¡ Fuckin´punch in the face Metal release !, I really love this band, a perfect mix between melodies and the stronger side of the power metal, an album absolutely filled with hard rhythms, great Dushan petrossi´s guitar solos, thundering drums and a masterclass vocal work, this singer is a total ruler of the style, if you like the power metal and the guitar heroes you must have this album, absolutely recommended.
¡ Absolute amazing Epic Melodic Symphonic/Power Metal release !, this is a concept album based on the Brazilian Saga Angus, high class production, with a lot of colaborations like Floor Jansen (After Forever), Andreas Kisser (Sepultura), Andre Matos (Shaman) or Edu Falaschi (Angra).
¡ Great Fantasy Power Metal release Fom this Canadian Female fronted band !, they play a very catchy and progressive kind of power metal with great skill and great melodies.
¡ Ultra catchy greek power metal band !, this release is totally fuckin´ awesome, if you like the earlier helloween sound, you probably love this band.
This was originally made for the commercial of Sonny´s cassette tapes only in Japan, then becoming an entire album, you can find here an absolute amazing AOR poppy/Hi-tech dancing songs full of rhythms, catchy melodies, great hooks and the pretty nice voice and feeling of Teri DeSario.
¡ Another AOR jewel !, very good release, a little bit soft but with a really impressive bunch of songs and a singer that has a cristal clear and superb voice, amazing catchy melodies, awesome tracks with a real AOR vibe and a great hooks and above all a strong perfect sound production. !An absolute classic album¡
This is a 2 track single from a new Greece Melodic Hard Rock band, they are very influenced by earlier Bon Jovi mixed by European Scandi style. Good catchy rhythms and nice sound, I hope that they can make an entire album very soon.¡ Great expectation !
¡ Let´s back to Crystal Lake !, this is not the entire soundtrack, just the FM collaboration (4 Tracks) for the saga. FM quality is well know for al AOR fans so you know what you find here, just great 80´s style AOR tracks with nice hooks, catchy rhythms and of course a superb voice.
¡ The same quality as the first part !, if you heard the first part you know what you´ll find here, ultra catchy melodic choruses, great hooks, strong sound, nice lyrics, etc, etc ...
¡ Back to Spanish Heavy/Power Metal !, this is a really good release, a record that consists in two parts, both for free download on her page. Typical Spanish power with great production(Self-produced), really nice melodies, constant change rhythms, strong guitar riffs, good songwriting work and a great singer with a lot of feeling.
Dark Illusion plays traditional Melodic Power Metal that reminds bands like HammerFall or early At Vance, the music is absolutely not original or renewing, but the band has definitely managed to deliver a couple of convincing songs and the both instrumentally and vocally (Thomas Vikstrom) sings are in good condition, the powerful production and the strong rhythms also proves that these guys are in the right direction to be a great metal band.
¿ Do you remember the Castlevania Videogame ?, here you will find the songs from the game but in Heavy Metal style, is an instrumental album but not boring, full of riffs, superb gothic keyboards, good melodies, guitar solos and strong hooks, arranged and performed by Naoto Shibata project ¡ It´s time to hunt vampires !
This is a 3 track compilation from the VI chapter of the Friday 13th terror saga, typical 80´s soundtrack songs with a lot of feeling, good rhythms and arrangements. Contains two songs from Alice Cooper and one from Felony. ¡ attention to the high class superhit "He´s Back (The Man Behind The Mask", a totally fuckin´ awesome track.
Great Epic fantasy Power Metal release, an album filled with faster lightning guitar and keyboard solos, thundering pedal to the metal drums, epic melodies, ultra catchy choruses, power anthem rhythms and a powerful voice of Max Leclerq, Dushan Petrossi guitar work is excellent (Riffs never stop/Riffs never die), the singer Oliver Hartmann (At Vance) plays on two tracks and make chorus all over the album, if you like bands like Yngwie Malmsteen, Rhapsody Of Fire or Dark Moor don´t doubt, ¡ you will love this album !
Another AOR high class record, here you can find great scandi AOR melodies, excellent chorus lines, a superb guitar work, a lot of feeling, amazing hooks and of course the totally fuckin´awesome voice of Jim Jidhed, one of the finest singers of the style.
Ark Storm is a Japanese band that plays Neo-Classical metal in the style like Space Odyssey or Yngwie Malmsteen, Rising Force Especially.
¡ Post dedicated to Chewa !
¡ Absolute Amazing Band and an awesome release !, an album full of power, extremely high velocity power riffs, thundering rhythm section, powerful singer, superb catchy melodic choruses and pretty good songwriting, Don´t worry for the French lyrics, is a perfect language for this kind of music.
¡ Strong female fronted band !, a mix between American Hard Rock and Modern Rock, an album with great and powerful guitar riffs, strong rhythms, a solid drum and bass section, clean and clear sound production and an excellent vocal work of Lizzy Hale, a singer full of feeling and rage.
¡ AOR jewel !, an almost perfect AOR album, the voice of Michael sounds great, the production is clear and awesome, pretty good songs, excellent arrangements, beautiful melodies, and a really catchy chorus. if you like old style you need to listen this.
Great Symphonic Melodic metal, an album filled with heavy guitars, catchy rhythms, great choruses, superb melodies, awesome keyboards and above all an excellent vocal work and execution by Floor Jansen, an absolute amazing singer. If you like this kind of bands dont doubt, and if you don´t like, give them a chance, sure that they really surprised you.
This is a 4 track demo from this Poland band, they practice an Epic-Fantasy-Power Metal, a mini-ep with really faster guitars, thundering drums, speed solos, great sound, fantasy melodies and choruses and a nice singer, for fans of Rhapsody Of Fire, Dragonforce or any good Epic Power Metal band of the last 90´s.¡ Very interesting band !
¡ Probably you think that this is a joke ! but not, they are the Finnish version of the Teletubbies.
This is a 6 track compilation of Sonic The animated series, featured by Ted Poley (Danger Danger) and Tony Harnell (TNT), here you can find a collection of Melodic Rock/Pop songs, Not the typical Hard songs, but never mind, the songs are very funny and faster. An original and very rare tunes.
Another quality band who emerge from Finland, excellent playing with some great harmonies and keys especially note with superb hooky emotional choruses, amazing production as always in Finland, prety good singer and great Melodic Hard tunes.¡ A jewel to discover !
¡ Let´s back to AOR !, This is one of the Top 3 best albums of all times, if not the best.
¡ Wow ! this Norwegian band really surprised me, this is an awesome mix between Symphonic/Power/Melodic and a soundtrack/cinematic songwriting, always with a lot of melodies and vocal harmonies, catchy power melodic rhythms, celestial female choruses and above all a strong clear production.
A real masterpiece of Melodic Hard Rock, all the song are simply beautiful and Robert Ernlund is a top class singer. The guitars dominate the mix instead of the keyboards, giving the album a true Hard Rock edge, the hooks are simply huge and the choruses, with their stacked backing vocals are catchy as hell. ¡ Only hits inside this record !
With two excellent studio albums under there belts, along comes this very good live Melodic AOR album, perfect quality it is as well, featuring most of the key tracks from the studio counterparts, Mike Slamer makes a perfect guitar execution,the voice of Billy Greer sounds superb and with a lot of feeling and the suport of Terry Brock is excellent too.
¡ Absolute amazing Melodic Hard Rock band from Spain with English lyrics !, Excellent production, catchy melodies, awesome riffs, superb vocal interpretation with feeling and passion, This is an absolute sleeper, if you don´t know this band dont doubt, this is a fuckin´great melodic band.
¡ Hard Rock to the bone !, Excellent release from Tom Keifer and company, superb songwriting, sharp guitars, amazing rhythm section, a lot of 80´s hard/glam attitude, strong songs and of course a perfect vocal execution by Mr.Keifer.
This is probably the best Melodic Power Metal album in a long time, a great project with Jani Liimatainen (Sonata Arctica) and Timo Kotipelto (Stratovarius). Perfect sound as always in the Finnish Bands, a perfect mix between faster songs and hard mid-tempo melodies, catchy chorus, good songwriting and AOR touches, a really pretty good album, if you are a little bit bored with the last power releases dont worry, this is a superb comeback to the best power times. ¡ Check it out !.
¡ Another Great, bombastic Melodic Hard Highlight from this year !, One more time a perfect production, amazing songs with probably one of the hits of 2009 (We Run), great vocal work, strong melodies, superb melodic rhythms, thundering drums, awesome guitar riffs.
¡ Amazing 2009 Highlight !, Unbelievable Melodic Hard AOR album, the vocal work of Michael Kiske (Helloween) sounds extremely perfect, passional and full of feeling, the external songwriters had a very good job, the production of Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69) is almost perfect and the songs are totally superb, high class catchy melodies and harmonies, awesome choruses, an album highly recommended for all who love that music.
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