Nightrain

For me top 5 at the moment and both still under 5 spins though :

WET

VEGA

STATION

GRAND DESIGN

SHIRAZ LANE

and near the top 5 are JUDAS PRIEST, ISSA, PERFECT PLAN, and PAL

Clif Magness and Gioeli/Castronovo probably worth the wait

For me, it's not that bad, probably underrated I guess. Not the one that I'll play regularly though but I think some should give it a try, just don't expect too much of HoL in it

Yeah no point - just for cash grabbing purpose but i don't see any cash flowing in to this album

Hm i'll give this one a try and drop my thoughts later

Hm i don't see the point of re-recording this but I might buy it anyway, their first album is my fave :D

Overall still a pleasant album as expected

My fave are 'Only Human', 'Last Man Standing', and 'All Over Now' - if I have to put the weakest point, well probably 'Go To War' but I still dig that song anyway

I love this album - couple of weak songs but overall a great album !

On 4/27/2018 at 7:39 AM, kourosofsteel3 said:

????

The vinyl pressing sounds amazing, better than the cd (Japanese version) and of course   better than the crap they sent/uploaded  to spotify. I wished their first one, which is still and by far my favorite, had that sound (and also pressed in black vinyl).  I've been spinning them a lot lately and still 1st>2nd>3rd. But all very good and above the 80%.

 

I don't like vinyl to be honest, have tried it several times but my ears are for CD only haha

anyway, I like this new album a lot and definitely among the top 5 this year so far

i kinda like the debut so I'll find time to listen to this one

I think it's easy to predict, as of now, this and the new Judas Priest ranked the top for me

i love 'Dangerous', 'I Don't Wanna Play That Game', and 'Callling Out Your Name' so far - all in all still a consistent album as expected !!

Well i'm about to dig into Issa and Stryper now

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Cheers

My personal rank of 2017

CRAZY LIXX    Ruff Justice    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    91.9%
WILDNESS    s/t    Melodic Rock    AOR Heaven    91.7%
ECLIPSE    Monumentum    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    90.2%
MIDNITE CITY    s/t    Melodic Rock    AOR Heaven    90.2%
HAREM SCAREM    United    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    89.5%
RAINTIMES    s/t    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    89.3%
LIONVILLE    A World of Fools    AOR    Frontiers Records    89.2%
TOKYO MOTOR FIST    s/t    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    87.2%
REVOLUTION SAINTS    Light In The Dark    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    87.0%
ONE DESIRE    s/t    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    86.7%

KEE OF HEARTS    Kee of Hearts    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    85.9%
CODE RED    Incendiary    AOR    AOR Heaven    85.6%
BROTHER FIRETRIBE    Sunbound [JAP]    Melodic Rock    Spinefarm    85.3%
CONFESS    Haunters [JAP]    Sleaze / Hard Rock    SG Records    85.2%
PRETTY BOY FLOYD    Public Enemies [JAP]    Sleaze / Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    84.7%
ROMEO RIOT    Sing It Loud!    Melodic Rock    Kivel Records    84.6%
NEWMAN    Aerial    AOR    AOR Heaven    84.2%
KRYPTONITE    s/t    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    83.6%
ART NATION    Liberation    Melodic Rock    Sony Music    83.5%
HOUSTON    III    AOR    Livewire    83.3%

STAN BUSH    Change The World    AOR    L.A. Records    82.2%
SATIN    It's About Time    Melodic Rock    Verum Music    81.8%
VAIN    Rolling With The Punches    Sleaze / Hard Rock    indie    81.8%
JIM JIDHED    Push On Through    AOR    AOR Heaven    81.6%
HELL IN THE CLUB    See You on The Dark Side    Sleaze / Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    81.5%
THRESHOLD    Legend of The Shires    Prog Metal    Nuclear Blast    81.5%
SWEET MARY JANE    Winter In Paradise    Melodic Rock    AOR Heaven    81.4%
SCHERER / BATTEN    BattleZone    AOR    Melodic Rock Records    81.2%
DANTE FOX    Six String Revolver    AOR    AOR Heaven    81.1%
ARTI TISI    New York City    Melodic Rock    Melodic Rock Records    80.9%

BOULEVARD    IV Luminescence    AOR    Melodic Rock Records    80.8%
PLACE VENDOME    Close To The Sun    Heavy Metal    Frontiers Records    80.7%
H.E.A.T    Into The Great Unknown    Hard Rock    earMUSIC    80.5%
BABYLON A.D    Revelation Highway    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    80.3%
DEGREED    s/t    Modern Melodic Rock    Sony Music    80.1%
BLACKFIELD    V    Pop / Prog Rock    Kscope    79.9%
7TH HEAVEN    Luminous    Melodic / Pop Rock    NTD Records    79.9%
ARTI TISI    Back Again    Melodic Rock    Melodic Rock Records    79.8%
ALL 41    The World's Best Hope    AOR    Frontiers Records    79.7%
LIONHEART    Second Nature    AOR    AOR Heaven    79.7%

NIGHT RANGER    Don't Let Up    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    79.6%
ARTI TISI    The Reeperbahn    Melodic Rock    Melodic Rock Records    79.5%
AGE OF REFLECTION    In The Heat of The Night    AOR    AOR Heaven    78.9%
TONY MILLS    Streets of Chance    AOR    Battlegod    78.7%
STREAMLINE    s/t    Hard Rock    Digital Release    78.3%
PRIDE OF LIONS    Fearless    AOR    Frontiers Records    78.3%
DEBBIE RAY    Slave To The System    Sleaze / Hard Rock    Metalapolis Records    78.3%
MIKE + THE MECHANICS    Let Me Fly    Pop Rock    BMG    78.2%
ACCEPT    The Rise of Chaos    Heavy Metal    Nuclear Blast    78.1%
SIN CRUZ    Enter The Unknown    Sleaze / Hard Rock    indie    78.0%

BONFIRE    Byte The Bullet    Hard Rock    UDR Music    77.9%
PHANTOM 5    Play To Win    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    77.8%
DARK ELEMENT, THE    s/t    Symphonic / Heavy Metal    Frontiers Records    77.8%
HOUSE OF LORDS    Saint of The Lost Souls    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    77.7%
STEVEN WILSON    To The Bone    Crossover Prog    Caroline International    77.5%
LOVE N' REVENGE    Karma    Melodic Rock    Kivel Records    77.2%
NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, THE    Amber Galactic    Classic Rock    Nuclear Blast    77.2%
JOHN MAYER    The Search For Everything    Pop / Blues / Country    Capitol    77.2%
NIGHTS, THE    s/t    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    76.8%
DARREN PHILLIPS PROJECT, THE    Volume One    Melodic Rock    indie    76.5%

UNRULY CHILD    Can't Go Home    AOR    Frontiers Records    76.3%
DIANA KRALL    Turn Up The Quiet    Jazz    Verve Records    76.0%
VIANA    s/t    Melodic Rock    Street Symphonies    76.0%
ROBIN BECK    Love is Coming    Melodic / Pop Rock    Frontiers Records    75.9%
BAI BANG    Rock of Life    Melodic Rock    AOR Heaven    75.3%
SANTA CRUZ    Bad Blood Rising    Sleaze / Modern Rock    M-Theory Audio    75.0%
RIAN    Out of The Darkness    Melodic Rock    Melodic Rock Records    74.7%
KREATOR    Gods of Violence    Thrash Metal    Nuclear Blast    74.3%
CATS IN SPACE    Scarecrow    Classic Rock    Harmony Factory    74.1%
L.A. GUNS    The Missing Peace    Sleaze / Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    74.1%

VICE    Veni Vidi Vici    Hard Rock    Pride & Joy Music    73.6%
MARTINA EDOFF    We Will Align    Melodic Rock    AOR Heaven    73.1%
DA VINCI    Ambition Rocks    Melodic Rock    AOR Heaven    72.8%
JEFF SCOTT SOTO    Retribution    Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    72.8%
FERRYMEN, THE    s/t    Power / Heavy Metal    Frontiers Records    72.6%
JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE    He Saw It Comin'    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    72.6%
ADRENALINE RUSH    Soul Survivor    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    72.6%
RADIO SUN, THE    Unstoppable    Melodic Rock    Pride & Joy Music    72.5%
JIMI ANDERSON GROUP    Longtime Comin'    Melodic Rock    Pride & Joy Music    72.3%
JULIAN ANGEL    The Death of Cool    Sleaze / Hard Rock    Platinum Blonde Records    72.3%

KAIPA    Children of The Sounds    Prog Rock    Inside Out    72.2%
BLACK DIAMOND    Once Upon A Time    Hard Rock    AOR Heaven    71.9%
SWEET & LYNCH    Unified    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    71.7%
NEW ROSES, THE    One More For The Road    Hard Rock    Napalm Records    71.6%
GOTTHARD    Silver [+2]    Hard Rock    G Records    71.3%
SHADOWMAN    Secrets and Lies    Melodic Rock    Escape    70.7%
MARK SLAUGHTER    Halfway There    Hard Rock    EMP    70.6%
VESCERA    Beyond The Light    Heavy Metal    Pure Steel Records    70.5%
OSUKARU    The Labyrinth    Melodic Rock    City of Lights Records    70.2%
RADIATION ROMEOS    s/t    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    69.8%

INGLORIOUS    Inglorious II    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    69.8%
STEEL PANTHER    Lower The Bar    Sleaze / Hard Rock    Open E Records    69.7%
WARRANT    Louder, Harder, Faster    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    69.5%
MR. RUBIK    Wasted Paradise    Westcoast AOR    indie    69.5%
BIG BIG TRAIN    Grimsbound    Crossover Prog    English Electric Recordings    69.5%
WOLFPAKK    Wolves Reign    Heavy Metal    AFM Records    69.4%
JONO    Life    Crossover Prog    Frontiers Records    69.3%
MR. BIG    Defying Gravity    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    69.1%
BLACK STAR RIDERS    Heavy Fire    Hard Rock    Nuclear Blast    68.9%
ROCKETT LOVE    Grab The Rocket    Hard Rock    AOR Heaven    68.6%

MORITZ    About Time Too    AOR    indie    68.5%
DIRTY WHITE BOYZ    Down and Dirty    Hard Rock    Escape    68.2%
SNAKECHARMER    Second Skin    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    68.1%
MURDER OF MY SWEET, THE    Echoes of The Aftermath    Symphonic Metal    Frontiers Records    67.9%
GREAT WHITE    Full Circle    Blues / Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    67.6%
STEVE HACKETT    The Night Siren    Eclectic Prog    Inside Out    67.3%
LONELY ROBOT    The Big Dream    Crossover Prog    Inside Out    66.8%
ALICE COOPER    Paranormal    Classic Rock    earMUSIC    66.2%
AUTOGRAPH    Get Off Your Ass!    Hard Rock    EMP    66.2%
THUNDER    Rip It Up    Hard Rock    earMUSIC    66.1%

EUROPE    Walk The Earth    Hard Rock    Hell & Back    65.8%
BURN    Ice Age    Hard Rock    Melodic Rock Records    65.8%
STEPHEN PEARCY    Smash    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    65.7%
ELECTRIC MOON    Stardust Rituals    Psychedelic / Prog Rock    Sulatron Records    65.7%
VON HERTZEN BROTHERS    War Is Over    Crossover Prog    Music Theories Recordings    65.6%
ROADCASE ROYALE    First Things First    Rock    Loud & Proud Records    65.3%
DEREK DAVIS    Revolutionary Soul    R&B / Soul / Rock    indie    65.0%
ICED EARTH    Incorruptible    Power Metal    Century Media    64.9%
ROBERT PLANT    Carry Fire    Folk    Nonesuch    63.6%
NICKELBACK    Feed The Machine    Modern Hard Rock    BMG    63.4%

EISLEY / GOLDY    Blood, Guts, & Games    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    63.2%
RIVERDOGS    California    Blues / Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    62.4%
WALK ON FIRE    Mind Over Matter    AOR    Escape    62.3%
TEN    Gothica    Symphonic / Melodic Rock    Frontiers Records    62.0%
QUIET RIOT    Road Rage    Hard Rock    Frontiers Records    61.7%
NU DEJA-VU    The Beast Inside Your Souls    Indo Metal    indie    61.5%
STYX    The Mission    Classic Rock    Universal    61.0%
OBSESSED, THE    Sacred    Stoner Rock    Relapse Records    60.5%
JANET GARDNER    s/t    Hard Rock    Pavement Entertainment    59.8%
RAW SILK    The Borders of Light    AOR    Fame of Poets Records    59.2%

ANATHEMA    The Optimist    Alt / Prog Rock    Kscope    58.4%
DEEP PURPLE    Infinite    Classic Rock    earMUSIC    56.9%
ROGER WATERS    Is This The Life We Really Want ?    Art Rock    Columbia    55.3%
SEA    The Grip of Time    Classic / Hard Rock    Mighty Music    54.4%
LYNCH MOB    The Brotherhood    Hard Rock    Rat Pak Records    54.1%

The new re-recording is awesome, still listen to this one plenty and Jap release is a must !

I disagree, thought it's kinda formulaic but great stuffs nevertheless. Recommended !

The ballad is amazing and this new album probably gonna be really good

Somehow I like this one slightly than the previous album, but the second album is still their strongest to date

heard this thing first time yesterday and even though still like it, is it safe to say that this is the worst release so far ?

anybody can update their latest top 20 so far, been very busy in the last few weeks

Sounds decent

Good song

This one is quite average but not a surprise though

And like Van Halen or Aerosmith, you can always pull 3-4 good songs out of each their album and build a decent compilation

Great song

Dude hasn't released an interesting thing since 'Hey Stoopid' but I'll try checking this one out to see how it fares