The late Marco Paganini (RIP) was a true rocker, starting his career in the Seventies and later forming his own band Paganini in the ’80s. But before that, Marco was the frontman of German hard rockers VIVA early in the decade.
French label Axe Killer (now rebranded Bad reputation) was a pioneer of metal / hard rock-related remastered reissues with access to origin
VIVA – Dealers Of The Night [Axe Killer / Bad Reputation remaster], MP3+FLAC
The late Marco Paganini (RIP) was a true rocker, starting his career in the Seventies and later forming his own band Paganini in the ’80s. But before that, Marco was the frontman of German hard rockers VIVA early in the decade. Mostly known for being the band founded in the late Seventies by keyboardist Barbara Schenker – the sister of Michael and Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions fame – VIVA, together with Accept and Trance, is considered one of the first ‘real metal’ bands from Germany.
French label Axe Killer (now re-branded Bad reputation) was a pioneer of metal / hard rock-related remastered reissues with access to original master tapes. As requested, here’s their remaster of VIVA‘s “
Rough Cutt – 3 (Reissue 2024), MP3+FLAC
Country: USA
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Glam Metal
Year : 2024
Tracklist:
1. Dive (04:03)
2. Bleed (04:10)
3. Bed of Black Roses (04:03)
4. Don’t Say a Word (03:57)
5. Electric (03:39)
6. Secrets (03:14)
7. House of Pain (04:17)
8. Prowler (06:03)
9. Peyote (05:32)
10. Chasing Dreams (02:18)
Kolossos – Straight Back Into Your Face (2024)
Country: Germany
Genre: Modern Melodic Metal
Year : 2024
Tracklist:
1. Straight Back Into Your Face (05:24)
2. Sharp Sword Levitating (05:08)
3. She’s My Bulwark (03:43)
4. Across The Grain (04:00)
5. May It Get Better (07:54)
6. Stiff-Necked (03:48)
7. Maelstrom Material (05:02)
Xeneris – Eternal Rising (Deluxe Edition) (2024)
Country: Italy
Genre: Power Metal, Female Vocal
Year : 2024
Tracklist:
1. Barbarossa (04:56)
2. Before The River Of Fire (03:45)
3. Eternal Rising (04:02)
4. Pandoras’s Box (04:19)
5. A New Beginning (03:51)
6. To The Endless Sea (03:39)
7. Shahrazad (04:34)
8. Scilla And Cariddi (04:45)
9. Burning Within (04:01)
10. The Glorious Fight (05:19)
11. Equinox (04:29)
12. The Queen And The Dragons (Bonus Track) (04:08)
Crisalida – Ninos Dioses (2024)
Release year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Rock / Heavy Prog / Female Vocal
Country: Chile
Tracklist:
01. El nino de El Plomo (05:41)
02. Destiny (03:43)
03. Volcano (La nina del volcan) (05:14)
04. Si digo adios (04:32)
05. Kuntur (03:57)
06. La vida no basta (04:08)
07. Iras al sol (04:11)
08. Respira (03:28)
09. Ninos Dioses (05:07)
Line Up:
– Cinthia Santibanez / vocals
– Damian Agurto / guitar
– Augusto Maldonado / guitar
– Braulio Aspa / bass
–
Todd Best – Celestial Navigations (2024)
Year of release: 2024
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: USA
Tracklist:
01. Celestial Navigation (13:29)
02. Everything in Between (12:16)
03. Race to Red (10:17)
04. We’re Not out of the Woods Yet (15:07)
05. Closer to the End (16:01)
06. Come What May (14:20)
Line Up:
– Todd Christopher Best / vocals, all instruments
Bob Catley – Official Bootleg – Live At The Gods 1999
Country:UK
Released:1999
Style:Hard Rock, Classic Rock, AOR
1 Dreams
2 Scream
3 Far Away
4 Deep Winter
5 Lonely Night
Written By, Arranged By – Tony Clarkin
6 Fire And Ice
7 On A Storyteller’s Night
Written By, Arranged By – Tony Clarkin
8 The Tower
9 Fear Of The Dark
10 Just Like An Arrow
Written By, Arranged By – Tony Clarkin
The Cult – Sonic Temple (1989) [Vinyl Rip 24/192] Lossless+MP3
Artist: The Cult Album: Sonic Temple Year: 1989 Genre: Hard Rock, New Wave Format: FLAC (image+.cue, scans) | MP3 CBR 320 Class Status Vinyl: Ex Size: 2.24 Gb | 130 Mb
Tracklist:
01. Sun King 06:09
02. Fire Woman 05:10
03. American Horse 05:18
04. Edie (Ciao Baby) 04:45
05. Sweet Soul Sister 05:07
06. Soul Asylum 07:26
07. New York City 04:41
08. Automatic Blues 03:51
09. Soldier Blue 04:36
10. Wake Up Time For Freedom 05:16
Perfect Storm – Stairs (2024)
Release year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Rock / Neo-Prog
Country: Netherlands
Tracklist:
01. Demon’s Dance (06:56)
02. Skin Deep Sky (05:34)
03. Don’t Go (04:58)
04. I Am Tomorrow (06:38)
05. Misspend (05:54)
06. Stairs (07:00)
07. Depraved Mind (11:04)
Line Up:
– Gert-Jan Schurer / guitars
– Adel Saflou / vocals, guitars
– Wieger Dijkstra / drums
– Jan Munnik / vocals, keyboards
– David Klompmakers / bass
– Hiske Oosterwijk / vocals, l
Blinkered Arcade – All I See (2024)
Blinkered Arcade is the band of Rik Jackson who writes and performs everything. As he admits his voice sounds pretty bad, he uses session singers until someone who can put up with his steadfast refusal to budge on his music wants to be a permanent singer. Rik has been involved with music since the 80’s and performed in bands and worked with other artists.
01. Fast Food Junkie (05:24)
02. All I See Is Me (04:22)
03. Our Life (05:07)
04. Invisible Walls (04:08)
05. Looking At The Sky (06:03)
06. The Simple Life (04:36)
07. Entitled (03:
Gorilla Riot – Salvation 2024
The superb new album from Gorilla Riot
Available in various formats
Release date: 11 October 2024
Molotov Sister (4:29)
Salvation (3:11)
Wrong Side Of Town (3:31)
Wait On (4:02)
Slaver’s Song (4:07)
Over You (4:05)
Blush (4:14)
By Your Side (5:42)
One More Day (5:32)
Slaughter House -1990 – Slaughter House (2024 NLTM), MP3+FLAC
Label: No Life ’til Metal Records – NLTM-C0041
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: Sep 27, 2024
Style: Thrash
1 F.T.W. 5:12
2 Let The Neighbors Hear 3:12
3 U.S.A. 3:47
4 It Ain’t Easy 3:27
5 Kick ‘Em When They’re Down 3:55
6 Incomplete Insanity 5:21
7 Demon’s Flight 6:39
8 Wasting Away 4:05
9 Black Sheep 3:14
10 Electric Rasp 1:22
Slaughter House – Face Reality 2024 No Life ’til Metal Records Remaster, MP3+FLAC
Country: US
Released: Sep 27, 2024
Style: Thrash
1 S.O.L.D.
2 Open Eyes Open
3 Baby Song
4 Gettin’ Away With Murder
5 Crash
6 Crawling At My Command
7 M.I.A.
8 Nightmare
9 Time To Pleez
10 Soft Asylum
11 D.W. Die
RiZen – Ex Cinere (Remaster 2024)
Country: UK
Genre: Hard Rock
Year : 2024
Tracklist:
1. Freeway (04:31)
2. Chicken Little (03:33)
3. Shadows (03:19)
4. Psycho (02:57)
5. Comatose (02:35)
6. Dreamchaser (03:38)
7. Sirens (03:30)
8. Lil’ Maggie (04:17)
9. Hollow (03:44)
Ian Siegal & Johnny Mastro – Easy Tiger – 2024
Genre: Blues/Rock
Country: United Kingdom (Portsmouth)
Year of publication: 2024
01. Four On The Floor 02:37
02. Balling The Jack 04:06
03. Baby You Can Get Your Gun 02:31
04. No Mercy 04:34
05. Dog Won’t Hunt 03:01
06. Tall And Tight 03:48
07. Miss Your Cadillac 03:30
08. Quick To Gun 04:13
09. Emperor’s New Clothes 03:38
10. Wineheaded 03:33
11. Who’re In Church 04:28
12. I Won’t Cry No More 04:09
13. Oedipus