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Masquerade - One Night Stand (Retrospect)

The new EP 'Lost Sessions/Fresno CA 93' out April 1st. Members: Derek Davis - vocals Ron Freschi - guitar Danny De La Rosa - guitar Jamey Pacheco - drums Robb Reid - bass Tracklist: Love Blind While America Sleeps Love Is A Mystery Bang Go The Bells

Samples from 'Better Days Comin'': Amazon.com

A release from last year. From blabbermouth.net: Southern California-based rock musician Jesse Damon, best known as the frontman for the popular melodic hard rock band SILENT RAGE, will release a new album called "Temptation In The Garden Of Eve" on September 27 via AOR Heaven/Metal Heaven. The CD will feature 11 brand new tracks laden with huge hooks and unforgettable choruses, all co-written by Jesse and acclaimed AOR melodic rocker Paul Sabu, who also produced the album. The studio band features backing vocals by Paul Sabu, who also doubles as bass player on the release, along with musicians Eric Ragno on keyboards, and Pete Newdeck of EDEN'S CURSE on drums and backing vocals. Jesse has once again delivered big on all the new songs, adding to the legacy of his works. Damon's story starts back in the glory days of the Eighties. With his band SILENT RAGE, he's best known for his extraordinary lead vocals and stellar guitar work on the MTV hit video "Rebel With A Cause". SILENT RAGE has released four critically acclaimed albums, including the Simmons Records/RCA Records release "Don't Touch Me There". Jesse's first three solo albums are a mix of well-crafted melodic rock songs and intense ballads. His musical output has been influenced by some of the biggest artists in rock music, including LED ZEPPELIN, THE BEATLES, FOREIGNER, Y&T and WHITESNAKE.

Master Steven - Distant Faces

New video:

The new album is called 'Eternity'.

Just what I was about to say... You don't have a life.

Hey! I'm here all the time. Haven't you noticed?

Digging up an old thread... These two songs are probably 2 of my favourite Aussie tunes. Freaking great! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ye_Lgl3fA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueRLZWhbpsY

Speaking of summer music, this reminds me of summer. Great track and a good artist!

Absolutely LOVE THIS and yes it is massively 80's which I love,the 80's was my decade and i'm a sucker for 80's pop.As soon as I started to listen the first band that popped into my head tho was Time Gallery who are labelled as AOR but to me are massively influenced by 80's pop. I missed this first time around. This is excellent! The 80's was my decade as well.

In Denial - s/t

Oh I found some more info. From metal-temple.com (written by Dorin Mandelbaum): ANOTHER OPEN ROAD is mostly a solo work of multi-talented musician Antonio Guerrieri, singing and playing most of the instruments on the album, and his brother Pierluigi Guerrieri playing lead guitars and backing vocals. They produced together an unlikely family duo-band album. If you didn’t pick it up by their names, they’re Italian. Italy is actually a hidden haven of great Rock and Prog groups though most people don’t know about it (and that should change!). ANOTHER OPEN ROAD were working on their debut album since 2011 and ended up with their short (just a bit over half an hour) self-titled debut album ”Another Open Road”. For a debut album, they did a great job. They managed to incorporate familiar sounds of great 80’s Hard Rock bands and glam singing style like: WHITESNAKE, DEF LEPPARD and BON JOVI and on the more Prog end RUSH and SUPERTRAMP but also at times sounding even like 80’s Pop such as DIRE STRAITS or even TOTO, all these influences, and a hint of modern Hard Rock sound as well makes a fine new blend that makes ANOTHER OPEN ROAD what it is. Great guitar solos are a main theme on this album, but what really gives it that 80’s flair, is the extensive use of keyboards with distinct 80’s sounds that really throw you back to that decade. The 2 last tracks of ”Another Open Road” featured two guest singers: Alex Panza from WALPURGIS NIGHT / ENDOVEIN on track 6, “Cry forever”, and Federico Mazza from ASGARD on the final track “Playing With Fire”. These 2 tracks really boost the album’s level to ‘over 9000’ and make it worth the wait. On my first listen, I didn’t read anything about the album nor the band. I always do that, I like getting a clean slate first impression, and I noticed that the last two tracks sounded like the singer gave a lot more power and passion to his singing, and I couldn’t help but wonder - why didn’t the rest of the album sound like this? Antonio Guerrieri could get kudos for being good enough for me to think that it was still the same lead singer, so he is definitely not a bad singer per se, but I still think that high-quality-powerful lead singing is exactly what the first 4 tracks of the album could have needed to sound even better than they already do (the first track is a short instrumental introduction). So maybe they should consider getting either Alex Panza or Federico Mazza as steady lead singers in the band? It’s important to not underestimate the importance of a good lead singer. Wrapping it up: If you like 80’s Hard Rock you will like this album, if you like the modern sound of hard melodic Rock, you might not. Tracklist: 1. Riding to… 2. Another Open Road 3. Burning Desires 4. Touch The Heaven 5. What We Dream 6. Cry Forever 7. Playing With Fire Lineup: Antonio Guerrieri – Guitars / Bass / Drums / Lead & Backing Vocals / Keyboards Pierluigi Guerrieri – Guitars / Backing Vocals Guests: Andrea Tognetti - Bass in “Playing With Fire” Federico Mazza – Lead Vocals in “Playing With Fire” Gabriele Lazzerini – Guitar Solo in “Playing With Fire” Alex Panza – Lead Vocals in “Cry Forever” Record Label: Independent

Have a good one Lindsay! (One day in advance )

I just saw this info: "Deafer Dumber Blinder" 20th anniversary edition box set (3-CD+DVD), released on March 7 (EU), April 15 (US). I thought of these 2 great songs from it. Brilliant stuff and the song 'Nigger' caused some controversy back in 1993. Anyone else heard these?

I've tried to find some info on this but came up with nothing. Could this be an independent release? The tracklist that I found seems a bit short. Is this really the final version? Tracklist: 1 - Riding to... 2 - Another Open Road 3 - Burning Desires 4 - Touch The Heaven 5 - What We Dream 6 - Cry Forever 7 - Playing With Fire

Goodbye Thrill - Keepsakes

Gus G (Firewind, Ozzy) releases his album 'I Am The Fire' March 18th. Featuring guests like Mats Levén, Jeff Scott Soto, Tom Englund (Evergrey) and Michael Starr (Steel Panther). Tracklist: 01. My Will Be Done (featuring Mats Levén) 02. Blame It On Me (featuring Mats Levén) 03. I Am The Fire (featuring Devour The Day) 04. Vengeance (featuring David Ellefson) 05. Long Way Down (featuring Alexia Rodriguez) 06. Just Can't Let Go (featuring Jacob Bunton) 07. Terrified (featuring Billy Sheehan) 08. Eyes Wide Open (featuring Mats Levén) 09. Redemption (featuring Michael Starr) 10. Summer Days (featuring Jeff Scott Soto) 11. Dreamkeeper (featuring Tom S. Englund) 12. End Of The Line (featuring Mats Levén)

Artwork for 'Rock Your World' (out April 25th):

Actually, I'd rather have Jezzer's bank account. He's always purchasing a few albums at a nice steady pace. It seems like his money well never runs dry...

Mindstorm - Back To Reality