The band have been together just a short time but have already played Hard Rock Hell AOR, The Mayors Fest in Wolverhampton, and supported well established bands like Vega, Collateral and Gin Annie. The build up, by releasing singles and accompanying videos throughout the year has been a massive success and managed to keep us in suspense for months. ![]() New British, Midland’s melodic rock band WAKING THE ANGELS are releasing their full length debut album titled “ We Are!“, featured in exclusive here at 0dayrox. “Death Or Glory” is pure traditional metal, cliché, but a lot of fun… HEAVY LOAD is widely credited for starting the whole Swedish heavy metal wave with its first album in 1978. “ Death Or Glory (Remastered & Expanded)” is the band’s 1982 album which is now being re-pressed due the original first batch of discs sold out. In order to guarantee the best sound quality, the reissues have been remastered - by the Wahlquist brothers themselves - directly from the original analogue tapes, at the Atlantis Studio in Stockholm, which is one of the few studios that still have the capacity to handle recordings the old analogue way. But also the legendary HEAVY LOAD back catalogue will be made available again, expanded with bonus tracks – some of these tracks have never been heard by the public before - demos, and songs recorded for the albums which had to be dropped due to the limited playing time on the LPs. This recording obviously highlights his voice, but also the tight band behind him, a bunch of talented players including excellent Norwegian guitarist Mads Eriksen…Ī few weeks ago we featured the comeback 2023 album from Swedish metal pioneers HEAVY LOAD, their new record in four decades since their last album ‘Stronger than Evil’ (1983). “ The Final Round” documents Chris Thompson impressive ability to perform the most varied rock styles with ease, featuring a very good selection of songs. The Brit, who grew up in New Zealand, had set himself the goal of performing again in all the halls, clubs and festivals that have accompanied him over the last few years, a tour that included about 100 concerts worldwide. At the beginning of 2020, one of the last remaining veterans of “classic rock” announced his official departure from the music business. Thompson is ushering in the final round of his music career and embarked on a big farewell tour with his Mads Eriksen Band for the last time: “The Final Round”. The band rocks with melody on ‘I Want You’, ‘Wake Up’ or ‘Hyperdrive’, you have a really edgy sound in ‘Young Young’ and the thundering ‘Machine Gun’, then there’s a cool ballad in ‘You Pity Me’…īest known for his work as the vocalist and guitarist on many hits for Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, as well as featuring on the classic Jeff Wayne concept album “War of the Worlds”, CHRIS THOMPSON is also a noted songwriter (penning among other songs the smash hit ‘You’re the Voice’ for John Farnham). Imagine the early Queen hard rock side mixed with Blondie on steroids. Originating from Orange County on the outskirts of Los Angeles, acclaimed singer Jeanette Chase led a band rich in both melody and muscle honing and refining their biggest, mainly British, influences including Queen, Led Zeppelin and the Sweet.įeted, at the time, by those who heard its content, Storm’s debut is now regarded as one of the first female-fronted hard rock albums and considered a cult classic laced with both class and precision. ![]() The late Seventies were a veritable playground for female fronted melodic hard rock (Heart, Pat Benatar, 1994 and The Runaways being just a few examples) and critics faves Storm were, no exception. Their debut simply titled “ Storm” includes 5 bonus tracks in this excellent reissue (first time on CD). Founded by the married couple of Lear Stevens and Jeanette Chase, STORM released a total of two great Melodic Hard Rock albums, both remastered by Rock Candy Records specialists.
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