2. HOSTILE YOUTH
3. FEEL THE SAME WAY
4. FREEDOM
5. GOD OF 42ND STREET
6. MY DOG
7. PEPPERMINT TRIBE
8. LOVE IS ON THE WAY
9. THE LIZARD
10. ALL ALRIGHT
11. SLEEP
12. ALL I WANT
13. BODY BAGS
14. MISS JONES
15. WORLD GOES AROUND
16. CHANEL

Saigon Kick – Saigon Kick [Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition Remastered +2] 2018


Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition – Fully Remastered Audio – Two bonus tracks – 12 page full colour booklet – 3,500 word essay, enhanced artwork with unpublished photos and new interview

1. NEW WORLD
2. WHAT YOU SAY
3. WHAT DO YOU DO
4. SUZY
5. COLORS
6. COMING HOME
7. LOVE OF GOD
8. DOWN BY THE OCEAN
9. ACID RAIN
10. MY LIFE
11. MONTH OF SUNDAYS
12. UGLY
13. COME TAKE ME NOW
14. I.C.U.
15. HEY HEY HEY (bonus track)
16. COLOURS (Acoustic bonus track)

SAIGON KICK
Matt Kramer (vocals)
Jason Bieler