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LILLIAN AXE - XI: The Days Before Tomorrow (Hard Rock) / AFM Records

 

Is this actually a new studio album ?

 

I believe so and sounds awfully average at a first glance. Have you heard the samples ?

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Europe are releasing "Bag of Bones" this year - a new album.

Is it going to be another bag of shit, or are they actually going to try to recapture something vaguely melodic from their past?

 

Probably a piece of shit. Their last good album was Prisoners in Paradise.

Agreed.

 

I still dig the modern era but I think 'Secret Society' is the best if compared to 'Start From The Dark' or 'Last Look At Eden'. As long as John Norum is on board, I once said it before, there's no way EUROPE is going back to their AOR era, so it's a prayer in vain. I wonder whether they should have also ask Kee Marcello to join the party and introduce a twin guitar players, this way EUROPE has a chance to play half melodic, half modern stuffs.

 

and well I have a feeling the new album is going to be an average one

I always thought Kee would be their best hope at sounding good again, but after hearing bits of his current 'Europe: Redux' album I don't think he'd do any better than Norum at the moment. :(

 

Hahaha haven't heard the Redux, but well lookin back at OOTW and PIP era, actually Tempest is responsible for the writing, but maybe because he's not under pressure from Norum again who threatened to quit if they emphasize the keyboard and not guitar lol and why PiP sounds so commercially good, also because they're working with Beau Hill and lots of other writers involved.

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Europe are releasing "Bag of Bones" this year - a new album.

Is it going to be another bag of shit, or are they actually going to try to recapture something vaguely melodic from their past?

 

Probably a piece of shit. Their last good album was Prisoners in Paradise.

Agreed.

 

I still dig the modern era but I think 'Secret Society' is the best if compared to 'Start From The Dark' or 'Last Look At Eden'. As long as John Norum is on board, I once said it before, there's no way EUROPE is going back to their AOR era, so it's a prayer in vain. I wonder whether they should have also ask Kee Marcello to join the party and introduce a twin guitar players, this way EUROPE has a chance to play half melodic, half modern stuffs.

 

and well I have a feeling the new album is going to be an average one

I always thought Kee would be their best hope at sounding good again, but after hearing bits of his current 'Europe: Redux' album I don't think he'd do any better than Norum at the moment. :(

 

Hahaha haven't heard the Redux, but well lookin back at OOTW and PIP era, actually Tempest is responsible for the writing, but maybe because he's not under pressure from Norum again who threatened to quit if they emphasize the keyboard and not guitar lol and why PiP sounds so commercially good, also because they're working with Beau Hill and lots of other writers involved.

Kee's 'Redux' album isn't the pits, to be honest. I still prefer his overall tone and feel to Norum and the solos are killer. But he's just offering okay versions of songs that were already brilliant in the first place. And Tempest is one of my favourite all time European vocalists. Really love his voice, and hearing these songs without him... it's kind of criminal. I did like the new versions of 'Final Countdown' and 'Carrie,' though.

 

I would prefer Kee in Europe as I feel there would be more potential for a more melodic sound and not everything so down-tuned, but this album he's just released is far from essential.

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BANG TANGO - Metaphor (Melodic Rock) / Metal Heaven

BLACK MAJESTY - Stargazer (Power Metal) / Limb Music [May]

DRAGONFORCE - The Power Within (Power Metal) / Roadrunner Records [Apr 17th]

DRIVER - tba (Hard Rock) / Metal Heaven

FATAL SMILE - 21st Century Freaks (Hard Rock) / Metalville Records [Apr 27th]

FROZEN RAIN - Ahead of Time (AOR) / Avenue of Allies [Mar 9th]

HERMAN FRANK - Kings Call (Heavy Metal) / Metal Heaven

KLAUS LULEY - tba (Melodic Rock) / AOR Heaven

OUTLOUD - More Catastrophe EP (Melodic Rock) / AOR Heaven [Mar 30th]

SAMUEL JAKOB - Pastpresent (Melodic Rock) / indie

SHOTGUN EXPRESS - Gypsy Blues (Hard Rock) / Sound Guerilla Records [Apr 5th]

SLAYER - tba (Thrash Metal) / Sony Music

SODOM - tba (Thrash Metal) / SPV

 

Out Now

CHRIS ANTBLAD - A New Dawn (AOR) / AOR Heaven

JOEY SUMMER - One Bite From Paradise (AOR) / Perris Records

VAN HALEN - A Different Kind of Truth (Hard Rock) / Interscope Records

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Europe are releasing "Bag of Bones" this year - a new album.

Is it going to be another bag of shit, or are they actually going to try to recapture something vaguely melodic from their past?

Well i like their recent stuff... but thats a terrible album name.

Their recent stuff is fine. Bland, but fine. I just want to hear something great from them again. Here's one for you - without referring to a CD, name one song from their last 3 albums.

 

Yep, neither could I. :(

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ANATHEMA - Weather Systems (Prog Rock) / The End Records [Apr 24th]

LOVE.MIGHT.KILL - tba (Heavy Metal) / Massacre Records

MAGNUM - tba (Melodic Rock)

UNISONIC - tba (Melodic Metal) / earMUSIC

STORM CORROSION - s/t (Prog Rock) / Roadrunner Records [Apr 23rd]

TUFF - tba (Sleaze/Hard Rock) / indie [Mar]

WILD FRONTIER - 2012 (Melodic Rock) / indie [Apr]

 

Out Now

BULLET TRAIN BLAST - Nothing Remains (Hard Rock) / Target Record

FOX - 2012 (Hard Rock) / Sony Music

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TUFF - tba (Sleaze/Hard Rock) / indie [Mar]

WILD FRONTIER - 2012 (Melodic Rock) / indie [Apr]

What's this then? A new studio album from Tuff expected as well as the new best of?

 

And Wild Frontier. Nice. Good band... hope they can do a little better than the last effort.

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TUFF - tba (Sleaze/Hard Rock) / indie [Mar]

WILD FRONTIER - 2012 (Melodic Rock) / indie [Apr]

What's this then? A new studio album from Tuff expected as well as the new best of?

 

And Wild Frontier. Nice. Good band... hope they can do a little better than the last effort.

WIld Frontier. Nice. Good Band. The last one was pretty good.

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TUFF - tba (Sleaze/Hard Rock) / indie [Mar]

WILD FRONTIER - 2012 (Melodic Rock) / indie [Apr]

What's this then? A new studio album from Tuff expected as well as the new best of?

 

And Wild Frontier. Nice. Good band... hope they can do a little better than the last effort.

WIld Frontier. Nice. Good Band. The last one was pretty good.

It was, especially a killer last third quarter or so. But they've done better in the past. Looking forward to hear what they come up with.

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TUFF - tba (Sleaze/Hard Rock) / indie [Mar]

WILD FRONTIER - 2012 (Melodic Rock) / indie [Apr]

What's this then? A new studio album from Tuff expected as well as the new best of?

 

And Wild Frontier. Nice. Good band... hope they can do a little better than the last effort.

WIld Frontier. Nice. Good Band. The last one was pretty good.

It was, especially a killer last third quarter or so. But they've done better in the past. Looking forward to hear what they come up with.

 

Looking forward to the new one...loved the last one...

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Thanks for the correction, what was I thinking lol

so what band is this D Generation ? haven't heard of them before, do you know the working title ?

They've been around a while. I think they came out of new york in the early 90s.

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DOKKEN - Broken Bones (Hard Rock) / Frontiers Records

LANEY'S LEGION - s/t (Hard Rock)

KING LIZARD - A Nightmare Livin' The Dream (Hard Rock) / Bad Reputation Records

PRETTY MAIDS - It Comes Alive : Maid In Switzerland (Hard Rock) / Frontiers Records [Mar 23rd]

SLASH - Apocalyptic Love (Hard Rock) / Roadrunner Records [June 18th]

WIG WAM - Wall Street (Melodic Rock) / Frontiers Records

 

Out Now

CRIMES OF PASSION - To Die For (Melodic Rock) / DR2 Records

DONNIE VIE - Wrapped Around My Middle Finger (Hard Rock) / indie

DOOGIE WHITE & LA PAZ - Granite (Hard Rock) / Metal Mind Productions

FREEDOM CALL - Land of The Crimson Dawn (Power Metal) / SPV

FROZENROOM - Arise (Hard Rock/Heavy Metal) / indie

HUMAN TEMPLE - Halfway To Heartache (Hard Rock) / Escape Music

MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND - Future Past (AOR) / Frontiers Records

MR.BIG - Live From The Living Room (Acoustics) / Frontiers Records

OSUKARU - Salvation (Melodic Rock) / City of Lights

PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION - Awoken Broken (Heavy Metal) / Spinefarm Records

REASON - The Darkest Star (Hard Rock) / indie

SAVAGE MESSIAH - Plague of Conscience (Thrash Metal) / Earache Records

SONIC STATION - s/t (Westcoast AOR) / Frontiers Records

SUNSTORM - Emotional Fire (AOR) / Frontiers Records

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LULEY - Today's Tomorrow (Melodic Rock) / AOR Heaven

SKID ROW - tba (Hard Rock)

SONATA ARCTICA - Stones Grow Her Name (Power Metal) / Nuclear Blast [May 18th]

 

Out Now

DEREK DAVIS - Re-Volt (Hard Rock) / Apocalypse Records

DYNAZTY - Sultans of Sin (Hard Rock) / Stormvox Records

PEEPSHOW - Brand New Breed (Sleaze/Punk) / indie

UFO - Seven Deadly (Classic/Hard Rock) / SPV

VENGEANCE - Crystal Eye (Hard Rock) / SPV

WOLFSBANE - Wolfsbane Save The World (Hard Rock) / Howling Mad

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FEBRUARY 2012

 

To Be Released

 

AC/DC - tba (Hard Rock)

ACCEPT - Stalingrad (Heavy Metal) / Nuclear Blast [Apr]

ADRENALINE MOB - Omerta (Heavy Metal) / Elm City Music [Mar 13th]

AEROSMITH - tba (Hard Rock)

ALLIANCE - tba (AOR) / Escape Music

ANATHEMA - Weather Systems (Prog Rock) / The End Records [Apr 24th]

ARABIA - Eternity (Hard Rock) / Z Records

AXEL RUDI PELL - Cirlce of The Oath (Melodic Metal) / SPV [Mar]

 

BANGALORE CHOIR - Metaphor (Melodic Rock) / Metal Heaven

BLACK MAJESTY - Stargazer (Power Metal) / Limb Music [May]

BLACK SABBATH - tba (Heavy Metal) / Universal [sep]

BROTHER CANE - tba (Hard Rock)

 

CRAZY LIXX - Riot Avenue (Hard Rock) / Frontiers Records [Apr]

CULT, THE - Choice of Weapon (Hard Rock) / Cooking Vinyl Records [May 22nd]

 

DAVID A SAYLOR - City of Angels (AOR) / AOR BLVD Records

DEEP PURPLE - tba (Classic Hard Rock)

DEGREED - tba (Melodic Rock)

DEPARTURE - Hitch A Ride (Melodic Rock) / Escape Music [Apr]

DIAMOND DOGS - Set Fire To It All (Hard Rock) / Legal Records [Mar 9th]

DIRTY PASSION - tba (Hard Rock)

DOKKEN - Broken Bones (Hard Rock) / Frontiers Records

DRAGONFORCE - The Power Within (Power Metal) / Roadrunner Records [Apr 17th]

DRIVER - tba (Hard Rock) / Metal Heaven

 

ECLIPSE - Bleed And Scream (Hard Rock) / Frontiers Records

EPICA - Requiem For The Indifferent (Symphonic/Gothic Metal) / Nuclear Blast [Mar 9th]

EUROPE - Bag of Bones (Hard Rock) / earMUSIC [May]

EXTREME - tba (Funk/Hard Rock)

 

FATAL SMILE - 21st Century Freaks (Hard Rock) / Metalville Records [Apr 27th]

FATES WARNING - tba (Prog Metal)

FINAL FRONTIERS - tba (AOR) / Escape Music

FIND ME - tba (AOR) / Frontiers Records [Aug]

FIREWIND - Few Against Many (Melodic Metal) / Century Media [Jul]

FLYING COLORS - s/t (Prog/Pop Rock) / Provogue Records [Mar 26th]

FROZEN RAIN - Ahead of Time (AOR) / Avenue of Allies [Mar 9th]

FURYON - Gravitas (Heavy Metal) / Frontiers Records [Mar 23rd]

 

GOTTHARD - tba (Melodic Rock) / Nuclear Blast

GYPSY ROSE - tba (Melodic Rock) / Escape Music

 

H.E.A.T - Address The Nation (AOR) / earMUSIC [Mar 28th]

HALESTORM - The Strange Case of .. (Hard Rock) / Atlantic Records [Apr 10th]

HARD RIOT - Living On A Fast Lane (Hard Rock) / Pitch Black Records [Apr 10th]

HARDLINE - tba (Melodic Rock) / Frontiers Records

HERMAN FRANK - Kings Call (Heavy Metal) / Metal Heaven

HURRICANE - tba (Hard Rock)

 

JACK BLADES - Rock N Roll Ride (Hard Rock) / Frontiers Records [Mar 23rd]

JADED HEART - tba (Hard Rock) / Fastball Music

JEFF SCOTT SOTO - Damage Control (Melodic Rock) / Frontiers Records [Mar 23rd]

JON OLIVA'S PAIN - tba (Prog/Heavy Metal) / AFM Records

 

KHYMERA - tba (Melodic Rock) / Frontiers Records

KILL DEVIL HILL (Heavy Metal) / SPV [Mar 23rd]

KING LIZARD - A Nightmare Livin' The Dream (Hard Rock) / Bad Reputation Records

KISS - Monster (Hard Rock)

KISSIN' DYNAMITE - Money, Sex, and Power (Heavy Metal) / AFM Records [Mar 23rd]

KORITNI - Welcome To The Crossroads (Hard Rock) / Warner Music [Mar 12th]

KREATOR - tba (Thrash Metal)

 

L.A.GUNS - tba (Hard Rock) / Cleopatra Records

LANEY'S LEGION - s/t (Hard Rock)

LEGION - Nemesis (Hard Rock) / Z Records [Mar 5th]

LIBERTY N' JUSTICE - Hell Is Coming To Breakfast (Hard Rock) / Roxx Records [Mar 1st]

LITA FORD - Living Like A Runaway (Hard Rock) / SPV [May]

LOVE.MIGHT.KILL - tba (Heavy Metal) / Massacre Records

LULEY - Today's Tomorrow (Melodic Rock) / AOR Heaven

 

MAD MAX - Another Night of Passion (Melodic Rock) / SPV [Mar 30th]

MAGNUM - tba (Melodic Rock)

MALICE - tba (Heavy Metal) / SPV

MICHAEL SWEET - tba (AOR) / Big3 Records

MURDER BAY - Never Was An Angel (Hard Rock) / Eonian Records

 

OUTLOUD - More Catastrophe EP (Melodic Rock) / AOR Heaven [Mar 30th]

OVERKILL - The Electric Age (Thrash Metal) / Nuclear Blast [Apr]

OVERLAND - tba (AOR) / Escape Music

OZONE - tba (AOR) / Escape Music

 

PAUL SABU - Bangkok Rules (AOR) / Z Records [Mar 26th]

PHENOMENA - Awakening (AOR) / Escape Music [Mar]

PRETTY MAIDS - It Comes Alive : Maid In Switzerland (Hard Rock) / Frontiers Records [Mar 23rd]

PRIDE OF LIONS - tba (AOR) / Frontiers Records

 

RAGE - 21 (Heavy Metal) / SPV

RATT - tba (Hard Rock) / Roadrunner

RATTLESHAKE - s/t (Hard Rock) / Eonian Records

RUNNING WILD - Shadowmaker (Heavy Metal) / SPV [Apr]

RUSH - Clockwork Angels (Prog Rock) / Roadrunner [June]

 

SAGA - 20/20 (AOR/Prog Rock)

SAMUEL JAKOB - Pastpresent (Melodic Rock) / indie

SEVENTH KEY - tba (Melodic Rock)

SHOTGUN EXPRESS - Gypsy Blues (Hard Rock) / Sound Guerilla Records [Apr 5th]

SILENCE - tba (AOR)

SISTER SIN - tba (Sleaze/Hard Rock) / Victory Records

SKID ROW - tba (Hard Rock)

SLASH - Apocalyptic Love (Hard Rock) / Roadrunner Records [June 18th]

SLAYER - tba (Thrash Metal) / Sony Music

SNAKESKIN COWBOY - Broken Toy (Sleaze) / Eonian Records

SODOM - tba (Thrash Metal) / SPV

SONATA ARCTICA - Stones Grow Her Name (Power Metal) / Nuclear Blast [May 18th]

STEELHEART - tba (Hard Rock)

STEPHEN PEARCY - Sucker Punch (Hard Rock) / Top Fuel Records

STORM CORROSION - s/t (Prog Rock) / Roadrunner Records [Apr 23rd]

SURVIVOR - tba (AOR)

 

TANGO DOWN - Identity Crisis (Hard Rock) / Kivel Records [Mar]

TESLA - tba (Hard Rock)

TESTAMENT - The Dark Roots of Earth (Thrash Metal) / Nuclear Blast [May]

TONY HARNELL - En Memoria Carinosa (Melodic Rock) / Frontiers Records

TOOTH & NAIL - tba (Hard Rock)

TOTAL ANNIHILATION - tba (Thrash Metal) / Firefield Records

TRIXTER - New Audio Machine (Melodic Rock) / Frontiers Records

TUFF - tba (Sleaze/Hard Rock) / indie [Mar]

TYKETTO - Dig It Deep (Melodic Rock) / Frontiers Records [Apr]

 

UNISONIC - s/t (Melodic Metal) / earMUSIC

 

VANDAL - tba (Hard Rock) / Eonian Records

VEGA - tba (Melodic Rock)

 

W.E.T - tba (Melodic Rock) / Frontiers Records

WALLNER/VAIN - s/t (Hard Rock) / Metal Assault

WIG WAM - Wall Street (Melodic Rock) / Frontiers Records

WILD FRONTIER - 2012 (Melodic Rock) / indie [Apr]

 

Y&T - tba (Hard Rock)

YOUNGBLOOD - tba (Hard Rock) / Eonian Records

 

 

Out Now

 

AOR - Colors of LA (Westcoast AOR) / AOR BLVD Records

 

BEYOND THE BRIDGE - The Old Man and The Spirit (Prog Metal) / Frontiers Records

BLESSED BY A BROKENHEART - Feel The Power (Heavy Metal) / Tooth & Nail Records

BULLET TRAIN BLAST - Nothing Remains (Hard Rock) / Target Record

 

CHRIS ANTBLAD - A New Dawn (AOR) / AOR Heaven

CRIMES OF PASSION - To Die For (Melodic Rock) / DR2 Records

 

DEREK DAVIS - Re-Volt (Hard Rock) / Apocalypse Records

DONNIE VIE - Wrapped Around My Middle Finger (Hard Rock) / indie

DOOGIE WHITE & LA PAZ - Granite (Hard Rock) / Metal Mind Productions

DYNAZTY - Sultans of Sin (Hard Rock) / Stormvox Records

 

FOX - 2012 (Hard Rock) / Sony Music

FREEDOM CALL - Land of The Crimson Dawn (Power Metal) / SPV

FROZENROOM - Arise (Hard Rock/Heavy Metal) / indie

 

HOUSE OF SHAKIRA - HoS (Hard Rock) / Lion Music

HUMAN TEMPLE - Halfway To Heartache (Hard Rock) / Escape Music

 

JOEY SUMMER - One Bite From Paradise (AOR) / Perris Records

 

LANA LANE - El Dorado Hotel (Symphonic Metal) / Think Tank Media

LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM - Nine Lives (AOR) / Escape Music

LEE SMALL - Jamaica Inn (Classic/Blues Rock) / Escape Music

LILLIAN AXE - XI: The Days Before Tomorrow (Hard Rock) / AFM Records

 

MARK SPIRO - It's A Beautiful Life (AOR) / AOR Heaven

MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND - Future Past (AOR) / Frontiers Records

MOLLO/MARTIN - The Third Cage (Hard Rock) / Frontiers Records

MR.BIG - Live From The Living Room (Acoustics) / Frontiers Records

 

OSUKARU - Salvation (Melodic Rock) / City of Lights

 

PEEPSHOW - Brand New Breed (Sleaze/Punk) / indie

PRIMAL FEAR - Unbreakable (Heavy Metal) / Frontiers Records

PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION - Awoken Broken (Heavy Metal) / Spinefarm Records

 

REASON - The Darkest Star (Hard Rock) / indie

 

SAVAGE MESSIAH - Plague of Conscience (Thrash Metal) / Earache Records

SUNSTORM - Emotional Fire (AOR) / Frontiers Records

 

UFO - Seven Deadly (Classic/Hard Rock) / SPV

UNISONIC - Ignition EP (Heavy Metal) / earMUSIC

 

VAN HALEN - A Different Kind of Truth (Hard Rock) / Interscope Records

VENGEANCE - Crystal Eye (Hard Rock) / SPV

 

WOLFSBANE - Wolfsbane Save The World (Hard Rock) / Howling Mad

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To Be Released

D'ERCOLE - Dreams of The Heart (Hard Rock) / Z Records [May 7th]

GOTTHARD - Firebirth (Melodic Rock) / Nuclear Blast [Jun 1st]

KREATOR - Phantom Antichrist (Thrash Metal) / Nuclear Blast [Jun 1st]

L.A.GUNS - Hollywood Forever (Sleaze/Hard Rock) / Cleopatra Records [Jun 6th]

SEKS - Neon (Hard Rock) / indie

U.D.O - Celebrator (Heavy Metal) / AFM Records [Apr 20th]

VENDETTA - World Under Fire (Heavy Metal) / Lion Music [Mar 23rd]

 

Out Now

DEAR SUPERSTAR - Damned Religion (Modern Hard Rock) / Blast Records

DIAMOND DOGS - Set Fire To It All (Hard Rock) / Legal Records

EPICA - Requiem For The Indifferent (Symphonic/Gothic Metal) / Nuclear Blast

FROZEN RAIN - Ahead of Time (AOR) / Avenue of Allies

GEORGE GAKIS - Too Much Ain't Never Enough (Hard Rock) / indie

LEGION - Nemesis (Hard Rock) / Z Records

LIBERTY N' JUSTICE - Hell Is Coming To Breakfast (Hard Rock) / Roxx Records

ROMEO'S DAUGHTER - Rapture (AOR) / RD Records

SCARLET HAZE - One Bad Bitch (Modern Hard Rock) / Dirtbag Music Records

TUFF - What Comes Around Goes Around Again (Sleaze/Hard Rock) / indie

WALLNER/VAIN - s/t (Hard Rock) / Metal Assault

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