RIOT – Thundersteel (30th Anniversary Edition) 2018


On November 30th Metal Blade will release a “30th Anniversary Edition” of one of the most popular RIOT albums, “Thundersteel“.Originally released in 1988 the album is getting the full Metal Blade treatment including a bonus-DVD with exclusive footage.

CD:
01. Thundersteel
02. Fight Or Fall
03. Sign Of The Crimson Storm
04. Flight Of The Warrior
05. On Wings Of Eagles
06. Johnny’s Back
07. Bloodstreets
08. Run For Your Life
09. Buried Alive (Tell Tale Heart)
10. Bloodstreets – Alternate Ending Version
11. Buried Alive (Tell Tale Heart) – Alternate version

12. On Wings Of Eagles – Live 1988
13. Flight Of The Warrior – Live 1988
14. Johnny’s Back – Live 1988
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SABATON – Carolus Rex (Platinum Edition) 2018


2 CD digipak. Includes 4 bonus tracks! SABATON are excited to reveal that 2012’s “Carolus Rex” has reached quadruple platinum status in their home country Sweden.

CD 1 (English):
01. Dominium Maris Baltici
02. The Lion From The North
03. Gott Mit Uns
04. A Lifetime Of War
05. 1 6 4 8
06. The Carolean’s Prayer
07. Carolus Rex
08. Killing Ground
09. Poltava
10. Long Live The King
11. Ruina Imperii

Bonus Tracks:
12. Twilight Of The Thunder God
13. In The Army Now
14. Feuer Frei
15. Harley From Hell

CD 2 (Swedish):
01. Dominium Maris Baltici
02. Lejonet Från Norden
03. Gott Mit Uns
04. En Livstid I Kri

Lillian Axe – Out of the Darkness Into the Light 2018


This compilation disc from lead vocalist Ron Taylor and lead guitarist Stevie Blaze and their hot shot long hair mates include the raucous “Misery Loves Company”, “She Likes It On Top”, “Show A Little Love”, and the big arena ballad, “Ghost Of Winter”. They were definitely the kind of young, talented and hungry band that could go out and embarrass an established headliner.

01Show A Little Love
02Misery Loves Company
03She Likes It On Top
04Nobody Knows
05All’s Fair In Love And War
06Waiting In The Dark
07Dream Of A Lifetime
08The World Stopped Turning
09Hard Luck
10Ghost Of Winter
11My Number

Quiet Riot – One Night In Milan Deluxe Edition 2019


Quiet Riot’s performance at Frontiers Rock festival 2018 marked the band’s first-ever concert in Italy and what a hell of a show it was! With the entire club shouting and singing and calling back the band on stage at the end of the show, Quiet Riot literally took no prisoners, offering the crowd a superb selection of their greatest hits plus a very special surprise in “Thunderbird,” a song from the multi platinum album “Metal Health” that the band never performed on stage in its entire history.

1.Run For Cover
2.Slick Black Cadillac
3.Mama Weere All Crazee Now
4.Whatever It Takes
5.Terrified
6.Love’s A Bitch
7.Condition Critical
8.Thunderbird Intro
8.Thunderbird
10.Party All Night
11.Freak Flag
12.I Can’t Get Enough

FM – Dirty Italian Job 2019


Hot on the heels of the release of their 10th studio album “Atomic Generation,” UK’s finest melodic rock band FM kicked off their tour in support of the album with a typically stunning performance at Frontiers Rock Festival in Milan, Italy in April 2018.

FM offered up a set which included fan favorites and classic cuts taken from the band’s first two records, brand new additions to the setlist taken from their last two albums “Heroes and Villains” and “Atomic Generation” and some surprises, such as “Let Love Be The Leader, a single originally released in 1987.
The band’s performance was simply faultless and breathtaking. The rhythm section of Pete Jupp and Merv Goldsworthy didn’t miss a beat while Jem Davis provided rich sonic tapestries with his keyboards. Jim Kirkpat

Spirits Of Fire – Spirits Of Fire 2019


A dream team of renowned metal musicians including Tim “Ripper” Owens (ex-Judas Priest, Iced Earth), Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Steve DiGiorgio (Testament, Death, etc.) and Mark Zonder (ex-Fates Warning, Warlord) was born and put together under the direction of renowned LA-based producer Roy Z. (Bruce Dickinson, Halford, Tribe Of Gypsies). Called SPIRITS OF FIRE (after the title of one of their songs), the band has completed work on their debut album. The music can best be described as “classic Priest meets Savatage”.

1. Light Speed Marching
2. Temple Of The Soul
3. All Comes Together
4. Spirits Of Fire
5. It’s Everywhere
6. A Game
7. Stand And Fight
8. Meet Your End
9. Never To Return
10. The Path
11. Alon

Presto Ballet – The Days Between 2018


Seattle’s prog-rockers Presto Ballet release their sixth studio album “The Days Between”. Founded by Metal Church guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof in 2005, Presto Ballet combines the melodic and harmonic old school aspects with the neo progressive rock sound of today. While their sound is often compared to the early works of Kansas, Rush, and Yes, Presto Ballet still maintains its own identity.

1. Out Of Mind (It’s Outta Sight) [6:29]
2. Earthbound [3:57]
3. Tip Of The Hat [ 5:47]
4. I Just Drive [ 6:22]
5. Hard Times For Dreamers [ 7:30]
6. I Am Wire [10:09]
7. The Man With The Plastic Face [7:00] (Bonus track CD)

PRESTO BALLET

Kurdt Vanderhoof (guitar)
Chuck Campbell (vocals)
Kerry Shacklett (keyboards)
Bobby Ferkovich (bass)

ALCATRAZZ – The Official Bootleg Box Set 1983 – 1986 , 6CD, 2018


Each concert demonstrates what an exciting live prospect Alcatrazz truly were, CDs One, Two & Three all feature concerts recorded in Texas in 1984. CDs Four and Five are yet another unique and useful insight into the working of this band’s early work ethic, with demos and instrumentals from the 1983 debut demonstrating many of the songs’ developments.

CD 1:
Live in Lubbock, Texas 1984
1. Too Drunk To Live , Too Young To Die (Excerpt)
2. Hiroshima Mon Amour
3. Big Foot
4. Island in the Sun
5. Kree Nakoorie
6. Guitar solo
7. Since You Been Gone
8. Suffer Me
9. Desert Song
10. Jet to Jet

11. All Night Long
12. Lost in Hollywood
Demos 1985/86:
13. l9 (Instrumental demo)
14. Stand by Me #1 (Instrumental dem

Trailer Park Vampire – Waiting For the Night 2018


Started off in life as a roadie for Paganini(someone had to carry the maestros violin) Has been playing Irish flute,drums and guitar for yrs and yrs and yrs-use to give lessons to THE Robert Johnson but never was mentioned except for the crossroads part-has played in numerous unknown bands that never went anywhere except down. All that plus lots more but hes not telling any more for now…

1. Last Lovers Left Alive
2. She’s No Angel
3. Fang Halen
4. Something Wicked This Way Comes
5. Have You Seen a Vampire Cry
6. Drop Dead Blues

FM – The Italian Job 2019


On February 22, the classic AOR band FM releases the live DVD “The Italian Job” through the Frontiers Records company. The track list will look like this:

1. Intro
2. Black Magic
3. I Belong To The Night
4. Life Is A Highway
5. Let Love Be The Leader
6. Someday (You’ll Come Running)
7. Killed By Love
8. Metropolis
9. Over You
10. Closer To Heaven
11. Does It Feel Like Love
12. Story Of My Life
13. Love Lies Dying

De-Arrow – De-Arrow 2018


First time available on CD! Australian AOR masters with ties to Roxus. De-Arrow was an Australian 5-piece melodic rock band that existed from 1983 to 1989. The original line-up consisted of Lou Yarevski (vocals), Dragan Stanic (guitars), Noel Hart (keyboards), Paul (Jackie) Gleeson (bass) and Mick Djokic (drums). Later incarnations included Mick Kat (bass), Steve Kara (drums), with session vocals expertly handled by well-known Australian singers Adrian Campbell and Juno Roxas.

1. Rock N’ Roll Nights
2. We’ve Got The Wings
3. First Break Of The Heart
4. Feelin’ Fine