FAST TRAIN UNION – II 2012

now/canada/cool debut

Formed in 2006, Fast Train Union is a collection of experienced musicians from a wide variety of backgrounds that have come together to make rock music for people who love rock music. With years of music making under their belts, every member of Fast Train Union brings their own perspective on the classic rock experience while updating it for today’s audience. From the solid rhythm section to the searing guitar tracks, Fast Train Union is a band that demands to be played loud. Their debut, self-titled release is a collection of (more…)

Dean Meehan – Firewater 2012

now/like a Def Leppard Kiss Megadeth

FIREWATER – The highly anticipated follow up to Dean’s first CD “Original Synphony”.
Ready now for digital download in the official Dean Meehan “Store” tab, and on Itunes, Amazon, Zune, Tunecore, CDBaby.. and many more online music sites! (more…)

Openfieldz – Ready to Fly Away 2012

now/Canada

A surprising mix of acoustic guitars with rock and metal influences blending perfectly with strong vocals and scream. From Quebec canada (more…)

Sticky Fingers – Like a Rolling Stone 2012

now/laike a Eric Clapton The Black Crows The Rolling Stones

Brilliantly written / recorded hard-driving American classic rock, masterfully performed by the greatest “Super Group” of music legends in the roll ‘n roll industry. (more…)

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN – Spellbound 2012

Acclaimed heavy metal singer Tim “Ripper” Owens (BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH), who has been fronting Yngwie Malmsteen‘s band both live and in the studio since February 2008, does not appear on “Spellbound”.

Owens was unable to join Malmsteen at the Getaway Rock in July due to scheduling conflicts with Tim‘s official Ronnie James Dio tribute bandDIO DISCIPLES. Handling most of the lead vocals during Yngwie‘s set at the Getaway Rock Festival was bassist Ralph Ciavolino. (more…)

Darkest Sins – Darkest Sins 2012

now/norway

They are pleasant discovery Norwegian training Darkest Sins.
Amazing way to understand and engineer the coupled epic metal songs that represent each real metalheads.Merge the Heavy and Power would have been (more…)

Downtread – Stand Your Ground 2012

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Getting a package from SKH Music is always exciting as I never know what to expect. Their latest package contained three new discs and I listened to the first couple and they were fairly good but the last disc I popped in was from the Minnesota band DOWNTREAD. I never heard of them but they did have a prior disc called “Without You Now” that featured a few tracks with George Lynch (LYNCH (more…)

Captain Black Beard – Captain Black Beard 2012

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Captain Black Beard made it’s live debut on the 31st of October 2009 and has since been playing most of the clubs in Stockholm. At the end of 2010 the band decided to pick it up a notch and record a full length album. Having been in talks with the biggest rock producers in Sweden – Chips Kiesby (Sator, The Hellacopters), Tobias Lindell (Europe, Mustasch), Patrik Frisk (Takida, Corroded) – the band chose to work with David Castillo (Opeth, Katatonia) who had already shown himself capable when working on the bands single “Rock Is My Life”. (more…)

Brian May and Kerry Ellis – Born Free single 2012

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For those who missed Brian May and Kerry Ellis’s new single “Born Free” . “Born Free” is a song recorded for the first time in 1966 by the English singer Matt Monro. (more…)

FROM THE FALLEN – Pulse 2012

now/melodic

From The Fallen has shared the stage with many prominent national acts such as Lacuna Coil, All That Remains, Maylene and The Sons of Disaster, 10 Years, Stephen Pearcy, Mandy Lion, Scott D. Davis, Adema, 2Cents, Aroarah, Taking Dawn, Green Jelly, Model Saint, Vains of Jenna, Tesseract, Devin Townsend, A New Revolution, Since October, Alien Ant Farm, Taproot and Sevendust! 

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