Juliet’s Not Dead – Cursed & Corrected 2020


Twister’s long awaited debut album ‘Cursed & Corrected’ was recorded, produced and mixed by the brilliant Tony Draper at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool and mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios by Frank Arkwright (The Killers, Frank Turner, Biffy Clyro & more) “England’s greatest mastering engineer for contemporary rock music.”

“This is the 5+ years of our lives in a record” says frontman Stevie
Stoker. “Everything that has happened to us personally and
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Deedra Patrick – Gold Inside – 2024


Genre: Rock/Blues
Country: USA (Bakersfield, CA)
Year of publication: 2024

01. Good Day 04:13
02. The Note 04:42
03. New Love 04:08
04. Draggin’ Me 04:37
05. Gold Inside 05:44
06. When The Rain Came Down 04:44
07. Run Trip And Fall 05:06
08. Walking Blues 05:21
09. She Can’t Fill My Shoes 04:05
10. Shoulder To Cry On 05:29
11. Chasing The Rabbit 04:18
12. Gold Inside (Live) 05:19

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DEF LEPPPARD – First Strikes 1978-1979 [Unreleased Material], MP3+FLAC


First Strikes 1978-1979” is a 19-track CD of pure early DEF LEPPPARD magic, an unauthorized release but the sound quality is outstanding. The compilation features the very first DEF LEPPPARD recordings – released and unreleased.

“First Strikes 1978-1979″ includes the official Def Leppard EP 7” 1979, the professional demo ”First Strike” released by previous Def Leppard management trying to cash in on the success of Pyromania and not approved by the band, standalone singles ‘Wasted’ (1979), ‘Hello America’ (1979) and B-side ‘Good Morning Freedom (March 1980), and a stupendous, unreleased live session at Live Paris Theatre, London, August 1979.
At the time of

Dave Ware – Main Character Syndrome (2024)


Release year: 2024
Genre: Progressive Rock / Heavy Prog / Hard Rock
Country: UK

Tracklist:
01. Rex Mundi (04:22)
02. Crawl Through The Dirt (03:17)
03. Broken Wings (04:51)
04. See Through Lies (05:33)
05. Follow The Stars (05:25)
06. Push It Down (04:01)
07. Harbinger (03:50)
08. Hide Amongst The Trees (02:19)
09. The World Around Us Burns (03:10)
10. The Only You (02:52)

Line Up:
– Dave Ware / vocals, all instruments

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25 Yard Screamer – Approaching From An Oblique Angle (The Havoc Master) (Remastered) (2024)


Our second album ‘Approaching From An Oblique Angle’ was not mastered at the time of release, and we have for many years wanted to conduct a re-release with this put right.

A couple of years back we put out an in house mastered version, which was better, but we thought it could be better again. With this in mind we have worked with the incredibly talented David Prosperi from Havoc studios in Buenos Aires, Argentina to produce ‘Approaching From An Oblique Angle (The Havoc Master)’. Like ‘The Pictures Within’, this is more a short form song based album than our more recent works, and yet there are clear indications of the direction in which the band would be taken

01. Boy in the Window (Remastered) (03:40)
02. One in the Middle

Pierre Vervloesem, Anja Kowalski & Teun Verbruggen – Buch Der Dinge (2024)


Release year: 2024
Genre: RIO / Avant Prog
Country: Belgium

Tracklist:
01. Avec le temps (3:42)
02. Ich fall mich frei (3:33)
03. Wendeltreppe (3:46)
04. Vision (3:57)
05. Meteor (3:35)
06. Doppelchor (3:54)
07. Schlaflos (3:43)
08. Lava (4:49)
09. Der Traum vom Nordpol (3:38)
10. Die Sehnsucht (3:41)
11. Elefantasifolklore (3:44)
12. Alles in Ordnung? (4:08)

Line Up:
– Pierre Vervloesem / all instruments except for those listed below
– Anja Kowalski / vocals

ALL STARS – NWOBHM All Stars [Japanese Edition] 1990


As requested, here’s a release not all classic metal / hard rock fans are aware of: NWOBHM All Stars. ”NWOBHM All Stars” is a one-off release from Grand Slamm Records Inc. in 1991, however the album first was released in Japan-only by Polydor, this one featured here, in 1990, with a slightly different cover art.

This was the brainchild of talented British producer / songwriter Lea Hart (Fastway, Ya Ya), helped by renowned producer Chris O’Shaughnessy (Tommy Shaw, Kooga). For ALL STARS Hart brought in an array of notable musicians & vocalists from the British hard rock and heavy metal scene, including Dennis Stratton (ex- Iron Maiden, ex- Praying Mantis), Paul Samson (Samson), Tino Troy (Praying Mantis), Biff Byford, Nibbs Car