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New album 'Clones' out July 8th through Eonian Records. From Eonian Records: Indianapolis, Indiana - Eonian Records will release M!SS CRAZY’s much-anticipated tenth studio album ‘Clones’ with Markus Allen Christopher on Lead & Backing Vocals and Guitar, Vernon Anderson on Guitar, John Homan on Drums, Kim Racer on Bass, and Nicole Willard on Lead & Backing Vocals. Ronnie poured his heart and soul into this new release, which promises to be one of the band's standouts. A generation ago, historic rock artists like Alice Cooper, David Bowie, and KISS showed our parents that they were no longer living in the ’50s or ’60s. These iconic bands incorporated stunning imagery and stage theatrics to elevate the standards of rock performance worldwide. Fast forward to 2007, and a young, new band named MISS CRAZY arrives on the musical landscape to reignite the flame of hard rock! Ronnie Borchert learned early on that he wanted to be a musician. He saw KISS at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, which changed his life forever. As Ronnie grew as a musician and developed his craft, he learned to emulate all the bands he admired and loved. He soon realized his job would follow his passion for music, which was undoubtedly the correct path. Most know Ronnie Borchert as the front man for Amsterdam, who released four albums, and Trixie, who released three, but if you haven’t learned by now, Ronnie possesses many other talents such as a talented songwriter, guitarist, producer, and collaborator. Ronnie's first solo album, "Change," released in 2007, gives fans of Amsterdam & Trixie some familiar sounds and transcends into a more contemporary melodic hard rock realm with killer choruses and melodies that are a true testament to the evolution of Ronnie's work as both an artist and producer. That was just the beginning. Ronnie and his stellar line-up of musicians would eventually release nine MISS CRAZY albums: Self-Titled (2005), Can’t Get Enough (2007), II (2008), Grip (2013), Inception (2014), Resurrection Hard Rock (2014) Make America Crazy Again (2019), and Covers - Volume 1 & 2 (2022) Amid MISS CRAZY’s early success, Ronnie (Markus Allen Christopher) formed 2009’s most anticipated supergroup Freakshow alongside Jeff LaBar of Cinderella on Lead Guitars & Backing Vocals, Tony Franklin of Blue Murder on Bass, and Frankie Banali of Quiet Right on Drums. The album still shines as one of Ronnie’s well-written & played, produced, and collaborative career efforts. The album smokes from start to finish and remains a fan favorite. Fast forward to 2022, Ronnie unleashes the busiest year of his career. First, releasing Covers - Volumes 1 & 2 together with an all-star lineup of guest musicians and engineers to join MISS CRAZY in breathing new life and recording a near-perfect time capsule of some of the greatest classics of the ’70s and ’80s. Volume 1 features songs from KISS, Fastway, The Partridge Family, Cheap Trick, Billy Squier, The Rolling Stones, Def Leppard, A Flock Of Seagulls, The Trammps, and Mötley Crüe. Volume 2 features songs from KISS, Guns N' Roses, The Police, Led Zeppelin, Modern English, Ramones, Cheap Trick, Mr. Hyde, AC/DC, and Def Leppard. In our humble opinion, there is not a better cover tribute out there MISS CRAZY is: Markus Allen Christopher on Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals & Guitar, Vernon Anderson on Guitar, John Homan on Drums, Kim Racer on Bass, and Nicole Willard on Lead Vocals & Backing Vocals. MISS CRAZY ‘Clones’ Tracklist: 1. I’m Never Gonna Get Over You 2. Clones 3. Living In America 4. I Don’t Believe In Love 5. I Just Wanna Give 6. Forgiveness 7. Miracle 8. Tonight 9. V.A. 10. She Loves Me

'This Is Gonna Hurt' out August 1st. From Eonian Records: Indianapolis, Indiana - The Eonian Record’s Rockshop is super excited to share that our good friends at Kivel Records are releasing the new TANGO DOWN ‘This Is Gonna Hurt’ album due out on August 1st. Pre-Order TODAY, along with the new M!SS CRAZY and HAILMARY releases. Not even a Pandemic can keep them away from finishing what they started. The events that unfolded over the last two years in the end only delayed them. Matter of fact, TANGO DOWN took the imposed shutdown and used it to their advantage to fine-tune the band's follow-up to ‘Bulletproof’. Making a very good album into a GREAT album. Many bands maintain or try to match their previous effort. TANGO DOWN has been blessed with the strangest of luck they manage to outshine each release. Proving their only competition is themselves! Hands down, this is the band's BEST album to date. We challenge any listener to say otherwise. Scott and Company took everything that was the strongest qualities of each release and combined them into one strong album that flows perfectly from beginning to end. A roller coaster ride of rock n roll if there ever was one. An album you can listen to at the gym, in your car, or at the beach. You're going to sink your teeth so deep that THIS IS GONNA HURT! TANGO DOWN is back, and folks, it’s gonna hurt! TANGO DOWN is: Chas West on Lead Vocals, Scott Miller on Guitar, Axel K. Gessner on Bass, and Keith Michaels on Drums TANGO DOWN ‘This Is Gonna Hurt’ Tracklist: 1. This is Gonna Hurt 2. Fantasy 3. Scream 4. Lying To Myself 5. Nobody Gets Alive 6. Standing Tall 7. Until We Meet Again 8. Forget What You Know 9. Let It Go! 10. Dirty Penny

New video for 'Girl From Syria'.

I see you got 4 of the Poets Of The Fall releases this week, what took you so long?

'Masquerade' out June 17 through Wormholedeath Records.

From Atomic Fire Records: LESSMANN/VOSS – to release »Rock Is Our Religion« album on July 22nd, 2022;lyric video for lead single, ‘Smoke Without A Fire’ launched; album available for pre-order!Vocalists/multi-instrumentalists Claus Lessmann and Michael Voss (ex-CASANOVA, ex-MAD MAX; producer of acts such as Michael Schenker): a combination that makes rock fans sit up immediately. That’s why Atomic Fire Records are even more excited to announce the signing of the duo and the release of their debut album »Rock Is Our Religion« which is due out on July 22nd, 2022. Considering the two’s various collaborations – lately as members of PHANTOM V – spread over several decades, the record is way more than a debut: it’s rather a relevation, a bow down to genuine rock packed in 49 minutes of handmade music performed to the point.Claus Lessmann comments, “We are very proud and happy to be part of the Atomic Fire Records family, in good company with a lot of great and talented artists and a wonderful and creative team. We had a lot of fun recording and writing these songs and we hope you like them too.”About the creation of ‘Smoke Without A Fire,’ Michael Voss recalls, “I started to write this song in 1991 on the Maldives and recorded it as a demo for CASANOVA’s »One Night Stand« album. Unfortunately, it didn’t make it on the album, so I re-recorded a draft version again and played it to Claus who really digged it and wrote some superb lyrics and melodies. A real relict and a nearly forgotten jewel from the past transferred into 2022!”Pre-order the album in the physical format of your choice [CD-jewelcase, coloured vinyl; first edition incl. signed band photo card], pre-save it on your favorite streaming platform or pre-order it digitally to receive ‘Smoke Without A Fire’ instantly now. »Rock Is Our Religion« – Track Listing:01. Medicine Man02. Smoke Without A Fire03. Runaway Days04. Fight For Our Love05. Take My Heart And Run06. Slow Dance07. Rock Is Our Religion08. Something Is Better Than Nothing09. Look Around10. Stay11. Sister Golden Hair [AMERICA Cover]12. What Feels RightGuests:Vincent Golly | drums (all except ‘Sister Golden Hair’)Kenny Lessmann | drums (‘Sister Golden Hair’ only)Martin Huch | Pedal Steel (‘Sister Golden Hair’ only)Lessmann and Voss complement each other over these 12 tracks as if they hadn’t done anything else before: from mysteriously starting opener ‘Medicine Man’ to lead single ‘Smoke Without A Fire’, the recording of ‘Take My Heart And Run’, circling back to one of their earlier songwriting cooperations in the ’90s, and the duo’s interpretation of AMERICA‘s 1975 hit song ‘Sister Golden Hair’, this album impressively shows that it still doesn’t need many frills to create impactful heavy music nowadays.Self-produced by LESSMANN/VOSS, the album was also recorded and mixed by Voss at German Kidwood Studios Münstertal and Kidroom Studios Greven, only Vincent Golly‘s drums were tracked by Mathi Brandstetter at Home Studios Hamburg, Germany. Christoph “Doc” Stickel put his mastering touches on it at CS Mastering (Vienna, Austria). The spirit of the record was captured in the form of Pavel Kurbanov‘s artwork

New song 'Never Gonna Stop' out now.

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Premiere for the new video tomorrow.

New video for 'Deep In My Soul'.

I don't think anyone believes Putin anymore.

New video for 'Let's Hear It For The King'.

New album 'Wings Of Time' out September 2 through Rock Of Angels Records. Press release: It all began in the year 1982 when the “New Wave Of British Heavy Metal” stormed in from Great Britain all over Europe. This was the starting point for the passionate and young german band from Muenster. Heavy Metal music was the rule and sending the first demos ever to the recently founded record company “Roadrunner Records” in Amsterdam made them become one of their first signings. MAD MAX were in good company with future megastars like METALLICA and KING DIAMOND. The deal ran over 3 albums and suddenly the band started touring intensively with legends like DEEP PURPLE, ALICE COOPER, URIAH HEEP, STRYPER, NIGHTWING, AXEL RUDI PELL, PRETTY MAIDS and many more. Also the huge festivals like “ROCKLAHOMA” in the USA, “SWEDEN ROCK”, “ROCK OF AGES”, “BANG YOUR HEAD” and even the world famous “WACKEN” booked the band for festival appearances. Furthermore MAD MAX toured the trendy clubs in the big cities of Brazil and Spain as headliner. Bandfounder and guitar player Jürgen Breforth and drummer Axel Kruse are more than delighted to celebrate the MAD MAX 40th anniversary in 2022. With the 27 year old Emmo Acar on lead vocals MAD MAX is presenting a real “rising star” fronting the band. In Germany Emmo is very well known for his appearance in the TV show “THE VOICE OF GERMANY”, where he won the audience award for the best audition with his version of the VAN HALEN classic “I Can’t Stop Loving You”. Guitar virtuoso Doc Heyne on lead guitar and Fabian “Fabs” Ranft on bass are completing the new line-up of the band. A worldwide new record deal for several albums was inked with the greek label “ROCK OF ANGELS RECORDS”. With this international partner the new MAD MAX studio album will be released worldwide. For those about to rock everything is ready for the 40th anniversary of the band. Tracks:Too Hot To HandleDays Of PassionA Woman Like ThatBest Part Of MeRock SolidThe Stage Is For YouWhen It StopsStormchild RisingHeroes Never DieMiss SacrificeFreedomMembers:Julian Rolinger – Lead & Backing VocalsJuergen Breforth – Guitars, Backing VocalsAxel Kruse – Drums, still no vocalsFabian “Fabs” Ranft – Bass, Backing Vocals

Turkey is still resisting Finland's (and Sweden's) membership in Nato. I guess Putin has a say in it. We all know Turkey's 'friendship' with Russia.

New song 'In Every Waking Hour'

Fixed it for ya...

New video for 'Dust To Dust'.

New video for 'Down 'N' Dirty'. Sounds great!

New video for 'In Every Waking Hour' coming soon...

Previously unreleased album out August 12 through Iconic Classic Records. Press release: As the voice of Survivor between 1984 and 1989, Jimi Jamison (1951-2014) introduced such powerful rock staples as "I Can't Hold Back," "Is This Love," and "The Search is Over." Formerly of the bands Target and Cobra, Jamison melded a fiery, powerful tone with raw emotion to become one of the defining voices of his generation. With Survivor having gone on hiatus following the release of 1988's Too Hot to Sleep, Jamison pursued a solo career which bore fruit on the 1991 Scotti Bros. release When Love Comes Down. However, that wasn't the album originally intended to be the Survivor frontman's solo debut. On August 12, the Iconoclassic Records label will release Jimi Jamison's Rock Hard, his previously unreleased 1990 album, in a deluxe, expanded CD edition.Jamison entered the studio for Rock Hard with producer-engineer Jim Gaines (Santana, Journey, Stevie Ray Vaughan) and producer-songwriter Kenny Mims (Kenny Rogers, Paul Davis, Mac Davis). Its material touched on every era of the singer's career, including southern rockers in the style of Target, hard rock and metal reminiscent of Cobra, and soaring AOR in the Survivor mold. Jamison was joined by a host of musicians such as Mims (guitars, bass, keyboards), John Roth and Hal McCormack (electric guitar), David Cochran (bass), Scott Trammell (drums, percussion), Randy Cantor and Tony Thomas (keyboards), and others, and the 10-song album was completed by the end of 1989. It was ready for release when the decision was made to take Jamison's solo career in a different direction.Shel Talmy (The Who, The Kinks) was brought in to helm the album that became When Love Comes Down. The elder statesman of rock kept a couple of the Gaines/Mims productions ("Rock Hard" and "Cry Alone") and reworked other tracks from Rock Hard ("True Lovers," "I Believe in Love") in addition to recording additional material for the new album. When Love Comes Downwas released in July 1991; the album was well-received by fans and its songs "Rock Hard" and "Taste of Love" found their way onto episodes of Baywatch. But it would be Jamison's only solo album for most of the decade. A sophomore album would arrive in 1999; Jimi later returned to Survivor for two further stints with the band. By the time of his passing in 2014, he had released six solo sets. Iconoclassic's world premiere release of Rock Hard features its original 10-song line-up including three previously unreleased compositions, three previously unreleased recordings, and a pair of previously unreleased mixes/arrangements. Jimi's non-LP solo single (issued in Germany, Japan, and promotionally in the U.S.) of his Survivor bandmates Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan's "Ever Since the World Began" - written for the Sylvester Stallone film Lock Up and first recorded by Survivor - has been added as a bonus track. The first posthumous release to arrive from the Jimi Jamison archives, Rock Hard has been mastered by engineer-musician Patrick W. Engel from the original tapes. The 20-page booklet designed by John Sellards features a 6,000-word essay on the history of the album including commentary from a dozen key players in the Rock Hard story. Look for this landmark, never-before-heard release from the incendiary voice of Jimi Jamison on August 12 from Iconoclassic. You'll find the track listing and pre-order links below! Jimi Jamison, Rock Hard (Iconoclassic ICON 1049, 2022) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD / Collectors' Choice Music) Rock Hard Girls Like... (*) First Day of Love (**) Cry Alone I Believe in Love (***) True Lovers (***) Something Every Heart Should Know (*) Cry Tough (**) A Dream Too Far (**) Is It True What They Say About Love (*) Ever Since the World Began (From the Sylvester Stallone movie Lock Up) (Scotti Bros. promo single ZS4 69074, 1989) (*) previously unreleased song (**) previously unreleased recording (***) previously unreleased mix/alternate arrangement

You don't have Russia as a neighbour and we all know how the US always wants to be a part of the problem/solution...

From Frontiers: Nordic Union, the ongoing musical collaboration between legendary Danish rock singer Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids) and prolific Swedish songwriter and producer Erik Martensson (Eclipse, W.E.T.), have announced their third album, "Animalistic". As has been well documented at this point, Atkins was recently given a stage four cancer diagnosis, but rather than sit at home and sulk, the legendary frontman has thrown himself into creating more music. March 2021 saw the release of his solo album, "One Shot", which was followed almost one year to the day later in March 2022 by another solo album, "Make It Count". Not satisfied with resting on his laurels, Atkins partnered up with Martensson in late 2021 and early 2022 to work on Nordic Union's third album, "Animalistic". Fans of previous Nordic Union's album will find nothing but pure melodic hard rock joy to soak in on this third opus. Martensson, on an absolute creative, and commercial, winning streak with the most recent Eclipse albums, wrote the bulk of the album with contributions from Atkins and Miqael Persson, and also produced, mixed, and mastered the album. The results are nothing short of inspired and delightful. A true testament to the skills and talent of both Atkins and Martensson. The partnership between the two musicians started in 2015, when Frontiers President and Head of A&R, Serafino Perugino had the idea to bring the two together to create some uncompromising Scandinavian melodic hard rock. Martensson worked on some demos and sent them off to Atkins for him to hear. The enthusiastic reaction from Atkins sparked a brand new musical alliance that culminated in Nordic Union’s self-titled debut album, which was released in January 2016. Musically, the duo presented a hybrid of the more melodic aspects of Pretty Maids’ sound mixed with elements of Eclipse, Talisman, and W.E.T., while still possessing their own identity. Following requests from fans for a follow up to the debut, the two musicians decided to give Nordic Union another shot, so after a few months of production, “Second Coming” was finished and unleashed in October 2018. Every aspect of the album screamed QUALITY. The songwriting was of the highest standards, the musicianship faultless, and the production top notch, crisp and clear as a bell. Atkins deftly demonstrated throughout the album that he knows how to use his voice effectively at any given point in a song. Heavy riffs, soaring vocals, thumping beats, and a grand ballad…this album had it all and flowed perfectly with songs that are memorable, rocking, and of course, melodic. Come 2022, fans can one again expect to be floored by another gem from Nordic Union! Line-Up: Ronnie Atkins - Lead & Backing Vocals Erik Martensson - Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Keyboards and Backing Vocals Additional Musicians: Fredrik Folkare - Lead Guitar Henrik Eriksson - Drums Thomas Larsson - Lead Guitar on "Scream", "Riot", & "Last Man Alive" Tracklisting: 1. On This Day I Fight 2. In Every Waking Hour 3. If I Could Fly 4. Riot 5. This Means War 6. Scream 7. Animalistic 8. Wildfire 9. Shot In The Dark 10. Last Man Alive 11. King For A Day

New video for 'Reason To Die'.