Rising UK heavy rock trio, BLITZ release the track, “Freddie Said” – a tribute to Freddie Mercury today, which would have been the legendary frontman’s 77th birthday. Taken from the band’s upcoming album, Kicking Up A Storm, “Freddie Said”  is, “without a doubt our most complex song arrangement wise,” relays guitarist, Kevin Simpson.  “It’s very theatrical, very Broadway, very grandiose and orchestral in its key changes and dynamics. Lyrically it’s an homage to Freddie Mercury and Queen who are a major influence and inspiration on all things BlitZ.” Kicking Up... Read more →

Phoenix, AZ based melodic hard rockers ESCAPE THE HIVE release a brand-new single today and along with it, the video for “Separate Lives,” which the band teamed up with Sleaze Roxx for the premiere of and can be seen here. Pulled from the band’s debut album, This is Gonna Sting, released on 15 September via Shock Records / Vanity Music Group and distributed through The Orchard / Sony Music, “Separate Lives” is a perfect setup for the album as it best represents the AOR aspects of the band and the album.  With their roots firmly planted in 70s arena rock,... Read more →

  Today sees the release of “Scream Your Name,” the first single and video from HELL’S ADDICTION’S long awaited new album, entitled 9 O’Clock Horses and due on 29 September through Weapon Records / Vanity Music Group. “Scream Your Name” sees the Leicester, UK based quintet come tearing out of the gate with the perfect track to introduce the public to the 9 O’Clock Horses release.  Energetic, powerful and melodic the track is summed up best by frontman Ben Sargent as “debauchery piled into a convertible v8 on its way to the Sunset Strip for a night of rock n roll.” The song tells... Read more →

                                    Out now through 20th Century Music / Vanity Music Group are two previously unreleased albums worth of material from a couple of Hollywood’s hottest properties in the late 80s and early 90s. ST. VALENTINE were basically the face of the Sunset Strip through the latter half of the 80s.  The quintet had the look, the over-the-top stageshow and more importantly, the hook laden material that the world over associated with Hollywood and that era of music.  Metal Forces magazine’s Kelv Hellrazer praised the band’s musical efforts... Read more →

                                                                                                                                                                           Music put away in closets, basements and cellars for thirty years.  Not given much of a second thought during that time... Read more →