Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. AOR evolved from progressive rock radio in the mid-1970s, using research and formal programming to create an album rock format with greater commercial appeal.
Genre : Meloidc Hard Rock
Year : 2025
Country : Sweden
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After the recent very good album by the Rick Pierce Group produced by Floyd Rose many of you asked for both musicians’ former band Q5 and their Eighties debut album, the cult classic “Steel The Light” from 1984. But Q5 also recorded a second LP, 1986’s “When The Mirror Cracks“, not so well known as their debut but perhaps musically even better, more mature in songwriting & lyrics.
Country: UK
Genre: Crossover Prog / Neo Prog
Year of release: 2025
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Genre: Rock
Country of disc (release): USA
Year of publication: 1987/1988
Publisher (label): Geffen Records
Catalog number: 9 24146-2
Country of artist (group): Australia
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On March 28, 2025, via Perris Records, the album Seduction Of The Innocent will be released from the new Melodic Rock project entitled “Blue Ambition” with the incredible Robbie LaBlanc on vocals (Blanc Faces, Fury, Find Me, Vitalines), Tommy Denander (Alice Cooper, Steve Walsh, Paul Stanley) and Frédéric Slama (AOR, Chasing Violets, Dakota).
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Genre: Melodic Rock/AOR
Country of disc (release): Russia(Piratka)
Year of publication: 2024
Publisher (label): Napalm
Catalog number: NPR1330DGS
Country of artist (band): Sweden
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The result, Wilder All the Time, features an all-star cast: DesBerardo band members Brother Marc Douglas Berardo on acoustic guitar and vocals and Bill Kelly on electric, mandola and vocals , producer and guitarist David Abeyta and his bandmates from Reckless Kelly, (more…)
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Year: 2025
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