REEDICIONES

Esto no es un reedición pero creo que en esta sección no desentona. AOR Heaven publica el segundo disco de Billy Satellite grabado en 1985 y que, por problemas en la compañía, hasta ahora no ha podido ver la luz.

El sello inglés Talking Elephant reedita este mes el «The Day The Earth Caught Fire» de City Boy.

http://www.talkingelephant.co.uk/artists/artist.php?Artist_Ref=44954&Genre_id=all

Próximas reediciones de Rock Candy:

GIRL ‘SHEER GREED’ CANDY307 (3 BONUS TRACKS)

GIRL ‘WASTED YOUTH’ CANDY308 (12 BONUS TRACKS LIVE)

TARGET ‘S/T’ CANDY309 (4 BONUS TRACKS)

TARGET ‘CAPTURED’ CANDY310 (6 BONUS TRACKS)

BULLSEYE ‘ON TARGET’ CANDY313 (3 BONUS TRACKS)

Reediciones de Rock Candy para septiembre:

TKO ‘LET IT ROLL’ CANDY316 (7 BONUS TRACKS)

TKO ‘IN YOUR FACE’ CANDY317 (10 BONUS TRACKS)

TKO ‘BELOW THE BELT’ CANDY318 (1 BONUS TRACK)

WRATHCHILD AMERICA ‘CLIMBIN’ THE WALLS’ CANDY294

RTZ ‘RETURN TO ZERO’ CANDY291

Joserra wrote:

A los TKO no los he seguido nunca.

A mí de TKO me gusta el «In Your Face», me trae buenos recuerdos de cuando era un teenager.

Metal Blade to reissue Riot classics “Fire Down Under” and “Restless Breed” on September, 23rd on Digi-CD and vinyl! Bonus tracks included as well as new vinyl mastering!

Over the past two years Metal Blade Records have re-issued a whole bunch of RIOT albums on Digi-CD and vinyl.

On September, 23rd the next two titles will be added to the rich catalogue of this fabulous band. ‘Fire Down Under’ and ‘Restless Breed’ are two milestones in the history of RIOT and it´s our pleasure to make these titles available again in the best versions yet.

‘Fire Down Under’ will be available on Digi-CD with two bonus tracks (‘Misty Morning Rain’ and ‘You´re All I Needed Tonight’) as well as on vinyl in three different versions (180 g black/artic white marbled/yellow with orange spots). ‘Restless Breed’ will be available on Digi-CD with the 6-song ‘Riot Live’ EP from 1982 as bonus as well as on vinyl in three different versions (180 g black/red opaque/violet blue marbeled).

Both albums have been remastered by Patrick Engel for the best sound quality ever. The vinyl versions include a free poster each, the Digi-CDs poster booklets.

Joserra wrote:

Reedición por parte de Cherry Red del disco de Blacthorne de Bob Kulick, Grahan Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo, Frankie Banali y Chuck Wright.

Creo que Cherry Red también publica lo que iba a ser su segundo disco.

El sello Cherry Red publicará en febrero de 2017 «Knights Of The Blade», un pack de 4 cds de la legendaria banda Tokyo Blade, que incluye sus tres primeros discos, y un cuarto cd con singles y eps de la banda.

DISC ONE: TOKYO BLADE (AMP1 – 1983)
1. POWERGAME
2. BREAK THE CHAINS
3. IF HEAVEN IS HELL
4. ON THROUGH THE NIGHT
5. KILLER CITY
6. LIAR
7. TONIGHT
8. SUNRISE IN TOKYO
9. BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA

DISC TWO: NIGHT OF THE BLADE (AMP4– 1984)
1. SOMEONE TO LOVE
2. NIGHT OF THE BLADE
3. ROCK ME TO THE LIMIT
4. WARRIOR OF THE RISING SUN
5. UNLEASH THE BEAST
6. LOVESTRUCK
7. DEAD OF THE NIGHT
8. LIGHTNING STRIKES (STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART)

DISC THREE: BLACKHEARTS AND JADED SPADES (TBR 1 – 1985)
1. DIRTY FACED ANGELS
2. MAKE IT THOUGHT THE NIGHT
3. ALWAYS
4. LOVING YOU IS AN EASY THING TO DO
5. UNDERCOVER HONEYMOON
6. YOU ARE THE HEART
7. BLACKHEARTS AND JADED SPADES
8. TOUGH GUYS TUMBLE
9. DANCING IN BLUE MOONLIGHT
10. PLAYROOM OF POISON DREAMS
11. MONKEYS BLOOD

DISC FOUR: SINGLES & EPS
1. POWERGAME
2. DEATH ON MAINSTREET
3. FEVER
4. ATTACK ATTACK
5. MADAME GUILLOTINE
6. BREAKOUT
7. LOVESTRUCK
8. MIDNIGHT RENDEZVOUS
9. MEAN STREAK
10. IF HEAVEN IS HELL
11. HIGHWAY PASSION
12. SHADOWS OF INSANITY
13. SCHOOL HOUSE IS BURNING
14. JEZZABEL
15. MONKEY’S BLOOD
16. UNDERCOVER HONEYMOON
17. PLAYROOM OF POISON DREAMS
18. STEALING THE THIEF
19. BOTTOM END

Joserra wrote:

Qué chulo. Pues lo mismo los pillo, que los tengo en vinilo. El primero lo tengo hecho polvo. Sólo por que suene en condiciones “If heaven is hell”.

¿No será esto muy Heavy Metal para ti? 😛 😛

Que va, eres un tío duro, y esta caja pinta requetebien.

Joserra wrote:

El Megaforce es obligatorio.

Clasicazo!!!!
Que raro, estamos de acuerdo en algo jajajajaja

Nuevo lote de reediciones de Rock Candy:

Próximas reediciones de Rock Candy para el 16 de junio. El de Bad English lleva dos bonus.

Y para el 12 de mayo anuncian estas dos reediciones:

El de Dokken es la edición con 17 temas, esto pone en la web de Rock Candy:

DOKKEN ‘BEAST FROM THE EAST CANDY345 (2CD Fully restored 17 tracks)

Se publica esta caja con los cuatros primeros discos de los Tygers Of Pan Tang y un quinto cd con actuaciones en directo de la época.

El sello Metal Blade reedita tres discos más de RIOT:

Over the past couple years Metal Blade Records has re-issued a whole bunch of RIOT albums on Digi-CD and vinyl.

On June 30th the next three titles will be added to the rich catalogue of this fabulous band. ‘Inishmore’, ‘Shine On’ and ‘Sons of Society’ are two studio albums and a live album that can easily be described as melodic power metal gems!

‘Inishmore’ will be available on Digi-CD with four bonus tracks (’15 Rivers’, ‘Red Reign’, ‘Danny Boy’ and ’15 Rivers (acoustic demo)’ as well as on vinyl in four different versions (180 g black/night blue violet marbled/lime green/clear dawn red (US-exclusive)).

‘Shine On’ will be available on Digi-CD with the ‘Live At Club Citta January 31st, 1998’ DVD as bonus. The DVD features a full live show as well as extra live clips and video clips, 31 titles in total!

‘Sons of Society’ will be available on Digi-CD with five bonus tracks (all instrumental rough mixes of album songs) as well as on vinyl in four different versions (180 g black/clear orange-red/purple blue/orange-brown (US-exclusive)).

All three albums have been remastered by Patrick Engel for the best sound quality ever. The vinyl versions include 350 gram covers, an insert and a free poster each, the Digi-CDs poster booklets.

Metal Blade sigue reeditando el catálogo de RIOT:

Metal Blade to re-issue Riot albums ‘Army Of One’ and ‘Through The Storm’ on September 8th on Digi-CD and vinyl! Bonus tracks included as well as new vinyl mastering!
Over the past couple years Metal Blade Records has re-issued a whole bunch of RIOT albums on Digi-CD and vinyl.

On September 8th the next two titles will be added to the rich catalogue of this fabulous band. ‘Army Of One’ and ‘Through The Storm’ are two studio albums that can easily be described as melodic power metal gems!

‘Army Of One’ will be available on Digi-CD with two bonus tracks (’Road Racin´ (live)’ and ‘Still Alive (instrumental rough mix)’ as well as on vinyl in three different versions (180 g black/golden yellow/clear/black marbled).

‘Through The Storm’ will be available on Digi-CD with four bonus tracks (’Follow You (demo)’, ‘Army Of One (instrumental)’, ‘Shine (instrumental)’ and ‘Blinded (demo)’) as well as on vinyl in three different versions (180 g black/night blue grey-marbled/clear white).

All three albums have been remastered by Patrick Engel for the best sound quality ever. The vinyl versions include 350 g covers, an insert and a free poster each, the Digi-CDs poster booklets.

Pre-order your copies now at http://www.metalblade.com/riot

Check out the other RIOT titles we have released in the past few years and order them from https://goo.gl/xFevHp

http://www.metalblade.com

Próximas reediciones del sello Rock Candy.

Una nueva reedición del sello Rock Candy.

El sello Rhino reedita los dos primeros discos de Montrose, ya los había reeditado Rock Candy, pero las reediciones de Rhino son ediciones Deluxe en doble CD.

http://www.rhino.com/product/montrose-deluxe-edition

http://www.rhino.com/product/paper-money-deluxe-edition

Joserra wrote:

Joserra ha escrito:

He leído que se reedita el primer gran trabajo de Siam, con Tony Mills, pero no logro encontrar quién se encarga de ello. Es un disco que siempre se ha asociado al sonido Queensrÿche. El segundo, Prayer, también es muy bueno.

 
Seguimos sin saber nada de este disco ¿no?

 
No encuentro noticias del disco, pero lo veo en dos tiendas a la venta.

http://www.shopcircus.net/productos/cd/the-language-of-menace-siam

https://www.cede.at/en/music/?view=detail&branch_sub=0&branch=1&aid=145902267

Un par de más que interesantes reediciones de la mano del sello griego No Remorse:

NY Metal band HITTMAN, will be re-issuing their classic debut, self titled album on No Remorse Records on October 31, 2017, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of it’s release in 1988 (originally on SPV/Steamhammer Records).
Also included as bonus material, will be the original 1985 demo, remixed and remastered faithfully to the original, making this the first time it will have been released officially in the digital medium, a real treat for fans who have most likely only have heard it as a copied cassette, widely traded through the metal tape trading underground, often duplicated many generations, with tons of tape hiss, and degraded audio quality.
The CD release will boast cleaner, more vivid re-imagined cover art (yet still 100% faithful to the original) and will be accompanied by a generous booklet of 24 pages containing never seen photos, articles and other anecdotes, as well as liner notes by the underground press’ first real champion of the band, Kerrang and Metal Forces journalist Dave Reynolds. Dave took to the band early on, and was always an ardent supporter.

Tracklist:
1. Metal Sport
2. Dead On Arrival
3. Will You Be There?
4. Breakout
5. Backstreet Rebels
6. Caught In The Crossfire
7. Secret Agent Man
8. Behind The Lines
9. The Test Of Time
Bonus Tracks:
10. Hittman Theme (1985 demo)
11. Metal Sport (1985 demo)
12. Sleepless Nights (1985 demo)
13. Live Fot Tomorrow (1985 demo)
14. Winds Of Warning (1985 demo)

 

No Remorse Records presents the release of the special 30th anniversary edition of «Blaze Of Glory», third studio album of the legendary US Power Metal act, JACK STARR’S BURNING STARR. The reissue will include thick booklet with a lot of previously unseen photos, lyrics, new liner notes, and 5 bonus tracks: 3 studio ones, and 2 live recordings. The album has been remastered by Bart Gabriel, who except producing last two BURNING STARR studio albums, recently mastered reissues of bands such as CIRITH UNGOL and SORTILEGE, as well as the new PAGAN ALTAR and CRYSTAL VIPER albums.

Tracklist:
1. STAND UP AND FIGHT
2. OVERDRIVE
3. BLAZE OF GLORY
4. F.F.Z. (FREE FIRE ZONE)
5. GO DOWN FIGHTING
6. BURNING STARR
7. MAD AT THE WORLD
8. MERCY KILLER
9. METAL GENERATION
10. EXCURSION
11. NEW YORK WOMAN (bonus track)
12. TEAR DOWN THE WALL (bonus track)
13. RETURN FROM THE ASHES / PERSONAL DEMONS (bonus track)
14. BLAZE OF GLORY (live 2013 bonus track)
15. GO DOWN FIGHTING (live 2013 bonus track)

JACK STARR’S BURNING STARR was formed in 1985 by founding member and guitarist of VIRGIN STEELE, Jack Starr. After releasing four albums in the ’80s – «Rock The American Way» (1985), «No Turning Back!» (1986), «Blaze Of Glory» (1987) and the self-titled one (so-called «Orange Album» from 1989), the band returned in 2009, with a new lineup featuring Starr, Ned Meloni (bass, ex-JOE LYNN TURNER), Kenny «Rhino» Earl (drums, ex-MANOWAR) and Todd Michael Hall (vocals, also in RIOT V), and released the well-received comeback album titled «Defiance». Two years later, the band released their next studio album, «Land Of The Dead», which was met with great reviews by critics and fans alike. In the Summer of 2017 the band released brand new album entitled «Stand Your Ground».

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Inner Wound Recordings are proud to announce re-issues of the first three releases from the classic US heavy metal band OBSESSION. The «Marshall Law» EP, «Scarred for Life» and «Methods of Madness» will all be re-issued on CD and digital, and the release date is set to December 1st for Europe and North America.

The CD editions comes with a 12 page booklet that includes lyrics as well as liner notes from Michael Vescera.

Obsession is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 famous for spawning the career of singer Michael Vescera. The band first came on to the scene on the Metal Massacre 2 compilation from Metal Blade Records and then the classic EP «Marshall Law» was released 1984 on the same label. After that, Obsession released the albums «Scarred for Life» and «Methods of Madness» under the Enigma label before breaking up in 1989. The band reformed in 2004 and released the new albums «Carnival of Lies» in 2006 and «Order of Chaos» in 2012.

El 15 de diciembre verá la luz una reedición del «Dangerous Attraction» de Lion.

Info: http://www.vanitymusicgroup.bigcartel.com/product/hho

El sello Metal Blade reedita el «Parallels» de los Progresivos Fates Warning.

Info: https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords/item/55131

El sello MelodicRock Records reedita el debut de Dogface con temas extra, más info:

http://melodicrock.com/articles/news-feed/2017/12/12/dogface-be-releashed-january-22-mrr

On March 23, 2018, Frontiers Music Srl will release a box set collecting all the solo works of acclaimed Grammy Nominated Composer Kip Winger into one collection. The set will be comprised of Kip’s solo albums, including:

· This Conversation Seems Like a Dream (1997)
· Down Incognito (1998)
· Songs from the Ocean Floor (2000)
· From the Moon to the Sun (2008)

In addition there is going to be a bonus disc (exclusive to the physical edition, while stock lasts), which includes a new previously unreleased song and all of the bonus cuts from previous records

The «Solo Box Set Collection» will be a strictly limited edition of 1,500 copies (worldwide) and include five cds in vinyl replica cases and a booklet with liner notes written by Kip Winger. Pre-order here: http://radi.al/KipWingerCollection

Kip Winger rode the wave of the ’80s/early ’90s pop-metal explosion first with Alice Cooper and then in the wildly successful band of his namesake, Winger, before beginning a solo career in the late ’90s. His debut solo effort, «This Conversation Seems Like A Dream», was released in 1997 and supported with a solo acoustic tour. An acoustic album featuring the new Track «Another Way» and of past favorites, «Down Incognito» was then released in 1999. Winger followed it with his second proper solo album, 2000’s «Songs from the Ocean Floor», which addressed his grief over the loss of his wife, who had passed away in a car accident shortly after the release of his first solo album. After a long hiatus with his solo work, Kip returned with «From The Moon To The Sun» in 2008; an extensive body of work that includes everything from straight up heavy and dark music to absolutely melodic and beautiful works.

More recently, Winger has enjoyed success composing classical music. Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon created the ballet «Ghosts», based on a piece Kip wrote, which premiered at the San Francisco Ballet on February 9, 2010. The ballet was a hit and was brought back for a five seasons in 2010. Ghosts will make its Nashville debut in May 2018 with Nashville Ballet. Winger then composed a four-part work entitled «Conversations with Nijinsky», intended to celebrate the life of ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky. A recording of the piece performed by the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra on the album «C.F. Kip Winger: Conversations with Nijinsky» entered at number one on thetraditional classical category on the Billboard music charts. «Conversations with Nijinsky» was also nominated in the Best Classical Contemporary Composition category at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. Winger also recently finished a two act musical, GET JACK, which is currently in development in New York City.

This collection is an unmissable opportunity to get to know in-depth the astounding musical abilities and art of one of today’s musical greats!

TRACK LISTING:

CD 1 – This Conversation Seems Like A Dream
Kiss Of Life
Monster
Endless Circles
Angel Of The Underground
Steam
I’ll Be Down
Naked Son
Daniel
How Far Will We Go
Don’t Let Go
Here

CD 2 – Down Incognito
Another Way
Down Incognito
Under One Condition
Miles Away
Steam
Headed For A Heartbreak
How Far Will We Go
Naked Son
Spell I’m Under
Easy Come Easy Go
Daniel

CD 3 – Songs From The Ocean Floor
Cross
Crash The Wall
Sure Was A Wildflower
Two Lovers Stand
Landslide
Faster
Song Of Midnight
Free
Only One Word
Broken Open
Resurrection
Everything You Need

CD 4 – From The Moon To The Sun
Every Story Told
Nothing
Where Will You Go
Pages And Pages
In Your Eyes Another Life
Runaway
California
What We Are
One Big Game
Why
Reason To Believe

CD 5 – Bonus Cd
Hands Of Love
Monster (European Bonus Track)
Holy Man
Free (Instrumental)
Ghosts
Now And Forever
Kiss Of Life (Demo)
Don’t Let Go (Demo)
Headed For A Heartbreak (Demo 1987)
Hour Of Need (Demo)
Monster (Demo)
Rainbow In The Rose
Blind Revolution Mad
Headed For A Heartbreak (Live)

CHASTAIN «The Voice of the Cult 30 Years Heavy!»

This release is a remastered, reissue of the classic CHASTAIN album «The Voice of the Cult» on its 30th year anniversary.

This albums features the studio lineup of David T. Chastain on guitar, Leather Leone on vocals, Mike Skimmerhorn on bass and Ken Mary on drums.

«The Voice of the Cult» was originally released in 1988 and David states, «I have always felt that this album was the most commercial sounding of all the Chastain albums. Originally some of the songs were written with CJSS in mind but at around that time I decided to concentrate just on Chastain and my solo stuff so some of those tracks were reworked to fit on Voice.»

Leather adds: «I knew when we were recording this record that it was special. I embrace the term «The Voice of the Cult» and that has stuck with me. We as a band had hit our stride at the release of this record. That feeling of accomplishment as a vocalist has never changed after this record.»

David relates this little known info: «During that time many thought of Heavy Metal as Devil’s music. We actually had a very hard time finding a plant in the US that would print up the Cd because of the name! They assumed we were talking about a Satanic cult when in reality we were talking about the Metal cult! Religious idiots!!»

David continues, «It is strange in a good way to see fans still singing along with the lyrics to some of these songs in concert. It seems the term «The Voice of the Cult» has resonated as a rallying call for many in metal. I decided I wanted to bring up the audio to today’s standards so I remastered it personally. I think the album has withstood the test of time and holds up quite well to traditional metal standards. We have new young fans contacting me who say they just found out about these early albums and Chastain after all this time. To them we are a new band!»

After over thirty years CHASTAIN is still going strong with new albums such as 2017’s «We Bleed Metal 17» to go along with a very prolific catalog. Those early albums certainly fall into the category of «metal classics» to those in the know of metal history and certainly any diehard Chastain fan.

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AOR Heaven reedita el debut de los alemanes Frontline.

FRONTLINE from Nürnberg, Germany belong to the pioneers of the German hard rock scene. Founded in 1989 by Robert Böbel (guitars, keyboards; EVIDENCE ONE, PHANTOM V), Stephan Kämmerer (vocals), Thomas Riess (bass) und Stephan Bayerlein (drums), their debut album “The State Of Rock” finally hit the stores in 1994 – a true classic which until today still is regarded as the finest album of the band by many. This record also meant the breakthrough for the guys in Japan where they reached # 10 in the rock sales charts. Straightly after the release, FRONTLINE went on tour in Europe and had the honour to open for various great acts such as GOTTHARD, CRASH TEST DUMMIES, BONFIRE, TYKETTO and CASANOVA.

In 1995, FRONTLINE pulled out the full acoustic album „Two Faced“. However, personal differences within the band followed and ended up in the departure of Stephan Bayerlein and Thomas Riess in 1996. They were replaced by Thomas „Hutch“ Bauer (Bass) und Rami Ali (Drums; EVIDENCE ONE, SHYLOCK). Still in the same year, FRONTLINE signed a record deal with a new label, recorded the single “Man In Motion” and the album “Heroes” which though officially only saw the light of day in Japan since their European label went out of business.

One year later, the band decided to start working on another new album which is well known under it’s working title “Heroes II” amongst the fans but never saw a release. Due to a complicated contractual situation many labels feared to contact FRONTLINE during the following years and the band went back to the underground again until Georg Siegl at AOR Heaven finally showed his interest in the band in the year 2000 and signed them for the first time. Just one month later, the album “Right Attitude” was released which can be regarded as a sort of compilation out of both “Heroes” albums …and “Right Attitude” became a huge success for the band again! The recordings for their 2002 output “Against The World” started the same year, and this album finally re-established FRONTLINE on the international hard rock market.

Throughout the months after the release of the best of compilation “Almost Unreleased” (2003) which also featured a couple of rare tracks for the fans, FRONTLINE again went into the studio and started to work on a new album called “The Seventh Sign” (2004). In the year 2006, the last studio album the German group called “Circles” was released.

On April 27th 2018, AOR Heaven now will re-issue the rare and out of print album “The State Of Rock” with two bonus tracks as a limited edition of 1000 copies. The album was re-mastered by guitarist Robby Böbel.

El sello Pride & Joy Music, aprovechando el regreso de los suecos Universe (ahora Universe Infinity), publica su nuevo disco y reedita su debut de 1985.

Swedish Hard Rock band UNIVERSE INFINITY (formerly known as UNIVERSE) will release their comeback album “Rock Is Alive” on PRIDE & JOY MUSIC on April 13th, 2018 on CD & as download!

On the same day, PRIDE & JOY will, in co-operation with Universal Music, also re-issue the classic, self-titled “Universe” album from 1985 on CD. The re-issue will be remastered and come with an expanded booklet.

UNIVERSE started in 1982 in Upplands Väsby, Sweden, where hard rock ruled the streets. The members hailed from several different local bands. After leaving the band Moon, lead guitarist Michael Kling, who founded the band WC in the late 70’s with John Norum, became one of UNIVERSE’s founding members. Bassist Hasse Hagman, who played in Joey Tempest’s first band, along with drummer Anders Wetterström and guitarist Per Nilsson, all came from the band Twilight. Once UNIVERSE got their hands on keyboard player Fredrik Kriström and singer Kjell Wallen, the band was complete. They played diligently for a couple of years all over Sweden, opening for Nazareth, among many other gigs. In 1985, the band released its self-titled debut album with songs like «Rollin’ On», «Stories from the Old Days», and «Strong Vibrations». In 1986, Kjell Wallen left the band on good terms following creative differences and was subsequently replaced by Janne Åström. With Janne as the new frontman, the band focused fully on a follow-up to their debut album. Several demos were recorded but never ended up in the right hands. The band dissolved in early 1988 and then had a short reunion for a final show in the ice hall in Upplands Väsby later that year.

The band members went their separate ways, each showing up here and there in different contexts with connections to music. Everyone maintained occasional contact and eventually Per Nilsson reached out to the others to see if they were interested in playing together again. In 2002, all the members met up together for the first time in 14 years. They immediately knew they wanted to play again, and became convinced that the old material still had potential. Everyone agreed that a new album had to be released, but also that they were being pulled in different directions. For several years they kept continuous contact, waiting for the time when recording an album became inevitable. At first, UNIVERSE lacked a singer, but suddenly one day he was just there. Andreas Eklund (ex-House Of Shakira) became the new front man, his narrative lyrics and tasteful melodies opening the door to another dimension, so the band could take a bigger step into the galaxy. Now, finally, UNIVERSE is back as UNIVERSE INFINITY with “Rock Is Alive”, a powerful album that is a tribute to the music of the 70’s and 80’s, and to their youth in Upplands Väsby.

“Rock Is Alive” was produced by Michael Kling and Per Nilsson at Kling Studios, and mixed and mastered by Stefan Helleblad; drums were recorded in Standstraight Studio One Scandinavia. The artwork was created by Sylvain Lucchina at Razor Images.

On May 25th 2018, AOR Heaven now will re-issue the former Japanese only release «Heroes» as limited edition of 1000 copies. The album was re-mastered by guitarist Robby Böbel.

FRONTLINE from Nürnberg, Germany belong to the pioneers of the German hard rock scene. Founded in 1989 by Robert Böbel (guitars, keyboards; EVIDENCE ONE, PHANTOM V), Stephan Kämmerer (vocals), Thomas Riess (bass) und Stephan Bayerlein (drums), their debut album «The State Of Rock» finally hit the stores in 1994 – a true classic which until today still is regarded as the finest album of the band by many. This record also meant the breakthrough for the guys in Japan where they reached # 10 in the rock sales charts. Straightly after the release, FRONTLINE went on tour in Europe and had the honour to open for various great acts such as GOTTHARD, CRASH TEST DUMMIES, BONFIRE, TYKETTO and CASANOVA.

In 1995, FRONTLINE pulled out the full acoustic album „Two Faced». However, personal differences within the band followed and ended up in the departure of Stephan Bayerlein and Thomas Riess in 1996. They were replaced by Thomas „Hutch» Bauer (Bass) und Rami Ali (Drums; EVIDENCE ONE, SHYLOCK). Still in the same year, FRONTLINE signed a record deal with a new label, recorded the single «Man In Motion» and the album «Heroes» which though officially only saw the light of day in Japan since their European label went out of business.

One year later, the band decided to start working on another new album which is well known under it’s working title «Heroes II» amongst the fans but never saw a release. Due to a complicated contractual situation many labels feared to contact FRONTLINE during the following years and the band went back to the underground again until Georg Siegl at AOR Heaven finally showed his interest in the band in the year 2000 and signed them for the first time. Just one month later, the album «Right Attitude» was released which can be regarded as a sort of compilation out of both «Heroes» albums …and «Right Attitude» became a huge success for the band again! The recordings for their 2002 output «Against The World» started the same year, and this album finally re-established FRONTLINE on the international hard rock market.

Throughout the months after the release of the best of compilation «Almost Unreleased» (2003) which also featured a couple of rare tracks for the fans, FRONTLINE again went into the studio and started to work on a new album called «The Seventh Sign» (2004). In the year 2006, the last studio album the German group called «Circles» was released.

Reediciones japonesas de Kuni, una barata (Looking For Action), y otra «normal» (Masque).

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UPCY-9805

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICY-94691

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El de Shelter es un disco muy bueno de AOR de comienzos de los 80.

https://fridaymusic.com/products/franke-the-knockouts-the-complete-collection-original-recordings-remastered-limited-edition

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Rarely has there been such a drastic change of musical style than that made by the Swedish hard rock band Easy Action when it came to the recording of their second album ‘That Makes One’ in 1985. While the band’s debut LP (1983) was an ahead of its time glam classic, Easy Action had morphed into a slickly melodic AOR group on the follow up record.

Kee Marcello, who later on joined Europe, was approached by Peo Thyrén (b) from the pop punk band Noice which were considerably successful at the time to sing but eventually ended up as their producer. Not willing to live the destructive lifestyle of the band, Kee and Peo founded their own band: Easy Action. The name refers to Marc Bolan who is considered the biggest rock star by Marcello. The band recorded a mini-album and got themselves a multi-million dollar deal with Sire Records. “I went from practically being homeless to being a young, stupid guy with loads of money“, Marcello recalls. Joining Peo and Kee in this early version of Easy Action were Zinny J. Zan (v), Fredrik Von Gerber (d, ex Noice) and Danny Wilde (g).

The band sounded like a blueprint for Mötley Crüe, Poison and the like and consequently wanted to go in a different direction with the follow-up. Several line-up changes came, most notably Peo eventually making way for Björn ‘Nalle’ Påhlsson and Tommy Nilsson being recruited to fill the vacant lead singer role after Zinny left. The journey together ended when Marcello was offered to join Europe – an offer to good to turn down.

Upon release in 1986 ‘That Makes One’ certainly gained its many admirers, but any success was short-lived due to Kee taking up that aforementioned offer from Europe to replace John Norum in November the same year to go on to record the ‘Out Of This World’ and ‘Prisoners In Paradise’ albums with the group. When that version of Europe went their separate ways, Marcello began a solo career in 1993 that continues to this day, alongside a lot of production for other artists.

The “glam rock variant“ of Easy Action reunited. Kee and Zinny J. Zan having recruited a first class team of players that included Simon Roxx (g), Micael Grimm (b) and ‘Grizzly’ Höglund (d) and played Sweden Rock in 2006. But the passing of Grimm in 2011 who was the driving force at the time ended the band activities, although some songs were written.

Yet in 2019 the “melodic rock version“ of the band got back together! Kee and Tommy, alongside Chris Lind (g), Björn ’Nalle’ Påhlsson, Björn ‘Grizzly’ Höglund and the band’s long-time live keyboard player Jörgen Ingeström reformed again earlier this year when Kee received another offer to play Sweden Rock. The band recorded a live DVD and presented themselves in excellent shape, for instance using no backing tapes and stuff.

This re-release is remastered by Chris Lyne and limited to 1000 copies. As a bonus there are rare b-sides “Eye For An Eye“ from the “In The Middle Of Nowhere“ single and “There Is A River“ from the “Talk Of The Town“ single.