Hard Rock Sleaze Glam AOR HEAVY
Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. AOR evolved from progressive rock radio in the mid-1970s, using research and formal programming to create an album rock format with greater commercial appeal.
Genre: Hard Rock / AOR
Year: 2022
Country: Various
Arctic Rain – Fire in My Eyes – 2022
ARKADO – Like Something Heaven Sent – 2022
Black Paisley – Promises – 2022
BlackRain – Raise Your Glass – 2022
Browsing Collection – On The Run – 2022
Clouds of Clarity – Dichotomy Thoughts – 2022
Crowne – Champions – 2022
Double Attack – I Will Not Fail – 2022
Frances Bloom – Longing For Pain – 2022
Iron Maiden – Total Eclipse (2022 Remas
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Year: 2022
Country: Canada
01 – Blood 2 Dust
02 – I Can’t Remember Your Name
03 – Reality Check
04 – Judgement Day
05 – Truth in the Shadows
Genre: AOR
Release date: 1981 – 1995
Country: USA
01 – 1981 – John O’Banion – 33:33 – 192 kbps
02 – 1982 – Danger – 35:05 – 224 kbps
03 – 1983 – White Ligh – 42:48 – 320 kbps
04 – 1995 – Hearts – 51:15 – 128 kbps
Country: Norway
Released: 2022
Style: AOR, Hard Rock, Glam
1 Night After Night
2 Love & Affection
3 Bye, Bye
4 Firm Believer
5 All I Want (All I Need)
6 No Way Back
7 Young Hunger
8 The Last Time
9 Dance (Heart To Heart)
10 Together As One
11 Get Ready (Bonus Track)
Genre: Hard Rock / Melodic Rock
Year: 2022
Country: Philippines
1.Love Many Girls 03:13 video
2.Gotta Take a Risk 03:44
3.Eye to Eye 03:11
4.INSANITY 03:14
5.You Belong to You 04:15
6.The Big Divide 03:00 video
7.Born Like the Wind 03:13
8.Hard and Big (Wet Pussy Cock cover) 03:15
9.Let the Music Play 04:10
10.The Loser 03:50
11.Oh You Darlin’ 02:5
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year: 2022
Country: USA
01 – Good-Bye City Lights
02 – Time Waits For No One
03 – Find A Way
04 – Don’t Stop
05 – Bring Some Love
Release year: 2022
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Country: International
The Roads are:
Mick Devine – Vocals (Seven/solo artist)
Gary Pihl – Guitars (Boston/Sammy Hagar)
With special guests:
Josh Devine – Drums (One Direction/Levara)
Tracy Ferrie – Bass guitar (Stryper/Boston)
Paul Taylor – Keyboards (Alice Cooper/Winger)
Lawrence Gowan – Keyboards (Styx)
Neil Miller – Keyboards
Lin Devine – Background vocals
Ben Devine – Additional vocals
Scott Pihl – Additional guitar
Produced by Gary Pihl an
One of the greatest – and short lived – Melodic Rock / AOR acts from ’80s was without a doubt CHINA SKY. The band, hailed as ‘megastars in the making’ by Derek Oliver in Kerrang magazine, broke up just two months after the release of their self-titled debut album in September of 1988, and since then, amassed something of a cult following among fans of the genre, and the album has become a sought-after collectors item.
Now, thanks to YesterRock specialized team, ”
Fronted by lead vocalist Chris Ousey, between 1991 and 2021 British AOR / Melodic Rockers HEARTLAND released a total of twelve albums, but for the fans as well as for the critics, the best of the bunch is still their self-titled debut, originally released by A&M Records in 1991.
A reader of this blog asked for the reissue… having been a long time out of print, it’s great to see that YesterRock and Universal have decided to re-issue this collector’s item in remastered
Country: UK
Genre: Melodic Rock | AOR
Publication year: 1984-1988
1984 – Scarred – 00.39.16
1988 – II – 00.43.08
1988 – II (Remastered 2022) – 01.22.37
Cast your mind back to the mid-1980s, where if you happened to be in San Antonio, Texas it was one of North America’s hottest metal cities, chances are you might have caught sight of Heather Leather, Wyzard, the infamous hard rockers S.A. Slayer or hometown heroes WINTERKAT.
WINTERKAT emerged from the Lone Star state with a sublime blend of pomp rock, progressive leanings, AOR sensibilities and hard rock muscle as documented on a pair of independently issued EPs that have since become vinyl collector’s items. Members of the band later formed celebrated AOR act Nightwork .
Winterkat’s second album ”The Struggle” was released 1985. It wasn’t long before they were opening for Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force and Bill She
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year: 2022
Country: USA
1 Me and St. Louis
2 Too Late Now
3 Goodbye Kiss
4 Makin No Plans
5 Saturday Night
6 You and Me
7 Blow
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country: Finland
Year: 2009-2014 (*.flac)
2009 – Pale Sister Of Light (Japan, Avalon Marquee MICP-10887)
2014 – All The Shades Of Darkened Light (Finland, Carpel Music CMCCD-1301)
As requested, here’s the not easy to find remastered CD’s of both BLACK SHEEP albums. Black Sheep was a Seventies, Rochester, New York based band that featured the great vocals of future Foreigner singer Lou Grammatico – later Lou Gramm. Black Sheep’s music was on the bluesier side not to mention a little less commercial but still fantastic. Both albums the band recorded are worth owning for any fan of obscure 70s hard rock – and especially if you are a Lou Gramm fan these are both must haves.
This quintet recorded two LP’s for Capitol Records, both terrific slices of classic American bluesy hard rock with mojo and muscle that made the genre so popular. The band was scheduled for a nation tour with KISS, but Black Shee
Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): Spiritual Beast
Country of performer (band): Norway
Tracklist:
1. Going Your Way (4:23)
2. Angels Come, Angels Go (4:05)
3. Waiting For Another Man (3:33)
4. Everybody Needs To Be Loved (3:23)
5. A Dream Coming True (4:58)
6. Looking At You (3:49)
7. Pearly Gates (4:12)
8. Jenny (I’m Bringing You Down) (4:43)
9. Still Waiting (4:09)
10. Fight Again (4:44)
11. Blame The Flame (Japan Bonus Track) (4:05)
Genre: Westcoast / AOR
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): P-Vine Records
Country of the performer (group): UK
Tracklist:
1. Still Got It Goin’ On (4:25)
2. West Side Jet (4:07)
3. Tip Of The Flame (4:34)
4. Rolling Back (3:44)
5. Simple Imagination (3:59)
6. Sierra Nights (3:39)
7. Lodestar (3:20)
8. Winners (3:47)
9. Starting Wars (4:44)
10 Freak Flag (05:16)