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GLORY-DAZE, the site for all you need to know about true classic rock and AOR. If you consider yourself to be a trainspotter of melodic hard rock from yesteryear, then you might find a home here. If new, please register (top menu Login|Register option) and then sign in once you get confirmation from the Site Admin. There are loads more interactive facilities here for members, including the Discussion Forums, Online Jukebox, Downloads, Chat Rooms (we have four!) and the Shoutbox/Comments facility. Enjoy your stay!
Our feature album for May 2008
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Swedish band H.E.A.T have been causing all sorts of temperature problems for AOR fans, and it's not even summer yet! Our review of this excellent band is now online. Click on the album cover (left)! Think the very best Sweden had to offer back in the 80's and it's all wrapped up among thirteen (yes.. thirteen!) tracks with nigh on a weak moment. Break out the Sunblock for a hot summer!
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Other 2008 Reviews Online (Hover over image and click)
     
Upcoming Highlights
The real bolter we are waiting on is the debut album from Marcello Vestry. According to their MySpace page, it gets a Japanese release this month, with (hopefully) a European release through NL Distribution and other markets. Keep your eye on this one - it's an absolute corker!
AOR-FM Records also re-release the 'Front Page News' album from New York 80's pompsters Thrills during April too. Keep an eye out for that one.
Also coming in June 2008 is the new Journey Cd 'Revelations' featuring new singer Arnel Pineda. Is this the big comeback with their legacy sound in tow? We'll see..
More news as we hear it..
Interviews
The latest interview with the Myland duo of Guido Priori and Paolo Morbini is now online. To read the goss on 'No Mans Land' click here.
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We have included an Inbound News Feed system here at GD. It takes RSS news feeds from other well known news rock websites and portals, and aggregates them onto one page. Click here to go to the page, or click on the 'RSS News Feeds' option in the top Main Menu to go to the same page.
So far, we've included the usual suspects like Blabbermouth, Brave Words/Bloody Knuckles, SleazeRoxx, New Musical Express (NME) and a few others. We'll be adding to the list as new resources on the Web that support RSS are found. Conversely, our own Outbound RSS News and Review Feed links can be found on the footer of our site. These can be used by other sites wishing to do very much the same thing in terms of aggregating their news.
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| Marcello Vestry - have arrived! |
 At the end of the month, we will see the highly anticipated debut release from the duo Marcello-Vestry, comprising guitar god Rob Marcello and singing sensation Frank Vestry. If you thought the recent spate of excellent releases was good, then there are more goodies in the pipeline, starting with this one..
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| Silent Rage call it a Four Letter Word |
South L.A melodic rockers Silent Rage, return with their first full-blown studio album since 2002. It's called 'Four Letter Word' and it will be out on Frontier Records very shortly.
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gdazegod on May 04 2008
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| Retrospect Records: Press Release for May 2008 |
Retrospect Records has been working overtime to bring out some lost treasures of 80's rock, AOR and metal for you to discover!! In particular we are now expanding our AOR and pomp catalog with a buffet of vinyl nuggets most seeing the CD format for the first time ever. Retrospect continues to dominate the world's re-issue market by announcing the following signings and upcoming releases..
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gdazegod on April 30 2008
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| Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper, out June 2 |
Universal Music announce the release of Uriah Heep's first album in ten years - in June 2008. 'Wake The Sleeper' opens an exciting new era for the band. Uriah Heep return to a classic sound guaranteed to please longtime fans. Recorded in 2007 the album was produced by Mike Paxman (Status Quo, Judie Tzuke).
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gdazegod on April 29 2008
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| Glamsters Sweet Savage return! |
News on the glam front.. The greatest all blonde glam melodic bands of the 80's SWEET SAVAGE, are reforming with prospects of a Rocklahoma spot in July, some European dates and an album of tunes that prove they should have been up there with the Poison and Warrants of this world.
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gdazegod on April 27 2008
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| Roulette (Sweden) sign to AOR-FM Records |
AOR-FM has signed Swedish melodic aor band ROULETTE, and will be releasing an album entitled 'Better Late Than Never' (named after one of their songs), which will include their two very rare singles, and at least 13 top quality demos. Again these will be limited 'numbered' collectors editions, but this time of 1000. This is big news for fans of Easy Action ('That Makes One'), Da Vinci and Guardian Angels.
For more details/mp3 etc, go to our home page or visit our Myspace at: www.myspace.com/aorfmrecordlabel.
We are currently in talks with other bands: things are heating up, for a long hot AOR summer.
Keeping the fire burning..
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gdazegod on April 27 2008
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| Latest Retrospect Records News |
Retrospect Records is excited to announce the following new releases: ARIVAL, PRETTY BOY, D.C LACROIX, REAL STEEL, LETCHEN GREY, MATRIX, MALICE, TOMMY HAD A VISION.
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gdazegod on April 24 2008
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| Singer/Songwriter Paul Davis dead at 60 |
JACKSON, MISS. -- Paul Davis, a singer and songwriter whose soft rock hit 'I Go Crazy' stayed at the top of the charts for weeks after its release in 1977, has died at a Mississippi hospital. Davis died Tuesday at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, the city where he grew up and returned to years later. He died of a heart attack, said his cousin James Edwards of Nashville. Davis was 60.
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gdazegod on April 22 2008
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| Def Leppard NZ Tour rumours build |
Are Def Leppard coming to New Zealand? Belinda McCammon (from the NZ Press Association) talks to Vivian Campbell about tour rumours down under.
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gdazegod on April 21 2008
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| Burn UK - news update |
Formula One Records is proud and happy to announce that 'Global Warning', Burn's universally acclaimed comeback release, is now on sale around the world. As of this month the album is available in much of Europe, including the territories of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden and Benelux. It is also now available in the USA from the excellent outlet NEH Records and is on general release in Japan, where first day sales topped over 2000 units. Other countries will be added to the list throughout the year...
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gdazegod on April 17 2008
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| L.A Melodic Rockers MASQUE go Face First |
L.A hair-metal band MASQUE have a new CD released this June (2008) called 'Face First'. It will be released by Sun City Records, though the material goes way back to the 80's and has never been released previously.
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gdazegod on April 16 2008
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What's on the GLORY-DAZE staff playlist:
George (gdazegod)
* Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
* Silence - Open Road
* Hollander - Side Kicks
* Bethnal - Crash Landing
* Gerritsen & Van Dijk - s/t
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Eric (Eric)
* Brent Cash - How Will I Know If I'm Awake
* Eric Matthews - The Imagination Stage
* Marie Antionette - OST
* Bert Sommer - The Road To Travel
* Dave Dill - Follow The Summer
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Alun (dangerzone)
* Asia - Astra
* Prototype - Prototype
* Bad Company - Fame and Fortune
* The Who - Who Are You
* Michael Stanley Band - MSB
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Richard (RichardB)
* Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
* A.R.S - Truth In A Structured Form
* Saga - Security Of Illusion
* Harlan Cage - s/t
* Rose - Taste Of Neptune
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Jeff (Jeff Duran)
* Andrew Dice Clay - 40 Too Long
* Firefall - Greatest Hits
* LRB - Playing To Win
* Holy Soldier - Last Train
* Vanity Kills - 2 Die 4
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Kelv (KelvHellrazer)
* Kidd Comet - Radio Free America
* Money - First Investment
* Julian Angel - Choreography Sucks
* Frankie Whyte And The Dead Idols - Hollywood Ending EP
* Saints Of The Underground - Love the Sin, Hate the Sinner
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| Shoot - On The Frontier (1973) |
1973 Articles |
11-05-2008 | 8 |
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Another forgotten album it seems, yet 'On The Frontier' is one of the better 'one-offs' related to the band Renaissance that I've come across. In fact I'll go so far as to say it's one of the better albums of 1973 that you never heard.
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| Boatz - Boatz (1979) |
1979 Articles |
11-05-2008 | 10 |
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Boatz offer up some very tasty radio rock. Honestly, I wonder why so little attention has been given to this album in light of the excellent AOR found herein. Time to correct this injustice and say this is one of the best AOR/Pop albums of 1979 and definitely one you should seek out post haste!
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| Sunrise - Sunrise (1977) |
1977 Articles |
11-05-2008 | 9 |
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One can hear bits and pieces of Treasure, Styx, Pablo Cruise, Driver, Hush and a host of early AOR sounds that to this listener is a delight to the ears.
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| Puzzle - Second Album (1974) |
1974 Articles |
11-05-2008 | 8 |
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The music of Puzzle was far more accessible combining pop and jazz styles with classical tendencies and 'The Second Album' is the better of their two albums. Some comparisons to Illinois bands Chicago and Chase are easy to make with Puzzle's use of horns..
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| Rogers, Kenny - They Don't Make Them Like They Used To (1986) |
1986 Articles |
10-05-2008 | 31 |
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It doesn’t matter that Kenny never went down this AOR trail again, the album merely serves as another AOR milestone in terms of the incredible talents of Jay Graydon.
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| Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (2008) |
2008 Articles |
10-05-2008 | 30 |
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For discerning punters, this year has been a pretty good one thus far, but 'Songs From The Sparkle Lounge' will be struggling to make it onto everyone's top 10 list in my opinion.
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| Hollander - Side Kicks (1980) |
1980 Articles |
07-05-2008 | 125 |
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Occasionally on my travels I will come across a little gem of an album that thoroughly deserves a moment in the sun here at GLORY-DAZE. Dutch band Hollander is one of those little gems, and we have to wind the clock right back to 1979 to discover what made this band tick, and to grieve as to why they didn't hang around longer.
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| Petra - Beyond Belief (1990) |
1990 Articles |
07-05-2008 | 74 |
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'Beyond Belief' not only became the group's most successful but it ranks up with the likes of Idle Cure, White Heart and Allies best IMO. While the lyrical conviction of the band will turn off some, the musicianship here is undeniable and deserving of a mention on Glory-Daze. |
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| Americade - American Metal (1982) |
1982 Articles |
07-05-2008 | 94 |
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Clearly, 'American Metal' was an unmitigated disaster, enough of a disaster to bury this lot six feet under.
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| Marathon - 1994 The First Run |
1994 Articles |
07-05-2008 | 40 |
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With a sound similar to Saga, fellow Dutchmen First Avenue and Germans 2 Hot4U, Marathon toggle the fence between progressive rock and melodic hard rock. You can be guaranteed that there a ton of keyboards and great vocals.
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| Shout (USA) - Shout (1997) |
1997 Articles |
06-05-2008 | 53 |
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Not to be confused with Ken Tamplin's Christian metal band of the same name, this lot came from the other side of the continent - Boston, and were formed around vocalist John Levesque.
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