Category: Melodic Rock | AOR

We already featured a few days ago an advance of ModX awesome debut record “Secrets“, now we have in exclusive the full album, released today digitally in Japan. The physical CD will include two bonus tracks.

The idea for ModX has been a work in progress for Eriksson since as far back as 2005 but often put aside temporarily over the years, due to other commitments in the music industry. By the fall of 2020 though, he finally found the time to prioritize ModX and went into the studio with some talented musicians to start the recordings of the songs penned over the years.
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Country: US
Released: 2008
Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock

1 Gambler 3:51
2 Guilty Of Love 4:00
3 Love Ain’t No Stranger 4:33
4 Ready An’ Willing 5:06
5 Slow An’ Easy 5:37
6 Crying In The Rain 3:32
7 Guitar Solo 2:35
8 Soldier Of Fortune 3:22
9 Drum Solo 7:14
10 Ain’t No Love (In The Heart Of The City) 8:25
11 Don’t Break My Heart Again 5:52

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Now we have here an absolute delight for AOR fans: UK based act FIRST LIGHT and their debut album ”Gravity”.
FIRST LIGHT was formed by two musicians with a long story in the British rock scene, guitarist / songwriter Dave Hardman and bass player Carl Sharples, joined by ex FM keyboardist Didge Digital who drops washes of retro synths, drummer Andy Jakeman, and American vocalist Warren Passaro which vocal color brings to mind Kevin Chalfant and Steve Perry.

Yeah, there’s an ’80s Journey smell all over ”Gr

Genre: Power Pop
Year: 2023
Country: Various

Hoobastank – The Reason
Greta Van Fleet – Light My Love
4 Non Blondes – What’s Up?
Aeon Blank – The Day You Broke My Heart
Wallners – too far
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird

Release year: 2023
Genre: Progressive Rock / Symphonic Prog
Country: USA

Tracklist:
01. Overture to a Gothic Nightmare (05:15)
02. The Forest (06:34)
03. Afraid of the Dark (03:48)
04. Valley of the Rogue State (06:01)
05. Phantasmata (Pre-Dream Condition) (00:48)
06. Raid (04:12)
07. No Breathe (07:19)
08 Facade (05:35)
09. Perish the Thought (04:34)

line up:
Trevor DelBen – Bass Guitar (1-4, 6-9), Chord Organ (3), Electric Guitar (2, 9), Percussion (4), Lead Vocals (3-4, 7), Backing Vocals

To be released next October, ”Secrets” is the debut album from ModX, the AOR project founded by Swedish musician Peter Eriksson, originally the frontman of the band Modesty in the late Eighties who gave us the really good Lite AOR album ‘Pieces Of Modesty’ back in 1989.

The idea for ModX has been a work in progress for Eriksson since as far back as 2005 but often put aside temporarily over the years, due to other commitments in the music industry. By the fall of 2020 though, he finally found the time to prioritize this labor of love and went into the studio with some musicians to start the recordings of the songs penned over the years.
Eriksson has sung and performed most the instruments except guitar solos and drumming, and the album is finally re

Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disk (release) country: US
Year of publication: 2019 (1991)
Publisher (label): Girder Records
Country of the performer (group): US

1 Look Me In The Eye (4:00)
2. Wishful Thinking (4:17)
3. Shadows (3:24)
4. Face To Face (4:21)
5. Star One (04:54)
6. Do What You Want (3:54)
7. Running The Race (4:28)
8. Nice Guy (03:35)
9. The Waiting (3:16)
10. Radio Man (4:51)
11. Stop Look Listen (04:00)
12. Radio Man (Bonus Track) (4:51)
13. Face To Face (Bonus Track) (5:30)
14. Leo (Bonus Track) (3:16)
15. Irresponsible Evil (Bonus Track) (3:28)

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Formed in the USA in the late 70s, elaborate pomp rock band Fantacy Hill .Despite an inadequate production budget, the group’s 1978 debut album, First Step, was a well-crafted blend of AOR ballads and more punchy, upbeat numbers. The single ‘Unemployment Blues’ was unable to attract much commercial attention.

Sadly neither style allowed the group to genuinely assert their identity, and it proved to be the group’s sole release.

Gerson Migilacio (vocals),
Danny Mullins (guitar),
George Durbin (guitars),
Jose Conrado (bass),
Doug Golema (drums).

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