by Justin Gaines Staff Writer It’s been a decade since we last saw a new studio album from Nelson. The one-time chart-toppers have been playing live over the last several years, but a resurgence in melodic rock – particularly the ‘80s variety – brought Mathew and Gunnar Nelson back to the [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer After an almost 20-year hiatus the original members of the well-respected melodic metal band Unruly Child have reunited and will be releasing a brand new studio album on Frontiers Records. The crew from ’92 has returned to produce a fine modern rock album entitled Worlds [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer What if Britney Spears did metal? What if Avril Lavigne dropped the teenage angst bit? What if Lady Gaga focused on her music rather than image? What if Amy Lee wrote a happy song? You might get something like Scandinavian bombshell Issa’s debut release Sign Of Angels [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer Voices, you hear voices … fortunately they are very good voices, unlike the other ones so many seem to hear. Kiske/Somerville is the upcoming self-titled release by the band fronted by former Helloween lead vocalist Michael Kiske and American singer and vocal coach [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer Tony Harnell checked in with Hardrock Haven to talk about the brand new studio effort Round Trip; the thought process behind reworking TNT classics like “10,000 Lover” and “Intuition;” when we can expect an all new studio album from Harnell and [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer It seems odd in the DVD era to encounter a live album without a video counterpart, but that’s exactly what we get with In Real Time, the latest release from veteran rocker John Waite. In Real Time is the first live recording (the handful of live tracks on 2001’s [...]
by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Capturing a live Tesla show on record is no easy task. As is the case with many great live bands, as easy as it is to record a show, it’s virtually impossible to encapsulate the energy and atmosphere of actually being there. Alive In Europe attempts to do just [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Omega is the latest offering from the recently reunited original lineup of Asia. After a series of impressive (but poor selling) albums with bassist/vocalist John Payne, the original lineup of Asia – John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes and Carl Palmer – cashed in [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Non Stop Rock and Roll is the third album from Norwegian glam metal act Wig Wam, but for many of us in the U.S. this album is our introduction to this wildly popular European band. Wig Wam became a huge success in their native Norway (and in Japan, naturally) via their [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Europe was the obvious success story from the Swedish melodic rock scene in the 1980s, but despite a baffling lack of attention from U.S. audiences, Treat played nearly as large a role in that scene. Their brand of ultra-catchy melodic rock helped define the Swedish [...]
