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HRH AOR 3 Festival announce more bands including HEAT, Romeo's Daughter & Houston

HRH AOR 3 Festival announce more bands including HEAT, Romeo's Daughter & Houston

Thursday, 24 July 2014

HRH AOR 3 announces more bands including the welcome return of excellent Swedish rockers H.E.A.T, who seem to be going from strength to strength at the moment with the release of their new album ‘Tearing Down The Walls’. HRH AOR 3 are also pleased to announce the addition of other acts incl...

STRYPER CONTINUE TO SPREAD THEIR MUSICAL MESSAGE WITH NEW LIVE CD/DVD

STRYPER CONTINUE TO SPREAD THEIR MUSICAL MESSAGE WITH NEW LIVE CD/DVD

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Live At The Whisky Slated for Release in September via Frontiers Records Stryper is back with their latest release, a live CD/DVD combination called Live At The Whisky. The live recording will be available on September 19th in Europe and September 23rd in North America, via Frontiers Records and ...

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Guitar Hero Tommy Bolin's First Band Zephyr To See 1969 Debut Album Reissued On Both CD & Vinyl

Guitar Hero Tommy Bolin's First Band Zephyr To See 1969 Debut Album Reissued On Both CD & Vinyl

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Los Angeles, CA - Tommy Bolin fans, you are in for a treat! The 1969 recorded debut of the guitar great performing with his first major act, Zephyr, t...

HELLION ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF NEW “KARMA’S A BITCH” MINI ALBUM

HELLION ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF NEW “KARMA’S A BITCH” MINI ALBUM

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Iconic female-fronted metal act HELLION announce details of their first new album in over a decade. Entitled Karma’s A Bitch, the new mini-LP ...

Mark Slaughter In Studio With First Ever Solo Album – Michael Wagener Mixing/Mastering‏

Mark Slaughter In Studio With First Ever Solo Album – Michael Wagener Mixing/Mastering‏

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Mark Slaughter, lead singer of the multi-platinum band Slaughter, is in the studio recording a collection of songs that he wrote for his first-ever ...

220 Volt are set to release 'Walking In Starlight' in September

220 Volt are set to release 'Walking In Starlight' in September

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Swedish hard rock act 220 Volt returns to the scene with a new album called “Walking In Starlight”. Anders Engberg (ex-Therion ex-Lions Share)...

Grand Design will release 'Thrill Of The Night' in September

Grand Design will release 'Thrill Of The Night' in September

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Grand Design was formed in 2006 by singer/producer Pelle Saether, and the band’s first 1st album “Time Elevation” was released by AOR Heaven i...

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SKYSCRAPER 'Elevation' Album Details Revealed, Tracklist, Video Teaser

English/Norwegian melodic rockers SKYSCRAPER will release their long awaited debut album, ‘Ele...

Europe And Black Star Riders Announce UK Tour - March 2015‏

EUROPE, Scandinavia’s biggest Rock band return to the UK alongside BLACK STAR RIDERS for a tou...

MOTÖRHEAD ANNOUNCE VERY SPECIAL UK SHOWS THIS NOVEMBER‏

Hot off the heels of a summer of touring European festivals, MOTÖRHEAD, the loudest band in Rock�...

HOUSTON ‘Relaunch II’ Album Details Revealed, Lyrics Video Released‏

Swedish AOR outfit HOUSTON will release their fourth album, “Relaunch II“, on September 8th wo...

Flamboyant rockers Reckless Love announce December UK tour

Having just performed at the UK’s Sonisphere festival earlier this month, flamboyant Finnish roc...

Rocktopia TV presents another FIREFEST TRIPLE WHAMMY: Nelson, White Sister and Jimi Jamison

Really, AOR just doesn’t get much better than this. After months of giving you some of the greates...

Joe Bonamassa to play four nights in Hammersmith

Following the recent announcement of Joe Bonamassa’s forthcoming studio album “Different Shade...

Godsmack announce new studio album

Multi-platinum US rockers move into the fast lane for sixth studio album, ‘1000hp’, set for in...

Marillion offer teaser video from new live release

To tie in with the release of "A Sunday Night Above The Rain", there is a Marillion video of "Lucky ...

Skid Row announce October UK tour

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Fireworks Magazine Online 64 - Interview with Sonic Divide
23/06/2014 | Central Electronic Brain

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Portrait - 'Crossroads'
19/07/2014 | Franco

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The NAMM Show 2014
12/07/2014 | Central Electronic Brain

The NAMM Show 2014 - Anaheim Convention Center, An [ ... ]

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Therion - 'Adulruna Rediviva And Beyond'
17/05/2014 | Central Electronic Brain

Firstly it's a bargain and secondly a triumph.

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Dave Thompson - 'Roger Waters: The Man Behind The Wall'
21/01/2014 | Central Electronic Brain

A job well done by Dave Thompson.

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Teras - 'Infection: Terror Metal'
15/07/2013 | James Gaden

Hard rocking debut EP from young metal quartet.

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14/06/2014 | Central Electronic Brain

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