Twenty Twenty – Altered 2020 First Time Ever on CD Grider Records Remaster
Super rare-hard to find albums, First Time Ever on CD .Hold Your Head Up is one amazing rock song made famous by the band ARGENT. Loaded with prog, art-rock and serious grungy guitars, might be the highlight of the album and will rock your face off. It weaves in and out and then hits you with with repetitive HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH… like motivation, even the saddest human will believe they can conquer the world after one listen to this song.
Twenty Twenty Self-Titled Debut (CD) never released on CD – Grider Records 35th Anniversary Edition Remastered 2020
Never released on CD! If you don’t know Twenty Twenty, you’ll want to read this in it’s entirety because this band just might be the biggest hidden gem of the 80’s rock era. Why? Because Twenty Twenty was a surprisingly flashy band, loaded with sure-fire commercial-based sound and a blend of art-rock anthems similar to that of STYX or KANSAS with a dose of straight ahead rock similar to THE CARS, WHITEHEART or even GIANT.
MIDNITE CITY – There Goes The Neighbourhood [Japan Edition +1] Out of Print 2018
MIDNITE CITY‘s stupendous second album “There Goes The Neighbourhood” in its Japanese edition included an exclusive bonus track, but this Asian CD was pretty hard to find because the band had chosen small record label AnderStein Music for the release. AnderStein Music – in fact a Japan-based music shop – now disappeared, with “There Goes The Neighbourhood [Japan Edition +1]” becoming a collector’s piece.
Mark Knight & The Unsung Heroes – Days of A Dreamer 2021
Bang Tango guitarist Mark Knight continues to release “solo” albums at a fairly regular pace as his latest solo record, under the band name Mark Knight & The Unsung Heroes, will be released on February 16, 2021.
The End Machine – Phase2 (2021)
The End Machine consisting of guitarist George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob, Sweet & Lynch, KXM, T&N), bassist Jeff Pilson (Dokken, Foreigner, Black Swan, T&N), lead vocalist Robert Mason (Warrant, Big Cock, Lynch Mob) and new drummer Steve Brown will be releasing their sophomore studio album Phase2 via Frontiers Music Srl on April 9, 2021.
Motörhead – Till The End [Japan Edition] 2021, 2 CD
Year: 2021
Style: Heavy Metal
Country: United Kingdom
Paris – 50/50 (2021)
On March 26, the AOR band Paris will release the album “50/50” via the company AOR Heaven. The band consists of, among others, Frédéric Dechavanne (vocals, keyboards) – Sébastien Montet (guitar, keyboards, vocals)
ALAN GORRIE (feat Dann Huff) – Sleepless Nights [AOR Light Mellow 1000 series] (2020)
In a similar fashion to their ‘HR/HM 1000‘ hard rock series, Universal Music Japan has started last December “AOR Light Mellow 1000 series“, a new campaign reissuing a number of hard-to-find AOR titles under the supervision of AOR Light Mellow’s specialized label leading expert, Toshikazu Kanazawa, on sale for a limited time at a special price of ¥ 1,000 = about 10 USD.
Crystal Viper – The Cult (2021)
Country: Poland
Genre: Heavy, Power Metal
Year: 2021