Cappanera - Non c'è più mondo 1991 (Melodic Hard Rock) Italy

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Syngiin – Lookin For Some Kitty 1989 (Hard Rock/Sleazy)

Syngiin is a sleaze hair metal band hailed from Glendale, Arizona. Their only work titled “Lookin for some Kitty” released independently and contains 7 tracks in the vein of bands like Tigertailz, Sgt. Roxx, Tuff and Roxx. The production is not the best but the songs are well performed and include one of my all time favorite non comedic rock song that is just flippin’ hilarious called “Get Off My Hair”. The album released only on tape so far while some copies in cd edition sold by the band. Tim and Mark are putting the band back together look for remixed album with new songs…George.

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Eric Steel - St 2005 / Back for More 1992 (Hard Rock/Metal) US

HERE'S A LONG LOST 80s MELODIC HARD ROCK / METAL GEM AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD. THIS IS ERIC STEEL'S DEBUT RELEASE AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE OF THE THREE. SHOULD APPEAL TO FANS OF: TKO , Y & T and Highway Chile. CHECK OUT THE SOUND CLIPS OF THIS CLASSIC SLICE OF 80s HARD ROCK AND PICK THIS UP TODAY!!

Doubletake - So Many Roads 1997 (AOR)

MUCH NEEDED OFFICIAL SILVER CD RE-ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY TOUTED , WELL-PRODUCED INDEPENDENT 80s-STYLE AOR / MELODIC ROCK RELEASE. TIGHT VOCAL HARMONIES , STRONG MELODIC VOCALS AND TASTY GUITAR WORK. THIS CD IS ON MANY COLLECTORS WANT-LISTS AROUND THE WORLD AND FOR GOOD REASON. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL FANS OF 80s MELODIC ROCK.

Witch Cross - Fit For Fight 1984 (Heavy Metal) Denmark

The killer album "Fit for Fight" of Witch Cross ripped from the vinyl on Roadracer Records (IRD010). This press never came with a lyrics sheet or any sheets whatsoever, so if someone happen to have the lyrics for the songs on the album don't hesitate to contact me! (I think the japanese version had them included). I am also looking for a rip of their live demo "Live At Roskilde".

Candy - Teenage Neon Jungle 2003 (Melodic Hard Rock) US

Gilby Clarke GUITARRS..

Fire - Demos! 1987 (Melodic Rock)

Excellent !! Female !! Melodic Rock,Thank U Aorheart

Barrage - Constant Pounding 1991 (AOR)

Like China Sky with hints of Survivor and Journey.*Tim

Shyne - St 1984 (AOR)

RARE !!!

Valor - Make it Big 1988 (Melodic Rock/AOR)

80s HARD ROCK / AOR RE-ISSUE LABEL IN THE WORLD UNLEASHES ANOTHER HOLY GRAIL IN THE FORM OF 'VALOR'. VALOR WERE ONE OF THE TOP BANDS IN THE DENVER , COLORADO AREA FROM 1987-1993. FIRST TIME EVER ON CD - THIS IS THE FIRST OF 3 ALBUMS TO BE RELEASED BY RETROSPECT. WITH PRODUCTION DUTIES SPLIT BETWEEN LEGENDARY PRODUCERS GEOFF WORKMAN AND RODNEY MILLS , THIS IS AN AMAZING SLICE OF MELODIC HARD ROCK FEATURING MASSIVE HOOKS , KEYBOARDS , HUGE VOCAL HARMONIES AND GUITAR HEROICS EASILY ON PAR WITH GUYS LIKE Nuno Bettencourt , Marc Diglio , Vito Bratta , Reb Beach and Brad Gillis. ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR ALL FANS OF LATE 80s MELODIC HARD ROCK / HAIR METAL / AOR. WOW!!!

Lakehurst - Miracles 2000 + Demos (Melodic Rock) Germany

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PRIOR PARK - Demos (Melodic Rock/AOR/Prog)

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Staxx - 1992 - Don' No No Betta (Hard Rock)

FANTASTIC SLAB OF MELODIC HARD ROCK / HAIR METAL THAT SOMEHOW SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT SONGS ON THIS CD I HAD A HARD TIME PICKING 4 TO PROVIDE AS SOUND SAMPLES. FEATURES SOME RAZOR-SHARP AXEWORK , KILLER VOCALS (similar to Greg Billings of Stranger) , BIG HARMONIES AND UNFORGETTABLE HOOKS. THIS IS EASILY ONE OF THE TOP RETROSPECT RELEASES SO FAR AND APPEARS ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL FANS OF 80s MELODIC HARD ROCK!! WOW!!!!

Kaktus - Rocking Blood 2011/No Time To Die 2013 (Hard Rock/Melodic Metal)

WOOW!! Rock On!! Thank U }{eavy!! 

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Staxx - Game Of Fools 1992 (Hard Rock) USA

FANTASTIC SLAB OF MELODIC HARD ROCK / HAIR METAL THAT SOMEHOW SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT SONGS ON THIS CD I HAD A HARD TIME PICKING 4 TO PROVIDE AS SOUND SAMPLES.

Desyre - Warning Of The Night 2009 (Hard Rock/Hair Metal) Finland

01 - Warning Of The Night
02 - Dreams
03 - Can't Let Go
04 - Yule Night Brightness
05 - Calling
06 - Mr. Hyde In Delight
07 - Ransom
08 - No One Knows
09 - Undoings Of My Life
10 - The Battle
11 - Burning In The 3rd Degree

MP3 120,41 MB @ 320kbps

Geronimo! - All The Best Fuckin' Shit 2003 (Hard Rock/Sleaze) 1988/2003

Wow, this is an absolute killer record, especially the live tracks are really rocking (1-14). In the line up are David M. Philips and Johnny Rod from King Kobra, Lizzy borden. This stuff reminds me of Dee Snider's Desperado or Chet Thompsons'Slamnation. You can download all the songs as mp3 from their website. It's so good i'm considering to buy the original cd.(zld)

01 - Medicine Man,02 - Road to ruin,03 - Pushin' time,04 - Freddie's dead,05 - Ghostrider ,06 - Woman in love,07 - Mr Jones ,09 - Wrap your love ,10 - One bad Mutha ,11 - My Bonita ,12 - Badland Bandits ,13 - One Night Stand ,14 - Liar ,15 - Laughing With The Sinners ,16 - Rock This House ,17 - Slam Dance ,18 - Bad Girl ,19 - BFA ,20 - I'm The One ,21 - Body Blow ,22 - Vacation ,23 - Tough Boy ,24 - Slam Dance.

Tommi Dean Lead Vocals;David M. Philips Guitar;Patrick K. Lee Bass;Johnny Rod Bass;John Sotelo Drums.

The Koo - St. 1988 (AOR) US

GREAT AOR / Hi-Tech Album a Tremendous album, this is the kind of clear MATA AOR Hi-Tech that sound a DEMOLITION RHYTHM that moves the body and make you feel ALIVE, an album even, is the kind of AOR those movies that came out in the 80 unknown, thanks Jose for cutting Strike happen and knew that with a cut so I expected a tremendous Album ..Rafo Phoenix

St. Elmo's Fire - Powerdrive 1990 (Melodic Hard Rock) US

Hard Rock, Hard Rock album Good hard issues that touch and taste to mid 80's as we had used the good bands from that era of glory, so if yours is good Hard Rock 80's do not lose!.

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Axia - Axia 1988/2004 USA (CCM Melodic Rock/AOR) USA,320@

Got this one recently in this re-edition format with the bonus tracks...CCM band that practiced an edgy Hard Rock with some sparks of AOR here and there...Peo Pettersson as a vocalist had some ups and downs in here IMHO...best cuts for me are "It Ain't Love","In For Rock 'N' Roll","On My Way"(AORish),"Angela"(solid softy AORish),"Get Down" & "Increasing Action"(rocking bonus track)...decent but far from being a classic as some stated above..(rick kerch vzla)

Filthy Rich - Rock It Around 1986 (Hard Rock/Metal) USA

Almost nothing is known for this utterly obscure band from Texas. The LP contains nice heavy metal with the usual guitar themes of the era and fair vocals. This act has nothing to do with another US metal band called THE FILTHY RICH BAND with an EP out. Probably this record along with Dezark LP must the rarest of the Texas scene. (Vaggelis Fotakis)

Garrison - Demos 1989 (Melodic Rock) Ingland

Garrison were an English band on the circuit between the years of 1988 and 1991, and their output was phenomenal considering I have 24 demos plus 2 live tracks.
And really thats all I can tell you about these guys.To my knowledge they never had a full retail release, which is a damn shame really, because their music is a mix of classic English bands like Tobruk, and Shy, and jock rockers Heavy Pettin'.Rest assured...the search is on!.(aor/fm)

Sugarcreek Fortune 1982 (AOR) US

Sugarcreek is a Good AOR band.

Charlie - The Best of Charlie 2000 (AOR)

The self-titled Charlie CD from 1983 is the best thing these guys ever did. It's represented here by "It's Inevitable" and "Never Too Late" but the album is literally start-to-finish perfect: one of the best AOR CDs of the early 80s.(KOOGLES)

Kevin Wells - Little Acts Of Treason 1985 (AOR/Pop)

Kevin Wells is a pedigreed performer who plays everything from drums to guitar, and an accomplished vocalist & songwriter. Versatile at everything from jazz to hard rock, he had played on the road or in the studio since the age of 15 with dozens of major acts. Member of the band Pablo Cruise or Laura Branigan's live band musical director to name a few. But maybe he's better known as Huey Lewis & The News drummer & vocalist, recording on 'Sports' and co-writing with Andre Pessis (Mr. Big) their hit 'Walking On A Thin Line'. By '85 Kevin had the opportunity to release his own material as solo artist, handling the lead vocals, drums, keys, and thanks to his business connections, getting into the studio real heavy weight musicians. Just take a look; Dann Huff, Bill Cuomo, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jim Photoglo... WOW. "Little Acts Of Treason" is a short, beautiful, typically '80s album. A melodic mix of Pop & AOR, radio friendly tunes, with excellent production and musicianship. "I'm still waiting" is a glossy, synth based track with a contagious chorus that remembers Tony Carey's eighties material. The lite-AOR rhythm of "Stronger than the city" is a pure melodic bliss, what a catchy track. "Agony and ecstasy" is a super commercial ballad with a great guitar work (John McFee). Why this song never become a hit? Excellent. The meaty funky groove of "Never too late" ups the tempo again (with class), and then "Night life" is one of the highlights of the disc, a magical mid-tempo light AOR. "Out of my hands" has a great chorus, very nice harmonies (Jim Photoglo on backing vocals) and a great guitar solo. "Time heals" is my favorite, an AORish and captivating tune with a terrific rhythm guitar and very good climax. This track reminds me Tommy Shaw solo work. "Love is on the line" is another beauty, cool and ethereal, in the best Van Stephenson style. "Talk to me" has a lot of keyboards and guitars, a track in the vein of Tommy Shaw's 'Girls With Guns' era. Kevin Wells has a warm, sweet voice, his songwriting is catchy, intelligent (very clever commercial arrangements too), all the album as whole sounds fantastic. "Little Acts Of Treason" was released on a small label and never reissued on CD. The vinyl fetches very high prices on auction sites. This a rip at maximum quality from a bootleg CD (sounds million bucks) including art. Rare and delicious as the best Ushuaian centolla...(Camelblue)

Dirt River Radio - Come Back Romance, All Is Forgiven 2012 (Southern Rock) Australia

 But entering the field, this is a disc that is difficult to pigeonhole by their many nuances. We're talking Rock undoubtedly yes, and concocted with exquisite taste well, but here we find from issues close to roots music, through the western, southern touches, forays into acoustic rock anthems and even brewers very nearly , with refrains of those to chant at a bar raising your tankard. The music contained here has a certain melancholy tone that reminds me personally relatively speaking-to names like Dogs D'Amour, with whom also akin painful beauty of some of his melodies and a penchant alcohol present here and there along disk, although I must make it clear that they are so close musically. I would highly recommend listening to a song like "The Boys in the Public Bar", a song that I think sums up the essence of everything I have said and what is probably the best of the whole album, one of those songs that will stick in the brain and do not leave for several days. We will have to see how it is mounted live.Thank u }{eavy

Destiny - Side By Side "Demo" 1989 (Melodic Hard Rock) US

John West(ROYAL HUNT)Vocal 

Nutron - Just Waiting 198? (Pomp Rock) U.S.A

Pomp rock band with a penchance for video games, thats close to being illegal!
That aside, the music is well played, with plenty of parping keyboards/synths and some competent guitarwork. The songwriting has to be heard, to believed... its all asteroids forever, and space invaders, and "I got no girl, but i got the arcades... zap!... zap!" Theres a number of words to describe this... "corny"... "brave"... "stoopid"... "pompy"... "excessive". Take your pick...but... I'd buy it because its, and heres two more words: "quaint", and "whimsical", and lets face it, we can all do with a little whimsy in this tough ole world. One of the lead singers is a guy called Lance Powers. I wonder if its the same guy with three solo albums under his belt, and if quizzed, would he even own up to this one?!
I very much doubt it! Check out the sounds. Ex Nutron guitarist/vocalist Charlie Wade recently contacted aor-fm and confirmed that it was "the" Lance Powers who has released a number of Christian influenced pomp/aor albums ("Destination Unknown"/"Straight From The Heart") back in the late 90's.
Lance Powers - Lead vocals, keyboards
post original 19/08/11

J.C. Mark - On the Mark 1989 (AOR) US

AOR fans of JC Desire, Robert Tepper, David Gibson, Scott Stewart, Robin Miller and Robert Hart should dig this one. A very difficult to find indie so grab it if you ever see it....Delbert

Ra Mu - Thanks Giving 1988 (Westcoast) Japon

GEMM! WESTCOAST, Thnk u Robert Aor 

Airborne - Walk On Water 1995 (Hard Rock/Melodic Metal) Germany

"Breath Of Dark" starts with a heavy riff and an alternative voice/sound, an avoidable track. "Where?" is a bit better, "Walk on Water" is a Good Acoustic/Melodic Rock song, "I Just Wanna Make You Happy" ok Acoustic ballad(more than 7 min?)... the rest is more of the same, some cool harmonies but the grunge/alternative sound is here & there as well. This is not Melodic Metal, this is Melodic Rock combined with a Grungy/Alternative/modern sound and Heavy Riffs, if you like that combination; then, this could be yours.(j.Carlos)

Stan Bush - The Demo Collection (AOR) US

 

         Stan Bush - Demo Blinded Me With Love            
            Stan Bush - Demos 01 Dreaming                    
            Stan Bush - Demos 02 My Father's Son             
            Stan Bush - Demos 03 The Great River             
          Stan Bush - Demos 04 It's In The Water           
    Stan Bush - Demos 05 My Reckless Heart           
      Stan Bush - Demos 06 It's Only Love (cuts)       
Stan Bush - Demos 89 01 Didn't I                 
Stan Bush - Demos 89 02 Falling To Pieces        
                  Stan Bush - Demos 89 03 Landslide                
Stan Bush - Demos 89 04 Cross That Line          
               Stan Bush - Demos 89 05 Dreamin'                 
Stan Bush - Demos 89 06 Love Stops The Hands Of Ti
Stan Bush - Demos 89 07 Full Circle (cuts)       
Stan Bush - Demos 89 08 Love Don't Come Easy     
Stan Bush - Demos 89 09 Heaven                   
Stan Bush - Demos 89 10 Joanna                   
Stan Bush - Demos 91 01 Hard To Find An Easy Way 
Stan Bush - Demos 91 02 Never Endin' Love        
Stan Bush - Demos 91 03 Ain't That Worth Somethin'
Stan Bush - Demos 91 04 Could This Be Love       
Stan Bush - Demos 91 05 Landslide                
Stan Bush - Demos 91 06 The Search Is Over       
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 01 If It Don't Hur
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 02 Every Girl I Se
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 03 Stand         
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 04 Picture This  
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 05 Long Way      
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 06 Tear Down The W
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 07 Forever       
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 08 Dare          
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 09 Face To Face  
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 10 Forever       
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 11 Blinded       
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 12 How Many Tears
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 13 Win Some Lose S
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 14 Yesterday's Son
Stan Bush - The Demo Collection 15 I Was Wrong 

Da Vinci - Back In Business 1989 (AOR/Hard Rock) Norway

Great stuff! Really a treat like TREAT!!!

Naughty Whispers - Hot Playz 2002 (Hard Rock/Sleaze Glam) Italia

"Naughty Whisper" was born in June 2000 in Milan, Italy. The band was formed by Ashly X (lead vocals and bass), Lexxy J (drums and backing vocals) and Redox (guitar and backing vocals).
In 2002 they recorded their first EP "Hot Playz", five songs of pure 80's glam. The EP was a good success and it allowed the band to bring their music to a larger area: a tour followed the release, with dates all over Italy,Slovenia, Croatia and even London.
Apart from their own shows, they also supported Pretty Boy Floyd, Faster Pussycat, Tigertailz and Wednsday 13.

Jeff Paris - Freak Flag 2011 (AOR)(Remastered +1) US

Good HardRock ala American, the production is not so great and could´ve been beefed up. "Tomorrow May Be Too Late" "Dancin' On The Ashes" and "Life Of My Broken Heart" are good ones. "Requiem For Stevie Ray" is an ok instrumental. Juan Carlos

Airborne - At 1979 (AOR) US 256@

Fantastic pomp record,nearly on par with Styx and the mighty Roadmaster. And the good news is that a 'new' album is in the pipeline called 'The Dig'. Hope these old demos are in the same vein as this CD. A must for pomp fans !!freddy de keyze.

The Arrows - Best Of The Arrows 1995 (AOR) Canada

I love this Pop AOR Kind Of style!. Smooth AOR with a very GLASS TIGER, BODY ELECTRIC, 1927 and i would say, SPANDAU BALLET Kind Of Sound. Soft Pop-rockers like the amazing "Say It Isn´t So" (maybe their best song!) or beautiful balladas and mid tempos, make this album something really really good. I recomend this album for those who are very into Lite AOR, guys you won´t be dissapointed at all!! p.yiro

Jynx - Victim Of The Night 1985 (Melodic Hard Rock/Metal) US

Vexx - Education 1987 (Melodic Hard Rock) us

Funderburk Miner - The Dwelling Place 1994 (AOR/Westcoast)

"Project together with David Miner" The Tracks are: Behold He Does Not Sleep, The Calling, Holy Holy Holy, He Walks With Me, Be Still, How Great Thou Art, Resurrect My Eyes, All of My Love, Dwelling Place, Rain On Us, Great Is Thy Faithfulness & Always. Musicians on the The Dwelling Place album: Tommy Funderburk, David Miner, Novi Novog, Walter Rodriguez, Kate Miner, Tata Vega, Yvonne Williams & Reggie Burrell. Available from Pioneer Records/Original release year: 1994

 http://www.bluedesert.dk/funderburk.html

                 Thank U }{eavy