Category: Melodic Rock | AOR

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 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)

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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)

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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)

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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2022
Publisher (label): Avalon
Country of the performer (group): Sweden

Tracklist:
1 Nightmare (4:31)
2. Release The Beast (3:41)
3. Tragedy (3:18)
4. Love Resurrection (4:34)
5. Best Of Me (3:57)
6. The Final Fantasy (4:17)
7. Lonely Girl (04:40)
8. The One And Only (3:49)
9 Fading Sun (4:53)
10. Dawn Of Forever (4:18)
11. Eternity Will Never Fall (05:52)
12. Best Of Me (80’s Remix) (4:10)

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