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Derby’s pride The Struts released the Album Of The Year 2018 for this writer, fast forward to 2020, they’ve recorded…
Swedish HM band Torch who originated in the 80’s return in 2020 with a brand new album after a 36-year…
Cats In Space now fronted by new singer Damien Edwards, are back with their vintage brand of 70’s rock, this…
The 1996 reunion of Kiss’ original lineup has led to overlooking the actual significance this MTV Unplugged live album has…
‘Revenge’ is frequently hailed as Kiss’ best unmasked-era album. To me, that award goes to ‘Lick It Up’. Although it…
‘Alive!’ paved the way for live releases like ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’, ‘Foghat Live’, ‘Double Live Gonzo!’, ‘Live At Budokan’ and…
This is Alcatrazz’s fourth studio album for Graham Bonnet’s brainchild and their first after a staggering thirty-four year hiatus from…
This is the sophomore release for the Proggy-influenced melodic rock band Pinnacle Point co-led by American singer Jerome Mazza and…
Silvera from Denmark, are post-grunge melodic hard rock, with downtuned riffs, syncopated drum parts, a deeper vocal style and less…
This is the Spanish band La Fase that released a very stylish pure AOR album back in 1995. Here they…
Boys From Heaven are a hybrid. It’s Westcoast, it’s AOR, it has its jazzy moments and clearly, it is ROCK…
Tony Mitchell gives us a lengthy album, however, its attractive melodic qualities and healthy variety make it easy for the…
Sao Paulo native Mauro Cordeiro is the man behind Leatherjacks, the ‘one man does it all’ hard rock project.
Kansas are prog without being pretentious, pomp-oriented without being wimpy, heavy by way of huge instrumentation and vintage with one…
The brainchild of guitarist Gabi Bultaco, Rocket Queen hail from Zaragoza, Spain and play melodic hard rock with some sleaze.
If there’s such a category as ‘pleasant albums’ then Chris Rosander rightfully belongs there.
It would be easy to compare Captain Black Beard with The Night Flight Orchestra, however, while NFO goes for a…
‘II’ is H.E.A.T’s intended return to their roots after the rather experimental ‘Into the Great Unknown’ from 2017.
Robert Hart delivers 43 minutes of AOR and hi-tech with soul, synth pop and hard rock leanings.
I follow this bloke on YouTube called Dan McClellan who is a religious scholar. He's very good, calm and to…
Based on the legendary album cover I’d been trying to track this down for years. I can see why Eric…
A mixed bag, but ‘One Good Reason’ has to be one of the best songs the band ever produced.
This is a seriousky underrated album. 'Don't Accuse Her' is simply breathtaking.
This album now has a YTM link. 31 tracks in total. 18 extras on top of the original 13. Upon…
Just listened to this via the YTM link. Pretty damn good. Some quirky synth reminded me of Donnie Iris. Will…
This is the pick of the HPB albums for me. Though I do occasionally drag the others out for a…
The original review from Geir might come across as indifferent. But much of this album is really good. 'Escape' and…
Terrific, obscure Hi-Tech AOR in my book.
Great to see this album getting some love. 💜