It’s the day before the Superbowl and I am ready for action! Like any self-respecting New England Patriots season ticket holder (17 years and counting!), I cannot justify rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers. So I am throwing all of my rooting interest to the Arizona Cardinals. Here’s to Arizona being crowned champions of the National [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Superbowl XLIII prediction
Posted: January 31, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Arizona Cardinals, Football, New England Patriots, NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers, Superbowl, Superbowl XLIII
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Sinner – Crash & Burn (2009)
Posted: January 26, 2009 in Album Reviews, Video, VideosTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Sinner, Youtube
Sinner – Crash & Burn (2009, Candlelight Records) Crash & Burn Break The Silence The Dog Heart Of Darkness Revolution Unbreakable Fist To Face Until It Hurts Little Head Connection Like A Rock Band Lineup: Mat Sinner – Bass & Vocals Henny Wolter – Guitar Christof Leim – Guitar Klaus Sperling – Drums Producer: Mat [...]
Metal Mixtape – 1/25/09
Posted: January 25, 2009 in Now PlayingTags: AOR, Black Sabbath, Classic Rock, Daylight Dies, Def Leppard, Dio, Girlschool, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Icarus Witch, Iron Maiden, KISS, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Primal Fear, Progressive Metal, Q5, Quiet Riot, Rainbow, Rock, Running Wild, Saxon, Scorpions, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Westworld
Tale Of The Tape: Dell DJ 30 (1st Gen) 4482 songs (387 albums) I’ve got the MP3 player shuffling as I’m creating a new master list for my CD collection so here’s the first 20 songs that have come up (band-song-year)….. Tygers Of Pan Tang – ‘Bad Times’ (1980) KISS – ‘Hard Luck Woman’ (1976) [...]
Ross The Boss – New Metal Leader (2009)
Posted: January 24, 2009 in Album Reviews, Video, VideosTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Ross The Boss, Youtube
Ross The Boss – New Metal Leader (2009, Candelight Records) I.L.H. Blood Of Knives I Got The Right Death & Glory Plague Of Lies God Of Dying May The Gods Be With You Constantine’s Sword We Will Kill Matador Immortal Son Band Lineup: Patrick Fuchs – Vocals Ross “The Boss” Friedman - Guitars Carsten Ketterling – Bass [...]
Website Spotlight: Worn Free T-Shirts
Posted: January 18, 2009 in Website SpotlightTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, T-shirt, Worn Free
I’m a t-shirt and jeans guy. I still wear a denim jacket and, if I could, I would still wear my studded armbands and fingerless leather gloves. There has always been something about the look of Rock ‘N Roll that has appealed to me. I’m not into fashion but sometimes what a Rocker wears just [...]
Ace Frehley – Anomaly artwork revealed
Posted: January 15, 2009 in Metal News & CommentaryTags: Ace Frehley, Anomaly, AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, KISS, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock
Original KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley has a new solo album, ANOMALY, coming out sometime in early 2009. The tracklisting isn’t set quite yet but Ace is putting the finishing touches to the album so I’m sure an announcement will be coming soon. Below is the new artwork for ANOMALY and updates can be found at [...]
1977 – Rock ‘N Roll (2008)
Posted: January 14, 2009 in Album ReviewsTags: 1977, AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, KISS, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock
1977 – Rock ‘N Roll (2008, Play It Again Records, LLC) Ladies Come First Love Me Blind Rock ‘N Roll Blast Off Straight To The Heart Love At first Kiss Back In The Groove Gladiator She Wants It All Do Ya Know What I Want? Producers: 1977 & Alexander Coin Total Time = 33:33 Country: [...]
Saxon – Into The Labyrinth (2009)
Posted: January 13, 2009 in Album ReviewsTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Saxon
Saxon – Into The Labyrinth (2009, SPV) Battalions Of Steel Live To Rock Demon Sweeney Todd The Letter Valley Of The Kings Slow Lane Blues Crimes Of Passion Premonition In D Minor Voice Protect Yourselves Hellcat Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete) Coming Home (Bottleneck version) Band Lineup: Biff Byford – Vocals Paul [...]
WANTED: Global Metal DVD (2008)
Posted: January 9, 2009 in WantedTags: AOR, Classic Rock, DVD, Glam, Global Metal, Global Metal DVD, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Sam Dunn
WANTED Global Metal DVD (2008) The journey continues for anthropologist/director Sam Dunn and Scot McFayden as they document Heavy Metal and it’s effects on different societies. GLOBAL METAL (2008) is a continuation of Dunn’s awesome film METAL: A HEADBANGER’S JOURNEY (2006) and the journey goes beyond Europe and North America to countries in the Middle East, Asia, [...]
WANTED: Eden’s Curse – The Second Coming (2008)
Posted: January 8, 2009 in WantedTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Eden's Curse, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock
WANTED Eden’s Curse – The Second Coming (2008) Every year I miss a ton of new releases and new bands and 2008 was no exception. I read MelodicRock.com daily and Eden’s Curse had the #2 album of 2007 with their self-titles debut, the band was a favorite of the website all that year. So I [...]
WANTED: Talon – Fallen Angels (2008)
Posted: January 7, 2009 in WantedTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock, Talon
WANTED Talon – Fallen Angels (2008) MelodicRock.com had the news that Talon was releasing a new album early in 2008 and I wrote it down but I never bothered going after it. I have the self-titled debut from 2002 and I thought that was a solid record but the band has a new singer (Chandler [...]
WANTED: Jon Oliva’s Pain – Global Warning (2008)
Posted: January 6, 2009 in WantedTags: AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Jon Oliva's Pain, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock
WANTED Jon Oliva’s Pain – Global Warning (2008) I haven’t really gotten into Jon Oliva’s Pain as much as I should seeing that I have been a Savatage fan since SIRENS (1983). I have the first two JOP albums and I meant to pick this up in May 2008 when it came out but I [...]
