The idea for Acacia Avenue began back in 2008. Founding member, Torben Enevoldsen (Fate, Fatal Force, Section A), spent most of that year writing new material. Some of this new material came to be very melodic hard rock/AOR, and the idea of doing a full album in this style quickly emerged. In order to spice […]
Hard rocking songsmiths Tyketto release the video for the album title track taken from the upcoming studio offering ‘Closer To The Sun‘ (review here), out on Friday March 20th, via Silver Lining Music. For pre-orders go to this location. ‘Closer To The Sun‘ is a wistful, ethereal track about the allure of a free-spirited soul […]
Steelhouse – the festival on the top of a Welsh mountain – have confirmed who now will headline and close out the festival’s 15th year celebrations on Sunday the 26th July 2026. None other than the mighty Steel Panther. And just to make sure Steelhouse Sunday is the most party hard day ever had on The Mountain, also added […]
Review: Tyketto – Closer To The Sun Silver Lining Music (March 20th, 2026) Reviewer – Jason Hopper Tyketto released their debut album at a special time in my life. A junior in high school, I had just gotten into the music scene with exciting new bands coming to fruition. Like everyone else, I was hooked […]
In the early 1990’s, Arrival (Long Island New York), brought forth the AOR/Arena Rock of the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s – Big harmonies and catchy choruses. It is hard to fathom that an unknown, original band would aspire to write, record, and perform music in a style that was soon to be outmoded. In early […]
Swedish melodic rock force The Devil Wears Nada proudly announces the release of their explosive new single and lyric video, ‘Brat With A Baseball Bat‘, alongside details of their highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘In Lust We Thrust‘, arriving on CD and limited-edition colored vinyl via Eönian Records on Friday, July 3rd , 2026. Pre-orders will launch in […]
Black Forest’s melodic power rock band Kingsmash is excited to announce that their new album ‘The Heart Remains At Home‘ will be released on May 1st via Fetzner Death Records. The album is anticipated by the song ‘The War of The Angels’, available as lyric video: Pre-order the new album ‘The Heart Remains At Home‘: […]
Lion’s Pride Music proudly announces the release of ‘Done Loving You‘, the brand new single and official music video from Melodic Rock artist Eddie Vantez. The track serves as the first single taken from his forthcoming album, ‘Night Fighter (The Lost 80’s Soundtrack)‘, scheduled for worldwide release on September 28th, 2026. Stream / download – […]
It‘s impossible to tell the full story of Hardline‘s new studio album ’Shout‘ without mentioning their 1992 classic ’Double Eclipse‘. After all, that was the moment when this exceptional hard rock act‘s unique artistic DNA was created, its first draft already almost perfect. Since then, Hardline have brought out six more studio albums, each one […]
Dennis Churchill Dries – Crazy Is This Life AOR Boulevard Records (January 30th, 2026) Reviewer – Chris O’Connor Dennis Churchill Dries has always possessed one of those voices that seems to improve with time — richer, more expressive, and increasingly capable of conveying both power and vulnerability in equal measure. Fans will forever celebrate his […]
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