HEAVY PARADISE 's MELODIC AWARDS FOR 2014

End of December and it's this time of the year that Heavy Paradise is here to give the Melodic Awards for 2014. Generally, I have to say that 2014 was a great year, musically speaking, regarding the Melodic Hard Rock/AOR scene and not only. So, once again, my decision of the final top list was too difficult. Btw, the final lists are ready and closing this short intro I have to say a HUGE THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to all of you readers and musicians that continue to support this webzine.



So, here we go, the oscar of the best album of 2014 goes to ........

WHITE WIDDOW's "Crossfire" album. Congratulations guys!!! You have proved that you have plenty of talent, the right attitude and rightly you are among one of the best bands in the Melodic Hard Rock scene of today.

30 Best Albums Of 2014 

1. WHITE WIDDOW , "Crossfire"
2. BULLETRAIN , "Start Talking"
3. H.E.A.T. , "Tearing Down The Walls"
4. IN FAITH , "There's A Storm Coming"
5. MIRACLE MASTER, "Tattooed Woman"
6. VEGA , "Stereo Messiah"
7. FREE SPIRIT , "All The Shades Of Darkened Light"
8. AGE STEN NILSEN's AMMUNITION , "Shanghaied"
9. CRAZY LIXX , "S/T"
10. WORK OF ART , "Framework"

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11. TEN , "Alion"
12. ALLEN LANDE , "The Great Divine"
13. HAREM SCAREM , "Thirteen"
14. NIVA , "Incremental IV"
15. DALTON , "Pit Stop"
16. NIGHT BY NIGHT , "NxN"
17. OUTLOUD , "Let's Get Serious"
18. ALOGIA , "Elegia Balcanica"
19. EXORCISM , "I Am God"
20. LOVER UNDER COVER , "Into The Night"

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21. GRAND DESIGN , "Thrill Of The Night"
22. LANEY'S LEGION , "Laney's Legion"
23. WILD ROSE , "Hit 'N' Run"
24. KINGDRAGON , "Hide The Sun"
25. STATE OF SALAZAR , "All The Way"
26. SKYSCRAPER , "Elevation"
27. RUBICON CROSS , "Rubicon Cross"
28. BAILEY , "Long Way Down"
29. NUBIAN ROSE , "Mental Revolution"
30. FAITHSEDGE , "The Answer Of Insanity"

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10 BEST TRACKS OF 2014

1. MANNEQUIN SHOW , H.E.A.T.
2. PHANTOM PAIN , BULLETRAIN
3. SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN , DALTON
4. JUST ANOTHER NIGHT , WHITE WIDDOW
5. DOES IT FEEL LIKE LOVE, IN FAITH
6. COME ALIVE , MIRACLE MASTER
7. GONNA NEED SOME LOVE TONIGHT , VEGA
8. NIGHTS OF PARADISE , FREE SPIRIT
9. TIE ME DOWN , AGE STEN NILSEN'S AMMUNITION
10. HELL RAISING WOMAN , CRAZY LIXX

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BEST ARTWORK OF 2014

VEGA , Stereo Messiah 

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BEST DEBUT ALBUM OF 2014

- Without any doubt, the debut release of BULLETRAIN'S "start talking" blew me away! One of the best debuts that I've had heard for ages. 

https://www.facebook.com/BULLETRAIN

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 BEST LIVE ALBUM OF 2014 

W.E.T. , "One Live -In Stockholm"








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- MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR - 

Without any doubt the two musicians that impressed us (again) this year were Erik Martensson (Eclipse, W.E.T.) and Alessandro Del Vecchio that both wrote, produced and contributed generally to many of 2014 albums/projects. 














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So, this is it ladies and gentleman! 2014 is over and we are moving to a new year with lots of hopes that the music we all love will give us more and more great releases. I, also, want to wish to each and every single of you a healthy new year. C-ya!

Heavy Paradise