Category: Melodic Rock | AOR

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.

THE DARREN PHILLIPS PROJECT – Volume One [digipak +1] +4 standalone new singles (2020)

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Take a quick look; Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69, Khymera) on lead vocals and mastering, Enzo Almanzi (White Widdow), Robbie LaBlanc (Find Me / Blanc Faces), Philip Lindstrand (Find Me / Jim Jidhed), Michael Palace (Palace, Kryptonite), Erik Heinke (Miss Behaviour), Herman Furin (Work Of Art), Dennis Butabi Borg (Cruzh), Robin & Mats Eriksson (Degreed) … and many more.

01 – Ready To Fly
Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69, Khymera) lead vocals
Jace Pawlak – backing vocals
Dennis Butabi Borg (Cruzh) bass
Enzo Almanzi (White Widdow) rhythm guitar
Erik Heinke (Miss Behaviour) lead guitar
Herman Furin (Work Of Art) drums

02 – Heartbreaker
Philip Lindstrand (Find Me / Jim Jidhed) lead vocals
Dennis Butabi

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Jaded Past – Believe (Re-Release) 2020

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New Jersey based Jaded Past is a band that, prior to this album that released last year via Melodic Rock Records, I had never heard of personally, but this is actually their second album (their first was released independently) and it is a fantastic record full of, almost Country tinged at times, melodic rock.

01 Tattered
02 Don’t Judge
03 Believe
04 Good Bad Innocent
05 Whiskey Dreams
06 Be My Lady
07 Dashboard Jesus
08 Hurt
09 Scratch The Itch
10 Traces
11 Taken

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Slaverty – Beyond Imagination (2020)

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Country: Chile
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Year:2020

Tracklist:
01. Dreamcatcher (05:55)
02. Fairyland (feat. Rod Cries) (06:04)
03. The Biggest Mistake (05:00)
04. Dementia (05:22)
05. Be Free (04:28)
06. Appreciate (03:58)
07. So Close To Me (feat. Ives Gullé) (04:26)
08. The Beauty of Life (04:38)
09. Unconscious Reality (03:09)
10. The Enchanted Forest (feat. Ives Gullé) (04:52)

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East Temple Avenue – Both Sides Of Midnight 2020 Digital pack

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Country: Australia
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year:2020

01. Mountain (03:36)
02. Don’t Make Believe (03:58)
03. Fool for Love (05:25)
04. My Last Breath (04:26)
05. Everything (04:35)
06. Forever Yours (04:16)
07. Fly High (04:07)
08. When I’m with You (03:43)
09. The End of You and Me (03:52)
10. Where Love Is (03:29)

Line Up:
Darren Phillips – guitars, backing vocals
Robbie LeBlanc – lead and backing vocals (Find Me, Blanc Faces)
Dennis Butabi Borg – bass (Cruzh)
Philip Lindstrand – guitars (Find Me, Arkado)
Herman Furin – drums, keyboards (Work Of Art)
Dan Skeed – rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing

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Foreigner – The Can’t Slow Down B-Sides and Extra Tracks (2020), 2CD

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Country: USA
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year:2020

01 Can’t Slow Down
02 In Pieces
03 When It Comes To Love
04 Living In A Dream
05 I Can’t Give Up
06 Ready
07 Give Me A Sign
08 I’ll Be Home Tonight
09 Too Late
10 Lonely
11 As Long As I Live
12 Angel Tonight
13 Fool For You Anyway
01 In Pieces (radio Edit)
02 Cold As Ice (live)
03 Say You Will (live)
04 Urgent (live)
05 At War With The World (live)
06 Headknocker (live)
07 Juke Box Hero (live)
08 Feels Like The First Time (live)
09 Starrider (live)
10 Hot Blooded (live)
11 The Flame Still Burns (live)
12 Head Games (live)
13 I Want To Know What Love Is (live)

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Cats In Space – Atlantis 2020,MP3+FLAC

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UK rock band Cats In Space have announced the release of their fourth album “Atlantis” on November 27 via Harmony Factory / Cargo Records UK. The first single, “I Fell Out Of Love With Rock n’ Roll” will be released on October 30. Nine months in the making, “Atlantis” is set to cause tidal waves around the globe with a sound still ‘very Cats’ but this time the ‘rock claws’ are out. In a year which has seen much upheaval in the world, the band has also undergone some changes whilst buried deep beneath the ocean recording the new masterpiece. Joining the Cats on board is none other than the star of Jeff Wayne’s “War Of The Worlds”, the amazing Damien Edwards, whose incredible vocal range has brought another dimension to the unique sounds of the

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Cats In Space – Atlantis 2020,MP3+FLAC

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UK rock band Cats In Space have announced the release of their fourth album “Atlantis” on November 27 via Harmony Factory / Cargo Records UK. The first single, “I Fell Out Of Love With Rock n’ Roll” will be released on October 30. Nine months in the making, “Atlantis” is set to cause tidal waves around the globe with a sound still ‘very Cats’ but this time the ‘rock claws’ are out. In a year which has seen much upheaval in the world, the band has also undergone some changes whilst buried deep beneath the ocean recording the new masterpiece. Joining the Cats on board is none other than the star of Jeff Wayne’s “War Of The Worlds”, the amazing Damien Edwards, whose incredible vocal range has brought another dimension to the unique sounds of the

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ALIEN – INTO THE FUTURE [Japan Edition+1 bonus] 2020

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Country: Sweden
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Year:2020

01. You Still Burn
02. Night Of Fire
03. War Scars
04. Time Is Right
05. What Are We Fighting For
06. Into The Future
07. Freedom Wind
08. Really Wheeling It
09. Fallin Way Down
10. In Her Eyes
11. Children
12. Something’s Wrong (Japan Bonus Track)

Line Up:
Jim Jidhed – vocals
Tony Borg – guitars, bass
Toby Tarrach – drums

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DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH – DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH +2 [AOR Heaven Limited Reissue / 500 copies] (2020)

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Originally released in 1988, DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH and its self-titled album resulted a one-off project, but a what a great one. This album comprises all the best from second half of the ’80s Canadian AOR; that meaning class, gusto, smoothness and clinical production.

Now AOR Heaven Records is reissuing this little gem (only 500 copies).With TRIUMPH’s Rik Emmett dropping a guest solo on the awesome opener ‘Walk On The Wire’ you get an idea of what this is musically. But David Buckthorpe (DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH’s mastermind, singer & songwriter) also adds a radio-friendly, rock&pop energy to many tracks, resulting in a terrific collection of pure Eighties stuff akin GLASS TIGER, TOTO, etc.

Signed and released by major label Virgin Records, ”DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH”

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UNITED NATIONS – The First Move (1985)

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Stoke-on-Trent, UK, based band UNITED NATIONS were part of the ’80s British AOR wave, formed at the beginning of the decade and developing a sound / style similar to their contemporaries Tobruk, Charlie, Monro, etc.

01 – Sound Of The Eighties
02 – The Night That Last Forever
03 – The First Move
04 – You Cheated
05 – Common Denominator
06 – Violation Of A Freedom
07 – We Will Live Forever
08 – Blackheart
09 – Speak After The Tone
10 – Paying The Price Of Love

Paul Cafferty – Lead and Backing Vocals
Gary Davis – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Peter Hankey – Bass
Chris Mooney – Drums, Backing Vocals
Chris Stoni

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Gary Schutt – Drastic Measures 2020

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This is the SECOND album Gary wrote and finished during 2020. All brand new songs, everything performed and produced by Schutt himself.

This album included two leftover songs from the Nightmare and Bad Dreams sessions which were written and recorded during the original full pandemic shutdown. I decided to save them for the next album. The song “Drastic Measures”, I felt, would make a great album title as I already had a concept of the art in my head. “The Day After Tomorrow Never Comes” I felt was too similar to a lot of the poppy songs I already had on the Nightmares album, I had too much. I wanted the next album to reflect more of both of those, dark and brooding and semi-happy pop but I also wanted more of what I felt Nightmares lacked (for me), more guitariness! Is that

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Stud – War of Power 2020

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STUD is a hard ’n heavy rock band from Helsinki, Finland. Their music is catchy and the songs vary from fast to heavy but always retaining the band’s own, recognizable sound. STUD has released three albums and their fourth is ready for an early 2021 release.

1. War of Power
2. In My Tragedy
3. Addiction
4. Tired
5. Demon’s Gate
6. Darkness to Fall
7. Movin’ on
8. Soulmate
9. Wings in Fire
10. Seeker

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Mad Max – Welcome America (2010) Lossless

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Artist: Mad Max  Album: Welcome America  Year: 2010  Country: Germany
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock  Quality: APE (image+cue, covers)  Size: 320 Mb

Tracklist:

01. Welcome America (3:34)
02. Big Wheel (3:32)
03. Someone Not Me (3:12)
04. All I Ever Want (3:53)
05. Cherry Moon (4:24)
06. Pinky Promise (3:33)
07. Shape Of Your Heart (4:11)
08. Signs (3:27)
09. Awesome (3:34)
10. My Heart’s Been Waiting (4:16)
11. This Means Nothin’ (4:28)

Band:

Michael Voss – Guitar, Vocals
Jurgen Breforth – Guitar
Roland Bergmann – Bass
Jos Zoomer – Drums

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