Vantez Eddie – Rough Diamond 2022


Eddie Vantez is a melodic rock solo project by Ed Omar Carabantes (Hunter) from Coquimbo, Chile. Following his debut album Hungry Heart with Hunter in 2021, Eddie felt the need to take on a solo project that would expand on his love of ’80s A.O.R music. On “Rough Diamond” there are songs reminiscent of bands such as Toto, Survivor, Journey to name a few, completing an A.O.R. gem played brilliantly by many musicians from Chile, Perú and Argentina.

01 Is This Love
02 Little Sister
03 Live On Love
04 On

Collateral – Re-Wired 2022


On Friday, October 21st, the melodious rock band Collateral will release their new album “ReWired” via Cargo Records. Here’s what you can read in a press release:

COLLATERAL are back touring as intensely as they were prior to covid. With UK wide tours with RECKLESS LOVE, HEAT and SKID ROW, Collateral are gaining more momentum than ever and are back at the forefront of rock fans worldwide.

COLLATERAL have decided to re-release their debut album before unleashing the official 2nd studio album next year. Previou

Ring Of Fire – Gravity 2022


On November 11th, Ring Of Fire will release, among other things, singer Mark Boal’s (Yngwie Malmsteen) new album “Gravity” via the company Frontiers Records. In 2014, the band released their latest album “Battle Of Leningrad”

1. The Beginning
2. Storm Of The Pawns
3. Melanchonia
4. Gravity
5. King Of Fools
6. Sky Blue
7. 21St Century Fate Unknown
8. Another Night
9. Run For Your Life
10. Sideways

STREETLORE – STREETLORE 2022


On November 25th, the new AOR project Streetlore will release a self-titled debut album via the label Art Of Melody Music & Burning Minds Music Group. Here’s what you can read in a press release:

Art Of Melody Music & Burning Minds Music Group are excited to announce all the details of StreetLore, a brand new melodic rock project (with great special guests) hailing from Italy. After spending years playing in some local bands in the north of Italy, keybo

Orango – Mohican 2022


Now ORANGO‘s band releases are concerned, the new album Mohican feels particularly warm, a thread of longing runs through the ten songs. Perhaps this is due to the period of transition and alienation the band was in during the songwriting process.

Enough songs had been written for three more albums, but during the pandemic the band saw little of each other, didn’t play gigs, and the tour in support of the “Battles” re-release was canceled due to the release coinciding with Norway’s lockdown. It felt like very d

Ellefson / Soto Vacation In The Underground 2022


New Metal Project from Ellefson / Soto From the fiery guitar lead of album opener “Vacation In The Underworld” to the prog metal fury of closeer “Rise To Win”, Ellefson-Soto have crafted a debut that will delight metal fans around the world. Songs like “Sharpen The Sword”, “The Revolution” and “Live To Die Another Day” meld diverse metal styles and showcase the diverse influences Ellefson-Soto has gathered over the course o

Lamb Of God – Omens 2022


Over the course of their career, Lamb Of God grew from basement shows and dingy DIY locations to headline arenas. The New Wave of American heavy metal architects earned a reverence akin to musical forefathers (and companions) Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth. New cd called Omens soon here.

01 Nevermore
02 Vanishing
03 To The Grave
04 Ditch
05 Omens
06 Gomorrah
07 Ill Designs
08 Grayscale
09 Denial Mechanism
10 September Song

Phenomena – Psycho Fantasy 2022


On Friday the 23rd of September, Phenomena’s fourth album “Psycho Fantasy” from 2006 will be reissued. The new edition will contain 6 bonus tracks. Appearing on this record are names such as Glenn Hughes, Keith Murrell and Tony Martin.

Sunrise
Touch My Life
Killing For The Thrill
So Near So Far
Chemical High
Higher
Sixty Seconds
Crazy Grooves
How Do You Feel?
All That I Need
God Forgives
Higher (demo)
How Do You Feel (demo)

TRISHULA – We All Fall Down 2022


On October 1st, the melodious hard rock band Trishula with guitarist Neil Fraser and singer Jason Morgan, among others, will release the new album “We All Fall Down”. The disc will contain the following 12 tracks:

01.I’m Not Falling
02.Cuaght In The Middle
03.Nice And Dirty
04.Why Should I Apologise
05.Watch That Giant Fall
06.God Bless America
07.Don’t Stop This Roundabout
08.Purity
09.Two Umbrellas
10.It Doesn’t Matter
11.Don’t Walk Away
12.Never Gonna Stop

Lastworld – Escape the Eclipse 2022


On September 23rd, the melodious rock band Lastworld will release their new studio album “Escape the Eclipse” via Perris Records. The album consists of the following songs:

1. The Sanity Is Lost
2. I’m Never Gonna Let You Go
3. Just the Same
4. Who Holds Your Heart
5. She Wants More
6. Take Me Away
7. A Letter to a Friend
8. Go
9. It’s Hard
10. Tonight I Don’t Wanna Die
11. Escape the Eclipse

Skid Row – The Gang’s All Here 2022 Full CD


Titled ”The Gang’s All Here”, the upcoming album from the iconic ’80s hard rock band SKID ROW is the long-awaited follow-up to 2006’s Revolutions Per Minute, scheduled to be released next October 14, 2022.

”The Gang’s All Here” marks the debut of new singer, former H.E.A.T Erik Grönwall (one of the best frontmen of this or any hard rock era), and with the sharp production by Grammy Award winning Nick Raskulinecz, Skid Row are ablaze. They are re-energized, delivering their best songwriting since the early Nineties, with that classi

Michael Bormann’s Jaded Hard – Power To Win 2022


On Friday, October 28, Michael Bormann’s Jaded Hard will release their new studio album “Power To Win” and this is what can be read in a press release:

Corona thoroughly slowed down the music industry, and the momentum of MICHAEL BORMANN’S JADED HARD along with it, but new music is finally available from Bormann and company. Following up their 2019 debut album “FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY,” their second CD – “POWER TO WIN” (because these 5 musicians wouldn’t let themselves be defeated!) will be released on all platforms on October 28, 2022.
POWER TO WIN once again showcases the power and expressiveness of MICHAEL BORMANN’s legendary voice and the full range of his song writing skills. In the usual manner, this is AOR / MELODIC ROCK at its finest – From