REVIEW : THE TREATMENT, Wake Up The Neighbourhood (Frontiers Music s.r.l. Release: 10 May 2024)

The Treatment, the quintessential rock band from the heart of Cambridge, UK, proudly presents its brand new opus entitled "Wake Up The Neighbourhood". The new opus is out through the Italian label Frontiers Music! 

REVIEW : FM, Old Habits Die Hard (Frontiers Music s.r.l. Release: 3 May 2024)

One of the most beloved and respectful AOR bands, FM is releasing its brand new, and already fourteenth studio album entitled "Old Habits Die Hard". The new opus is out through the Italian record label Frontiers Music. 

REVIEW : REVOLUTION SAINTS, Against The Winds (Frontiers Music s.r.l. Release: 9 February 2024)

REVOLUTION SAINTS, the band led by Journey vocalist/drummer Deen Castronovo, kicks-off 2024 with a brand new album, 'Against the Winds', to follow up 2023's stellar release, 'Eagle Flight.' Joined by the amazing and super talented bassist Jeff Pilson (Dokken, Foreigner, Black Swan) and guitarist Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, Night Ranger, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) REVOLUTION SAINTS are delivering yet another amazing slice of pure, edgy, emotional and high-quality melodic rock masterpiece! 

REVIEW : Stonetrip, Run Free (Golden Robot Records, Release: 10 March 2023)

Now, this is a very interesting release from Austalian's hard rockers Stonetrip! Since their debut live appearance in 2019, STONETRIP has established tremendous worldwide reach with four singles & videos, ‘Sideways’, ‘Runaway’, ‘Nightmare’, ‘My Angel’ and their debut self-titled EP entitled ‘STONETRIP’. The band achieved to gain a fantastic airplay support, reviews, interviews and to build a strong fanbase reputation for their high-octane, energetic live performances.

REVIEW : REVOLUTION SAINTS, Eagle Flight (Frontiers Music s.r.l. , RELEASE DATE: April 21, 2023)

Revolution Saints is an all-star band that since its creation released three amazing records in a very old-fashioned way sounding. The 'starting' idea was to showcase the stunning voice of Deen Castronovo (Journey, Bad English, Hardline). For the first three Revolution Saints albums, "Revolution Saints", "Light In The Dark", and "Rise", Deen was joined by two amazing musicians; bassist/vocalist Jack Blades (Night Ranger) and guitarist Doug Aldrich (ex-Whitesnake, Bad Moon Risisng, DIO).

REVIEW : Black Paisley, Human Nature (Black Paisley AB Release: 25 November 2022)

Now this is a release that I was extremely curious about! BLACK PAISLEY's brand new opus entitled "Human Nature" is a fact and I have to admit that it's a killer one! The band's name, BLACK PAISLEY, comes from Bon Jovi’s Ritchie Sambora’s classic Fender signature guitar from 1996.

REVIEW : DEF LEPPARD, DIAMOND STAR HALOS (Release date: May 27, 2022 Universal)

Legendary Def Leppard are back in business with their brand new record, 12th full-length, entitled "Diamond Star Halos". For me, Def Leppard is a band that I grew up with their sound. Albums such as "Pyromania", "High N' Dry", "Hysteria" and "Adrenalize" will always keep a special place in my heart and in my record collection. 

REVIEW : Thundermother, Heat Wave (Release Date : July 31, 2020)

If you don't already know these four bad-ass female heavy rock band, then do yourself a favour  and check out them asap! They sure know how to kick-off a party with their powerful, up-beat and in-your-face heavy rock 'n' roll stuff: that's a fact. 

REVIEW : Autumn’s Child, Autumn’s Child (AOR Heaven, 31.01.2020 )

Autumn's Child is a new band that is fronted by Mikael Erlandsson (Last Autumn's Dream, Secret Service, solo). Mikael is considered as one of the best shouters out there. His vocal abilities are top notch and in his long time career has released some great albums. 

REVIEW : UNRULY CHILD, "Big Blue World" (Frontiers Music s.r.l., Release: 9 August 2019)

For those who are into the melodic rock/AOR scene the name of Unruly Child is no stranger at all. Originally formed back in 1993, Unruly Child released some excellent albums over the years. Nowadays, Marcie Free (vocalist - King Kobra, Signal), Bruce Gowdy (guitarist -Stone Fury, World Trade), and Guy Allison (keyboardist - Lodgic, World Trade, Doobie Brothers) are back together again to present us their brand new opus entitled “Big Blue World" . 

REVIEW : JOHNNY V BAND --- Love Power (2019)

JOHNNY V BAND is a rock/blues band that hailed from Thessaloniki, Greece. Former of Johnny V Band is the guitarist/composer/singer John Vatzolas who is a well-known musician in his hometown. Vatzolas has played for many years with local bands in many gigs and he, also, appeared in some TV shows. 

REVIEW : AIRRACE --- Untold Stories (Frontiers Music s.r.l., August 2018)

Airrace was the the brainchild of former guitarist Laurie Mansworth. The band was originally formed back in 1982 and a couple of years later the debut album, ’Shaft Of Light’, saw the light of day; an opus that till today is considered a classic among the fans of the melodic rock sound. 

REVIEW : FM --- Atomic Generation (Frontiers Music s.r.l., March 2018)

One of the most beloved AOR bands out there is without any doubt FM. Since their debut album, "Indiscreet" back in 1986, FM has always released high-quality and extremely melodic records. To name a few (and, of course, all are my personal favorites), "Tough It Out", "Aphrodesiac" and the more recent "Metropolis" and "Rockville" are all great samples of an amazing band.

REVIEW : Scherer/Batten --- BATTLEZONE (2017)

MelodicRock Records brings you yet another interesting record. Marc Scherer ( lead singer of Peterik/Scherer and Lovecraft) and Jennifer Batten (who has toured worldwide with both Jeff Beck and Michael Jackson) join their forces here and creates a superb slice of pure and classic melodic rock album all the way.

REVIEW : Cats In Space --- Scarecrow (2017)

A couple of years back, I had the privilege to review a damn fine debut from a band with a very strange name; Cats In Space with their first opus, "Too Many Gods", achieved to deliver a fine sample of pure late 70's, early 80's, melodic rock stuff that included lots of groove, some very good performances and a bunch of some killer tunes in it.

REVIEW : WORLD TRADE -- Unify (2017, Frontiers Music s.r.l.)

WORLD TRADE is a band that consists of a bunch of some excellent and extremely talented musicians such as Billy Sherwood, Guy Allison, and Bruce Gowdy. "Unify" is the band's third, already, album and it's gonna be released through Frontiers records on 4th August 2017.

REVIEW : THE WILD! -- Wild At Heart (2017)

Whoa, this one rocks big time!!! THE WILD is a band that knows how to rock your world, period! Mixing heavy blues with the bad-ass rock 'n' roll attitude of the late 80's, this band takes you by surprise with its brand new opus with the title "Wild At Heart".

REVIEW : BLACK CAT BONES -- Down To The River (EP, 2017)

Black Cat Bones is a rock band that ςασ formed in 2013 in Liverpool, U.K. and since its creation it became one of the most exciting bands of the Liverpool music scene. The band gained immediately popularity thanks to their live gigs and their energy on stage.

REVIEW : Jimi Anderson Group -- Longtime Comin' (2017)

Jimi Anderson is a musician that was raised up with bands such as Whitesnake, DIO, Rush and Deep Purple and with his new album, "Longtime Comin'", he honors his longtime heroes. In his music career, Anderson played in numerous live gigs, sang in several tribute bands and nowadays the time has come to release his own music under the name of Jimi Anderson Group.

REVIEW : Robert Pehrsson's Humbucker / Long Way To The Light (2016)

Robert Pehrsson is a very gifted guitarist/songwriter from Sweden that has worked with many bands such as Runemagick, Thunder Express, Death Breath, Dundertåget, Imperial State Electric, Slingblade and Dagger.